As one of the three nobles was about to ask about the gloves, they then heard the ringing of a bell in the far distance.
DING! DING! DING!
The three turned craned their heads back to where they came from.
"Was that a signal for everyone to come back?" Alderwick asked.
"I think it was..." Fenlow muttered.
Marris rubbed his chin, "If it was, then..." He turned his head back to Marionette, "Miss, let's go back shall we? We can still get to know each other on the way ba—"
HISS-CRACK!
Before the Marris could even finish his sentence, Marionette had thrown a palm-sized ball against the ground.
The orb was made completely out of metal and was made out of several different parts, like it was a puzzle; etched and painted on the side of it was the Roselle branding.
When the ball hit the ground, its puzzle-like body cracked out with a sharp HISS before exploding outwards.
