My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me

Chapter 116

Hah, can you see? Are you alright?

Yes, I can see.

At Kalixs answer, Lelia closed her eyes as if she were lucky.

Tears trickled down through the closed eyes.

Kalix stared at the figure with a strange look on his face.

It felt like Leo, who died, came back alive.

But that cant be the case..

Bloody fellow, unlike Leo, he is a weirdo. Youre a pervert who likes me even though you have the same thing as me

Its normal to be cranky and annoyed.

Why? Why does he look so lovely?

Blinking eyes, relieved expressions, cheeks messed up with tears, and swollen lips. It all felt lovely. To an intolerable extent.

In fact, Kalix had not even noticed the reason for avoiding Lelia in the past few days.

But now I think I know.

It was because he was afraid to admit his heart.

He frowned.

Then how long were you going to stay away?

It was funny now. 

Avoiding cowardly was not in line with his personality.

Everything he has been worrying about so far was starting to feel silly.

He felt like he had finally found the answer.

Yeah, you like me and I like you, so whats the problem?

Kalix reached out and grabbed Lelias arm and pulled her towards him. 

Do you still like me?

What?

Lelia, who was delightedly saying Hurray inwardly, suddenly returned to reality and blinked.

Now that he was given the medicine, she realized that theres a mountain of things left to explain.

But Kalix opened his mouth first.

I lost.

You won. Yeah, I dont care if you are a man. Ill take your heart.

Kalix, wait a minute.

Feeling a great sense of crisis, Lelia unknowingly called Kalix as before.

But Kalix didnt notice that it was strange at all, but rather smiled with one corner of his mouth up.

Its not bad to call my name. Come closer.

Oh, no

Instead of getting close as Kalix said, Lelia shook off the hand holding her arm and took a step back.

Somethings wrong.

Kalixs eyes were strangely shining. It felt different from before. 

Whats wrong with him?

Im a woman.

Lelia decided to confess the truth spontaneously. 

[Yes, I wanted to put off the explanation and tell the truth first.]

You dont have to say that now. Im confident that even as a man you wont feel rejected.

No, Im telling you.

But it didnt work.

Kalix said ridiculously.

Ive already seen the thing between your legs. Whats wrong with you now? Lets give it a try, shall we?

No! Its a fake!

Fake? I can check it out myself. Come over here. I was going to take it off anyway, so Ill check with my two eyes.

!!!

Lets go as far as we can.

Kalix approached Lelia with his big body as if he were going to attack her right away.

Lelia stepped back in instinctive fear, opened the door and ran away.

Kalix was dumbfounded by her disappearance as quick as a rabbit.

Why did you come at me like that? And now youre ashamed.

He smiled up the corner of his mouth and looked at the end of the hallway where Lelia disappeared.

***

Next day

It was a completely different situation than yesterday.

Kalix, who was avoiding Lelia, started searching for her, and Lelia, who was searching for him, began to avoid him.

Knock, knock

Lelia, who came to her grandmothers room pretending to be out of town, was surprised by the knock.

She was wondering if Kalix came all the way here.

But it was Uncle Carius who opened the door and came in.

As Lelia breathed out a sigh of relief, she looked into her angry uncles eyes and felt something was wrong.

Lelia, follow me out for a second.

He was in front of his mother, so he pretended not to be, but his uncles eyes were obviously angry.

After putting her grandmother at ease, Lelia carefully left the room.

It was when she entered the parlor on the third floor and sat on the sofa that he spoke.

I heard everything.

What?

With his jaw full of strength, Uncle Carius angry eyes made her discouraged.

[What the hell are you talking about?]

[Dont tell me Kalix said something weird.]

When I was in the capital city, I heard everything that the princes had done to you.

Ah.

At the completely unexpected remark, Lelia bowed her head to avoid her uncles eyes.

It looked like Griffith revealed it.

[I should have told you to keep it a secret.]

Lelia looked at her uncle with belated regret. Carius, in a complex mood, stared at Lelia with his mouth shut.

Before she knew it, his eyes were wet with moisture. All emotions seemed to cross.

[Well, I thought]

Cedric and Damien were also precious nephews to him, although they were his uncles nephews.

Im sorry I wasnt there for you at that moment.

Lelia shook her head without saying a word.

Carius sighed with a disastrous look on his face.

Empress Perseus raised them from an early age, asking them to come and go. Maybe its because they lost their mother when they were young.

But that doesnt justify what they did.

Lelia felt uncomfortable. She thought her uncle was in turmoil over his nephews because of her.

She understood her uncles situation as he couldnt take anyones side. She wasnt upset at all.

She wouldnt be upset even if her uncle told her to be understanding and forgive the two princes.

Of course, she doesnt think she can easily forgive them even if her uncle asked.

But her uncle never said anything like that.

Instead, he said, holding Lelias hand tightly with determined eyes.

From now on, this uncle will protect you. At the risk of this uncles life, okay?

At that, even the disappointment that Lelia had not felt was melting away.

With tears hanging in her eyes, Lelia tried to smile and nodded.

Carius patted Lelia on the head like that. It was still like treating a child.

Lelia laughed and said at the attitude of her uncle, Then dont leave the castle for a while.

Carius, as usual, nodded without asking why.

***

After the conversation with Carius, Lelia immediately went to Griffith.

She didnt mean to argue, but she was going to ask him to be careful in the future.

[Even though my uncle knows, I dont want him to tell that to my grandfather or grandmother]

She didnt want to see the two hurt and struggling.

Griffith opened the door and led her to the drawing room, as if he had expected Lelia to come.

Lelia took a sip of tea from the cup the servant brought and asked carefully, Why did you tell uncle that story?

Griffith replied nonchalantly as he expected the question.

I had something to check.

What do you mean, to check?

I just wanted to know if he was really on your side.

What do you mean?

Theyre family, too. If all the people of Superion take sides with the princes, you

Because youre really alone. Because were the only ones.

Lelia couldnt say anything. She understood everything Griffith said.

She let out a small laugh without realizing it. 

It was a smile filled with gratitude. 

It was also a smile of relief.

When she was young, she saw Julianna with the princes.

Its a lie if she said she didnt feel jealous. Whenever she felt this way, Lelia muttered to herself. 

I have friends, dont I? Theyre here, arent they? So I dont envy you at all.

She had been comforting herself with such words and supporting herself.

And that was no bluff. 

Indeed, her friends were always holding up Lelia from behind. Long before she met her family.

Rely on me, Lelia.

At the sudden remark, Lelia looked up and looked at Griffith opposite her.

Griffith said in a determined and stable voice.

My sacred power will be much more useful than you think. So rely on me.

She was about to cry at the kind words. It was the first time she had heard such a thing openly.

She felt foolish to be hitting a wall with her friends who she met again.

Even when Lelia was hiding a secret, her friends were waiting for her, noticing everything

Thank you.

Lelia replied with a small smile.

Griffith was amazing. 

He seemed to understand everything she had in her mind and to say what she wanted to hear.

And dont worry, I wont say anything to the duchess.

Griffith rose from his seat while saying so. He was going to go to Lelias side and hug her shoulder.

But it was then.

Boom boom!

A second after hearing a harsh knock that didnt even sound like a knock, the door opened.

The stomping footsteps drew closer to the drawing room.

Lelias expression quickly darkened.

She could tell who was here just by the knock and the loud footsteps.

She touched her forehead in agitation.

Oh, uh, youre with him, are you? Thats great.

Kalix, in a sweet voice, approached with a pleasant face and plopped next to Lelia.

Griffith sat back in place and squinted at Kalix. That was exactly where he was going to sit.

I feel like you are sitting too close to Lelia.

At that thought, Kalix asked in a light tone. 

Like its very obvious.

Griffith, you can do it because youre a priest, right? You have to hold a wedding ceremony for this man and me.

What?

[T/N: BWAHAHAHAAHA xD Kalix is ADORABLE! Just SO ADORABLE!]