episode_0062

I think I met Amelia unnie when I was around 6 years old.

I was abandoned by my parents and lived in a slum, eating food off the ground or scavenging for food in the trash.

Living like that, I bumped into a woman on the street and fell to the ground.

“Sorry, I’m sorry!”

Thinking I would be hit again, I crouched down and apologized fervently, trembling as I shouted, “I’m sorry.”

But what approached me was not a fist, but a warm hand.

I lifted my head to the warm hand and looked at the woman who was petting me.

There was an angel there.

That was when I first met Amelia unnie.

After picking me up, Amelia unnie took me to the orphanage where she worked. I went to the orphanage with unnie, not understanding a word of English. As soon as we arrived at the orphanage, Amelia unnie and I went into the bathroom together.

A sudden bath began. When I came to my senses, my body had been cleaned, and I was seated at a table with delicious food in front of me.

Thanks to Amelia unnie’s persuasion, I ended up living at the orphanage. To me, who had never received love from my parents, Amelia unnie’s love was pure happiness.

I could make many friends, didn’t have to go hungry, didn’t have to scavenge through trash, and didn’t have to beg people for help.

Amelia unnie was the most popular person at the orphanage. All the children always wanted to be around Amelia unnie. Of course, I did too.

I thought I would continue to have a happy life.

Until that incident happened.

For some reason unknown to me, or how it started, a sudden war broke out, turning the orphanage into chaos.

In a hurry to evacuate to a safer place, we packed only the essentials and tried to flee to another country as quickly as possible.

But for some reason, all the borders were closed.

The teachers and unnie were flustered, begging for the children to be allowed to escape, but no one could leave.

That’s when knights called the Holy Knights from the Levank Kingdom, along with a young girl known as the Saint, came to protect the weak and save the children.

The teachers and unnie shouted for them to protect us, and they listened to their voices. We fled to the Levank Kingdom with the Saint, leaving the teachers and Amelia unnie behind.

That’s how I and Amelia unnie were separated. Since then, I haven’t heard any news. I returned to that village as an adult, but it was in ruins, and the orphanage had burned down.

==

Emily’s eyes, which had been closed, cautiously opened.

“Are you awake?”

“… Witch.”

-Click.

Emily’s attempt to rush towards me was thwarted by the black chains I had set up in advance.

“Emily, you came from the future too, right?”

At my straightforward question, Emily lowered her head and opened her mouth.

“Yes…”

“Emily, you must never go near Amelia.”

“Why…? Why can’t I go near her…? You guys who killed Amelia can exist, so why can’t I…?”

“If you get close, Amelia will suffer.”

“What are you talking about…?”

“Emily, do you know why Amelia collapsed?”

“…”

“Hmm. Right now, you seem to have become an existence that shouldn’t exist near Amelia.”

Magic to go back to the past.

Even if I were to do it again, honestly, it’s uncertain whether it would work. Going back to the past with magic is dangerous and monumental.

At that time, with the help of my master, I deciphered the magic and gathered all the world-class artifacts in the world to go back to the past.

I assume Emily, with the help of my master, would have realized the magic.

If it’s that dragon, it’s a crazy dragon who will do anything if it’s just an interesting and fun situation.

The problem is that I used all the world-class artifacts.

So how did Emily come back to the past?

In the past, magic is not just a form of going back, but a heart that wants to meet someone. The desire to be with that person must be strong in order to go back.

Because it’s that kind of magic, constraints and side effects also arise from that.

In my case, I can’t reveal the truth about myself and all the memories I had with Amelia.

When you think about it, this can’t even be called a constraint. I can just start over with Amelia.

But what about Emily?

She must have come back to the past with just the dragon’s immense mana, without any artifacts needed.

So the side effects and constraints must have been ridiculously huge.

As a result, Amelia forgot everything about Emily, and all their past and memories disappeared. It turned into a non-existent past.

In other words, she came to see Amelia, but a constraint arose that she couldn’t approach Amelia.

“What… No, no. That can’t be. Amelia doesn’t remember me? That can’t be.”

“Stop denying it. You must know it too. You must have felt it too.”

Emily denied it, trembling all over. Even I would deny it.

She came back to the past to see Amelia, but now she can’t approach Amelia, which is terrible.

But Emily came back to the past without any exchange of artifacts. That’s why she ended up with the worst constraints.

“No. Witch… You. You must have done that. You must have manipulated Amelia’s memories. Made me forget on purpose?”

Emily’s voice, filled with hatred beyond life.

I think it’s inevitable that Emily, who saw me at that time, doesn’t trust me. At that time, my state was like a witch itself even now.

But I can’t take Emily to Amelia.

I can’t convince her at all. But if I tell her not to meet Amelia, she probably won’t listen.

Or do I have to kill her?

Amelia’s sister. But now just a man. And someone who can cause pain to Amelia.

Anyway, Amelia doesn’t remember anything about Emily right now. So wouldn’t it be okay if she disappeared?

“As expected! The witch is showing her true colors!”

Emily, who saw through me, looked at me with a triumphant expression.

“Annoying.”

I shook my head, holding my head.

==

A warm feeling spread throughout my body. Plus, my chest felt tight as if someone had placed a heavy object on it.

I tried to get up by holding my head, but failed. I slightly lowered my head and lifted the blanket covering me.

“Helena…”

There, I could see Helena clutching her chest with both hands and squirming.

“Oh…! Uh, that… I mean…”

“It’s okay. Keep going.”

I said, patting Helena’s head as she tried to justify herself.

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

Helena smiled brightly and resumed her actions.

Is my chest that good? Lily too, and Helena too, they all seem to like my chest too much.

They have the same chest as me. I can’t understand it. But if they’re happy with my chest like this, I’m willing to give it to them.

The problem is, is my body more sensitive because I’ve been touched so much lately?

After entrusting my body to Helena for a while, I finally helped her up.

“Oh… Can’t you do it a little more?”

“I’ll let you touch more later. But Helena, what about the academy?”

“Ah… um, is it okay to say this?”

Helena hesitated and lowered her head.

“I came after seeing Amelia collapse.”

“I collapsed?”

“Yes.”

Hmm… it’s still early, right? Although the symptoms have started to appear, they were really minor. I didn’t feel particularly tired or overworked.

“Well, thank you. But how did you confirm that I collapsed? Helena, you were far away.”

“Oh… um, yes, back when Amelia was attacked by terrorists, I was worried and installed surveillance magic.”

“Oh, was that so?”

“Yes!”

Wait a minute. So, does that mean you can see me all day long?

“Well, the surveillance magic only activates when there is something abnormal about the target.”

“Really? It’s not like it’s watching me 24/7?”

“Um, yes~ It only activates when Amelia is in distress~”

Right. It’s not like it can see me for 24 hours. That would be too embarrassing… I had some alone time the other day, too.

Come to think of it, why did I collapse? Hmm… my last memory was tossing and turning in bed.

Oh. Someone knocked on the dorm door.

So, thinking it was Charlotte, I opened the door.

There was someone I think I saw for the first time. Hmm…

Wow, I can’t remember anything. I know it was someone I saw for the first time, but I can’t remember their appearance, whether they were a man or a woman.

Wow, what should I do? If I can’t remember this, it seems serious.

I try my best to remember, but it’s like hitting a wall, I just can’t remember.

“Helena?”

As I tried to remember, my body collapsed back onto the bed.

“Mom, you keep kissing Lily, can I do it too?”

“Suddenly!? No, more importantly, you’re my mom! It’s gross to kiss your mom!”

==

Emily

Lily before going back to the past.