Chapter 18.1

In a garden where a stream was flowing, Elijah was sitting next to a little girl under a tree, and a beautiful pink flame was sprouting from the palm of his hand.

‘I don’t love you. And I don’t intend to love you in the future, so don’t expect affection.’

‘…’

The girl who was looking blankly at the fire raised her head. Her plump lips were closed as a clam.

‘You are nothing but a burden. You’re just an embarrassment now.’

Both the person who uttered the harsh words, and the person who heard them, showed no emotion.

‘Don’t do anything to disgrace me. At least behave according to your status. Then, I will also do the least for you as my own flesh and blood.’

The young Celina nodded.

‘Then I will tell you what you have to do. The emperor has a boy whose mana is rampant.’

Elijah continued his message.

‘I’m going to take care of him. Remember the name Mikael. When the time comes, stay close to him. He’s going to be useful to me in the future.’

The child fainted as soon as she heard that. One name became a key, flinging open the door to a locked place and pouring an unbearable truth far above the threshold.

Shattering a person’s world was really simple and easy.

***

My eyes flashed open. The dream I had just now was glimmering in front of my eyes like a mirage. I blinked quickly to clear the afterimage.

“Ugh.”

I frowned automatically. My head was throbbing like it was the day after a lot of drinking. This was Elijah’s room. It was clear from just looking at the cloth that hung over his bed.

This was a place that would only be opened if the hidden route of targeting the archmage was successful. But that didn’t matter now.

Something had changed. Me.

To be exact, I was trapped in this dream.

An unfamiliar memory that I had never heard of remained in my head. All my senses were focusing on it.

Celina was clearly the culprit.

That woman’s world began when she met a man named ‘Mikael’. The woman was waiting for me. And that is how I became like this. That was the story behind this situation.

Obviously, her words weren’t worth believing. But strangely, I kept getting anxious. What she seemed to be saying was that this unrealistic situation wasn’t a dream but was all true.

I nervously opened the red curtains and got out of bed. It was dawn. With minimal illumination, the interior was dark overall.

I touched the area I was stabbed in. There was a heavy dull pain, but I didn’t feel the same pain as before. It seemed to be almost cured. Someone had changed my clothes into pajamas.

The rug on the floor was fuzzy and soft. Elijah’s room, which had a huge sphere-shaped map of the empire right in the center, was decorated with a lot of gold. Like the office, this place was also full of expensive ornaments.

Someone was curled up on the sofa in the corner. I couldn’t tell exactly who it was because half the room had curtains hanging, but there was only one person who had the right to be by Celina’s side at this time and place.

I grabbed a blanket nearby and approached the man quietly.

The thin moonlight that squeezed through the curtains stretched across Ian’s cheeks to the floor. He was sleeping deeply with disheveled hair. The glasses he always wore were on the floor.

I picked up his glasses and stared at his bare face for a moment. It was the first time I was seeing him so relaxed like this.

I’m sure he went through a lot between me being attacked and meeting that woman. I was very curious about the details, but I felt sorry about waking him up now.

I carefully covered Ian’s body with a blanket.

I thought I would wake him up later and tell him to go to his room and take a bath. Then, after letting the maids go…

“Your heart stopped for a moment.”

My thoughts were dispersed by the sudden voice. I turned towards the entrance. Elijah was approaching me in a big stride.

[Don’t forget to address Elijah Dell properly.]

Celina was really brazen, even for a short moment. Why was she talking as if nothing had happened after doing that to me?

“… Thank you for rescuing me, Father.”

I spoke firmly. There was no favorable response to the current situation.

“You speak very easily.”

The golden eyes I faced were extremely cold.

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“Young Lady!”

I heard Ian jumping up in surprise.

“Have you woken up? How are you feeling?”

“I’m fine. I’m perfectly fine.”

I replied. Elijah’s gaze never fell away from me. Strangely enough, I didn’t want to lose to this man, so I looked him in the eye until the end.