After returning to reality, Abner released the Spiritual Lock on the washroom and went back to the Sunroom.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Vice Admiral Iceberg had taken apart a radio and was studying its inner workings.
She stopped when Abner returned and pointed at the parts she had scattered across the table. "This must be the radio Emperor Roselle mentioned in some of his manuscripts... I never thought he'd already made one in this imagined world."
Edwina paused, then suggested with anticipation in her pale blue eyes, "Perhaps we should visit this scenario's library... if it has one."
"We'll have plenty of time for that later." Abner smiled, then briefly recounted what he had discussed with Klein Above the Gray Fog.
Of course, he left out the parts about the "trap" and "doing nothing." Some things were safe to discuss in Sefirah Castle, but not on the first floor of the Dream Labyrinth Tower.
"So Gehrman and his companions will be joining us soon?" Edwina thought for a moment, then asked hesitantly, "Can he really be trusted?"
"Yes," Abner answered without hesitation.
"I see." Edwina nodded, then suggested, "But before they arrive, we should summon our Servant."
"That's exactly what I'm about to do." With a smile, Abner walked over to the ritual symbol formed from bloodstains and placed the Solar Scepter he had taken out earlier upon it.
Through the Pure White Eye, Abner knew that, unlike the Holy Grail War in the anime from his previous life, this ritual required no special incantation. He only needed to channel his Spirituality into the Command Spell pattern on the back of his hand.
A faint phosphorescence rose from the bloody lines. A current of air sprang up inside the room, quickly swelling from a breeze