"...Then let's meet again next time, Sister Elysia."
Although she was a little reluctant, Asagi Aiba saw that Elysia really had something to do and said nothing more, merely arranging their next meeting.
"Then... I'll leave little Asagi to you. And... don't forget your mission, okay? Lovely Fairy Airi♪"
Elysia shifted her gaze to Fairy Airi and spoke to her. She needed to get along well with Asagi Aiba, and she liked this adorable little girl as well.
But they could not neglect the other intelligence either.
"You don't need to tell me. I'll be staying by the side of cute humans anyway."
Fairy Airi lay adorably atop Asagi Aiba's head. This was the first friend she had made in this world, so naturally, she would look after her.
As for intelligence, that would not be a problem either.
"Then... see you next time."
Noticing that the young man dressed like a magician was leaving, Elysia stopped wasting time and carefully turned to follow him.
"See you next time, Sister Elysia."
Watching Elysia's retreating figure, Asagi Aiba gently waved her little hand before leaving with Fairy Airi for the next place they had agreed upon.
Elysia lowered her sense of presence so that she would not draw attention, then watched the young man dressed as a magician approach the back mountain of Saikai Academy.
Within the small park on the back mountain, surrounded by lush trees, stood a gray building. On its roof was a relief of the "caduceus," a herald's staff entwined with twin serpents.
That relief was the emblem of a certain Western European church. Buildings with such reliefs were generally monasteries.
This was Itogami Island's Adelard Monastery.
It had been built by Aldegia's former king for Kanase Kanon's mother. Its abbess was the legendary alchemist, Nina