As the clock of Demon Academy struck five in the morning, time seemed to slow down momentarily, as if waiting for some sort of change to occur.
The first light of dawn streamed in through the windows of the botanical garden, sifting down through the leaves.
The soft glow filled the fog, and the entire Demon Shadow World began to dissolve like a mirage.
Lanci finally put down his book.
The next second, the ancient book of Demon Clan that seemed to be weathered by the years, along with the scene of the Demon World Experimental Botanical Garden, gradually dissolved away.
In the blink of an eye, Lanci and Hyperion found themselves standing in a small transparent room enveloped by the eternal night sky; the sparse starlight illuminating their surroundings enough to see their immediate environment clearly.
This is the Fringe Space, where the real world and the Shadow World intertwine.