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Like Kalix, Oscar didn't look that big when he was dressed.

But when he took off his top, his large skeletal build and hard, thick muscles were visible. His muscles were more prominent because of his wet, bare skin.

Lelia exhaled slowly to hide her nervousness.

[Are you saying that you'll take your clothes off and dry them?]

She shook her head in vain, when she secretly pulled out the alchemy items, hidden from Oscar and tried to light the fire.

Whoops.

Suddenly, a fire ignited in the fireplace in front of her.

Moreover, it was not a mild flame, but a blazing fire.

Lelia turned around in surprise and saw Oscar approaching.

She wanted him to get some clothes on, but it was strange for her to ask him to put his wet clothes back on without drying them.

Oscar came and sat down next to Lelia.

Then he shook his body like a wet dog. Lelia frowned at this.

"... I prefer to dry like this."

Oscar didn't say anything to the frightened Lelia.

Lelia glanced past the broken mirror next to her by the fireplace.

[Uhhh?]

She stopped, as Lelia's gaze turned back to the mirror.

[Hair color...!]

When the effects of the alchemy faded, her hair color went back to normal.

When she was at the Imperial Castle, she looked in the mirror every time to check the color of her hair and eyes, which changed when using her alchemy.

Just before she left the castle, her hair and eye color were the same as they had been.

But since she fled the capital, she never looked in a mirror, and they seemed to have returned automatically after the drug had stopped working.

[Why didn't you say anything?]

But Oscar didn't ask her anything about that.

Lelia was about to ask a question, but then she shut her mouth. There was no need for her to push it.

"The firepower is very good..."

Lelia mumbled softly to get rid of the awkwardness, and rubbed her hands back and forth near the fire to warm her hands.

As she warmed her hands, a new fear came over her.

She ignited a fire like this in an instant.

Oscar's power was a little different from sacred or magical or anything like that.

The power he used was the power used by the ancient demons.

In the temple, it was also called "the power of destruction" or "the power of darkness."

"... That power, it will be dangerous if it's known by the temple."

She said it out of concern, but Oscar didn't even listen.

Perhaps the temple finding out is unimaginable since Oscar didn't use any of that power in the battle with the light dragon.

In any case, his demon sword could sense divine power.

Priests could hide their divine powers, but there was no way that could be the case on the battlefield. There were a lot of priests with strong divine power around, so the magic sword hid its power.