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The hall was designed to be like an indoor coliseum, a hall that had seats all around it in a spherical manner.
There was a certain distance between all the seats and there were steps on certain distances in the hall.
'Hide yourself, Lucy.'
[{ *Understood, master.* }]
The ceiling had lights for most parts and for the rest, it was just dark.
A lot of things in here were controlled with magic, artifacts, and magic engineered devices.
The ceiling as they all had seen until now was clear, just like any hall ceiling that they would know about. There was nothing special about this ceiling until now, at the very least, there was nothing special until the headmaster looked up, and the rest of them followed their gazes...
[{ "What do you see, Rein?" }]
Eon was looking up, and even though he did not want to, his eyes had turned blue.
He was seeing something that should not have been present here, at least not like this.
[{ "I'm seeing something crazy, darling... there are eyes...in the sky." }]
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He could tell whatever she was seeing was not something she could put into words. There were a lot of things wrong here, and as someone who could see the true nature of all things, this must be something even more absurd for her than it was for him.
[{ "Do you wanna see it...?" }]
[{ "Yes, please..." }]
He was holding her hand earlier, but now that they were looking at these... things, he wanted to see them as they were instead of with his eyes that could not understand them and was showing them to him the best way he could interpret them– as lines. Very, very complex bunch of lines.
He instinctively knew what he was looking at, but it was just too unbelievable so, he wanted to see the truth that she was seeing through her eyes.
-Ooooooooong.
So, he just cast his Solnova spell, something that caught the attention of some of the people in the conference, and after a moment, he was seeing what she was seeing.
[{ "Damn..." }]
And this was even more absurd.
[{( One understands why one was being so insistent. )}]
There were eyes on the ceiling that had now turned into an endless starry space. Unique eyes that did not belong to mortals.
[{( I sense something pure within that corrupt person... this does not make any sense. )}]
These eyes were speaking, looking at everything and everyone present in this conference hall as well as in many different places around the world.
They were not mortals– these eyes that they were seeing right now were the manifestations of the divine bodies of the beings that had graced them all with their direct gazes.
[{( What is happening here, we do not understand. One must find the answer, the question is deep. )}]
There were nine of them.
And, even though they were using their true voices, no one was affected by them.
It seemed like everyone was frozen still in their place, only a few of the people present could move in any manner or perceive anything happening there.
Even Rein and Eon were frozen by an unknown power. At least though, they were able to use their powers and energy.
All who possessed this power, this proof, had done something to earn it. And as the person who could see it all, see the height of that power, she could not help but admire it.
[{( Hmmm... this is strange. )}]
There was a red ball of light circling around the corrupted being that had stopped moving when they revealed themselves.
[{( The power hiding this corruption... it is not of divine nature. )}]
"..."
The voice that seemed to belong to the phoenix descendent confused the fellow divinities instead of surprising them or shocking them like it did to the headmaster.
[{( Does one mean a power with a certain origin holds the ability to hide and aid Corruption? )}]
The eldest one questioned the revealer of the new information... However, the phoenix voice did not confirm it until the sphere of red light around the individual extinguished completely.
[{( Yes. I am certain. In fact... I believe we will have to discuss this matter separately. )}]
There was a certain kind of confusion in this rather young voice.
Yet, the rest of them agreed to it as if it was natural for the rest of them...
[{( Very well then. )}]
The elder's eye looked at the rest of the eyes and discussed something internally before looking back down at the rest of them.
[{( Merlin, seems like one would have to take this one away from here for the time being. )}]
"I understand, Elder Master."
The headmaster bowed at them respectfully, and the individual suddenly vanished with a unique green light.
[{( The children one assigned this 'presentation' to. )}]
Then the elder eye looked at the rest of the conference and mainly, at the two who were looking back at them.
[{( Indeed... )}]
Then, the rest of the eyes also gazed into the same direction as THEM.
[{( They are interesting... )}]
Before THEY vanished, a unique shiver ran down both of their spines multiple times, and each one of them was unique from the other.
[{ *Master...* }]
'I know.'
They knew THEY were checking them out in their own unique manner with their own unique powers, and he knew they were going to do it ever since they revealed their existence to them.
His unique mind might be something easily penetrable for them, but it most certainly was not something they can see through easily with Lucy in their way.
And, he did not want them, or anyone else, to know about her unnecessarily just yet...
-Oooooooooooong!
[{( You shall continue, Merlin. )}]
"Yes, Lord Guardian."
All nine of the eyes vanished, and the ceiling returned to normal.
The people present here were freed from the irresistible power freezing them.
And soon... Chaos broke out in the Conference.