203 Magic at Restroom

"Good heavens, is this real?" 

Banning, with a countenance of sheer astonishment, arose in tandem with Emilia.

"Unquestionably real, our staff have checked for 10 times - the documented 'Purple Gateway of Trials' has indeed vanished!"

"Isn't that... a cheerful outcome? Why do everybody from the Quest Guild seem rather disheartened?" 

Banning's inquisition struck a chord.

Emilia sighed, her expression a complex tableau, deflated like a punctured ball, she resumed her seated position.

"It's because we have been investigating all day... yet we are still unable to ascertain who exactly had completed the Purple Trial."

"Eh? Does this imply, someone stealthily entered and, upon successful completion, slipped away unnoticed?"