When she realized it was a public telephone booth, even Alice, in her innocence, sensed something was wrong.
Ning Fan's actions clearly indicated he didn't want to see her and the others anymore.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent Bick with a message about leaving.
"Does he not want to see me?"
Hearing Alice's listless murmur, Audrey consoled her, "Of course not. Alice, you're so adorable, many boys wish they could see you. I think he just has something urgent to attend to."
"Really?"
Alice was a bit skeptical. Could there really be something so urgent that he couldn't spare even a moment to meet?
"Of course it's true. Didn't Duke Andrew leave without even a word of goodbye?"
This morning, Andrew had hastily used a teleportation spell to leave the Emperor's Pavilion, the situation so urgent that he didn't even have time to say farewell to Alice.
"It seems the changes at the Sanctuary of Light are significant, even alarming the entire Alien Clan."
