After Pei Rumo was chased away, he jumped onto his horse and went straight for the lakeside he brought her to before they left for the ruins.

When he arrived, Pei Rumo stood there silently as he stared into space. It was as though he turned into part of the scenery as a desolate back stood silently in the middle of the Desolate Region. If not for his eye-catching black clothes being in contrast with the dull yellow sand in the Desolate Region, no one would think that he came from outside the region.

Even though...