“… What did you just say?”

The stupified Cohen could only utter these words.

In the past, Emily’s mother was a high-rank Connector in the company, and many people used to admire her. But when she went missing in her Personal Labyrinth, her reputation within the company did a complete 180. She was labeled as an incompetent Connector who lost her life within a low-rank labyrinth.

Cohen also shared that opinion behind closed doors. But even if he had disparaging thoughts about her, she had been one of his closest comrades. It was why he nagged the Ross siblings and tried to lead them onto what he thought was the right path. However, the Ross siblings stubbornly fought him every step of the way.

Of course, he became surprised when he heard that they had found Mrs. Ross’ corpse.

“... Where?”

He couldn’t take Emily’s words at face value. When Mrs. Ross had gone missing, a search party was immediately dispatched, and they had thoroughly searched the entire labyrinth. Cohen had been part of the search party, and he had spent days and nights looking for her. He didn’t give up, but he couldn’t even find traces of her.

Emily shook her head from side to side when she heard Cohen’s question.

“My mother has nothing to do with you now. It happened in Tim’s labyrinth, and now that...