Ellie's voice was very loud.
Hill next door was startled by her earth-shaking shout as well.
Still, he could understand the young girl's panic... With her talent, and after the Ster Family had spent a huge amount of resources, she had only become an Official Mage at the age of twenty-two.
If large numbers of professionals who could reach Level 5 in a single day appeared, wouldn't all the Ster Family's efforts over the years become a complete joke?
When Hill looked over, he saw Linde, wearing a nightclothes and a savage expression, raise his head and shout at Ellie, "Ellie! Are you under an illusion?
"Has the Alchemy Association been overrun by Silk Spiders?"
Then he ran rapidly down the corridor. "Teacher! Teacher! Help! My sister's gone crazy!"
Anos, the middle-aged male mage who had been alerted long ago, had no choice but to put a mask over his face before coming to the corridor. "Wait. I have a clarity potion here. Take it up to Ellie first."
"I'm not under an illusion!" Ellie shouted angrily from the balcony as she watched her younger brother's actions. "I brought Venti with me! Elemental creatures can't be bewitched!"
Helena glanced at Linde, who was running up frantically with a potion raised in his hand. Then she turned around and smiled gently at Ellie. "Whether you're under an illusion or not, Linde is so concerned about you, so why don't you drink a bottle?
"It won't have any side effects anyway, right?
"Ellie."
Ellie blinked. "Mom... Even if I were under an illusion, I wouldn't be stupid enough to believe something like that."
However, when she saw the potion her little brother was holding in front of her face, Ellie still accepted it with a numb expression and gulped it down. "Let's