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Chapter 62

「She’s the fruit of forbidden love between high-ranking aristocrats or royalty, just like what I guessed…Ah, that’s really troublesome.」

「But,」I said as I nodded.

「Well…she’s quite the fighting force. I think she will have it easy. Having awakening skills means that her base level is low even when she have that power, right?」

「…What do you mean by that? You seem strangely happy.」

I said with a grin.

「She’ll have to at least be able to protect herself, right?」

「…At least be able to protect herself?」

「Yeah,」 I nodded.

「It’s power leveling. You did it a long time ago, too, remember?」

「…Are you serious? Liz is just 10 years old…」

「And you yourself were just 15 years old at that time right?. But your unique magic was foolish, and you couldn’t even use high-level general magic, right?」

「…I won’t deny it.」

Lilith looked up at the sky with distant eyes.

「…I want you to forget about that time.」

「What do you want me to forget?」

「…The fact that I was that incompetent…Honestly, it’s a dark history.」

Well, now she’s at the top of A rank, or even low S-rank.

So…Lilith, who considers herself to be my right-hand man and one of the strongest in humanity, was certainly terrible at that time.
She was beaten up by low-rank adventurers, and shed tears in despair over her own talent.

Honestly, in many ways, the fact that Lilith was able to rise to this level was largely due to luck, but I guess that’s a good thing.

「…So, what do you mean by your words earlier? Lute?」

「Well, it looks like it’s going to be a lot easier than it was with Lilith.」

「Hey, Liz. Looks like you managed it on your own?」

Liz was there, with animal ears and a thin layer of hair covering her entire body.
Liz crouched on the spot with a frightened expression, curled up to hide his animal ears and body hair, and turned her back to me.

Ignoring Liz’s actions, I walked towards her.
When I was almost within reach of her, Liz shouted.

「Don’t come…please don’t come!」

「…Why?」

With her shoulder shaking, Liz spoke, half-shouting.

「I… am like this, okay? I’m a beastman… my whole body is swollen… but I also have the characteristics of an elf… I also have the strength of a monster…」

「So what?」

Liz turned around at my words.

「”So what”?… the fact that I am a half high elf and half wolfman? Do you know what that means?」

「Ah, you have a troublesome bloodline, don’t you? And that’s why your life is being targeted, right?」

「Eh…?」

Then Lilith opened her mouth.

「…We know that. And despite that, we accepted you.」

Liz made a shocked expression for a moment, but then she shook her head from side to side.

「It seems like you don’t understand even if I say it…」

「What are you planning on doing?」

「I understand that Lute-san and Lilith-san are not ordinary people. But… you are just budding adventurers after all, right? There’s no way you can do anything about the environment surrounding me. By showing you my power when I am awakened, I’m sure you can feel that in your bones.」

Lilith is trembling.
This trembling is not out of fear, but anger.
As many blue streaks appeared on her forehead, Lilith said,

「…Did you just call me Lilith-san?…I told you to call me Lilith-onee-chan, right?…A while ago. This…looks like you need to be punished.」