"Princess" Vanessa and "Dragon" Siris vanished along with the lift platform. The adventurers who had just been defeated by the "Dragon" lay sprawled on the ground, lamenting the Dragon's might with surprisingly fine singing voices, praying for the Knight's arrival and mourning the Princess's Destiny. At last, they all climbed to their feet and sang together to Shade below the stage:
"Knight from a foreign land, Hamilton of Leijed, we need your help. Please help us bring back that most beautiful Princess and pluck that loveliest flower."
Shade pointed at himself, guessing that this was probably the process of the "interactive play" Vanessa had mentioned last night:
"But I don't know where the Dragon has taken the Princess."
"No hurry, no hurry, Warrior! Let us show you the way!"
They sang together, then pushed up a large mirror from the side of the stage—the same one Shade had used that morning.
But as the runes around the Mirror Surface were tapped in sequence, the scene revealed on the other side was not the Black Night Spirit Temple, but the rooftop terrace of Belinder Big Ben.
It was already close to eight in the evening, so of course no one was there.
"Wait, did you ask Miss Belinder before using the Clock Tower?"
Shade asked in surprise, but the smiling "adventurers" onstage had already jumped down one after another:
"Knight, oh Knight, why do you hesitate here? Go save the Princess, for us and for her."
These young ladies, most of whom were above the seventh ring, practically carried Shade onto the stage. They did not seem professional at all right now, because professional actors would not be smiling so happily at a time like this.
"Knight, oh Knight, do not hesitate, do not be cowardly. The Princess is before your