I followed Marisa to wherever she wanted me to go, staying just a step behind her the whole time. When we finally reached the place she had been leading me to, I stopped for a moment and looked around, only to realize that we were standing in the middle of an alley.
It wasn't exactly what I had pictured.
Honestly, I had been expecting something a bit more dramatic. Maybe a hidden door tucked into a wall, or a secret passage that would slide open once she pressed something. That kind of thing. So I kept my attention on everything around us, waiting for something to shift or reveal itself.
Nothing did.
For a second, it almost felt underwhelming.
Then it happened.
A magic circle suddenly appeared right under our feet.
