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Time rewound slightly, and just as the preliminary round had come to an end, on a nearby island, a little girl was also brimming with joy.
"One, two, three... nine!"
She joyfully gazed at a glowing orb, her posture that of someone eagerly awaiting a birthday gift.
"Make a wish time!"
Believe it or not, she really did seem to think this, and she acted on it too.
"Can I ask now?!"
With the ending of the first preliminary round, Eve playfully waved a mirror back and forth, and the features of "Fate Marker" began to unlock.
"...Yes, please ask. As long as My Lord is in Its Domain with Fate entangled, I can provide an answer. However, the fewer the interfering factors and the vaguer the 'keywords,' the better the chances of a precise answer..."
In this regard, Eve was knowledgeable; among her "sisters," there were masters in this field.
