After dinner, Ash continued to fight in the Extreme Dungeons of the gaming tier.
Before parting, he provided Liss with a high-level Substitute and casually inquired why the Substitute had disappeared. According to the Magic Power Ash had pre-supplied, the high-level Substitute should have lasted a whole day, yet he sensed that his Substitute had vanished by the afternoon.
Liss replied with an innocent expression that she didn't know, insisting she hadn't worked the Substitute hard: it had just carried her, sang some songs, and helped fetch a book.
Perhaps it was due to the combined effect of two Technique Spirits that Magic Power consumption increased, Ash thought little of it, and handed over the Substitute's command permissions for Liss to lead away.
However, the Substitute acted rather strangely, repeatedly looking back at Ash in three steps, as if it had much to say.
