Deep within the dim, chaotic Defiance Courtyard, a faint radiance drifted above ground formed from shattered boulders. A massive oak tree of unknown origin stood in the center of the courtyard, surrounded by numerous operating magical devices. Some projected ever-changing Holographic Images, while others emitted light, interweaving into a complex grid-like barrier.
Goddess of Magic Milmina sat beneath the oak tree with her eyes closed in meditation. Pale golden leaves drifting down from the canopy scattered through her long hair before turning into fragments of light and gradually fading away.
Suddenly, the Former Goddess of Magic opened her eyes. At some point, a strange expression had appeared on her previously calm and tranquil face.
The next moment, Amun's voice came from nearby. "What? Did you have a dream?"
"...No, I wasn't asleep," Milmina muttered strangely as she raised a hand to rub her temple. "For some reason, I suddenly felt a little uneasy... It startled me out of meditation."
"Uneasy? Startled out of meditation? That doesn't sound like a good sign," Amun, who had been tending to the oak tree nearby, immediately grew a little nervous. A remarkably human expression of concern appeared on his face. "Could it be that some part of your 'divinity' still remains..."
"It's not that serious. I just felt a little uneasy, like someone had suddenly seen some embarrassing thing from my dark past," Milmina said, waving a hand. She had no idea why such a strange description had suddenly come to mind, but she quickly cast the minor detail aside and turned her attention to Amun, who had been busy these past few days. "By the way, you're still not done?"
"Not even close. I've only just begun," Amun said, shaking his head. The pale green runes floating around his antlers gradually dissipated into