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Lelia barely managed to stop her trembling voice.

"Ka-Kalix, Is that you? How did you get here...?"

"How did I find you? With my animal sense."

"..."

"Huh, I thought you were really going back."Kalix ruffled his hair with a fresh expression as if he could finally breathe. Then he glanced around, and asked "Oscar? Where did he go?"

"... Ahh, I don't know. He disappeared suddenly..."

"But, who is this person?"

Kalix looked comfortable as if he had come to a friend's house to play. He sat comfortably in the chair next to the bed, and watched the woman lying there. Then, as if startled by something, he jumped up and looked closely at the sleeping woman's face.

"How?! She looks very similar to you."

"..."

Lelia was still stunned by this situation. Her window suddenly broke... No, rather it was torn apart and Kalix had appeared.

[Why is Kalix, who should be in the capital, here?]

Not knowing if the person was the killer who killed her mother, she was so afraid that the strength in her legs wanted to give out at that moment. Lelia glanced at Kalix as she groaned at the torn window. She felt lucky that it was Kalix.

[Really... I know you're a monster... But...]

She was so afraid that she would lose her mother again. Did the tension go away then? She lost strength in her legs, so she sat down on the spot without even realizing it. Kalix strode closer with a surprised face.

"Is everything okay? What's the matter?"

[Why? It's because of you...!]

Lelia held back what she wanted to say, and held her breath for a moment. Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes as she became relieved. She asked, barely swallowing her tears again, "... How the hell did you know?"

"Even if Griffith and Romeo did all the fussing, they couldn't find you. I got frustrated and ran out."

"... How did you find me, then?" Lelia's brow wrinkled.

[Griffith couldn't find me with his divine powers and Romeo, the wizard, couldn't' too. How did Kalix get here?]

It's not that she can ignore this. She knows that Kalix was a magic swordsman, but he only had the power of a sword master. He used swordsmanship, not magic.

He was born with the strongest arms, his strength was the best, but there was all. While fighting with the Dragon, he got hit by the Dragon's attack that affected his whole body, and as a result, his eyes got injured. Thanks to that, he now has physical abilities beyond the limitations of human beings.

But isn't it nearly impossible to find someone who's been hiding? Especially on this big continent? She continued wondering how he knew and got here, but she was happy.

"I don't even know how to explain it. It's an instinctive feeling."

"..."

Kalix spoke as if he were a beast. He sniffed his nose as if he had found her by smell. Lelia's heart gradually eased when she saw a face she wanted and knew, and Kalix was even her precious friend.

In the midst of her heart calming down, Kalix asked at once, "Hey, are you lying?"

"What?"

When Lelia responded, Kalix paused for a moment before opening his mouth.