Ellie Sterl, who was dumping garbage into the deep sea, twitched her ears slightly.
She turned toward Basia City and asked the two Mages hired by the Ster Family beside her, "Did you hear anything?
Did something happen in Basia City?"
"Ellie." One Mage calmly tipped over the large bucket in his hands... Though it looked only as tall as a person, it took a full half hour to empty. Its only problem was that it was heavy. "Your hearing has been enhanced by Wind Elemental creatures. It's far sharper than an ordinary Mage's.
If even you can't make out the sound, how could we hear it?"
Ellie furrowed her brow. "Forget it. Let's hurry up and get back!"
"Ellie, Ellie!" Venti, who had been sitting on her shoulder, suddenly cried out and tugged at her long hair.
"Hm?" Ellie turned back in surprise, then shouted, "Something happened! That's thunder! And Silver Moon Power.
Damn it, get back to the castle!"
The other two Mages hurriedly swung their buckets with all their might... It wasn't that they couldn't go faster, but doing so was agonizing for Mages. By the time they were done, their arms would ache so badly they questioned their lives.
After finishing the job at top speed, Ellie said softly, "Venti, please!"
The tiny Wind Elemental Spirit fluttered into the air. With a wave of her little staff, rings of swirling wind instantly appeared around the three Mages... doubling their flying speed.
Because Venti had only recently awakened, she had not yet recovered to her best condition. She could only cast support spells twelve times a day... Of course, that was what Ellie told outsiders. She would naturally hide some more important details, but it was roughly true.
In any case, Venti's presence mainly made Ellie far