Out of curiosity, is Barbaros' name directly transliterated? 'cause as of now, he's the only named mage whose name is a corruption of an Ars Goetia demon (Barbatos) instead of an alternate spelling (Gromory) or lifted wholesale (everyone else)
@thanghe I guess he judged that if he did it this way, Nephie wouldn't want to stick around for his sake. If he had told her they need to part ways because he's going to be targeted and thus it's dangerous for her to stay, she wouldn't have minded facing the dangers together. Sure, he's awkward, but this had to be also intentional.