Scenario:Lonesome Dragoness - Chapter 5: To Turn the Tables - Episode 2

Lonesome Dragoness - Chapter 5: To Turn the Tables - Episode 2

Io asks Anne about the magic she's using, and Anne responds by saying that she's able to summon paragon spirits. Io expresses her respect for Anne and decides that she'd one day like to be equally skilled.

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(Captain) and the crew lead the students and Grea toward the classroom building.

Io: Hey, Anne.

Anne: Hm? What is it?

Io: That spell that you used to trap Grea—it's not regular magic, is it?

Anne: Ah, that? It's kind of summoning magic.

Anne: My way of using it's a little unusual though.

Io: Unusual?

Anne: Yeah. You normally use summoning magic to call on nature sprites and stuff, right?

Anne: But I don't use it to call on nature sprites. I use it to call on paragon spirits.

Io: What! Spirits?

Anne: When some people or nature sprites are revered by lots of people, their souls become paragon spirits.

Lyria: Um, so they're reeeally super, reeeally great people then?

Anne: Ahaha, you're not wrong about that.

Anne: Even in death they have things to do and important things they want to protect forever.

Anne: That determination makes them paragon spirits.

Lyria: They... they aren't ghosts, are they?

Anne: No, I've never really thought about them like that. But I guess they are and they aren't.

Lyria: But they're really great people, so they wouldn't scare people or hurt them, right?

Vyrn: Well, either way, I get that she's special for being able to summon those things.

Io: She's way more than special!

Io: There's no way that a normal mage could summon those spirits.

Io: You have to keep a supply of magical power flowing just to summon them, and that's even before you get to commanding them.

Io: Er, uh no, first you need a pact, and to make a pact you have to show the spirits your resources and your talent.

Anne: My spirits have protected my family for generations.

Anne: Something happened long ago.

Anne: So when I wanted to protect something I really cared about, they made a pact with me.

Io: Whoa, that's so Mysteria! There are really some amazing people here.

Io: But I'm Master's apprentice, so I'd better start trying to outdo them!

Io is filled with solid admiration for the skillful mage Anne.

But at the same time, she is filled with the flames of determination to one day become Anne's equal.