“You set the stakes. Losing your nerve now?” (Arnos)

Gilisris glared at me again.

“Very well. We have a deal. Don’t go regretting it, Demon King.”

He walks past me and leaves the classroom. As he walked past we also signed with each other.

“You guys are the same as ever.” The Dark King Ejes mutters as he also starts to leave the room.

“Don’t you want to bet anything Dark King?” (Arnos)

“Still talking crap as well I see. Have I ever fallen for your taunts?” (Ejes)

“Twice if I remember rightly.” (Arnos)

“And both of those were out of necessity. This situation is different.” (Ejes)

With that Ejes left the room.

Looking around I saw that Jiste had also left. She must have left in the same black mist she arrived in.

“What’s our chances?” (Ray)

“No idea. I’ll think about that now. Taking our time to up our chances of winning won’t bring us any closer to Shin and the others.” (Arnos)

“That may be so, but what are you going to do if you lose? What if they take your origin? You’ll die.” (Sasha)

Sasha stares at me.

“I won’t lose” (Arnos)

“…..That’s not an answer even though losing is a possibility.” (Sasha)

“There’s no point talking about the impossible.” (Arnos)

Sasha pouted at my words.

“Self-study?” (Misha)

Misha stares at me with her emotionless eyes.

“Aah. We only have a week.” (Arnos)

“…..I’m bad……..at studying……” Zeshia says with a dejected look on her face.

“It’s fine. I’ll teach Zeshia properly.” Eleonor says while stroking Zeshias head.

Zeshia regained a bit of energy but still seemed down.

“Even if we say self-study what should we do? You’re not familiar with spirits either are you Arnos-kun?” (Eleonor)

“True, but there’s someone who seems to be well informed.” (Arnos)

Everyone looks at where I was looking.

Rina looks back when she realised everyone was looking at her.

“Are you possibly talking about me?” (Rina)

“You’ve guessed the names of spirits that the Scarlet Monument Kings didn’t know. Don’t you know a lot about them?” (Arnos)

Rina c̲o̲c̲k̲s̲ her head to one side and thinks about it.

“While I was working as an informant looking for information on Ahartherun, I also looked into the spirits, but I couldn’t actually find that many…….” (Rina)

Makes sense. True rumours about the spirits are not that easy to come across after all. Just because there are rumours and folklore around it doesn’t mean it’s a spirit. You can only find out if it’s a spirit or not if you actually meet the spirit.

Being an informant doesn’t make you a spirit expert.

“Huh? Then how did you know the names of those rare spirits?” (Eleonor)

Rina’s face took on an unhappy expression.

“……. I didn’t know but when I was here I suddenly remembered…….” (Rina)

“Before you lost your memory, you must have known a lot about spirits.” (Eleonor)

“…..Is that so?” (Rina)

“Do you want to find out?” (Arnos)

Rina looks at me curiously.

“How?” (Rina)

“I have a few spells that can bring back someone’s memories. It would really help me with my studying if you remembered about the spirits.” (Arnos)

Rina looked at me while lost in thought.

“I don’t think magic will work.” (Rina)

“Why do you say that?” (Arnos)

“I don’t know….but I know……” (Rina)

Fumu. What a strange thing to say.

“……But can I try it? Of course I’ll help you with your studies as I feel like I also need to meet the spirit king……” (Rina)

“You just know again?” (Arnos)

“Yes.” (Rina)

Rina actually looks confident with that statement but there’s no point in me thinking too deeply about it.

“Try to think as little as possible.” (Arnos)

I place my fingertip against Rina’s forehead and draw the formation for Recollection before activating it.

Ideally, I’d have used Time Manipulation together with and reverted her time but since I don’t know where her origin comes from I can’t. However, if it’s just normal memory loss then should be enough.

“Ah…..” (Rina)

Rina raises her voice like she’s remembered something and before long flashes and disappears.

“Well?” (Arnos)

“……..I remembered a lot of spirits……” Rina looks unhappy “But I can’t remember anything about myself…….” (Rina)

Fumu. Then its not just amnsesia.

(1) Gilisris randomly uses archaic words at times.