The curtain of light dissipated. After a moment of weightlessness, everyone landed, still in the same positions as before.
The two sides remained poised to fight. They were still enemies, after all; a third party had merely intervened.
Until they formed an alliance, even a preliminary one, they remained enemies. If one side launched a sneak attack, the other could hardly accuse them of fighting dirty.
Everyone realized that the concentration of magical energy in the air here was more than twice that of the outside world.
The surrounding buildings had an old-fashioned style and were all built of stone.
The two sides seemed to be standing in a plaza. Ahead was a fountain with an angel statue at its center, water streaming continuously from the vessel in its hands.
In the distance, a curtain of light covered the sky, enclosing this place in a small world of its own.
Its most distinctive building was a grand cathedral, from which angels could occasionally be seen flying out.
"This is the Vatican. That's Saint Peter's Basilica."
The speaker was Ciel. This place could be considered her second home.
"They say this place is surrounded by the Light Guardian Barrier, so entering should be impossible. I never expected us to be teleported here."
Saint Peter's Basilica was a place of pilgrimage for the faithful.
The name Saint Peter's Basilica might have sounded unfamiliar to some in its alternate Chinese rendering, but its more common name was far more recognizable.
The church had reached its present scale through the continuous designs and improvements of renowned architects such as Bramante and Michelangelo.
Ciel's explanation finally jogged Yuan Shikai's memory of this place.
He had visited once before in the Tsukihime World timeline.
After he saved Merem Solomon and Ciel, who had been preparing to