As Anastasia took a step closer, the distorted barrier returned again.
From now on, their conversations will not reach the librarian.
âWhy did you come here? You must be busy. To go to Heronimo.â
Horaisha asked Anastasia, who was sitting on the armrest of the sofa where the marquise familyâs crazy young lady who almost laid down.
Anastasia wordlessly removed the book from her friendâs face. The neat face of my childhood friend was revealed.
âBecause you suddenly did something strange.â
âSomething strange? I didnât do it.â
âWhat, your timeâŠâŠ.â
Anastasia kept her mouth shut, barely choosing her words.
âYou did.â
âI did. But it didnât work either. The magic resistance is much higher than expected.â
âLook at that.â
âIs that a strange thing to do? I just checked. Confirmation.â
Anastasia stared at Horatia with fed-up eyes. Horaisha didnât care and just turned the pages of the book she was reading.
Naturally, Anastasiaâs eyes landed on her book.
A book with a thick chain wrapped around it. Anastasia closed her eyes with a troubled face.
âWhy do you read that?â
âJust. To see what the taboo magic humans have set?â
âYouâre the one who said you have to be careful if this is to succeed, Horaisha.â
âUrgh, I shouldnât have told you. Whenever I do something, Youâre talking about it nearby.â
Horaisha laughed softly, parak and turned the page. It seemed that she had no intention of stopping reading.
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âMore than that, thereâs a kid who bothers you these days.â
Horaisha changed the subject.
Anastasia, who immediately took her eyes off her and looked at her friend, sighed as if she remembered something.
âThatâs right. I tried to ignoreâŠâŠ.â
âThatâs what happened?â
âItâs a person who didnât exist in âbeforeâ but suddenly appeared in âafterâ. Itâs so weird that I canât ignore it.â
âAfter so long? Itâs already been several months since things went differently from âbeforeâ.â
âYou said that. The little things can change.â
âI did.â
âSo I thought that man, of course, was a minor variableâŠâŠ.â
She casually brushed her silver hair, which fell down like a silver thread, behind her back. She was afraid that it might touch her friendâs face.
âItâs not a small thing, itâs like a big variable. A few days ago, he grabbed me and openly asked me if I had time.â
A shadow fell on Anastasiaâs golden eyes, then quickly disappeared.
âHe seems to know everything.â
âHe made it obvious. Even on the day your friendâs guts popped out. huh? Itâs a pity that everyoneâs distracted.â
âChoose your words and say it.â
Anastasia snapped. Horaisha only shrugged her shoulders.
Anastasia let out a deep sigh and rubbed her fingertips.
In addition to the big variables, there were quite a few things that bothered her.
For example, these days, itâs her blood relatives who often harass her. Something that will happen in the future.
Also, the person who killed my friend in the âbeforeâ that I often see nearby⊠âŠ
Anastasia shook her head as if brushing it off.
âNever mind. We can just keep avoiding it More than that, Horaisha. Even if you know, youâre still going to keep your mouth shut right?â
Horaishaâs gaze finally turned to Anastasia.
Pale purple eyes glistened beautifully in the sunlight pouring down from the window.
âI told you.â
Tuk, Gently closing the book with her chin, she unfolded her magic. Immediately, the book in her grasp disappeared like a fire.
âI canât tell you the future in detail.â
âAh, really?â
Anastasia, who responded with a tone of âI knew itâ, sighed again and drew the curtains by the huge window.
TL/N: OMG OMG SO it seems like Anastasia and Horaisha are aware of what was supposed to happen in the âOG storyâ!! Wtheck I totally didnât expect this plot twist! And Horaisha seems to be able to see the future!
âYou have to be careful and be careful again.â
âI know.â
âHeronimo is in the north, so the season is completely different from here. Itâs winter all year round, andâŠâŠ.â
âAll right, Catherine! This is the 22nd time youâve said that.â
The volume of my luggage was no joke with only winter clothes packed in midsummer. That was not enough, so I had to put my winter coat over my arms and get into the carriage.
Even if you go to the area near Heronimo, you will get a bone-chilling cold or something.
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âWhy of all times are you going to Heronimo now? Heronimo starting this year? Since a few months ago? Itâs getting very cold again. It has been for four seasons for about 15 years.â
âMhm, yes. I think Iâve heard that a million and twenty times.â
Responding unenthusiastically to Handel, I threw the winter coat over my arms into the carriage. I saw Catherine trying to nag and holding back.
Yeah, donât do that. You wonât see us for a while.
Even though itâs not goodbye forever, Handelâs eyes had been red from a while ago. I can say that this is a very surprising development.
âIt seems like yesterday that you trembled at the sight of me and hit your head on the floor⊠âŠ.â
Pook, I silently hugged Handel and patted her on the back, then in turn hugged the maids and Catherine, the butler.
Iâd like to hug the other servants too, but then I wonât be able to leave today.
Like that. It was today that we left for Heronimo.
Today was the day after completing the missions that had become easier due to a drop in difficulty over the past few days and hearing all the things to be careful about in Heronimo from Reden.
âUh, but I heard it takes 15 days by carriage. Itâs too far.â
âWhat?â
Catherine widened her eyes in surprise at my sudden muttering to myself.
âWhatâs wrong?â
âAre you mistaken? Certainly, it takes more than 15 days if you take a regular carriage, but as far as I know, they teleport in the middle.â
Teleport? So teleportation?
It was my first time hearing it, so I asked while tilting my head.
âWho said that?â
âI did.â
Ah. The origin of this brusque voice.
âReden!â
âIf youâre ready, get in. Iâll join everyone in the middle area before teleporting.â
âCan we go in groups like that?â
âWhatâs not going to happen?â
I know. Itâs not impossible.
Quickly convinced, I held hands with Catherine and the maids once more, said goodbye, and got into the carriage
Sitting on a soft chair and looking out the carriage door, I saw Reden holding out his hand and making an absurd expression.
âWhat are you doing now?â
Then he asks in a voice that is as absurd as his expression. I was a little taken aback.
âWhat did I do?â
âYes, you. Are you aware that you are the daughter of a marquise family? You have to go up with an escort.â
âAh, those annoying words again. I can go up on my own, so why do I have to borrow someone elseâs hand? Didnât you just see I rode with my feet up like this. Donât tell me you didnât see it.â
At my rapid-fire words, Reden opened his mouth as if to say something, but then closed it.
A look of deep regret appeared on his face. Why did I ask to take her with me, things like that.
Thatâs what Iâm saying. Mr. Reden, why did you ask to take me with you.
Reden soon rode in front of me. I opened the carriage window, waved my hand again, and the carriage departed.
TL/N: As always, they crack me up.
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I donât know exactly where the middle area is, but seeing as we stopped after riding for a while, it seemed that this was the middle area.
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I opened the window because of the heat, so I could see the outside without any effort.
In addition, the carriage of the Solen family.
âItâs Anastasiaâs carriage.â
I was about to get off to say hello to Anastasia, but Reden grabbed my hand.
âDonât get off. Weâre leaving right away.â
âArenât you going to say hi?â
âWhat greeting. Have you seen her only once or twice?â
Iâve only seen it once or twiceâŠâŠ.
TL/N: Banquet and Horrenne House hahahaha
Somehow depressed, I held on to the window and looked at the Solen familyâs carriage. That carriage, like ours, had its windows open.
Should I call once?
No, itâs a nuisance. Letâs just keep our eyes on it⊠âŠ
Silver hair was visible through the window.
Of course, I thought it was Anastasia, but when I looked closely, the hair was very short for Anastasia. As if it was a cool cut.
âDid she cut her hair?â
While thinking about something, short-haired Anastasia turned her head.
At the same time, our eyes met.
The sharp and fierce eyes were shining golden, but it was not Anastasia.
âAhâŠâŠâ
Again, the memories that go through the head.
Memories pop out as if taking out things that were submerged in the deep sea.
âThere are no wizards in the Solen family!â
âDo you want to be a stain on your family?â
âYou donât have any talent for magic.â
Fling.
I opened the carriage door violently with the memory that I did not know but seemed to know.
âReâŠ!â
I donât care if Reden calls me or not.
The problem is that Anastasia is not far away, and unless Iâm wrong, AnastasiaâŠâŠ.
âAnastasia!â
Youâd hate to be there.
Without daring to ask for your understanding, I opened the door to the Solen family and reached out as I called out her name.
Like Reden, who reached out to me when we left our mansion.
If thereâs something different, itâs not boarding, itâs getting off.
It was good anyway. I held out my hand and succeeded in getting the gaze of the main character in the carriage.
However, it was not my main character who spoke first, but a man who I was not interested in.
Thatâs.
âDamn Astaron Solen.â
âItâs still the same that youâre shameless.â
âAsha, itâs lonely to be alone. Letâs get off and take my carriage.â
Astaronâs face frowned as he spoke to Anastasia, who looked dumbfounded and didnât even pretend to be listening.
âLady Blair, what are you doing?â
âWhat do you mean?â
Iâm trying to find the main character who got caught by the scruff of the neck by the villain.
TL/N: Finally get a name for this prick of an older brother. Things I can live without :3