Sepakai (GXG) (GIRLXGIRL) (GL)

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Chapter 16
Section 1: Hidden
[Ashel]: “I see, this is where we were transported?”

Ashel-sama glanced around us to confirm our position. She didn’t look surprised about this development in the least. Her question was entirely rhetorical, having completely accepted everything that had happened.

≪Bright sun≫

≪Great weather≫

Mippo and Moppo were still holding each other’s hands as they followed Carol off the magic circle.

[Iris]: “Ashel-sama, were you perhaps already aware that there was another castle buried underneath your own castle?”

I timidly extended my toes from the magic circle to check the feel of the ground. Before I could take a real step though, Ashel-sama came up from behind me and walked onto the grass. She then turned around and assured me it was fine to walk on.

[Ashel]: “I did. This would be my third time here I believe? Originally it was customary for someone to come down here about once a year to see if anything has changed.”

[Iris]: “Then, did you know too Litzreich?”

[Litzreich]: “Let’s see, I think this is my fifth time here? For the record, if you follow the ordinary path, you will come out onto this enclave through a door erected in these plains facing front of the castle over there.”

A vast grassland spread out in front of where Litzreich pointed.

But on the other side of that grassland was an erect door standing before the castle’s front entrance. Assuming the structure of this castle is the same as Oshunel Castle, that would be the spot where we always park our carriage after a day in town. There’s this feeling of disconnect seeing this huge, manmade structure sitting in the middle of some pristine grasslands.

[Litzreich]: “Sky enclaves like this are rare. No matter how deep underground or how far down in the ocean it is, they are special spaces that somehow connect to the sky above them. They’re also known as air veins, heaven fragments, et cetera, et cetera.”

Litzreich knows her stuff. Just what I’d expect of a professor from the most prestigious school in the country. I’d be impressed if I hadn’t seen her dragged here like a prisoner a minute ago……

[Iris]: “Hold on, wait. Are you saying we’re actually floating in the air right now?”

[Litzreich]: “We are, and we aren’t. We’re still beneath the castle. It’s more like the sky has been buried with us.”

So what Litzreich is saying is that we are currently on an island floating in the air buried underground. Apparently Oshunel had the gnomes build the castle along with this island all for the sake of greeting the hero Ranroot.

[Iris]: “…….Oh, I get it. We didn’t move to the sky, but rather the sky was moved here.”

[Litzreich]: “Something like that. Unfortunately I’m not too certain on how such a phenomenon occurs. There is one theory that posits the spaces are like footprints from the Goddess Illya, her mere presence having distorted the space…..I’m not interested in the subject though, so you will have to do some research if you want to learn more.”

[Iris]: “Isn’t researching your hobby?”

[Litzreich]: “That doesn’t mean I am going to go out of my way to research things I don’t care about.”

By the way, currently we are on the left side of the castle. From our point of view, the castle is a ways away on our right while the door we normally would’ve entered to get here was on our left.