While Christine was making her way back to the mansion, she spotted Sherry at the corner of the street. At the moment, he was leaning against a sturdy stone wall with a bored expression, looking around in an absentminded manner, completely oblivious to the fact that Christine had already emerged onto the street.

Thankfully, his objective wasn't to monitor Christine in the first place. Otherwise, he'd be doing an utterly terrible job.

"Brother Sherry!" Christine called out as she waved at him with a smile on her face.

Only then did Sherry return to his senses, then approached her with a slightly embarrassed expression.

"Why did you follow me here?" Christine asked in a curious voice.

"Oh, no reason, I just felt like it," Sherry replied with an awkward smile.

Christine didn't ask any further questions, and the two of them made their way back to the courtyard.

At this point, the sun was about to set. A sunset in the desert was a very unique sight to behold. The sun was hanging over the horizon like a giant ball of pure light and heat, but at the same time, the heat that was trapped within the grains of sand on the desert was quickly receding, and the air temperature was gradually falling as a result.

Sherry snuck a glance at Christine as the two of them walked together side by side.

While he was looking around in an absentminded manner earlier, the scene where Christine had been speaking...