When Airi opened her eyes again, all she felt was a splitting headache.
"Ugh... where am I...?"
Airi slowly opened her eyes and looked around. Everything within sight was a complete mess, shrouded in pitch-black darkness. But for a Vampire like Airi, this level of darkness was clearly no problem.
At the same time, Yukina's voice rang out beside her.
"Thank goodness, Senpai, you're finally awake! Are you all right?!"
"Yukina..."
Airi barely managed to turn her head and looked at Yukina's little face, which seemed on the verge of tears.
"Where are we...?"
"Thank goodness, Senpai, you came back to life! I was really worried... Just now, your head was clearly cut off, and your body was torn to pieces! But after that... after that... it was like time began flowing backward, and your body returned to normal..."
Yukina lowered her head and spoke uneasily.
"But you never woke up..."
"Sorry for scaring you."
Airi let out a long breath. She felt utterly exhausted, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness. Even standing up was difficult, while Yukina shook her head hard.
"No, Senpai, I should be the one apologizing. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have interfered on my own. If it weren't for me, that man..."
"All right, this isn't your fault. It was just an accident. After all, we didn't have much information..."
Airi smiled and shook her head, sighing inwardly.
Sure enough, as a low-magic world, Harry Potter spells had extremely limited effects in this world. Of course, they were fine against ordinary opponents, but they fell short against the truly powerful. Although Airi's Patronus Charm was powerful, that was entirely due to her own immense magical power, more like brute force overcoming everything rather than the Patronus Charm itself being particularly strong.
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