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Ena was snapped out of her Spiritual Plane when Ellie woke her up.

"Is there something you need Ellie?" asked Ena.

"Yeah, all of us need you to come to check this out, we're not sure what this is," said Ellie.

Ena was confused, there shouldn't be anything else happening unless her father and Alianor suddenly came, where even were they?

Ena followed Ellie to where everyone was gathered around, she was led to the deep hole where all the mutants were ambushed and killed.

Once she got there, she realized what Ellie was talking about. At the end of the deep hole, countless amounts of mana were gathered in one place.

Due to the high amount of mana being gathered in one place without being able to go anywhere, the surrounding walls all had cracks in them, anyone could tell the walls could shatter at any moment.

"We're going to have to leave this area soon or patch it up since it could bring down nearly half of the underground tunnel of it really shatters," said Ena as she turns over to Ivy and Edward.

"Can you both use your magic to hold the walls together? We need a bit of time to find a way to leave this place. Also, when it does collapse, use your magic to lessen the impact as much as possible." said Ena.

"Don't worry, consider it done. We'll meet you on the surface when we're done with everything, also, be careful since we don't know anything that's happened on the surface since we've been underground the entire time," said Ivy.

"Of course, but make sure to come up, I don't want to lose two important people just because you guys weren't fast enough to come up, we'll be paving the path for you two," said Ena.

With that said, Ena took the lead with Marie and Ellie to guide everyone else out of the underground tunnel. Because of the mana that was spreading out through the tunnel, they had to be careful with every step since the ground could fall at any moment, hopefully, Ivy and Edward would be alright.

As Ena kept walking, the more she was beginning to feel off about this. Even though they've gone straight and in different directions, the surrounding area seemed the same.

"Princess, you can sense it too correct?" asked Marie.

"Of course, right now we're stuck in an infinite loop, we've been going in many different directions yet we're not going anywhere at all," said Ena as she came to a stop.

"Ena..." muttered Alice.

"Don't worry Alice, infinite loops aren't real, we're in an illusion that's affecting our minds, we just need to find a way to break free out of it," said Ena.

"But how do we break free of the illusion?" asked Alice.

"It's easy and simple, just interrupt your mana flow and you'll break out of it easily," said Ena.

"Interrupting my mana flow?" asked Alice.

"Like this."

Ena took Alice's arm and started feeling where her meridians were which made Alice's cheeks turn slightly red, but Ena didn't know it due to her focusing on Alice's arm.

Once Ena found it, she used her chi to block the mana flow for a second before letting it flow again. That was when Alice realized what happened, they were never going in different directions or going straight, they were illusioned that they were moving.

"You're fine now, I'll do the same for the others," said Ena.

"Eh?! You'll be touching all of their arms?" asked Alice.

"Huh? What're you talking about? I'll only be spreading my magic and interrupting their flow from that," said Ena.

"Oh..." Alice murmured as she let out a sigh of relief, who knew what she'd do if she saw Ena physically interact with that many people in front of her.

Once everyone was free of the illusion, they all looked around feeling dazed, and looked at their surroundings confusedly.

"Huh?"

"What just happened?"

"Where are we?"

"Everyone relax, we were in an illusion the entire time where we thought we were going somewhere but we actually weren't," said Ellie.

"That makes sense."

"Was there someone else here?"

"Who made the illusion?"

"I know you all have a bunch of questions but we can't answer them right now. Let's focus on trying to find the exit and paving the path for Ivy and Edward who's keeping the underground together," said Ellie.

Everyone quieted down and complied.

"You make a good leader," said Marie.

"Haha, you flatter me too much, I'm just doing what I can," Ellie replied.

"Why're you talking like that?" asked Ena.

"Talking like what," asked Ellie.

"You're talking like you're trying to impress Marie, are you trying to flirt with her?" asked Ena.

"HA? Do you think I'm that shameless? Of course not! I'm just boosted my self-esteem." said Ellie.

"I mean, I'm not saying you can't, you just need to know how Marie feels about this. How do you feel Marie?" Ena asked.

"Hmm. Ellie, you're cute, you do have a nice personality and your figure is something to kill for but-" Before Marie could continue any further, Ellie interrupted her.

"STOP! STOP! STOP! I don't want to hear any more since it might bring my hopes up or break it all down." said Ellie.

"If you say so, I would've listened to the entire thing if I was you," said Ena.

"Tsk, you're still young, you wouldn't understand," said Ellie.

Ena mentally cursed Ellie and said, "Says who? I also have my own love life."

"HA?!" Alice, Marie, and Ellie all shouted at the same time.

"Is there something wrong?" asked Ena.

"There's someone you love that's not me?" asked Alice.

"Is there someone you're talking to? If so, who is it?" asked Ellie.

"Princess! You're still too young!" exclaimed Marie.

"I can't understand if you guys ask at the same time, moreover, we should be focusing on leaving the tunnel instead of talking about our love lives," said Ena.

The three sighed in defeat, although Marie and Ellie let it go, Alice couldn't be at ease if she didn't know who Ena loved.

Little did she know, Ena only said that out of pride.