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After listening, Emiya raised an eyebrow. "See? She's not a bad person."
"Huh? That's what a Lich said! How can you believe that?" Aqua snapped back.
"But what we just saw was her helping those souls," Emiya replied calmly. "You saw it yourself, didn't you?"
Aqua's expression immediately turned guilty.
She had seen it.
She had even nearly destroyed the magic circle the other party was using.
Emiya clapped his hands lightly. "In short, being a Lich is just a race. It doesn't decide whether someone is good or bad. Humans have good and bad people. Liches are the same. The one standing in front of us is clearly a good Lich. Everyone understands that, right?"
Kazuma and Darkness nodded again.
"So, Aqua," Emiya continued, "how about letting go of your prejudice against Liches?"
Aqua hesitated, clearly resistant.
Then she suddenly spoke up. "Wait! If she doesn't have evil intentions, then why did zombies appear?"
Wiz hurriedly explained, panic in her voice. "I-I didn't summon them. When I came here, the well-preserved corpses reacted to my magic and woke up on their own. I don't want that either!"
Kazuma finally pieced it together. "What you're doing is admirable. It's a good thing. But why not leave this to the priests in town?"
Wiz glanced nervously at the still-unhappy Aqua. "B-because... the priests here are very materialistic. Um... they tend to delay services for people without money... or something like that..."
Kazuma clapped his hands. "So basically, the priests only care about profit. For a public graveyard full of poor people, they wouldn't even come close, let alone offer prayers."
Wiz looked at Aqua again.
Aqua wasn't angry.
She looked guilty.
Wiz nodded weakly. "Th-that's exactly it..."
Only then did Emiya speak again. "Now that everything's clear, let's end it here. Kazuma, Darkness, take Aqua back. I'll see Wiz off."
"Got it," Kazuma said.
He and Darkness dragged away the still-chattering Aqua. In the blink of an eye, the three of them disappeared from sight.
With Aqua gone, Wiz visibly relaxed.
She bowed deeply. "Um, thank you so much for saving me earlier. If it weren't for you, I would've been purified by that Arch-Priestess. I'm truly grateful."
"Emiya."
"Huh?"
"My name," Emiya said, pointing at himself. "It's Emiya."
"I-I understand. Thank you very much, Lord Emiya."
"Don't mention it." Emiya waved his hand, slightly embarrassed.
In truth, he could have stopped Aqua before she used Turn Undead.
He hadn't.
He waited until most of the souls were purified, then used telekinesis at the last moment to block the magic and protect Wiz.
It was deliberate.
He wanted Wiz to remember him as her lifesaver.
It worked.
After that, he repeatedly spoke up for her, and her goodwill toward him rose rapidly.
It was underhanded.
But no one was hurt.
Wiz wasn't purified like in the original events. She was completely unharmed.
By Emiya's standards, it was a clean outcome.
"Where do you live?" Emiya asked. "I'll walk you back."
Wiz didn't refuse. She thanked him again and said she lived in Axel as well.
Emiya looked mildly surprised. "You live in Axel too? Now that you mention it, Wiz... I feel like I've heard that name before."
Because she already trusted him, Wiz didn't notice the act. "I run a magic item shop in Axel."
"Oh. The shop full of strange items?"
"St-strange?" Wiz puffed out her cheeks. "They're not strange! They're popular bestsellers!"
"Bestsellers that don't sell aren't bestsellers," Emiya said bluntly.
Wiz instinctively clutched her chest. "Oof..."
Her energy visibly drained.
Emiya continued calmly. "If we're talking about bestsellers, I have a few items I can sell to you. They'll definitely make you money."
He hadn't forgotten.
Wiz's shop was always stocked with odd items, and she was constantly struggling financially.
This was a good chance to raise her favorability even further.
"R-really?" Wiz's eyes lit up.
"That's right." Emiya raised his hand.
A lighter appeared in his palm.
"This is called a lighter. It's convenient for starting fires. Adventurers might not care much, but for ordinary people, it'll definitely sell."
This world was still in a medieval stage.
Magic offered convenience, but something this simple would still find a market.
"Really? Just this small thing?" Wiz sounded doubtful.
Emiya replied evenly. "I'll supply you with one hundred. Fifty Eris each. You can sell them for one hundred to three hundred Eris. I'll give you the goods first. You pay me after you sell them."
Wiz considered it for a moment. "If that's the case... I can accept."
"Good."
Emiya created a box and handed it to her.
Inside were one hundred identical lighters.
They were small. The mana cost was negligible.
Especially with the Flame God's Ring, Emiya could recover his mental energy in minutes.
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