episode_0028

“… … Ah.”

My whole body creaked as if it were broken.

I could barely suppress a moan from the overwhelming pain.

My vision was blurry and my head was pounding.

I didn’t even have the strength to get up, so I slowly turned my head and looked around.

“… ”

It was an ordinary imperial guest room.

It seems like someone moved me into the room while I was unconscious.

I held on to my fading mind and finally looked back on my memories.

Confession.

Mana runaway.

and…

“… Luna Winfred.”

My magical power goes out of control just by drinking one confession drug.

If the situation hadn’t happened to me, even I wouldn’t have believed it easily.

“Ha… ”

I sighed at the unexpected situation.

How much time has passed since I lost my mind?

What is Diana, left alone in the mansion, doing now?

My mind was confused and I was speechless.

There is no time to waste here.

As I slowly turned around to get out of my seat, something caught under my foot.

When I slowly raised my head, I saw Luna sleeping face down at the foot of the bed.

“… ”

What is this guy?

Since when has it been like this?

I blinked my eyes blankly.

Looking at his rather emaciated face, it seemed like he was quite shocked that I had collapsed and vomited blood in front of his eyes.

I couldn’t understand.

The reason why the woman who hated Kyle more than anyone else is now clinging to him and obsessing over him.

A causal relationship is not established simply because the memories from the previous episode were inherited.

Yes, there must be a reason.

There are hidden circumstances that I am not aware of.

Or it’s a manipulation of the damn system.

but.

“… What do you know?”

I’m not even curious.

I don’t even want to know.

Because there are other issues that need immediate attention.

[Scenario progress: 35%]

It’s already 35%.

I wanted to erase the progress itself from my mind, but that was also impossible.

If the progress reaches 100% before obtaining the relic, we cannot even dare to predict how things will turn out in the future.

Tsk—

It was just as I clicked my tongue and was about to get up from my seat.

“Kyle?”

Before I knew it, Luna had woken up and was looking at me with an indescribable expression.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“… ”

“Can you hear me? Are your eyes seeing properly?”

Luna asked me a question in a nervous voice.

“Please… Anything is fine, so say… ”

That’s enough, get out of the way.

That time when I tried to fiercely shoot out a word.

“Cluck—!”

A light amount of blood appeared on my hand.

It seems that the aftereffects have not completely gone away yet.

Okay.

This is a problem that can be solved with just a little rest.

However, Luna’s face as she looked at me was pale, as if she was seeing something she shouldn’t have seen.

“Wait a minute. Just wait a moment. I’ll call the congressman right now.”

“It would be better if you just get out of the way.”

“Now that I have regained consciousness, I need to take medicine… ”

“No need.”

I cut Luna off with a cracked voice.

“The magic power in my body is just a little distorted.”

“What?”

“I just need a few days off, so get out of the way.”

“… … ”

My eyebrows furrowed at the sudden surge of rejection.

Why do you keep showing up and bothering me?

In the current situation, calling a member of the National Assembly will not be of any help.

This is because damage to the body caused by runaway magical energy does not have any noticeable characteristics, so it is impossible to properly determine the cause through a general examination.

Above all, the phenomenon of magical power running away is extremely rare.

One of the most basic conditions for a runaway of magical energy is the amount of magical energy latent in the body, so even if it runs away with a reasonable amount of magical energy, it will not be noticeable.

‘Kyle’s magic stat was at a crazy level.’

Above all, the phenomenon of runaway magic power itself has not been properly studied yet.

Even if you call a doctor, they will only tell you perfunctory things like organ damage and an incurable disease.

Of course, it’s all nonsense.

All you have to do is eat well, rest well, and stabilize your magical power.

It was then.

“… … Lie.”

“What?”

“You just fainted and coughed up blood just because your magic power got a little tangled up? Are you asking me to believe such absurd excuses?”

Luna asked back in a quiet voice and lowered her head.

She pursed her lips a couple of times and then spoke cautiously.

“… … I know I did something unforgivable to you.”

Her voice trembled as she spoke urgently.

“This incident too. Even the mistakes I made to you when I was young.”

Luna knelt down.

“All… ”

Luna Winfred.

Winfred’s daughter is more sharp and cool-headed than anyone else.

“I regret everything.”

He apologized to me in a voice that sounded as if it would collapse at any moment.

“… ”

regret.

Those short words rang in my head.

‘Why is it like that?’

Looking at Luna from the corner of her eye, she was more sincere than ever.

Even if I spit out swear words that I can’t say right now.

Even if I can’t stand the anger and start kicking.

Perhaps she will silently accept it all in the name of atonement.

I was shocked.

The whole situation unfolded before my eyes.

“So.”

I paused and slowly let out.

“What do you want to say?”

Luna closed her eyes tightly.

The corners of her eyes turned red.

“… … At first, it was to protect you.”

“To protect me?”

“Okay.”

Luna barely managed to catch her wheezing breath.

After a while, Luna slowly began to tell her story.

“While walking down the hallway of the mansion, I happened to hear the Duchess’ story. The next day, Kyle, they plan to assassinate you.”

“… ”

“I was afraid. To me at that time… Because there was only you.”

“… ”

“So, I had no choice but to suggest another method.”

To save Kyle.

At least it would be better to be alive and breathing than to die in vain.

Meanwhile, Luna, who was criticized for some trivial reason, was eventually stripped of her position as the head of the family.

In the end, I was pushed to my limit at a young age and made an irreversible mistake.

The story was cliché.

So much so that I yawn.

— … You must be mistaken.

— I was young back then, and there was a reason I had to do that.

Luna’s voice rang faintly in my ears.

I see.

So you clung to Kyle.

Because I regret the past.

Because I want to escape from the seething sense of guilt.

Because I lost everything and all that was left was Kyle.

“… Ha.”

I laughed.

I couldn’t help but laugh.

“It must have been difficult.”

“… ”

“I deserve to be terrible because I went through such humiliation just to save myself.”

“… Kyle.”

Luna called me in a breathless voice.

I didn’t care and fired fiercely.

“Me too.”

“… ”

“Just like you, I hate you too. To a terrible extent.”

As she continued speaking sarcastically, Luna’s face turned pale.

“Why now.”

If I had told her the situation right away, Kyle wouldn’t have become so twisted.

“I should have just let him die.”

If that were the case, I wouldn’t have been possessed.

Luna’s face was colored with shock.

I know that this is a meaningless venting of anger.

Neither the fact that I was possessed by Kyle’s body nor the fact that I was stuffed in this damn world have anything to do with Luna.

That’s why I lived forgetting the past.

If I, who am not the real Kyle, immerse myself in Kyle’s situation more than necessary, I will only deplete my soul.

However, it wasn’t that easy either.

All the pain Kyle went through is still vivid in my hands.

Why did I fall into Kyle’s body?

Do I have to bear the pain that Kyle had to go through?

And why?

Was Kyle born with this damn fate?

“Mistakes you made at a young age.”

“… ”

“Because of that mistake, my life was ruined.”

I also know that even if I, who was in Kyle’s body, said these words, it would only be nonsense.

But why?

The despair and loneliness I experienced through Kyle’s body felt like mine at this moment.

Tears formed around Luna’s red eyes.

She stood still and continued to breathe heavily.

“Luna Winfred.”

Luna’s surprised face shook violently.

“I get sick of just looking at your face.”

The tears from Luna’s eyes slowly fell.

She was unable to speak and was clutching her chest.

Either that or not.

I took steps to leave the room.

Leaving behind Luna, who was sobbing breathlessly, I said one last word.

“So now live your life.”

Because I’m leaving this world.

****

I left the imperial palace just like that.

Most of the materials for making the elixir were planned to be procured from the imperial family, and on the way to leave, I exchanged a quick greeting with Ludine.

Diana was ordered to wait and the mansion was vacated for a whopping 5 days.

Nothing much would happen, but I couldn’t help but worry about Diana.

After completing my business, I hurriedly returned to the mansion.

Because it was located in a very remote place, I got lost for a while, but it didn’t take long to find the mansion.

As the distance got closer, the blurry mansion also began to appear clearly.

but…

“Oh, open the door!”

“Outsiders cannot be brought in without permission from the lord.”

“What do you mean? The owner of this mansion is not your master, but me?”

“That’s not important.”

A woman squatting in front of the gate was arguing with a voice presumed to be Diana.

“Huh?”

After a while, I made eye contact with the woman who was yelling at me to open the door.

It was a familiar face.

“A little late?”

Corrupt Priest, Merlin Trivia.

She waved her hand playfully with a smile on her face.