It's over.
Siflin released her hand and looked at the three people trapped in the misty Illusion Realm, letting out a helpless sigh.
Her "Blood Return" had already been activated, but this Miracle requires the person's willingness to be effective. Yet they were unwilling to leave the Illusion Realm, lost in unachievable dreams, and completely unresponsive to her Miracle.
Siflin finally realized the horror of the Reverse Color Stairs: it requires the mage to entangle with the mist to stop the fading, but once the mist is too thickly entangled, the mage becomes trapped in their own constructed Illusion Realm. It's a trap, one that willingly ensnares but cannot be escaped.
Freyja's most desired wish was for her love to be reciprocated. She deeply loved Ash, and everything she invested; her love was pathological, absolute, yet it also moved herself.
But because she was so fervent, she remained unshakable.
