Asta and Noelle return to the Black Bulls’ hideout only to get taken away by Mereoleona again. The place they were brought this time was the Vermillion estate. Waiting for them there was Captain Fuegoleon, Kirsch, Mimosa, and the sister who looked after the children at the church in Nean, Sister Theresa, who was also known as the former Magic Knight, the Crimson She-Leopard. Asta and Noelle wait in anticipation, wondering if they are going to get a new mission, but what Fuegoleon actually tells them is...
This is exactly why I thought about declining.
.لهذا السبب بالضبط فكرت في الرفض
Deshalb wollte ich es
eigentlich auch ablehnen …
Por eso pensé
en rechazar la invitación, pero…
Por eso tenía pensado
rechazar la invitación, pero…
Dire que j’ai d’abord eu
l’intention de refuser…
Era il motivo per cui ero indecisa 
se accettare o meno l'invito.
Foi exatamente por isso
que pensei em recusar.
Поэтому сначала
я хотела и вовсе отказаться.