"What...!?"
"What was that...!?"
Amid the startled cries of the villagers inside the Grand Cathedral, a blinding light bloomed through the space, spreading like a tide and instantly covering the surrounding area.
Within that dazzling radiance, several figures appeared as though out of thin air, slowly emerging before everyone's eyes.
There were three figures in total.
One was a knight.
One was a maid.
The other was an elf dressed in an extravagant gown.
"It's only been a little while, and things have already become like this?"
The knight swept his gaze across the entire Grand Cathedral, his tone exceptionally calm.
"Grandma! Garfield!"
The maid first brightened with joy, only for her expression to turn complicated moments later.
"Hmph!"
The gorgeously dressed elf girl crossed her arms and turned her head away, looking thoroughly haughty.
At the sight of those three, everyone present was struck dumb with astonishment.
"Frederica!?"
Ryuzu stared at the maid who had appeared here, shocked beyond measure.
"Big sis...!?"
Garfiel was likewise stunned by the sudden appearance of his biological older sister.
"L-Lady Beatrice...!?"
Rem looked at the elf girl standing beside Fang Li and could not help widening her eyes slightly.
Everyone's reactions were filled with surprise.
That was only natural.
Frederica had left the "Sanctuary" more than ten years ago and had scarcely ever returned during that time. Now that she had suddenly appeared here, Garfiel and Ryuzu could hardly have been anything but shocked.
Rem's surprise was even simpler. It was merely because Beatrice had left the Forbidden Library and appeared in the "Sanctuary."
After all, because of her contract, Beatrice had remained in the Forbidden Library for a full four hundred years. The number of times she had emerged from it could practically be counted on ten fingers, and even when she