"Da... Dago."
After hesitating for a long time, Undine finally "gathered her courage" and walked over, softly calling his name.
"Have the people from the Astral School left?"
Dago spoke to Undine in as natural a tone as possible, hoping to make her less "nervous."
"They have."
Undine nodded, but quickly shook her head again.
Just as Dago frowned in confusion, Undine hurriedly said, "Someone wants to see you."
"Who?"
"..."
Undine was about to answer, but she tightly closed her mouth again, her eyes revealing a trace of helplessness.
Dago narrowed his eyes slightly, roughly guessing the other party's identity.
"I understand."
He had already anticipated such a situation and was not surprised. He merely nodded calmly. "Now? Where is he?"
Undine stepped aside, revealing the small door behind her. "You'll see him after you go through here."
Dago nodded and slowly walked toward the small glowing door Undine had come through.
The two passed each other. Just as Dago was about to step into the small door, Undine suddenly spoke. "Dago."
Dago turned around and saw Undine looking at him with an unusually resolute gaze. "The Ring of Law and I are behind you."
Dago did not answer. He merely smiled faintly before his figure vanished into the small door.
The moment he stepped through it, Dago keenly sensed a fluctuation in space and the Rune Magic Array.
When he came back to his senses, his eyes froze slightly. Before him lay a beautiful and mysterious night sky.
Starlight poured down from all directions, and meteors occasionally streaked past, leaving radiant trails behind them.
Beneath that starry sky floated a small gray island. The island was empty save for a single figure sitting cross-legged, seemingly waiting for him.
An illusory space constructed by magic.
This was not the