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Kalix got up, brushing his body and wiping the blood from his lips.

"Hey, you crazy b*****d! You steal someone else's bride, and even beat him up?"

"I tried to see you as a friend, but there's no such thing as a very unscrupulous person, " Kalix muttered in a small whisper.

"Get out before I kill you." Oscar said coldly, as if it was not worth responding to.

Kalix's brow wrinkled.

"Are you going to kill me? Aren't you afraid to say you're going to kill your friend?"

"I never thought of you as a friend." Oscar's answer was adamant.

Kalix, who was approaching Oscar as if to counterattack at any moment, stood tall.

Kalix then blinked as if encountering something unexpected, and muttered, "...Hey, this hurts a bit..."

Oscar stared at Kalix as if he had no emotions. He was ready to kill him right away, if necessary. Kalix was shocked. Did Oscar really like Lelia that much? Even when she had been kidnapped in a hurry, he expected it... Looking into those eyes, he seemed to have a lot of feelings. It was difficult. Anyway, Lelia liked him, and she's going to marry him. Kalix didn't want to be shy with his friends, but this was unavoidable.

At the same time as Kalix felt sorry for her, he felt pathetic. If he likes a woman, he'll do her favors, get down on his knees and think of winning her heart. But instead Oscar kidnapped her. It was rude. Well, he probably didn't have confidence...

He may have done it because he already knew that Lelia's heart was turned towards him. He couldn't have her, so instead he kidnapped her to keep her next to him. Thinking like that, he understood the gaze and cold words that glared at him as if Oscar would kill him.

"Oscar. No matter what you do, Lelia cannot leave her family and go with you to Hraesvelg."

"..."

"Do you want to make this little, delicate girl cry? She must be sad and missing her family. Can you watch that?"

Oscar stiffened and said nothing. He wanted to go towards Kalix, who was talking nonsense right now, and drill a hole in his heart... Maybe the Oscar from a few days ago could have done it, but he couldn't refute it now.

Oscar looked at Kalix with empty eyes. Then he looked away. He looked at Lelia, her terrified eyes, and the way she was looking at him. Those eyes... His own eyes felt painful as if stabbed by a sharp sword. From now on, he will see Lelia forever only with that look in her eyes. No affection, no compassion, just eyes full of fear. A face that looks like it saw something terrible.

The pain spread through his chest. Not long after his seizures had subsided, he felt dizzy again. This terrifying sensation shook his whole body. He felt like he was about to have another seizure. He couldn't get out of this pain until a few minutes ago. Although he was nearby, he suffered from seizures the whole time, and he could not come to Lelia. He came back when he had barely regained consciousness, only to realize that Kalix had arrived.

"...Ahh..."

But it didn't seem like his consciousness could last long. His stomach twisted as if he was about to have a seizure again. Oscar bowed his head to avoid Lelia so as not to reveal his condition. He didn't want to show her that. When he was a child, he appeared like that in front of Lelia more than a dozen times... This was different.

Memories from a very long time ago churned through his mind and tormented him. The resulting seizures were accompanied by a different level of pain than that of his childhood. He didn't want to show her the pain in his eyes when it happened. It was a curse.