Claire's expression changed, but Luvia stopped Stella:
"Miss Larson, stay behind. We need the complete Ring of Fate in your hand. Sylvia, please go to the town with Claire. Once Margaret recovers a little, I'll have her go help you."
"Alright."
Although Grace and Helen had already told everyone upon arriving that Middlesburg had not experienced anything similar, Luvia still sent Shade to investigate the situation throughout the Old Continent.
The news Shade brought back truly relieved Luvia. At present, only Fatumonst Island was experiencing problems; the other regions of the Material World remained normal.
After having Stella resonate with that ice blue Ring of Fate and cast a spell to summon snowflakes, everyone quickly recovered in the areas the snowflakes passed through. Potions that restored the soul were expensive and difficult to make, but Shade's Dark Moon Grace proved immensely useful at this time.
They worked continuously until two in the afternoon before the problems aboard the ship and in the castle were mostly resolved. By then, the high-ring Followers had already gone into the city to inspect the situation, while Claire and Sylvia had also sent news from the town: the Elders and Fatu Priests had been affected as well, and more severely than ordinary Ring Arcanists.
"The seal has developed a problem, which in turn has affected the Snow Mountain."
That was Luvia's conclusion. The intense disturbance in destiny did not gradually subside until three in the afternoon. But the recovered young ladies discovered that although their bodies and souls were slowly recovering, their spellcasting abilities had been weakened to varying degrees.
This weakening had no pattern. For some, the spiritual energy consumed when casting a certain Thaumaturgy had merely increased, while for others, many Spirit Runes could no longer manifest their spiritual light, making Thaumaturgy impossible