Seeing this, Alpha kindly reminded them, "Since you have time now, you should learn Soundproofing Magic."
Elizabeth asked curiously, "Why?"
"Because it's very important."
Alpha smiled slightly without explaining further. After deftly casting Soundproofing Magic on herself, she went off to attend to her own affairs.
"Why does this feel a little strange?"
Merry muttered to herself.
"Exactly."
Elizabeth sounded puzzled. "Logically speaking, this sort of magic shouldn't be all that important, should it?"
Filled with questions, they opened their Grimoires.
If their companion wanted them to learn it, there had to be a reason.
Although they started studying, they were in no particular hurry.
But before long,
they began to panic.
The next morning.
Elizabeth emerged from her room with dark circles under her eyes and her hair in disarray.
She had been wrong.
So very wrong.
She should have listened to her seniors from the start and mastered Soundproofing Magic as quickly as possible.
But who could have imagined
that something like that would happen?
Elizabeth felt as though the entire building had been filled with Utaha Kasumigaoka's piercing cries.
By the time
she realized how serious the situation was and tried to focus on learning Soundproofing Magic,
she found she could no longer concentrate at all.
Please send flowers.
"Ah..."
In the end, all her emotions dissolved into one long sigh.
This household of familiars she had joined...
Something about it just felt off.
Creak!
Just then, the door opposite hers opened, and Merry emerged with dark circles under her eyes as well.
The moment she saw Merry, Elizabeth smiled in relief.
Sometimes,
knowing someone else was just as unlucky as you was a comfort in itself.
Merry yawned, her thoughts wandering.
What had happened last night had shocked her deeply.
And...
*Was that a familiar's