The girl had a pair of wings on her back that looked somewhat like Sylvaril's, though their colors differed.
Sylvaril's wings were black, while the wings on the girl's back were a soft-looking pinkish white.
The wings were not very large. Rather than wings that could actually be used to fly, they looked more like simple decorations.
On closer inspection, faint glimmers of light could even be seen flowing across them.
The girl sat curled up on the ground, her eyes tightly shut and her arms wrapped around her knees.
She did not seem to be conscious.
Rudeus and Hilde exchanged glances.
"Those wings..."
"She's probably Heavenfolk, right?"
Hilde tilted her head. "What's going on...? Wasn't this magic circle supposed to be unable to summon humans? Did Perugius get it wrong?"
"I don't think Lord Perugius would make such an elementary mistake, but this..."
Rudeus was at a loss.
Perugius had restricted the scope of familiar summoning to nonhuman races.
Both Heavenfolk and demons counted as humans, so in theory, they should not have responded to the summoning.
Yet the situation before them had clearly exceeded their expectations.
"Could you have used so much mana that you accidentally broke through that restriction?" Hilde asked.
"No, the familiar summoning scroll Lord Perugius gave me doesn't simply restrict the summoning of human races. It doesn't have the ability to summon humans in the first place. No amount of mana should change that."
Rudeus scratched his head as he studied the girl before him.
Hmm...
Now that I look closely, this girl looks kind of familiar.
"Hilde, have you watched Heaven's Lost Property?"
"I don't have memories of a previous life."
"...Right."
"Never mind that. Why does she keep sitting on the ground without reacting at all?"
Hilde stepped forward and tugged at