What… it can’t be…"
Watching the man whose life would disappear like fly, Lefille had no words. To her, Suimei regretfully added on.
"No matter how much he is treated, nothing can be done about another person’s soul."
"...Is it really impossible?"
"Under the proper conditions, there might be a one in ten thousand chance that it can be done. However, we have no time for that. Even if we were to prepare for it right now, his body wouldn’t be able to last."
"...Tch"
After hearing Suimei’s diagnosis, Lefille bit her lips, her neck and shoulders slouched. No matter who it was, it was disheartening to see someone who was about to die. If the Mazoku was the cause of this, the feeling would be more intense and suffocating for the girl who swore to fight the Mazoku.
… The two of them fell into sadness. The man then turned towards Lefille.
“T-The others… Are under attack, by the Mazoku.”
“There are survivors!?”
“Don’t… Know. But, maybe…”
“There might be someone who is still alive!?”
But there wasn’t any response to the girl’s query.
To get as much air into his lungs as possible, the adventurer dressed man gasped his lips desperately, and couldn’t even make a sound. Seeing him like this, Lefille seemed to have thought of something and asked quietly:
“... Are the others on the mountain?”
Was there any meaning to this question? The girl sounded too calm, it might even cause others to misunderstand that she was being cold. In reply to this question that might give others the chill, the man nodded slowly.
The next instant, the man stopped breathing.
“— Tch.”
“......”
Lefille made an inhuman noise when the man died, while Suimei lowered his face.
… And finally, the kneeling Lefille stood and turned her back towards Suimei. The direction she was facing—
“... Hey, Lefille?”
Suimei asked, but Lefille kept her back towards him for some reason, and uttered words of apology.
“I am sorry, Suimei-kun.”
“Sorry about what, what are you going to do? Why are you facing that way?”
“Do you even need to ask…”
Isn’t that obvious— No, it was indeed something anyone could work out. Because right now, she was facing in a direction of a road they had never taken before.
In the end, Lefille seemed to have made up her mind. She turned towards Suimei, and stated her resolve with determination.
“Suimei-kun, I will be rescuing the people from the caravan.”
“Rescue them? Are you serious?”
“Yes, I have no plans on making jokes.”
“You are going even though you don’t even know where exactly the caravan is!?”
“They are probably along the mountain path. Even if they deviate from the route, it wouldn’t be for too far.”
“But there was no way of telling if they are still alive!”
“That’s right. But someone might still be alive. That’s why—”
That’s why she was going, in order help them, and performed a rescue that could only be said to be reckless. However, she mustn’t, she absolutely mustn’t go there, because—