Bailing's Realization

The pure white girl floating in midair.

That elegant hovering posture, the effortless ease with which she held a long-handled wand in one hand, coupled with those smiling azure eyes...

"Her black-and-white patterned shawl and the design of her wand are exact matches too. Every identifying detail we have lines up so far."

Cheshire Rabbit spoke up.

"We can be certain that the person in the video is Albatross, who was declared missing years ago."

"But why did she appear in that strange alternate space?" Nightingale then asked.

"At the end of the day, we still don't know how that alternate space was formed or how to get inside it—Miss Heartmoon Fox, you guided Senior Lilac through the rift just now. Could you briefly explain the principle behind it?"

Su Tianqing had long expected to be asked that question.

When Hyacinth had been surrounded by a swarm of Hydras and fallen into danger earlier, the Familiars she had stationed throughout Rongcheng detected fluctuations from a spatial rift. The Magical Girl Compass happened to show that Lilac was nearby, so she immediately had the Hero Association contact her and ask her to enter the rift in search of Hyacinth.

But no one had expected another Lilac to appear inside that alternate space and provide support. Then came the confrontation between the two Lilacs and Albatross's sudden arrival, casting the entire rescue operation in the alternate space beneath an eerie veil.

"The principles might be a little complicated to explain, so I'll try to keep it simple. Thus and so, this and that..."

The brief five-minute explanation successfully left a large portion of those present dazed and glassy-eyed, as though they had slept through one minute of a math class and then looked up to find they could no longer understand anything.