Let the White Bull rewind to when Freya and Sonia met on the street.
From afar, Tama Hill got a clear look at Sonia's appearance and couldn't help frowning. "Why is there another one...?"
Freya: "What?"
"In the first scene after we split up, I ran into a Red-haired Swordsman who looked a lot like this one. I thought she was the Sword Maiden Ash knew, so I went up and asked her, 'Are you the Sword Maiden?' In the end, she trembled with anger and shouted, 'I'm not the Sword Maiden!' while chasing me down. I felt like I might have offended her, so I didn't fight back and just ran straight to another scene to avoid her."
"That really was your fault." The Veela nodded solemnly. "Are all red-haired Swordsmen the Sword Maiden, and all of them Ash's Sweethearts? How could that be? If there were a shortcut like that, I'd dye my hair and learn swordsmanship tomorrow."
Tama Hill thought the same, but she looked again. "But this one really does look like the Sword Maiden Ash transformed into before..."
"Impossible, impossible. You've read the diary too. The Sword Maiden and the others are already Legendary Arcanists now. They can't enter the Distant Void Domain at all, so how could we possibly run into the Sword Maiden here?" Freya shook her head repeatedly. "Now that arcanists from the Six Kingdoms have gathered, it's nothing strange for a few red-haired swordsmen to show up."
As they spoke, Sonia had already arrived before them. To repay the Starlight Body for helping them, Tama Hill and Freya both attacked Sonia at the same time.
However, Sonia did not fight them. She stepped on the wall and vaulted straight past them, saying casually, "I'm going over to help him. If you