With an idea already in mind, Emilia immediately chased after the rising fishing hook and ring.
She had originally been unable to swim that high, but when she reached toward the ring, it buzzed and trembled, and Emilia felt her heart shudder along with it—
"This belongs to me."
The emerald-green ring burst with light beneath the water. The radiance dispelled the darkness of the lakebed, briefly freeing Emilia from the relic-property control caused by the Whisper Element near the monastery. She grabbed the ring directly in the water.
The destiny of [Nature] had thus fallen into Emilia's hands. The ring of [Freedom] gifted by her Elf Clan kin floated out from her Serpent's Shedding. The two rings resonated, and Emilia, automatically entering Fate Stance, immediately sensed her severed connection to Throne Land once more.
Thus, the Chosen One of Time returned to normal. The little elf shot up with a whoosh, clutching the ring as the fishing hook carried her out of the water. Then someone caught her in an embrace.
"I was wondering why the thing in the water suddenly felt so much heavier. So it was you~"
"Thank you. Professor Danist?"
Only then did the drenched little elf see that the person who had cast aside the Fishing Rod was actually Administrator Miss from her own Academy. Behind Daniste stood a fully equipped group of elf guards.
"Surprised? To be honest, I'm surprised too. The ship informed me of the divination result and told me to come here with a Fishing Rod, waiting for the right moment to fish. I was still wondering what the right moment meant, and then I saw you fall down.
"According to the original plan, I was supposed to be one of the main forces protecting Kael-Todd Town and the City of