101 – Luden(8)

The night before the entrance ceremony.

Elena, who was lying on the bed, was staring at the ceiling blankly, unable to close her eyes. I can’t help it because I can’t sleep even if I close my eyes. When you cover your eyes in the dark, the sound of Elena’s own heart that can be heard in her sensitive ears keeps waking her up.

If you want to know what makes your heart beat so fast, you already have the answer in your head.

If you count only the number of times, this is the third time you have entered the academy.

Is there anything to be excited about going through the same experience three times? You may think that, but there was a clear difference in the meaning of the first and second hours, and the school life that I will spend this time also has a different meaning from the previous times.

Every time time passes, it is a person who changes, but if it is enough to do everything in one person’s life, it is natural that there are many changes compared to the beginning. Elena recognizes that she has changed through regression and knows that the world around her has changed because of her.

Since the prerequisites have changed, what will happen in the future also changes.

This is like starting a completely new story rather than walking through a pre-determined story over and over again. This is the reason why she has expectations for her future school life even though she has returned.

“Above all, now that he’s by my side…”

Compared to her previous life, the biggest change for her is her relationship with Damian.

Unlike the previous life that started with each other pushing each other, now it was the exact opposite.

Now that she doesn’t have to worry about the world being destroyed like before, the most important thing for her is what kind of days she will spend with Damian, and how sweet life with him is, it’s clear from the experience of the past year. I knew.

For her, the stage of her new school life was one of the things she was most looking forward to.

Just as students entering school for the first time long for school life, so did Elena. Although there are memories from previous lives, they are not like the treasure chests of childhood that others take out as recollections.

The only things worth remembering were the memories with friends and Damian, but as always, the end was not so good. Sweetness is only for a moment, and after that, only bitterness remains.

But I think that’s why I have high expectations for the time now, which is different from before. Even she could not know how the time marked with painful and sad memories would change in the future, but Elena had no doubt that the time with Damian, which began in that uncertainty, would undoubtedly be happy.

As these thoughts lingered, my head was automatically filled with thoughts about Damian.

It reminds me of Damian, who swung his sword without fail even with the admission right in front of his nose. Even when he came to Luden, he seemed to be on edge about Eltman, but lately, he seemed to be more worried about what was to come than expected.

It’s not that he doesn’t understand it because he knows the future of the world, to be exact, his own future to some extent. If so, he could rely on the main character of the story he knew a little bit, but as of now, he always tries to shoulder everything himself.

“You don’t have to worry too much…”

After the engagement ceremony, I know that Damien’s training intensity has become stronger.

Even though what he has shown so far is enough to exceed the growth rate in the original history, since that day, Damian has been growing much faster than Elena thought, so perhaps it is not just nonsense that he achieves transcendence before he turns 20.

Elena was well aware that she was the cause of this accelerated growth.

He was a person who grew stronger the more things he held in his hands, so Elena, who had been watching him for a long time, couldn’t have known that he was going to solve the problems that befall Elena Edelweiss on her own.

It’s a shame because he thinks she’s Elena Edelweiss who doesn’t know anything. From the point of view of someone who knows everything, it’s clear that Damian’s every action was for Elena.

I am happy that Damian is working hard for himself, but when I see him, I feel uncomfortable because he seems to be working too hard on himself for this.

What she wants is happiness that comes true with Damian, not that it is okay if Damian suffers in the process. So it was just mere self-satisfaction.

Elena got up from her seat and stretched out her hand to extract a handful of the power from within her body.

A white lump of light, reminiscent of starlight in the night sky, emanates from her hand. A power completely different from the magical power possessed by humans. The divine power that is said to be manifested only in gods and those who believe in them is now placed on her hand.

This was not manifested because Elena was a devout believer, but it was Elena’s own power that was dormant in her body. To be precise, it was usurped from the original owner and planted in her body, but this is okay.

“bright.”

Originally, the divine power that radiated a dark black light like the darkness of the night could not be found as if it had been influenced by the current owner. The same ominous energy as before is not felt, and the appearance of the star shining steadily in the dark looks divine to match its name.

Even Elena herself, the owner of the power, did not know when this change took place. It is not clear whether it has become a wolf due to the influence of the owner over time, or if it has been since the time when the holy relic was touched to give it to Damian.

Fortunately, it should be said that his personality is completely different from before. If even a little bit of the previous appearance had remained, it would have been possible that Damian would have sensed this and jumped out of the room at the time of taking out the divine power.

Elena folded her hands and put the star back into her body.

It’s like you don’t have to be reluctant to use divinity like before that your nature has completely changed. Just because the nature she possessed did not change the total amount of that power, she knew best what she could do with this power, having fought against it.

From the moment she started using it in earnest, she wielded enough power to shudder at the world, but she had never brought it out in front of others.

Borrowing Damian’s expression, to talk about it…should I say it’s not probable?

No matter how genius a wizard is, it doesn’t make sense to suddenly deal with divine power one day. Rather, it would be more probable to reveal the realm that has been hidden so far. Either way, the result will be the same.

Had he known that he had this power, would he have relied on himself a little more?

Elena asked herself this question, but she already knew the answer.

Right now, even when we first met in our previous life, Elena was already a complete being as a wizard. She was clearly stronger than Damian and was not in a position to be protected by him. Even so, his actions are unchanged now and then.

Even if I told him one day that he could use divine power, his behavior would not change. because he is that kind of person

“Still, I want you to be happy in this life.”

If Damian is hoping for a better future for Elena, Elena is of the same mind. More than Damian, who saw what kind of future would come to Elena, Elena walked with him through the dark moments of that day.

When the long battle was over and he, who was slowly dying, was in her arms, Elena decided to return once more.

All the misfortunes he suffered were the result of his own immaturity, so he should have died, rather than died with the ruined world without receiving anything in return.

Elena quietly closed her eyes and engraved the feelings of that time into her heart once more.

A promise to make him happy only in this life.

***

“Helena…Helena stand up…”

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My consciousness, which had sunk deep, slowly begins to rise by his voice calling me. I lifted my heavy eyelids and opened my eyes, and he was in front of me. When I opened my eyes, he lowered his head, made eye contact with me, and spoke to me in a friendly voice.

“Elena? Did you sleep well?”

I replied by nodding my head at his words.

I woke up, but I didn’t want to wake up under the covers yet. This is the magical power of morning. Even if I wake up, the coziness of the blanket and the drowsiness that lingers on my body keep me tied to this place.

His golden eyes, reflected in the sunlight coming through the windows, seem to shine more with each passing day. Is it because I was in the dark until now? Or is it because I thought about him before going to sleep? I unconsciously reached for the light that suddenly appeared before my eyes. He was keeping his head down, so the distance was sufficient.

“uh.”

Before I knew it, I was holding his face in my arms. I couldn’t have the strength to pull him who had been trained by me in a situation where he wasn’t even strengthened with magical powers, but he realized my intentions and brought him to me.

He didn’t say anything and stayed still for a while. Then, as time passed, he supported my head with one arm, as if his posture became a little uncomfortable, and came up to the empty space beside me. The other arm that was empty comes up on top of me and hugs me. It was a hard arm that could not be compared to a soft blanket, but this side was more comfortable.

As we hugged each other, I asked him as he climbed onto the bed.

“Didn’t you come to wake me up?”

“Coming to think of it, I think I came too early. I need to get some sleep too. Even if it’s like this, Haley will come to wake me up in no time. Shall I wake you up?”

“No. I think I can sleep a little longer.”

I leaned in his arms and closed my eyes.

His gentle caress on my hair was like a mother singing a lullaby to her baby. It feels more cozy here than inside a well-dried blanket in the sun. But as I went to sleep like this, memories of last night came to mind. I also patted him on the back and called him to sleep.

“”Sleep””

“No, magic is against the law…”

“Hi-Hi.”

He was basically resistant to a fair amount of magic, but it wasn’t enough to withstand the magic I used myself.

Listening to his slow breathing, I closed my eyes again.

It was later that Haley, who came to the room afterward, saw this and scolded her.