"The smell is awful..." Among all those in the carriage, Sillian was the first to react.
"Huh?" Edward, Amelin, and Mine looked at Sillian. The mana they all felt from outside was definitely at the level of the professors, so why this reaction from her? Edward and Amelin wondered.
"Awful smell? Where?" Mine looked around, stopping and tilting her head to the side.
"Hohoho, my old friend, it seems your mana has a terrible smell... Katriny was right after all," Itnia said with a cheerful tone and a simple charm unlike anything the three had seen before.
"Oh, I see, she was part of Katriny's former group, then... Looks like everyone important outside the academy is connected to this group," Edward said, directing his comment to Litty so that only she could hear him.
"I should have thought of that; after all, the person out there, I'm safe to say, would be second only to the headmistress in terms of power," Litty said, looking fixedly at the door.
