“It’s alright,” said the little girl who was with Heinz’s companions. She was right in front of Vandalieu, who, despite his inner thoughts, appeared to simply be standing there motionlessly.

She took his hand as she continued speaking.

“Heinz-oniichan is going to help you. Just like he helped me!” she said, laughing. One of her eyes was a blood-red color that didn’t match her other eye.

“Ah…”

Vandalieu’s hand trembled.

“Uu…”

Nausea, a headache and a sense of discomfort, the likes of which he had never experienced in his third lifetime, ran through his body.

“Kyah?!” the little girl cried in surprise.

Unable to stand it anymore, Vandalieu had shaken her hand off. In doing so, he had kept his claws withdrawn and controlled his strength so that he didn’t injure her.

That was the limit of how much he could hold back.

“Hey, you?!” Startled, Heinz reached out towards Vandalieu.

But Vandalieu put all of his effort into putting as much distance between himself and Heinz as possible. He used all four limbs to propel himself along the floor and used Flight in a way that excessive force was exerted on his internal organs.

“O-oi! Wait a second!”

“What’s wrong?!”

Ignoring the surprised voices of Heinz’s companions and other adventurers, Vandalieu used his shoulder to smash through the door to the Guild and fled!

Vandalieu was sitting on the ground, staring at his trembling hands.

He was already outside the city of Niarki; probably inside a nearby forest or thicket. It was unlikely that he had traveled very far.

He had no memory whatsoever of how he exited the city after leaving the Guild. It was possible that he had created a hole in the outer wall to escape.
“Ah… Guh… oh…”