Gilda stayed quiet while Kaito told his story. She now knew that Lilia was someone really close to him indeed. She decided it wasn't her place to probe further.

"No, she never did," she replied to his question at the end. "She simply just did it. I wouldn't know how to do it either."

The food finally finished cooking. The two cut their conversation short as they moved back to the living room. There was a sitting table in the middle of the room where they could eat together.

"Here we go!"

Gilda put Kaito's plate and hers in that order onto the table, as well a pair of spoon and fork for each of them. The utensils were made out of smoothly crafted wood. There were also some potatoes and vegetable dressing available. As for the drink, she had a bottle of wine for both of them.

It was quite the lavish meal for Gilda's standard. But she had one rule she always abide on. Never hold back on hospitality, especially when you're taking in a person as important as a Hero. Normally, she would only eat bread and soup when on her own. Kaito was lucky there were still some leftover meat available to cook.

The lamb meat was tender and the sauce was just at the right spot between sweet and sour. Gilda really knew her way around the kitchen.

As they ate, Gilda began telling him of everything she did with Lilia when she was here with her. She told it all with a bright and infectious excitement. She told him how Lilia just appeared out of nowhere in front of her barn, asking for directions. She told him how she brought her home and how they ended up sharing the same mattress as her father was home at the time. She didn't even shy on describing how soft and fragile Lilia was as she woke up in the morning hugging her.

"Oooh, she was just like a little sister I never had!" she exclaimed, even though they were around the same age.

She then told him how the next morning, a dragon attack happened and how it destroyed her barn, killing every cow and lamb inside, and how it made her cry in despair as it was half of her family's livelihood. And then, how Lilia comforted her, asking if she would like to take revenge of said dragon and kill it once and for all.

"At that time, she didn't even show an ounce of fear. Instead, I could only sense anger coming from her. Her smile back then... it was honestly a little scary," she admitted.

She continued, telling him how they went up the mountains and killed a pack of wolves before reaching the summit where the dragon lived.

"She was really, really strong!" she said enthusiastically. "She burned all those wolves like nothing. She even had this strange move where she dodged a charging wolf's attack by moving so fast she left afterimages. And she could apparently hover as well!"

They then finally reached the summit. And Gilda began to dramatically re-enact the fight using her spoon as at that point, she was getting slightly tipsy from the alcohol.

"So I was there, taking the front. Lilia said she had cast a shield spell on me and that she needed me to buy time as she cast a great spell to finish off the dragon. I ran around to distract the overgrown lizard, even hitting it once or twice with my stick, though of course it did nothing at all. I even got blasted with its breath once. Burned my dress right off. If not for Lilia's shield spell, I would've been dead for sure!"

"And then, it happened. A massive storm cloud gathered on the skies before a giant thunderbolt struck the dragon down. It was so powerful I actually fainted from it."

"After that, you knew the drill. We found the treasure, we returned back to the village, and we told everyone about it."

She sat back down after she finished her tale. Judging from the sweat she had on her face, it was as if she just experienced the adventure all over again. It was dangerous, but fun at the same time. In this sleepy village, it was probably the only true excitement she would ever get in her entire life.

"I don't really remember where she went afterwards though," she continued. "But any traveler should end up in the Capital. That's the best place to look for all sorts of info, or at least, that's what I heard. Oh, the Order of the Sage had a branch there so it would make sense for her, being a Hero and all, to go there!"