Chapter 10

I stood in front of the big door and wandered a little.

If it were the other room, I would’ve knocked and entered right away, but this is not easy.

Selina’s parents always looked at me sadly and pitifully. How hot and awkward those eyes are.

Perhaps because of that, these two people weren’t confident to call their titles impudently.

“Ehem.”

I coughed, cleared my throat, and raised my hand. I’ve come this far, so I have to see their faces

Knock. Knock.

“It’s Selina.”

I knocked down my one hand and bit my lips.

I was brave enough to knock on the door, but there was no response. What? I glared at the door, wondering if I would knock again, or I should go back because I did enough.

Beep.

Soon, the door suddenly opened and Selina’s mother appeared with trembling eyes.

Why does this family shake their eyes so much when they see me?

It’s clear that Selina really had Medusa skills.

Or they are all learning pupil hola hola dance.

“Hello.”

“Se…Selina!”

With a joyful voice, Selina’s mother reached out and hugged me with a trembling hand.

Hold on, mother. Someone would think that we are having a family reunion.

We saw each other yesterday.

I saw Selina’s father slowly approaching behind my mother, who buried her face on my shoulder.

Careful look. A worried face. A happy face. A nice look.

Things I’ve never experienced. Things I didn’t end up with.

My throat was tingling strangely at the strange appearance of a stranger to me.

Selina’s body, calm down. I’m not really Selina.

I repeated and repeated. What they desperately want is Selina, not me. All those expressions are not for me again.

I know my place.

As I thought about it over and over again, the unfamiliar touch ended to comfort me.

And around that time, my throat was no longer stinging. Rather, my heart became more calm and calmer.

“Mother, Father.”

Enough to be able to say impudent words. Of course, when I saw these two, I always called them mother and father.

However, I couldn’t help with a subtle hesitation in front of them…

Selina’s parents’ eyes turned red when the title popped out of my mouth.

It seems that coming to this room with my feet is very touching. Truly, he is a person with rich sensitivity, not like the title of Duke.

“Yeah… Yes! My daughter. Oh, you were standing in front of the door too much. Come on in.”

The mother, who looked smaller than Selina, grabbed my hand with her eyes black and white trying not to notice the red eyes.

I looked down at my hand and raised my head.

Why the hell did you hate them, Selina?

“You’re so beautiful today.”

Why did you hate them that you turned away from these parents, pushed out your brother, scratched people, and drove yourself to the edge of a cliff that could not be descended?

“Thank you, Father.”

What did you hate so much?

It wasn’t resentment.

Selina, what the hell are you lacking so you are greedy? It wasn’t even the kind of scolding.

It was just a simple question and curiosity.

An environment completely different from me, the ideal image that I dreamed of when I was a child.

Warm faces, warm hands, warm rooms, and warm words. And a warm family.

I was curious about the thoughts of the owner of this body who struggled to push herself into suffering even with all that in her hand.

Selina, why did I come to your body?

A more fundamental question hit my heart. The question that has been asked from day one until now.

It weighed heavily for me.

***

After the conversation with Selina’s parents ended, I walked alone with Aiden, a little more vague than usual.

Suddenly, the corridor was suddenly opened lower.

Even after coming here for the first time, I accepted this place casually. Why is this all of a sudden?

“Aiden.”

“Yes, Miss.”

“The first time you and I met was when you were getting hit on the street, right?”

Aiden’s eyes widened at my question and sank low.

Soon he seemed to smile, but the darkness of the moment left a shadow on his face darker than expected.

Probably a reaction to remembering a bad past.

“Yes.”

I’m sorry, Aiden. But I had to confirm one fact.

That this world is the one I read.

Your past, just like I read.

I am now in Selina’s body in the novel, and this space is not my space.

I closed my eyes deeply and then opened them. The world dropped sharply.

Not only the corridor, but everything in the world, such as the air and the sound of footprints.

But I liked this current condition.

Let’s not get used to it. It’s not mine.

Okay, after a few days.

I thought it was frankly ridiculous to plan death individually. I wondered if it was an important and great plan.

Every time I jump, I am violently improvised.

But not now.

It’s annoying. This world has been annoying.

The unfamiliar thing makes me hard. The stranger makes me nervous.

Obviously. Probably, that’s obvious…. So… I…

“Lady!”

Aiden’s hand touched my wrist, and I felt my body snapped. I must have been out of my mind.

Sometimes this happens when I think deeply.

No, does this happen when I let go of my thoughts?

I shook my head from side to side and looked at Aiden reaching out for me.

The trembling green eyes were facing me.

He seemed angry. What is it?

It seems that I am in a strange place. No ground to support my feet… in the air?

My body, floating in the air, slowly descended to the floor, and Aiden underneath accepted me.

When I looked back at Aiden’s warmth of his hands, I saw a high spiral staircase behind his back.

Oh, come to think of it, the central staircase was open to the third floor at once. This staircase was also the staircase in question that Selina rolled over.

Of course, Selina rolled up on the second floor, but now I was on the third floor where I were to greet Selina’s parents.

If I fell from here, I would have really broken my neck. Then it will hurt.

I might think about how long I’ll roll while rolling. It’s like a ram rat turning around…

Wouldn’t it feel like rolling through a time that never ends? Then, if there is someone in the middle, it will be very embarrassing.

Anyway, Aiden’s voice continued to be heard.

What? What is he saying now? Have you discarded your character?

Wasn’t it you are barking at Selina and slamming in the back of her head at an important moment and cursing her heartily?

You shouldn’t be angry.

I raised my hand to close Aiden’s mouth. I can feel Aiden’s hand in my back.

Oh, it’s a little quiet now. Nice.

“I don’t know what you’re saying. I can’t hear you well. So just answer this one.”

Aiden, still with his mouth shut in my hand, nodded up and down.

“I almost fell off this staircase, right?”

Nod.

“Did you save me?”

His face, who had been staggering for a moment, slowly moved up and down.

Thank you.

This should have followed, but it just rolled in my mouth and didn’t go out easily.

Thank you? Thank you. It must have been this uproar on the day of my brother’s engagement ceremony.

I’m sure that in the mouth of people saying that I had been harassing my brother until the last moment of my death.

But… if I fell. I don’t know, if I just died today here…

No. That’s not it. That’s miserable. Right, Selina?

But…

“Why?”

In my mouth, there’s a separate question from my thought.

Why did you save me? Aiden?

***

Aiden felt the darkness before his eyes.

Selina’s body was leaning to the side. This happened when Selina, who had lost her memory, was briefly contemplated by her past story and neglected to watch Selina.

He reached out his hand late, but he couldn’t reach it. Aiden bit his lips tightly at the texture of his fingertips.

Magic is greatly influenced by emotions.

Even if you don’t say you’re going to use any magic outside, magic is activated only with feelings and inner minds that contain will.

Of course, that’s not easy, and if you’re less trained like Aiden, you’ll have luck.

Please, please, please.

Fortunately, the magic was triggered before Selina’s body completely fell off.

He breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the girl floating in the air with his back on the stairs.

It was a relief. Aiden was amazed and gazed at the young lady sitting in his arms.

It was said that if he takes out a magic mazara, she will cut his tongue. Isn’t that enough to cut off his limbs?

With that in mind, he looked into Selina’s eyes, but the eyes didn’t look at himself.

Empty eyes. Empty expression.

An expression with no thoughts, no sense of crisis, no surprise or anxiety.

The mere sight stifled him.

He slowly put down her body, but it was still there. Selina leaned over, looking away from his eyes.

This is how it feels like this if he were to hold a body tightly.

“Lady…? Lady! Wake up! Lady! Lady!”

Despite his cry, Selina didn’t blink a single eye, then slowly turned her head and looked back.

Even after checking the height of the dark stairs, Selina turned her head towards him again with a casual expression.

“Lady! You have to be careful! It was almost a big deal! This is what the hell…”

An impatient heart suddenly filled, and Aden dared to raise his voice. Waiting for an answer that doesn’t come back, he repeat a few times that she should have been careful.

Putt. Selina blocked Aiden’s mouth.

Small hands, soft, cold palms.

he was surprised by the sudden contact, and his whole body was strengthened.

“I don’t know what you’re saying. I can’t hear you well. So just answer this one.”

As usual, there is no high and low voice. In the past, her words were like a knife…

Aiden nodded and Selina continued to ask questions.

“I almost fell off this staircase, right?”

Nod.

“Did you save me?”

Upon hearing that, Aiden couldn’t answer right away.

It would not have happened if he had not been foolishly glanced. If he had fulfilled his original duty.

However, since his mouth is blocked, he just nodded, thinking the only of the simple results.

Selina closed her mouth again. Fortunately, it didn’t look empty like before, and the eyes slowly closed and opened directly to him…

Nevertheless, his heart was pounding with anxiety.

“Why?”

Oh, yes. This is it.

After the suspicious Selina accident, she was quietly stuck in her room and pretended to live the usual routine of walking, eating, and snacking…

‘Can you not hurt me’

This person didn’t change a bit. That weird question of that day…

“Why did you save me?”

She was serious. From that day to now…

All the time.