Cessi turned her head and looked downstairs, frowning slightly but saying nothing, then she walked down the stairs and opened the door.
After exchanging a few words with the person outside, Cessi closed the door, went back upstairs, her expression thoughtful and her eyes filled with concern.
"What's the matter, Teacher?" Heidi asked.
"Yes, Teacher, what happened?" Narlyd also asked, "Who was it that came, and what did they say to you?"
Cessi's lips were tightly pressed together, and it was a while before she looked at Heidi and Narlyd and said, "The person who came was Master Russell, who talked quite a bit with me. The key point was to have me participate in this conclave."
"But you said you weren't planning on getting involved, didn't you?"
"That's exactly the problem," Cessi said slowly, "I had already discussed this with Master Russell before, and she had agreed. Now she's gone back on her word..."
"Sigh—"
