"A monster..."

In retrospect, Efa pushes silence.

Because I found out what Lise was trying to say.

"Yes, you would know... Avoid that boy, every (...) Spirit (...) Avoid (...) It's not that we don't get together because we don't have magic. They don't even try to get close. It's as if you're angry..."

Lise continues with a stiff voice.

"When I first saw you at school, you said you were surprised. But soon afterwards, I was stunned to notice the heterogeneity of that boy sitting next to you. Neither did one of your haunting spirits even come near that boy, and he was oddly distant. I've never seen anything like it."

It sounds like it reminds me of something creepy, but it mixes with my voice.

"I couldn't help but think. Assuming the Demon King existed, he must have been like this."

"Yes, indeed, Seika-kun is a little different... but he's human. He's not a demon king, he's not a demon."

"Not Demonic, or... You sure about that?

Lise asks.

"What do you know about that boy?

"Seika-kun and I grew up together in the mansion. So I've known it since I was a little girl"

"Are those boy's parents really Count Lamplog and his wife?

"Ah... no, your father is my husband... but your mother is my mistress..."

"Do you know about the mother?

"... no"

"Why can I say that the woman was not a demon? In the first place, was your father really the Count?

……

"You won't be the same age as that boy. I don't know anything about it before I get tempted. Why can I say that I didn't show any abnormality in my childhood? No... after everything you've done, how's that sound to your knowledge? Was there really nothing unusual about that boy?

Efa can't answer.

Think of it...... For a long time, Seika has clearly been an anomaly.

Despite the lack of magic, it's not just that magic could have been used.

Is it something that a small child can normally do, such as live flat with all those white eyes pointed at his brother, mother or servant?

Is it something you can do, such as learn for yourself in it, raise your neck kung fu without fear of monsters, and let the school of magic that you couldn't possibly have been able to go to pass even about yourself as a slave?

Even though we've been together since we were young, I know very little about Seika.

There's something seriously hidden.

I just have a feeling about that.

"... but"

Like shaking off suspicion, Efa says.

"Seika-kun is a human being, and a good man. I believe so."

"Believing means not thinking"

Lise said so she could bathe in cold water.

"That's no different from God's request. It's like closing your eyes and putting your hands together so you can get the eyes you want in dice gambling."

……

"I don't know what that boy is or why the Spirit avoids it, either. But the boy is too heterogeneous to blindly believe in his virtues. Until then, you have no reason to be together."

……

"Come to the rear palace, Efa. You should stay away from that dangerous master."

"... but..."

So Lise said as she had noticed.

"You... what if you're mistaken?

"Huh...?

"The rear palace of Astilia is not just a place for the king's wife and mistress to live and draw a dreary love map."

"Uh, chi, aren't you?

Lise holds her head.

"Oh my goodness... Is that where it came from? I thought the rear palace of our country was very well known to the Empire..."

Then, Lise tells you as if you've regained your mind.

"Okay. Then I'll show you."

"Huh?"

"It's faster to look in person than to exhaust words. Tomorrow we go to Asta, the king's capital."

"Yeah, yeah... but I, on my own..."

"Is that boy telling you not to move from here?

"I'm not..."

"Then let's not have a problem. I shouldn't be back from the mountains for a few days anyway. Wang Du is close. If you leave tomorrow, you'll be back by noon the day after tomorrow."

……

"Even if you refuse, it won't be too late to actually see it"

To be honest, I didn't get carried away.

But two nights ago, the words said to Seika are unexpectedly recalled.

- No one, anyhow, has to go their own way.

- Because you're about to grow up, too.

When I realized, Efa was nodding.