Lilia's Tale

Chapter 73: Interrogation

There were many rooms, leaving me to guess where it would be. I assumed it would be the Guild Master, although there was no guarantee. We were brought towards the furthest room to the left, as my summon grew more and more uncomfortable and weary. I found it surprising that it was capable of feeling that strong mage's presence all the way from the entrance if they were inside of this furthest room.

What surprised me most, however, was that I didn't feel any abnormal presence. Curious, I decided to close my eyes to hopefully see their magicules through the door while the receptionist told whoever was inside of our presence.

I successfully saw through the door. However, I saw two peoples' magicules. One of them wasn't anything notable, sitting down on something, while the second person was standing behind them. This second person's power, however, was very high. It reminded me of Father's magicules, although quite a bit less power. This person was probably the one my summon felt.

"Come on in," someone said from inside.

The receptionist opened the door and gestured for us to enter. I followed after Koko-sensei, looking directly at them. As I saw, there were two people in the room. A woman was sitting down on something that looked a little like a sofa, while another man was standing behind her. That man had quite the strong physical stature, slightly intimidating me.

My summon told me that man was very dangerous. I could slightly agree, but still told it to stay calm. We were told to sit on the opposing sofa, some distance away from the woman's, as she started talking.

"Is this giant moth really a summon?"

"Yes, ma'am," the man answered.

"Guess it wasn't just false information. So, miss, that is your summon, right?"

"Eh, yeah, it's mine," I replied unsure if I was the one being called 'miss'.

"Could you please explain in great details the process of what exactly happened?"

I explained to them in as much detail as I could what happened. From the start, where I simply allowed the summon to fly around above the forest, to the point where it noticed two people were being attacked, how it rescued them, and finally how it trailed them to make sure they'd stay safe. It took quite a lot of talking as I went into as much detail as I could, but I didn't get interrupted a single time.

"So, from what you said, you deliberately allowed a mid-level summon as a Giant Moth to fly unattended above the nearby forest, even requiring it to tail people."

"That...is one way to put it."

"First of all, are you aware about the sighting of five different giant moths?"

"Ah, yeah. About that. In order to help them from the wolves attacking, I summoned more giant moths so they could fight better."

"Are you telling me you summoned five Giant Moths?"

"I did, yes."

"That is quite the bold statement you're doing here. You do realise that even just one Giant Moth is already quite difficult to summon, right?" the man commented.

"I'm here to testify that I myself saw her summon multiple giant moths at once. Most notably, I saw her unsummon four of them over inside the academy's grounds," Koko-sensei added.

"If Miss Koko attests to it, we ought to at least give this little girl a chance, sir."

"As you wish, Master. Then, I require her to summon multiple Giant Moths here in this room."

I wasn't expecting to be tasked such a thing. However, as I didn't see much inconvenience in it, I summoned four additional giant moths behind us. The space was a bit tight, but it worked out quite nicely.