Her robe does look kinda similar to what Adela was wearing in chapter 6, yes?
I have an increasingly bad feeling about this. Separating Ethan from the others...
The robe... I went and read it again, somehow I completely forgot about Adela. She vanished from the story after she found out that she got... impaired... what happened to her?
Reading chapter 6 again, with my mood set by this page... in hindsight, what Adela asked for seems even more suspicious. Showing up at the tree, alone, making these demands - she seemed to want the fight, she seemed to want to appear untrustworthy. But why...?
Adela appeared briefly in chapter 16, at the beginning! Then she was mentioned again later in the same chapter :D
I had to check chapter 16, too, and didn't recognize her until her issue came up. So it wasn't temporary. Or at least it's still there... hmm, how much time has passed between chapter 6 and chapter 16? Some days?
Though her current whereabouts ARE indeed a mystery at this time...
Interesting that she just lets the others go, especially considering how Renchos in particular are treated in this setting. Given how you draw her expressions, I'm inclined to find her very likable, so perhaps she's a fairly reasonable person. Or maybe you're just lulling me into a false sense of security...
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