From what had happened earlier, at the very least, Claire Bernard herself was deeply concerned for her cousin's safety.
When Wizet suggested moving somewhere else, Claire had immediately proposed treating him at her uncle and aunt's home. It was an utterly unreserved gesture.
Wizet naturally thought of something else. "Actually, this isn't the first time we've run into a situation like this."
"The first restaurant we encountered here..." Luna understood what Wizet meant. "I could tell that both that lady and Miss Bernard cared deeply about their families."
"Yeah!" Wizet nodded and let out a soft breath. "We can only say that the current circumstances are unusual. Coincidences like these can seem rather suspicious."
He took Selina Pendragon's notebook from his pocket and wrote in it, [Selina, I've encountered someone parasitized by a Dark Magic creature. How are things on your end?]
[?] A huge question mark appeared, followed by Selina Pendragon's formal reply. [The methods you provided have been quite effective. We've extracted quite a few Dark Magic creatures.]
[Do you need to extract Dark Magic creatures too? We've tried all the methods you gave us, and the seventh method—the one requiring candles—worked best.]
[As for these Dark Magic creatures... how should I put it? Maybe they're like premature babies? Anyway, they're nowhere near as formidable as Dark Magic creatures like Dementors or Boggarts. The ones we've extracted are all very fragile.]
[These Dark Magic creatures are truly fragile. Once extracted, they can't remain in existence for long and quickly disappear.]
[So, on Omi's suggestion, we created a magical artifact to preserve them. That way, we didn't end up killing all those Dark Magic creatures through our experiments, and we can continue researching them.]
[I'll write down the procedure for making the magical artifact, but not the principles behind