"Uh—ow!"
This time, Fujimaru Ritsuka landed on his backside during the Spiritron Transfer.
"Master! Senpai! Please respond if you can hear me! Please respond!!!"
Mash's tearful voice came through the communicator, utterly frantic.
"I'm here, I'm here. Mash, calm down first—report the situation. What happened? Where did Miss Lawrence go?" Fujimaru Ritsuka pulled himself together as quickly as possible, concealed himself for the moment, and questioned Mash at the same time.
He surveyed his surroundings.
This should have been the urban area of Florence. He was standing in the street, but there were few people around at the moment, so no one had noticed him.
"Ah! Senpai... Thank goodness, Senpai is all right." Hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka's response, Mash felt as though tears were about to spill from her eyes. She pressed both hands to her chest and panted heavily.
"Ritsuka, after you entered the pods and the Counter-Summoning System activated, it seems you were interfered with during the Spiritron Transfer," Leonardo da Vinci said. Though she had also breathed a sigh of relief, she retained her composure and spoke gravely. "However, we did everything we could to correct it on our end. Both you and Lawrence should have transferred successfully, but there was some discrepancy in the time periods you arrived in. You... find somewhere to hide first. Mana reactions have appeared around you!"
Leonardo da Vinci's voice became stern halfway through her sentence.
Fujimaru Ritsuka heightened his vigilance and looked around. Spotting a ladder propped against a house, he sprinted over, climbed it, vaulted across the building, and ran onto another street as if he were doing parkour.
Fujimaru Ritsuka had received extensive training in this area, both in Singularities and at Chaldea. Even while running, he remembered to put on his hat, concealing his distinctly unusual appearance.
"Mash,