Wondering what was going on, I turned around to look, and Lillis covered his mouth with one hand, showing a very cheerful eye smile.

“Well, since we’ve met like this, should we have a formal introduction?”

Next, he suggested that we should have a sudden self-introduction session, clapping his hands. It was absurd.

“What, a formal introduction?”

So, feeling awkward, I bluntly retorted, but then I suddenly stopped at the memory that brushed against my mind.

‘Long time no see, Sir Lillis.’

‘Indeed. It’s truly been a long time since I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Confucius.’

A conversation that Lillis and Sasha had after encountering each other during a treasure hunt game they played when I was not even four years old.

‘By the way, why did you do that earlier?’

‘What did I do?’

‘You eyed Vladimir Manor.’

‘Ah~ Somehow, I felt uncomfortable seeing the color red.’

‘What? Did you pick a fight with a kid just because you found the color unpleasant?’

‘Yes. Because I really don’t like it.’
On that day, along with Sasha leaving first, Lillis stayed by my side, engaging in a conversation we shared.

“Do you know who this guy is?”

At that time, I thought Lillis was naturally a bit peculiar and unique, but now that I think about it, it wasn’t the case. Lillis might have been an assistant to Hecate, assisting her publicly and eventually becoming acquainted with Vladimir. So, the two of them knew each other much earlier than I thought.

So, when they said it had been a long time since they saw each other, the atmosphere was strangely fierce, like two beasts fighting over prey they had discovered after starving for several days.

“Well, I don’t know.”

Thud, thud dash.

He could just straightforwardly answer, but he chose to say it in that way. I looked at Lillis, who was walking towards me with clenched fists, with a chubby face. Lillis seemed to be taking advantage of the situation, feeling a sense of superiority.

This time, he did not caution Sasha and even laughed, making it difficult to grasp what he was thinking.

“I’m not sure whether I should say I know or I don’t.”

However, as Lillis, who was not a genius in acting, approached Sasha, his eyes narrowed, and a cold expression appeared. The emotions emanating from Lillis’s eyes as he looked down at Sasha at that moment were definitely not light. It wasn’t hatred, but there was something heavy and chilly.

“One thing is certain… They over there know who you and I are.”

Heh, how should I take this?

I took a step forward and stared intently.

“Are you also someone related to the gods?”

Although I thought that Sasha either liked or disliked me, I deliberately asked the question oppositely. It was a rhetorical technique I sometimes used to avoid making the other party suspicious while extracting the information I wanted.

“First, let go of this hand.”

In the midst of this, Sasha did not immediately respond to my question and first pulled out the hand that was held. Then, he briefly glanced at the broken glass shard, closed his eyes for a moment, and opened them again with a shadow cast over his dark face.

Though the situation wasn’t pleasant, there was a strong feeling that since it had come to this, he had to say it.

“I am not a special being like you guys.”

A lie. Then how could he touch the ‘Tears of the Stars’ without any problem? I raised my eyebrows, slightly perplexed by the thought that Sasha might be spinning a clever argument.

“Because I am a Mimul.”

Seeing what he was doing, the guy who didn’t seem like that at all finally revealed his identity as a ‘Mimul.’ Unexpectedly, he called himself a ‘Mimul.’

“I just received a fragment of the soul given by the universe in my past life.”

“Wait, your words are a bit strange.”

Hearing this, I pointed out that there was something odd in what he said.

“If it is a fact that the great being like the universe bestowed generosity, then you don’t need the Tears of the Stars because the purpose of the Tears of the Stars is to reveal one’s sins.”
Sasha, who had been silent amid the intense atmosphere, remained calm, while I continued to speak.

“Even if you take the ‘Tears of the Stars,’ it won’t have any effect if you haven’t committed any sins.”

Pointing out the fact that it would be ineffective, Sasha sighed with irritation.

“I know that. So please don’t interfere with my work.”

With this, it became clear that Sasha had come knowing the true purpose of the ‘Tears of the Stars’ in advance.

“Sasha is not foolish. There’s no reason for him to go through the trouble of taking something that won’t benefit him.”

If that’s the case, the only person that comes to mind is one.

“Could it be that Freyri needs it?”

That child seemed suspicious from the first appearance. Sasha introduced her as his sister, but after leaving, I glanced at her lying down. There were moments when she firmly held Freyri’s hand and showed an affectionate attitude, so if it’s not her, then who?

“Why are you asking when you already know? Are you teasing me?”

No, why suddenly burst into anger over there? I hesitated for a moment, considering whether to respond and advise Sasha to control his sensitivity.

“I’m not teasing you.”

However, Lillis, who had been quietly listening to our conversation, smoothly intervened.

“Now, you should explain why it’s needed.”

Is Sasha’s straightforward attitude a problem when the three of us are together? Lillis, who had initially stepped in to mediate, now subtly reprimanded Sasha’s attempt to redirect the conversation.