Ning then took Tessa back to the school, directly into her grandmother's room in the library.
"What? Don't scare an old woman like that," Verina said when she saw the two of them arrive out of nowhere.
"Grandma!" Tessa hugged her grandma and her grandma hugged her back.
"So? What happened? I thought you were taking her to the island. Why did you come back? Did you not get to enter?" the old woman asked. "I should have told you that the headmaster wouldn't allow that. He is kind of an asshole in that way."
The old woman shook her head as she remembered the previous headmaster who had been defeated by this current one and had their place taken away.
"No, grandma. Look, this is Sylph."
The jingling spirit slowly peered its head from behind Tessa. "Sylph, this is my grandmother."
"Wah! You did it? Did you get yourself a spirit? Wait, why is your hair not changed?" The old woman was confused, to say the least.
