"It must be an illusion. I'm hallucinating because of the excessive consumption of my spiritual power. How could anyone fight alone against an Ice Dragon that could easily destroy a large army? How can anyone kill a cataclysmic magical beast in seconds with one hand? It must be all an illusion. I must hurry to wake up now. I must do my best to stop Ice Dragon. I must get up and stop it."

『I must stop it!!! It must be stopped!!!'

Suddenly Kagome screamed and opened her eyes, instead of the snow and ice, she saw a clean and tidy room, a white bedding covering her body.

Kagome reached out and felt the sunlight shining on her from the window. How warm and soft it was.

『Are you finally awake????'

Following the voice, a kindly old man with white hair and goatee was sitting by Kagome's bed. The moment Kagome saw the old man, she immediately sat up nervously.

『Mr. Athemans.... I...''

『It's okay. Just lie down and rest. The old man who was called teacher by the Flame Witch was named Athemans, and he was the principal of the Imperial Royal Academy and the chief magician of the Empire.

『I'm still alive meaning that Ice Dragon is dead, right?

Kagome pinched her soft cheek as if to make sure it was not her dream world.

『Yes, Perception Magic can no longer search for traces of Ice Dragon's life.

Mr. Athemans replied calmly.

『That's good.』

Kagome gave a relieved expression as if she was relieved.

But Kagome, who is the person you just said must be stopped?

Suddenly Athemans’s voice turned serious, which made originally relaxed Kagome once again back to the state of tension.

「If we don't stop Ice Dragon, I'm afraid that many parts of the Empire will not be able to escape this disaster.

Kagome looked at the Athemans in front of her with very sincere eyes. Although Athemans did not cast mind reading magic, at an age like his that surpassed the age of the common people by several times, even without using magic, Athemans could tell if one had told a lie by the way one spoke and looked.

『.』 Athemans did not say a word but silently looked at the front of Kagome with puzzled expression. Before teacher speak something Kagome dare not speak without permission.

『Do you know how Ice Dragon died at the end?

After a moment of silence, Athemans was the first to speak up and break the silence.

『.』

However, this time it was Kagome's turn to be silent.

Because she didn't know, to be precise, she wasn't sure what she knew was true. No matter how powerful a person is, he cannot released a powerful magic that she had never seen before with one hand and then easily defeated a cataclysmic Ice Dragon. It was impossible no matter how one thought about it. So Kagome had thought until now that it was a hallucination she had when she was about to pass out.

『It doesn't matter if you don't know, after all, you were already unconscious when I found you. But I have something to show you.''

After saying, Athemans pulled out a small glass bottle from his pocket, the bottle contained a surprisingly red and purple fire. The color of this fire was exactly the same as the flame in Kagome's last memory.

『This. Is this?"

Kagome looked at the burning fire in the bottle in surprise. If this fire existed, it will mean that the memory she had just desperately tried to deny was real, and that the person who had killed Ice Dragon with one hand was real.

『This is "Hellfire", a flame that humans can never manipulate.' The moment Athemans finished explaining, Kagome couldn't close her mouth in surprise.

『Flame that humans can never manipulate? Could it be?』

『That's right. It’s the apostle's magic. Although I don't think the apostle would come to the human realm personally, there must be something going on here that we don't know about. Maybe Ice Dragon was also released by the apostle.''

Kagome heard this and clenched her fist silently. The "Apostle" is such a scary word. Either one of the apostles is an existence that is now feared by humans. But Kagome is not afraid, for she has such a seemingly impossible goal in her heart from the beginning to the end.

That is "to destroy twelve apostles that threaten humans."

「Well, I won't disturb your rest. I thought I could hear some useful information from you, but it looks like it's hopeless.

After saying Athemans put the bottle with the fire into his shirt lining pocket, then stood up and slowly walked to the door.

『By the way! There's something else I need to tell you.

As Athemans suddenly stopped when he reached the door, he then slowly turned around to look at Kagome who was still in surprise.

『The credit for hunting Ice Dragonare is counted on your head this time, after all, everything involved with the apostles will cause a lot of unnecessary panic. So you just take the praise well.''

After saying that Athemans smiled and left the room. However,at this time sitting on the bed, Kagome failed to slow down remaining in surprise.