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Table of Contents

  • 1. Chapter 1 - Part 1
  • 2. Chapter 1 - Part 2
  • 3. Chapter 2 - Part 1
  • 4. Chapter 2 - Part 2
  • 5. Chapter 3
  • 6. Chapter 4
  • 7. Chapter 5
  • 8. Chapter 6
  • 9. Chapter 7
  • 10. Chapter 8
  • 11. Chapter 9
  • 12. Chapter 10
  • 13. Chapter 11
  • 14. Chapter 12
  • 15. Chapter 13
  • 16. Chapter 14
  • 17. Chapter 15
  • 18. Chapter 16
  • 19. Chapter 17
  • 20. Chapter 18
  • 21. Chapter 19
  • 22. Chapter 20
  • 23. Chapter 21
  • 24. Chapter 22
  • 25. Chapter 23
  • 26. Chapter 24
  • 27. Chapter 25
  • 28. Chapter 26
  • 29. Chapter 27
  • 30. Chapter 28
  • 31. Chapter 29
  • 32. Chapter 30
  • 33. Chapter 31
  • 34. Chapter 32
  • 35. Chapter 33
  • 36. Chapter 34
  • 37. Chapter 35
  • 38. Chapter 36
  • 39. Chapter 37
  • 40. Chapter 38
  • 41. Chapter 39
  • 42. Chapter 40
  • 43. Chapter 41
  • 44. Chapter 42
  • 45. Chapter 43
  • 46. Chapter 44
  • 47. Chapter 45
  • 48. Chapter 46
  • 49. Chapter 47
  • 50. Chapter 48
  • 51. Chapter 49
  • 52. Chapter 50
  • 53. Chapter 51
  • 54. Chapter 52
  • 55. Chapter 53
  • 56. Chapter 54
  • 57. Chapter 55
  • 58. Chapter 56
  • 59. Chapter 57
  • 60. Chapter 58
  • 61. Chapter 59
  • 62. Chapter 60
  • 63. Chapter 61
  • 64. Chapter 62
  • 65. Chapter 63
  • 66. Chapter 64
  • 67. Chapter 65
  • 68. Chapter 66
  • 69. Chapter 67
  • 70. Chapter 68
  • 71. Chapter 69
  • 72. Chapter 70
  • 73. Chapter 71
  • 74. Chapter 72
  • 75. Chapter 73
  • 76. Chapter 74
  • 77. Chapter 75
  • 78. Chapter 76
  • 79. Chapter 77
  • 80. Chapter 78
  • 81. Chapters 79
  • 82. Chapters 80
  • 83. Chapters 81
  • 84. Chapters 82
  • 85. Chapter 83
  • 86. Chapter 84
  • 87. Chapter 85
  • 88. Chapter 86
  • 89. Chapter 87
  • 90. Chapter 88
  • 91. Chapter 89
  • 92. Chapter 90
  • 93. Chapter 91
  • 94. Chapter 92
  • 95. Chapter 93
  • 96. Chapter 94
  • 97. Chapter 95
  • 98. Chapter 96
  • 99. Chapter 97
  • 100. Chapter 98
  • 101. Chapter 99
  • 102. Chapter 100
  • 103. Chapter 101
  • 104. Chapter 102
  • 105. Chapter 104
  • 106. Chapter 104
  • 107. Chapter 105
  • 108. Chapter 106
  • 109. Chapter 107
  • 110. Chapter 108
  • 111. Chapter 109
  • 112. Chapter 110
  • 113. Chapter 111
  • 114. Chapter 112
  • 115. Chapter 113
  • 116. Chapter 114
  • 117. Chapter 115
  • 118. Chapter 116
  • 119. Chapter 117
  • 120. Chapter 118
  • 121. Chapter 119
  • 122. Chapter 120
  • 123. Chapter 121
  • 124. Chapter 122
  • 125. Chapter 123
  • 126. Chapter 124
  • 127. Chapter 125
  • 128. Chapter 126
  • 129. Chapter 127
  • 130. Chapter 128
  • 131. Chapter 129
  • 132. Chapter 130
  • 133. Chapter 131
  • 134. Chapter 132
  • 135. Chapter 133
  • 136. Chapter 134
  • 137. Chapter 135
  • 138. Chapter 136
  • 139. Chapter 137
  • 140. Chapter 138
  • 141. Chapter 139
  • 142. Chapter 140
  • 143. Chapter 141
  • 144. Chapter 142
  • 145. Chapter 143
  • 146. Chapter 144
  • 147. Chapter 145
  • 148. Chapter 146
  • 149. Chapter 147
  • 150. Chapter 148
  • 151. Chapter 149
  • 152. Chapter 150
  • 153. Chapter 151
  • 154. Chapter 152
  • 155. Chapter 153
  • 156. Chapter 154
  • 157. Chapter 155
  • 158. Chapter 156
  • 159. Chapter 157
  • 160. Chapter 158
  • 161. Chapter 159
  • 162. Chapter 160
  • 163. Chapter 161
  • 164. Chapter 162
  • 165. Chapter 163
  • 166. Chapter 164
  • 167. Chapter 165
  • 168. Chapter 166
  • 169. Chapter 167
  • 170. Chapter 168
  • 171. Chapter 169
  • 172. Chapter 170
  • 173. Chapter 171
  • 174. Chapter 172
  • 175. Chapter 173
  • 176. Chapter 174
  • 177. Chapter 175
  • 178. Chapter 176
  • 179. Chapter 177
  • 180. Chapter 178
  • 181. Chapter 179
  • 182. Chapter 180
  • 183. Chapter 181
  • 184. Chapter 182
  • 185. Chapter 183
  • 186. Chapter 184
  • 187. Chapter 185
  • 188. Chapter 186
  • 189. Chapter 187 - The Final Chapter
  • 190. Side Story - 1

Chapter 1 - Part 1

Huge thanks to SKIP_A_BEAT for the kofi!

Bonus Chapter (1/2)

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***

“Hah, can you see? Are you alright?”

 

“… Yes, I can see.”

At Kalix’s 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 can’t be the case..’

 

‘Bloody fellow, unlike Leo, he is a weirdo. You’re a pervert who likes me even though you have the same thing as me…’

 

It’s 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 what’s the problem?’

Kalix reached out and grabbed Lelia’s 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 there’s a mountain of things left to explain.

 

But Kalix opened his mouth first.

“I lost.”

 

“……”

 

“You won. Yeah, I don’t care if you are a man. I’ll take your heart.”

 

“Kalix, wait a minute.”

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

 

But Kalix didn’t notice that it was strange at all, but rather smiled with one corner of his mouth up.

 

“It’s 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.

 

Something’s wrong.

 

Kalix’s eyes were strangely shining. It felt different from before. 

 

What’s wrong with him?

 

“I’m a woman.”

Lelia decided to confess the truth spontaneously. 

 

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

 

“You don’t have to say that now. I’m confident that even as a man you won’t feel rejected.”

 

“No, I’m telling you.”

But it didn’t work.

 

Kalix said ridiculously.

“I’ve already seen the thing between your legs. What’s wrong with you now? Let’s give it a try, shall we?”

 

“No…! It’s a fake!”

 

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

 

“……!!!”

 

“Let’s 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 you’re 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 grandmother’s 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s 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?]

[Don’t 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s nephews.

 

“I’m sorry I wasn’t 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 it’s because they lost their mother when they were young.”

 

“……”

 

“But that doesn’t justify what they did.”

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

 

She understood her uncle’s situation as he couldn’t take anyone’s side. She wasn’t upset at all.

 

She wouldn’t be upset even if her uncle told her to be understanding and forgive the two princes.

 

Of course, she doesn’t think she can easily forgive them even if her uncle asked.

 

But her uncle never said anything like that.

 

Instead, he said, holding Lelia’s hand tightly with determined eyes.

“From now on, this uncle will protect you. At the risk of this uncle’s 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 don’t leave the castle for a while.”

 

Carius, as usual, nodded without asking why.

 

***

 

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

 

She didn’t mean to argue, but she was going to ask him to be careful in the future.

 

[Even though my uncle knows, I don’t want him to tell that to my grandfather or grandmother…]

 

She didn’t 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…?”

 

“They’re family, too. If all the people of Superion take sides with the princes, you…”

 

“……”

 

“Because you’re really alone. Because we’re the only ones.”

Lelia couldn’t 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.

 

It’s a lie if she said she didn’t feel jealous. Whenever she felt this way, Lelia muttered to herself. 

‘I have friends, don’t I? They’re here, aren’t they? So I don’t 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 don’t worry, I won’t say anything to the duchess.”

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

 

But it was then.

 

Boom boom!

A second after hearing a harsh knock that didn’t even sound like a knock, the door opened.

 

The stomping footsteps drew closer to the drawing room.

 

“……”

Lelia’s 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, you’re with him, are you? That’s 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 it’s very obvious.

 

“Griffith, you can do it because you’re 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!]

***

Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed what you have read, do consider tipping us a little through: https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow . Once we receive 6$, an advance chapter will be posted as a thank you. Don’t forget to mention the series that you’re supporting!

Chapter 1 - Part 2

Huge thanks to SKIP_A_BEAT for the kofi!

Bonus Chapter (1/2)

My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me now has extra chapters up on kofi-shop!  Buy them now, only at https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow/shop ! Tier 1 with 3 advance chaps is for 5$, tier 2 with 7 advance chaps is for 12$, and tier 3 with 10 advance chapters is for 18$~

***

“Hah, can you see? Are you alright?”

 

“… Yes, I can see.”

At Kalix’s 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 can’t be the case..’

 

‘Bloody fellow, unlike Leo, he is a weirdo. You’re a pervert who likes me even though you have the same thing as me…’

 

It’s 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 what’s the problem?’

Kalix reached out and grabbed Lelia’s 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 there’s a mountain of things left to explain.

 

But Kalix opened his mouth first.

“I lost.”

 

“……”

 

“You won. Yeah, I don’t care if you are a man. I’ll take your heart.”

 

“Kalix, wait a minute.”

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

 

But Kalix didn’t notice that it was strange at all, but rather smiled with one corner of his mouth up.

 

“It’s 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.

 

Something’s wrong.

 

Kalix’s eyes were strangely shining. It felt different from before. 

 

What’s wrong with him?

 

“I’m a woman.”

Lelia decided to confess the truth spontaneously. 

 

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

 

“You don’t have to say that now. I’m confident that even as a man you won’t feel rejected.”

 

“No, I’m telling you.”

But it didn’t work.

 

Kalix said ridiculously.

“I’ve already seen the thing between your legs. What’s wrong with you now? Let’s give it a try, shall we?”

 

“No…! It’s a fake!”

 

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

 

“……!!!”

 

“Let’s 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 you’re 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 grandmother’s 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s 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?]

[Don’t 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s nephews.

 

“I’m sorry I wasn’t 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 it’s because they lost their mother when they were young.”

 

“……”

 

“But that doesn’t justify what they did.”

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

 

She understood her uncle’s situation as he couldn’t take anyone’s side. She wasn’t upset at all.

 

She wouldn’t be upset even if her uncle told her to be understanding and forgive the two princes.

 

Of course, she doesn’t think she can easily forgive them even if her uncle asked.

 

But her uncle never said anything like that.

 

Instead, he said, holding Lelia’s hand tightly with determined eyes.

“From now on, this uncle will protect you. At the risk of this uncle’s 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 don’t leave the castle for a while.”

 

Carius, as usual, nodded without asking why.

 

***

 

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

 

She didn’t mean to argue, but she was going to ask him to be careful in the future.

 

[Even though my uncle knows, I don’t want him to tell that to my grandfather or grandmother…]

 

She didn’t 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…?”

 

“They’re family, too. If all the people of Superion take sides with the princes, you…”

 

“……”

 

“Because you’re really alone. Because we’re the only ones.”

Lelia couldn’t 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.

 

It’s a lie if she said she didn’t feel jealous. Whenever she felt this way, Lelia muttered to herself. 

‘I have friends, don’t I? They’re here, aren’t they? So I don’t 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 don’t worry, I won’t say anything to the duchess.”

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

 

But it was then.

 

Boom boom!

A second after hearing a harsh knock that didn’t even sound like a knock, the door opened.

 

The stomping footsteps drew closer to the drawing room.

 

“……”

Lelia’s 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, you’re with him, are you? That’s 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 it’s very obvious.

 

“Griffith, you can do it because you’re 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!]

***

Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed what you have read, do consider tipping us a little through: https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow . Once we receive 6$, an advance chapter will be posted as a thank you. Don’t forget to mention the series that you’re supporting!

Chapter 2 - Part 1

Huge thanks to SKIP_A_BEAT for the kofi!

Bonus Chapter (1/2)

My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me now has extra chapters up on kofi-shop!  Buy them now, only at https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow/shop ! Tier 1 with 3 advance chaps is for 5$, tier 2 with 7 advance chaps is for 12$, and tier 3 with 10 advance chapters is for 18$~

***

“Hah, can you see? Are you alright?”

 

“… Yes, I can see.”

At Kalix’s 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 can’t be the case..’

 

‘Bloody fellow, unlike Leo, he is a weirdo. You’re a pervert who likes me even though you have the same thing as me…’

 

It’s 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 what’s the problem?’

Kalix reached out and grabbed Lelia’s 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 there’s a mountain of things left to explain.

 

But Kalix opened his mouth first.

“I lost.”

 

“……”

 

“You won. Yeah, I don’t care if you are a man. I’ll take your heart.”

 

“Kalix, wait a minute.”

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

 

But Kalix didn’t notice that it was strange at all, but rather smiled with one corner of his mouth up.

 

“It’s 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.

 

Something’s wrong.

 

Kalix’s eyes were strangely shining. It felt different from before. 

 

What’s wrong with him?

 

“I’m a woman.”

Lelia decided to confess the truth spontaneously. 

 

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

 

“You don’t have to say that now. I’m confident that even as a man you won’t feel rejected.”

 

“No, I’m telling you.”

But it didn’t work.

 

Kalix said ridiculously.

“I’ve already seen the thing between your legs. What’s wrong with you now? Let’s give it a try, shall we?”

 

“No…! It’s a fake!”

 

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

 

“……!!!”

 

“Let’s 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 you’re 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 grandmother’s 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s 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?]

[Don’t 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s nephews.

 

“I’m sorry I wasn’t 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 it’s because they lost their mother when they were young.”

 

“……”

 

“But that doesn’t justify what they did.”

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

 

She understood her uncle’s situation as he couldn’t take anyone’s side. She wasn’t upset at all.

 

She wouldn’t be upset even if her uncle told her to be understanding and forgive the two princes.

 

Of course, she doesn’t think she can easily forgive them even if her uncle asked.

 

But her uncle never said anything like that.

 

Instead, he said, holding Lelia’s hand tightly with determined eyes.

“From now on, this uncle will protect you. At the risk of this uncle’s 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 don’t leave the castle for a while.”

 

Carius, as usual, nodded without asking why.

 

***

 

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

 

She didn’t mean to argue, but she was going to ask him to be careful in the future.

 

[Even though my uncle knows, I don’t want him to tell that to my grandfather or grandmother…]

 

She didn’t 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…?”

 

“They’re family, too. If all the people of Superion take sides with the princes, you…”

 

“……”

 

“Because you’re really alone. Because we’re the only ones.”

Lelia couldn’t 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.

 

It’s a lie if she said she didn’t feel jealous. Whenever she felt this way, Lelia muttered to herself. 

‘I have friends, don’t I? They’re here, aren’t they? So I don’t 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 don’t worry, I won’t say anything to the duchess.”

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

 

But it was then.

 

Boom boom!

A second after hearing a harsh knock that didn’t even sound like a knock, the door opened.

 

The stomping footsteps drew closer to the drawing room.

 

“……”

Lelia’s 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, you’re with him, are you? That’s 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 it’s very obvious.

 

“Griffith, you can do it because you’re 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!]

***

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Chapter 2 - Part 2

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***

“Hah, can you see? Are you alright?”

 

“… Yes, I can see.”

At Kalix’s 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 can’t be the case..’

 

‘Bloody fellow, unlike Leo, he is a weirdo. You’re a pervert who likes me even though you have the same thing as me…’

 

It’s 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 what’s the problem?’

Kalix reached out and grabbed Lelia’s 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 there’s a mountain of things left to explain.

 

But Kalix opened his mouth first.

“I lost.”

 

“……”

 

“You won. Yeah, I don’t care if you are a man. I’ll take your heart.”

 

“Kalix, wait a minute.”

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

 

But Kalix didn’t notice that it was strange at all, but rather smiled with one corner of his mouth up.

 

“It’s 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.

 

Something’s wrong.

 

Kalix’s eyes were strangely shining. It felt different from before. 

 

What’s wrong with him?

 

“I’m a woman.”

Lelia decided to confess the truth spontaneously. 

 

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

 

“You don’t have to say that now. I’m confident that even as a man you won’t feel rejected.”

 

“No, I’m telling you.”

But it didn’t work.

 

Kalix said ridiculously.

“I’ve already seen the thing between your legs. What’s wrong with you now? Let’s give it a try, shall we?”

 

“No…! It’s a fake!”

 

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

 

“……!!!”

 

“Let’s 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 you’re 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 grandmother’s 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s 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?]

[Don’t 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s nephews.

 

“I’m sorry I wasn’t 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 it’s because they lost their mother when they were young.”

 

“……”

 

“But that doesn’t justify what they did.”

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

 

She understood her uncle’s situation as he couldn’t take anyone’s side. She wasn’t upset at all.

 

She wouldn’t be upset even if her uncle told her to be understanding and forgive the two princes.

 

Of course, she doesn’t think she can easily forgive them even if her uncle asked.

 

But her uncle never said anything like that.

 

Instead, he said, holding Lelia’s hand tightly with determined eyes.

“From now on, this uncle will protect you. At the risk of this uncle’s 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 don’t leave the castle for a while.”

 

Carius, as usual, nodded without asking why.

 

***

 

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

 

She didn’t mean to argue, but she was going to ask him to be careful in the future.

 

[Even though my uncle knows, I don’t want him to tell that to my grandfather or grandmother…]

 

She didn’t 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…?”

 

“They’re family, too. If all the people of Superion take sides with the princes, you…”

 

“……”

 

“Because you’re really alone. Because we’re the only ones.”

Lelia couldn’t 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.

 

It’s a lie if she said she didn’t feel jealous. Whenever she felt this way, Lelia muttered to herself. 

‘I have friends, don’t I? They’re here, aren’t they? So I don’t 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 don’t worry, I won’t say anything to the duchess.”

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

 

But it was then.

 

Boom boom!

A second after hearing a harsh knock that didn’t even sound like a knock, the door opened.

 

The stomping footsteps drew closer to the drawing room.

 

“……”

Lelia’s 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, you’re with him, are you? That’s 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 it’s very obvious.

 

“Griffith, you can do it because you’re 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!]

***

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Chapter 3

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***

“Hah, can you see? Are you alright?”

 

“… Yes, I can see.”

At Kalix’s 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 can’t be the case..’

 

‘Bloody fellow, unlike Leo, he is a weirdo. You’re a pervert who likes me even though you have the same thing as me…’

 

It’s 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 what’s the problem?’

Kalix reached out and grabbed Lelia’s 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 there’s a mountain of things left to explain.

 

But Kalix opened his mouth first.

“I lost.”

 

“……”

 

“You won. Yeah, I don’t care if you are a man. I’ll take your heart.”

 

“Kalix, wait a minute.”

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

 

But Kalix didn’t notice that it was strange at all, but rather smiled with one corner of his mouth up.

 

“It’s 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.

 

Something’s wrong.

 

Kalix’s eyes were strangely shining. It felt different from before. 

 

What’s wrong with him?

 

“I’m a woman.”

Lelia decided to confess the truth spontaneously. 

 

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

 

“You don’t have to say that now. I’m confident that even as a man you won’t feel rejected.”

 

“No, I’m telling you.”

But it didn’t work.

 

Kalix said ridiculously.

“I’ve already seen the thing between your legs. What’s wrong with you now? Let’s give it a try, shall we?”

 

“No…! It’s a fake!”

 

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

 

“……!!!”

 

“Let’s 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 you’re 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 grandmother’s 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s 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?]

[Don’t 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s nephews.

 

“I’m sorry I wasn’t 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 it’s because they lost their mother when they were young.”

 

“……”

 

“But that doesn’t justify what they did.”

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

 

She understood her uncle’s situation as he couldn’t take anyone’s side. She wasn’t upset at all.

 

She wouldn’t be upset even if her uncle told her to be understanding and forgive the two princes.

 

Of course, she doesn’t think she can easily forgive them even if her uncle asked.

 

But her uncle never said anything like that.

 

Instead, he said, holding Lelia’s hand tightly with determined eyes.

“From now on, this uncle will protect you. At the risk of this uncle’s 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 don’t leave the castle for a while.”

 

Carius, as usual, nodded without asking why.

 

***

 

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

 

She didn’t mean to argue, but she was going to ask him to be careful in the future.

 

[Even though my uncle knows, I don’t want him to tell that to my grandfather or grandmother…]

 

She didn’t 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…?”

 

“They’re family, too. If all the people of Superion take sides with the princes, you…”

 

“……”

 

“Because you’re really alone. Because we’re the only ones.”

Lelia couldn’t 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.

 

It’s a lie if she said she didn’t feel jealous. Whenever she felt this way, Lelia muttered to herself. 

‘I have friends, don’t I? They’re here, aren’t they? So I don’t 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 don’t worry, I won’t say anything to the duchess.”

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

 

But it was then.

 

Boom boom!

A second after hearing a harsh knock that didn’t even sound like a knock, the door opened.

 

The stomping footsteps drew closer to the drawing room.

 

“……”

Lelia’s 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, you’re with him, are you? That’s 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 it’s very obvious.

 

“Griffith, you can do it because you’re 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!]

***

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Chapter 4

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***

“Hah, can you see? Are you alright?”

 

“… Yes, I can see.”

At Kalix’s 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 can’t be the case..’

 

‘Bloody fellow, unlike Leo, he is a weirdo. You’re a pervert who likes me even though you have the same thing as me…’

 

It’s 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 what’s the problem?’

Kalix reached out and grabbed Lelia’s 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 there’s a mountain of things left to explain.

 

But Kalix opened his mouth first.

“I lost.”

 

“……”

 

“You won. Yeah, I don’t care if you are a man. I’ll take your heart.”

 

“Kalix, wait a minute.”

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

 

But Kalix didn’t notice that it was strange at all, but rather smiled with one corner of his mouth up.

 

“It’s 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.

 

Something’s wrong.

 

Kalix’s eyes were strangely shining. It felt different from before. 

 

What’s wrong with him?

 

“I’m a woman.”

Lelia decided to confess the truth spontaneously. 

 

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

 

“You don’t have to say that now. I’m confident that even as a man you won’t feel rejected.”

 

“No, I’m telling you.”

But it didn’t work.

 

Kalix said ridiculously.

“I’ve already seen the thing between your legs. What’s wrong with you now? Let’s give it a try, shall we?”

 

“No…! It’s a fake!”

 

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

 

“……!!!”

 

“Let’s 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 you’re 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 grandmother’s 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s 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?]

[Don’t 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s nephews.

 

“I’m sorry I wasn’t 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 it’s because they lost their mother when they were young.”

 

“……”

 

“But that doesn’t justify what they did.”

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

 

She understood her uncle’s situation as he couldn’t take anyone’s side. She wasn’t upset at all.

 

She wouldn’t be upset even if her uncle told her to be understanding and forgive the two princes.

 

Of course, she doesn’t think she can easily forgive them even if her uncle asked.

 

But her uncle never said anything like that.

 

Instead, he said, holding Lelia’s hand tightly with determined eyes.

“From now on, this uncle will protect you. At the risk of this uncle’s 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 don’t leave the castle for a while.”

 

Carius, as usual, nodded without asking why.

 

***

 

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

 

She didn’t mean to argue, but she was going to ask him to be careful in the future.

 

[Even though my uncle knows, I don’t want him to tell that to my grandfather or grandmother…]

 

She didn’t 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…?”

 

“They’re family, too. If all the people of Superion take sides with the princes, you…”

 

“……”

 

“Because you’re really alone. Because we’re the only ones.”

Lelia couldn’t 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.

 

It’s a lie if she said she didn’t feel jealous. Whenever she felt this way, Lelia muttered to herself. 

‘I have friends, don’t I? They’re here, aren’t they? So I don’t 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 don’t worry, I won’t say anything to the duchess.”

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

 

But it was then.

 

Boom boom!

A second after hearing a harsh knock that didn’t even sound like a knock, the door opened.

 

The stomping footsteps drew closer to the drawing room.

 

“……”

Lelia’s 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, you’re with him, are you? That’s 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 it’s very obvious.

 

“Griffith, you can do it because you’re 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!]

***

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Chapter 5

Huge thanks to SKIP_A_BEAT for the kofi!

Bonus Chapter (1/2)

My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me now has extra chapters up on kofi-shop!  Buy them now, only at https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow/shop ! Tier 1 with 3 advance chaps is for 5$, tier 2 with 7 advance chaps is for 12$, and tier 3 with 10 advance chapters is for 18$~

***

“Hah, can you see? Are you alright?”

 

“… Yes, I can see.”

At Kalix’s 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 can’t be the case..’

 

‘Bloody fellow, unlike Leo, he is a weirdo. You’re a pervert who likes me even though you have the same thing as me…’

 

It’s 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 what’s the problem?’

Kalix reached out and grabbed Lelia’s 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 there’s a mountain of things left to explain.

 

But Kalix opened his mouth first.

“I lost.”

 

“……”

 

“You won. Yeah, I don’t care if you are a man. I’ll take your heart.”

 

“Kalix, wait a minute.”

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

 

But Kalix didn’t notice that it was strange at all, but rather smiled with one corner of his mouth up.

 

“It’s 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.

 

Something’s wrong.

 

Kalix’s eyes were strangely shining. It felt different from before. 

 

What’s wrong with him?

 

“I’m a woman.”

Lelia decided to confess the truth spontaneously. 

 

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

 

“You don’t have to say that now. I’m confident that even as a man you won’t feel rejected.”

 

“No, I’m telling you.”

But it didn’t work.

 

Kalix said ridiculously.

“I’ve already seen the thing between your legs. What’s wrong with you now? Let’s give it a try, shall we?”

 

“No…! It’s a fake!”

 

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

 

“……!!!”

 

“Let’s 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 you’re 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 grandmother’s 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s 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?]

[Don’t 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 uncle’s 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 uncle’s nephews.

 

“I’m sorry I wasn’t 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 it’s because they lost their mother when they were young.”

 

“……”

 

“But that doesn’t justify what they did.”

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

 

She understood her uncle’s situation as he couldn’t take anyone’s side. She wasn’t upset at all.

 

She wouldn’t be upset even if her uncle told her to be understanding and forgive the two princes.

 

Of course, she doesn’t think she can easily forgive them even if her uncle asked.

 

But her uncle never said anything like that.

 

Instead, he said, holding Lelia’s hand tightly with determined eyes.

“From now on, this uncle will protect you. At the risk of this uncle’s 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 don’t leave the castle for a while.”

 

Carius, as usual, nodded without asking why.

 

***

 

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

 

She didn’t mean to argue, but she was going to ask him to be careful in the future.

 

[Even though my uncle knows, I don’t want him to tell that to my grandfather or grandmother…]

 

She didn’t 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…?”

 

“They’re family, too. If all the people of Superion take sides with the princes, you…”

 

“……”

 

“Because you’re really alone. Because we’re the only ones.”

Lelia couldn’t 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.

 

It’s a lie if she said she didn’t feel jealous. Whenever she felt this way, Lelia muttered to herself. 

‘I have friends, don’t I? They’re here, aren’t they? So I don’t 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 don’t worry, I won’t say anything to the duchess.”

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

 

But it was then.

 

Boom boom!

A second after hearing a harsh knock that didn’t even sound like a knock, the door opened.

 

The stomping footsteps drew closer to the drawing room.

 

“……”

Lelia’s 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, you’re with him, are you? That’s 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 it’s very obvious.

 

“Griffith, you can do it because you’re 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!]

***

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Chapter 6