Look, a window! We can get outside from here. Hold out your hand, Mari.

Why my hand?

As long as we're holding hands, our fairy powers will flow into you and you'll be able to fly.

Amazing! It's just like a dream!

Okay, let's go! There might be other dangers like the fallen angel Yohane lurking around, so we better stop STAGgering and vaMOOSE, geddit?!

*Giggle* I thought this when I saw you use your illumination magic, but the way you talk is so interesting!

Speaking of the illumination magic, that reminds me… The other person—Eli, was it? What happened to her?

Oh, true. The room is probably unlocked by now. The scary maid who makes even fallen angels tremble in fear could be chasing after us at this very moment.

No problem. Eli will definitely still be in that room.

How can you be so sure?

She might come off as calm and collected, but she has her cute moments as well. She's actually very afraid of the dark.

Back when there was a blackout due to lightning, it turned into a whole ordeal. Seeing her all teary-eyed and crying like that was so cute!

[Fade in/out.]

Oh yeah, that did happen.

What the?!

Huh?! Is Eli…floating?!

Hmm, you appear to be missing someone. I assume she stayed behind to stop Yoshiko. I was hoping that she would have been able to capture Mari, but alas…

Eli! Why are you here? Look how dark it is out here! Aren't you completely afraid?!

THAT'S what you're concerned about?!

Ugh… While I am very much afraid of the dark, as long as the moonlight illuminates things this much, I have no problem dealing with it. How unfortunate for you.

Y-You're not what I think you are, are you?!

Ah, so you have realized what I am. It's true, I am no human. I am Mari's guardian angel.

You're my guardian angel?! What does that even mean?!

You have always attracted all sorts of different beings from a young age. These beings inevitably see you as a target. That's actually what happened with Yoshiko at first.

So in order to protect you, I was sent down from the heavens.

That magnetism has waned as you have grown, so I thought that you would soon be okay on your own. I never would have expected you to run away with the fairies, though.

I-I'm not running away! I just want to go see the moon! I've said this so many times already!

But you can see the moon from your room, no? A night like this means these beings are at full strength. There's no way that I could allow you to go out in these circumstances.

There's no need to worry, guardian angel Eli. We'll look after her properly!

We'll protect Mari with everything we've got! You can rest easy!

Exactly! Ai and Honoka are both here, and Setsuna too. With them around, I'm not scared of anything that might come our way!

Well, I saw a ginormous lizard monster skulking around earlier. Do you four have the confidence to deal with it calmly if it were to appear before you?

…………

I-I don't care, there's no way that I'll ever give up now!

Hey, stop! Mari, wait! You can't escape from me!