Elsie really couldn't react in time. By the time she noticed the trap, her portrait had already disappeared. Not only did her portrait disappear, but so did the twins' group. They stole the portrait from her! "Fuck!"
However, it wasn't like the twins' group vanished completely. Right there where they had been an instant ago, a portal was open. It wasn't the same as the entrance left behind when the twins entered the Dimensional Realm. That type of entrance was only visible through Spatial Senses, and that's why only those at the Void Tempering Realm and above could feel them. Instead, it was really a portal through which one could see what was inside. The portal led back into the twins' Pocket Dimensional Realm.
Elsie wondered if that was another trap. If she entered it, she would be at the mercy of the twins' group once again, like she always was. The difference was that she didn't have the portrait anymore. She had no leverage... other than her Sixth Stage of Sickly Intent.
