Minutes before the real passage's gateway opened, another mirror passage held a student squad trying to return, who had already sensed that something was amiss.
It was precisely the squad consisting of the female Knight Alisa, the Child of Destiny Roche, Matt, and others.
Unlike the combination of Claire and Anvis, they did not encounter the altered murals, but they were likewise unable to pass through the time-space turbulence at the end of the corridor.
After trying various methods without success, they could only choose to return the way they came, but even after half a day's journey, the stone gate exit from earlier was still nowhere in sight.
At this time, their location had left the area adorned with murals and entered the narrow rock corridors they had traversed on the way there.
