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Ah.
I don’t want to think about anything.
Leaving behind Lilith.
I immediately returned to the room and lay down on the bed.
On the way back.
Grace, Emma, and Charlotte followed and said something to me.
I couldn’t hear anything properly.
Just.
Ed.. I love you..
Her confession.
Ed!!
Only her calling.
It just kept ringing in my ears.
Even now, three people around me are calling my name and talking to me.
Because my heart was clogged and my throat was tight.
I couldn’t properly tell them to leave because I wanted to be alone.
‘Lilith likes me.. No, she loves me? ’
With the opposite sex, not with family?
Since when?
Did he look at me with reason?
I will not cross the line, so I will continue to endure.
Please don’t go far away from my side.
I’ve never been greedy.
” Wooooo!! “
Because I felt nauseous.
I had no choice but to get out of bed.
Pot!
“ Ed!? ”
“ Heo.. Heo.. Ah.. I’m sorry, princess. ”
“ Ed..Do you? ”
Without realizing it, I roughly slapped Charlotte’s hand away again as she was worried about me.
And naturally, he was calling her his princess again.
Why?
She did nothing wrong.
Is it because of Lilith?
I have no intention of granting my sister’s ridiculous request.
Because the reason for the request made even more sense.
I plan to marry Charlotte unconditionally.
This house is no longer safe for me.
I’m leaving.
I am going to marry the Charlotte in front of me and go to the imperial family.
No, I think we should leave right now.
Due to Camilla’s actions, he will probably be locked in solitary confinement.
Because I don’t know when she will come out, even for a moment, I can’t see her..
You have to run away.
Like Hyeyoung Lee, Lilith is .
Doesn’t ask for my opinion, doesn’t even look into my heart.
He will just unilaterally force his feelings on me.
Because I can’t accept it
Like a warrior, my sister will try to kill me.
That’s why I have to tell Charlotte now.
Let’s leave together.
But.
Why?
Is it so difficult for me to say anything?
Are you really hesitating?
‘Are you crazy!? The sooner you hurry, the better your chances of survival! ’
The moment when she blames herself and tries to open her mouth to tell Charlotte what she said.
[ Do you really think so? ]
I heard Emma’s voice in my head.
“ Emma? ”
Not only because he spoke informally, but because it felt like he was reading my thoughts and speaking to me.
I turned her head and called out to her.
But Emma’s attitude was strange.
” Ah! Young master! Are you okay!? Please have some water here. “
When I called her, Emma was just handing me a cup of water, concerned about my condition.
Something is strange.
He speaks as if he read my thoughts.
Because she heard Emma’s voice, she called her.
“ No, what didn’t you tell me? ”
” Yes? No… I didn’t say anything? “
She said she never said that to me.
” What? “
I was taken aback when I heard Emma’s answer.
It was clearly Emma’s voice, but were the other two speaking?
“ Then the person who just asked me what I thought?.. Grace? Princess? ”
“ I don’t know what you’re talking about, Young master. ”
“ Ed, are you okay? I never said that..”
They both gave the same answer as Emma.
I definitely didn’t hear it wrong.
Because the direction and timbre of that voice were clearly Emma’s.
“ I heard it clearly… Didn’t Emma say something to me? ”
“ Yes? What do you mean… Master, there is no way I would pull a prank on you like that? ”
I once again asked Emma if she had been talking to me in a different way, in order to find out the owner of her voice, but she looked aggrieved and asked me back.
” … Right.. There’s no way you would do something strange to me. “
Yes.
There is no way that foolish Emma would play such a mischievous prank on me.
Then, did someone send me a message even from afar?
I don’t know much about the magic of this world, but I know that telepathic magic similar to the concept of telepathy in the martial arts world does not exist.
“Then whose voice is that?”
All three of them said that they had never said anything like that to me, so I muttered to myself in disbelief.
Grace was embarrassed when she saw me like that and said to me.
“ Master, there are only three of us in this room, and I never said anything like that. Could it be that you were hallucinating? No, Young master! ”
“ Ed! Of course it will be difficult, but in times like these, you need to come to your senses! ”
Charlotte was also embarrassed and shouted along with him.
Is it because I seemed to be out of my mind, like I was that night?
I think they misunderstood that they were hallucinating because they were shocked by Lilith.
“ No, I heard it clearly..”
While I was answering them, I heard someone’s voice, even though it clearly wasn’t Emma’s.
Knock knock.
A knocking sound was heard outside the door.
And immediately the door opened and Camilla, Allen, and Amelia entered my room.
“ Edward, don’t go in. ”
“ I’ll go in with you too! ”
” Uh, mother? And wasn’t your brother dead? “
In the case of Camilla, I expected that she might come to check on my condition, but I thought her older brother Allen had left..
No, in fact, Lilith told her that he left right away without saying anything, so she had some doubts at the time.
However, the fact that he entered her room with her now instead of leaving means that Allen also knows well about what happened in her mansion.
But.
I haven’t seen it in a while, so did it suddenly appear at this moment?
He gave me a wistful look and said as I was thinking this.
“Aww.. Why did you act hastily instead of doing as this brother said..”
Did Allen expect something like this to happen?
Is that why he told me to wait because he would take care of things on his own?
But the water has already been spilled.
And above all, me.
” I do not regret proposing to the princess right away. “
“Ed..”
I don’t regret confessing to Charlotte.
Even if Allen tried to take care of things on his own.
No matter how talented or outstanding he is.
It would have been inevitable.
Lilith ended up like tonight.
Someday something big will happen.
I can be sure.
“Okay, Allen, there is no need to tell Edward what has already happened. ”
After Camilla also told Allen not to make it her problem, she asked me:
” Ed.. Of course I know you are going through a hard time right now, but this mother wanted to ask me something, so I had no choice but to come right away. “
It seems like Camilla came to me right after cleaning up Lilith.
I probably came here because I wanted to ask about the content of the conversation I had with Lilith in the office.
“ Those words you said to your sister… Can you tell me why you said them? ”
If you say that…
Maybe.
Please. Sister.
Please don’t try to kill me.
From the perspective of her mother, Camilla, these are words that cannot help but be taken seriously.
“ Ah.. Yes, I will tell you. ”
What can I do by hiding it now?
In the past, I didn’t want to worry my family for no reason.
And even if I told you, I didn’t tell my family or people around me because I thought they wouldn’t easily believe me and they might think I was mentally ill.
However, Grace and Charlotte are mistaking him for a crazy person who is already worrying and hearing hallucinations.
Because there is nothing worse.
“ That’s right.. ”
Rather, to the people around me, including my mother, Camilla.
The reason I asked Lilith not to kill me.
And things about my past life and the end of being murdered.
For the last time, it was the moment when I was about to open my mouth to talk about my relationship with the warrior Lee Hye-young.
“ Wooooo!! ”
“ Edward!? ”
I couldn’t speak because I felt nauseous right away.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. “I’ll say it again..”
People around me were embarrassed when they saw me, so I tried to calm them down and open my mouth to continue talking.
“ Hmm!! ”
My heart was pounding and I was in pain.
As if you were preventing me from telling the truth.
As if to prove this.
[ No, if you say that. ]
I heard the voice that just spoke to me again.
What you shouldn’t say.
I was trying to start by talking about my past life.
I’m not sure how the owner of the voice uses me.
It seems like they are blocking me from saying this.
Why are they preventing me from speaking?
And the timbre of the voice heard again this time.
“Huh, Emma? ”
Because it was the same as Emma this time, I called her name again without realizing it.
Is it possible that he was able to freely use magic while always acting foolish?
I don’t want to believe it, but even Lilith tried to touch me.
Even though she has been close to me since her childhood, has she possibly done something to me?
When Amelia saw me like that, she immediately yelled at Emma.
“ Emma! Did you do something to Young master? ”
” Oh, no, mother! There is no way I would do something strange to you, Master! “
I’m not sure if it’s because an incident occurred tonight.
Amelia, who can be said to be quiet, scolded her daughter in a completely different way than usual.
“ Calm down, Amelia. Didn’t you see that your daughter wasn’t doing anything? ”
Camilla looked at her Amelia with pity and stopped her.
“ I don’t want to see mother and daughter fighting.. ”
Perhaps it was because she remembered the scene where she had argued with her daughter just moments ago.
From Camilla’s perspective, it would be natural for her to not want to see mother and daughter fighting.
“I’m sorry, matriarch. Still, I can’t rest assured because my daughter is also acting strange these days. She may have caused harm to the Grand Duke, as it has not been long since she caused trouble to the Grand Duke. ”
But while Amelia offered her apology to Camilla, it seemed she had no intention of stopping her berating Emma.
But what do you mean, Emma caused trouble for Brother Allen?
“ The difference between you and the Archduke is worlds apart! There is no way I could ever do that to you! ”
“ Uh.. That hurts a bit.. ”
“ That’s right. I didn’t feel any mana to say that Emma had deceived us and caused harm to Prince. ”
” … “
She asked Allen to join her in frustration, but she was buried because of Grace.
Anyway, I didn’t even say that Emma had done anything, but she was making a mess just by calling her name.
But.
I clearly heard her Emma’s voice.
But it wasn’t Emma who spoke, and it seemed like she was the only one hearing her voice this time, just like before.
While I was confused like this.
“ How dare I do that to you, Master!! Master.. I really didn’t do anything.. Hehehe..”
She told me that Emma was in tears and that she was innocent.
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” Emma.. “
She thought as she looked at her like that.
The identity of the voice that suddenly spoke to me and tormented me was clearly something other than Emma.
Or maybe it’s because I’ve really gone crazy and I’m hearing hallucinations.
I was trying to believe that there was no way Emma could deceive me by acting like this.
[ That’s right. She’s not doing anything wrong, so just listen quietly. ]
‘ !! ’
I heard that voice again.
After all, Emma wasn’t playing a prank on me.
Because right now Emma was looking at me and crying.
She said that neither Grace nor the people here felt anything like Mana.
[ And it’s true that only you can hear it. ]
Like a voice speaking.
Because only I can hear this voice.
Even at this moment, people around me are not noticing.
Why can’t anyone hear this clear voice?
And is the voice the same as Emma’s?
[ You are bound to have a lot of questions, but it is difficult to tell you much right now. ]
What?
Is it possible to even read the thoughts in my head?
[ So please keep this one thing in mind. ]
The voice did not answer my question and continued with her own words.
[ The moment you tell the truth. You’re in real danger… So don’t ever say anything. ]
When I say ‘fact’.
This will be a story about my past life and the hero Lee Hye-young.
The moment you speak, it becomes really dangerous.
What am I going to tell my family and people to be safe?
But the voice still did not answer my questions.
Just.
[ Be sure to keep this in mind. ]
After the words to keep in mind, the voice was no longer heard.
And because of the voice, I wasn’t paying attention to the surroundings.
” Emma!! “
“No!..”
Even though Camilla stopped her and Grace defended her, Amelia was still scolding her daughter.
I said that in a hurry.
“I called Emma wrong.. Stop it, Amelia..”
“ Young master?.. I understand. ”
Amilia gave a disapproving look.
Let’s say that I, the person in charge, am okay.
Only then did she stop scolding Emma.
And I apologized to Emma.
“I’m sorry, Emma, you did nothing wrong..”
” Master, sniffle.. “
The voice clearly had the same tone as Emma.
However, the voice said that she was not Emma.
Emma was also being scolded by Amelia while the voice spoke to me.
Is the voice like a ghost speaking to me through Emma?
A lot of questions remain about this.
Because the voice did not answer and is now gone.
I think I’ll have to find out next time.
But perhaps because my condition still looked bad, Camilla checked my condition.
” Edward, are you sure you’re okay..”
“ Yes, it’s okay.. ”
When Camilla heard my answer that it was okay, she sighed and said with an expression of disbelief.
” Haha.. I think this mother has pushed you too much.. Be sure to tell me when you feel like it. “
Camilla seemed to think I was having a hard time answering because I was still in shock about Lilith, so she didn’t seem to want to ask any more questions.
I wanted to tell everyone, including Camilla, the truth.
Because it seemed like if I ignored the voice’s advice, something truly irreversible would happen.
“ … Yes, I will definitely tell you next time, mother.. ”
The answer to the question was postponed until later.
“ Yes. And you probably want to be alone. Let’s go, Allen, Amelia. ”
After hearing my answer, Camilla nodded her head, and she tried to take the people in her room out of consideration for me.
” Yes? “I also have something to talk about with my brother..”
“ Yes, I understand, matriarch. Emma, come out with me. ”
” Ha, but.. “
” I will also guard the outside of the door so that Young master can be alone. “
There were some people who said there would be more in my room.
In the end, everyone left my room, either voluntarily or unwillingly.
Except for just one person.
“Ed..”
She was looking at me without leaving her face as if Charlotte Mann still had a lot to say.