Roxy folded her arms with her eyes spinning.
Marriage.
Of course Rudeus would get married, yeah.
It's something normal.
Yeah.
She kept talking to herself like that.
Then, remembering her own actions in the labyrinth, she grit her teeth.
She thought that Rudi was free and took the initiative.
She had wanted to make a good impression, but she was not treated as an obstacle because she was merely an acquaintance in the end.
It must have been laughable and ridiculous, being right beside him.
She wanted to scream, [Why didn't anybody tell me this?!]
But, she kept the complaint to the back of her throat.
Right now she wasn't worrying about herself.
"B, But, even though he's married, this is an emergency, surely even once would be fine?"
Roxy did not even understand what she herself was saying.
Just that she felt that she wanted Rudeus to get better again.
"...Maybe that is so, but I cannot do it."
Elinalize said that with some frustration.
Even seeing her frustrated face, Roxy could not understand her feelings.
"...Here you go."
"Ah, thanks."
There was the drink that she had ordered.
Roxy stirred the mug, then drank it all in one go.
A burning sensation spread in her bone-dried throat.
It was frighteningly tasty, showing that the body really wanted that alcohol.
"Besides, for me to Rudeus..."
Elinalize closed her mouth there.
"Well, even if I can't do it, wouldn't it be fine if Gisu brings him to a brothel around here?"
"I wonder. Making love to someone he doesn't know, I doubt Rudeus would get better with that."
"Well, what that child really needs, is someone reliable to lean on."
"Then, Lilia?"
"Like I said..."
"Yeah, I get it, don't be so angry."
Elinalize's heart was complex.
She doesn't want to interfere with Sylphy's marriage.
However, she wants to help Rudeus.
If she makes love to Rudeus, she may be able to cheer him up again.
She was confident in that.
However, she felt certain that is a mistake, and that it would be something that cannot be undone.
If it was the usual, she would play the part of the villain.
Up till now, she had done so many times.
However, when she felt that she did not want to betray Cliff here, she could no longer do it.