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The Castle Tower Seat.
Everyone followed after Lord Yunmelngen onto an elevator that was directly connected to their chambers.
They went down, down, down.
Down to the underground level.
No. Not a level, but into the depths of the planet itself.
The elevator display didn’t show labels such as “Underground 1” or “Underground 2.” Instead, it displayed exactly how far they were below the surface of the earth—over four hundred meters at present.
“…Where do you intend on taking us?” Sisbell asked.
“Hm?”
The Lord, who stood at the center of the elevator, turned to look at Sisbell.
“I’m afraid this is the only way, Princess Sisbell. Your astral power has a limited scope when you view the past. I believe you said it was within three thousand meters of you.”
“…But just how far underground are you going to take us?”
“I would like to see what occurred in the past about five thousand meters underground. So that means your ability won’t work until we get to the two-thousand-meter mark. Looks like we’ve arrived.”
They were now two thousand meters underground. The elevator opened to a gloomy and large empty hall.
“Oh? A room directly beneath the Lord’s residence? I think this is my first time here as well.” Risya looked around curiously.
Ahead of them, Lord Yunmelngen sauntered into the center of the hall.
“Well, here we are. Princess Sisbell, I’m sure you know what to do.”
“…So you just want me to show you what happened a century ago here?” she asked.
“Yes, that’s all there is to it.”
The silver beastperson turned around.
“The birth of the Founder Nebulis. Of me. Of the Black Steel Gladiator, Crossweil. And the story of how the astral swords were created. I want to see all of it.”
“…” Sisbell inhaled deeply. She unbuttoned her bodice and pulled away the self-adhesive under her collarbone, exposing her astral crest.
The Illumination astral power. The crest—proof she was a witch—at first faint, soon began to glow more intensely.
“There’s something I’d like to know first. With the Illumination astral power, do you want me to show you everything from a century ago without any filters? If you can tell me the exact people and places you want to see, that should make things go more efficiently.”
“Ah, I see,” the Lord said. “Then you can focus on me and—”
They stopped themselves and snapped their fingers.
“Right. I know just the perfect person. You all saw Crow, didn’t you? I can still smell him on you.”
“…? We saw whom?” Sisbell froze and opened her eyes wide as saucers. Of course the Nebulis princess wouldn’t know who Crow was.
And so…
“He means Crossweil,” Iska said so Sisbell would also understand. “We just saw him. He’s my teacher, and Jhin’s too.”
“Yes, he must have come out of the woodwork for this. He’s just telling us to look at his past. We’ll be able to find out everything by following it. However…”
The Lord’s tone grew anxious.
The silver-haired beast continued, “Just so you know in advance, what you see here won’t be an easy watch or anything of the sort. The story you’ll see is really a parting of ways.”
The hall was enveloped in light.
The glitter from Sisbell’s astral power created three-dimensional images.
She had re-created the Empire of a century ago.
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