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Griffith was taken back in surprise, but in fact the most frightened was Lelia.

Lelia looked at Kalix with a strange look.

It was difficult to tell whether what she just heard was real or not.

"What nonsense is that?"

Griffith replied irritably without realizing it. Kalix shrugged his shoulders.

"Really, I know that men can't marry each other. That's why I'm asking you."

Lelia, who had only blinked, barely opened her mouth.

"... Sir Kalix?"

[T/N: ...Kalix...?]

[Are you crazy? ]

Lelia wanted to grab and shake Kalix's hair right away.

At her call, Kalix glanced at Lelia and winked lightly with one eye.

It's like he was suggesting 'You have to trust me.'

[T/N: I can totally imagine Kalix saying this xD]

Griffith watched them and massaged his forehead as if he was in trouble.

"Kalix, you just said it. It's impossible for two men to marry."

"I meant, you do it for me."

"I can't either."

"You cheap son of a... What's wrong with marrying a man?"

Lelia wondered what was wrong with Griffith.

[How can you say that when you have to clear up this misunderstanding?]

She was ignored when she tried to confess that she was a woman, but from what Griffith said, it was as if he was acknowledging that she was indeed a man.

"You can't marry Lelia. Never."

At Griffith's stern words, Kalix sighed deeply.

Then he looked at Lelia.

"Did you hear that? I was going to do the right thing by you. Well, I don't need to be so proper anyway... Do you think you're okay?"

"What's okay... that I am a woman?"

"Dressed up as a woman in a wedding! I don't like that. I don't want to ignore your identity."

It was simply a total mess.

Lelia looked at Griffith as if she were asking for help.

[Please say something!]

But Griffith only shrugged.

Kalix murmured as if he were despondent, "Yeah, wedding ceremonies don't matter. If we just live together for the rest of our lives, that's what being a couple truly means..."

"You're so..."

Griffith stopped trying to finish his sentence. Kalix didn't care a bit and kept saying what he had to say.

"Anyway, we'll do it! Hey, you. You don't have to dress up as a woman anymore. Don't wear these gowns, okay!?"

Kalix spoke vigorously and gently shook the hem of Lelia's dress.

Lelia was surprised and snatched the hem of her dress from his hand.

Kalix looked as if everything was fine, like a man of great tolerance.

'You don't have to be a woman anymore. I can take you for who you are,' was what his eyes were saying.

"......"