The guide girl pushed open the first door on the left side of the second-floor corridor. The room inside was completely empty, without a single piece of furniture. Only the wall directly opposite the door was made of glass, and beyond the glass wall stood a manor beneath the sunlight.
The scene beyond the glass wall was moving. Having entered the room, Shade could tell that it was neither an illusion nor a projected image. Beyond the glass wall was an actual Physical Space.
Within that manor, the young noble lady rose from her room and began her day.
Both time and space in the area beyond the glass wall were abnormal. The accelerated images showed the group that although the noble lady seemed polite to everyone and gentle and kind by nature, she was actually deeply envious of a pretty maid in the manor.
The noble lady and the maid were both seventeen or eighteen, at the blossoming age of youth. The former was not unattractive herself, but she could not compare with the maid at all. From the noble lady's Late Night Self-Talk, they could hear that she was Envious of the maid's beauty. She longed to possess the same appearance, to display her own exceptional nature.
The story that followed was not beyond anyone's expectations. By chance, a friend visiting the manor smilingly gave the noble lady a short knife and told her how to use it to make a Skin Object.
Thus, on a stormy night, the noble lady entered the room of the drugged maid. She successfully obtained and put on the Skin Object, then stood naked before the Floor Mirror in her bedroom, laughing and spinning in circles as Thunder and Rain roared outside, admiring her newfound beauty.
Then an identical short knife emerged