Chapter 44 – Part 2
Read first: If you see ‘she’, ‘her’, ‘me’, ‘my’, and ‘I’ with an apostrophe, it refers to the Yurenia in the illusion/vision. In case you got confused.
Chapter 44.1
Should I say that I was quite foolish before returning, or did I inherit God’s will regarding human beings as equal? Have an amazing tolerance that I even cover for criminals? Or was I being too selfish or cold-hearted, as I am in my third lifetime after going through modern times and regression?
‘She’ was definitely me, but I just watched and didn’t look away as if I was watching other people’s businesses.
[ ‘S-Saint…! ’]
All the villagers bowed their heads toward the saint. The ‘me’ in the illusion fantasy bit her lips.
“Come to think of it, I don’t see Frey…”
Did ‘she’ hide him on purpose?
That was good. I didn’t need to let them know ‘I’ was with Frey. However, as ‘I’ came out of the temple, they wouldn’t know since ‘I’ didn’t tell them ‘I’ ran away with Frey. I soon stopped looking for Frey and looked at me to see what ‘I’ was going to say this time.
[ ‘It is an inviolable rule to hand over a person who committed a crime to the guards first. Even in a small village like this, burning at the stake is a cruel punishment that shouldn’t be taken lightly!’ ]
[ ‘But Saint… please listen to us!’ ]
[ ‘A child is gone! Ever since that black wizard came!’ ]
The villagers screamed about their injustices. That Regina’s house was full of strange drugs, strange symbols, stinky smells, and so on.
Silently listening, ‘I’ glanced at Regina before looking away again.
[ ‘Can I have a look?’ ]
They readily agreed to ‘my’ proposal. Regina also didn’t run away but staggered and followed behind ‘me.’ Whether she noticed their scorching glares, it seemed that she was confident she hadn’t committed any of their accusations.
Entering Regina’s house and looking around me, ‘I’ put my hand on the floor. If there were magi, there was no way that I wouldn’t recognize it in the past. After a while, ‘I’ stood up and breathed a sigh of relief.
[ ‘She’s just a researcher. No one was killed or kidnapped here.’ ]
[ ‘Look! It wasn’t me! What would I do with those dark things!’ ]
Regina added, complaining of the unfairness.
[ ‘She will leave this village. Shouldn’t that suffice?’ ]
[ ‘…Really? Saint? But our children…!’ ]
The villagers lashed at Regina as if they couldn’t believe it. They were unable to believe it even though it was the Saint herself who said that she was just a researcher.
Understanding that it was because of the sadness of losing their children and listening to their resentful words in silence, ‘I’ opened my mouth.
[ ‘The kidnapping case is currently under investigation.’ ]
[ ‘…What?’ ]
[ ‘Not only in this village but also in nearby villages and places far away, there are endless cases of disappearances. This person here is innocent.’ ]
Nevertheless, it seemed easier for the villagers to resent Regina in front of them. Even though the ‘me’ in the illusion fantasy already made such an explanation, their resentment towards Regina didn’t stop.
Rather, there were those who cursed ‘my’ goodness though ‘I’ didn’t care. It was the same as now. I didn’t care about how other people looked at me.
Soon, the scene in front of my eyes became blurry.
A new scene was drawn as if drawing a picture centering on a point someone had pointed out in a white space where there was nothing. Regina and ‘I’ were walking down a dense forest with tall trees towering. I still didn’t see Frey.
[ ‘Thank you for saving me. And thank you for proving my innocence…’ ]
[ ‘No.’ ]
[ ‘…Yes?’ ]
Cold voice came out of ‘my ‘mouth, which was always using honorifics. ‘I’ stopped walking and faced Regina.
The corners of ‘my’ eyes grew cold, with sharp eyes looking like those of a cat.
[ ‘You’re not that innocent.’ ]
[ ‘…What, what are you talking about?’ ]
My eyebrows also narrowed when ‘I’ said something I couldn’t understand.
Saving her and saying she was not guilty, and then saying that she wasn’t that innocent? ‘I’ wasn’t even joking with anyone.
[ ‘I only said you didn’t kidnap anyone.’ ]
[ ‘….’ ]
[ ‘I never said you didn’t use black magic.’ ]
My fingertips twitched.
I dared to take a person who used black magic?
Did it mean that Regina was a dark wizard? Regina, who had the same face as Ma-ri, was a dark wizard. That was stupid to turn back time.
“The Regina I met in the modern times — was that you?”
There was no answer, of course. In addition to that, I met people who used devil powers on my way here.
Was this simply a coincidence? That there are other people other than Regina who use black magic?
The moment I stood close to both of them, Regina’s face hardened in an instant.
[ ‘What’s your reason for saving me knowing that?’ ]
She must have also decided to stop saving her face as she snapped back at ‘me.’
[ ‘Did you save me from burning at the stake with your trivial sense of justice? Telling them that I didn’t kidnap anyone first and foremost?’ ]
[ ‘Do I look so nice?’ ]
‘I’ sneered. ‘I’ never looked nice. Rather, I looked closer to a cold beauty.
[ ‘Did you think I intervened without thinking and saved you with a trivial sense of justice like you said?’ ]
[ ‘If not?’ ]
[ ‘I saved you because I need you – your black magic.’ ]
It seemed like I had already felt the dark magic coming from Regina before arriving. That was why I jumped in and saved Regina without hesitation because I needed her. I was a little embarrassed that I cursed myself for not thinking ahead. That was embarrassing.
[ ‘What would a Saint need my black magic for?’ ]
[ ‘I want you to save a person in return for saving you.’ ]
‘I’ raised my head and looked up at the sky. The bright sunlight that stretched between the branches of the large trees shone on ‘me’ as if welcoming ‘me.’ ‘I’ felt the nobleness as if an angel was descending from the sky.
At that sight, Regina put her hand close to her own heart and clenched her fist.
Regina, who hadn’t taken her eyes off of ‘me,’ quickly removed her hand from her chest the moment ‘I’ lowered ‘my’ head again and made eye contact with her.
[ ‘Frey. Save him.’ ]
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