It has been five days since then.
　The students had been told that Cordell-sensei had retired.

　Someone should definitely have found that basement and the corpse.......this school is also very dark.
　I don't know how the school received that bloody scene.
　It would be helpful if they received it as a fact that it was an insider who died because of a magic failure, but as expected, that's impossible.

　Oh well.
　The crisis is over for the time being. As long as the school continues, it's good enough for me.

Oh, Yifa!

　I yell out when I see a dusky blonde walking down the street from the dormitory.
　When Yifa noticed me, she came running over to me.

'Good morning, Seika-kun,'

　Yifa's orange eyes narrowed as she said this.

　It seems that I was lost in the dungeon for about ten hours, and Yifa didn't know anything about it during that time, but when I talked to her after I came back, she was worried about me a lot.
　He seemed to be concerned about Amu, and I thought he was a really good kid.

''Yeah. Yifa, give me a little help.
Yeah, yeah.

　I take Yifa's right hand and, a little lost, I put a ring on her index finger.

Wow, what?　This ring.....
Picked it up in the dungeon. Took me a while to polish it. How's it going?
Oh, it's beautiful...

　Yifa looks at the sky in the air and says in surprise.

''Hey, what's going on ... the spirits are reacting so much ...''
Oh, I knew it.

　I thought it might be because it looked similar to a druid's staff, but as I suspected, it was a spirit-related item.

I don't really understand it, but does it look useful?
Uh-huh.

　Yifa waved her finger lightly and a whirlwind spun around her.

''This is great, Seika-kun!　People make it so easy to do me a favor!　I don't know if it's right for me to have this kind of thing...
That's okay. I picked it up. I'm the only one who can use it. Is it the right size?　If you want, I can go to town to fix it sometime.
No, it's perfect. Thank you, Seika. I'll take good care of this.

　Yifa said, touching the ring with her left hand.

　I'm sure you'll find that the gift was worth it if you use it.
　It's my hope that my friends' strength will be increased.

　And then.
　I saw a familiar red hair coming from the street.

　That's Amu.
　The timing hasn't been right since I broke the curse, and I feel like it's been a long time since we've seen each other like this.
　Until recently, I was blatantly disgusted with him, but now that we're getting to know each other, it's okay.
　I raise one hand and call out to him with a smile.

Hi, good morning, Amu.
I told you not to talk to me in private.

　Amu said that with a slight frown.

　Wha........why?
　No, it's funny, this is the same as it was half a month ago. We're getting along, right?　You said you'd go on an adventure with me, and now you're doing this?

　I freeze with a smile on my face, and Yifa shouts a bouncy voice next to me.

'Ah, good morning, Amu!

　Called out to me, Amu says with a small but sure smile.

'Good morning Yifa. It's a beautiful day.'
What?

　They start chatting happily, leaving me bewildered.

"Thank you for teaching me how to study yesterday.
No, I'm not. I'm fine.
I'm going to treat you to something nice for dinner. Why don't we go get some of those ice cream treats Ms. Cullen was telling us about?
Really?

Oh, um. You two are good friends...

　Amu looks at me timidly and says, "I just started talking to you in the girls' dormitory.

It's just that we started talking in the girls' dormitory. Is it bad?
'No, it's not bad, but...'

　Didn't you ever start talking to me?

　Yifa is a bit apologetic when it comes to this.

''Uh, um, sh, when it comes to the exam, Seika-kun, we should study together!
'Yeah...'
That would be very helpful.

　Amu walks alongside Yifa.

　Did I do something to offend you........

'What are you doing, Seika?'

　Amu looks back at me and says, "You're going to class, aren't you?

'You're going to class, aren't you?　Come early or you'll be late.
Oh, yeah.

　I hurriedly followed them.

''I'm sure you're just embarrassed, Seika-sama. Yuki will understand.

　Yuki whispered in her ear.

　........I hope that's true.