Garnett pressed silently for a while, eventually scratching his back of his head with a long exhale, and replied with a voice that often passed.

"Bad. No, I can't take that suggestion."

"I wonder if you mind if I ask why. For future reference."

"... don't be shy. You don't like being rejected."

"I told you it was just a suggestion, didn't I? As far as I'm concerned, I really don't care."

As Ambrose lowered his back to the chair in a slow motion, he prompted us to lower our hips appropriately.

Neither me nor Garnett tried to respond to that, but Ambrose keeps on saying the words the way he doesn't even care about it.

"We are not like the Demon King's Army. Whatever it was before the reunification of the continent, now the wizard is also under the control of the law of King Alfred. Human modification must not be applied only to those who desire it."

"Ah... no, Temee and the other Cui-Eye Knights are in the business of tightening up wizards who have touched the law."

"Exactly. I have to be an exemplary wizard. The impossibility of human remodeling is highly debatable."

Surely, the Cui-Eye Knights were the Knights whose official duties were to monitor the wizard's activities?

In relation to his official duties, he really needs his expertise, but he hears that it is difficult for ordinary knights to understand the wizard's activities and that he is recommending wizards to knights for official duties.

In other words, Ambrose is a wizard chosen by the Cui Eye Knights as the right talent.

"Well, I wonder if I can tell you why for later school. Of course, if you don't want to tell me, that's fine."

"... back in the day, I think I would have jumped at Socco if it had been before I came to Green Hollow. But I don't like it now. I can't tell you why."

Answering Ambrose's enquiry, Garnett turned his calm eyes to me on the side.

An out-of-the-box manifestation of will that will never be known to those who do not, but will soon be known to those who do.

Because of my presence - even if it does much to improve my combat power - my firm determination to refuse to make and transform my flesh into something else.

I'm sure Valentine is aware of that intent, too, but she hasn't shown a reaction like that.

I had to be careful not to put my emotions on my face because it was me, too, and if I reacted badly, I could be noticed hiding things.

"Fine. I know exactly what it feels like not to be pryed into. Next time then..."

Ambrose looks back as he tilts his neck and turns to Valentine, who is nestled by the chair.

"Why don't you tell them why you didn't like my suggestion?

"No, it is! I thought the response was conflicting!

Garnett also raised his voice.

"You told me about Agate Lamb and set it on fire because you wanted me to replace you with your own vengeance anyway. Then there's no reason for me to disagree with the means to be strong..."

"Garnett. Your guess is half off with half a hit."

Valentine began to speak in a fluent tone with a small, side-by-side shake of her face covered in white mask and with her arms wrapped around her.

"Perhaps as you and Sir Luke imagine, I was also involved in the murder of your mother. No... maybe I should say that I was the local commander at the time and your mother was involved."

I felt signs that the story was about to start more serious than I expected, and I breathed and silenced, and Garnett also mumbled with a much more serious face than that.

"Though life was saved with the help of Ambrose and the others, as you know, he became irreversible as a knight. Recently, thanks to getting healed (...) again, I was able to go away somewhat like this one..."

That's an irrelevant topic, and Valentine put in a rearrangement on the way in.

"Honestly, I don't resent being this body. He suffered defeat because of his lack of strength, and survived unhappily or unhappily."

"... then why..."

"Except for that woman."

Heavy and sharp voices block Garnett's words.

"That woman (one) just got caught up. That woman has a right to resent Agate Lamb. Those who survive are responsible for drawing the grudges of that woman."

Valentine had bowed her long body, eagled her face covered in white mask to suffer, and trembled her voice and shoulders as if she were a mess.

By "that woman" he probably means Garnett's mother.

discomfort, foreign body, or anxiety - emotions that are difficult to describe come up from the bottom of my chest.

I don't know why you have such strong feelings for Garnett's mother, but I can convince you that there are circumstances that others in the red don't understand about it.

But why - why does Valentine just seem to see (...) and (...) (...) about Garnett?

"Garnett, you are a living copy of that woman. There can be no one who deserves more in avenging that woman. So...... I could not have seen any irreversible modifications made to that flesh. That's all."

What the hell is that?

If you make me say it, I can't help but feel so paranoid that I have to describe it as (...) about (...).

It's been a long time since I've been talking to humans and felt so chilly.

If anything, the Dark Elves of the Four Demons of the Demon Army might still have been able to confront each other in peace.

Although, of course, it is not a matter of strength, but in the sense that it is the other person with whom we have a good understanding.

I'm worried about Garnett keeping his mouth shut and I'll look to the side, but there's no Garnett there.

Garnett took a step backwards before he knew it, and every head minute had taken the big me instead of the wall, hiding more than half of my body from Valentine's sight.

"No, you... said you turned to face... what kind of reaction would satisfy me...?

Anger and anger go around and I can't feel it at all, I'm just confused.

More terminally, really rarely, I might even describe it as frightening.

"Ha! Valentine, you're totally frightened!

Breaking the freezing air was another rare sight contrary to conventional images: Ambrose, who laughed up and laughed.

Valentine said, 'That's why I didn't want to talk to you,' but he just shook his shoulder, shook his head, and Ambrose finished laughing for a moment - saying something suspicious about his ears.

"You're right, both reasons for rejection are 'irreversible change'. Well... then when I say 'reversible change' is possible... what do we do?