Slow and sure. II Chise had refused to let Elias come since the trip is about learning self-sufficiency. In the end Elias split himself in half so he could be with Chise but powerless. Chise spots an Each-uisge, a dangerous relative of Kelpies. She briefly speaks with Philomena and is happy she is still carrying the calming tea she gave her. Lucy reveals she hates sorcerers despite attending the college. Chise, half-Elias and Ruth sense a magical disturbance and find Lucy drained of magic. The purple eyed creature is revealed as a Nuckelavee, a dangerous centaur-like sea monster. Half-Elias is confused since Nuckelavee don’t drain magic. Chise and her friends flee across a river as it cannot touch fresh water. Half-Elias cannot fight but summons the Each-uisge for assistance. The Nuckelavee is forced into a lake to die but tries to drown Chise for possessing “the power to see beyond shadows”. Chise’s dragon arm abruptly mutates into a dragon claw that kills the Nuckelavee. The Each-uisge tries to secretly eat Chise as payment but is forced away by Rian with an iron axe. Ignorant of this Chise offers her hair as payment, which it grudgingly accepts. Returning to camp Chise realises without Elias she had almost no idea what to do.