"Are you going, Roxy?"
Elinalise leaned against the wall and asked Roxy, who was busy packing her luggage.
"Of course! Zenith is my good friend!"
"Besides, you'd be in trouble without a Water King Rank magician like me, wouldn't you?"
Roxy spoke without looking up as she bundled her staff and luggage together, a hint of smugness in her voice.
"That's true!"
Elinalise burst into a chuckle.
"Then we'll be counting on you, Water King Rank magician!"
Talhand stroked his beard and laughed as well.
A cheerful atmosphere filled the air.
"But there won't be a ship to our meeting place until tomorrow, so let's get some proper rest today."
Talhand spoke to the two women, who had finished packing.
"Perfect. I've been wanting to try that oolong tea that's become so famous on the Demon Continent lately!"
Elinalise sounded eager, her eyes lighting up.
This was top-secret information she had heard while constantly gathering news in her own way.
A legendary heavenly nectar found only on the Demon Continent.
Rumor had it that a single sip could send you floating in bliss, straight into the highest heavens.
"Oh? Then I simply have to try it."
Talhand, an inveterate drunk, was instantly intrigued as well.
Although Radeus and his companions had already left the Demon Continent, their legend continued to spread there in a different form.
Night fell, and darkness once again enveloped the entire Demon Continent.
The town of Rikarisu blazed with lights, and the tavern rang with voices.
Talhand was drinking enthusiastically at a table with a little purple-haired girl, downing cup after cup, neither willing to concede.
The surrounding crowd kept egging them on, their cheers rising in waves.
"Another cup! Another cup!"
After drinking a little, Elinalise vanished without a trace.
In an alley, she was