Just as Illya was with Yakushi and Yuzuru, Ellen, who had been forcibly pulled away, met an old colleague, another Magician from DEM Company, Jessica Bailey.
The other party seemed not to have expected Ellen to appear here, and for a moment looked at Ellen in a swimsuit with surprise, but quickly recovered.
"Isn't this Ms. Ellen Mira Mathers, who claims to be the world's strongest Magician? I haven't seen you for so long, I thought you had died in the last mission."
"...Jessica Bailey, why I am here has nothing to do with you. Rather, why are you here? Is this Westcott's order?"
Ellen remembered that Inaba Tsukiyo had said at home that the DEM Company's subsidiary seemed to be funding Raizen High School's school trip this time, which meant that DEM Company was targeting the Spirit of Laichan Middle School? That is, Tohka?
This was not good news. It was important to know that besides Tohka, there were other Spirits on Hitogami Island now.
She was well aware of Westcott's methods. Although Jessica's strength was not particularly strong, she was quite ruthless, both to herself and to others.
Jessica thought Ellen wanted to return to DEM Company by completing this mission and looked at her disdainfully.
"Forget it, this operation was ordered by Isaac-sama for me to execute. Even if Isaac-sama knows you're still alive, I'm afraid he won't let you return so quickly. After all... you failed. And you lost terribly. I don't think you can complete this mission."
"You talk as if you can complete this mission, Jessica Bailey. Or have you become so arrogant that you think you can complete a mission that even I couldn't complete?"
Ellen looked at Jessica with disdain. This guy only had the chance to show this attitude in situations like this.
"You!!!"
Jessica gritted her teeth, looking at Ellen's cold face. Although she was very angry, she knew that Ellen's words were not wrong; she indeed had no confidence in completing a mission that even Ellen couldn't complete.
Knowing that she wouldn't gain anything here, Jessica left with an annoyed mood. Watching Jessica's retreating back, Ellen slowly raised her right hand, contemplating whether she should get rid of Jessica here.
But thinking that this guy must have brought others with her, if she were dealt with here, it might cause those hidden troops to mobilize.
To avoid causing a greater disturbance, Ellen dismissed the idea of attacking, dissipated the energy in her hand, and turned to walk towards Nia and the others.
Since DEM Company had appeared, it meant that DEM Company's warships must already be near Hitogami Island.
If she remembered correctly, it should be the battleship [Abatair]. Aside from those warships that were not easily mobilized, this was the most likely one to be deployed.
Nia, who was writing something under a beach umbrella, heard someone approaching and turned to see Ellen walking towards her with a serious expression.
"What's wrong? You look like you've lost millions. I thought you ran off to a deserted place to learn how to swim because you can't swim."
"..."
Nia had indeed hit the mark. The reason Ellen had left the main group was that she couldn't swim, and to maintain her dignity, she had to go to other deserted places to learn how to swim.
Although Nia's words made her a bit angry, she hadn't forgotten the purpose of her visit this time and sat down beside Nia.
Nia looked at Ellen with some surprise. She had originally thought Ellen would argue with her because of that remark, and she had already prepared for a big argument. Why didn't she have any intention of arguing at all?
This made Nia feel like she was punching cotton. When did this guy become so easy to talk to?
Ellen ignored Nia's thoughts and directly told her about seeing Jessica, and also revealed DEM Company's plan to station their warship above Hitogami Island.
"Hmm~ So, you think that today or sometime else, DEM Company's people will mobilize and capture the Spirits?"
"That's for sure. Westcott is extremely obsessed with the Spirits' power. He originally planned to research how to transfer the Spirits' power to himself using you, but the experiment was destroyed by God-sama before it was completed."
"...You really dare to say that. Wasn't it you who captured me?"
Nia looked at Ellen with a dark expression. Did this guy forget that it was she who had captured her and taken her to DEM Company in the first place?
However, the Westcott Ellen mentioned... his pure Magician physique allowed him to absorb the Spirits' power without going berserk, which was a very troublesome matter.
But... before he obtained the Spirits' power, no matter how special his physique was, it would have no effect whatsoever.
"Actually, you don't need to worry about those guys from DEM Company causing any trouble. So what if they come with a battleship? Did you forget the ultimate weapon Tsukiyo-chan stored in the Imaginary Space?"
After thinking for a while, Nia suddenly regained her usual carefree smile, patted Ellen's shoulder, and reminded her.
"Hmm? You mean... the one God-sama put in the Imaginary Space..."
"Yeah, that's it. Although Tsukiyo-chan said it's not the strongest thing, it should be enough to deal with DEM's battleships. And I think Tsukiyo-chan will be very happy to hear this news. She told me before that she still had a lot of things to do when DEM's people came."
Ellen fell silent. When would DEM's people come? Although she had already become a loyal Herrscher of Inaba Tsukiyo, the thought of herself and her subordinates causing trouble for Inaba Tsukiyo before made her feel foolish.
As Inaba Tsukiyo's Herrscher, no one knew better than her the hidden power of Inaba Tsukiyo. It was not the swordsmanship or the power to use Heroic Spirits that she had shown before, but a power at the pinnacle of all Herrschers.
Thinking of this, Ellen felt she was worrying too much. There was no need to worry about those people coming to cause trouble, or rather, if they came, they would only be causing trouble for themselves.
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