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Translator: FusionX
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I had sensed soone outside the door a while ago.
I was talking to Lothos when I suddenly felt a presence. I quickly realized it was Adele.
She was probably here to talk to or to eavesdrop on our conversation. But I had simply given her a taste of her own dicine for forgetting what she had said last night.
While I wasn’t particularly upset, it was a bit much for her to say those things and then not rember anything.
I thought it was a sufficient punishnt.
Lothos seed surprised by my blunt words, but he chuckled softly when he heard the sound from outside the door.
He must have sensed soone was listening to our conversation.
He seed to have figured out who it was. He shrugged and looked at .
Lothos was quite perceptive.
He would have realized by now that I wouldn’t normally say such things. His gaze flickered between and the door before settling on again.
Lothos smiled faintly and spoke softly.
“Hmm, I thought you would say sothing like that. You wouldn’t lie about sothing like this.”
“There’s no need to lie about sothing like this.”
It wasn’t a lie.
I had always thought Adele was beautiful, I just hadn’t said it out loud. It wasn’t my concern how others interpreted it.
I realized how much my mindset had changed since my first regression.
Back then, I was searching for a place to die, desperately seeking a quick end.
But now, my heart, which I had thought was empty, was filled with unfamiliar emotions.
Should I view this as a positive change or a negative one?
Lost in thought, Lothos suddenly appeared in front of , covering his mouth with his hand as he whispered.
“You’re surprisingly mischievous. Did you say that on purpose?”
“…Half of it was intentional.”
“Hmm.”
He grinned, seemingly intrigued, and gave a thumbs-up.
He seed quite pleased with my actions.
When nobles did that, it was usually because they had witnessed a satisfying performance. Was he that satisfied with what I had just done?
Well, it was obvious how Adele and I would appear to an outsider.
A love story straight out of a novel.
If they didn’t know about the regressions and deaths, they would think spring had arrived in the North.
If my life were a play, I couldn’t be sure what kind of ending my current mindset was leading towards.
Was death a cody, or was my desire to survive a tragedy?
I would soon find out how my 101st life would end.
It was ironic.
My desire to live could lead to my own misfortune. It was a story that would be t with ridicule.
But it wasn’t sothing I could confide in anyone.
I looked at Lothos, who had a sly expression on his face, and chuckled wryly before walking towards the door.
I suddenly flung open the door, which had been radiating a presence for a while now, and saw a woman standing there.
As expected, she was looking at with a strange expression.
“Were you here all along?”
“It seems like you knew.”
“Well, I didn’t. Perhaps Lothos did.”
But I decided to put those thoughts about endings aside for now.
Hadn’t I co to the North to clear my head?
Trouble would find even if I didn’t seek it out. For now, I wanted to relax.
“Is that the attitude you learned from becoming Duke?”
“Attitude?”
“You’ve beco more cunning. You used to avoid my gaze, but now you’re teasing .”
The difference stemd from my changed mindset.
I had initially avoided Adele to prevent getting involved with her, but now I was envisioning a future where she wouldn’t die.
I was quite exhausted when I first regressed.
I desperately wanted to end the cycle, and my final wish had been for soone to kill .
“I’m more comfortable now. Compared to before.”
“You’ll be staging a rebellion if you get any more comfortable.”
“Who knows? I might even beco the Grand Duke soday.”
There was no need to be awkward.
Adele was alive and well, and there were no problems at this ti.
Trouble would arise in autumn, but for now, it was still spring.
Adele watched with a faint smile, then burst into laughter and shook her head.
Lothos had disappeared, and a strange silence filled the room, now only occupied by the two of us.
I probably wouldn’t be able to leave until tomorrow, so it was fine to stay with Adele until then.
But she seed hesitant to talk to , perhaps because of what had happened last night.
I was wondering if I should initiate the conversation when Adele finally spoke.
“I… I rember everything from last night. I thought about it earlier, and it seems I said a lot of strange things.”
“You rember everything now? I was a bit upset that you might not.”
I chuckled softly when she flinched at my words. It wasn’t a big deal. I just enjoyed teasing her.
And it was hard to stop when she reacted so amusingly to every word.
But I knew she was being sincere.
She had said she was upset and that she missed .
There was a reason for the saying, “Drunken words are sober thoughts.”
She must have said those things because she truly wanted to.
But it was her responsibility to deal with the embarrassnt.
Adele’s cheeks flushed as she looked at her hands, realizing she had clung to until I fell asleep.
“I think I should avoid drinking with you in the future. You wouldn’t be comfortable with being too honest, would you?”
“I wasn’t uncomfortable. It’s better than hiding it. You ca here because you wanted to apologize, so I would have said the sa things.”
I smiled brightly at Adele, who was still looking at , and continued.
“I missed you too.”
I hadn’t contacted her mostly because I was busy.
It was an excuse, but I had assud she would forget about it eventually. And I had thought the North would be busy at this ti of year. But her feelings had deepened more than I had expected. It was my fault in the end.
Adele cleared her throat, frowning at .
She always made that expression when she was embarrassed.
She disliked showing her embarrassnt to others, so I changed the subject.
We couldn’t stay like this forever.
She couldn’t keep being embarrassed about what happened last night. Adele seed relieved by the change in topic.
When I asked about the current situation in the North, she thought for a mont and replied briefly,
“It’s fine.”
If she said it was fine, it was probably fine.
But it wasn’t a completely positive answer, so I tilted my head slightly.
What could be wrong now that the subjugation of the barbarian tribes was complete?
Adele seed to have noticed my confusion and continued.
“The uncharted territory has been acting strange lately. Things that shouldn’t be there have appeared.”
“The uncharted territory… Are you talking about the masked figures?”
Adele’s eyes narrowed at my question.
She seed to be asking if I knew about them.
I nodded, and she touched her forehead, her lips moving silently.
She seed troubled by their presence.
They were botherso even if they weren’t actively doing anything.
“You knew about them too? They don’t seem to be doing anything, but they keep appearing. They shouldn’t be able to enter the uncharted territory, so I don’t know what they’re up to.”
“I’ve been investigating them as well. I was planning to continue my investigation after arriving in the North.”
“So that’s what you were discussing with Lothos earlier.”
I nodded.
I had a feeling the unrest occurring near the Taylor Dukedom might be related to the masked figures.
We still didn’t have any concrete information, so we could only rely on speculation for now.
We knew for sure that they were connected to Kaitel and the Four Dragons.
But it was unlikely they were trying to resurrect the Four Dragons.
Even Arwen had said it was highly improbable. It would be impossible without a mage more powerful than her.
“I’m still considering it. It would be easier if we had so clues, but right now, we can only search blindly.”
“Lothos didn’t seem to know much either. Do you need my help?”
“It’s alright. I can handle it alone. You have things to do, don’t you?”
Adele sighed again and frowned, looking at in frustration.
I was puzzled by her reaction, but then she touched her forehead and spoke.
“Are you planning to leave alone again? You said you rembered everything I said last night, but it seems like you’ve forgotten it all.”
“…I’m just saying you don’t have to help . You don’t need to misunderstand-”
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“I anticipated this, so I already took care of it. You seem to have forgotten, but I also rember the ti I spent with you.”
Adele tapped her head and smiled, pulling out a piece of paper from her pocket.
It was a tightly sealed scroll.
It had the Grand Duchess’s seal on it. It was one of the docunts classified as top secret, if I rembered correctly.
“I thought about why you ca to the North. I didn’t think you would co here just to see , so I looked into what you’ve been investigating lately.”
“…And you found out that I’m interested in the masked figures.”
“That’s right. I also found sothing related to them in my archives.”
Adele touched her smooth lips with her finger and smiled seductively, seeing my stunned expression.
She seed to have been waiting for this reaction.
She smiled softly and added,
“Didn’t I tell you? I won’t let you go.”
“…Haha.”
“At least not while you’re in the North. I’m not letting you go alone. Regardless of your wishes.”
Adele seed to be in a good mood.
Perhaps I had taken the bait.
But it wasn’t entirely bad for either.
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