He must be talking about Rudeus; it's unlikely any other magician would study the sword with her.
"Oh, then how is his magic?"
"His magic is okay, I guess. I heard he's a Water Saint, but not as strong as you, Cousin, a Water King."
"A Water Saint is still very powerful.
In actual magic duels, Saint-level magic is rarely used.
The only time it's truly useful is during large-scale wars.
In normal sparring with swordsmen, regardless of their style, they won't give a magician time to cast Saint-level magic."
"Hmm, so in a normal spar now, I should be stronger than you, Cousin!"
"Haha, we won't know unless we try."
"Okay, then let's spar together in a bit."
"Wait until I finish being busy..."
My words were cut off by a flash of deep purple light.
Upon seeing that light, my heart skipped a beat.
It was too sudden.
I immediately picked up Eris, activated 'Invisible Wings,' and flew with her towards the roof of the exhibition hall.
The staff at the exhibition, the invited children, and the ordinary citizens of Yars all looked towards me, and simultaneously towards that point of light.
"Cousin, Cousin, I'm flying! Wow, why didn't you say you could carry people when flying earlier? Now I just found out.
Cousin, hold me tighter. I'm afraid I'll fall.
Cousin, what is that? It's so beautiful!"
I shook my head and replied, "I don't know."
After reaching the roof, I let Eris down.
I watched as the purple point of light continuously magnified, then shot down from the sky into the earth like a beam of light.
Finally, it turned into a ring and rapidly spread outwards in all directions, growing larger and larger until it enveloped the entire Fittoa Territory.
It persisted for about five seconds, and then vanished in the sky.
"It's over."
The moment I finished speaking, a sharp scream echoed through the air.
First, a tree appeared in the sky above the distant city and fell down.
Then, some people suddenly appeared in a point of light on the ground, and others fell from the sky and were smashed to death.
Then came houses, stones, door panels, wooden barrels, cows, sheep, and horses appearing in all sorts of inconceivable places.
Confused noises also arose from the Royal Palace.
I immediately held Eris tightly and flew towards the Royal Palace.
When I arrived at the Royal Palace garden, it was already over.
Ariel was being protected by a group of guards.
In the center of the lake lay the corpse of a magical beast, and sitting on the corpse was a little girl with white hair.
Beside the beast lay several guard corpses.
There was Dirk Letterbach, who had spoken to me last time, and two others I didn't know well; one seemed to be the woman who asked me why I didn't pursue the assassins during the assassination attempt.
Her head was gone, making her features unrecognizable.
After setting Eris down, I rushed towards the crowd and bowed to Ariel, "Lady Ariel, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. The magical beast fell from the sky.
The girl on the beast saved us.
Dirk Letterbach, Corinu, Edgeworth—they are all dead.
Was this an assassination?"
"It might not have been.
Just now, southeast of Yars, in the direction of the Fittoa Territory, there was a purple sphere of light.
Then, the sphere generated rays of light that enveloped the entire area.
I don't know if someone cast a spell.
When I arrived, there were many suddenly appearing buildings, people, and animals in the city and sky, all under the same circumstances as that beast and person."
After I explained the specific situation to Ariel, I walked towards the girl sitting on the beast.
"Who are you?"
"I don't know."
"Where are you from?"
"I don't know. I can't remember clearly."
She must be Sylphiette.
I hadn't expected her to suffer amnesia after being teleported over.
I waved towards the attendant next to Ariel, who I think was named Elmoa.
"You take this lady to wash up.
Get her some clothes suitable for wearing in the court."
Elmoa looked at Ariel.
Ariel nodded, and Elmoa took the girl downstairs.
I returned to Ariel's side.
"Princess Ariel, that girl just now could actually defeat such a magical beast.
So she must possess considerable strength.
You can try to win her over.
I still need to figure out the beginning and end of this incident, so I must take my leave now."
Then I took Eris's hand and prepared to leave.
Eris was still dazed, preparing to perform her stiff, robotic-like courtesy.
Before she could finish bowing, I wrapped my arms around her waist and flew away.
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