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Chapter 64

Dumbfounded, Liz just stood in place.

「Hey, Liz?」

「What… is… it?」

Only at my words did Liz seem to come back to her senses, opening her eyes wide.

「Try shooting Scarlet Flare at me.」

「Eh…?」

「Just do it.」

「What… What do you intend to do? Are you planning to have Lilith-san… dispel my attack magic again?」

「It’s foolish to rely on Lilith’s help. I won’t even put up my own magical barrier.」

Liz pondered for a moment, then placed her hand on her chin and said,

「But… you’ll die, you know?」

I smirked and shrugged my shoulders.

「If you think you can do it, then go ahead.」

「…」

「What Lilith just did was like a miracle to you, right?」

「…yes.」

「And that Lilith is my companion. Do you really think I’ll die?」

Liz pondered for a while.

Seconds passed, tens of them.

And Liz seemed to have understood the situation almost accurately.

As evidence, she turned her palm toward me and said,

「Scarlet… Flare!」

The crimson flames approach.

I casually waved my fist.

「Heave-ho.」

An unique magic of the elf tribe.

However, due to the inexperience of the caster and the fact that it’s considered basic among unique magics… there’s no way it could affect me.

Or rather, I simply blew away the flames created by magic with the physical force of wind pressure created by my fist.

「…Huh?」

Liz probably had a vague understanding of me and Lilith, but this was apparently way beyond her expectations.

Liz opens and closes her mouth rapidly.

I mean, really opening and closing it over and over again.

One might want to say she resembled a fish waiting for food in a pond, but let’s put that aside.

「Just who is Lute-san… and Lilith-san?」

Immediately, Lilith answered in a cold voice as sharp as an ice pick.

「…That’s wrong… it’s Lute-onii-chan and Lilith-onee-chan.」

Liz thought for a moment, before nodding to herself.

「Just who is Lute-onii-chan and Lilith-onee-chan?」

Did she just listen to what Lilith said?
Looks like this girl has the tendency to obey the strong.

「Who am I?」

Well, I should just answer honestly here.

「I’m the strongest villager in the world.」

Then Lilith followed up after me, saying,

「…And I am the world’s strongest villager’s… assistant magician, I guess?」

I approached Liz, casually put my hand on her head, and tousled her hair.

「Hey, Liz? Children shouldn’t worry about unnecessary things. For a while, I’ll take care of you responsibly.」

「…」

「Just stay quiet and rely on us. I guarantee it. Here(we) is the safest place in the world.」

Liz’s body hair becomes thinner, and with a voice so quiet that it seems to disappear she said,

「Yes.」

And then, Liz’s tension seemed to break as if a string snapped, and like a marionette whose strings were cut, she collapsed right there, unconscious.

Liz’s sleeping face, with her gentle breathing, was a stark contrast to the tense expression she had just moments ago… It looked just like that of an ordinary, cute 10-year-old girl.