In the castle, the Witch Queen, Wisteria Hallbach, paced back and forth instead of sitting on her throne.
"Is there still no news about them?"
She asked her ministers, who could only shake their heads in the negative.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, but we still couldn't contact Sir Axel and Princess Ethernina..." one of them said, his voice overflowing with worry and guilt.
Wisteria sighed, frowning deeply.
"I see..."
It had already been two days since they were forced to retreat in an emergency.
However, among everyone, only Axel and Nina failed to return. Their current well-being and present location were both unknown. Not only those at the top, but even the soldiers and ordinary people of the city were starting to worry.
Of course, Wisteria tried to reach out to Axel using the chat function of the Interdimensional Shop, but even that remained unseen.
Only the fact that it was marked as "sent" was a good sign, showing that Axel, at least, wasn't dead just yet.
