"..."
Alvitte experienced the exact same feeling Linsey had felt a month ago.
Though their adventures had differed.
Alvitte's feelings for her teacher were likewise the longing one felt for a dearly beloved relative.
Hearing the answer from an old friend, she felt as though a basin of cold water had been poured over her head, seeping into her veins and freezing even her Source Material-enhanced body into a block of ice.
"Teacher still hasn't returned..."
Alvitte recalled the Sword-Snatching War.
As one of the Righteous Walkers, her Sixth Stage Skill had been unremarkable. Her Seventh Stage teacher had been the main fighting force.
At the final moment that day.
Alvitte had been thrown beyond two worlds through warped time and space.
Based on what she knew of her teacher's Source Material Skill, she had believed he would surely be fine.
But the outcome now seemed vastly different from what she had imagined!
Alvitte's shock also unsettled the others, and someone asked her:
"Alvitte, Lord Dune, he really..."
Alvitte immediately shook her head.
Then she spoke to those around her in an unwavering tone:
"Impossible."
"The law protections in the mountains are still functioning normally!"
"As the caster of the Skill, if something had truly happened to Teacher, the defenses here would have gone wrong as well."
Alvitte continued explaining:
"For the past ten years, I was actually outside the City of Law World because the explosion during the Sword-Snatching War sent me away. I think Teacher must have gone through the same thing. He will surely need some time before he can return here."
After hearing Alvitte's explanation, the townsfolk felt both worried and delighted.
Based on their understanding of Alvitte, they were willing to believe that this Righteous Walker girl would never deceive them. The Law Knight