"…It's as if they do not exist in this world."
Old Ani's words echoed across the sprawling hall, filling it with an ominous chill.
She was one of the, if not the, most talented Magi in the School of Divination within the Empire. Yet, she was unable to divine any information relating to a Magus one entire rank below her.
Not just her, even the Emperor was astonished by the results. He couldn't help but narrow his eyes and speak in an uncertain voice, "Did you perhaps make a mistake? How can…"
His words trailed off into silence. Lucian was unable to believe them himself. He knew very well that Old Ani could not have made any error whatsoever—she was simply that good.
But for the divination to show such a strange result did not bode well with him. He sat down on the floor beside the elderly woman, who had a mortified look on her face, and gently asked, "Old Ani, just what did you see?"
