"Hmm? Oh, you're awake already, Sir Kaito!"

From Gilda's muffled voice, he could surmise that she was outside. And indeed she was, up doing laundry early in the morning. She had woke up around two hours earlier than Kaito, even before the sun had risen across the hill. She was perfectly used to waking up so early, as she had been doing it almost every day ever since her mother passed away.

It usually went like this. She took a bath first, using the water she drew from the well beside the house, and then she changed her clothes, with the old one being sent to the laundry, to be washed right away afterwards along with the clothes worn by her father. And after that, she would hang them all to dry.

Now, she was in the middle of said hanging process.

"Wait just a second please, I'm almost finished!"

And indeed she was, as she rushed in after hanging her bloomers last.

"Oh right, you want a change of clothes," she said after being in front of him. "That makes sense. But Lilia doesn't really change hers though. But hers don't really look that different from the clothes of this world..."

She then started to ruffle through the wardrobe inside the bedroom. They only had one wardrobe so both her clothes and her father's were stored there together.

"Hmm, not this. Not this. This is old. This has a rip on it--I really should fix that. Ah, yes, this is it!"

With a bright smile, she took out a light brown tunic and a pair of dark brown trousers. They were the furthest thing from fancy clothes, but they looked decent enough to wear.

"They might be a bit too large for you though. Here, try them on!" She handed them over to Kaito.

"And while you do, I'm making breakfast! Omelette is good enough, right?"[hr][i]So, this is where he is...[/i]

A humanoid figure stood above the village, far away enough that no one could notice her presence.

[i]The man that Milady took an interest in. The so-called Second Hero.[/i]

Her face was stern, almost of that of a judge.

[i]Even without her order, I would still wish to test you nonetheless. To reach Milady, you will need the gems. And I would never surrender mine without a fight.[/i]

With her breath, she conjured what looked like a small tornado in front of her. However, said tornado gained a pair of arms formed out of even smaller tornadoes. And a pair of red glowing eyes appeared inside it.

[i]So show me. Show me if you truly deserve to meet her.[/i]

The tornado then descended right towards the village.