Ritsuka nodded, but his frown deepened. She wasn't handling his going to school all that well these days. He'd taken to hiding her pills from her.

"It could be," he agree, "But why does no one seem to know what a spell battle is, or about Seven Moons or anything? I guess...that could be part of the test though."

"Where do you think we are?" he asked, standing on his toes to watch Soubi sketch, looking about with a frown, "Are we really in another world? It looks like no one has lived here in ages. Except those people replied to us, so they must be hiding somewhere."

His stomach growled at the mention of food, ears drooping. That added a whole new level of difficulty.