What happened?
She instinctively lifted the blanket, a strange expression appearing on her face, then covered herself again. Just as she was about to look for a change of clothes, a purple portal suddenly opened before her. An impatient voice came through with a cool breeze, making Talulah wrap the little blanket tighter around herself.
"Your sword. You forgot it earlier."
With a clatter, the greatsword Talulah never let out of her hand was tossed through as well. The person on the other side did not step out of the portal, merely waved mischievously.
"Thank you for taking care of little Rozaliya all this time."
"Cough, cough, cough."
Talulah wanted to say something in response, but a faint voice came from the other side again.
"Imprisoning and keeping an airheaded beauty—you must have enjoyed that, huh?" Hoshino coughed. "Don't deny it."
(⊙﹏⊙)??
Σ(っ°Д°;)っ
So that was what I was thinking?
She still wanted to say something, but the spinning purple portal vanished on the spot. There was nothing atop the tower. Talulah wrapped the little blanket around herself and sent Crownslayer an order through the rooftop radio.
"It's over. Bring a set of clothes up."
On the other end, Crownslayer was already on the move. This order was not unfamiliar to her. Whenever Talulah released all her power without regard for anything else, her control would weaken, and everything around her—including her clothes—would burn to ash in the Drak's fury. Talulah, or rather Grey Serpent, had long prepared for this, so she would not be left too embarrassed.
The elevator hummed as it slowly carried Crownslayer upward.
She began imagining the miserable sight awaiting her at the top of the tower. That blue-haired girl surely would not have escaped death, and even the uppermost floor would have been buried with