"Huh? What's wrong, Itsuki-kun?"
Aya-chan, with a puzzled expression, stood in front of me. I blinked and looked around.
I was back in the forest from earlier. The mysterious village and the strange voice were gone.
All that remained was my hand still holding Aya-chan's after I had caught her when she tripped.
As I let go, a rainbow-colored light shimmered before disappearing.
There was no doubt about it—I had just resonated with Aya-chan.
And then there was that name I heard at the end, "The Ice Princess." Aya-chan's mother, Touka-san, had mentioned it before. Named monsters like that are all of the Sixth Rank.
In other words, this monster was on the same level as Raikoudouji.
And such a monster was residing inside Aya-chan.
I still didn't know why it had taken residence inside her, but I could at least make a simple guess as to why Aya-chan's magic hadn't been leaking out.
