“Instructing the highest level of magic with a small amount of magical power is something close to a miracle, or rather it is only a great archmage can do, right?”
I didn’t understand for a moment, so I furrowed my eyebrows.
As I walked up the stairs, I glanced at Melos and he just grinned and pursed his lips.
Finally, he hesitated and whispered.
“You really don’t remember me?”
“yes.”
“I’m sorry. “We were once classmates and friends at the academy.”
I awkwardly laughed off at Melos’s words and walked forward.
Again, I have no friends.
I wonder if there was one great nobleman with strange tastes who happened to make a lowly commoner his friend just because he liked the magic she possessed.
“And I’m not the archmage either.”
‘What if it’s a made-up memory?’
“Everyone is saying that again and again. My memory is ‘still’ intact. Even if it disappears, I will find it myself.”
‘Until then, I don’t mess with people.’
I’m already so crazy that I wonder if it’s possible…
As I let out a sigh I had been holding in and lowered my voice, the face of Melos, who was walking next to me, flinched for a moment.
He seemed he was genuinely surprised.
“Did you said something, Lady?”
“… no. nothing.”
I was once again surprised and amazed.
Somehow, his smile at the end of his words seemed to reach the tips of his ears.
I wondered, ‘what could have made him so delighted?’
‘He’s an unusual person.’
I walked away from Melos and arrived in front of Dante’s door.
Kalion, who had just stood in front of the doorknob, had lifted the sleeping Dante up with his arms.
There is no hand to hold the doorknob.
I quickly walked forward and stretched out my arms.
“I’ll open it for you.”
“No, I can do it—”
“It’s fine.”
Click
At the same time, a golden electric current flowed through the doorknob and my palm swelled red.
“Louise!”
“Madam!”
“Ah, it stings.”
The calls of the two and the worried sighs of the attendants echoed in my ears.
I numbly withdrew my hand from the doorknob, gaping.
A warning spell, and an offensive one at that. Once again, it was of the same mana level as mine.
“See, I told you,”
He muttered.
Kalion quickly wrapped his hand around mine and used cooling magic to cool me down.
A cool sensation seeped from my crooked palms, and the pain disappeared.
“Is this the warning spell?”
“…that’s right.”
Kalion’s complexion darkened as he immediately broke the magic on the doorknob.
But it seemed like he couldn’t do anything about the bright red magic letters in front of him.
I stopped in front of the door, swallowing dry saliva.
“What are you doing? Without coming inside.”
“I’ll just stay here.”
I just stood still outside until the moment Kalion and Melos entered the room and laid Dante on the bed.
It had to be that way.
<Don’t approach that child.>
It’s like it’s telling me that I’m not qualified.
It was difficult to move.
* * *
It was already past midnight.
I silently leaned back on the sofa in the living room, waiting for Melos’ answer.
After Dante’s unexpected accident, which happened right after he had an allergic reaction to chicken, there was a quick investigation into the mana fluctuations.
“The mana levels have increased compared to before,” Melos remarked.
“really?”
“Yes. but it is still far from reaching the level of an archmage, though,” Melos replied, his lips pursing in disappointment.
When he found out that I was capable of pain magic, his eyes lit up, and I guess he hoped I was an archmage.
But, you have to wish for what you wish for.
I had roughly anticipated the results, so I was only surprised by the fact that my mana levels had increased.
“Is it because I touched the warning spell hanging on the doorknob?”
“You said you encountered a warning spell once in your Excellency’s bedroom.”
“yes. “Right in front of the mirror.”
Melos was a wind wizard.
Wind has the advantage of being able to move freely and be good at tracking.
He soon looked around the mansion’s magical energy flow, then bowed his head closely and said to me.
“Somehow, after discovering something like this, I feel like there’s something suspicious going on.”
“Maybe there are more warnings left to receive.”
There were only two people in the living room, Melos and I.
He lowered his voice and whispered.
“Maybe something like that?”
“What, that my mana increases every time I encounter a warning spell?” I questioned.
“That’s quite impressive. Truly the perennial top scorer!” he exclaimed.
When did we start talking about top scores at the academy?
I just let out a faint laugh at Melos’s silent smile as he gave me a thumbs up.
The conclusion was that my past self had hidden my magical powers in this mansion and disappeared.
‘But why?’
In my memories, I was never an archmage.
Even if it was manipulated memories, I couldn’t help but wonder why Louise Blythe had to leave this place, and for what reasons.
“Even if you had first love and beautiful children,” Melos continued, “you erased everyone’s memories, including your own, and fled as if nothing happened.”
“You’re an earth wizard, right? “Your strength has already risen from low to intermediate, and it will only be a matter of time before you regain the magic of an archmage.”
Earth wizards have the fundamental energy of the earth, including water, fire, and wind, so their magic power grows quickly.
From what I remember, the first great wizard was also shown to have both earth and fire attributes.
It’s only a matter of time before my magic power increases.
‘It’s definitely not wrong.’
“That’s not entirely incorrect,” Melos admitted. but I was still frustrated.
“I don’t understand. “If I were truly a great wizard, why would I dabble in dangerous, taboo magic with such precious magic power, which is only available to three people on the continent?”
“You must have had a good reason at the time. “Ma’am, you were never one to act without reason.”
Melos smiled calmly.
The way his eyes became distant as if he knew Louise Blissias well at that time, was like looking at me now, overlapping with another person.
‘okay. I don’t like this feeling.’
Even Kalion, Dante, and the servants of the mansion would consistently look at me as someone else and express their admiration for me.
‘Lousie Blissias from two years ago..’
‘Is it really selfish of me to want it to be someone with the same name?’
‘Am I a fool for being excited about the fact that we are connected again after being hurt in the past?’
Whatever it was, I couldn’t help feeling miserable.
Now, I was playing the role of Kalion’s wife.
“You seem somewhat depressed.”
“I think I’ll probably have to be stranded here until I find all the warning spells and see the end.”
There was a huge change in my magical power, and the warning magic was so bizarre that it seemed like a perfect fit for being stranded.
Moreover, it is dangerous and interesting.
On the other hand, I was curious about whose memory was correct.
“It was actually good. Since you will be bored during your stay, I will tell you the story of how His Excellency proposed to my lady.”
“Marriage proposal?”
“Several people, including me, were there as witnesses. Was it maybe the graduation ceremony? “It was the public marriage proposal of the century.”
Melos’ lips trembled as if he was holding back laughter.
I couldn’t laugh.
“Do you remember what I said earlier? “That Excellency and my lady were classmates at the academy.”
“Did we graduate together?”
“Yes, my lady personally helped me find a job after I graduated. Thanks to you, I get to work as a butler in this big mansion and as an aide to His Excellency the Archduke.”
But Melos’ face, which had been smiling arrogantly, suddenly hardened.
When I looked at him with a puzzled look, he suddenly lowered his head.
“Melos?”
“I already told you, Madam, but I feel like I should tell you one more time that you have lost your memory.”
Although he was embarrassed by the dark atmosphere, he was still serious.
“At one point, I felt sorry for turning a blind eye to bullying.”
Ah, that.
As soon as those words came out, I realized why he had bowed his head to me.
It is something that cannot be left out if you are a classmate or even a friend of yours from your academy days.
“When I think about that time, I still feel sorry and sorry.”
“hmm… … .”
My mind became confused at the thought that this was the first apology I had ever received.
Melos said:
“Magothia Bachet was once a high-ranking magician and was in a powerful position, so I thought my life would be ruined if I touched him wrong. Of course, due to an unexpected incident, it was ruined on the day of the graduation ceremony.”
I quietly listened to Melos. He was right.
At the time, whether due to his status or his size, Margosia Bachett was a person whose rugged presence was feared.
It would have been scary for anyone.
That’s what the human mind is like.
When it happens to someone else, it seems like an experience that everyone goes through, and when it happens to me, there is no such thing as a terrible tragedy.
However, experiences are only fleeting and tragedies are remembered forever.
“I heard your excuse well. “I can’t forgive you.”
So I will never glorify my misfortune.
