Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 1880

Their Questions

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After putting down Leisha's photograph, he flipped over the one on the right in the row farthest from him. Tifa appeared in the photograph, standing at the entrance to Galina Manor's main house in a black-and-white maid dress, her hands folded before her as she bowed slightly.

His hand continued toward the middle row of photographs, but his eyes remained fixed on the shadow before him. No matter where Shade placed his hand, the shadow made no response. He asked "her" for her opinion again in his heart, but "she" merely laughed without answering.

Trusting his instincts, Shade finally stopped his hand at the very center of the nine photographs. After turning it over, he saw Iluna leaning against the outside of the door at 6 Saint Derain Square, looking out beyond the photograph with an inexplicably sorrowful expression.

Shade put down Iluna's photograph as well. Then, the three photographs he had turned over fused with the three monster photographs drawn by the shadow. The young ladies in the photographs began moving alongside the three monsters.

Shade prepared himself to overturn the table at any moment, but it seemed he had underestimated those young ladies.

Leisha made the first move in the photograph, immediately using her Low-Ring Words of Sublimation to put the most dangerous dragon to sleep. Tifa and Iluna worked together to deal with the evil spirit and the incredibly fast werewolf.

Then, the Head Maid, skilled in summoning and Sealing Technique, caused dozens of thick metal Rune Chains to extend from the void within the photograph and bind the sleeping dragon. Just as it awoke and snapped at least half the chains in one motion, Iluna leaped into the air and threw out Earth Power - Earth Energy Cannon.

The scene in the enormous fused photograph turned

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