"Them," Vice Principal Ruo Yu said, referring to the staff of the Relevant Department.
As the guardians of the Wizarding World's most powerful force, the Relevant Department held an exceptionally detached status at First University. Aside from the principal, not even the two vice principals had the authority to handle anything related to them.
So, upon hearing the old wizard's speculation, Shihui wore an expression of complete unsurprise.
"One day..." she muttered under her breath.
"What?" Perhaps the old wizard was getting on in years; his hearing was slightly poor.
The witch glanced at him and raised her voice a little. "I mean, I sensed an extremely powerful force of fate within that red glow... Not the nearly insubstantial fate found in the Relevant Department, but a force of fate carrying a trace of Chronolight."
"Chronolight?" Vice Principal Ruo Yu finally shifted his gaze from the Hell Equation outside the city and looked toward that streak of red in the sky. His fingers rapidly calculated within his sleeve. After a long while, he said softly:
"If I remember correctly, when we previously launched that Timeline advance operation, one hunting party failed and did not return on time. They had crossed time and space to fight in the future..."
"So when they appeared ahead of schedule at this point in time, the missing portion of Chronolight between their present and past would flow back into them," Shihui continued, looking thoughtful. "That means they would gain double, or perhaps even greater, enhancement for a short time."
"Fate always likes taking such shortcuts." Old Man Ruo Yu leaned on his cane, stroking the silver wolf-head sculpture atop it. He sighed. "Ever since that sheep crawled out of the abyss, I've been considering how to deal with it... Now, it seems fate has already