Axis smiled, and with the faintest push of her will, her body rose effortlessly into the air.
The vague shimmer of energy that had been lingering around her form began to shift and solidify, taking on a more distinct manifestation.
In the next breath, that aura unfurled completely, cloaking Ayu's body like a second skin of radiance. It pulsed slowly, rhythmically, like the heartbeat of some colossal being—each beat releasing a sharp tremor that rippled through the air.
She hovered higher and higher, rising above everyone present, her figure elevated as though the world itself had chosen to lift her up. Her body was wrapped in a luminous veil of silver light streaked with shades of blue and violet, glowing faintly under the pale gleam of the half-moon.
That glow scattered into the night, painting the heavens with illusionary brilliance, until it looked as if the stars themselves bent down in reverence to her presence.
