CH 9

The boy’s face resembled the young man in my memory. The wolf divine beast that the boy was hugging was also familiar. Because that divine beast was locked up with me for 10 years.

Back when I returned to the temple, the experiment I was in was mobilized for ‘communicating with the divine beast’.

The temple had been aiming for Zahid’s wolf divine beast for a long time. And in the end, they succeeded in taking the divine beast away from Zahid.

Without even knowing the passage of time, I was trapped underground with the wolf divine beast and subjected to all sorts of experiments.

“Communicate! Communicate with the divine beast to find out! What must the high priest do to become the true owner of the divine beast!”

Zahid was originally an intruder who dug a tunnel to see his divine beast.

A handsome young man with black hair and mysterious purple eyes.

He was very surprised at first to see me locked up with his divine beast.

“Your name is Rosie? How old are you?”

“…When I was 12, I came back to the temple… I don’t know how much time has passed since I’m constantly being experimented on and locked up. What year is it now? How old am I?”

I only knew my age when I first met Zahid. I was 19-years-old then.

Divine power had the characteristic of weakening every time the full moon rose. Naturally, the security of the temple was also lax.

Zahid took advantage of that gap and visited the dungeon once every 15 days.

We met every now and then for three years and became close friends.

We talked a lot during that time. My story, his story, the past and present stories of the world around me, and more.

‘Thanks to that, I have some directions after the regression. Zahid, you are truly my amazing benefactor…’

Zahid’s fourth breakup.

I thought this article would come out around this time.

The opportune time to visit him was coming.

I picked up the pen again and started writing down.

Rosie Noart of the County of Noart wants to be engaged to the Duke of Diefenril.

It was still crooked, but readable.

Heidi’s eyes widened.

“Rosie? When did you write so skillfully…”

I didn’t learn the letters until I was at the county residence.

As soon as I arrived at the county residence, Julian assigned all kinds of visiting teachers. And the teachers all say, ‘You are really smart and understand everything quickly… Why can’t you just learn the letters?’ He tilted his head.

That was something I didn’t know. Strangely, it was difficult just to learn the letters.

In the end, I learned it from Zahid before regressing. And that, too, over a very long time.

“Well, it’s still a secret from the others. Got it? To my relatives, I’m wasting their time by saying I don’t know the alphabet…”

After shooting Heidi a smile, I grabbed the letter containing the marriage proposal and left the room.

I had no family seal. And without the seal, the document has no effect.

‘But my brother has it. I just need to use his.’

Definitely, I wanted to make this engagement happen. It was for Zahid, as well as myself.

Actually, I didn’t just have gratitude and friendship for Zahid.

Before the regression, I liked him. But I couldn’t even confess because of the situation… 

To think of it as unrequited love… Hmm… Zahid seemed to like me too, but couldn’t confess because of the circumstances.

‘There was certainly an air of affection between us. It wouldn’t have been a joke if there were no bars between us.’

Now Zahid wouldn’t even remember those days…

‘In this life, I’m going to stick with you from a young age.’

I clutched the letter, full of selfishness. 

‘Of course, it’s an engagement to save Zahid, but I hope that we can get married through mutual understanding.’

With that thought in mind, Heidi and I were on our way to Julian’s room.

“Huh?”

“Oh, goodness…”

We ran into Roystan again. Even though I pointed it out to him, he was still wearing clothes made of Eton.

‘What, it seems that following the real trend is more important than the family motto?’

If the old man who hated temples had been at home, he would have said something… 

‘This is why, after my grandfather passed away, I was attacked by the temple, and the family was eventually ruined…’

I let out a deep sigh.

“Ahem, ahem!”

But even though I stopped my steps and stared, Roystan didn’t react much. He even looked away, pretending not to see me, and he hurried past.

‘Looks like he’s been scolded by Murloc.’

Seeing that, Heidi whispered.

“Wow, what happened? He is just leaving?”

And after thinking for a while, I lifted myself on my tiptoes and whispered in Heidi’s ear.

“I guess that violent youth finally learned the fear of capitalism. He is growing thanks to me.”

Heidi laughed at my serious insight.

And when we reached Julian’s room.

Despite the bright morning sun, Julian was still sleeping. It was completely different from the past Julian, who woke up every day before dawn.

Instead, Schulva greeted me with a very slight smile.

“Lady Rosie, you’re here? I’m still waking Lord Julian up.”

Schulva Rodiak.

Despite being close friends with Julian, he was a competent person who always stood by Julian’s side, distinguishing between public and private affairs.

“I’m the only son of the butcher, and Schulva is the youngest son of the blacksmith family. He is a guy who only studies without fun since he was young…”

In the past, Julian had told me about Schulva.

“Although he is stubborn, Schulva is the best lieutenant. He’s really loyal to those he approves of. He can trust anything. I also asked you to listen to all of our Rosie Rosie’s words.”

It was true that Schulva was loyal to his master.

In the now nonexistent past, Schulva left the County of Noart with Julian. And he died protecting Julian until the end.

‘In conclusion…’

I looked at Schulva and smiled slightly.

‘It means he’s a trustworthy person.’

Schulva made eye contact with me and cleared his throat as if he was embarrassed.

I loudly requested.

“Schulva, please take out his seal.”

“Yes.”

Schulva replied politely and turned back toward the drawer. It was brought out to me yesterday too, so there was no hesitation.

In the meantime, I woke up Julian who was sleeping on the floor.

“Brother. Brother. Wake up. Okay?”

“Ah… I’m… sleepy…”

“Then stamp your seal on this and go back to sleep.”

“Huh?”

Julian slowly opened his eyes.

“Do I still have anything left to take from?”

“No, there is none left. There’s nothing in my brother’s hand right now. Don’t worry.”

“…Why do you seem to worry more than anything else…”

His gaze, drunk from sleep, focused on the necklace I had worn today.

“Little one, from now on, how about wearing a necklace that suits your age? What’s with this great design that can summon even a sun god?”

“Hngh.”

And, like a habit, he picked a quarrel.

“You will break your neck. And it looks senseless. The design is a bit crude.”

I nodded slowly and agreed.

“Yes, this was the first thing my brother bought for me, so it must have been senseless.”

“…….”

When Julian had nothing to say, he yawned and closed his eyes again. Meanwhile, Schulva dipped the seal into the ink and made Julian roughly grasp the seal.

“Are you sleepy? Stamp this with all your magic power and go back to sleep.”

I didn’t miss the opportunity, and I took out the documents.

It was just when I held Julian’s hand and pressed the seal on the document.

“It’s not possible!”

Schulva, who finally saw the contents of the document, exclaimed in fright.

“Lady Rosie, that… Is that a lie?”

“No.”

I shrugged as I picked up the documents with Julian’s seal perfectly stamped on it.

“It’s a true and legal document that I put all my heart and sincerity into.”

Schulva practically cried.

“But Lady Rosie! En, en, en, en… engagement!”

Julian, who had closed his eyes, opened his eyes at those words.

“What? Engagement?”

I couldn’t even hear Julian’s confused muttering, as Schulva poured out all his words breathlessly.

“Even if Lady Rossi brought up just the ‘en’ of ‘engagement’, Lord Julian would be unable to sleep all year long, throw away all kinds of money, and destroy all the furniture in the room, and be sad.”

“I’m sure my current brother will not.”

“Ha, but he might find his memory soon!”

Schulva exclaimed urgently.

“Then he will kill me, the innocent subordinate who cursed the world with arrogance but pulled out the seal!”

“Calm down, Schulva. My brother might never find his memory forever and remain in such a state without an answer. Then you will be able to save your precious life.”

I calmly comforted Schulva.

Then, Julian finally jumped up and got angry.

“Hey! What do you mean I don’t have an answer! What?”

“Wow, Brother, you’re awake! You look full of energy in the morning.”

“And what? What kind of engagement is that!”

“Ah.”

As if another mystery had been solved, I muttered while stared at Julian.

“My 17-year-old brother has a lot of anger inside. You used to never get angry.”

Ame: when a 12-year-old is more forward in her love life than I am… *pained smile*

Tassie: Can I just say how much I love the trope of the FL going back to the past to live a happy life with the ML? AND SHE ADMITS SHE LIKES HIM? This might become a strong contender for one of my favorite novels.