This chapter has 0 impact since its so painfully obvious they'll come back. Then again I can only blame myself for expecting any kind of development at all from this story.
Every as much as an idiot Eris is, this is just the author forcing them to be separate. Otherwise there would be no way to force Sylphy back in. It ain't something he can fix in an adaptation either, since it would require a rewrite of basically everything that comes after this chapter, but this...
This story could have been fine if the MC just slapped some sense into the black haired girl. So what if she can turn invisible and stalk them. There is a limit to magic and she obviously needs preparation. There is a limit how many attempts of being ambushed with bats, rocks, traps, being...
The goddess completely ruins this. She's an obnoxious piece of shit. She comes off like a cheap Aqua clone, with no redeeming features besides her character design.
I think I can't finish this. I'm almost halfway through, but I hate the main character so much. Props to the author to writing this. It's really special, something you don't see easily.