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Obligatory Student Election Episode ™ where Aika winds up running for class president (as part of the human high school experience, of course) with Zira as her trusty campaign manager. Naturally, Elio is also running because the Star Guardian ™ needs a worthy opponent. Both of their campaigns are honestly a little confusing, but they've got the spirit. As it turns out, Zira would probably actually be the ideal candidate here and might have run outright were they not so used to being a nobody at school and assumed a loss would occur even if they ran unopposed. Sigh.

Huge debate amongst the rest of the student body about what Aika's last name even is. No one seems to have the answer. Whenever the Elio kid pulls up to class every blue moon, sources say they've heard him calling her by her last name — Stagardien or perhaps Skarsgård? Other sources claim it's clearly Ovdastarz, or something close, which they also heard the Elio boy mutter once or twice. Maybe a dozen times. No one can be quite sure, though. Whenever Aika is directly prompted, there's always some disruption that gets in the way of her actually supplying the answer.

Aptitude Test Episode ™. Zira says that the tests shouldn't be taken too seriously, but there's a certain appeal for Aika, thinking about what a version of her raised on Earth with no magical responsibilities would be "destined" for. The next day, after the test results are out, Zira inquires about Aika's since they've noticed something off about her. Aika hands over her test results, which mysteriously say she'd be best suited for being a: Star Guardian: Guardian of the Stars. "How is that even possible...?" Zira's results have her as an author, which is definitely something they'd maybe want to do, and there might not already be tons of filled notebooks sitting in their room filled with abandoned stories the tests aren't everything so it probably means nothing. But her new best friend is a magical girl, which very much seems like a thing of fiction, so maybe what's "possible" has been less of a concern as of late. Maybe she'll flip through one of those old notebooks when they get home.