Chapter 97: I'm Scared

It was an extremely eventful day, so I decided to sleep beside Tora, but I awoke in the middle of the night with no one nearby. I was still tired and tried to feel whether she was still by me, but I couldn't feel her. I was still sleepy, trying to check if she was beside me, but I couldn't feel her presence.

I opened my eyes and saw that Tora's side was empty. The clock struck 12 on the wall of my room, and I couldn't find Tora. I was worried and decided to look for her despite the silence of the corridor.

The light emitting from the crystals surrounding the palace was dim since it was nighttime. Only those crystals near me lit up brightly due to the power of the sun emanating from my body.

"Tora..." I muttered sleepily, yawning as I tried to look around.

My room is between the rooms of the males and Tora's. The males didn't want to use separate rooms because it was a custom for traveling beastmen, but they encouraged Tora and me to have our rooms.

I looked at Tora's room and saw