Now I can really buy Aen.
Although my hope was shattered, my goal became even clearer.
To seal Lilith.
'Unsealing him.'
Although not explicitly stated, I knew immediately.
There was only one person sealed between Lucrezia Rodbel and Lilith.
In the end, it's just returning to my original goal.
However...
'I found out how.'
A way to break his vague seal.
'I'm glad I can tell Bethel when he returns.'
Just as my soul has become complete, so too can his soul.
'When I meet the evil god...'
What can I say?
'Actually, I don't know.'
My head was too complicated.
Even if I were to say now, "You are the reincarnation of the first head of the family!" there's no way he could accept it right away.
What should I say?
It felt like I was in a deep dream, so detached from reality and hazy.
So I stopped thinking about it for a while.
I opened my eyes and turned to look out the window.
Due to the heavy rain, nothing was visible. Only that I was returning to Rodbel.
'Actually...'
I acted like an adult, but I couldn't accept everything rationally.
'I really wanted to be friends.'
I know. In the last moment, Cherish and I became truly close.
Maybe that relationship could be called friendship.
But that moment was so short, it felt like I could never taste the sugar I had just discovered again.
"Cherish..."
Deep feelings of loss and self-reproach weighed down on my heart.
The carriage stopped soon.
"Lady, the ground is muddy. Please step down carefully."
"Yes, thank you."
I took Marin's hand and got out of the carriage.
And as I was about to go inside the building.
"Lucia?"
Miracle came out with a maid from inside.
I stopped and looked at her.
When our eyes met, Miracle's big eyes became even rounder, then she smiled brightly.
"It really is Lucia. Where are you coming from?"
She, accompanied by her maid, skipped towards me.
I stared blankly at her, then parted my lips.
Lilith.
I moved my lips again, which were about to say that.
"Miracle."
"Wow, a black dress. So pretty. It really suits Lucia."
She, who had already come close, exclaimed.
At that sight, I couldn't help but chuckle.
Why? Everything about Miracle was just funny.
Then Miracle, who had stopped looking around, stared intently at me, at my eyes.
I also did not avoid it and stared at her quietly.
Was it because the weather was gloomy?
Miracle's purple eyes, which always looked transparent and beautiful, felt particularly dull today.
Miracle, are you really Lilith?
In the long history, is it true that you killed Cherish and me countless times?
If so, what is your purpose?
What exactly happened between you and the first head of the family?
Like in the past life, in this life too, you are...
"It's strange."
Miracle said suddenly.
In the same posture as she looked at me firmly.
"It feels like you're not the Lucia I knew."
"......"
At that moment, Miracle grabbed my hand tightly with a face that looked like she was about to cry.
I flinched and looked down at the hand that was holding mine.
White, soft, and clean hand.
It was the complete opposite of Cherish's hand, which was skinny and precarious, as if it would break.
Maybe that's why.
Her body temperature was also very warm. As if to show how warm a person she was.
Without knowing that it felt even more strange.
"Lucia."
I raised my head at the call.
Miracle, who was making eye contact very close to me, smiled brightly.
"Don't change."
"......"
"I like the original Lucia much better. You know, actually, I really want to get along with Lucia. Because."
Squeeze.
The small hand that was holding me gained a little strength and then let go.
Miracle, who took her hand out, then smiled brightly and said.
"We're sisters, aren't we?"
"......"
"So, will you be friends with me in the future too?"
After saying what she wanted to say, Miracle turned around.
Even wearing a pure white dress, she stomped on the muddy ground without hesitation.
I stared at Miracle's back as she walked away, then parted my lips.
"I'm sorry."
"......?"
Towards Miracle who was turning around, I smiled brightly and said.
"I don't think it will be possible."
"......"
"We weren't that close to begin with."
Step by step. I approached her.
Miracle's maid, who sensed something was wrong, tried to block me, but was stopped by Marin.
I approached Miracle without hindrance and looked at her head-on.
"So we won't be getting any closer in the future either."
"......I see."
Miracle's eyes, which were staring blankly at me, were filled with sadness.
She muttered in a choked voice.
"Lucia has already changed. I guess I'm late..."
Miracle, who had bowed her head deeply, soon raised her head, looked at me, and smiled brightly.
"It's okay. I can change too."
"......"
"Then we can be friends, right?"
"......I don't know."
"It will be. Definitely."
Leaving those meaningful words behind, Miracle turned around and went inside the building.
I stared blankly at her, then looked down at my hand.
The hand I held with Miracle. But...
'Something feels strange.'
The moment I held her hand, it felt like my hand was no longer mine.
A feeling that something was escaping.
Could that be...
'Is it magic power?'
It was very subtle, but it definitely felt like that.
I haven't felt it until now, but why suddenly?
'I didn't feel anything when I held Marin's hand.'
It was the same when I held Aen's hand.
The fact that I only felt that way when I held Miracle's hand meant...
Could it be...
'Was Miracle the culprit who stole my magic power?'
If she had been stealing magic power through contact like this, and I hadn't known about it...
"......"
My head went blank.
I was taken aback, but not shocked.
Rather, hadn't I vaguely expected it?
That Miracle might be the culprit who stole my magic power.
'So that's why Miracle in my previous life was kind to me until the very end.'
She came to me, who was left alone, and comforted and caressed me.
Her touch was so warm and soft that, at some point, I had been waiting for Miracle.
But if the reason for that was to steal my magic power... then I...
'Ah.'
I took off my gloves and buried my face in my hands.
"Lady?"
I heard Marin's flustered voice, but I didn't answer.
As my hands grew colder, my face and head also grew cold.
'Let's stop blaming ourselves.'
Regret was ultimately an act of endlessly reflecting on the past.
It was important to improve and move forward in that time.
Yes, what's important is that I realized the secret in this life.
And fortunately, there haven't been many times I've had contact with Miracle so far.
If so, my magic power is currently...
'Still safe.'
But having magic power safe and being able to control it were different areas of the problem.
'I have to learn magic after all.'
Now that I knew that magic power existed in me, I had to train it.
Maybe.
'I might be able to use the magic of the first head of the family properly.'
That magic power that was manifested in the library.
'I have to.'
Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to defeat Miracle, who would later earn the title of Archmage.
I thought and thought again as I entered the building.
What should I do to learn magic?
The existing 고민(concerns) returned, but the depth was different.
'To learn magic, after all...'
It was then.
"Lady?"
I raised my head at the voice that suddenly came from nowhere.
It was 리그린(Rigrin).
I blankly looked at him, but stopped when I heard him say "I am back" to my word.
"What brings you to the Lord's office?"
Office?
I turned my head.
It really was in front of the Duke's office.
I was so lost in thought that I had come all the way here without realizing it.
Come to think of it, the Duke had told me to stop by the office.
I was so distracted by Cherish's affair that I had even forgotten that order.
I looked down at my appearance for a moment.
It was a mess.
Comments
Post a Comment