World in the Painting Ishruna: The Two Who Met

Under Gale's guidance, Gray successfully tucked away her ears and tail. Although she was truly strong when possessed by the Wolf Soul, the thought of having to look like that whenever she fought made her feel too embarrassed to face anyone.

"Aw, what a shame..."

Olga Marie smacked her lips, clearly disappointed.

"Ahem, so you're awake. It's good to see that you're all right."

A light knock sounded at the door, and the old man pushed it open and entered. Nothing showed on the surface, but Olga Marie could sense that the magical energy within him had diminished far too much since yesterday.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

The old man kept coughing, the silver gleam in his eyes nearly swallowed by murkiness.

"Thank you very much."

Gray and Olga Marie stood and bowed respectfully to the old man. No matter what, without his help yesterday, they could never have defeated the King of Winter Wolves so easily.

"There's nothing to thank me for. I had selfish motives as well. With that fellow gone, Ishruna can hold on for a while longer."

"You girls are too polite. Oh, right..."

Falling asleep at that exact time had indeed been far too coincidental...

"That's right. At present, the Church only has five Knight Commanders. The position of Grand Knight Commander is still vacant. Since Grand Knight Commander Monet left, no one new has been able to take up the post."

The wait for the Church's envoys was not long. During that time, Ed and Olga Marie found a map of the Elusna world.

"Understood, Sister Sakura."

Yet it could not be denied that whether the matter of Flame Transmission had been discovered by the Church could not be determined from the old man's word alone.

"The Church?"

As though she had thought of something,