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Lelia said a little sullenly, "... If you don't help, I'll take care of it."

"By yourself? Are you saying you want to go to the Hraesvelg Empire alone?" Griffith replied in a slightly angry voice.

Romeo also messed up his hair as he was in a bad mood. "Lelia, I want to help, but... As you know, he can't be traced by Griffith's divine power or my magic. Not even sure if he is in the Hraesvelg Empire."

"However..."

It was then that Kalix, who had been silent, slowly opened his mouth.

"He is not far away."

"What?"

"Oscar... he's not far away."

Griffith and Romeo looked at him as if they weren't going to listen to all his bullsh*t.

Lelia then asked Kalix, her eyes shining, "What do you mean, Kalix? Please tell me more."

"Just... I can smell it."

"What are you talking about, that pervert b*****d..."

Romeo murmured as if he felt Kalix's answer was pathetic. However, his expression soon turned dark. That madman found Lelia by sheer sense. In his own words, it was through smell, but he does not know exactly what it is, whether through sense or an instinct. Anyway, no matter how different his physical abilities are from normal humans, it was a lot.

Romeo turned his gaze to Lelia with a hardened expression. He had a look that Lelia was certain of something.

"... Okay."

After answering that, he calmly began to drink his tea. Griffith and Romeo exchanged glances at each other, and Kalix pinched his nose and started eating dessert.

***

After tea time.

Lelia ran out of time talking to her friends, and they had a late dinner together.

"Why do you guys eat so late?"

During the meal, Uncle Karius entered the restaurant. Her uncle also seemed to be having a late dinner. So the five of them had dinner. Karius seemed excited today, and it turns out that he and her mother went for a walk alone.

"Now I feel a little more comfortable. That's natural. Because I was the closest to my sister." Karius said with an excited expression.

"Good luck, Uncle."

"It's all thanks to you, Lelia. I really..."

Uncle's eyes began to turn red as if tearing up again. But, perhaps because it was in front of her friends, he was holding back the tears as hard as he could.

"Thank you, Griffith."

At Uncle Karius' words, Griffith laughed, saying it was nothing. At one time he felt deeply betrayed by Griffith, but his family now appreciates Griffith again. It was all because of Lelia.

It was not Griffith's will, but the temple, which she explained to be a misunderstanding. In actuality, she was confused too. She still didn't know if it was a real misunderstanding or not. However, she didn't want her family to hate Griffith, who was responsible for waking her mother up.

"Yeah, it's not like this... I can't stand still on a good day like this. You should have a drink. Let's drink together, how about you?"

Guess Karius was in a really good mood, he suddenly had a servant fetch him a bottle from the cellar. Unlike the sweet scent, it was a very strong drink.

"Isn't this what father really loves? He won't leave me alone if he finds out I've opened it."

Even as his uncle said so, he poured the drink without hesitation. Kalix started drinking excitedly, probably because he and his uncle had become friends through alcohol on the battlefield. Romeo and Griffith drank with their uncle, but put down their glasses when they started to get drunk. Yet, Lelia hasn't spoken since she took a sip. Her uncle encouraged her friends to drink, but he did not force Lelia.