116 – For your happy ending (2)

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“I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. You’re really crazy.”

“I’ll take that as a compliment.”

The alchemist’s hand on my head.

Red starlight passed between her hands and my head, giving her memories of the world.

The alchemist looked down at me and frowned.

She opened her mouth a few times and then shook her head at me.

“I’m not admiring you. Do you know how dangerous this is?”

… shit. got caught After all, the legendary alchemist seems to have no secrets.

Seeing my expression, the alchemist opened his mouth wide and grabbed my head.

“It wasn’t just once or twice, it wasn’t enough that it was reincarnated several times… As soon as I was born, because of the huge amount of memories, my brain was properly overloaded, so I can’t be sane… No.”

The alchemist paused for a moment. He looked at me and immediately tilted his head.

“how…?”

“Why?”

He smiled lightly at the alchemist and looked at her.

“If you’re sane, you’ve already left it somewhere.”

Over 20 years of life on Earth.

During that long time, I realized what the feeling of love was that I had longed for.

by just one girl. thanks to her

It was horrible, but more than that, it is a sweet memory and a memory.

… for me

Lily, who poured out a lethal dose of love to me, who did not even feel the slightest bit of love.

“By the way, one day, if that kind of person suddenly dies… what do you think would happen?”

“…You already had a screw missing when you met me.”

A movement that longs for survival as a living being, that we have to survive. Also called survival instinct.

“Someone I love died right in front of my eyes. Horrifyingly, too.”

But can I stretch out my hand towards life?

ha.

The alchemist, who was silently looking at my faint smile, sighed.

“A normal person would have struggled to survive under the enormous pressure and lost their ego and become a semi-asshole.

“Then everything’s okay.”

Cheer.

The alchemist started glaring at my lips, which were just carefree.

“Even so, is it true that the memory capacity that humans can accept is exceeded? In that state, you will not live long.”

I know. That’s 10 years at most.

How can I not know my physical condition when I have reached this level?

“On top of that, if you practice those skills with that young body, your heart won’t do its job soon enough? That’s why I said it. It’s crazy.”

“…Are you worried?”

As I said that, my eyebrows twitched, and as if I was dumbfounded, I let out a short sigh.

“No, ha…yeah. I’m worried. How can I not be worried that the hero I’ve chosen is destined to be short-lived?”

“Don’t worry. I’ve thought of a way to replace it to some extent.”

That is the reason why he silently accepted information about this world.

If I die too soon, Lily won’t be very sad.

“Well, if you need to, you are there too.”

“…Even if that’s the case, you won’t outlive that princess. How will you survive longer than a princess who has abundant magical power and even ingested the elixir?”

“that….”

“that?”

“Let’s think about it then. To be honest, I’m not sure about that.”

The alchemist’s eyes trembled, and soon after, he started shouting at me.

“Are you really crazy?! Ha…! You should have recognized me when I laughed even when my eyes were plucked out!”

“If you get angry like that, will you have a short life like me?”

Quick.

Tendons sprouted from the alchemist’s forehead.

“Do you think I’m a human like you?! I’m short-lived…! No, no… Hehe, what am I talking to you about?”

As if struggling with a sigh, he rolled his eyes a few times and told me not to forget.

“My name. Iris. In other words, call me Iris. Later, when the day comes when you really finish everything perfectly and marry the princess, call me by my name. It doesn’t matter in any way.”

Then he waved his hand and signaled to leave.

“Then go now, because talking to you makes me feel like I’m getting old too.”

“So, are you taking good care of yourself? And…”

“…?”

“Thank you. This and that. If it wasn’t for you… I wouldn’t have been able to do it.”

“…if you can’t speak.”

They grumble and seem to be looking at me, as if they are not looking at me. The alchemist’s sad eyes approached me quite vaguely.

… Somehow, I feel as if I have truly become a human in this world.

Not bad.

* * * *

A night when everyone is asleep.

A time when even the drinker stopped looking around the world due to drowsy fatigue.

On the outside, I found a commoner’s house that doesn’t seem to be prepared for any crime prevention.

trudge.

profit.

Footsteps and wooden sounds made blatantly in the hopes that they would be heard properly.

As soon as the door opened, two bright yellow eyes greeted me, and she reached out to me.

“Impre…wow?!”

… There’s no way, try to win someone.

Although it is a very short time, the difference in power is so overwhelming that both can clearly perceive it.

I very leisurely shut Selina’s mouth and thrust the white night at the nape of her neck.

“…Huh, Eup….”

Selina’s eyes glow with fear, and she begins to tremble.

A phenomenon in which the body does not move in fear even though it knows that it must resist.

Considering her background, it’s unlikely that anyone else is living in this family home.

From Selina’s point of view, she must have felt that she was destined to be attacked by an assailant with formidable force.

‘It was still at this time, the time of innocence.’

Unlike Selina, who glared at me viciously right before she died, she was already tearful and afraid.

Since I have the book that preserves Selina’s memories, she is the very first. This is Selina before the experience of regression.

I didn’t want to delay, so I whispered softly into her ear.

“Selina. Selina Callie.”

“…!!”

Her eyes fluctuated as if an earthquake had occurred.

In front of Selina’s eyes, I held out a familiar book to her and said,

A book that I had seen, in addition to the story of her life.

“…read.”

* * * *

“…Can you explain what happened?”

The attitude from a moment ago is nowhere to be found, and he is glaring at me proudly.

Even so, the nervousness was evident, and it seemed that he understood deep in his bones that no matter how much he regained his memory, he would not have the ability to defeat me.

“Selina.”

gulp. The sound of Selina’s drooling.

“How can you not convince only one Cindy to be your concubine?”

“…What?”

Did you get lost or did you not understand what I was talking about? His eyebrows furrowed to the limit, suggesting that he did not understand.

“…oh!”

I said as I snatched from her arms ＜Academy Demon God Subjugation＞ with my notes added following her notes.

“Once I read this, I got it.”

“What do you mean?”

“A servant cannot enter a place where academy students are gathered without permission.”

Of course, this is not a story I learned from reading this book.

It’s a story about school rules that you take for granted as a student at the academy.

Selina looked at me, still questioning her face.

“The time you met and persuaded Ian was the time you were away to prepare Ian’s lunch box.”

Only then did Selina realize who I was talking about.

“You, now…!”

“Yes Selina. Cindy. As for Ian’s maid, Cindy, no matter where I looked in this book, I couldn’t find a phrase saying he betrayed you.”

“…That said, where’s the law saying that bitch shouldn’t reject me when she finds out the truth?”

“no.”

“What?’

“No.”

fast.

Selina starts glaring at me, gnashing her teeth.

In the sense of calming down, he pressed the midnight sun to the nape of Selina’s neck and continued.

“However, there are plenty of possibilities that make sense.”

There was one very big difference between Cindy and the rest of the heroines.

An explanation of when, how, and why he fell in love with Ian.

Other heroines fell in love for one reason or another, but Cindy was different.

“Ian, whom I’ve taken care of since I was little, becomes a dignified man, and falls in love with him despite his status as a lady-in-waiting. So I’m secretly trying to share Ian’s warmth so that he won’t be found out.”

“…So Ian will eventually accept it.”

Selina clicks her tongue, telling her not to let her have imaginations she doesn’t even want to think about.

He smiled mischievously at her.

The innocence of love may be different, but I think the dirt of humanity is the same.

“Let’s use that. Selina.”

“What?”

“I’ll block all the other girls from approaching. I’ll help you connect with Ian. The kiss from Ian you received before you died… wasn’t it sweet enough to die for?”

“…”

Selina’s eyes widened greatly.

“Embrace Cindy on your side first. Then, make a promise in advance, and if you get connected with Ian, I’ll try to convince you to accept Cindy as your concubine.”

In other words, what I wanted to convey was this.

in short… .

“…Everything, hide it and use it?”

Selina looks at me dumbfounded.

In response, I shook my head with a shameless smile.

“Could you please refrain from using the word ‘use’ which is unpleasant to hear?

“Consider the background of a woman named Cindy. Does Cindy really think that she could hook up with Ian? No, she couldn’t. Then she wouldn’t be secretly coveting Ian’s lips at night.”

“But you showed up right there and gave Cindy a rope. Cindy had to just look at the rope that could reach Ian.”

“That way, there’s no reason for Cindy to cut in the line while you’re gone, and Cindy will act as an informant or a barrier, blocking other women from approaching Ian.”

Silence lasted for a while.

Within minutes, Selina opened her mouth.

“But Ian with another woman…”

Of course, there was no way I would let those words that started with negation go unnoticed.

“Think about it, Selina. The drunk isn’t on your side anyway. You should know that.”

“…Ugh.”

“She is the only woman who has never betrayed you. Besides, she must be a concubine who will listen to you very well.”

Yes, Selina is alone now.

No comrades, no one to rely on. Even my mother used her.

A situation in which overwhelming force must be the basis for maintaining the world’s wicked woman.

For Selina now, the basis of that overwhelming power has disappeared.

He approached her and whispered.

“You know. Ian Cedric…he hasn’t had sex with a woman at any time yet. But you can embrace that body, and that seed, in your own body?”

“…!!!”

If Selina had been an ordinary woman, this kind of persuasion would not have worked.

However, she is a woman who harbors feelings of love that are quite out of sync.

“If you were to be kind to me a little after you drank all the sweet water, Ian as well as Cindy would thank you for allowing her and become more devoted to you?”

“…What do you want from me?”

Finally, I asked for bait.

“It’s nothing.”

I said, handing Selina some of the things I brought.

“Double espionage and dying once. That’s enough.”

“uh…?”

“Wouldn’t this be necessary if we were to face each other as colleagues?”

There was a bit of fear in Selina’s eyes as she looked at me.

“I told you that if you touch my woman, I’ll kill you. I have to atone.”

It’s a story I heard later.

Seeing my smile illuminated by the moonlight that day, he thought that he should never turn her into an enemy.

* * * *

“For that reason, I will tell Ian in advance, so don’t worry.”

“okay.”

“Oh right.”

“…And why?”

More tension than annoyance.

The fact that I am the only person in this world to trust must be annoying.

“Tell your Porras that the owner of the Midnight Sun is wandering the southern forests of the empire. If possible, call Bifrons as well. And…”

“and…?”

“Burn that book now.”

“What?”

“There’s nothing good about who knows, right? There’s no law telling you not to be found out by the Demon God.”

“Um…”

When Selina hesitated, he gave her a push on the back.

It’s okay for me to pick her up, but in this situation, it would be more appropriate to give her a choice and build her trust in me.

Rather than psychology… I just thought it would be like that if I dealt with myself.

“If you burn it… now your crimes will be gone forever beyond time. No one will ever know what you’ve done.”

“…You, why the hell are you doing this?”

that, now?

“I told you.”

“I’m just choosing the path that will make Lily the happiest. To do that, I have to persuade my children to help me kill my parents, and I have nothing to do with holding hands with the villain who turned the world upside down.”

… He shook his head without speaking.

“No, no.”

“yes?”

“I just want to see Lily smiling without any worries for the rest of my life. To do that, even you, the axis of evil, are needed in my plan.”

“…I finally have some faith.”

… Now, the second step is over.