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"Clang—!"
A pure-white flash erupted abruptly in the space, illuminating the entire room.
Within the flash, several figures slowly emerged, each accompanied by a magic formation as they were directly teleported into the room.
Noah only felt his vision suddenly turn completely white before he appeared in this room.
Looking closely, he found that it was an impressively grand and luxurious chamber.
"How did it go?"
"Are we back?"
"Looks like we're back?"
"We should be back, right?"
As Noah surveyed his surroundings, several girls' voices suddenly rang out beside him.
Noah turned his head and immediately saw his companions.
The girls also noticed Noah, their eyes lighting up as they hurried over.
"Wh... what's going on now?" Claire asked nervously.
"We should have returned to Sanctuary Sky Island, right?"
"That's right, we're back." Fianna looked around, seemingly confirming something before nodding.
"I came here when I was still a Shrine Maiden of the Sacred Ritual Institute. This is the audience chamber at the deepest part of the Great Shrine. Ordinarily, if someone sought an audience with the Spirit Princesses and received permission, the Spirit Princesses would receive them here."
"The Spirit Princesses' audience chamber?" Alice said uncertainly.
"Why were we teleported here?"
"Yeah." Linse also seemed somewhat surprised.
"And it looks like only members of our team were teleported here. Why?"
"Isn't the reason easy enough to guess?" Noah grinned.
"Only we were teleported here when the Spirit Sword Dance Festival ended, while the other teams weren't. There can only be one reason, right?"
At those words, Claire, Linse,