“—This is a modern answer.”

Touko, who had bunched up her hair with one hand, was also looking at Faker. Realizing what had happened, I swallowed.

There was a light shining from one of Touko’s eyes.

“—That Mystic Eye is quite impressive,” Faker said in a small voice.

“But don’t you want to move right now?”

I couldn’t see Touko’s eyes, but I saw the Magical Energy there.

What was she trying to do—?

Could it be called an ultra-high-precision Mystic Eye?

If I wasn’t mistaken, there were lenses inside her Mystic Eye. There wasn’t just one or two of the, either. There were roughly more than twenty lenses there, each performing its own role, increasing the precision of the Mystic Eyes exponentially. As a result, it was capable of overwhelming Faker’s Mystic Eyes and preventing her from moving.

“Modern cameras and projectors all use multiple lenses. Different groups of lenses take care of different things, like focus and correction. Combining them all creates a single lens that is more effective. I’ve built a system of virtual lenses inside my Mystic Eye. Ah, that’s exactly what they do to help patients with glaucoma or cataracts. Putting lenses inside people’s eyes is very popular in modern science.”

However—

“How bothersome. I didn’t manage to block it. I can’t manipulate Magical Energy properly this way.” Touko said, looking to her feet.

Faker wasn’t the only one whose movements had been restricted. Faker’s Mystic Eyes had also captured Touko, freezing her in place. Touko’s familiars also lost their ability to fly and dropped to the floor.

Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Grand Roll (Middle); Chapter 1, Part 3