“Child, what are you doing?”

“What is our young lady doing?”

“Sister, what are you doing?”

Everyone stopped and asked a question each. It was unusual for Evelia to forget her surroundings, buried in a thick book.

Even when the Knights took out Madelen and shook it gently, she didn’t even give a glance. Herold and Dwen looked at each other and tilted their heads as if they were puzzled.

“Did our young lady eat something wrong?”

“Did lightning strike our young lady’s head?”

“Did she get hit by an acorn falling from a tree?”

As her brothers and Enril, along with the Knights, loitered around, Evelia wrote in large letters on a big paper and left it on the side. The terrible handwriting, which was not like her usual handwriting, had improved enough to be recognized over time.

“I am reading a book. Do not disturb me.”

“My goodness, our young lady is reading a book so hard…!”

“Oh, my goodness.”

In the middle of the big bodies bustling about in surprise, Alex dealt the decisive blow with a serious expression.

“The end of the world must be coming tomorrow… Oh, mother. I should be by your side now too…”

How dare they!

Unable to stand it anymore, Evelia swatted away, as if chasing a fly, and yelled.

“Hadel! Kick these mutts out!”

The faithful butler, who ran quickly, swung the tray he was holding.

“You rotten kids! Our young lady is finally taking interest in books and you can’t even cheer for her, only disturbing her!”

“No, I was just thinking that the world might end tomorrow…”

“Sir Alex, you won’t be able to see the end of the world.”

“Why?”

“Because you’ll die at my hand before that. If you don’t want to die, leave! All of you, get out!”

Bang. The silver tray hit Alex’s head resoundingly.

“Ah, there’s no sensible person in the mansion.”

Evelia, who eventually returned to her room to avoid the bustling reception room, laid down the thick book she was reading on the soft carpet and lay down.

The white curtain fluttered in the chilly wind. The sunlight coming in through the gap illuminated the book cover with complex patterns. The embossed title was splendid, as if it was engraved with melted gold.

“Galdra Bok Kabbalah. Written by Paracelsus.”

This book, which has been a basic book of sprite learning for a long time, was a sprite book she received as a fifth birthday present. At that time, the characters were so difficult that she only used it as a stew trivet after a little browsing, but now it seemed time to read it.

Since her ego had formed, she had always been with the sprites, so even though the content was unfamiliar, there was no repulsion.

Evelia lived with this book day and night recently. She even slept with it by her bedside, so her passion was highly commendable.

As soon as she opened the book, a crash sounded from the open window, as if something had happened.

“Should I go to the secret base to read?”

Evelia, who hesitated for a moment, shook her head slowly.

“There will be intruders there, too. Two of them, at that. I’ll just have to read it here.”

So she spent a few hours reading slowly, and a familiar page appeared.

“Huh? This is what Undine showed me before!”

When Evelia called for Undine after being knocked down by Jepar, Undine flew here flapping with this book and opened exactly this page.

She said that whatever happens, call the king’s name. She said that he is the one who controls all the water in this world. He can bring rain to the entire empire, cause tsunamis, and even turn everything into a desert by drying it up.

“…”

She also heard about the price to call him. She remembered refusing with disgust at the time. It was something she would never dare to do under normal circumstances.

But now, when her precious people are all going to war, she desperately needed this power.

“Summoning this sprite could help.”

Her tiny hand stroked the page once.

“He’s said to be very strong. Maybe he can easily solve a war zone or so.”

Then our father, brothers, Louis, and the rabbit will all be safe.

Evelia’s eyes shone brightly. She was willing to pay any price. Her small voice read out loud the name written in large letters at the top of the page.

“Ellaim?”

She mustered up the courage to call, but the room remained quiet. She looked around the spacious room just in case he had appeared without a sound, but it was the same as before.

“Lord Ellaim? Your Majesty?”

Still, nothing happened.

“That’s strange. I am a master of sprite magic.”

With a puzzled expression, Evelia was flipping through her book when she suddenly clapped her hands.

“Aha! The summoning verse! I forgot to recite the summoning verse! Swords have spirit, magic has spells, and summoning has summoning verses!”

Hum, hum. She cleared her throat gravely. With a determined look, she shut her eyes tightly. She remembered the summoning verse she had seen a while ago.

“Heavens and earth, water and fire. I wander alone beyond the sky where all the origins lie. I present my soul as proof and dare to ask you to accompany me. You, the one who bears the sky alone.”