Just as Imu was wracking his brain over the "duplicate"...
Many people and many events in the outside world were also moving in entirely new directions as fate changed.
Louise and Saito Hiraga were brought back to Impel Down and imprisoned in the same cell in "Level 6 Infinite Hell."
This was the special treatment that Brimir, the "God of Void," had secured for them.
Then, in recognition of their contribution in handing over "Magic Moon Igu," their sentences were reduced from "life imprisonment" to "ten years."
In Imu's view, Magic Moon's value to Sea Star was more than enough to have the two released immediately.
But Brimir was right.
It would indeed be inappropriate for Louise and Saito Hiraga, the two main culprits, to be released right after being sentenced. It would damage the World Government's authority.
So in the end, their fixed-term sentences of ten years remained.
In addition.
Mimosa Sage, her two students Dr. Shafali and Dr. Mormont, as well as Kirche, who had been imprisoned in "Starvation Hell,"
were, following Rondel's mages collectively joining the World Government,
and at the request of Magnus Sage and President Joseph,
resentenced to ten years of house arrest at the Mage Association.
During that period, they were not allowed to leave the Sky Island where the Hanlin Academy Council was located, and they had to wear an ankle shackle at all times.
Because, at their core, they were still prisoners.
At the same time, the relocation site for Rondel's nearly one hundred thousand residents had been determined.
Considering that the Mage Association headquarters—the Hanlin Academy Council's magic tower—was located on the Sky Island directly above Reverse Mountain,
the World Government placed "New Rondel City" in the RL1001 area beside Reverse Mountain.
The Construction Department had already dispatched an engineering team