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.
It would make sense if he were 
simply a human who'd gotten
سيكون من المنطقيّ إن كان مجرّد بشريّ حوّل
Ein Mensch, der sich bei irgendeiner
dummen Hexerei versehentlich verwandelt hat,
Tendría sentido si fuera
un humano transformado
Tendría sentido si fuera
un humano transformado
Peut-être un homme transformé
par un sort mal maîtrisé.
Se fosse un uomo ridotto così
a causa di un incantesimo finito male,
Faria sentido se ele fosse só um humano que
Всё стало бы понятно, 
если бы он оказался человеком,