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 don't take apprentices.
.أنا لا أتّخذ تلاميذًا
I-Ich nehm doch keinen Lehrling auf …
No tomo aprendices.
No acepto aprendices.
Eu não aceito aprendizes.
Я не беру учеников.