Time rolled back a little.
Amid the ruins of the palace.
The plan to save Victoria consisted of two steps. First, Clara would use [Possession] on Victoria, then channel life force into her through her hair to free her from her state of madness.
Then came the second step: Elsa and Vanessa would come through the mirror, and Elsa would personally dispel [Amber] to free Victoria.
Things went fairly smoothly from start to finish-or at least the first half went very smoothly. Clara successfully freed Victoria from her madness.
After that, Elsa stepped in, and Clara suddenly found herself with nothing to do.
There was nothing for her to do while possessing Victoria. Should she possess Elsa?
Although both sides were at daggers drawn, they had yet to actually fight. Besides, Elsa was dispelling [Amber]. Wouldn't going over just get in her way?
So Clara decided to return to the ship first. While in Third-Person Perspective, she could freely switch targets for [Possession], so returning to the ship would not be difficult.
But just as Clara prepared to do so, she suddenly noticed something.
Prince Michel beside them seemed to be a possible target for possession too.
Clara froze.
Corpses could not be possessed. The fact that she could possess him meant Michel was not dead. But hadn't they said Michel was already a corpse?
Clara's thoughts were a little muddled for a moment, but the situation was urgent, and she had no time to think too much.
There's nothing else to do anyway, so why not-give it a try?
Then she possessed Michel's head.
Since she was taking part in the operation, Clara naturally knew the specifics. Of the three people present, Victoria had to be saved. That went without saying.
Sidney, however, could not be saved for the