"...So it really is something connected to the gods."
"Yeah. Without a doubt."
"…"

Beyond the human realm.
If it was someone capable of hiding from her sight, there was only one possibility.
It had to be someone from above.
And it was highly likely to be a god of considerable rank.

'Doesn't seem like that war god bastard, though.'

That one's just a battle-crazed maniac—he’s not the type to scheme and manipulate things like this.
But I couldn’t completely rule out his involvement either.
Something told me this wasn’t the work of just one god.

"Who could it be?"
"We’ll have to find out. It’s not like they’d act directly, so maybe a projection or a pawn… if we keep investigating, we’ll uncover something."
"I see."
"It’ll take a while, but I’ll try to catch them as fast as possible."
"Thank you."
"Sure~ you better keep thanking me~ you’ll have lots of chances to thank me more in the future~"

The principal yawned as she joked around.
She really was always the same. Or rather—such was the nature of dragons.

"By the way, Principal—"
"Lily."
"...Huh?"
"Just call me Lily. That title’s way too long."
"Oh, okay. Then… Lily-nim."
"Drop the ‘nim’ too."
"…Alright. Lily."