Lily's Confession to Kain

Lily was painfully aware of how ordinary she was. She was very smart, so she had never been willing to take things a step further, never daring to cross that line. Just trying her best to catch up to the other two was already the limit of what she could do.

"Akai." After briefly treating her teammates, Lily suddenly came over to Kain.

"What is it, Lily?"

"Hey, do you have a girl you like?" Lily tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. Illuminated by the firelight, this ordinary maiden seemed to possess a different sort of charm.

Like fireflies, blazing sunlight, and drifting light, her slender fingers remained against her cheek.

Kain instantly blushed, red all over like a steamed crab. He said nothing and did not dare raise his head, merely sitting there like a sealed jar.

In the end, Lily was the one who burst out laughing. "Haha, I think I understand now. Then, could you choose me someday? As a hero, could you choose me?"

"I will! I'll definitely choose you, Lily!" Kain declared firmly, rising to his feet as though he were just short of swearing on his own heart.

At that moment, Miss Felicia, far away on the front lines, had no idea that after losing once in the contest to become Crabel's disciple, she had now lost again.

"Um... Lily, what did you mean by what you just said?" Afraid that he had misunderstood, Kain asked earnestly even after sitting back down.

"Of course I like you, idiot!" Lily put both hands behind her back and bent forward slightly. In the firelight, the maiden's cheeks and smile etched themselves directly into the boy's heart.

She likes me!

Lily just said she likes me?

Those three words struck Kain's soul like lightning. He