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She was so surprised that she couldn't say anything with her mouth open.

Kalix approached her with his tongue clenched and looked her up and down.

His wobbly expression got worse.

"Hey, by the way... I think it's pretty good. People might think you are a real woman."

Meanwhile, Griffith and Romeo looked at Oscar over Lelia's shoulder with cold eyes.

Lelia looked at her friends who gathered together again and soon touched her forehead.

[No... How... Why on earth....?]

She was glad to see them again, but... she had a headache when she thought of her grandfather, Uncle Carius, grandmother, aunt and Uncle Zenon.

[How can I explain this?]

And for now, more than that... How the hell did you guys get here?

"How did you know about this place?"

Lelia asked Romeo. He just shrugged his shoulders and said nothing.

"I'll have to hear your explanation of why you left us like you were the only ones running away."

Griffith, who was sitting still, answered the question with a cold voice.

"It's not just the two of us who left... I left alone and Oscar followed me."

Right then, Oscar's forehead wrinkled near when she said "followed."

"Then why did you leave alone? Is it because you're hiding something from us?"

"......"

Griffith got up from his seat and walked toward Lelia.

Just as he was approaching, Oscar, who was standing behind Lelia, suddenly stepped forward and blocked him.

Oscar lightly pushed Griffith's chest away as he was trying to get closer.

Griffith laughed as if he was dumbfounded.

Romeo's expression also became serious from the way Oscar acted.

The air in the drawing room became heavy with unknown tension. Lelia's eyes were also wide open in surprise, too.

Kalix was the only one free from the tension.

Griffith asked with a frown, "What are you doing, Oscar?"

"Stay away from her."

"What?"

"Stay away from Lelia."

Oscar murmured like a wooden doll, repeating the same thing.

When the two stared at each other with strange eyes, Lelia became embarrassed.

[Why, why... Now...]

[Why are you two fighting?]

Romeo, who felt worse, got up from his seat and changed the subject.

"More than that, Lelia, we noticed they were looking for you in the temple on your way."

"What?"

"It looks like two people have accused you – Princess Julianna and Ruth Castril. That you made a fake sacred object and stole the real thing."

"... Ha!"

Lelia was dumbfounded. She kind of expected it, but... she never thought they would file a complaint with the temple so soon.

"Maybe it's because you're disguised as a relative of mine, but they ran into me on the way and questioned me."

"......"