Amari and Ned retrieved Belat and Sitri before leaving the Ifrit Territory completely. This time around, they got the best land transportation beasts they could find to minimize the consumption of time.
He had to remove his armour since none of the beasts could carry the full weight. And Belat needed a completely different beast that he was strapped to, even in his unconscious state.
And despite all that, his mind was only on several things.
Like Ned.
Neither of them had said anything about it so far, but they both knew that they would be separating from each other very soon. Go their different ways.
He wasn't sure how the mercenary felt about it, but Amari, in particular, didn't know how to feel about their eventual separation.
Perhaps he would have been a little sad before. But after the thing, Melissa pointed out that day, he viewed their relationship in a far more different light than before. How did it come about?