“No reply has returned.”
That was Senior Neris’s answer.
I had asked whether she was using the ‘Flame Shadow’ to contact the outside. Perhaps she truly deserved to be called a capable adjutant, for it seemed she had already attempted several things.
There must have been a reason she had not reported it to me separately.
The short-haired, brown-haired woman began revealing the whole truth without concealment.
“House Findleston’s ‘Flame Shadow’ is ordinarily sent to designated coordinates. That makes exchanging communications convenient. Relay points are also essential when crossing an excessively long distance.”
“Does the secret art activate without difficulty?”
“Yes. At least, within the Barrier…… However, I do not know whether communication can reach beyond it. Since no reply has returned, I considered us effectively ‘out of contact’ and did not think it worth mentioning.”
Did that mean the ‘Flame Shadow’ functioned properly even within the distorted coordinate system?
I knew little about magic, but I understood that this phenomenon was not normal. An array resembled a precision machine, and not even the smallest prerequisite could…