"What happened?"
Seeing Shard and Miss Sylvia coming out, the girls who were keeping watch outside gathered around. Miss Sylvia's assistant, Miss Dector, informed them of the situation:
"About ten minutes ago, the first rift appeared in the sky. The interior of the initial rift was completely black, then a rural scene appeared. We haven't yet determined the exact location of the scene, but judging from the lifestyle depicted, it seems to be from our current era."
"Can ordinary people see it?"
Miss Sylvia asked.
"No, at least not now."
"Is it related to the large-scale ritual of the Prophet's Society?"
Shard also speculated but then dismissed his own thought:
"That's a divination ritual, even if it goes wrong, it wouldn't involve such severe spatial rifts... Things have gotten worse."
