My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me

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. 

“……”

[Wow… How can I explain this?]

In actuality, Kalix had no choice but to be sure that Lelia was a man due to those alchemy pills.

So it was even more frustrating.

She can’t take off her clothes and prove it was an illusion he saw back then…

[Wouldn’t it be easier to explain that I was Leo?]

Lelia’s eyes looked toward the gauge in the corner of her sight.

The gauge, which said it would take about 10 days, was 60 percent full.

“Well, I have somewhere to go, so I’m leaving first.”

At the end of that remark, Kalix leapt to his feet and patted Lelia on the shoulder.

Watching Kalix disappear through the window, Lelia was exhausted and closed her eyes.

“You’re not really going to marry him, are you?”

At Griffith’s words, Lelia opened her eyes wide. 

[What are you talking about?.]

Looking at Lelia’s fierce eyes, Griffith nodded to say that her answer was enough.

***

Lelia watched Kalix nervously for fear that he might talk nonsense to her family.

Two days later, Romeo and Oscar returned to the estate at dawn.

Lelia, who was worried about the delay, greeted the two with a bright face.

The two appeared to have come to Lelia’s garden using Oscar’s powers without having to pass through the gates.

Lelia, who was trying to welcome them, immediately made a face when she saw the two of them.

“What is this…”

The man, who was ragged and being dragged like a piece of luggage, looked like Lelia’s uncle.

Lelia carefully approached while looking around to see if anyone else could see.

“Almos Galicia… He is your uncle, right?”

The man’s face was swollen from the wounds, making it difficult to recognize him properly.

“……”

Lelia looked at Romeo, asking for an explanation. 

Romeo shrugged and made excuses.

“You remember I told you about the village where the pagans lived? I found this guy there.”

“But why is he so hurt…?”

Romeo shrugged with a look of innocence, but his index finger below his waist was pointing towards Oscar.

Lelia noticed the gesture and turned to Oscar.

Oscar was staring at Lelia with an angry look on his face.

Lelia, who was puzzled as to why he was angry again, was soon able to guess why.

As soon as they arrived, she hadn’t greeted him first, but instead focused on the man and talked to Romeo.

Maybe that isn’t the reason, but… Somehow, she was convinced that it would be.

Lelia sighed and thanked the two.

Then she looked at her uncle lying on the floor of the garden. 

[What should I do about this…?]

Covered with blood, he was unconscious.

Lelia immediately called on Griffith.

She asked Griffith for a healing spell to heal her uncle, who had come to his senses.

Perhaps due to the aftermath of the violence, Almos looked around with anxious eyes and asked.

“Hey, this is…”

“It’s the Superion estate castle.”

He shrugged in surprise at the mention of Superion estate. Lelia felt it – his eyes had changed in an instant.

As expected, this is the criminal.

Lelia asked in a tone that everyone could recognize.

“Why did you make a gambling bill in the name of Aunt Atias?”

“… What do you mean? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“……”

“More importantly, what are you doing to me? You dragged me all the way here. My lord would not sit still if he knew!”

Almos glanced at Oscar, Romeo, and Griffith, who were standing behind Lelia, even though he spoke with such conviction.

It was then.