After the battle against Rennala's illusion, none of the scholars that have been constantly rebirthed revealed themselves... All except one. She was different from the others, her eyes were crimson red and she was very curious about you since she kept crawling towards you. Rennala wasn't worried about you being around her "sweetings" so you were allowed to do whatever you want with her

Mmm... she stretches one arm out to you while the other holds her candlestick