Bernabé got disappointed when the half ling refused to tell her a name to call him by, so ignoring his previous request she would continue calling him "mister Twenty four" in the meantime. When she came out of the alley she walked fast towards the street and made haste to find a taxi and go to the hotel, where, if she remember clearly, there was a telephone in her room capable of making international calls (at a big expense, but she could always charge it to the ministry as "additional expenditures"). When she arrived at the aforementioned hotel, a five stars luxurious one, she went as fast as she could to her room to take off her clothes and her corset so that her wings could stretch a bit and then she laid on the bed and grabbed the wireless phone of the room to call her superior, the call took a while to connect because of the difficulties of overseas communications, not to mention Pitover being a mobile continent after all, but the signal eventually reached.

-"Ministry of External affairs, what's the purpose of your call?"
-"Yoana, it's Bernabé"
-"Oh, hello Bernabé, I've heard that you were sent to Elfteria, how was your trip? Are you going to bring me a souvenir?"
-"Good, for the most part, and I'll think of something to bring you and your kids, but right now I need to speak with one of the Virtues about a recent event."
-"No problem, I'll do it right away and, Oh..."
-"Oh?"
-"The only one available is Nastasia, I'll past it to you now."
-"Please, no anyone but..."

But it was too late, the line was communicating again and minutes later a female voice sounded on the other side.

-"Hello, Berny, have you dropped death yet? Or maybe you haven´t realized yet because of your pain resistance?."
-"I'm glad to talk to you too, cousin."
-"Be careful, I've heard the students at the academy are capable of blowing up people with their minds, conjure magic and carry heavy weapons. I wouldn't want anything so horrible happening to you, but I've always wondered how far does your stoicism reach."

Bernabé directed her view to the papers on a nearby table and remembered reading that one of the V class ESPers, Akane Komaru was a student at the place. She wondered if she would have to resort to using her ESPer ability herself in case she was threatened

-"Nastasia, I need to talk to you about important matters. Is the ministry aware of possible war biological experiments involving born super soldiers?"
-"What have you discovered?"

Bernabé proceeded to tell her about 1624 and what this half ling said of the laboratory. Nastasia, rather than staying silent, said "Uh huh" and "Oh" several times during the explanation. When Bernabé finished, Nastasia said

-"That´s relevant information, and I'll pass it to a investigation commission to look into the matter, but Berny, I need you to do something"
-"What is it? And don't call me Berny."
-You need to calm the f*** down! You are technically in vacation and suspended from your job. Stop doing this short of stuff and try to relax a bit, have some rest, go to a party, get mugged, you know, typical stuff of someone on vacation."
-"I'll see what I'll do. Goodbye, Nastasia."
-"Goodbye Berny, I hate you."

The communication stopped and Bernabé let a long sigh escape, who could blame Nastasia after what happened long ago?. There was still some time until she had to arrive at her appointment at the Academy, so she decided she would take a shower.