"My name is Iceborn. I am the seventh Onmyoji of this world."
"Don't take this as rudeness, but…" said Lirael. "Honorable guardians, could you please tell us—what exactly do you want from us?"
"To be honest, at first we were curious about the nature of your teleportation into our world," Payton replied. "Since humans aren't much of a problem for us, we didn't really bother deciding whether it was worth killing you. That portal you can summon… where does it come from?"
Riven froze. Everyone turned to look at him.
I gave him a pat on the back. Come on, weirdo, don't be nervous!
"...It's my doing. My name is Riven il Riverfall, and I found the spell in my father's archives. He… keeps a lot of different scrolls, he's a sort of collector. The whole country trusts him, and I read one scroll and… learned to summon a strange portal. Because of me, my friends got into trouble, so if you're planning to imprison us, then…!"
