Zolgen's Past, A Tragic Collision

"...Norla, I'm sorry. There are some things I need to tell the Master. I'm sorry." Lawrence first cast a worried glance at Norla, who was sitting beside her with Nursery Rhyme.

Norla bit her lip, then raised his head and shook it. "I-It's okay. Go ahead."

Yet Nursery Rhyme could keenly sense that Norla's mood had sunk even further, though it had already been low to begin with.

Patting Norla on the back, Lawrence turned her gaze back to Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"You've heard of the London Meteor Incident of 1795, haven't you?" She lowered her head and murmured.

"...Yes. The London Meteor Incident, which, along with the Tunguska Explosion, Apocalypse Explosion, Dead Mound Incident, Chernobyl nuclear leak, Pompeii Doomsday, Chilean earthquake, Indonesian tsunami, early twentieth-century influenza pandemic, Bora Cyclone, and the Black Death epidemic personally ended by Miss Lawrence during her lifetime, is known as one of the eleven great disasters in human history." Mash nodded lightly in response. "A meteor fell directly into London, one of the most prosperous cities on Earth at the time, causing enormous casualties. According to incomplete statistics, at least twenty thousand people died immediately, while as many as two hundred thousand later died or suffered injuries of varying severity due to secondary disasters. At least five hundred thousand people were left homeless. However, the incident became difficult to investigate for various reasons afterward, and was eventually left unresolved due to industrial reforms."

"It's good that you've heard of it. But do you know that the London Meteor Incident was not actually caused by a meteor, but involved mysterious factors?" Lawrence looked at Mash, only to avert her eyes the instant their gazes met.

"Huh? Th-This..." Mash froze, lowering her head to think. "Could Miss Lawrence mean... the theory of the London Monster?"

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