Caught in Ginevra’s almost predatory gaze, the sylph was startled and quickly flew up, hiding behind William’s shoulder.

“Why? Why me?”

“William, stay still.”

William instinctively leaned his head back due to Ginevra approaching. The sylph, hanging on William’s shoulder, began to tremble.

“Stop it, it’s scared.”

With one hand, William held the trembling sylph on his shoulder. Thanks to this, Ginevra, who could no longer see the sylph, snorted.

“I’m just here to watch.”

“And how can you watch when you’re scaring a sentient spirit like this?”

“Right. Sentient…! Tell me, Syod. How smart is it? Human level?”

“…Well, for now, it’s smart at a human level.”

“I see. So, can it understand what we’re saying?”
“I understand everything. I’ve taught Arenidian as a basic language.”

“You can teach languages? I see. How do you contract with spirits?”

It was said that there were spirit mages who made contracts with spirits in ancient times. However, in the current era, spirits were forgotten entities. Ginevra couldn’t conceal her excitement.

“First, you need to become friendly with the spirit…”

“Become friends? Okay. Tell me what spirits like first.”

Syod looked puzzled.

“Their favorite thing is magical power close to nature. For example, the magical power of a dragon.”

Ginevra’s face distorted beautifully.

“What about my magical power?”

“Your magical power is unique.”

Maybe there’s lingering attachment. Ginevra asked again.

“Would spirits like it?”

“…It seems a bit scared.”

Ginevra’s face darkened. When she slumped onto the sofa, the sylph stretched its head sneakily over William’s hand. Larisa grinned and said,

“It looks like the sylph likes William.”

“Yeah. Being frequently together makes you feel attached.”

Syod replied with hearty laughter. William felt a strange, suspicious feeling in the air.

“Frequently together?”

“Oh, with me. Since it’s often with me, it probably feels a sense of familiarity with you, whose magical power is similar to mine.”

Sharp one. Syod broke into a cold sweat. He almost exposed the fact that William was being guarded as a secret.
It was evident that it wouldn’t be good in various ways if a teenage adolescent found out about being under the father’s surveillance.

“Wow, William is lucky.”

Larisa approached closely. Her fern-like hand cautiously reached towards the sylph. Unlike when Ginevra was around, the sylph had a more delicate expression, but it didn’t avoid Larisa’s touch.

As Larisa hesitated near the sylph, she asked cautiously, “Can I touch it?”

The sylph just turned its head with a proud look. Seeing this, Syod laughed and said, “[Sylph, my daughter-in-law. Be careful, okay?]”

Since he spoke in the draconic language, Ginevra and Larisa couldn’t hear anything. Only William sensed that something was said to the sylph.

Having heard something from Syod, the sylph extended its hand with a resentful expression. Larisa’s fingers and the sylph’s hand touched.

“Wow…!”

Larisa’s round eyes widened even more. The sylph made an impish expression, then blew wind at Larisa’s moved face.

“Oops!”

It was a light mountain breeze, but startled by the sudden gust, Larisa blinked her eyes in surprise. However, contrary to the concerns of the adults, she soon burst into laughter.

“Do it again!”

The sylph descended to William’s hand and started playing with Larisa. To Syod, it was astonishing that Larisa, whose magical power was only enough to sustain a small droplet of dew, could become so friendly with a being that required magical power to live.
“Syod, what happened? The sylph seems to like Larisa.”

“Yeah.”

“Why am I scared, but getting along well with Larisa?”

“Larisa may not have magical power, but she seems to have a high affinity for nature.”

“Affinity for nature?”

“Well, even if she does, without magical power, she won’t be able to form a contract. But if she had magical power, we might have seen a human summoner after a long time…”

Ginevra thought about Larisa playing with the waves and came to terms with it. Larisa was a child who loved nature. It was regrettable that such a child couldn’t become a summoner due to the lack of magical power.

“Is there a way for someone without magical power to use magic?”

As Ginevra mumbled, William casually responded.

“Alchemy?”

“Oh, right. It was alchemy.”

While Ginevra was contemplating the possibility of combining alchemy and summoning magic, Larisa asked Syod with a cheerful smile.

“Teacher, can I give a name to the sylph?”

“Oh, Larisa. That’s not possible.”

“Huh? Why not?”

“Because you’re not the contract holder, even if you give it a name, it won’t acknowledge it. And if you name a spirit, it won’t be able to return to the spirit realm.”

“Really?”

Larisa widened her eyes and asked.

“It will try not to separate from the one who gave it a name. A spirit that cannot return to the spirit realm will eventually exhaust its power and naturally disappear in this world.”

“You mean it will die?”

“Yeah.”
With a disappointed expression, Larisa apologized with a sulky look.

“Sorry, Sylph. It could have been dangerous.”

The Sylph flew and landed on Larisa’s shoulder. Larisa, who was fascinated by the weightlessness, was surprised when the Sylph suddenly patted her cheek.

“Are you okay?”

The Sylph nodded vigorously.