"Um, Sakura. Those... strange creatures, what are they?"
Rin Tohsaka spoke very carefully.
Earlier, when she had called out to Skadi older sister, Sakura had gotten very angry.
But when she used Skadi's name directly, Sakura seemed to feel that she was being disrespectful toward Skadi.
So she paid close attention to her wording now.
"They're the Great Flock." Sakura seemed rather proud, and the smug look on her face showed how pleased she was.
"So, who are you?" Sakura finally looked at Young Gil. "You feel really familiar somehow..."
"Mm, me too. The moment I saw you, my legs and knees started feeling warm. Very warm. Maybe we really do know each other." Young Gil smiled as well.
[Mercy]
"The city... has returned to normal."
Waver looked around.
Having burned through too much mana, Waver had basically lain dead for the entire morning. He only got up at noon because he was too hungry.
After eating, Waver returned to Fuyuki City.
It had now returned to its usual state.
It seemed that not everyone was aware of last night's horror.
The only trace left was that, supposedly, vibrations in the mountains between Shinto and Zenjo had caused some kind of toxic gas leak, resulting in mass unconsciousness and communications outages in the border region.
But Waver knew that was not what had really happened.
Although the Tide Recedes had occurred, the Great Stillness had not ended.
Flights had been grounded, ships had ceased operation, and information from overseas had been almost completely cut off.
"I heard the Mage's Association has taken action too. They're trying to establish contact with the outside..." Waver had also received intelligence from Kischur.
Although communications between inside and outside had been severed, it was still possible to make contact to some extent through magecraft.