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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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To the people of the empire, the moon was the most important existence.
There was even a theory that the person who received the power of the moon when the empire was founded was the emperor, and the na of the relic that started my regression was also the Moonstone.
Especially the full moon was considered the most noble and sacred among the moons, and the empire held festivals to celebrate this full moon.
That festival was called the Full Moon Festival.
In the sumr when the clearest sky could be seen, it was not an exaggeration to say it was a kind of founding day celebrating the birth of the empire while honoring the moon.
Thus, the festival began throughout the empire.
Naturally, even this place not far from the capital was no exception, and although it was gradually getting darker, the lights on the streets were becoming even brighter.
“From today, it’s the Full Moon Festival. I heard you will be participating.”
“Yes. I never went, so I should participate this ti.”
Considering my father’s mood was just a superficial reason.
Didn’t I have sothing else I wanted from this festival?
What had always been important in my regression was, of course, information.
In the beginning, I was caught off guard knowing nothing, but at so point, I collected information on my own and gathered the causes of my death.
The information collected that way had continued until now.
Whether it was assassination or a death instigated by soone, if it was death, it ant I could exclude the possibility myself.
Of course, many things had changed since entering this run, but what I had gathered so far was not just scraps of paper.
“By the way, His Grace the Duke seems to have taken a liking to you lately.”
“As he should. I’ve done sothing to deserve it.”
Not only did I find a way to gain sothing from dealing with Adele, but I also successfully cut ties with Violet.
Considering the indecisive attitude I had shown before the regression… it wouldn’t be wrong to say I had turned over a new leaf.
Because of that reason, my actions had beco freer, and I thought the connection I had gained with the saint in this turn was entirely because I had changed my mindset.
How nice it would have been if I had done this from the beginning. Then I wouldn’t be suffering like this now.
“When the festival starts, I’ll go out right away. If anyone asks, tell them I’m outside.”
“Understood.”
As Renold bowed his head and went out, my gaze turned towards the distant streets.
The alleys that had always been dark were now brightly lit with flas, and people were busy murmuring, waiting for the festival to begin soon.
A city filled with only light,
being close to the capital, its scale was considerable, so it was filled to the brim with people, leaving no gaps to be found.
It was not for nothing that the capital’s nickna was the City of Light.
Whether it was day or night, it was the only place that emitted a lofty light on this vast continent, thus earning that nickna.
The city symbolizing the light of the full moon always radiated a dazzling light that obscured even the stars.
When the pale light descended and touched that light, and at the sa ti, a curtain of light enveloped the city.
The shadows lost their way and scattered, and only this day could truly be called the Festival of Light, the Full Moon Festival.
“Jay will probably co here too.”
To be precise, she was soone who had been living in hiding from the beginning, but in this festival, she would be found as a corpse.
Naturally, my goal was to prevent that.
Although she presented herself as an alchemist,
in fact, Jay possessed information-gathering abilities that even the guilds in this empire could not match.
So much so that I regretted not discovering her sooner.
Perhaps it was because I found hope in Jay’s existence that my regression might end, which led to co to my senses and live like this.
Of course, I still had to die after that, but even so, that was no reason to let her die.
So if I were to list what I had to do in this Full Moon Festival, it would be to save that person nad Jay.
I couldn’t even enjoy this festival.
Rather, I retreated from the light into the shadows, engaging in covert activities that no one knew about, and a bitter smile ford at the thought that this was my life.
…Even in this bright city, at this mont, soone was facing the threat of death.
Even though it was so bright that even the shadows were dispelled, darkness still existed.
Should I say the emotion I felt now was close to discomfort?
Watching the full moon growing brighter and brighter, I quietly let out a sigh.
I could only hope that the night would co a little later.
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Yuria was assisting her father, who was hosting the Full Moon Festival.
Knowing that I would be participating in the Full Moon Festival, she probably wouldn’t say much even if I disappeared from the ducal estate.
It ant that even if I wandered around alone at this dawn, no one would suspect .
Then the only thing I needed to bring was a weapon for self-defense.
It would be difficult to obtain one from the ducal estate, but it would be sufficient to find one while wandering around.
I considered wearing a robe but took it off and threw it away, thinking it would stand out too much.
I could just dress like everyone else.
Not many people knew my face since I didn’t go out much.
As I left the ducal estate, a warm heat touched my skin.
The start of the Full Moon Festival was just a few minutes away, and fireworks would explode as the full moon obscured by clouds fully revealed itself.
Only then could the prelude to the festival be considered open.
‘It’s better to have a lot of people.’
It would be troubleso if I ran into soone I knew halfway.
As far as I rembered, neither Adriana nor Adele had ever participated in this festival, but Yuria started patrolling around from the middle.
If she discovered soone’s death while doing so… it could be said that my plan would be disrupted.
As such, my plan was to hide well among the crowds and move to my target destination.
Wasn’t there plenty of ti right now? Having saved him countless tis, I could just move as I always did.
Boom- Boom-
Drums beat, and trumpeters blew their trumpets as they walked the streets.
The flas created by magic, burning in various colors, beca stars and the Milky Way, adorning the pitch-black sky.
But that light should not be brighter than the moon.
Emitting only a humble light, expressing gratitude to the full moon that gave birth to the empire was the purpose of the Full Moon Festival.
I thought I had seen this sight quite often.
In the past, I would have been amazed and my eyes would have sparkled at this sight, but now it was just a tedious festival I had experienced hundreds of tis.
Didn’t I rember everything that happened and what incidents occurred?
Walking down this street, I always encountered the sa person.
As I twisted my body to turn, a child hurriedly ran through that gap.
It was a child who had always bumped into from so point on.
And if I lifted my foot here, there would be a piece of at soone had dropped under it.
Covered in blood, there was a ti when I was suspected of being the culprit who killed Jay after seeing the blood on my shoes.
They were all mories now.
I couldn’t say the process of being interrogated was a fond mory, though.
I had seen it so many tis that I was sick of it.
The whispering couple next to , the man staggering drunk.
I had already seen them countless tis. So there was no emotion.
Perhaps my feelings had dried up.
So might think I was a strange person.
Even though I was walking in the middle of this festival, I was looking for a weapons shop with only an expressionless face.
Nevertheless, I sotis found myself eerie for remaining indifferent.
When was the last ti I truly cried, even if I had smiled?
If I couldn’t even rember, I probably had to go back at least several dozen runs to find out.
Even with those thoughts, my steps still did not stop.
It was a familiar path, even if I walked without looking ahead while lost in thought.
There was a ti when I walked with my eyes closed, relying on my mory, but I arrived without bumping into anyone, right?
Taking wide strides and then narrowing them, avoiding the protruding stones.
Perhaps the mont I resigned myself to everything being the sa, I bumped into soone with a thud and was pushed back.
“Ah… I apologize. I was just thinking about sothing else for a mo-”
As I tried to apologize, a familiar voice reached my ears.
“I found you here. I’ve been looking for you for a while.”
And upon seeing the face, I blankly opened my mouth for a mont.
According to my mory, she was not soone I could see at this Full Moon Festival.
Why was the woman who should be minding her own business, not even paying attention to the capital around this ti, here?
Her silver hair, resembling moonlight, fluttered.
The ruler of the north, the sole one in the empire, wearing the fur-lined cloak she always swung.
Adele grinned at . Like a predator eyeing its prey.
A rather wicked smile hung on her noble face without a single scar.
Did she have business with ?
Around the ti that question crossed my mind, a chilling sensation ran down my spine as I suddenly recalled sothing.
“I clearly rember telling you to co to the north. What courage made you ignore my words? You’re just the son of a ducal family. I don’t think you’re the Taylor family itself.”
“…Would you believe if I said I had circumstances?”
“No, but I might believe you if you tell directly.”
I guess that was the problem. It seed I had underestimated Adele too much.
Among the rumors I had heard about her… there was a ti when she was called a ‘dog’ because she never let go once she was fixated on sothing.
So was I bitten by a dog now?
I was still looking at Adele with a calm expression, but I was quite flustered, to be honest.
Why was Adele here? She had never participated in the Full Moon Festival.
As my mories intertwined, my eyes narrowed at the sa ti.
“By the way, why did you co here?”
“Because I wanted to. Well, and to add one more reason to that.”
Saying that, she soon laughed softly and abruptly brought her face close to mine.
It was a distance where our breaths could touch.
Adele, who pulled by the neck suddenly forward, completely locking eyes with , reflecting each other’s pupils, smiled slightly.
“If I said I ca to see you, what would you answer?”
The face of the woman smiling seductively was simply beautiful, contrary to her notoriety.
Fair skin, contrasting red lips.
Judging by her attire, she was undoubtedly the guardian of the north, but her appearance alone could be called saintly.
Such a woman was smiling playfully. I, who had been dazed for a mont, ca to my senses and quietly retorted.
“…There’s no way. Let go.”
“Your reaction is too boring. I hoped you would at least blush.”
She must not have ant those words sincerely either, as she laughed and distanced herself. Then, tilting her head askew, she looked at my attire and opened her mouth.
“A man enjoying the festival alone, does our Taylor prince have so few female companions?”
“It hasn’t been long since I broke off my engagent, so what would people think if I were with another woman?”
“They would think he’s a capable fellow. Isn’t it strange to make a fuss about that?”
“You may think that way. Anyway, I’ll be on my way now. I have sothing I need to do…”
It was an attitude that didn’t suit a noble after all.
It wasn’t that I disliked it, but how should I put it?
Rather than her title as Grand Duchess, the rcenary leader Adele seed more familiar.
In fact, before becoming Grand Duchess, she had led a rcenary group, so it must have been natural.
Now, as I was about to leave to do my own thing, Adele stopped .
“I never said you could go.”
“…I have my own urgent matters to attend to.”
“If you were really busy, you wouldn’t have co here. The place Yuria Taylor would be is on the opposite side, and the ducal estate is far away. What’s so urgent?”
Maybe it wasn’t for nothing that she had risen to the position of Grand Duchess.
Adele, who had swiftly invalidated my excuse, continued.
“By the way, do you know much about the Full Moon Festival, Prince?”
“I know it well. I’ve seen it many tis.”
“That’s fortunate. Unfortunately, I don’t know much about this festival.”
“Is that so? I thought you would be like that. Haven’t you always been in the north?”
“I’ve been busy with work and war all the ti. So today, I ca all the way here to take a break in my own way.”
She answered with a casual smile.
But why was she telling this?
So I nodded and answered appropriately, but suddenly Adele held out her hand.
As if telling to place my hand on top of it, showing her palm.
“…What is it?”
“I told you, I don’t know much about the festival. You know the festival very well. Don’t you intend to escort the lady? I’m a bit disappointed.”
“You an, I should escort you, Grand Duchess.”
Then Adele nodded and waved her hand once.
Saying her arm was tired, she urged to hold it quickly, and I couldn’t help but laugh.
It was more of a hollow laugh, to be precise. Dumbfounded, I rubbed my face and asked again.
“…Didn’t I say I’m busy and need to go?”
“I know. But you can at least guide through the festival, can’t you? Or not?”
“What if I just leave? Do you plan to go back?”
“No.”
Was she going to kill ?
I was inwardly tense, but Adele was just rolling her eyes, contemplating her answer.
After a brief mont, she showed a rather serious expression and opened her mouth.
“I’ll be disappointed.”
Trendously.
Adding that, she waved her hand again.
I looked at her hand moving like a leaf swaying in the wind.
She had no intention of drawing her sword and would simply be disappointed.
It made doubt if she was really the Adele Igrit I knew.
But I couldn’t just stand there. Her face was starting to distort as she urged to answer.
Looking at her swaying hand, I finally held it, and Adele smiled slightly.
“Alright, then let’s go enjoy this Full Moon Festival or whatever it’s called.”
What was this all about? While inwardly dumbfounded and exasperated, I gauged the ti.
There was still ti until dawn.
So… it should be fine for a little while.
I felt like a nanny taking care of a child.
The problem might be that she was about 3 years older than .
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