In the Light Screen footage, Raiden Mei looked at St. Freya Academy, and an involuntary smile appeared on her face. Naturally, she was thinking of the good times they had shared.
"St. Freya Academy... I haven't gone back in such a long time. Since I was assigned to Chaldea, it's already been a year for me..."
Those murmured words reflected Raiden Mei's homesickness.
However, upon hearing them, the Herrscher of Thunder merely snorted. "Coward. You really are just like before—you haven't grown at all."
"What is there to miss about a place where children play house?"
"Then again, you've completely forgotten how wonderful those days at school once were, and how miserable the future would become."
"You've also completely forgotten how much regret you felt whenever you recalled the days you idled away at the academy."
Raiden Mei froze at those words, then frowned. "Why would that be?"
The Herrscher of Thunder said nothing.
There was silence and no answer, but her "gaze" was clearly directed toward the scene ahead.
Because the scene before them had changed. In this fragment of memory, the people of St. Freya Academy no longer had featureless faces. They now possessed distinct appearances and wore all kinds of clothing.
There were also St. Freya Academy student uniforms and teacher uniforms, though everyone wore them differently, without too many rigid requirements.
Then, a focus filter appeared over the memory fragment, and the view eventually settled on three girls standing together.
Raiden Mei, Kiana, and Bronya.
The three girls appeared together, chatting and laughing. They lived together and attended the same class, three inseparable best friends whose triangular relationship could practically be called the Three Founding Families.
Among them, Kiana and Bronya were always bickering and seemed unable to get along, while Raiden Mei constantly doted on