episode_0072
by fnovelpia“···Le, Levan”
“Yes.”
“Oh, it’s wrong! I really don’t have any strange intentions-”
“Faust.”
“Hmph-”
Sigh. Revan gave some strength to the hand holding Faust’s shoulder.
“I still want to talk to you.”
Two pairs of purple eyes faced each other.
“So tell me the truth. Without hiding anything.”
“···Ah, okay.”
shaking. Faust, who was shaking like a rabbit caught in a trap, soon opened the story in an unstable voice.
***
“······”
Tuk. Revan’s pen, which had drawn a small dot on the paper, was unable to move.
An item that carries out a subtle brainwashing that the target cannot notice, develops a slight liking for the user, and prevents them from raising doubts about certain matters.
Because nothing came to mind about this long question.
“···It’s important from here.”
wickedness. Annika gathered up the various items lying on her desk and picked up a cup to quench her thirst.
“Revan.”
“···Yes. Senior.”
“Do you know who put the spell on your head? Is that person someone you had a trusting relationship with?
“······.”
Revan’s stiff head shook slightly. Annika’s eyebrows lowered.
“The formula was so complicated that it would not have been possible to secure the procedure time without the consent of the person involved, so it seemed like that, but… it’s a shame.”
A moment of silence. Annika, who was observing Revan’s expression, cautiously opened her mouth.
“To be honest… I don’t understand what the practitioner’s intention was for engraving this magic on your head.”
“···What does that mean?”
“I told you, right? The difficulty of mental magic depends on its complexity.”
Revan nodded.
“Yes. To be honest, the mental magic on your head isn’t that strong. The influence on the recipient’s mind is very weak.”
Annika brought the drawings that Revan had just drawn to the center of the desk.
“It is much simpler and easier to remember than having a formula in your head that forces you to unconditionally follow the practitioner’s orders.”
“···That means.”
“For some reason, the practitioner who cast mental magic on you implanted an extremely cost-effective formula into you.”
***
“Yes, the strength of the mental magic hanging over your head is definitely not that high!”
“······.”
“Really! Compared to things that completely subordinate thinking itself and make you follow orders unconditionally-”
“Stop. Faust.”
Faust, who had been talking hastily, quickly closed his mouth. To anyone, it looked like the relationship between a trained dog and its trainer. It looks similar because it is clear that the one holding the leash is the one holding the leash.
“You know that’s not important, right?”
“······.”
“Tell me. Why did you put strange magic on my head?”
***
“···Ha.”
Annika, who was about to continue her explanation, pursed her lips and let out a deep sigh.
“···Honestly, it’s a case I’ve never seen before. And this one is more difficult.”
“What is more difficult?”
Annika scratched her head.
“A purifier filled with El’s mana will also erase this mental magic. So what’s important now is not the solution.”
“What’s important is the intention?”
“Yes. That’s important to you too, right?”
Revan nodded affirmatively.
“···I don’t know the intention. There is one thing that comes to mind.”
“What is it?”
Even a small clue was an important moment. Revan questioned.
“Uh, Revan? What is the gender of the person who is conscious of this magic?”
Revan responded immediately.
“I’m a man.”
“Really? I guess I was wrong. I wondered if it might be some kind of twisted love…”
***
“I did it because I like you!”
“···What?”
Revan’s expressionless expression that he had maintained until now cracked. A very big shock hit my head. You bastard, did you like it that way?
Just before Revan, who was speechless at the unexpected confession, could say anything, Faust suddenly cast a perception distortion spell.
“Me, I’m actually a girl!”
The veil called ‘Faust’ was removed and Arrieta’s appearance was revealed. Shiny, flowing hair, long eyelashes. A more slender body.
“I did it because I liked it! Really! W, when I went there in the guise of a woman, you didn’t even talk to me and refused-”
Arrieta remembered. Memories of the time when I offered to scout Revan at the arena in the past.
At that time, Revan was at a time when he hated master-servant relationships after being abandoned by Sonia. Especially if the other person is a woman.
The gender reversal in ‘Faust’ was partly to hide one’s identity, but it was also a setting to avoid offending Revan.
If you look at it from a little distance, it is a reason that may seem quite comical. However, as Arrieta revealed the truth, her insides felt rotten and crumbling.
Clearly, this was not the time to confess her secret to Revan. One is a hero. One of them became the head of the Wetzlar family. Two people who rely on each other. confessing love. It had to be that moment.
“Inhale, heeup-”
But what about now? It was like a criminal confessing his shameful crimes in front of a judge. Tears began to leak from Arrieta’s eyes.
“······.”
Revan, who had been silent after seeing this, asked.
“Yes, Faust.”
“Ah, ah-”
“What?”
What was Faust to Revan moved his lips carefully. I think that even now, we need to shed even a little bit of the flaw of lying.
“It’s Arietta. My name…”
“···Are you from the Wetzler family?”
After the attack, Revan heard information about a person named Antonio from El.
He was quite famous. The head of the Wetzlar family and a famous bastard. A person who is even said to be holding his younger sister captive.
However, the information did not reach the point that Faust was Antonio’s sister. Arietta hurriedly opened her mouth.
“I’m really sorry that you were attacked because of me! My, I should have been more careful-”
“No, you don’t need to apologize for that.”
At least this was Revan’s sincerity. Because Revan’s grudge was completely focused on Antonio personally.
“Yeah, really? Then-”
“But Arrieta. Did I make it clear?”
widely. Revan knelt on one knee in front of Arrieta, who had collapsed, and declared.
“If you say it, that will be the last time.”
“Hi-!”
Arrieta remembered. Right after the conversation with the Sword Saint, when Revan came to visit.
In that meeting, Revan spoke clearly. Now is the last time I tell you what I’m hiding. There is no next time.
“My, I was wrong.”
But Arrieta did not tell the whole truth. It’s like wasting the last chance.
“Mi, I’m sorry! I was really wrong. From now on, I will never tell a lie! You can also swear. I’ll also tell you all the facts about Vivian. Sir, should I bring a contract? Yes, I can never tell a lie in front of you-”
“Stop.”
Tup. Revan covered Arrieta’s mouth with his palm. Lips, roughened by the exhausting life that had been going on, brushed against my hand.
“Please, Arietta.”
This time, there was a slight tremor in Revan’s voice. Arrieta barely raised her head.
“Please, don’t make my last memory of you bad.”
When Arrieta barely looked up, she could feel sadness in Revan’s expression. It was a face filled with deep sadness.
“···Eup-!”
Arrieta finally realized. I stopped desperately shaking my head in the interrogation a little while ago.
She was the one who hurt Revan, whom she loved so much. He was the one who excitedly patched up the wounds caused by the Bismuth girl who had laughed at him for being stupid!
“···I was truly grateful to you.”
Revan slowly removed his palm from Arrieta’s mouth.
“Leaving the lab. Because it was you who reached out to me when I was on the verge of death after losing Vivian while living as a gladiator.”
“······.”
“But, but even you…’
Revan’s expression was quite different from his interview with Sonia. Being betrayed doesn’t build tolerance. It only got worse as I picked at the wound.
Revan roughly brushed his hair. It’s as if he wants to somehow cool down his body heat.
“···Phew.”
Not long after, Revan sighed and stood up from his seat. Arrieta carefully looked up at Revan, who had stood up.
“Okay Arietta.”
“······?”
“I will keep my promise. A promise to make you the head of the family.”
Revan stretched his hand into the air. Woe-Ak – At the end, a jet black Harvard came out.
“Because retaliating against Antonio was something I had originally wanted to do.”
The palm that was holding Babieka opened. Boom! Babieka’s own enormous weight pressed down on the floor.
“Le, Revan.”
Babieka was the first gift Arrieta gave to Revan. Evidence of love clearer than anything else.
Suddenly, Babieka was taken out and left on the floor. The intention was obvious. Arrieta sat down and grabbed Revan’s pants.
“Mi, I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.”
“······.”
“Da, I will never lie again. I will tell you all about Vivian and all the information about Vivian.”
Arrieta was desperate. The fear that if he sent Revan away now he would never see him again weighed on his genius brain.
“···No. Arietta.”
However, Revan roughly pulled Arrieta’s hand away. Ah, a small moan escaped Arrieta’s mouth.
“Broken trust cannot be rebuilt.”
After completing his final sentence, Revan walked towards the door. To the door leading to the mansion’s hallway.
Soon, Revan’s back disappeared beyond the door along with the sound of the doorknob being pulled. Arrieta desperately ran towards the door, albeit belatedly.
“Levan-”
Arrieta rushed out, opened the door to her room, and just before sticking her head out, she heard the sound of something breaking. The moment Arrieta finally stuck her head out the door.
“···Ah?”
Revan had disappeared like a mirage.
“······.”
Revan disappeared. With a final greeting.
“···Haha.”
Arrieta knew. Not by calculation from that genius brain, but by instinct.
“Ahaha!”
Revan disappeared. Because of my idiotic self’s continued deception.
There was no way I could catch Revan just by rushing out the door now. Arrieta quietly closed the door again and headed into her room.
“······.”
Suddenly, Arrieta remembered. The word of the inspector was a breeding, not love. At least, it was a word that was perfect for the current situation.
Sunlight began to shine into the room through the open curtains and windows. In the center of the room, a pitch-black Babieka was lying on the floor. A huge Harvard that cannot be lifted and moved away with one’s own strength.
“···H.”
It was like Revan in his heart. raven. Can’t get rid of it. A burden and a mistake.
“······.”
However, Arrieta did not head straight to bed like before. Click – the safe door opened.
“······.”
I know Revan won’t come back like this. But Arrieta couldn’t stay still.
So Arrieta started going back to the past like crazy. I pray earnestly for this last chance, just in case.
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