IDEFYEM - Chapter 94
Black Man, I'll Do Everything For You Except Marriage!
My familiar was walking hastily this way, his long silver hair flowing.
As soon as I found Vermont, I rushed over and jumped up. Immediately, I wrapped his arms around his neck and was hugged by Vermont.
As I remembered my past life, where he had been my only friend and refuge, I felt something even more poignant.
"I'm glad I can see you again."
"Me too."
"From now on, I will never lose you again. No matter how much you use, you should drink tea that is good for your horsepower every day."
Vermont chuckled at my next words and cleared his throat.
"Okay. Who would have thought that even I, who has lived for over a hundred years, would have completely forgotten my memories due to a spell like this... I never dreamed."
This time, I made a bewildered expression and blinked at those words.
"Surely you got all your memories back too? No, that's also true, but how did you get here?"
There were so many things I wanted to ask, including the current situation outside.
Vermont slowly began to explain as if he knew how I felt.
"Since you fearlessly entered the book, there are many things I want to say about this part anyway."
It was a solemn introduction that made me feel like I was being scolded from the beginning.
Vermont said that only about two hours had passed outside.
I didn't realize it, but he was already summoned when I dropped eight drops of blood into the magic circle.
"For now, I was watching because I was afraid that if I suddenly showed up, the situation would go even further wrong. But I never thought the owner would suddenly go into the book."
Vermont let out a loud sigh and continued speaking while glaring at me.
There was no way to get me out right away, so the two of us were stamping our feet, but suddenly I felt like I was calling Vermont again.
It seemed that Enrica's body reacted to the poison when she vomited blood.
He said that the moment he entered the book, he regained his lost memories.
Sarah, who cast a direct spell, would have also found her memories by now.
"Hi, was that contract strong enough to react even if you leave the world?"
"So, don't look down on a contract linked in blood."
"It might seem a little scary..."
Soon, out of nowhere, Vermont placed a honey chestnut on my forehead.
I thought it was a joke he had just made, so I tried to look aggrieved, but when I looked up and saw the tears in his eyes, I couldn't say anything more.
"Don't do something stupid like that again."
Vermont spoke so clearly that I could hear the sound of teeth grinding together.
"Even if you never regained your magic power, I would have found you again somehow. What are you..."
It was a tone that strongly criticized me for choosing my own death in my past life.
"You don't know. How special I consider you."
"I know. As my only friend...."
"That's not it!"
Vermont's gaze turned to Raphael, who was standing still.
Vermont, who had a somewhat indignant look on his face, calmed his excitement and continued speaking.
"Even without memories of his previous life, he had the same feelings for my master. Even if I turn back time a few more times, it'll probably be the same."
"..."
"Even in this situation, the scent of your magic power feels so sweet and peaceful... You don't know, Wintersoar."
As Vermont said, our contract was strong.
The relationship between a wizard and a familiar was nothing short of one, bound by blood and, even more so, by their souls.
Maybe that's why I always understood Vermont's sentences as easily as if I were speaking to myself. I felt comfortable the entire time I listened to it.
Most of the time, I sympathized with his thoughts, and his feelings spread to me as well.
But at this moment, for some reason, I couldn't understand all of his emotions.
With a heavy heart, I took a step closer to Vermont.
I hugged him wordlessly, rubbed his broad back, and patted him.
After a few minutes passed, Vermont seemed to have calmed down a bit.
"... Sorry."
"No, that's fine."
This was the first time that Vermont's voice cracked so badly.
"I... Yeah, buddy. Like you said, I'm scared of losing you, my friend...."
I never dreamed.
The corners of Vermont's mouth were trembling behind me.
I didn't know that he emphasized the word friend in an unusually deep voice.
"..."
Soon after, Vermont said that it was enough and got out of my arms.
On the outside, things seemed to be going well, but I caught a glimpse of him and asked an important question.
"Can we get out of here?"
"I already knew how to get out. I had a hard time finding you."
Thinking that I was fortunate, I quietly waited for Vermont's actions. While he performed a complicated-looking technique, I looked back.
I could see Raphael's motionless back as if it had stopped forever.
A man who sacrificed everything. I felt like he had taken all my pain from my past life with me in this life.
'I will save you, no matter what.'
At that moment, a bright light flashed before my eyes and my body floated.
***
It was a similar feeling to the first time I was sucked into a book using black magic.
I found myself in the northern villa's library again.
'I'm back. The sensation of blinking and moving the hands are all normal.'
I mean, only two hours have passed.
While I was feeling an unfamiliar sensation with a dazed face. I heard someone's sad cry in my ear.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuu..."
This was the first time I had seen Sarah in my life, and she was crying like a child.
"Sarah, why are you crying!"
I approached her with a feeling of joy and upset at the same time.
As I stretched out my arms and hugged Sarah, she whimpered even harder.
"In my past life. Even though I saw that the Young Lady was having a hard time, I pretended not to see it, so..."
Even now that she has regained all her memories, she thinks of me first.
"What do you mean, Sarah?"
With a complicated heart, I patted Sarah's trembling back and said.
"If it weren't for you, I would already be dead. You cast a spell to save me before I even said a few words... What a big decision."
My eyes caught the large magic circle remaining on the floor of the narrow room. As expected, it was the same as what I saw in my memory earlier.
"You tried hard enough then and now. Thank you for helping me."
I wanted to cry as much as Sarah was crying. I felt so fond of her. But I held back because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to properly comfort Sarah if I cried too.
"I'm glad that we can become friends and know each other's pain."
"If I sent the Young Lady like that. I might have suffered for the rest of my life."
“Enrica.”
I slowly shook my head and spoke as if correcting the sentence Sarah had pronounced.
"Are you going to call me Enrica now?"
Sarah's eyes were as red as her hair.
She nodded at once.
***
Since increasing Raphael's lifespan with black magic failed, all that remained was the regular method. The initial goal was to destroy the Duke family and take over the magic tools.
Meanwhile, I had one more worry.
Sarah, Vermont, and I have regained our memories of our past lives, but will we be able to tell this to Raphael?.
I wanted to run to him right away and tell him the story I had missed, but the more I did that, the more I had to think calmly.
"Even though I turned back time, I somehow regained my memories by using the same black magic..."
What a coincidence.
"I don't think it will be a common occurrence."
“I agree, Enrica.”
"Me too."
The three of us sat in a circle with puffy eyes and started the meeting.
When I saw Sarah crying, I ended up not being able to hold back my emotions, so this happened.
'What on earth is Vermont?'
Still, he was a devil in his own way, and before I knew it, I noticed that his eyes were even more swollen than ours.
"So, I don't know what would happen if the Grand Duke, who is the main axis of the return, goes against fate and learns of the past."
"I also think it's dangerous to speak directly to him. Due to the nature of black magic, not only may another misfortune occur...."
Sarah, who agreed with Vermont's opinion, looked at me and continued.
"With his current poor health, I don't know how he will accept such a shocking event."
My eyes shook and sank as I deeply agreed with those words.
Sarah said after seeing that.
"Go ahead, Enrica."
"Yes?"
"I know you've been glancing at the door since you got back here. You stayed because you cared about us who were crying."
Sarah is a friend who always understands me as if she can see through my inner thoughts.
"... Okay. Thank you!"
Instead of refusing her favor, I got up and left the library.
The destination of the urgent steps had already been decided a long time ago.
Raphael, my savior.
First and last love.
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