Chapter 2 (1/2)

Chapter 02

“To remember it, of course.”

“…Do you have to?”

“That’s a strange thing to say.”

In a tired and sharp voice, the child said.

“If I follow what you said to me, I’ll be indebted to you for the time being, I have to know the name of the landlord.”

The glaring eyes whispered that if you lie, you will die. Like the villain of a novel who remembers the name of a traitor and then chases them down to kill them.

At that moment I realized

Ah. It’s already too late to not get entangled. Figures,

I vomited my answer, trying not to stutter.

“……Evelyn.”

The name of the girl who sold the young villain into slavery.

I watched the villain repeat my name several times, and I looked at the feet of the boy who was already inside the house.

“If I kick him out now, will he come back to kill me?”

Should I not take him in? No. If you think about it, I’d rather have him.

‘If I tell him now to go back because I can’t remember my promise, I would have died right there.’

The Raven I knew was such a villain.

Crazy to get revenge on everyone in the world. A villain who was cruel, heartless, and even more terrifyingly beautiful.

‘No. Nothing is certain yet.’

Being inside a book…such a thing could not have become my reality.

shut my eyes tightly, opened my eyes, and said to the boy who, by chance, must have had the same name as the villain.

“Did you say Raven?”

“Yes.”

“Why don’t you look around for a moment?”

The boy nodded his head. Even in a scruffy state, his posture was straight and his movements were graceful.

“Let’s close the door.”

Contrary to nodding his head, the boy, who could hardly move in front of the door, flinched at my words. He looked at me and slowly began to pull his foot out of the doorway. It was a rather comical gesture, but I couldn’t laugh.

This is because the child’s expression, which I could look at more closely, was so exhausted he was close to collapsing.

“……Good. Thanks.”

There was nothing to be grateful for, but he still thanked me. It was so pitiful that I wanted to calm him down.

The child glanced at me and slightly frowned.

“Look around. Since there is everything that has to be seen. But if you need anything, just tell me.”

“There’s a room over there, too. My room is… Um…”

Come on. Work memory.

Oh, there.

“Over there. I only have one bed in the house. But I can share mine.”

His golden eyes narrowed for a moment. Shaking for a

bit.

“If you don’t like it because the bed is cramped, you can change the room.”

We have to share the bed when we go to sleep anyway.

…can I get a good night’s sleep?

“I’ll have the one with the bed.”

Anyway, I smiled brightly at the answer that popped out.

“You finally opened your mouth.”

Raven made a strange face.

“Don’t be so nervous. It’s not you who should be nervous now, but me. Being so vigilant makes me feel like I’m doing something wrong.”

“…you.”

“Yes. Say it.”

He was really that Raven.

What does he want to say?

The boy opened his mouth slowly.

“You’re different from what I saw back then.”

“Ah.”

If you are saying then, you mean when Evelyn asked you to come here, right?