My guess is that this time he wants to manage his time in this world (to farm origin points) with the quest itself. Maybe learning exorcism techniques?
Thanks for the chapter.
Also kinda curious why they're still doing the candidate tests? Do they really have a multiple year break between the first and the second test?
@umine the guy does carry a sword around with him: the ice around him takes the form of a sword, so it's not surprising that the fairy can't just take one look and decide it wasn't him.