"Just as I thought, it was you."
Inside a hidden Mystic Barrier somewhere, Shen Fei had barely entered when he saw Aozaki Touko sitting in a red chair ahead of him, calmly watching the numerous virtual screens before her.
"Then are you going to stop me?" Aozaki Touko asked calmly from her chair.
"There's no need. He won't be in any danger anyway. If anything, this magecraft is really quite interesting."
As he spoke, Shen Fei walked to the side and looked at Lord El-Melloi II on one of the virtual screens. No, he should be Waver now, attending a class in the Department of Modern Magecraft. He was not teaching others; he was attending Kenneth's class.
"Using magecraft to create virtual reality is seriously impressive. If this guy met Kayaba Akihiko, they'd definitely have plenty to talk about."
Earlier, Lord El-Melloi II had gathered five disciples in an attempt to use a magic circle to remove the Projection magecraft cast on him, but it had failed. That seemed to have made him realize something.
Afterward, taking on the appearance of his younger self, he attended a class reunion. One of his classmates, Amres Vordan, stated that Lord El-Melloi II's current appearance had been altered through Projection magecraft. This reunion had been meant to showcase Amres Vordan's progress with Projection magecraft.
Unfortunately, trouble arose as soon as class ended. Another of Lord El-Melloi II's female classmates, Camus, seized control of the magecraft, resulting in the scene displayed on the screens—Lord El-Melloi II seemed to have returned to ten years ago.
She had created this magecraft with no ill intent. She merely wanted to reminisce about the time from ten years ago. That was right—Camus had liked Lord El-Melloi II ever since their student days.
If Lord El-Melloi II had not