The intruder baby doesn’t look same as last dream. Seeing that the baby had grown up a bit since last time, I was convinced that he too was born and lives in a different world.
-You son of a bitch, that’s too harsh.
I frowned at his words. As if entering other people’s dreams wasn’t enough, you can even read their minds?.
“Hey, You have no manners.”
I responded bluntly and tried to explore him.
-I’m glad you’re taking such interest in me.
Is he a pervert?
-no.
Unless you’re a pervert, why do you read people’s minds?. I didn’t even feel like making a sound to talk, so I just answered in my heart.
-Because you are showing it?
I never showed anything to you.
-I thought you invited me, as the door was wide open for the first time in a while.
Since when did not hitting the intruder become an invitation?. I sighed at the extremely self-centred words.
“Who are you.”
-Have you forgotten me? I feel sad.
I was dumbfounded.
I don’t buy this word phishing(scam) tricks.
-You really don’t know me?
I don’t know. Did you at least tell me your name or talk anything about it?
-That’s not possible. Then they’ll come and kill me right away.
I didn’t think it would be that harsh.
-okay? So, can I think that you like me more than I thought?
Is this a ax(self centred and egotistical stubborn) disease patient?
The moment I frowned, the baby smiled and then approached me in the form of a grown man. His curly hair, the color of which was difficult to pinpoint, and his slightly droopy eyes were strangely dark and deep.
It was as if seeing my eyes, like the one I saw in the mirror when I gave up on everything in my 99th life because it was so annoying.
-I hope so, because you need to know me.
What kind of confidence do you have, and to figure you out without even a hint?
-I already gave you a hint.
The man gently tapped my shoulder. At that moment, I realized too. That my current appearance is not Anastasia Endeblanc. Now I was looking like my first life self, that is, when I knew nothing.
“You really are crazy.”
I never thought you’d see me like this.
-Because I am your only understanding.
As he said that, he smiled brightly.
-I’m sorry for being rude last time.
what?
-I’ll wait, –. Till the day you come to visit me.
It was a crack following that there was noise in his words. The man smiled languidly. Without warning, there was a snapping sound and the sight before my eyes instantly turned pitch black.
* * *
Ha, you son of a bitch. The ride quality is really dirty. The moment I opened my eyes, I felt a pounding headache and high fever.
‘But it seems like it was just a dream for one night this time.’
Otherwise, there is no way the maid would be able to doze off comfortably like this. It was clear that the Duke and his family would have made a fuss even if she didn’t wake up on time for just one day.
‘Anyway, that kid… … . He called my name, right?
At the last moment, the voice was blurry. I knew it instinctively. That’s my first name in first life.
‘Oh, I shouldn’t forget.’
Is it because of the high fever, or is it because it was a dream that the bastard approached me?
‘The face and the content are already blurry.’
No, I had made it so far and long that I couldn’t properly recognize the face even in my dreams. I let out a wheezing breath and hurriedly guessed his identity.
First: He is also a reincarnation like me.
There was a possibility that he was a reincarnated person who had lived much longer ; longer than me. Either by meeting me in person, or by living longer than me or by accumulation of better skills or having different skills than me.
Assuming that, his act of showing me my first life made some sense.
‘I can understand what he was saying. If I meet a reincarnated person, I think I would want to approach him too.’
It will feel like you have a friend in a world where you thought you were the only one.
‘Unless you are a reincarnation… … .’
Second: He is the culprit in reincarnating me .
In a word, the son of a bitch is a really worse son of a bitch, which means he could be some kind of absolute being or god.
‘Then you shouldn’t say you understand.’
I don’t know if he’s the culprit or the enemy. Oh, is that why you said I would come to kill you?.
‘I’m not sure either way. If it’s the second time, I don’t know why I came to see you now.’
I clenched and unclenched my hands, trying not to lose consciousness. If I pass out now, I think my family will be in trouble again.
‘Ah, but I really can’t hold on any longer.’
Even though it had passed its first birthday, the baby’s body was still unstable.
‘Yes, because you will pass out.’
Come see me again. I’ll talk to you properly this time.
‘If you’re a perverted stalker who is stronger than me, you’ll probably know the current situation.’
This time, I’m really leaving the door open for you to come. After that I let go without holding on any longer as my consciousness faded with heat.
* * *
‘Wow, he really was a bastard with no manners.’
It’s been two weeks since I suffered from a high fever. I didn’t set up the barrier and waited for ‘him’ to appear in my dream. I heard that even dog poop can be used in medicine.
‘Thanks to you, I understand now clearly.’
That he did something wrong to me. How can I not see even a single hair on his head!
‘Because Ji showed up on his own, right after her birthday, my sister started crying again!’
After losing consciousness due to high fever, the mansion was, of course, turned upside down again. Maybe it was because I was overexerting my body because of that child, but I even caught a summer cold that no one could catch, and I was extremely ill. Whether reincarnated or absolute.
‘Either way, it means you caused a very bad accident to me.’
If it’s the reincarnated person, he’s the one who betrayed me around ten times.
‘If you’re on the absolute side, you’re a bad guy just by existence.’
But why did it appear on a topic that makes me uncomfortable?
‘Why, why are people like that usually saying that I need what they need?’
I thought that saying that he needed me was probably closer to meaning that he needed me. Still, his second intrusion was not entirely meaningless.
* * *
“I’m sorry, Demon King. I couldn’t find who it was. Wow… … .”
Choco appeared in front of me, flapping her wings. Choco rested her chin on my knee and rubbed it happily. I patted Choco’s head as if praising her and asked in a full voice.
-So you found it somewhere?
“sure! If the Demon Lord had given Choco a clue like that and she couldn’t find it, she would have been so embarrassed that she wouldn’t have come, kyung!”
-Good job, my dog.
At my praise, Choco purred as if his[1] sullen expression a moment ago was a lie.
“Right? Did you do well with choco? Wow! The smell was very faint, but the choco worked really hard! It even crosses mountains! I moved my wings hard and went!
“Please praise the choco more!”
– Did you cross the mountain range?
“sure! Wow, it’s really far. The smell is lighter because of the mountains! “I went after that choco is really work hard!”
-Axion Empire?
It was the only place located beyond the mountain range.
“yes! that’s right! But choco found it so weird, I don’t like it, kyung.”
-You don’t like it?
I felt puzzled.
The Axion Empire was a country with the ambition to devour this continent. Naturally, they paid attention to various aspects of military power, focusing especially on nurturing wizards and developing weapons using magic. But Choco, a descendant from when he was the Demon King, hates it?
‘I thought you would definitely like it… … .’
When I looked puzzled, Choco rubbed her cheek against my knee and whined.
“Choco is the best magic power of the Demon King. It is the greatest and most beautiful magic power that is not mixed with anything and is of the highest purity!”
-Okay, okay
I nodded and thought deeply. Over the past year, I have never forgotten, but my memory has become blurred by the soft atmosphere.
‘The time of destruction is coming to the world where I was born mow.’
And where I was born was one of the countries that that bastard Axion Empire wanted to swallow up.
‘I need to be a little more active and prepared.’
The next time I see that bastard, I can’t be helplessly eaten again. and… … .
‘It’s not just about preventing destruction.’
Until the last moment, I wanted to protect my family’s daily life. Because that would be the only way to repay the affection they gave me.
* * *
Around my birthday, the long rainy season finally ended and the weather became even hotter. My parents prepared ice, shade, and various heat measures ahead of August.
In fact, the summer encouragement festival in the Duchy of Ende Blanc continued for a couple of months after the rainy season subsided. However, rather than just providing goods, my parents chose to take the time to tour the estate.
“We should go on a trip with the babies because the royal family is quiet for a long time.”
“That’s a good idea, babies grow so fast.”
It was an unexpected summer family trip.
‘Summer vacation with family… … .’
Even in my first life, I only heard about it in stories from my friends. In a strange way, I started to feel very excited. What I didn’t know then was that I would experience something more unexpected during this summer vacation.
[1]We already used he as the dogs gender if we change it in the middle it will be a problem either we need to correct it at the beginning or if it’s irrelevant to the story leave it as him so we can continue
