But Misfortune still descended upon the girl clutching a unicorn doll:
"Which one of you is Emilia Sinode?"
Hearing her name called so clearly, Emilia trembled, then raised her hand tremblingly as a voice in her heart said:
They found out I snuck out of school!
So, without even being allowed to change clothes, she carried her unicorn doll, wearing slippers, a nightcap, and pajamas, and left the room under the half-relieved, half-worried gaze of the other Elf Girl.
The Woodland Sea dormitory district had been built amid a grove of gigantic ancient trees. After checking in with the fifth-ring dormitory management, Emilia followed the Student Management Office secretary and Professor Connery, the vice dean of her own Chemistry College, into the Academy at midnight.
No one spoke to the young Elf Girl along the way, but to her surprise, their destination was the Academy library rather than the Student Management Office Building, the Chemistry College Student Management Center, or the rumored Detention Building.
"Go in. Miss Danist is waiting for you."
Only after entering the nighttime library and meeting the anxiously waiting dean of the Library Management College did the Elf Girl learn the true purpose of this visit.
"What does Professor Danist want with me?"
Only then did Emilia realize that she had probably guessed something wrong. She unconsciously hugged her unicorn doll tighter, though no one else knew why:
"Miss Sianode is currently away on an important business trip, and that major matter is happening right now. You must understand that if the librarian wants to see you at a time like this, it certainly isn't because you copied down a book title wrong or mixed up the catalog order while registering books at the library."
Professor Connery spoke very seriously to his student:
"This concerns matters