My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me

Chapter 88

And later that afternoon

Suddenly, Ruth came to Lelias place. 

Lelia looked up at him, bewildered, as he had come to her door. Ruth, fidgeting, spoke his words carefully, Im sorry, Sir Raymond. I have something to say. Can I come in and talk?

Oh

Lelia pondered for a moment, then shook her head.

Im sorry, but inside is messy. Is it urgent?

Then I will tell you here.

Im sorry Sir Raymond, could you please return the relic I gave you?

What?

Lelia frowned. 

[Hes coming for it.]

She still hoped he wouldnt

Actually, it was originally meant to be given to Princess Julianna I told her about the relic, and she said that she wanted it. Can you return it to me? Instead, I will give you another present.

Please wait a minute.

Lelia closed the door, leaning her back against her door, and sighing heavily.

[I knew it.]

She acted like she didnt mind at all, but Lelia inwardly blamed Ruth and headed for the inner chamber.

She pulled out a replica that she had made as an item just in case from the alchemy lottery.

It looked exactly the same on the outside, but the truth is, the original piece was merged with the other half of the relic and was in Lelias bag.

Lelia opened the door again holding the fake relic.

Since the original owner was Ruth, she was conscience-stricken to return the fake, but she couldnt help it. If she could collect 100 billion shillings and break the magic spell, she thought of giving it back afterward.

[I dont know when that will be]

Here it is.

I am so sorry, Sir Raymond.

Ruth didnt look directly into her eyes, as if he had no face. Lelia said that it was fine and was tired, so she sent him back.

Thank you.

With a happy expression on his face, Ruth quickly walked away.

Lelia sighed deeply and looked at the end of the hallway where he had disappeared.

Then, a low voice came from behind her.

The one you gave him is fake, right?

Lelia looked back, startled. 

She certainly couldnt move a muscle.

Looking behind her, she saw that Oscar was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed as he grinned. Lelia stared at him silently, then sneaked in and tried to close the door. But just before the door closed, his toes dug into the gap.

Youre ignoring me.

You look like youre trying to hurt me, arent you?

Oscar smiled absurdly, then pushed Lelia away and quickly entered her room.

Thud

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At the sound of the door locking, Lelia stepped back. 

[Why is he like this?]

Then, suddenly, something came to mind from last night.

Although she thought that Oscar had noticed who she was, Oscar still kissed her.

At the same time, she remembered what Oscar said earlier.

I think it doesnt matter if youre a man or a woman.

Goosebumps appeared on her forearm.

Whether it was good or bad, Oscar didnt seem to have noticed that she was a woman. But he was definitely aware of the fact that she is Leo. She couldnt even guess how he noticed it.

Oscar smiled and rubbed his eyebrow bones at her nervousness.

I want to twist your neck in anger, but at the same time Im so happy that I want to kiss the top of your feet.

Oscar.

I dont know how long youre going to pretend you dont know, but it doesnt matter to me. Lelia looked up at him with her anxious eyes.

Fortunately, he didnt come any closer. However, his eyes were firmly attached to her, as if he was devouring her thoroughly.

If youre alive, I would do everything I want to do. I wont ask for your consent.

As Oscar said so, he took a step closer.

Lelia was startled without realizing it, and covered her mouth with her hands. At that movement, Oscar smirked. Instead of coming closer, he looked at Lelia up and down. It was an intense gaze.

As I said before, I dont care if you are a man.

Taking another step closer, he leaned over and put his face near Lelias ear.

Lelia shrugged her shoulders in surprise, continuing to cover only her mouth.

A low voice crept into her ear.

Like I survived in hell, you too must go through hell.

Dont worry too much. I will be with you for the rest of your life.

He whispered behind her back very softly. Her heart thumped to the floor.

After saying those words, Oscar turned around and left.

Lelia was left alone, and sat down as her legs became weak.

Tears welled up.

It was hard. 

She couldnt be honest with him. 

This situation was very hard.

She felt like a criminal who threw Oscar into hell.

When staying at the temple, Oscar always relied on her as a friend. He was small and fragile, and Lelia always supported him.

He whispered a sweet promise as if he would keep it for the rest of his life.

So she could understand Oscar.

Had it been the other way around, Lelia would have lived in hell as well.

She would have lived her whole life longing for the dead Oscar.

But what if she found out that him being dead was all a lie, and that he was actually alive?

He must have felt a great sense of betrayal.

He should have at least told me, he should have at least told me resentment must have flooded him with that thought.

All of her precious memories and friendship must have been regarded as an illusion of his own, and he must have been full of shock that he had been betrayed.

She felt a surge of guilt that she had hurt her friends all over again.

It was considered impossible to deceive them again like this now.

Lelia was unable to get out of her vortex of emotions for a long time.

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Late that afternoon

Lelia quickly subduded her emotions.

Unfortunately, she couldnt afford to be sad for a long time.

[You must return to the estate quickly.]

It was dangerous if Julianna and Ruth donated his holy relic to the temple in a hurry.

[In the temple, youll quickly find out that its a fake.]

When she thought of that, she suddenly became impatient.

It was time to pack up quickly.

[But do I really have to take all my friends with me?]

Lelia paused at the sudden thought.

How do you explain to her grandfather, grandmother, uncles and aunt?

How else would she explain it to her friends?

Her friends knew her as the cousin of her Leo. It is a sad story that she grew up as a woman even though she is a man.

It was truly a heartbreaking situation for her.

[If, by any chance, Kalix goes to the estate and he sticks out his forearm and says something like that]

Her grandfather may be in shock.

It would be better for her to reveal her facts to her friends as soon as possible

It will be a while before she collects 100 billion shillings, so maybe it wasnt too bad to reveal that she was a woman. It had nothing to do with breaking the spell. 

[But its also a problem to be honest with her that shes a woman.]

With that said, Kalix will then ask you to explain the pe*** he saw back then.

[Then I would have to explain alchemy]

Then she cant escape their suspicions again. Romeo was still suspicious of her.

[ Yes, lets just leave everything and go alone.]

Lelia decided to make up her mind.

It was probably too much to take all her friends to her estate.

[Im sorry, but I couldnt help it.]

After shes done all the work at the estate, she can then go back to find her friends.

Lelia came back to her senses and started packing her wardrobe.

[There are so many things.]

But there was too much to pack. All because of the clothes that Romeo gave her.

They are precious clothes and cannot be thrown away She eventually started packing her clothes one by one in the bag she had brought from the dressing room. She would be able to take them all with her when she left, and she was going to take good care of them and leave a thank you message to Romeo.

Then her hand stopped in front of her cufflinks.

This is Romeos gift to her, but its also her tracking spell.

Leria wondered if it was possible.

[Isnt the tracking magic applied to other objects as well?]

Lelia called for her alchemy in the hope that it might be able to help.

Alchemy.

• ?

Lelia wrinkled her brow as she looked at the speech bubble floating in the air. It was just a question mark.

Its just eating the crystals, and becoming less sincere.

• ( _ )

I have something to ask you. Aside from these cufflinks, is there anything else with tracking magic on me?

• Ill check it out right away!( )

It was after a short period of time, Alchemy responded.

• objects capable of special tracking magic found! But dont worry! All of them were blocked by Alchemy! (-)

Something gleamed inside her pack of luggage. When she opened it, it was a fountain pen. 

Could this be traced?

[Thats why you were able to come to me after the war was over.]

Lelia felt like sweat was running down her back.

Im glad you blocked it anyway.

By the way

Lelia narrowed her eyes.

Come to think of it, Kalix completed the final quest, but Romeo made no progress.

Griffith and Oscar havent even started yet, so theres no question

Maybe its because Romeo is suspicious of her?

Lelia entered the favorability window and checked the list of special favorability subjects.

She then decided to check her likeability by clicking on the name Romeo.

• If you check the favorability at the current location, you can only check the favorability at the time of the last encounter. Would you like to check the favorability of , a target of special favorability?(-)

I want to check.

She responded and waited for an answer.

• Information has been blocked due to magical power.(;)

What? Lelias brow wrinkled.

• System: Hack magic formulas. Please wait.

For some reason, Lelia started biting her lip with a sense of uneasiness, and she paused on the spot. It looked like she had almost all of her luggage. Yet in fact, there were a few important things missing.

[Tomorrow night, Ill go out of the Imperial Palace, borrow the horse and leave.]

It was when she had decided on such an unknown plan.

The system window flashed.

However, the speech balloons that appeared one after another were not the message of the Alchemy, but a different content.

• [Wait, what is this?]
• [Whats the matter?]
• [No, I just saw a strange character in the air. Griffith, cant you see?]
• [Not at all.]

!!!

Lelia covered her mouth in surprise.

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