Wow, the weather is perfect! Today was made for us to enjoy the beach!

But maybe we should have invited Seria and Paris to come with us too.

Hehehe... We finally made it here.

I made sure I brought my swimsuit today, so I'm all ready to go!

I mean, I know things have been kinda crazy lately, but...

...we should just try to enjoy ourselves as much as we can today!

We should inflate this beach ball first though...

*Buzz* *zzzzz* *bzzzzt* *zzzzt*

*Zzzz* *buzzz* ...hear...me...... He...llo...?

Hans...? Hans! We're finally connected!

But where in the world are you?!

Huh? Agni's Agniria Coast?What are you doing all the way over there?

N-Never mind that for now! We're in some serious trouble!

Huh? What's wrong Hans?

Wait, are you with someone else right now?

I think I hear a girl...

Are you getting some sort of transmission?

I wanna try it! Let me talk!

I knew it... There's a girl there... Hans, who are you with?!

...huh? Did I have something urgent to say, you ask?

O-Oh yeah! That's right!

Hans, you have to report to Summoners' Hall immediately!

Lugina is... Lugina is...

Whoa... So this is Elgaia, huh? I can't believe I finally get to see where you guys live.

This is the world all your ancestors escaped to with Lord Lucius's help, right?

It's my first time here. Ever!

There are way more people than I expected too!

But this is no time for sightseeing now, is it? We have to help Lugi!

Hans...

Thank you for coming back on such short notice...

About Lugina...he's...

What's wrong with Lugi?!

Huh?! A-And...you are?

Me?

I am the prettiest goddess you'll ever meet! My name's Tilith. Nice to meet you!

R-Right...

(This must be the girl... The one who was with Hans earlier...)

...?

(She's so cute... I don't stand a chance against her...)

Shouldn't we be focusing on Lugi right now?!

What happened to him?!

I'm sorry, you're totally right...

The truth is, I'm afraid I must apologize...

Apologize?

Yes, apologize...

Earlier I said...that Lugina had died.

Well...I may have gotten a little ahead of myself...

So he's okay then?

Well, not exactly...

Then...what happened to him?

All the details will be disclosed to you shortly. If you could just follow me to the conference room...

Lord Grahdens is waiting inside...

Ho ho ho... Hans, sorry to summon you here so suddenly.

Elder Grah, it's been a while! How have you been?

Ho! You even brought sweet Tilith with you!

Yeah! Hans and I were at the beach together.

At the beach together...?!

Hans... Why didn't you invite me along?

*COUGH*

...Lord Grahdens!

Ehem... Yes, quite. This is neither the time nor place for that conversation, I guess.

That's right! So just tell us what happened to Lugi already!

First you say he's dead...

...but now it seems like he's not...

Hmm...

Well, you do know that the head of the newly established Otherworld Investigation Bureau....

...is Lugina, don't you?

Just as I assume you also know that he's after the Abel Faction because he means to identify the power that makes summoning possible.

......

It would seem that his investigation did indeed yield something in another world...

...but we haven't heard from him since that first lead.

Lugi...

Now, now. This is Lugina we are talking about. I'm sure we have no need to worry about him.

He is amongst the most qualified survivalists the Summoners' Hall has to offer.

I'm afraid that Lugina's sudden lack of communication gave Lin the impression...

...that Lugina had lost his life.

I'm sorry...

B-But Lugi is still in some kind of trouble, right?

We have to go help him!

Hmm...

Hey! How come you're still sitting around? Let's get going Elder Grah!

...he can't.

What do you mean?

Lugina and the others went to the other world through a transportation device developed by Noel.

However, it only runs on a particular kind of energy, and right now there's not enough of it to transport anyone else.

......

You misunderstand, my dear. I would love nothing more than to go find him myself.

Unfortunately, however, Noel tells me that powering the machine back up could take as much as a month.

No way...

......

...huh?

Is that the teleportation device you were talking about?

Ummm... Yes, but...

......

...okay! I think I may be able to help you with that!

Hooo! Can you really?!

Wh-What?! But how?! The teleporter...is gathering energy!

I see!

Nothing less could be expected of the Goddess who can manipulate the gates.

Whatever energy source Noel was using to power his machine...

...must be very similar to Tilith's powers.

It's so obvious a thing that I feel ashamed for not having noticed it sooner.

Now with the machine running again, we have no reason to delay Lugina's rescue mission any longer.

Hans, this is a direct command from the Summoners of Old.

Follow Lugina into that new world...

...rescue him, and investigate the area!

The world he went to survey is called Bectas.

From the intel we have been able to gather, this world seems to have developed some of the special arts and techniques that we ourselves both research and use here at Summoners' Hall.

Lord Grahdens, please don't forget to also mention that...

Oh, yes...

This is rather important, so listen carefully. The power that supports our summoning abilities is very unstable in that world...

For that reason, you will be unable to use summoning as freely as you do here.

You are different from Seria and Karl.

Thus far you have managed to fight all your battles by summoning Units to aid you.

However, I'm afraid this time you will do quite a bit of fighting on your own.

A new world... A new style of fighting...

I'm sure the thought must make you anxious, but I have faith in you.

I see... Hans is going to have to actually fight on the battlefield this time around.

In that case, let me help you out!

What do you think? Now you'll be able to use any element you want, whenever you want!

I'm afraid that our connection to that particular world is not the best...

So our usual support line may not be as readily available as before...

However, we believe that Lugina's assistant is still in Bectas.

You should try to locate them if you feel safe enough to do so.

But of course, if we're able to connect with you from the other side, I'll be there to support you every step of the way!

Let's hurry and find Lugi in that Bectas place, or whatever it's called!

C'mon, let's get going!

This is the start of a whole new adventure!