As soon as Lyra heard they were under attack, she summoned Fumetsu, surprising Mandy, who could not see the entire basement, droning with rhythmic red light, because it wasn't meant for the eyes of a mortal.
"How the heck do you keep doing that? Are you hiding it in your sleeves or something?" Mandy exclaimed, seeing Lyra holding a short sword out of nowhere for the second time. First was when Janice broke into Ace's bedroom, on the first floor, through the window, and now, when Janice's expression and voice suddenly turned grave, babbling about being attacked. As much as she tried to remain indifferent about their little club, they were making it hard for her to do so with their magic tricks.
"Lyra, you stay down here with Mandy. We will go check out what's wrong," I ordered, ignoring Mandy. Before I could turn and ask Janice if she had truly handed the full control of the array formations to Dee3, Lyra protested, saying, "I am coming too."
