"I can't read minds."

"Summoners can read their champion's mind."

"Well, separately, even if I could read minds that would be a really fucked up thing to do!"

"I don't mind."

"Be that as it may! Any chance I can just go home and be too far away to have my soul ripped out?"

"I'm... not sure how far away you came from such that you have magical powers but have not heard of the Spring."

"You could abrogate your claim and I can resurrect you once I win with your champion," suggests the man.

(The older woman meanwhile continues to find this whole event very entertaining.)

"You seem so trustworthy, how could I possibly refuse," May tells the man. "I'm an esper," she tells Lianelle. "If you haven't heard of espers, then I'm apparently from an alternate universe or something."

"I have not heard of espers."

The man, having apparently decided to cut his losses, starts backing away from the gathering. 

"Do I need that guy for any magical reasons?" she asks Lianelle. The guy is not allowed to hear her.

"No."

"Uh, he's not a major threat without his servant and I don't think it's risky to let him go."

"He might try to seek vengeance," muses the old lady.

"With a knife, or with something scary? - I guess actually I should consider being scared of knives if I'm the only esper on the planet -"

"His family has some tricks up their sleeve I imagine, they've been preparing for the tournament for some time."

The man can only hear half this conversation but it's not a good half so he is going to ru-fall over, his feet planted to the spot as the woman gestures downwards with a dangerous glint in her eyes.

"It's rude to leave while we're still discussing what to do with you, Ivan."

"If I win will I be able to resurrect everyone killed in this farcical nonsense or is it limited use?"

"You'd be able to do that, though the power is still limited and if there's a very large amount of collateral damage you won't be able to do much more than that."

"Limited how?"

"You'll get a big burst of power that's accumulated since the Spring was last acquired, which you can use to do a big miracle like resurrecting everyone who recently died due to a plague, or a number of smaller ones - resurrect a few people, or make yourself a more potent mage. You can push it a bit farther if you hold onto the fountain but that kills you eventually."

"How does it kill you?"

"It burns away your body when you use it past the first burst."

"And I assume this is irreparable."

"Probably enough magic could manage to fix it? But it would end up being a net loss."

"Are - alternate universes or anything like that - a known phenomenon here such that I have any prospect of ever going home."

"There's a spirit plane and an underplane but nothing that looks like like another Earth."