However, although her strength had grown, Anvis sensed a somewhat strange aura about Claire.
It was as if something that had once been whole had suddenly revealed a flaw, yet had somehow become more real.
The golden-haired Half-Elf girl did not hide what had happened to her. She briefly recounted to Anvis how she had explored the castle, encountered that fragment, and ventured deep underground.
"...Then, at the very bottom of that spiral staircase passage, there was a slowly flowing Blazing Red Lava River.
"At the source of that river, I saw an incomparably ancient Stone Altar standing in a vast underground lava lake. At the center of the Ancient Magic Array atop the altar sat a strange Crystal Heart.
"When I picked up the Crystal Heart, it suddenly merged into my body. Even I couldn't find where it had gone.
"Then, the altar suddenly collapsed and sank into the lava lake. It nearly dragged me in with it, and the surrounding cave walls began trembling strangely.
"I felt that something was wrong. As I fled the underground, the volcano suddenly erupted. After that, I met Baige Sen, who had also escaped. That's what happened."
Listening to the girl's "thrilling and exciting" adventure, Anvis opened his mouth, then pressed his lips together, unsure what to say.
Better light an incense stick for the High Priest first.
A Seal that should never have failed was absorbed by the Old Days Secret Scripture; the anti-magic domain encountered technological weapons from another world; when the Ritual failed and he was ready to risk his life, Claire had even taken a stroll through his home! Who could withstand that?!
"Are you thinking something very rude?"
The Half-Elf girl's fair, crystalline ear twitched, and her azure eyes instinctively narrowed slightly.
"Nothing. I just thought of