The Alchemist And The Dispatched Devil (4)

One day, on the way back after Zaras and I had been summoned to the Academy by the Great Alchemist Vermission to report on our progress so far,

Zaras stopped me, saying she wanted to ask my advice, and I listened to what she had to say on the Academy rooftop.

“Right. So basically, ‘Pallas Cook, the one you’re assigned to,’ has apparently been in a bit of a slump lately, and you want me to take a look at her?”

I deliberately paused and emphasized that particular phrase as I summarized her request, putting as much of a What...