"Wh-What should I do…? The professor said she’d be here…"

Hella, holding what looked like a stack of papers in both hands, anxiously glanced around.
However, the professor she was looking for was nowhere to be seen.

‘...Professor? Is she talking about Professor Hellen?’

Only then did I realize why she was acting differently from the game.
Her magic tool class had been switched to Professor Hellen Ainer’s class.
It seemed that, at the professor's request, she had come to deliver those papers.
With Hella’s timid nature, she likely couldn’t refuse the professor’s request.

Now that I understood the reason, I sighed in relief.
I had been worried, wondering if some other unexpected variable had popped up.

‘For now, I should stay quiet until Hella leaves.’

I quietly hid behind the gate magic tool and took a deep breath.
The magic was still active, so my appearance and presence were erased, but it still felt uncomfortable to face her.
I peered at Hella from behind the magic tool.
She glanced around briefly before—