We hid ourselves in one of the mansions to get past the thieves. From outside the room, you can hear footsteps running through the hallway.

As I hold my breath to escape them, all sorts of grief that I was pushing to kill will strike me.

To my father, Mr. Caroline. Plus the people who live in the mansion. It was never an intimate pattern, but it was never like wishing me to die.

Yet Mr. Caroline died and my father followed him. I haven't seen the servant's body, but the knight's body is rolling over there.

How did this happen...

"- Master Lion."

When I found out, Alice was peeking into my face.

"Master Lion, are you okay? You look so spicy, don't you?

"I'm fine, I can't say. It's okay, I'll grieve when I get out of here."

"... you're strong"

"I'm not strong enough. I'm desperate because I'm weak."

Because I was weak, I grieved Saya. Because I was weak, I couldn't protect Millie, Claire. And because I'm still weak, I'm scared of losing something.

"... I knew you were strong. That's how I try to hold it all myself, and it looks just like my brother"

"You're Alice's brother. Don't worry about who you are."

"Well, I'll talk to you when we get out of here safely."

"Oh well... I'm looking forward to it"

I thought it looked like a flag, but I never said anything. Because if I did, I felt like that was going to become a reality.

"... Looks like the thief passed by"

"Finally. Doesn't look like we've had enough around us?

"Yeah, there's no sign of any more nearby"

Alice gives me a clear answer to my question.

Alice says she has the benefit of sign perception, which gives her a pretty accurate picture of what's going on around her. I've been helped many times before I got here because of you.

Without Alice, we would have been caught.

All right, let's hurry up and get to the hidden door.

I open the door gently just in case and look outside. As Alice said, there are no people around.

We were careful - but we hurried as much as we could to hit the upstairs hallway with the hidden door.

After that, I tried to bowl in with the thief a few times, but Alice never found us, and we made it to a place where there was a hidden door.

"The hidden door... this"

Check the walls to see how to open them. Apparently, it's easy to open. Now we can get away from this mansion.

The moment I reached for the wall thinking so, a man screamed from across the hallway.

"What's that..."

"That's Master Blake's voice. The place is... beyond the bend. Apparently, the thieves have caught you."

"Blake, or..."

My father said I let him get away with it first, but you were still in the mansion.

"... what do you do? I don't think I would kill him right away because the purpose would be to interrogate him more than I'm bothering to catch him..."

"Right..."

Being interrogated naturally means that there are enemies there...

Risking for Blake, who tried to deprive Alice of her dignity, would be a bottomless hobbyist or an irremediable idiot.

- So I sighed thinking I must be stupid.

"Alice, I'm sorry, but you need to run first. I'm gonna go help Blake."

"... frightened"

"Don't say that. I can't stand my family dying any more. But for me, he's my brother."

"That's not what I meant. I'm a slave to Master Lion, aren't I? If you run away from Master Lion, you won't be able to move because of the pain caused by the engraving of the contract."

"- Ah."

With that said, is the contract engraved so that the slave can't resist his husband? I wasn't even aware that Alice was a slave these days, so I was completely out of my memory.

"... you forgot?

"No, that, sorry"

"Well, that's good. Either way, I'm going to follow Master Lion. I was just scared because you tried to leave me."

"... why, why not? For Alice, Blake is..."

I'm only the person who tried to attack me. Alice laughs bitterly at me asking why.

"I hate him"

"Then why?"

"'Cause if you abandon him, Master Lion will regret it forever, won't he? If I do, I won't be happy, will I? That's why I'm going to help."

For a moment I thought about it, I immediately understand what it means.

"If I regret it, can't Alice be happy?

"... because you told me to be happy with you, didn't you? Or was it a lie?

"No, that's not true..."

To me confused, Alice smiled like she'd never seen before.

As soon as I see it, I realize my face turns red. But not if you can see it now. The first thing I did was help Blake, and I drove that emotion into the corner.

That's how he turns to those who hear his voice and asks how he's doing from the edge of the bend. There is one knight there. He was poking his sword at Blake, who was cornered at the wall.

Fortunately, there is one opponent. I haven't noticed this way now, and I think I can take it down by accident.

"I'm going to set up an unintentional strike now. Alice needs to be ready for the hour."

I lowly interacted with Alice for the least amount of time, beyond the bend. Hold down the footsteps and walk over to the back of the thief.

At that moment, Blake, who had me in his sight, opened his eyes - pointing at me.

"That's him, that's the lion you're looking for!

"Hey!?

That idiot!? You just got in the way of an unintentional hit, you sold me! I regret that you weren't supposed to come to help me, but a later festival.

"Dear Mr. Lyon, I finally found you."

The thief looks back slowly. The moment I heard that voice, I froze in a different way. Because it was the face that hid it under the mask, but the voice sounded familiar.

"... you, Regis?

"Well... you know, just your voice."

That's what Regis said and removed the mask. The face was definitely Regis - the butler of the Spiel family.

"Why are you here!

"Because I'm here to pick you up."

"To pick me up? What's the point!

"It's..."

"- Hey, you found the person you wanted! Then let me go!

It blocks Regis' words and Blake roughs up his voice.

"Oh, excuse me for this. I'm sure there's nothing more I can do for you. Let me free you as you wish."

"Oh well! Then let's say I walk away!

Blake escaped Regis' custody and looked at me like he was mocking him.

"I don't know how you got out of that room, but I'm sorry to hear that! I'm still the last one to laugh! From the bottom bitch, it suits you to be miserably murdered here!

Blake laughs arrogantly. - Behind him like that, Regis had a cold grin.

"... No way, stop it!

Notice Regis's thoughts and absurd his voice. But at about the same time, Regis flashed his sword. I slashed Blake's neck off.

It collapses without a voice. That was my brother - Blake's end.

"... why, why did you kill him!?

'Cause if he was alive, he'd be in trouble.'

"... what do you mean?

"That can't be spoken of on this occasion. Will you follow us?"

"I'm not going to kill you?

"Yes, you will be in trouble if you do not come with us alive."

"... what if I said no?

"Do your best to obey me. Ugh!

The moment Regis answers, he comes all the way at once.

- Early. Even if you are anticipating unintended hitting, note that too much speed can be reacted to.

I picked up Regis' blow with the sword I barely had. But that power is about to take my sword.

"Well, that's a great rate of reaction! But spare me. That body doesn't have enough power!

"- Gu!"

Strike down the blow that continues to be unleashed and take the knife to return it. But Regis is right, the difference in stature is obvious, and I get my sword ripped off.

And by the time I realized it, there was currently a cut of the sword.

"It's over, right? Please accompany us personally."

"... why do you need me? Whose orders?

"I can't tell you anything. But let me just say I'm not going to do anything wrong."

"... I'm not gonna make it bad, because?

I turn my gaze behind Regis. There was Blake's body.

And in my brain, there's a burnout of the people of the Granchez family, beginning with my father and Mr. Caroline. There's no way I can trust Regis' words.

I quickly concentrate. The surrounding magic elements (mana) are collected in the right arm and converted into magic. Immediately the magical right arm wraps a pale glow.

"- No way! Are you saying you will even use magic that year!?

Regis flies down reflexively. I jumped back without shaking my right arm to match it.

All I taught Alice was control of magic. I haven't been taught any of the magic at all. It's a shame to keep your distance.

"Alice!"

"- Yes!

Alice, who sensed my thoughts, slaps the oil kettle on the ceiling and on the floor one by one. The kettle was shattered without difficulty, one spread out into the hallway and the other went down to Regis.

"Whoa, this is it!

Immediately flying down Regis. Almost at the same time, Alice drops the lantern flame she had into an oily corridor. It burned instantly and turned the hallway into a sea of fire.

Sea of Fire - I exaggerated, but it's actually only a flame about the height of my hips. But Regis is wearing oil.

If you jump over quickly, the flames may not burn. But if it burns away - the idea makes Regis hesitant.

That's how Regis got lost, the slightest gap, and we fled instantly. Jump straight into the hidden passage and use the stairs to go from upstairs to the basement all at once.

Successfully escaped outside the mansion.