Rumble!
Deafening thunder echoed continuously through the air. Doctor Schneider, who was holding a wineglass and chatting with Mr. Alan Madison and Mr. Presia of the "Guiding Moon" in the banquet hall on the 1st Floor of the manor, looked out the window in confusion.
"Is it going to rain? Why were there two claps of thunder in a row?"
The correspondence Ring Arcanists of Serkses also looked out the window in confusion.
"Could a High-Ring Arcanist be fighting nearby? That really scared me just now."
The light of the Thunder had not spread into the garden. Under the moonlight, the garden of Lake View Manor remained as tranquil and beautiful as ever. Leisha, Dorothy, and Princess Margaret, who were standing together, also turned to look toward Schluch Lake after hearing the thunder.
"When I was little, I was actually very afraid of thunder."
Leisha whispered to Princess Margaret. The princess had naturally sensed that there was something wrong with the two thunderclaps, but she could not show it before ordinary people, so she pretended not to care.
"Miss Louisa, do you know Mr. Hamilton well? Could you tell me more about him?"
The blonde Miss Writer nodded, while the red-haired princess showed a strange smile.
"What is that?"
On Lake Heart Island in Schluch Lake, Miss Galina asked Miss Sylvia from within the mist. The two stood together by the shore of Lake Heart Island. Like everyone else there, they watched a massive silver white spear, like a pillar supporting the heavens, appear amid the dense fog. The crackling lightning filled both Witches with fear.
Before their terrified eyes, amid the dreadful crash of thunder, the silver spear was thrown. Fortunately, it was not aimed at them. Only after the explosion ended did the Duchess mutter through the ringing