Orion quickly went through the pages without truly reading them.

At one point, one of them decided to answer his question.

"If I have to be honest, I only know what you've told us."

Karteira scratched the back of her head.

"From the beginning, you've told us that it was a creation based on light and dark magic. By combining both, void magic was created."

May nodded but frowned at the same time.

"That's probably what you were asking, though. It sounds more theoretical than practical from your question alone."

With a smile, he closed his eyes. If there was something he missed, it was the smarts these women had when he asked a difficult question.

"That's what I thought, too."

Olivia confirmed May's observation with a similar frown.

"Which means that we're talking about the word 'void' as a whole, ignoring the element itself?"

"Most likely."

Amelia nodded at Deveralna's question.

"He probably isn't requesting the exact answer, since we haven't read the book."

Senia sighed in relief when she heard Mia speak those words.

"That's great. I don't think I have the confidence you all have in this discussion."

"Don't worry, I don't really understand either. Haha~"

Nia leaned toward Senia and chuckled, while Mia sighed in desperation.

Ignoring her sister, Mia pondered alongside the other.

"What I can think of is what we consider 'void' to be."

Amelia, who was used to Orion's rambling about the world and everything related to it, looked in the air.

"One of the best examples would be the sky, or what's beyond, in our case."

"Could the abyss be considered a type of void?"

Senia asked in return as Amelia brought one example forward.

"That could be one option."

Karteira acknowledged her opinion, even if it was rather improbable in this context.

No opinion was wrong, as it was a theoretical discussion with Orion as an observer.

"Pure darkness is a form of void."

Nia followed, who considered herself too stupid to be a part of this discussion. To this, Mia smiled without saying anything, as she appreciated the effort her sister was making to get included in the conversation.

"So..."

Deveralna looked at May and Karteira. These three were starting to get the idea before everyone else.

"In this case, 'void' is an area without any sign of life, or scarce..."

"It has very little matter around it..."

"And it is a dense zone of nothing."

Compacting everyone's ideas, they all made a point.

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"In other words, it is a nihilistic spot where nothing lives, can live, and is null of physical materials."

Stella, who was wondering in silence until now, understood clearly what it described.

Orion nodded, satisfied.

"It is just about what you said."

When Orion entered the conversation, they stopped speaking. Since he joined, it meant that his explanation was about to begin.

"Let me explain what is written in this book, so you can understand clearly where this idea to seal Procyon came from."

With a nod, they listened intently.

"Void magic, by itself, isn't related to the description you've given, for this simple reason."

"It is magic. Just as light is unrelated to the light of the sun and dark is far from being the same as nighttime, void isn't nearly as imposing in nature as the real void present in this world."

He lifted his hand and opened it.

"But if we go by your definition, then it is correct. Where all those sparkling lights we call 'stars' reside, Noah called that place 'the void of space'."

"It is infinitely spreading, but that's all we know. 'Where does it stop?'. 'Where does it begin?'. 'Does it have an end?'. So many questions that even Noah cannot answer."

"It isn't a nihilistic space, like you said, Stella. Since stars, other planets like ours, and even interstellar wastes float freely in there, we can't say there is nothing in it."

Stella nodded, taking his words at face value. She changed her opinion on it.

For everyone, it was interesting, albeit mind-boggling to listen to.

They were already having a difficult time acknowledging the size of their continent, and even understanding that they were living on a large planet, but now, it was way worse.

An infinite space where an incalculable number of stars and planets, just like theirs, were all over the sky.

Recalling the terrifying amounts of lights while looking at the night sky, their worldview's foundation began to crumble.

"The void is, in reality, simply a vast space with 'barely' anything in it. Even if we were to go into space, we would be dead before reaching anything. That's how far they are from us."

Amelia tilted her head.

"How can you believe that so easily? It could be a scam, you know?"

He nodded in return.

"At first, I was skeptical. This knowledge was too precise and weird to be real."

Taking a more relaxing posture, he placed his arms behind his back and pressed his hands in the grass.

"But the more I read and pondered on it, the more it made sense."

"This planet is round. The sun is the source of our light. An apple falls to the ground if you throw it above your head."

"Have you taken the time to observe the world? Or is it that obvious things aren't registering in your thought process?"

"Why do fish breathe in water? Do you know?"

They shook their heads in unison. Even Senia didn't know.

"Then you've never asked yourself. Because it is an obvious fact, or else they would never exist."

"That's why I can believe it. It made too much sense. And the reason it made sense is that Noah was from a place where this knowledge was common."

"!"

They all opened their eyes wide.

"I know he never wrote these books to enlighten our people. To avoid boredom, that's all he could do."

"So, even in the hands of other people, they simply rot, as they were too farfetched to be taken seriously."

He smiled.

"I won't enlighten our world, either. At least, not yet."

"Why?"

Stella was confused by his comment.

"Wouldn't it be better to let everyone know about these facts?"

Shaking his head, his smile disappeared.

"Ignorance is bliss, Stella. You should know better than anyone what I mean by that."

Turning their heads to the daughter of the family, they rapidly gathered the problem.

"..."

"Knowledge leads people to make mistakes. It terrifies people. The fear of the unknown is absolutely horrible. Wasn't your mother killed because she was the Remnant of Progress?"

She nodded with a longing frown.

"I can share it with those close to me. That isn't as dangerous as sharing it worldwide. Whatever you do with it, you should be careful not to spread it around."

What he suggested was that Stella would receive this knowledge if she were to ask him. Her frown disappeared as the sigil of her power flashed in her eyes.

"Thank you."

With a bright smile, she thanked her father. He smiled back at her before returning to the discussion.

"Alright. Now that you get the gist of what 'void' is and that you know that 'space' is the place related to it, what do you think?"

Mia placed a finger to her chin.

"The only option is that you've sealed that wolf in space. Orianne also told us that you were in a dreadful place where not a single sound could be heard."

"Yes, she also said that countless stars were present. She also noticed a bright ball of white fire in the distance."

Senia confirmed with Mia what they had heard. This was taken seriously, as Orianne wasn't one to be scared of anything she didn't know about in normal circumstances.

"It's difficult to believe it... but you went into a place we wouldn't even be able to bring you back from if you were lost there."

Karteira placed her hands in front of her eye and eyepatch while sighing.

"Well, it wasn't as dangerous as you may think."

Tetra finally entered the conversation after placing her empty cup of tea on the tray.

"Right. You had something to do in all of it, too."

Amelia turned to the pink-haired woman with a neutral expression.

"Orion isn't normally capable of going somewhere he never went to. You know that because his portals work the same."

Everyone nodded.

"What we did was... Well..."

She scratched her cheek in hesitation.

"We pushed my power to its next stage. In other words, we forced it out while I wasn't ready to do so."

"..."

Silence swallowed the area after Orion finished his sentence.

"Aaah~ That doesn't even surprise me."

"Me neither."

Amelia and Olivia dropped their shoulders.

"To what you might think, it wasn't dangerous at all. It requires an incredible and inhuman amount of concentration to pull it off, but nothing would have happened if we had failed."

"Tetra was constantly notifying me of any changes, while keeping a path for us in case anything went wrong."

"I also left a thread of my magic around the seal to trace it back, and it went smoothly."

Orion smiled, proud of his accomplishment.

"I was the one who sealed Procyon. I couldn't let her float in space like that, so I used my power to create a small dimension where she could survive."

Slamming her fist above her chest, Tetra wore a smug smile on her face.

"You two... I swear."

Deveralna glared at both.

"So, void magic literally sent you to the void of space thanks to another evolution, and Tetra used her Remnant power over the laws of 'Space' and 'Time' to seal Procyon into a pocket dimension."

Stella analyzed the entire explanation, making it basic for the others, even Nia, to understand.

"That's how we chose to protect her from a potential problem. She was supposed to die in the past."

"But you saved her."

Amelia continued in his place. As he nodded, he looked at the Remnant, who was looking around furiously, as if something was bothering her.

"I did... Procyon?"

Worried about her, he watched carefully. The others also did the same, until a white dot came rushing from their house.

"Oh, that's Sirius."

Seeing his dog coming at a rapid pace, he smiled. He wondered how the two would get close to each other.

But he wasn't ready for what was going to happen.

"Grrrr!"

Procyon growled menacingly as her gaze turned to Sirius. The same was happening for Sirius as he bared his teeth toward the wolf.

"Huh?"

Confused, Orion suddenly stood up.

The Remnant wolf suddenly rushed forward and attacked Sirius, who also bit her forearm.

"What is happening?!"

Panic suddenly took over the group as an unexpected conflict arose.

"Why?"

With a dangerous frown, Orion glared at the two.

He felt a part of his power emerge, and darkness swallowed his body.

As he stepped forward, six black ink wings dangerously covered the others.

At the same time, changes appeared to Sirius.

As dark threads began to cover his white fur, he broke off from Procyon and growled as a bubble of dark energy swallowed him from below.

After a few seconds, the Abyssal Wolf broke free of it, howling with a dangerous tone.