"Youth is wonderful..." Annie Saru said as she leisurely picked up the teapot.
"Wizet seems to have... just completed that Ritual Magic, right?" She refilled Selina Pendragon's teacup with black tea. "And he's coming here so soon?"
Selina Pendragon picked up her teacup and looked at Annie Saru. "Annie, don't forget that we just pulled an all-nighter."
She symbolically blew on the tea twice, then tipped back her head and drained the cup in one gulp. "Our energy is actually pretty impressive too."
"I think I understand now..." Sebastian Saru looked at Selina Pendragon, narrowing his eyes slightly as his expression turned serious.
"No wonder you've seemed a little strange these past few days. So you've been feeling anxious... What? Are you thinking that once you've fulfilled your duty as a guardian and the Isaiah Society is destroyed, there'll be nothing left for you to do?"
"Perhaps it's also because..." Ominis Gaunt added, "that day is drawing closer. It's normal to have different feelings about it."
Selina Pendragon sighed. "Omi's right. That day is getting closer and closer!"
"We've held on for so long. Even when we decided to do this... when we chose to confront the Isaiah Society head-on, we'd already imagined countless worst-case scenarios."
"How should I put it? We've persisted for so long that, even though we considered the worst possibilities, we still hoped for a good ending. But with something like this... who could really say?"
"Then please keep that mindset," Sebastian Saru said. "The Isaiah Society hasn't been destroyed yet..."
"If you're still thinking about a good ending under these circumstances, I feel like something might go wrong. At least you're not like that right now, so that's good."
Selina Pendragon raised an eyebrow, clearly unwilling to continue the topic.
She turned her gaze to