237 – revolution
When the name of her previous life came out of Seira’s mouth, Lucia thought seriously.
‘Should I commit suicide?’
She had always thought negatively of people who took their own lives, but now she was able to understand their feelings strongly.
A destruction with no way to avoid it.
Instinctively, Lucia thought there was no way to escape from those brilliantly shining purple eyes.
As long as she keeps her mouth shut, Seira is a strong and noble archmage.
What is an Archmage?
It is a state beyond the pale that even the greatest scholars of the academy can never reach. Whether it was magical talent or lack of time to cultivate one’s skills, high intelligence was a prerequisite for becoming an archmage.
In other words, even though she looks like that, Seira is said to be highly intelligent.
On the other hand, Lucia’s intelligence, to put it mildly, is just average among academy freshmen. Therefore, it was impossible for Lucia to overcome Seira’s interrogation head-on.
but,
Even an earthworm squirms when stepped on, and even a cornered rat can bite a cat.
“What are you talking about?”
Lucia could not bear to commit suicide, so she did not back down even though she knew she was at a disadvantage.
“Are you sure Shiron is still acting like Kylie?”
Lucia tilted her head and asked back.
Since I couldn’t physically erase the memory, I decided to pretend not to know until the end.
“What are you doing?”
However, Seira did not fall for that shameless appearance. She crossed her arms and looked down at Lucia with narrowed eyes.
“What are you doing? It’s amazing that someone looked after it 500 years ago.”
“Are you going to keep pulling it out?”
“I have no idea what you’re saying, Seira. My name is Lucia Prien, not Kylie.”
“…I’m going to pretend not to know until the end, right?”
Seira sighed and touched her forehead.
“Nakseom.”
I flinch. Lucia’s shoulders trembled. Seira, not missing that reaction, opened her mouth again.
“Pacheon Muroe, Meteor Sword, Falling Falling Water, Ten Thousand Flowers, Cry Sirius.”
“…”
“It’s okay to shout out the name of a skill without using magic. If you assume that Prien is a family created by your descendants, so they learned swordsmanship, then it’s not hard to understand. But.”
Seira widened her eyes and pointed at Lucia, who was avoiding her gaze.
“You shouldn’t have used Meteor Sword in succession and then finished it off with Chobungken! If you’re going to hide it until the end, why don’t you at least give some variation to the combo?!”
Poke-poke- A finger without any calluses pricks the soft cheek.
“Are you still going to pretend not to know this? Huh? Is that all there is between us?!”
“…”
“And, because I was considerate of you, I let the little boy sleep. Not only that, but I also put a barrier on you so you can’t hear our conversation?”
“ha…”
Lucia sighed and glanced in Siron’s direction. There was Siron floating in the water like a corpse.
“Really… Siron can’t hear this conversation… right?”
“So? What on earth do you think of me? I am Seira, who has never lost to anyone with magic.”
“…Yeah, you’re great.”
Lucia, who slumped her shoulders in resignation, grabbed the finger that was poking her cheek.
Now that I’ve decided to acknowledge the fact that she’s Kylie, I’m not saying I won’t allow any more disrespectful behavior. This is because she and Seira did not get along well when she was alive.
But even so, Lucia sighed and stared at Seira.
“I’m Kylie. Are you okay?”
“…It would be better if you admitted it sooner.”
Seira looked pitiful towards Lucia, but soon burst into laughter.
It was unpleasant that he had been deceived all this time, and it was shameful that he had tried to deceive her about Kylie, but he was not at an age when his emotions were boiling over, and the experience he had accumulated over hundreds of years was not going anywhere.
Turning her back on Lucia, Seira hugged Shiron, who was soundly asleep.
“Isn’t it a bit out of place to have a leisurely conversation?”
Seira raised Kihara’s arm and pointed at the sea level.
*
secluded fishing village.
After taking the Shiron, the two returned to the inn where they stayed before going down to the sea floor. I vomited the salty water that had filled my lungs and dried my clothes with magic. After putting Shiron down on the bed that was finally made, Seira quietly closed the door and headed for the balcony.
“Somehow, they said he was too strong for his age.”
A table with hot black tea. Seira sat across from Lucia with her legs crossed.
“And, no matter how shy he is, he only acts awkwardly towards me, so I just assumed he was hated by an adolescent girl.”
“…whoop.”
“There was a reason for everything?”
Lucia stared silently at Seira, who had a triumphant expression on her face. I thought she would be angry because of her deception for having been deceived so far, but the former colleague she met seemed to be more happy than angry.
“Anyway, if you don’t want your true identity to be discovered, you should block the cause altogether rather than trying to reveal as little as possible. For Kylie, she used quite a bit of brainpower.”
“…”
“But, that is clumsy. If you didn’t want to be found out, you should have kicked me out or run away. How did you manage to keep living in the same house and think of hiding your identity?”
“…Still, wouldn’t five years have been quite a long time?”
“I’m sorry, but five years isn’t really a long time, is it?”
“…Yeah, I wish I was older.”
Lucia, who answered briefly, drank the contents of the teacup at once.
It wasn’t that I thought I wouldn’t be found out, but since nothing had happened for 5 years, I was at least worried about the possibility.
While eating together every day, going to and from school at the academy. It was because Seira seldom came out of the room.
No matter how long she stays in the annex, the only time she wakes up is when she needs to hang out with Siron or watch over Siriel’s training.
1 year ago? Knight John’s retirement ceremony helped Seira regain some vitality, but that didn’t mean she developed any special interest in Lucia.
“If you’re going to get angry, pour it out now. I’m prepared.”
“But I’m glad I still feel guilty about cheating. If I had continued to act so shamelessly, I would have gotten a few hits.”
Seira erased her smile and stared at Lucia.
“Why did you trick me?”
“You mean I’ll hit you?”
“Anyway, it won’t hurt even if I hit you. So, let’s find out why.”
Since we had met for the first time in 500 years, there were many things to ask and many things to tell, but there was an order to them.
An extension of the story left untold in the deep sea. Some time had passed and the spark of emotion had diminished, but it had not yet completely burned out and become ashes.
Still, weren’t they colleagues who entrusted their lives to each other?
Lucia knew this too, so she bit her lip and closed her eyes tightly.
“It started because there was a threat to my life.”
“life?”
“Do you know that Yuma is alive?”
“I know. But why?”
Seira thought of the devil in a remote castle in a storm.
“Last time I saw you, you had changed your mind, right? You are so corrupted by motherly love that you are such an arrogant prodigal woman that you even dare to challenge the young master. You deserve to be punished for threatening your life… Damn!”
“What’s your tone…”
Lucia couldn’t understand Seira’s sudden excitement, but she didn’t want to get involved in it.
Although Yuma said that her personality has become much worse than before, she was only an 8-year-old child when she first met her.
Danjeon’s mana was so small that he didn’t have time to look around to think about why there were descendants he never gave birth to.
“Hmm, anyway. Then there’s no reason not to reveal it now. Aren’t you already stronger than Yuma?”
“…So I already revealed that I was on my way.”
“what?”
“You mean Yuma. He already knows who I am.”
“Then what… why didn’t you tell me?”
Bang – Seira hit the table. At first, I tried to behave in a lenient manner like an elder, but as I listened to it, I thought it was too much and I had no choice but to show my disappointment.
“You were my teammate. Yura, Andrzej, Vinella… even though they all died. Don’t you remember the adventures we had together? But how could you tell Yuma and not me?”
“Hey, Sayra.”
Sigh- Lucia sighed.
“Have you forgotten everything?”
The reason why Seira was annoying.
When the bad memories came to mind, my nerves sharpened. Even after knowing that her comrade was alive after 500 years, Lucia felt very uncomfortable with Seira.
Kylie is cool, proud, and strong enough that no one can surpass her.
Lucia is strong, but she’s so fierce and stubborn that anyone can make friends…
It wasn’t because of my behavior after reincarnation, where I acted like a jerk.
The shame that came from such a difference in perception was nothing compared to what happened in the past.
Even though I felt sympathy for my colleague who appeared after 500 years because he was cursed by a demon god and lived a life no better than a disabled person, the reason why I couldn’t reveal his identity and open up…
“Don’t you remember what you did last time?”
Phew – a happy sigh reached Seira. Lucia’s eyes towards Seira were already filled with tears.
“Yu-ra died because of you, right?”