{I just got home, and it's already past midnight. I'm updating right away. Sorry for the wait, everyone. I might as well post today's and tomorrow's chapters together.}
Meanwhile, on the other side, at Teyvat's border, Alice and her close girlfriend from the Hexenzirkel, Nicole, had put the final safeguards in place. They had set up dozens of layers of magical barriers along Teyvat's border so the Abyss could not break through them in a short time.
"I've left so many preparations in place. Sigh... Now I have to worry about the Abyss's corrosion and infiltration at the border and go back to Mondstadt to deal with those outsiders. It's giving me such a headache..."
"N, is there really no way for you to divine exactly where these people came from?"
As Alice put the finishing touches on the barriers, she turned to ask the girl in a white beret beside her.
{I cannot foresee their fates or calculate them. Or rather, I have a frightening suspicion.}
{They... are not people from Teyvat, but Descenders from beyond the heavens...}
{Alice, the fact that such a tremendous upheaval has occurred in Teyvat means that the appearance of these Descenders is beyond even Celestia's ability to handle. If even Celestia cannot stop these Descenders, then naturally, we cannot contend with these beings either.}
{The safest approach is to remain as friendly as possible. Through my calculations of the direction of Mondstadt's fate, it seems Teyvat will not face the most terrible finality.}
The witch codenamed N, the prophetic witch Nicole Reine, told Alice her suspicions through telepathy.
She communicated by making her voice resonate directly in other people's minds through telepathy. As a witch who gave people guidance, her every word would have some effect on reality. On top of that, she