In the middle of that I suddenly opened my mouth.
There was something I needed to ask.
"Come to think of it, why is Sylphy dressing as a man... No, what happened after the teleport?"
The reason why she was acting as a guard for princess Ariel.
The reason why her hair turned white.
The reason why she's hiding her identity.
I didn't know if it was fine for me to ask.
I need to at least try asking I'm sure.
"Yeah, umm, I wonder where I should start talking from..."
Sylphy started to tell me about it bit by bit.
Starting from the training she did in Buina village.
How she tried to learn my location from Zenith and Lilia and in reverse ended up being taught in healing magic and etiquette.
How she made a pendant for my sake.
"That means, this pendant was something handmade by Sylphy?"
"That pendant, how do you have it?"
The pendant was hidden within my clothes.
I didn't like how Elinalise teased me that we matched after all.
Though since we took off our clothes it's been exposed now.
"Lilia was holding onto it. But, she never said anything about Sylphy."
"I'm sure she thought I might be dead, so she kept quiet."
"I see now."
That is like how Lilia might try to be careful.
After hearing it's an article of the deceased, whether it's good or bad, you can understand the decision.
"Umm, is it fine for me to continue the story?"
"Sorry-sorry, please do."
Things that happened after the teleport, there's truly no way to call it other than full of ups and downs.
Thrown into the sky, falling, and then a monster was there.
Coincidentally saving the Ojou-sama, then becoming a guard.
Before she realized it her hair had become pure white.
Starting a painful life in a place where the sense of values were completely different.
Being targeted by assassins in a political dispute, being pursued by the king. [7]
Going on a journey with only those who weren't used to travel, occasionally being deceived, falling into a predicament.
And then, while in the middle of a comeback attempt at Magic University.
I appeared.
"Even though we can say it can't be helped since I was in disguise [It's nice to meet you.] being told that was a shock you know."
"Sorry. But, even Sylphy, if you had told me sooner, even I would have realized it."
"Ah..Th..that's right isn't it.. So..sorry, that I didn't say it.. I'm sorry about that.. I'm very sorry.."
Sylphy continued to spill large drops of tears.
In regards to this matter, I'm sure she worried about a variety of things as well.
I understood from the talk just now that it was absolutely not that she didn't say it because she had some kind of evil intent.
I have no intention to blame her.
"From my side as well, that I didn't come around even after a year, I'm very sorry."
Well, according to the story, it seems like she was trying to hide her identity as well and it seems Sylphy thought I completely forgot about her.
If the case were to have been where I had forgotten about her, it would have simply resulted in her spreading her identity around.
I was originally a person from the Boreas after all, there was the possibility that I was an enemy.
I'm sure not saying it was the correct answer.
And then, I think that during this past year I haven't shown a behavior of searching for Sylphy.
If she didn't think that I was worried about her then it can't be helped if she couldn't break the ice.
That's right, it couldn't be helped.
A variety of circumstances were being a hindrance.
In the end just like this, she revealed her identity after all, so I think that's fine.
I embraced her shoulder.
Sylphy leaned her head on my shoulder.
Her shoulders are cold, if I don't get closer to them and warm them up.
"And then, I wasn't able to gather my courage, but, somewhere in my heart I thought that keeping our current relationship would be fine to hope for."
"Well, it wasn't a bad relationship after all."
Recently it seems her impatience had come out.
There's a gathering of bishojo in my surroundings.
It seems that she thought if she doesn't do anything I might get taken away.