Waver immediately realized what was happening.
That was probably exactly it.
She had already felt somewhat guilty about it, and after hearing what they had said, she came up with this idea.
"Eavesdropping magecraft...?"
Just then, a huge and terrifying black rabbit appeared in the distance. Its face was ferocious, yet it was dressed in a gentleman's outfit.
"This is... Alice in Wonderland?" Waver recognized it instantly.
"Uh—"
Irena's expression immediately fell. She looked around in every direction before finally looking at Waver.
Waver: "???"
Irena gave Waver a thumbs-up.
She seemed to say something else.
Waver couldn't hear her, since Irena was in the air and still quite far away.
"Ple... ase... sir..."
Gray didn't know whether she had read Irena's lips or actually heard her.
Then—
Irena turned around—and ran!
Waver:!!!
Take! That! Back!
He looked at Gray. "Lady, please."
"Yes!"
Gray immediately drew Holy Lance Rhongomyniad.
"First Stage, restriction released!"
In any case, they had to take down that vicious rabbit first!
But at this moment, another swarm of bees appeared in the sky.
"This time it's the Bee Queen from Grimm's Fairy Tales?!"
The bees were clearly after Irena, but compared to the enormous rabbit, she dodged them with considerable ease.
Just as she had said herself, her escape skills were first-rate.
"Honestly. I never expected the Clock Tower to send a Lord."
At this moment, a voice came from beside Lord El-Melloi II.
It belonged to a magus dressed as a hunter, with an axe at his waist and a hunting rifle in his hands.
"A hunter...? Snow White? Little Red Riding Hood?"
Waver was completely numb.
There was no doubt that this person was after him.
"As expected of Lord El-Melloi II." The hunter-dressed magus sighed. "We were only one final step away. The