Meilin looked up in surprise, " Really? You mean it?" Her eyes sparkled with happiness as she anticipated the answer.

Eh..I thought that he was just a mean grumpy sorcerer living by himself in a castle, but it turns out, that he's actually pretty nice! I shall have to thank him for this..

Meilin smiled, " You're a really kind man," she said to Malus, "Even if you don't act like it." It was most likely true. After all, Malus had brought back the dead in exchange for one living person, and only one!