章 176: Erika's Viewpoint: Divine Intervention

"What…"

It was in the middle of a giggling fit with Sera that everything around me, quite abruptly, changed. 

One second I was admiring my Script, prattling on about its beautiful diagrams and insights, and the next… I was here. A vast, plain realm of nothing but white, as if someone had completely erased the background of reality.

What in the name of Lady Narcissus?

"Sera?" I called out, my voice echoing through the endless expanse. "Hello?" 

Silence. Not even a whisper of response. Just my own voice bouncing back at me.

Then, suddenly, a woman's voice, smooth, raspy, mature, reverberating, and almost… playful, echoed through the emptiness. 

"Huh. Didn't expect that this would actually work," the voice mused, sounding almost surprised. The tone was a bit too casual—especially considering I'd just been dragged from my precious break time.