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.
Long ago, when the world was still dark,
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In einer Zeit, als die Welt noch viel
weiter und dunkler war
Hace mucho, cuando el mundo era oscuro,
Hace mucho, cuando el mundo era oscuro,
Elle remonte
à des temps immémoriaux.
In un'epoca lontana, il mondo
era ancora avvolto dalle tenebre.
Há muito tempo, quando o
 mundo ainda era escuro,
Давным-давно, когда люди 
ещё бродили во мраке,