"Something's wrong," Felix muttered immediately.

Esme pulled off the two charms and put it away. "I don't know what's going on yet, so I'll take the charms off first."

Felix had no objections to this because he had already realized that Esme was just a tool created by the Black Soul Scout, or the soul barrier, to help him forward. With her, he was able to proceed to each floor. Otherwise, if he really thought about it, passing the first floor would be easy.

But on the second floor, any ordin