Chise and Selkie climb aboard a dragon's back to meet Lindel, to have her own mage's staff made. Frustrated by Chise's acceptance of her being kept as a pet by Elias, he describes the time he found Elias in the darkness. Meanwhile, Elias, who had stayed at home by himself, receives a letter from a sorcerer's college.
I wandered alone, sick of that way of life.
.تجوّلتُ لوحدي سائمًا من ذلك النّهج
Damals wollte ich nichts
damit zu tun haben
Vagué solo, cansado de ser así.
Vagué solo, cansado de ser así.
Un jour,
je suis parti sur les routes
Al tempo io non riuscivo ancora
ad accettare questa logica,
Eu vaguei sozinho, cansado desse jeito de viver.
Я одиноко скитался, 
невыносимо устав от такой жизни.