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The teacher who instructed Kalix when he was a mercenary always said...

"A man must guard and protect a woman, even at the risk of his own life. So, just like before, I can't accept a request like that from a crazy man asking me to kill his lover, even if he gives me a million dollars. Do you understand?"

"Okay, Master."

So he thought women were weaker than men.

Of course, after going through a war, he knew that there were so many women who were stronger than men. There were quite a few women among the heroes who made contributions in the war against the dragon.

Nevertheless, when he was a mercenary, the words he heard while being clubbed were engraved into his bones.

So, without knowing it, he became prejudiced that women seemed weaker than men.

No, in the first place, Kalix has lived thinking that all living things are weaker than him.

Because he has never lost to anyone by force.

The hero who saved him as a child was an exception.

'But my hero...'

Leo, who saved him, is a woman.

'How could you do it with that lean body? With that small body that was three years younger than me... How did you save me?'

Kalix laid down with a blank look and looked up at Lelia.

The shoulders, arms, and wrists all looked weak. Thin, like they would break if you touch them...

'I can't believe it...'

That hero came close to him with a look as if she was staring at a very pathetic person.

Wait.

'But why are you looking at me so pathetically? What did I do?'

While wondering, Lelia warned him.

"Just stay tied up like this for a while. I don't think I can do this."

"Why? Why?"

More than that, what is important!

"Leo! Then..."

"What?"

Kalix answered in a hurry.

"Ah, marriage? What about our marriage?

'Isn't that the most important thing right now? It's true that I promised.'

However, Lelia smiled in vain as if she were dumbfounded.

"... Did I ever say I'd marry you in the first place? What kind of marriage is that!"

"... Huh?"

Lelia looked at Romeo and Griffith and said, "Is there any way to knock him out until we arrive in the capital?"

"There is."

It was Oscar who answered.

Turning his head, Oscar pulled out a sword.

"No, no. Not killing, but fainting...!"

Lelia reached out her hand as if to calm him down and approached Oscar.

***

The Imperial Castle began to appear in the distance.

"......"

Lelia frowned in a strange mood.

Just a while ago, Lelia ran away alone from there while looking at that landscape.