Chapter 299: Yet Another Reunion
That day, for the first ti in my two lives, I gained an important soone.
You might wonder what I was going on about this early in the morning, but simply put, I ultimately failed to down the violent emotions that returned along with my old form.
However, Cortina was not the only person with whom I had to patch things up. There was one more. And Cortina was aware of that as well.
She was the one to ntion it first.
“Actually, have you t with Finia already?”
“No…”
As she lay sprawled in the bed, Cortina ntioned that other person. She, who had seen my death with her own eyes, was feeling responsible for it, was soone with whom I had to patch things up just like Cortina.
Cortina was lying face-down, not eting my gaze for so reason. I gently stroked her head while enjoying the lingering mory of what had occurred a short mont ago.
“I have to indeed et her too, but after what we just did… It feels, y’know?”
“You have to et her, okay? While her state did improve lately, she still feels so sense of responsibility. The reason she is so excessively loyal to Nicole is probably due to that as well.”
“Really?”
“And, well, if it’s her, I will allow you to cheat a little.”
“Oh, so you’re not gonna stop from cheating?”
“Hey, don’t put it like that.”
She raised her head and threw a pillow at my joke. The sweet air started drifting around.
Thanks to that, my tension also went away.
Still, I could not forget that I was on restricted ti here. I only had a few hours left. What she said was on point.
“Well, since I got your permission, guess I don’t need to hold back anymore.”
“I’ll say it just in case, but I only allow it with Finia, okay!”
“Got it, got it.”
“You didn’t notice this, but there were a lot of girls aiming for you, you know.”
“Well, I started to notice that lately.”
She didn’t seem willing to part with , but there was Finia too, so she was holding back. That was just how dear she thought of Finia.
While realizing her emotions, I started to put on my equipnt. When I put on my coat and took up my gauntlets, Cortina raised a surprised voice as if she noticed sothing.
“Huh, those gauntlets… Did they always look like that?”
“Huuh!?”
While we were engaged physically, I had my gauntlets removed. As the magic power supply was cut, the illusion spell got removed and revealed their true design.
I quickly hid my gauntlets behind.
“I-It must be due to light, surely.”
“Really now… In any case, you’ll co again after two months, right?”
“Yeah, I could manage in one month if I try, but that thing’s really tough to do.”
“I’m fine as long as I know you are safe and sound. But I wish you’d write letters at least.”
“I’m a poor writer… But I’ll try what I can.”
“Whenever you say that, you always et my expectations.”
“No, well, this is one thing I can’t help, okay?”
Writing her would be really problematic for .
Cortina was my horoom teacher ever since I enrolled in the Magic Academy. In other words, she knew all about my writing style. Since my hands differed in size from my previous life, she didn’t recognize it, but this ti, she’d expect my handwriting to look like Reid’s. It could get exposed.
“A-Anyway, I have no ti now, so I’ll go to Finia’s side.”
“Be gentle with her, you clumsy brute.”
“Wait what!?”
She sent out with those words probably to relieve of my stress.
I headed to Maxwell’s mansion, looking forward to eting Finia. Maxwell knew I was at Cortina’s, so he should have kept Finia at his mansion.
As I arrived there, I received a Telepath communication from Maxwell. This spell sent ssages to the designated individual at long range, allowing communication. Apparently, the Telepathic spell that the Adventurer’s Guild used was developed from this spell too.
“You finally ca, Reid. Did everything go well?”
“Maxwell? That was a quick reaction.”
“I was using Life Search. I set it to notice the nearby presences.”
“What about Finia?”
“She has finished cleaning and is taking a rest now.”
“That’s great. I was thinking of saying hi to her.”
“My role was to hold her here. Rest is up to you.”
Based on his words, Finia would soon leave the house. Instead of eting her inside the mansion, it was better to do it outside. There would be fewer distractions too.
After judging so and waiting outside for a while, Finia opened the door and walked out while bowing her head. She was probably thanking Maxwell after getting paid for her work.
After putting the money pouch in her shoulder bag, she started walking with an unusually cheery expression.
Her bag seed quite swollen. It should have been quite heavy considering how dainty she was.
I erased my presence, snuck behind her, and spoke to give her a scare.
“Your luggage looks heavy, young lady. May I carry it for you?”
“Hwah!?
She let out a silly voice and turned around in a hurry.
Then, seeing , her eyes went wide. Her reaction was much like Cortina’s.
I gave her an affected, respectful bow. This was sothing I learned at the academy.
Given that nobles also attended it, etiquette classes were also included in the curriculum.
“I-It can’t be… Lord… Reid?”
“It has been a while. You’ve grown so big I hardly recognized you.”
I gently brushed her head as she stood stiffened. After about twenty years, I stood before her as Reid for the first ti.
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