"I was wondering why you suddenly came out on your own, saying you wanted to see me off. So it was because you wanted to come here and wipe out the bandits' hideout. But why didn't you tell me? Why did you send me back first, then come back alone? After you left, I realized something was wrong. Thinking carefully about what happened yesterday, this really was the place you slipped away to in the middle of the night."
When Lokkishi and Allen met just now, Allen had wanted to explain himself, but before he could say anything, Lokkishi shot him a glare and immediately began using fire magic to destroy the evidence.
Allen watched as she expertly carried out a whole corpse-disposal procedure, then quickly dragged him away from the crime scene by his sleeve. Only now did the two finally begin talking properly.
In the woods, Blue Mom had heated some water with magic and was standing atop a huge boulder behind Allen, washing his hair.
A Water Ball Spell floated overhead, heated by flames. A hole had opened in its bottom, and a steady stream of warm water poured over Allen from head to toe, pooling on the ground as reddish bloody water.
Of course, Allen was still dressed. As for why he was bathing directly like this, the bloodstains on him were simply too filthy. After discussing it, the two decided they might as well rinse off his whole body while washing his hair.
"Uh... honestly, that was too dangerous."
"And it wouldn't have been dangerous if you went alone?"
Lokkishi narrowed her eyes slightly, her fingers lightly gliding across Allen's scalp as she combed apart the hair that had clumped together from blood and grime.
Allen sat on the ground with his back against Lokkishi,