"A while ago, when your school held its winter hunt."
"Near your off-campus hunting grounds, there was a brief but intense spatiotemporal disturbance. Perhaps some terrifying wizard was trying to break through the constraints of time and space to attack the school; or perhaps one of the school's big shots was reversing time and overturning causality."
"Either way, that brief, violent disturbance caused a tiny wrinkle in space to spill out near Puji Island."
"Mm, let me give you an analogy... It was like a sheet of plastic film spread flat across a tabletop. Originally, it was perfectly smooth. But then someone tugged at it, creating a small bubble in the film. If you knew a little about Magical Cosmology, you would understand what a 'bubble universe' was."
"In other words, that little bubble was the Mystic Realm you had been yearning for."
"Under normal circumstances, if a newly born Mystic Realm appeared at First University—or rather, on Puji Island—the school would search for it and anchor it immediately. Then it would organize hunting parties to investigate and clear it out, before finally registering it according to whether it had development value."
"But for certain reasons, the school's response this time was a little sluggish. The Mystic Realm had existed for two months already, yet there were still no signs of them searching or clearing it."
"This is your opportunity."
"Perhaps your only opportunity."
Rat Immortal did not explain the source of this information to the witch, nor did it tell her the Mystic Realm's exact location, means of entry, or level of danger. It merely gave her this opportunity.
Upon hearing the news, Colmar could not suppress the joy in her heart.
But at the same time, something in Rat Immortal's words had clearly caught her attention. She sharply