A Foolish Boy
"Young Master!!!"
The girl cried out as she rushed towards .
She spread her arms as she got closer and embraced tightly.
"Oof...!"
Unfortunately, with my average physical stat being less than D-, I couldn't even withstand the charge of this frail girl.
Thud!
With a loud noise, my body fell backward.
But the girl held onto tightly, as if determined not to let go.
"Uh, uh...?"
My mind went blank for a mont, taken aback by the sudden event.
As I let out a dumbfounded sound, I felt my chest becoming damp.
"Sniff..."
"......?"
I looked down and saw the girl burying her face in my chest, shedding tears.
She asked in a trembling voice,
"Y-Young Master... Is it really you...? Is this a dream...?"
By Young Master, she must an Raiden...?
And I'm Raiden now...
"Uh, yes... I think so...?"
As I answered with a slightly unsure voice, the maid's sobs grew louder.
"Sob... Young Master, I was so worried..."
"Ah, um... Yes."
Unsure how to react, I gently patted the crying girl's back.
She flinched and looked up at .
"Sniff... Is it really you, Young Master?"
"Um, yes..."
I seed to be repeating "Ah, um, yes" over and over again, but I couldn't help it.
I didn't know this girl at all.
I wasn't even sure if she appeared in the original story.
Even if she did, I could hardly rember the nas of the supporting characters, let alone a maid from the Lishite family.
'What... What should I do...?'
As I panicked,
The chanical sound, which I was getting used to, rang in my ears once again.
At the sa ti, a blue window appeared in front of .
-Ding!
[Synchronization, a possession perk, is starting!]
[Synchronization]
The user's mories will be synchronized with Raiden Lishite's.
You will inherit all the mories that Raiden Lishite experienced.
[※Warning※]
You may experience dizziness due to the vast amount of mories and emotional overflow.
You may experience status ailnts such as fainting, vomiting, or ntal instability due to the shock.
Only mories are transferred through the possession perk. It does not affect the user's emotions in any way.
[Please rember what this system said when we first t.]
[You may not understand it now, but you will eventually.]
"What...?"
Wait, suddenly?
What is all this?
Fainting, vomiting, ntal instability...?
And what does it an that I will eventually understand?
Damn it, if you're going to explain, at least do it properly...
[Synchronization starting.]
"Ugh...!?"
As the notification of synchronization starting appeared, a severe headache struck .
At the sa ti, countless fragnts of mories began to pour into my mind.
-Raiden, you're awake.
-Brother! Let's go together!
-Young Master! You need to take your books!!
-Even though it's an arranged engagent, I think I'm okay with it...
-Correct again! Excellent, student Raiden!
Voices and scenes flashed by like a fast-forwarded film.
They were scenes I had never experienced in my life, voices I had never heard before.
These were Raiden Lishite's mories...
"Ugh...!!"
"Y-Young Master...?"
The pain intensified as more mories flowed in.
My whole body trembled with a bizarre sensation as if the top of my head had been opened and my brain was being stirred.
-......I'm disappointed, Raiden.
-Brother... Why have you changed so much?
-Y-Young Master......
-Forget about the engagent. I don't love you anymore.
-Harassing commoner students again. This is a warning, student Raiden.
The voices that were warm just a mont ago gradually turned cold.
At the sa ti, my heart raced, and my chest ached.
A sharp, painful emotion washed over .
Guilt, lethargy, despair, all mixed together to form a familiar pain.
Is this emotion... what my body, Raiden, is feeling...?
Wait a minute. The status window definitely said sothing earlier...
I couldn't rember.
Only a dizzying headache dominated my mind.
It felt like my head was going to explode.
"Ugh! Aaagh!!"
"Young Master!"
A scream escaped my lips.
Even though the transfer of mories had ended, the ringing in my head showed no signs of stopping.
Amplified by Raiden's emotions, the mories infected , reflecting the past.
-Ding!
[You are afflicted with the status ailnt (Trauma) due to the backlash of mory transfer!]
-"Kim Naru, national team representative? Isn't he a total fraud?"
-"Honestly, he got to the finals because of luck lol"
-"Did you see him get completely destroyed in the finals without landing a single hit? Seriously, even I could do better lol"
The comnts from the finals video, filled with mockery and malice, turned into voices that pierced my ears.
Words that denied, ridiculed, and belittled my life pierced my heart.
As I gasped for breath with a constricted throat,
The nightmare of that day replayed once again.
-"I don't understand."
My father's voice.
A cold voice, devoid of any warmth.
I couldn't breathe.
My throat felt choked, as if my lungs were refusing to take in air.
"Gasp, cough...!"
Just as my vision blurred,
A clear chanical sound pierced through everything and reached .
-Ding!
[Skill 'Iron Will' resists the status ailnt (Trauma)!]
[Status ailnt (Trauma) is nullified!]
"Cough...! Huff... Huff..."
As the ringing in my head disappeared, my rigid breathing returned.
My vision felt a bit clearer, but my body was still twitching and convulsing.
That chilling sensation made my mind go blank.
As I gasped for breath, trying to calm my pounding heart, the maid who was clinging to leaned in.
"Young Master...! What's wrong with you all of a sudden...!!"
She was panicking, probably because she saw gasping for air.
She looked so cute, not knowing what to do and shedding tears.
I quietly reached out and wiped the girl's cheeks.
"Young... Master?"
To calm her down, I called her na softly.
"Calm down, Rachel."
Rachel.
The maid who had been by Raiden's side since childhood.
The loyal retainer who remained devoted even after Raiden beca a delinquent.
And my precious... friend.
"Young Master...?"
"Yes, Rachel. I'm here. I'm back..."
At those words, the girl burst into tears once more.
With a complicated heart, I gazed at the watery trails running down her face.
However, my lancholic gaze was cut short.
A sudden blue screen appeared, blocking the space between her and .
-Ding!
[Due to extre ntal exhaustion, you are entering the status ailnt (Faint).]
"Wait, what...?"
This damn...
Thud. My consciousness was cut off without a chance to resist.
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