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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 Carissa Rodgers 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$~

***

In the system window that popped up, there was an unknown conversation floating on the screen instead of the words of Alchemy.

 

At the same time, the words sounded as if they were whispered in her ear. This was definitely…

 

[It’s the voices of Romeo and Griffith!]

Lelia was startled and called out to Alchemy.

 

[Alchemy, what did you do just now?]

 

  • System: information collection completed.
  • End system hacking! ✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ Would you like to check the favorability of <Romeo>, a special favorable target?(。•̀ᴗ-)✧

 

[I will not! It doesn’t matter now!]

 

  • The quest is completed and the next quest will proceed.٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ Would you like to check it now?

 

[Wait a minute!]

Lelia pulled up Alchemy’s system window and looked at the other speech bubble window hidden by it. 

 

But the speech bubble was slowly disappearing.

 

Just before the speech bubble disappeared, she managed to witness the conversation.

 

  • So what did you find out about Leo?
  • There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…

 

Unlike before, their voices were very small and faint, but it was definitely a conversation between Griffith and Romeo.

 

Then the speech bubble disappeared. Lelia paced nervously.

 

There seemed to be an error as the game system was trying to figure out Romeo’s favorability.

 

Not long ago, Romeo had witnessed a speech bubble floating in front of his eyes.

 

[What the hell are Romeo and Griffith talking about right now?]

 

The speech bubble a while ago was clearly a conversation between Romeo and Griffiths at this exact moment.

 

They must be talking in the other room.

 

They didn’t say anything to Lelia, but it seemed that the two were separately looking into Leo’s death.

 

There were so many other things to be concerned about that she didn’t even realize that this could happen. The problem is that ‘Lelia’ was mentioned in the conversation between the two.

 

[What the hell are you both talking about?]

Lelia, who had been standing still for a long time, came to her senses belatedly. This was not the time.

 

[I’d rather leave right away tonight.]

 

***

 

“There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…”

 

“What?”

 

“You said she was the daughter of Princess Iris, right? But looking at the records, it is recorded that on that day the dead Empress also gave birth to a baby who died.”

The conversation was happening inside Romeo’s room, soundproofed by magic.

 

At Griffith’s words, Romeo tilted his head.

“It’s strange… What about Leo?”

 

“It’s a bit… It doesn’t seem right.”

Griffith’s expression while answering was not good.

 

This morning, Griffith visited the secret room inside the Chapel of the Imperial Castle.

There were records of the priests sent from the temple to the imperial family of the five empires. Even the emperors did not know that the records existed. The temple kept secret documents at the shrines in the name of maintaining the peace of the five empires. The records covered everything from trivial to secretive things, such as imperial weaknesses, ugly secrets, and rumors. However, it could not be said to be unconditionally accurate because what was recorded was only what the priest had heard and saw.

 

Griffith, who knew about the records, secretly spied on them this morning.

 

He went secretly because the temple might go crazy when they find out about this.

 

Anyway, it was not difficult for him because the person needed the divine power of a priest-level to read the records.

 

Griffith asked, “Did you find out more?”

 

“No, but it’s true what Lelia said then.”

 

When he came to the Auraria Empire, he could see there was more to it than what he had researched in the distant battlefield. So Romeo did some investigation, and as a result, he found out that what Lelia said was true. Most of the people who knew about Emperor Lydios died, and the person who killed Leo was also put to death at the time.

 

Romeo and Griffith looked into each other’s eyes intensely.

 

Romeo asked, breaking the silence, “Tell me more about earlier. What was written on the record about Leo?”

 

“…”

Griffith didn’t answer, but stared at Romeo, squeezing his temples with his fingers.

 

He honestly didn’t want to say much.

 

It’s clear that Romeo knows something more but wasn’t saying anything.

 

Isn’t it meaningless to find out about Leo anyway?

 

What was wrong with Leo when he was alive?

 

However, Griffith concealed his true intentions and answered calmly.

 

“It’s just that he didn’t have a very good reputation. It seemed that the priest hated Leo.”

 

“…”

With those words, Romeo had a look on his face as if he knew.

 

Griffiths vaguely guessed.

‘Romeo, you’ve known this for a long time, haven’t you?’

 

It was odd.

 

That’s why he didn’t say anything… .

 

In fact, as Griffith left Auraria and went to the temple, he was puzzled the whole time.

 

About the existence of ‘Lelia’.

 

With such doubts, he returned to Auraria and once he saw Lelia disguised as a man, he was faintly certain.

 

‘Lelia’ is the ‘Leo’ he knows.

 

But there were a lot of strange things.

How the heck could such a thing happen. Is it possible?

 

The identity of ‘Lelia’ itself is also questionable. When he looked at the priest’s records, it was even more strange.

 

The priest wrote about ‘Leo’ as follows.

  • His behavior is very violent, he is nervous in everything he does, and he bullies his subordinates.

It was a completely different person from the Leo he knew.

 

Griffith, who had been anxious for a long time, saw the record this morning and was convinced. That means that Leo who came to the temple was Lelia.

 

He doesn’t know which of the two is the real Leo, but it was certain that the Leo he knew didn’t die and was living as Lelia.

 

Griffith leisurely lifted the teacup from the table.

 

He doesn’t know why Leo was hiding that fact, but he was going to pretend he didn’t know until the end.

 

Until Leo said it himself.

 

In many circumstances, there must have been a good reason. He knew that the Leo he knows isn’t the kind of person who would do something like this without a reason. Of course, he was upset that Leo hid, but the fact that Leo was alive made everything better. 

 

Romeo was like that too.

“…”

 

As expected of Griffith, Romeo was also convinced that Lelia was Leo.

 

However, there was something so daunting that it was difficult to properly think about it now.

 

That was because of the unknown illusion that appeared before his eyes. Inside the square, an unknown character was floating. It disappeared in an instant and hasn’t appeared since then…

 

[Who used magic on me?]

At first, he was suspicious of Griffith in front of him. Griffith doesn’t have magical powers, but it was high purity and powerful divine power.

 

With that much power, it wasn’t difficult to create an illusion in front of Romeo’s eyes.

 

But Griffith had no idea what had happened.

 

The illusion was only visible to Romeo.

 

Besides, recently, for some reason, he felt like someone was peeking into his head, and he wondered if it was the work of the same person.

 

“By the way, what did you mean by alchemy at that time?”

 

“Ah, that.”

Romeo’s expression darkened at Griffith’s words.

 

In fact, not so long ago, he had asked Griffith a question in a letter because of the mysterious alchemy pill Lelia was carrying.

‘Have you ever heard of an alchemist with incredible skills who recently appeared?’

 

“The alchemy that Lelia uses is a bit strange.”

 

“Why?”

 

“He had all kinds of drugs that I had never seen before. If he had made that kind of medicine, he would have been quite famous. Does it make sense that I don’t know?”

 

“Hmm…”

Griffith tilted his head. This story was also surprising.

 

Was Leo an alchemist? He didn’t feel any magic or anything like that… .

 

The two sighed at the unresolved questions.

 

Griffith wanted to immediately run to the opposite room, shake Leo’s neck, and ask him.

‘Leo, what the hell are you thinking?’

 

***

 

Chapter 1 - Part 2

Huge thanks to Carissa Rodgers 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$~

***

In the system window that popped up, there was an unknown conversation floating on the screen instead of the words of Alchemy.

 

At the same time, the words sounded as if they were whispered in her ear. This was definitely…

 

[It’s the voices of Romeo and Griffith!]

Lelia was startled and called out to Alchemy.

 

[Alchemy, what did you do just now?]

 

  • System: information collection completed.
  • End system hacking! ✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ Would you like to check the favorability of <Romeo>, a special favorable target?(。•̀ᴗ-)✧

 

[I will not! It doesn’t matter now!]

 

  • The quest is completed and the next quest will proceed.٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ Would you like to check it now?

 

[Wait a minute!]

Lelia pulled up Alchemy’s system window and looked at the other speech bubble window hidden by it. 

 

But the speech bubble was slowly disappearing.

 

Just before the speech bubble disappeared, she managed to witness the conversation.

 

  • So what did you find out about Leo?
  • There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…

 

Unlike before, their voices were very small and faint, but it was definitely a conversation between Griffith and Romeo.

 

Then the speech bubble disappeared. Lelia paced nervously.

 

There seemed to be an error as the game system was trying to figure out Romeo’s favorability.

 

Not long ago, Romeo had witnessed a speech bubble floating in front of his eyes.

 

[What the hell are Romeo and Griffith talking about right now?]

 

The speech bubble a while ago was clearly a conversation between Romeo and Griffiths at this exact moment.

 

They must be talking in the other room.

 

They didn’t say anything to Lelia, but it seemed that the two were separately looking into Leo’s death.

 

There were so many other things to be concerned about that she didn’t even realize that this could happen. The problem is that ‘Lelia’ was mentioned in the conversation between the two.

 

[What the hell are you both talking about?]

Lelia, who had been standing still for a long time, came to her senses belatedly. This was not the time.

 

[I’d rather leave right away tonight.]

 

***

 

“There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…”

 

“What?”

 

“You said she was the daughter of Princess Iris, right? But looking at the records, it is recorded that on that day the dead Empress also gave birth to a baby who died.”

The conversation was happening inside Romeo’s room, soundproofed by magic.

 

At Griffith’s words, Romeo tilted his head.

“It’s strange… What about Leo?”

 

“It’s a bit… It doesn’t seem right.”

Griffith’s expression while answering was not good.

 

This morning, Griffith visited the secret room inside the Chapel of the Imperial Castle.

There were records of the priests sent from the temple to the imperial family of the five empires. Even the emperors did not know that the records existed. The temple kept secret documents at the shrines in the name of maintaining the peace of the five empires. The records covered everything from trivial to secretive things, such as imperial weaknesses, ugly secrets, and rumors. However, it could not be said to be unconditionally accurate because what was recorded was only what the priest had heard and saw.

 

Griffith, who knew about the records, secretly spied on them this morning.

 

He went secretly because the temple might go crazy when they find out about this.

 

Anyway, it was not difficult for him because the person needed the divine power of a priest-level to read the records.

 

Griffith asked, “Did you find out more?”

 

“No, but it’s true what Lelia said then.”

 

When he came to the Auraria Empire, he could see there was more to it than what he had researched in the distant battlefield. So Romeo did some investigation, and as a result, he found out that what Lelia said was true. Most of the people who knew about Emperor Lydios died, and the person who killed Leo was also put to death at the time.

 

Romeo and Griffith looked into each other’s eyes intensely.

 

Romeo asked, breaking the silence, “Tell me more about earlier. What was written on the record about Leo?”

 

“…”

Griffith didn’t answer, but stared at Romeo, squeezing his temples with his fingers.

 

He honestly didn’t want to say much.

 

It’s clear that Romeo knows something more but wasn’t saying anything.

 

Isn’t it meaningless to find out about Leo anyway?

 

What was wrong with Leo when he was alive?

 

However, Griffith concealed his true intentions and answered calmly.

 

“It’s just that he didn’t have a very good reputation. It seemed that the priest hated Leo.”

 

“…”

With those words, Romeo had a look on his face as if he knew.

 

Griffiths vaguely guessed.

‘Romeo, you’ve known this for a long time, haven’t you?’

 

It was odd.

 

That’s why he didn’t say anything… .

 

In fact, as Griffith left Auraria and went to the temple, he was puzzled the whole time.

 

About the existence of ‘Lelia’.

 

With such doubts, he returned to Auraria and once he saw Lelia disguised as a man, he was faintly certain.

 

‘Lelia’ is the ‘Leo’ he knows.

 

But there were a lot of strange things.

How the heck could such a thing happen. Is it possible?

 

The identity of ‘Lelia’ itself is also questionable. When he looked at the priest’s records, it was even more strange.

 

The priest wrote about ‘Leo’ as follows.

  • His behavior is very violent, he is nervous in everything he does, and he bullies his subordinates.

It was a completely different person from the Leo he knew.

 

Griffith, who had been anxious for a long time, saw the record this morning and was convinced. That means that Leo who came to the temple was Lelia.

 

He doesn’t know which of the two is the real Leo, but it was certain that the Leo he knew didn’t die and was living as Lelia.

 

Griffith leisurely lifted the teacup from the table.

 

He doesn’t know why Leo was hiding that fact, but he was going to pretend he didn’t know until the end.

 

Until Leo said it himself.

 

In many circumstances, there must have been a good reason. He knew that the Leo he knows isn’t the kind of person who would do something like this without a reason. Of course, he was upset that Leo hid, but the fact that Leo was alive made everything better. 

 

Romeo was like that too.

“…”

 

As expected of Griffith, Romeo was also convinced that Lelia was Leo.

 

However, there was something so daunting that it was difficult to properly think about it now.

 

That was because of the unknown illusion that appeared before his eyes. Inside the square, an unknown character was floating. It disappeared in an instant and hasn’t appeared since then…

 

[Who used magic on me?]

At first, he was suspicious of Griffith in front of him. Griffith doesn’t have magical powers, but it was high purity and powerful divine power.

 

With that much power, it wasn’t difficult to create an illusion in front of Romeo’s eyes.

 

But Griffith had no idea what had happened.

 

The illusion was only visible to Romeo.

 

Besides, recently, for some reason, he felt like someone was peeking into his head, and he wondered if it was the work of the same person.

 

“By the way, what did you mean by alchemy at that time?”

 

“Ah, that.”

Romeo’s expression darkened at Griffith’s words.

 

In fact, not so long ago, he had asked Griffith a question in a letter because of the mysterious alchemy pill Lelia was carrying.

‘Have you ever heard of an alchemist with incredible skills who recently appeared?’

 

“The alchemy that Lelia uses is a bit strange.”

 

“Why?”

 

“He had all kinds of drugs that I had never seen before. If he had made that kind of medicine, he would have been quite famous. Does it make sense that I don’t know?”

 

“Hmm…”

Griffith tilted his head. This story was also surprising.

 

Was Leo an alchemist? He didn’t feel any magic or anything like that… .

 

The two sighed at the unresolved questions.

 

Griffith wanted to immediately run to the opposite room, shake Leo’s neck, and ask him.

‘Leo, what the hell are you thinking?’

 

***

 

Chapter 2 - Part 1

Huge thanks to Carissa Rodgers 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$~

***

In the system window that popped up, there was an unknown conversation floating on the screen instead of the words of Alchemy.

 

At the same time, the words sounded as if they were whispered in her ear. This was definitely…

 

[It’s the voices of Romeo and Griffith!]

Lelia was startled and called out to Alchemy.

 

[Alchemy, what did you do just now?]

 

  • System: information collection completed.
  • End system hacking! ✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ Would you like to check the favorability of <Romeo>, a special favorable target?(。•̀ᴗ-)✧

 

[I will not! It doesn’t matter now!]

 

  • The quest is completed and the next quest will proceed.٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ Would you like to check it now?

 

[Wait a minute!]

Lelia pulled up Alchemy’s system window and looked at the other speech bubble window hidden by it. 

 

But the speech bubble was slowly disappearing.

 

Just before the speech bubble disappeared, she managed to witness the conversation.

 

  • So what did you find out about Leo?
  • There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…

 

Unlike before, their voices were very small and faint, but it was definitely a conversation between Griffith and Romeo.

 

Then the speech bubble disappeared. Lelia paced nervously.

 

There seemed to be an error as the game system was trying to figure out Romeo’s favorability.

 

Not long ago, Romeo had witnessed a speech bubble floating in front of his eyes.

 

[What the hell are Romeo and Griffith talking about right now?]

 

The speech bubble a while ago was clearly a conversation between Romeo and Griffiths at this exact moment.

 

They must be talking in the other room.

 

They didn’t say anything to Lelia, but it seemed that the two were separately looking into Leo’s death.

 

There were so many other things to be concerned about that she didn’t even realize that this could happen. The problem is that ‘Lelia’ was mentioned in the conversation between the two.

 

[What the hell are you both talking about?]

Lelia, who had been standing still for a long time, came to her senses belatedly. This was not the time.

 

[I’d rather leave right away tonight.]

 

***

 

“There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…”

 

“What?”

 

“You said she was the daughter of Princess Iris, right? But looking at the records, it is recorded that on that day the dead Empress also gave birth to a baby who died.”

The conversation was happening inside Romeo’s room, soundproofed by magic.

 

At Griffith’s words, Romeo tilted his head.

“It’s strange… What about Leo?”

 

“It’s a bit… It doesn’t seem right.”

Griffith’s expression while answering was not good.

 

This morning, Griffith visited the secret room inside the Chapel of the Imperial Castle.

There were records of the priests sent from the temple to the imperial family of the five empires. Even the emperors did not know that the records existed. The temple kept secret documents at the shrines in the name of maintaining the peace of the five empires. The records covered everything from trivial to secretive things, such as imperial weaknesses, ugly secrets, and rumors. However, it could not be said to be unconditionally accurate because what was recorded was only what the priest had heard and saw.

 

Griffith, who knew about the records, secretly spied on them this morning.

 

He went secretly because the temple might go crazy when they find out about this.

 

Anyway, it was not difficult for him because the person needed the divine power of a priest-level to read the records.

 

Griffith asked, “Did you find out more?”

 

“No, but it’s true what Lelia said then.”

 

When he came to the Auraria Empire, he could see there was more to it than what he had researched in the distant battlefield. So Romeo did some investigation, and as a result, he found out that what Lelia said was true. Most of the people who knew about Emperor Lydios died, and the person who killed Leo was also put to death at the time.

 

Romeo and Griffith looked into each other’s eyes intensely.

 

Romeo asked, breaking the silence, “Tell me more about earlier. What was written on the record about Leo?”

 

“…”

Griffith didn’t answer, but stared at Romeo, squeezing his temples with his fingers.

 

He honestly didn’t want to say much.

 

It’s clear that Romeo knows something more but wasn’t saying anything.

 

Isn’t it meaningless to find out about Leo anyway?

 

What was wrong with Leo when he was alive?

 

However, Griffith concealed his true intentions and answered calmly.

 

“It’s just that he didn’t have a very good reputation. It seemed that the priest hated Leo.”

 

“…”

With those words, Romeo had a look on his face as if he knew.

 

Griffiths vaguely guessed.

‘Romeo, you’ve known this for a long time, haven’t you?’

 

It was odd.

 

That’s why he didn’t say anything… .

 

In fact, as Griffith left Auraria and went to the temple, he was puzzled the whole time.

 

About the existence of ‘Lelia’.

 

With such doubts, he returned to Auraria and once he saw Lelia disguised as a man, he was faintly certain.

 

‘Lelia’ is the ‘Leo’ he knows.

 

But there were a lot of strange things.

How the heck could such a thing happen. Is it possible?

 

The identity of ‘Lelia’ itself is also questionable. When he looked at the priest’s records, it was even more strange.

 

The priest wrote about ‘Leo’ as follows.

  • His behavior is very violent, he is nervous in everything he does, and he bullies his subordinates.

It was a completely different person from the Leo he knew.

 

Griffith, who had been anxious for a long time, saw the record this morning and was convinced. That means that Leo who came to the temple was Lelia.

 

He doesn’t know which of the two is the real Leo, but it was certain that the Leo he knew didn’t die and was living as Lelia.

 

Griffith leisurely lifted the teacup from the table.

 

He doesn’t know why Leo was hiding that fact, but he was going to pretend he didn’t know until the end.

 

Until Leo said it himself.

 

In many circumstances, there must have been a good reason. He knew that the Leo he knows isn’t the kind of person who would do something like this without a reason. Of course, he was upset that Leo hid, but the fact that Leo was alive made everything better. 

 

Romeo was like that too.

“…”

 

As expected of Griffith, Romeo was also convinced that Lelia was Leo.

 

However, there was something so daunting that it was difficult to properly think about it now.

 

That was because of the unknown illusion that appeared before his eyes. Inside the square, an unknown character was floating. It disappeared in an instant and hasn’t appeared since then…

 

[Who used magic on me?]

At first, he was suspicious of Griffith in front of him. Griffith doesn’t have magical powers, but it was high purity and powerful divine power.

 

With that much power, it wasn’t difficult to create an illusion in front of Romeo’s eyes.

 

But Griffith had no idea what had happened.

 

The illusion was only visible to Romeo.

 

Besides, recently, for some reason, he felt like someone was peeking into his head, and he wondered if it was the work of the same person.

 

“By the way, what did you mean by alchemy at that time?”

 

“Ah, that.”

Romeo’s expression darkened at Griffith’s words.

 

In fact, not so long ago, he had asked Griffith a question in a letter because of the mysterious alchemy pill Lelia was carrying.

‘Have you ever heard of an alchemist with incredible skills who recently appeared?’

 

“The alchemy that Lelia uses is a bit strange.”

 

“Why?”

 

“He had all kinds of drugs that I had never seen before. If he had made that kind of medicine, he would have been quite famous. Does it make sense that I don’t know?”

 

“Hmm…”

Griffith tilted his head. This story was also surprising.

 

Was Leo an alchemist? He didn’t feel any magic or anything like that… .

 

The two sighed at the unresolved questions.

 

Griffith wanted to immediately run to the opposite room, shake Leo’s neck, and ask him.

‘Leo, what the hell are you thinking?’

 

***

 

Chapter 2 - Part 2

Huge thanks to Carissa Rodgers 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$~

***

In the system window that popped up, there was an unknown conversation floating on the screen instead of the words of Alchemy.

 

At the same time, the words sounded as if they were whispered in her ear. This was definitely…

 

[It’s the voices of Romeo and Griffith!]

Lelia was startled and called out to Alchemy.

 

[Alchemy, what did you do just now?]

 

  • System: information collection completed.
  • End system hacking! ✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ Would you like to check the favorability of <Romeo>, a special favorable target?(。•̀ᴗ-)✧

 

[I will not! It doesn’t matter now!]

 

  • The quest is completed and the next quest will proceed.٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ Would you like to check it now?

 

[Wait a minute!]

Lelia pulled up Alchemy’s system window and looked at the other speech bubble window hidden by it. 

 

But the speech bubble was slowly disappearing.

 

Just before the speech bubble disappeared, she managed to witness the conversation.

 

  • So what did you find out about Leo?
  • There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…

 

Unlike before, their voices were very small and faint, but it was definitely a conversation between Griffith and Romeo.

 

Then the speech bubble disappeared. Lelia paced nervously.

 

There seemed to be an error as the game system was trying to figure out Romeo’s favorability.

 

Not long ago, Romeo had witnessed a speech bubble floating in front of his eyes.

 

[What the hell are Romeo and Griffith talking about right now?]

 

The speech bubble a while ago was clearly a conversation between Romeo and Griffiths at this exact moment.

 

They must be talking in the other room.

 

They didn’t say anything to Lelia, but it seemed that the two were separately looking into Leo’s death.

 

There were so many other things to be concerned about that she didn’t even realize that this could happen. The problem is that ‘Lelia’ was mentioned in the conversation between the two.

 

[What the hell are you both talking about?]

Lelia, who had been standing still for a long time, came to her senses belatedly. This was not the time.

 

[I’d rather leave right away tonight.]

 

***

 

“There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…”

 

“What?”

 

“You said she was the daughter of Princess Iris, right? But looking at the records, it is recorded that on that day the dead Empress also gave birth to a baby who died.”

The conversation was happening inside Romeo’s room, soundproofed by magic.

 

At Griffith’s words, Romeo tilted his head.

“It’s strange… What about Leo?”

 

“It’s a bit… It doesn’t seem right.”

Griffith’s expression while answering was not good.

 

This morning, Griffith visited the secret room inside the Chapel of the Imperial Castle.

There were records of the priests sent from the temple to the imperial family of the five empires. Even the emperors did not know that the records existed. The temple kept secret documents at the shrines in the name of maintaining the peace of the five empires. The records covered everything from trivial to secretive things, such as imperial weaknesses, ugly secrets, and rumors. However, it could not be said to be unconditionally accurate because what was recorded was only what the priest had heard and saw.

 

Griffith, who knew about the records, secretly spied on them this morning.

 

He went secretly because the temple might go crazy when they find out about this.

 

Anyway, it was not difficult for him because the person needed the divine power of a priest-level to read the records.

 

Griffith asked, “Did you find out more?”

 

“No, but it’s true what Lelia said then.”

 

When he came to the Auraria Empire, he could see there was more to it than what he had researched in the distant battlefield. So Romeo did some investigation, and as a result, he found out that what Lelia said was true. Most of the people who knew about Emperor Lydios died, and the person who killed Leo was also put to death at the time.

 

Romeo and Griffith looked into each other’s eyes intensely.

 

Romeo asked, breaking the silence, “Tell me more about earlier. What was written on the record about Leo?”

 

“…”

Griffith didn’t answer, but stared at Romeo, squeezing his temples with his fingers.

 

He honestly didn’t want to say much.

 

It’s clear that Romeo knows something more but wasn’t saying anything.

 

Isn’t it meaningless to find out about Leo anyway?

 

What was wrong with Leo when he was alive?

 

However, Griffith concealed his true intentions and answered calmly.

 

“It’s just that he didn’t have a very good reputation. It seemed that the priest hated Leo.”

 

“…”

With those words, Romeo had a look on his face as if he knew.

 

Griffiths vaguely guessed.

‘Romeo, you’ve known this for a long time, haven’t you?’

 

It was odd.

 

That’s why he didn’t say anything… .

 

In fact, as Griffith left Auraria and went to the temple, he was puzzled the whole time.

 

About the existence of ‘Lelia’.

 

With such doubts, he returned to Auraria and once he saw Lelia disguised as a man, he was faintly certain.

 

‘Lelia’ is the ‘Leo’ he knows.

 

But there were a lot of strange things.

How the heck could such a thing happen. Is it possible?

 

The identity of ‘Lelia’ itself is also questionable. When he looked at the priest’s records, it was even more strange.

 

The priest wrote about ‘Leo’ as follows.

  • His behavior is very violent, he is nervous in everything he does, and he bullies his subordinates.

It was a completely different person from the Leo he knew.

 

Griffith, who had been anxious for a long time, saw the record this morning and was convinced. That means that Leo who came to the temple was Lelia.

 

He doesn’t know which of the two is the real Leo, but it was certain that the Leo he knew didn’t die and was living as Lelia.

 

Griffith leisurely lifted the teacup from the table.

 

He doesn’t know why Leo was hiding that fact, but he was going to pretend he didn’t know until the end.

 

Until Leo said it himself.

 

In many circumstances, there must have been a good reason. He knew that the Leo he knows isn’t the kind of person who would do something like this without a reason. Of course, he was upset that Leo hid, but the fact that Leo was alive made everything better. 

 

Romeo was like that too.

“…”

 

As expected of Griffith, Romeo was also convinced that Lelia was Leo.

 

However, there was something so daunting that it was difficult to properly think about it now.

 

That was because of the unknown illusion that appeared before his eyes. Inside the square, an unknown character was floating. It disappeared in an instant and hasn’t appeared since then…

 

[Who used magic on me?]

At first, he was suspicious of Griffith in front of him. Griffith doesn’t have magical powers, but it was high purity and powerful divine power.

 

With that much power, it wasn’t difficult to create an illusion in front of Romeo’s eyes.

 

But Griffith had no idea what had happened.

 

The illusion was only visible to Romeo.

 

Besides, recently, for some reason, he felt like someone was peeking into his head, and he wondered if it was the work of the same person.

 

“By the way, what did you mean by alchemy at that time?”

 

“Ah, that.”

Romeo’s expression darkened at Griffith’s words.

 

In fact, not so long ago, he had asked Griffith a question in a letter because of the mysterious alchemy pill Lelia was carrying.

‘Have you ever heard of an alchemist with incredible skills who recently appeared?’

 

“The alchemy that Lelia uses is a bit strange.”

 

“Why?”

 

“He had all kinds of drugs that I had never seen before. If he had made that kind of medicine, he would have been quite famous. Does it make sense that I don’t know?”

 

“Hmm…”

Griffith tilted his head. This story was also surprising.

 

Was Leo an alchemist? He didn’t feel any magic or anything like that… .

 

The two sighed at the unresolved questions.

 

Griffith wanted to immediately run to the opposite room, shake Leo’s neck, and ask him.

‘Leo, what the hell are you thinking?’

 

***

 

Chapter 3

Huge thanks to Carissa Rodgers 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$~

***

In the system window that popped up, there was an unknown conversation floating on the screen instead of the words of Alchemy.

 

At the same time, the words sounded as if they were whispered in her ear. This was definitely…

 

[It’s the voices of Romeo and Griffith!]

Lelia was startled and called out to Alchemy.

 

[Alchemy, what did you do just now?]

 

  • System: information collection completed.
  • End system hacking! ✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ Would you like to check the favorability of <Romeo>, a special favorable target?(。•̀ᴗ-)✧

 

[I will not! It doesn’t matter now!]

 

  • The quest is completed and the next quest will proceed.٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ Would you like to check it now?

 

[Wait a minute!]

Lelia pulled up Alchemy’s system window and looked at the other speech bubble window hidden by it. 

 

But the speech bubble was slowly disappearing.

 

Just before the speech bubble disappeared, she managed to witness the conversation.

 

  • So what did you find out about Leo?
  • There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…

 

Unlike before, their voices were very small and faint, but it was definitely a conversation between Griffith and Romeo.

 

Then the speech bubble disappeared. Lelia paced nervously.

 

There seemed to be an error as the game system was trying to figure out Romeo’s favorability.

 

Not long ago, Romeo had witnessed a speech bubble floating in front of his eyes.

 

[What the hell are Romeo and Griffith talking about right now?]

 

The speech bubble a while ago was clearly a conversation between Romeo and Griffiths at this exact moment.

 

They must be talking in the other room.

 

They didn’t say anything to Lelia, but it seemed that the two were separately looking into Leo’s death.

 

There were so many other things to be concerned about that she didn’t even realize that this could happen. The problem is that ‘Lelia’ was mentioned in the conversation between the two.

 

[What the hell are you both talking about?]

Lelia, who had been standing still for a long time, came to her senses belatedly. This was not the time.

 

[I’d rather leave right away tonight.]

 

***

 

“There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…”

 

“What?”

 

“You said she was the daughter of Princess Iris, right? But looking at the records, it is recorded that on that day the dead Empress also gave birth to a baby who died.”

The conversation was happening inside Romeo’s room, soundproofed by magic.

 

At Griffith’s words, Romeo tilted his head.

“It’s strange… What about Leo?”

 

“It’s a bit… It doesn’t seem right.”

Griffith’s expression while answering was not good.

 

This morning, Griffith visited the secret room inside the Chapel of the Imperial Castle.

There were records of the priests sent from the temple to the imperial family of the five empires. Even the emperors did not know that the records existed. The temple kept secret documents at the shrines in the name of maintaining the peace of the five empires. The records covered everything from trivial to secretive things, such as imperial weaknesses, ugly secrets, and rumors. However, it could not be said to be unconditionally accurate because what was recorded was only what the priest had heard and saw.

 

Griffith, who knew about the records, secretly spied on them this morning.

 

He went secretly because the temple might go crazy when they find out about this.

 

Anyway, it was not difficult for him because the person needed the divine power of a priest-level to read the records.

 

Griffith asked, “Did you find out more?”

 

“No, but it’s true what Lelia said then.”

 

When he came to the Auraria Empire, he could see there was more to it than what he had researched in the distant battlefield. So Romeo did some investigation, and as a result, he found out that what Lelia said was true. Most of the people who knew about Emperor Lydios died, and the person who killed Leo was also put to death at the time.

 

Romeo and Griffith looked into each other’s eyes intensely.

 

Romeo asked, breaking the silence, “Tell me more about earlier. What was written on the record about Leo?”

 

“…”

Griffith didn’t answer, but stared at Romeo, squeezing his temples with his fingers.

 

He honestly didn’t want to say much.

 

It’s clear that Romeo knows something more but wasn’t saying anything.

 

Isn’t it meaningless to find out about Leo anyway?

 

What was wrong with Leo when he was alive?

 

However, Griffith concealed his true intentions and answered calmly.

 

“It’s just that he didn’t have a very good reputation. It seemed that the priest hated Leo.”

 

“…”

With those words, Romeo had a look on his face as if he knew.

 

Griffiths vaguely guessed.

‘Romeo, you’ve known this for a long time, haven’t you?’

 

It was odd.

 

That’s why he didn’t say anything… .

 

In fact, as Griffith left Auraria and went to the temple, he was puzzled the whole time.

 

About the existence of ‘Lelia’.

 

With such doubts, he returned to Auraria and once he saw Lelia disguised as a man, he was faintly certain.

 

‘Lelia’ is the ‘Leo’ he knows.

 

But there were a lot of strange things.

How the heck could such a thing happen. Is it possible?

 

The identity of ‘Lelia’ itself is also questionable. When he looked at the priest’s records, it was even more strange.

 

The priest wrote about ‘Leo’ as follows.

  • His behavior is very violent, he is nervous in everything he does, and he bullies his subordinates.

It was a completely different person from the Leo he knew.

 

Griffith, who had been anxious for a long time, saw the record this morning and was convinced. That means that Leo who came to the temple was Lelia.

 

He doesn’t know which of the two is the real Leo, but it was certain that the Leo he knew didn’t die and was living as Lelia.

 

Griffith leisurely lifted the teacup from the table.

 

He doesn’t know why Leo was hiding that fact, but he was going to pretend he didn’t know until the end.

 

Until Leo said it himself.

 

In many circumstances, there must have been a good reason. He knew that the Leo he knows isn’t the kind of person who would do something like this without a reason. Of course, he was upset that Leo hid, but the fact that Leo was alive made everything better. 

 

Romeo was like that too.

“…”

 

As expected of Griffith, Romeo was also convinced that Lelia was Leo.

 

However, there was something so daunting that it was difficult to properly think about it now.

 

That was because of the unknown illusion that appeared before his eyes. Inside the square, an unknown character was floating. It disappeared in an instant and hasn’t appeared since then…

 

[Who used magic on me?]

At first, he was suspicious of Griffith in front of him. Griffith doesn’t have magical powers, but it was high purity and powerful divine power.

 

With that much power, it wasn’t difficult to create an illusion in front of Romeo’s eyes.

 

But Griffith had no idea what had happened.

 

The illusion was only visible to Romeo.

 

Besides, recently, for some reason, he felt like someone was peeking into his head, and he wondered if it was the work of the same person.

 

“By the way, what did you mean by alchemy at that time?”

 

“Ah, that.”

Romeo’s expression darkened at Griffith’s words.

 

In fact, not so long ago, he had asked Griffith a question in a letter because of the mysterious alchemy pill Lelia was carrying.

‘Have you ever heard of an alchemist with incredible skills who recently appeared?’

 

“The alchemy that Lelia uses is a bit strange.”

 

“Why?”

 

“He had all kinds of drugs that I had never seen before. If he had made that kind of medicine, he would have been quite famous. Does it make sense that I don’t know?”

 

“Hmm…”

Griffith tilted his head. This story was also surprising.

 

Was Leo an alchemist? He didn’t feel any magic or anything like that… .

 

The two sighed at the unresolved questions.

 

Griffith wanted to immediately run to the opposite room, shake Leo’s neck, and ask him.

‘Leo, what the hell are you thinking?’

 

***

 

Chapter 4

Huge thanks to Carissa Rodgers 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$~

***

In the system window that popped up, there was an unknown conversation floating on the screen instead of the words of Alchemy.

 

At the same time, the words sounded as if they were whispered in her ear. This was definitely…

 

[It’s the voices of Romeo and Griffith!]

Lelia was startled and called out to Alchemy.

 

[Alchemy, what did you do just now?]

 

  • System: information collection completed.
  • End system hacking! ✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ Would you like to check the favorability of <Romeo>, a special favorable target?(。•̀ᴗ-)✧

 

[I will not! It doesn’t matter now!]

 

  • The quest is completed and the next quest will proceed.٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ Would you like to check it now?

 

[Wait a minute!]

Lelia pulled up Alchemy’s system window and looked at the other speech bubble window hidden by it. 

 

But the speech bubble was slowly disappearing.

 

Just before the speech bubble disappeared, she managed to witness the conversation.

 

  • So what did you find out about Leo?
  • There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…

 

Unlike before, their voices were very small and faint, but it was definitely a conversation between Griffith and Romeo.

 

Then the speech bubble disappeared. Lelia paced nervously.

 

There seemed to be an error as the game system was trying to figure out Romeo’s favorability.

 

Not long ago, Romeo had witnessed a speech bubble floating in front of his eyes.

 

[What the hell are Romeo and Griffith talking about right now?]

 

The speech bubble a while ago was clearly a conversation between Romeo and Griffiths at this exact moment.

 

They must be talking in the other room.

 

They didn’t say anything to Lelia, but it seemed that the two were separately looking into Leo’s death.

 

There were so many other things to be concerned about that she didn’t even realize that this could happen. The problem is that ‘Lelia’ was mentioned in the conversation between the two.

 

[What the hell are you both talking about?]

Lelia, who had been standing still for a long time, came to her senses belatedly. This was not the time.

 

[I’d rather leave right away tonight.]

 

***

 

“There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…”

 

“What?”

 

“You said she was the daughter of Princess Iris, right? But looking at the records, it is recorded that on that day the dead Empress also gave birth to a baby who died.”

The conversation was happening inside Romeo’s room, soundproofed by magic.

 

At Griffith’s words, Romeo tilted his head.

“It’s strange… What about Leo?”

 

“It’s a bit… It doesn’t seem right.”

Griffith’s expression while answering was not good.

 

This morning, Griffith visited the secret room inside the Chapel of the Imperial Castle.

There were records of the priests sent from the temple to the imperial family of the five empires. Even the emperors did not know that the records existed. The temple kept secret documents at the shrines in the name of maintaining the peace of the five empires. The records covered everything from trivial to secretive things, such as imperial weaknesses, ugly secrets, and rumors. However, it could not be said to be unconditionally accurate because what was recorded was only what the priest had heard and saw.

 

Griffith, who knew about the records, secretly spied on them this morning.

 

He went secretly because the temple might go crazy when they find out about this.

 

Anyway, it was not difficult for him because the person needed the divine power of a priest-level to read the records.

 

Griffith asked, “Did you find out more?”

 

“No, but it’s true what Lelia said then.”

 

When he came to the Auraria Empire, he could see there was more to it than what he had researched in the distant battlefield. So Romeo did some investigation, and as a result, he found out that what Lelia said was true. Most of the people who knew about Emperor Lydios died, and the person who killed Leo was also put to death at the time.

 

Romeo and Griffith looked into each other’s eyes intensely.

 

Romeo asked, breaking the silence, “Tell me more about earlier. What was written on the record about Leo?”

 

“…”

Griffith didn’t answer, but stared at Romeo, squeezing his temples with his fingers.

 

He honestly didn’t want to say much.

 

It’s clear that Romeo knows something more but wasn’t saying anything.

 

Isn’t it meaningless to find out about Leo anyway?

 

What was wrong with Leo when he was alive?

 

However, Griffith concealed his true intentions and answered calmly.

 

“It’s just that he didn’t have a very good reputation. It seemed that the priest hated Leo.”

 

“…”

With those words, Romeo had a look on his face as if he knew.

 

Griffiths vaguely guessed.

‘Romeo, you’ve known this for a long time, haven’t you?’

 

It was odd.

 

That’s why he didn’t say anything… .

 

In fact, as Griffith left Auraria and went to the temple, he was puzzled the whole time.

 

About the existence of ‘Lelia’.

 

With such doubts, he returned to Auraria and once he saw Lelia disguised as a man, he was faintly certain.

 

‘Lelia’ is the ‘Leo’ he knows.

 

But there were a lot of strange things.

How the heck could such a thing happen. Is it possible?

 

The identity of ‘Lelia’ itself is also questionable. When he looked at the priest’s records, it was even more strange.

 

The priest wrote about ‘Leo’ as follows.

  • His behavior is very violent, he is nervous in everything he does, and he bullies his subordinates.

It was a completely different person from the Leo he knew.

 

Griffith, who had been anxious for a long time, saw the record this morning and was convinced. That means that Leo who came to the temple was Lelia.

 

He doesn’t know which of the two is the real Leo, but it was certain that the Leo he knew didn’t die and was living as Lelia.

 

Griffith leisurely lifted the teacup from the table.

 

He doesn’t know why Leo was hiding that fact, but he was going to pretend he didn’t know until the end.

 

Until Leo said it himself.

 

In many circumstances, there must have been a good reason. He knew that the Leo he knows isn’t the kind of person who would do something like this without a reason. Of course, he was upset that Leo hid, but the fact that Leo was alive made everything better. 

 

Romeo was like that too.

“…”

 

As expected of Griffith, Romeo was also convinced that Lelia was Leo.

 

However, there was something so daunting that it was difficult to properly think about it now.

 

That was because of the unknown illusion that appeared before his eyes. Inside the square, an unknown character was floating. It disappeared in an instant and hasn’t appeared since then…

 

[Who used magic on me?]

At first, he was suspicious of Griffith in front of him. Griffith doesn’t have magical powers, but it was high purity and powerful divine power.

 

With that much power, it wasn’t difficult to create an illusion in front of Romeo’s eyes.

 

But Griffith had no idea what had happened.

 

The illusion was only visible to Romeo.

 

Besides, recently, for some reason, he felt like someone was peeking into his head, and he wondered if it was the work of the same person.

 

“By the way, what did you mean by alchemy at that time?”

 

“Ah, that.”

Romeo’s expression darkened at Griffith’s words.

 

In fact, not so long ago, he had asked Griffith a question in a letter because of the mysterious alchemy pill Lelia was carrying.

‘Have you ever heard of an alchemist with incredible skills who recently appeared?’

 

“The alchemy that Lelia uses is a bit strange.”

 

“Why?”

 

“He had all kinds of drugs that I had never seen before. If he had made that kind of medicine, he would have been quite famous. Does it make sense that I don’t know?”

 

“Hmm…”

Griffith tilted his head. This story was also surprising.

 

Was Leo an alchemist? He didn’t feel any magic or anything like that… .

 

The two sighed at the unresolved questions.

 

Griffith wanted to immediately run to the opposite room, shake Leo’s neck, and ask him.

‘Leo, what the hell are you thinking?’

 

***

 

Chapter 5

Huge thanks to Carissa Rodgers 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$~

***

In the system window that popped up, there was an unknown conversation floating on the screen instead of the words of Alchemy.

 

At the same time, the words sounded as if they were whispered in her ear. This was definitely…

 

[It’s the voices of Romeo and Griffith!]

Lelia was startled and called out to Alchemy.

 

[Alchemy, what did you do just now?]

 

  • System: information collection completed.
  • End system hacking! ✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ Would you like to check the favorability of <Romeo>, a special favorable target?(。•̀ᴗ-)✧

 

[I will not! It doesn’t matter now!]

 

  • The quest is completed and the next quest will proceed.٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ Would you like to check it now?

 

[Wait a minute!]

Lelia pulled up Alchemy’s system window and looked at the other speech bubble window hidden by it. 

 

But the speech bubble was slowly disappearing.

 

Just before the speech bubble disappeared, she managed to witness the conversation.

 

  • So what did you find out about Leo?
  • There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…

 

Unlike before, their voices were very small and faint, but it was definitely a conversation between Griffith and Romeo.

 

Then the speech bubble disappeared. Lelia paced nervously.

 

There seemed to be an error as the game system was trying to figure out Romeo’s favorability.

 

Not long ago, Romeo had witnessed a speech bubble floating in front of his eyes.

 

[What the hell are Romeo and Griffith talking about right now?]

 

The speech bubble a while ago was clearly a conversation between Romeo and Griffiths at this exact moment.

 

They must be talking in the other room.

 

They didn’t say anything to Lelia, but it seemed that the two were separately looking into Leo’s death.

 

There were so many other things to be concerned about that she didn’t even realize that this could happen. The problem is that ‘Lelia’ was mentioned in the conversation between the two.

 

[What the hell are you both talking about?]

Lelia, who had been standing still for a long time, came to her senses belatedly. This was not the time.

 

[I’d rather leave right away tonight.]

 

***

 

“There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…”

 

“What?”

 

“You said she was the daughter of Princess Iris, right? But looking at the records, it is recorded that on that day the dead Empress also gave birth to a baby who died.”

The conversation was happening inside Romeo’s room, soundproofed by magic.

 

At Griffith’s words, Romeo tilted his head.

“It’s strange… What about Leo?”

 

“It’s a bit… It doesn’t seem right.”

Griffith’s expression while answering was not good.

 

This morning, Griffith visited the secret room inside the Chapel of the Imperial Castle.

There were records of the priests sent from the temple to the imperial family of the five empires. Even the emperors did not know that the records existed. The temple kept secret documents at the shrines in the name of maintaining the peace of the five empires. The records covered everything from trivial to secretive things, such as imperial weaknesses, ugly secrets, and rumors. However, it could not be said to be unconditionally accurate because what was recorded was only what the priest had heard and saw.

 

Griffith, who knew about the records, secretly spied on them this morning.

 

He went secretly because the temple might go crazy when they find out about this.

 

Anyway, it was not difficult for him because the person needed the divine power of a priest-level to read the records.

 

Griffith asked, “Did you find out more?”

 

“No, but it’s true what Lelia said then.”

 

When he came to the Auraria Empire, he could see there was more to it than what he had researched in the distant battlefield. So Romeo did some investigation, and as a result, he found out that what Lelia said was true. Most of the people who knew about Emperor Lydios died, and the person who killed Leo was also put to death at the time.

 

Romeo and Griffith looked into each other’s eyes intensely.

 

Romeo asked, breaking the silence, “Tell me more about earlier. What was written on the record about Leo?”

 

“…”

Griffith didn’t answer, but stared at Romeo, squeezing his temples with his fingers.

 

He honestly didn’t want to say much.

 

It’s clear that Romeo knows something more but wasn’t saying anything.

 

Isn’t it meaningless to find out about Leo anyway?

 

What was wrong with Leo when he was alive?

 

However, Griffith concealed his true intentions and answered calmly.

 

“It’s just that he didn’t have a very good reputation. It seemed that the priest hated Leo.”

 

“…”

With those words, Romeo had a look on his face as if he knew.

 

Griffiths vaguely guessed.

‘Romeo, you’ve known this for a long time, haven’t you?’

 

It was odd.

 

That’s why he didn’t say anything… .

 

In fact, as Griffith left Auraria and went to the temple, he was puzzled the whole time.

 

About the existence of ‘Lelia’.

 

With such doubts, he returned to Auraria and once he saw Lelia disguised as a man, he was faintly certain.

 

‘Lelia’ is the ‘Leo’ he knows.

 

But there were a lot of strange things.

How the heck could such a thing happen. Is it possible?

 

The identity of ‘Lelia’ itself is also questionable. When he looked at the priest’s records, it was even more strange.

 

The priest wrote about ‘Leo’ as follows.

  • His behavior is very violent, he is nervous in everything he does, and he bullies his subordinates.

It was a completely different person from the Leo he knew.

 

Griffith, who had been anxious for a long time, saw the record this morning and was convinced. That means that Leo who came to the temple was Lelia.

 

He doesn’t know which of the two is the real Leo, but it was certain that the Leo he knew didn’t die and was living as Lelia.

 

Griffith leisurely lifted the teacup from the table.

 

He doesn’t know why Leo was hiding that fact, but he was going to pretend he didn’t know until the end.

 

Until Leo said it himself.

 

In many circumstances, there must have been a good reason. He knew that the Leo he knows isn’t the kind of person who would do something like this without a reason. Of course, he was upset that Leo hid, but the fact that Leo was alive made everything better. 

 

Romeo was like that too.

“…”

 

As expected of Griffith, Romeo was also convinced that Lelia was Leo.

 

However, there was something so daunting that it was difficult to properly think about it now.

 

That was because of the unknown illusion that appeared before his eyes. Inside the square, an unknown character was floating. It disappeared in an instant and hasn’t appeared since then…

 

[Who used magic on me?]

At first, he was suspicious of Griffith in front of him. Griffith doesn’t have magical powers, but it was high purity and powerful divine power.

 

With that much power, it wasn’t difficult to create an illusion in front of Romeo’s eyes.

 

But Griffith had no idea what had happened.

 

The illusion was only visible to Romeo.

 

Besides, recently, for some reason, he felt like someone was peeking into his head, and he wondered if it was the work of the same person.

 

“By the way, what did you mean by alchemy at that time?”

 

“Ah, that.”

Romeo’s expression darkened at Griffith’s words.

 

In fact, not so long ago, he had asked Griffith a question in a letter because of the mysterious alchemy pill Lelia was carrying.

‘Have you ever heard of an alchemist with incredible skills who recently appeared?’

 

“The alchemy that Lelia uses is a bit strange.”

 

“Why?”

 

“He had all kinds of drugs that I had never seen before. If he had made that kind of medicine, he would have been quite famous. Does it make sense that I don’t know?”

 

“Hmm…”

Griffith tilted his head. This story was also surprising.

 

Was Leo an alchemist? He didn’t feel any magic or anything like that… .

 

The two sighed at the unresolved questions.

 

Griffith wanted to immediately run to the opposite room, shake Leo’s neck, and ask him.

‘Leo, what the hell are you thinking?’

 

***

 

Chapter 6

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***

In the system window that popped up, there was an unknown conversation floating on the screen instead of the words of Alchemy.

 

At the same time, the words sounded as if they were whispered in her ear. This was definitely…

 

[It’s the voices of Romeo and Griffith!]

Lelia was startled and called out to Alchemy.

 

[Alchemy, what did you do just now?]

 

  • System: information collection completed.
  • End system hacking! ✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ Would you like to check the favorability of <Romeo>, a special favorable target?(。•̀ᴗ-)✧

 

[I will not! It doesn’t matter now!]

 

  • The quest is completed and the next quest will proceed.٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ Would you like to check it now?

 

[Wait a minute!]

Lelia pulled up Alchemy’s system window and looked at the other speech bubble window hidden by it. 

 

But the speech bubble was slowly disappearing.

 

Just before the speech bubble disappeared, she managed to witness the conversation.

 

  • So what did you find out about Leo?
  • There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…

 

Unlike before, their voices were very small and faint, but it was definitely a conversation between Griffith and Romeo.

 

Then the speech bubble disappeared. Lelia paced nervously.

 

There seemed to be an error as the game system was trying to figure out Romeo’s favorability.

 

Not long ago, Romeo had witnessed a speech bubble floating in front of his eyes.

 

[What the hell are Romeo and Griffith talking about right now?]

 

The speech bubble a while ago was clearly a conversation between Romeo and Griffiths at this exact moment.

 

They must be talking in the other room.

 

They didn’t say anything to Lelia, but it seemed that the two were separately looking into Leo’s death.

 

There were so many other things to be concerned about that she didn’t even realize that this could happen. The problem is that ‘Lelia’ was mentioned in the conversation between the two.

 

[What the hell are you both talking about?]

Lelia, who had been standing still for a long time, came to her senses belatedly. This was not the time.

 

[I’d rather leave right away tonight.]

 

***

 

“There are so many strange things. But there’s something even weirder, Lelia…”

 

“What?”

 

“You said she was the daughter of Princess Iris, right? But looking at the records, it is recorded that on that day the dead Empress also gave birth to a baby who died.”

The conversation was happening inside Romeo’s room, soundproofed by magic.

 

At Griffith’s words, Romeo tilted his head.

“It’s strange… What about Leo?”

 

“It’s a bit… It doesn’t seem right.”

Griffith’s expression while answering was not good.

 

This morning, Griffith visited the secret room inside the Chapel of the Imperial Castle.

There were records of the priests sent from the temple to the imperial family of the five empires. Even the emperors did not know that the records existed. The temple kept secret documents at the shrines in the name of maintaining the peace of the five empires. The records covered everything from trivial to secretive things, such as imperial weaknesses, ugly secrets, and rumors. However, it could not be said to be unconditionally accurate because what was recorded was only what the priest had heard and saw.

 

Griffith, who knew about the records, secretly spied on them this morning.

 

He went secretly because the temple might go crazy when they find out about this.

 

Anyway, it was not difficult for him because the person needed the divine power of a priest-level to read the records.

 

Griffith asked, “Did you find out more?”

 

“No, but it’s true what Lelia said then.”

 

When he came to the Auraria Empire, he could see there was more to it than what he had researched in the distant battlefield. So Romeo did some investigation, and as a result, he found out that what Lelia said was true. Most of the people who knew about Emperor Lydios died, and the person who killed Leo was also put to death at the time.

 

Romeo and Griffith looked into each other’s eyes intensely.

 

Romeo asked, breaking the silence, “Tell me more about earlier. What was written on the record about Leo?”

 

“…”

Griffith didn’t answer, but stared at Romeo, squeezing his temples with his fingers.

 

He honestly didn’t want to say much.

 

It’s clear that Romeo knows something more but wasn’t saying anything.

 

Isn’t it meaningless to find out about Leo anyway?

 

What was wrong with Leo when he was alive?

 

However, Griffith concealed his true intentions and answered calmly.

 

“It’s just that he didn’t have a very good reputation. It seemed that the priest hated Leo.”

 

“…”

With those words, Romeo had a look on his face as if he knew.

 

Griffiths vaguely guessed.

‘Romeo, you’ve known this for a long time, haven’t you?’

 

It was odd.

 

That’s why he didn’t say anything… .

 

In fact, as Griffith left Auraria and went to the temple, he was puzzled the whole time.

 

About the existence of ‘Lelia’.

 

With such doubts, he returned to Auraria and once he saw Lelia disguised as a man, he was faintly certain.

 

‘Lelia’ is the ‘Leo’ he knows.

 

But there were a lot of strange things.

How the heck could such a thing happen. Is it possible?

 

The identity of ‘Lelia’ itself is also questionable. When he looked at the priest’s records, it was even more strange.

 

The priest wrote about ‘Leo’ as follows.

  • His behavior is very violent, he is nervous in everything he does, and he bullies his subordinates.

It was a completely different person from the Leo he knew.

 

Griffith, who had been anxious for a long time, saw the record this morning and was convinced. That means that Leo who came to the temple was Lelia.

 

He doesn’t know which of the two is the real Leo, but it was certain that the Leo he knew didn’t die and was living as Lelia.

 

Griffith leisurely lifted the teacup from the table.

 

He doesn’t know why Leo was hiding that fact, but he was going to pretend he didn’t know until the end.

 

Until Leo said it himself.

 

In many circumstances, there must have been a good reason. He knew that the Leo he knows isn’t the kind of person who would do something like this without a reason. Of course, he was upset that Leo hid, but the fact that Leo was alive made everything better. 

 

Romeo was like that too.

“…”

 

As expected of Griffith, Romeo was also convinced that Lelia was Leo.

 

However, there was something so daunting that it was difficult to properly think about it now.

 

That was because of the unknown illusion that appeared before his eyes. Inside the square, an unknown character was floating. It disappeared in an instant and hasn’t appeared since then…

 

[Who used magic on me?]

At first, he was suspicious of Griffith in front of him. Griffith doesn’t have magical powers, but it was high purity and powerful divine power.

 

With that much power, it wasn’t difficult to create an illusion in front of Romeo’s eyes.

 

But Griffith had no idea what had happened.

 

The illusion was only visible to Romeo.

 

Besides, recently, for some reason, he felt like someone was peeking into his head, and he wondered if it was the work of the same person.

 

“By the way, what did you mean by alchemy at that time?”

 

“Ah, that.”

Romeo’s expression darkened at Griffith’s words.

 

In fact, not so long ago, he had asked Griffith a question in a letter because of the mysterious alchemy pill Lelia was carrying.

‘Have you ever heard of an alchemist with incredible skills who recently appeared?’

 

“The alchemy that Lelia uses is a bit strange.”

 

“Why?”

 

“He had all kinds of drugs that I had never seen before. If he had made that kind of medicine, he would have been quite famous. Does it make sense that I don’t know?”

 

“Hmm…”

Griffith tilted his head. This story was also surprising.

 

Was Leo an alchemist? He didn’t feel any magic or anything like that… .

 

The two sighed at the unresolved questions.

 

Griffith wanted to immediately run to the opposite room, shake Leo’s neck, and ask him.

‘Leo, what the hell are you thinking?’

 

***

 

Chapter 7