>>Amber
My face was burning red as I opened the journal to see what was inside. What the hell is up with Hael!?
I paused once I opened the book.
What the hell?
I flipped through the pages.
What’s the aning of this? I flipped the pages frantically back and forth but nothing made sense.
It was blank.
I flipped till the end of the book but not a single page had anything written on it.
...
I stared at it with my mouth open. Then it clicked in my mind. Is this one of those books that can’t be accessed by anyone else but the owner? "Tch" I clicked my tongue in annoyance and closed the book.
Then opened it again
Still nothing
"Shit," I’m right. I’m sure no one other than Hael can read what’s written inside. I closed it again and put it back in the bookshelf.
This just makes way more curious about what he was reading. I walked in the room randomly.
What could possibly be making him smile? He said it’s the Tower Master’s journal. Did a previous master leave in so weird joke? So advice? A spell?
The bedroom door opened again, "My Lady," Hael called out to and I paused.
"I told you to call by my na," I turned to look at him with my arms folded.
"Yes," He stood in the doorfra, "I did think about it just now. But I don’t like it."
I gasped, "You don’t like my na?" I was flabbergasted.
"No," He was surprised by , "I don’t like calling you what everyone else calls you."
???
I stared at him in silence for a mont
"But ’My Lady’ is what you said when you were a servant," A slave to be exact, "Doesn’t it bother you to still say that?"
"No," He didn’t hesitate at all, "Does it bother you?"
"Sort of..." I shrugged
"Hmmm, I liked it though."
Does he want sothing only he can call ?
...
I don’t mind that. Infact, I like the sound of that.
"Well, how about you think of sothing else." I said, "If you don’t want to call by my na, you can choose sothing else."
He thought about it, then smiled, "Alright,"
I smiled back, "What did you want to tell ?"
"The King has summoned us,"
I paused, then rolled my eyes
"Great," I extended my hand to him before he even asked for it. I didn’t think much deeply about it, I just trusted him to take my hand and take with him when he teleports. But it seed to catch his attention. Seeing my outstretched hand, his smile widened. He moved forward and took my hand in his. Sliding his palm in gently.
!!
I felt his touch more today. Once he had slipped his hand in mine, he wrapped his fingers around them.
I looked at him with a confused frown, but before I could ask him what he was doing, he brought my hand up to his lips and kissed the back of my hand
!?!??!?
"Let’s go," He whispered
I was baffled out of my mind. My cheeks flushed as he pulled close and summoned a teleportation circle under us.
"Hael!" I looked at him and he turned his head to , "What-" The magic flashed, making close my eyes in response. When we reached the palace gates, and the magic faded, I opened my eyes again to look at him.
"Hael!" I had to ask him. He was being very ’different’ today, "Why did you do that?"
He slipped his hand away from my waist, "Did what?" And began to walk ahead
"You’ve been very touchy today," I followed him
"Hmmm," He played innocent, "Have I?"
"Hael," I brought my index finger up, "Don’t play with !" I tried to warn him but he just chuckled lightly at my remark. It was a soft laughter and seeing that made stop dead in my path with my eyes wide open.
I was stunned.
The sound a low, warm rumble that seed to reverberate through the air.
Oh My God
My heart jumped, skipping a beat as I took in his expression. It was as if ti had slowed down, Then my heart rate rose
Has Hael ever laughed like that? I felt a strange, fluttering sensation in my chest, a mix of surprise, joy, and sothing deeper that I couldn’t quite na. He had always been composed, almost distant, but now he looked so different—so human and approachable.
It was hard to believe
The sight of his genuine smile made my own lips curve upwards in response. I realized I had been holding my breath, and I let it out slowly
Hael stopped a few steps ahead of , "Is sothing wrong?" He asked as he looked back at and I shook my head at him.
I didn’t want him to get conscious of this, so I didn’t tell him. I want to ask him about his actions so bad, but I’ll let it slide for today.
I walked up to him, "Let’s go," And I kept walking, "I don’t want to stay in this place for long." He joined and for a few seconds, we walked in silence.
My heart didn’t calm down imdiately. I wanted to burn the mory of his soft laughter in my mind. After all, it was the first ti I had seen him laugh like that.
"Sothing on your mind?" He asked
I glanced at him, "Why is it blank?" I picked another topic to pursue.
"What is blank?"
"The Journal you were reading," I said, "I opened it, but it was blank."
"Because it’s only for the tower master." He kept his head straight as we walked, "No one else can access that." I knew my hunch was right.
"So, there won’t be a point in stealing it?" I asked
"It can’t be stolen." He said sothing unexpected.
"Huh?" It can’t be stolen, "What do you an?"
"It’s enchanted to stay here in the Magic Tower. If you try to take it out. It’ll co back on its own."
"Woah...."
These Magic Masters sure have done weird things. Why safeguard the book so much?
...
"Are there secrets in there," I asked hesitantly, "Or sothing?"
"There are definitely things in there that normal people shouldn’t know."
"Like?"
"Like," He turned his head to look at , "People like you,"
???
I was a little confused, but he answered for , "Transmigrators,"
"OH!" Right. He believed because he had read about that in the book, "Anything else?"
"The rest is a secret."
I pouted, "That’s not fair,’
He smiled at my action which made my heart skip a beat again
!!!
I turned my face away as my cheeks flushed
God!
What the hell happened to him? His smiles are so soft today. Unlike what he usually keeps on, today it felt like he was genuinely smiling.
***
"You said you can reach her again if you go see Illaris again." Hael and I had entered the King’s palace. We were walking through the corridors, making our way to the Throne room.
I nodded, "But I fear Illaris is going to die soon." I let out a soft sigh, "Honestly, when I saw her in the glass case, her condition didn’t look good." We crossed the intersecting hallways and Hael caught the sight of soone, then looked away. I was going to turn my face to look at what he had seen but before I could, he asked a question that made look at him.
"So what if she dies?" He said
"Hael! That’s a person!" I looked at him in horror, "And if she dies, we won’t have a trigger to reach Rosie."
"She’s not the only trigger." Hael said, "You just need a trigger, not specifically her."
"What else can we use?" I asked
"We can use the sa person who woke you up."
"... You’re right..." I didn’t think of that at all, "But, can Archmage Loid do that?"
"I’m sure he can. He’s an archmage."
"Hmmm," I nodded as I thought about it, "I want to et her again." I said, "There are many things I want to ask."
"Asking Loid would be better," He said, "When you enter the subliminal state, you’re vulnerable. I would like to have you by my side rather than anywhere else."
...
I pursed my lips trying to stop myself from smiling like an idiot.
I an co on! Doesn’t his words imply that he’s protective over ??! This can’t an anything else!!
I spared him a glance. He had his eyes ahead
Co to think of it. He knew stuff about ti rewinding, maybe he knows more.
"Hael?"
"Yes?" He answered softly, making delusion. Does he only talk to like that? There isn’t anyone else, right?
"You ntioned about the rewinding, and talked about the perforr and the requestor."
"Yes?"
"What more do you know about it?"
"Is there sothing you are curious about?"
"You said the perforr pays with their life," I asked and he gave a nod, "When does the perforr die then? When they perform the whole thing? Or after?"
"From what I read, the perforr dies after they’ve crossed the ti of the original tiline."
"What does that an?" I was a little confused
"I’ll give you an easy example. Let’s say the original tiline was reset on Monday 734 of the imperial year, sowhere in winter, take any month."
"Yes?"
"Once we cross that ti, the perforr will die, because that’s when the spell is complete."
"Oh~" I nodded
Wait
This is the year 734
And I’m sure we haven’t crossed the original tiline yet. Rosie said the miasma had taken over most of the world. That hasn’t happened yet.
That ans the perforr must be alive.
But, will he or she die soon enough then?
I looked at Hael
I wonder who the perforr is?
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