It's morning, and today is quite a chilly day. Getting all comfy in our big blanket that we share with each other. My little siblings who are still sleeping shows not even a sign of waking up, in fact, they are sleep talking. With the chilly day, comfy bed and blanket, and also the sweet faces that are sleeping right beside me, I give in my temptation of falling asleep for five more minutes, but

(If I did that, Elise will get mad at me) [Charlotte]

I suppose I have no other choice except to just wake up and went downstairs without waking the other up. Tip toeing into the door and closing it, I can see Elise already all dressed up for work, while here I am, still in my pyjamas. Good thing she didn't bother about it, and the two of us went downstairs to find Behe eating a piece of grilled meat prepared by Grandpa Claude, and just beside him is

"Sis Rafiah, can we ask you something" [Elise]

"..." [Rafiah]

Because of how close we are with each other, she can practically take a guess the question we are about to throw at her. She's rather distressed about it, and keep telling us to focus on our duty as heroes rather than worrying about her.

"But this involves other as well!" [Elise]

"True. Even when they aren't with the fallen god, they still pose a massive threat" [Charlotte]

"Still, if this prevent you from doing your duty as a hero, it will be no good for all of us" [Rafiah]

"..." [Claude]

And we are back to square one once again. I guess the attack six years ago really took a toll on her. No, if what Mrs Yefefiah said was true, it was Brother Ash's death that make her like this... Maybe like she said, Sis Rafiah just didn't want to burden us any further, and thus, opt to stay silent. It is her way of protecting us, at least that's what she believes

It's true that the adventure guild and few knights from different countries said that they will take care of the meddling third party, thus leaving our hand free to deal with the fallen god, but just leaving it to them will left a bad taste on our mouths. Plus, if we can churn them out at this stage, they wouldn't pose a threat for us at later date, but

"Time for our breakfast" [Claude]

"You're impossible..." [Elise]

"Sorry..." [Rafiah]

It's rare to see Elise acting all rude, but I sincerely feel the same, just that I don't want to express it to her. I wouldn't be surprised if she's the one to be blame if things do escalate, but for now

(Let just have our breakfast and be done with) [Charlotte]

But the breakfast feel rather bad for today. Maybe it is because of the atmosphere surrounding us, and our little siblings that comes didn't help to elevate the mood either. They're either ignorance about it or notices it but couldn't find the proper word nor the courage to ask what happen. I guess I should just eat quickly and go to the castle to do my job

Leaving with Elise, I thought of going together with her, since her work as a Valkyrie will often take her to the castle but

"You're going to meet Mrs Yefefiah at the hospital construction site?" [Charlotte]

"Yes. I believe she will be there today instead of their usual spot at Diana's hall" [Elise]

"Either way, they're close to each other... I guess I'll join you" [Charlotte]

"Won't you be late for your work?" [Elise]

"I'll just tell them the reason. I hope they will understand" [Charlotte]

"I sure they do. Let just finish this fast" [Elise]

From her tone, she is still slightly mad and irritated to Sis Rafiah. All I can do is nod at her in fear, since I don't want to get any unnecessary scolding from her. We leave the orphanage's bus golem behind, and as usual opt for walking, and

"You two are going to meet Mrs Yefefiah as well?" [Kara]

"That's right. Care to join us?" [Elise]

"Absolutely" [Kara]

Kara join us, and just as she's about to ask if Sis Rafiah said anything to us this morning, I quickly give her some weird face signal, telling her to stop. She wanted to laugh, but she did somehow catch my message, and understand what happen during breakfast and choose to stay silent

And when we arrive

"Did you three need something? Well, let me guess, it's about my bestie Rafiah right" [Yefefiah]

"That's true, Dr Yefefiah" [Kara]

"Oh stop it with the flattering" [Yefefiah]

Once a medical student, now a full fledges doctor, the angel race doctor who hates hiding her magnificent wings inside her body is still as cheerful as ever. She is quite the opposite from Sis Rafiah so much so I wonder how the two can become a best friend

"And that's what happened. Thing you can help us?" [Elise]

"Is not like I can't... But I'm pretty sure the result will be the same" [Yefefiah]

"As expected..." [Elise]

"But don't give up just yet" [Yefefiah]

"You have something on your mind?" [Kara]

"That I did" [Yefefiah]

Taking a bell like device from her item bag, she quickly show it to us

"This is a lie detecting machine, made by Karon few years ago" [Yefefiah]

"Why did you have that?" [Charlotte]

"At first, I am rather inexperienced on differentiating out between those who are malingering and those who are genuinely sick. When I jokingly tells Karon about making a device capable of differentiating it, he took it seriously and..." [Yefefiah]

"Is it really working!?" [Kara]

"Not quite, it has all of it. False positive, false negatives, true positive and true negative, so you should rely on your instincts as well" [Yefefiah]

"And what should we do with it?" [Elise]

"Well, you could "interrogate" her, but... You know what, let us do it in your stead" [Yefefiah]

"Us?" [Charlotte]