I have finished preaching to Lilia and will ask her again about the current situation.

"With that said, what happened to the hunting tournament?

"There was a Black Bear incident and the tournament was cancelled"

"Well, if you're going to calculate points... whatever you think, it's the death king's victory."

Lilia and Lunamaria answer my questions.

Well, the tournament has been cancelled... well, there's no choice...

"When that happens, the fruit of the world tree..."

"They're going to be carried over to the Treasure Tree Festival next year. The fruit of the world tree is a mysterious fruit that will not deteriorate over time, so even a year from now, it seems to be perfectly fine."

"Really..."

The fruit of the world tree is going to be a prize next year, and at least Lilia and the others won't be able to hold it this time.

Given how Lilia and the others are feeling right now, I can't speak up easily.

A little silence flows, and Mr. Lilia turns to Mr. Siege and opens his mouth.

"Sieg, I'm sorry. After all, I couldn't get the fruit of the world tree while saying what to expect..."

……

In response to Lilia's words, Mr. Sieg takes a note and a pen out of his pocket, writes something down there and points it at this one.

'I apologize first, too. Lili, I'm sorry.'

"Huh? Hey, hey, Sieg... no way..."

……

What I said to Mr. Lilia a while ago and the exact text.

Lilia's face dyed blue with Saah when she saw it.

And Mr. Sieg held his fist and shook it, knocking it into Mr. Lilia without hesitation.

"Geez!?

Phew, I blew it up!?

Mr. Lilia's body flies backwards with tremendous momentum due to an iron fist that is incomparable with my genius earlier.

That, I hit him with absolute magic...... is this, Mr. Lilia, okay?

"... there he is. No..."

If I thought so, Lilia, who had fallen, gets up with her face under control.

No, no, I was about two spins in the air!? Even if she defends herself with magic, Lilia is probably a monster because she is beaten with such power and 'hurts'.

Siege stares at Lilia, who suppresses her face with tears, and again writes and shows her the text in a note.

'Please don't decide how I feel on your own. I told you so many times. I have to resent you. "

"... Sieg"

"I can't wait to lose my voice or quit the Knights. All I have in mind is that it's good to be able to protect my dear best friend's men."

……

Somehow I felt that way.

Lilia was desperately trying to cure Sieg's body, but Sieg looked at Lilia and the others with a sad look rather than saying she wanted it.

All right, so Mr. Sieg turns to me and smiles slightly.

"I woke up too when I heard about Kate earlier"

"Huh?"

"Lili, I've never been able to tell you... but I've never thought about healing this wound."

"Become!?

I look at the text Mr. Sieg wrote and I open my eyes wide, forgetting that Lilia suppresses his face as well.

'But I knew Lili was guilty about me. So if my voice is going to make Lili feel any easier, I thought I should wait without saying anything. So if Lili got the fruit of the world tree, she was honestly going to receive it'

"... Sieg"

Less noisy conversation by writing. But Mr. Sieg's desire to convey it resonates strongly.

Oh well, that's why Sieg looked at Lilia so sadly... for this guy, what was really hard was not losing his voice...

'Lili, I'm with you, too. I've been guilty of you ever since that one, too.'

"... Huh?

"If I were stronger, if I could have stood around better, I wouldn't have let my precious lady carry a heavy shackle... and I wanted to lighten up the things on your back a little, too, just as Lili wanted my voice back. For this, I thought it would be best to accept your redemption in silence. But I finally realized earlier that it was a mistake."

Just as Lilia felt responsible for Sieg's loss of voice, so did Sieg because of her weakness, she felt responsible for Lilia.

So while Sieg felt so desperate for Lilia, he still couldn't stop her... because he thought it was his responsibility to accept Lilia's redemption in order to atone for it...

At the end of the day, Lilia and Sieg may be alike. I think they both felt very responsible and couldn't forgive themselves, so I've been wrong for a long time.

'I was just running away. I was ashamed of my impudence and avoided facing you. While making excuses to myself that it was for Lili... But if I really think about you, I should have clearly communicated my intentions without running away. So......'

So Mr. Sieg stops the pen and removes the muffler that was wrapped around his neck.

A slightly discolored deep scar, hidden with a muffler all the way to keep Lilia out, exposed to it, Mr. Sieg stares straight at Lilia.

And I put my hands on my neck, and there lights a thin, red light of magic.

"... Lili Lili..."

"Huh!?!?

"Wahda... Shiha... Gou... Ka... Yi... Shite... Na Yi"

A terribly blurred, interrupted voice that squeezes desperately out...... probably using magic to force him to tremble his throat and make a 'voice-like sound'.

The sound that I even find difficult to hear... still felt more like a beautiful voice than anything else.

"Go... no... scratch... ha... wah daj... no... ho... cori... death"

"... Sieg, are you..."

Words I would have liked to convey most. The great scar left on Mr. Siege's neck is a testament to his defense of Lilia's precious things, not embarrassment, etc...... pride.

Will that way of speaking be excessively tired, Mr. Sieg breathing heavily on his shoulders, still smiling tenderly and taking pens and notes again.

'Look, it's so easy to speak up. So, Lili, please don't blame yourself any more. Don't think about erasing my precious pride'

"... Sieg, I... I..."

"Lili has been kind for a long time... and you were a very, very crybaby at a very young age"

"When are we talking about... you know... Sieg... don't you?"

A large tear falls from Lilia's eyes so that she is free from the heavy things she has been carrying, and Sieg, who sees it, gently embraces Lilia.

The sight looked like a sister.

And since that incident, we've been unknowingly distancing ourselves from each other, as if to repair...

"Dear Miyama... Shall I take it off?

"Right."

Burying her face in Mr. Siege's chest, Lilia cries like a child.

When I saw the sight, Mr. Renamaria spoke softly, and I nodded at the words and left the scene.

Dear Mother, Father - I thought again that heart is a difficult thing. We should have thought about each other and cared about each other... and that was the opposite of pushing each other. But today, Lilia's relationship with Mr. Sieg, which had slipped away, in a true sense - I think it was repaired.