Episode 44.3 (1/2)

Lecan agreed with Eda's 'Oh, no', but not in that sense.

The tremendous power he felt from this Yurika magic beast was her true nature. It has been concealed by some means now but the spine chilling force Lecan felt earlier is this magic beast's real face.

Which means, that applies to Jericho as well.

But his power has been concealed. By some sort of means.

Of course it's Shira's handiwork. She must have cast some kind of spell to hide Jericho's true nature. She did the same with Yurika.

It's questionable if Lecan could even win against one, and now there's two of them.

This is exactly a situation that calls for an 'oh no' reaction.

But when he thinks about it again calmly, Shira herself is a threat. If she ended up opposing Lecan, he'd probably have no hope of victory. Lecan had spent not an insignificant amount of time near that mage, and she never showed any sign of ever harming Lecan and Eda except for the short while during their first encounter. He still doesn't fully get what she's thinking at times and he's got a feeling that he'd be in a world of pain if he let his guard around her, but she's undoubtedly one of the few people in this world Lecan can fully confide in.

As for Jericho, considering how he's been thus far, there's probably no worries of him ever turning against Lecan. No point to act alarmed around him.

”Burufufun?”

Jericho peered in Lecan's face, like he was asking, 'What's on your mind?'

”It's nothing.”

”Buruburu.”

Jericho tapped Lecan's shoulder twice.

As if he's saying, 'Don't worry about it.'

Then he pointed at the sword Lecan was gripping in his right hand.

”Bururu?”

Right, he still got his sword out. Lecan put it away.

Afterward, Shira chatted with Eda for a while before leaving. Lecan tried to stop her from leaving since he still had business with her, but Shira's glance silenced him.

Lecan, Eda, Jericho and Yurika went to Goncourt Mansion.

The gatekeepers were shocked to see an additional Longarm Ape.

The construction of the detached building is finished. It's not too big but looks comfy. The second floor has Lecan's, Norma's, Eda's and a guest rooms. Though Norma is usually sleeping in her own room at the main building. A small hut next to the building is where Jericho lives. Although it seems Jericho is quite fond of looking over the pond from the guest room, so he might stay there.

There's a passage connecting to an outhouse for the medicine making.