Chapter 17 Part2 (2/2)

As I bitterly laughed at her who was being completely scared, I let one ice flower bloom on the wall.

There should still be a distance between her who's being restrained in the innermost part of the room and me near the entrance, but I can feel her Mana slowly affecting my body.

[Because I can activate magic like this, I can survive even if the Dreaming Illness' symptoms appear.]

[Is, is that so…. Hey, can you please also tell them? n.o.body will listen to anything I say. I need to get into Noe's route or the harem route, or else Noe will die!]

She probably realized that I don't want to hurt her, the words she spoke also came out with momentum.

[Yeah, that's also what I've come to talk to you about that. Do you have any knowledge regarding the cure for the Dreaming Illness? On Noe's route, Noe will overcome the illness, won't he?]

While I was asking the question, I wasn't expecting an answer.

If she has a clue about the cure, she should have already told Earl Boirmortie and she wouldn't have asked me about it.

I just wanted a topic to start the conversation.

[I, I don't know.  Because Noe will notice something and discover it himself. The game didn't give a detailed explanation, either. Rather, don't you also know what it is?]

[The him from my previous life only made it up until the Big Brother's part. He hadn't played any route other than my brother's.]

I could tell Nicole gulped a mouthful of air.

I haven't talked about my previous life yet, even to Nicole.

[The him, from the previous life….?]

Her lips trembled.

In the midst of our conversation, I made another flower bloom. Objects created magically will dissolve into the air together with Mana and disappear without leaving any traces behind.

To such me, she's looking as if she's seen me for the first time.

[Who are you?]

[I am Sheryl Bashral. The second son of Baron Bashral, a resident of this world.]

[Are you, different from me….?]

[I don't know if we're different or not. I have memories of the previous life, but it seems I didn't inherit his character. Hey, Lydi, tell me your name. Your real name.]

Her eyes wavered.

I wonder if she established her life in this world as Lydi, all the while hiding her true self.

She spoke to me when she looked back at me after avoiding meeting my gaze.

[….It's Miwa. Takeuchi Miwa.]

[Miwa, for you, is this world only a game?]

She should have been living.

Miwa up to this day, in this world.

When I asked her, Miwa's face distorted. And then she shouted with all her might.

[IT'S A GAME! IT'S OBVIOUSLY A GAME!!! I won't accept this world as real! Everyone died, they all died, you know!? My father, mother, my younger brother and sister, even my childhood friend died, they got sick with Dreaming Illness and died!!!]

The rumors seems to have been true. And, it's a cruel reality.

The same with Rafael and me, did the ten people who were by her side fell with Dreaming Illness?

[I hated it! The house was run-down and dirty, the food was not delicious at all! And I hated the family who was laughing happily! There's no way I can be happy, we don't even have any money to pay the doctor when we get sick!!! ….. But, but I! I never thought I wanted to die even once!!!]

It can't be said that the game's heroine didn't have such a past.

It's just that the heroine had a strong will to not look back to the past.

[Sheryl-sama….!]

As I stood up and headed towards the screaming Miwa, I place my hand on the restraint on Miwa's arms.

During that time, flowers are blooming around Miwa and after undoing her restraints, I hugged her shoulders and brought our heads together.

[I believe Bellom-sensei will do another funeral for your family. It must have been painful. It must have been sad. Still, you did your best and got this far.]

[You're right, but, it's over….. I've reached the Bad End, everybody is going to die.]

[That means the Karma value is high? What will happen if it the Bad End?]

[…In the Bad End, my Mana will once again run out of control and it's finished. Rafael and all the other n.o.ble descendants who are in high school will get caught in it and die. And my name will remain in the history as the witch of disaster. It's better for you to look at this Karma value.]

Miwa said as she took out the hand mirror from her breast pocket.

Numbers were aligned in the hand mirror that was shown to me, Karma value can also be seen.

Miwa’s Karma value was 80, close to the upper limit of 100.

It's certainly a dangerous figure.

[Can I take a look?]

[Go ahead.]

I hold the hand mirror to take a look.

When I did, the Karma value displayed was -40 as if the measured target has changed.

[This is….?]

Karma should have been given depending on her moral values.

I don't remember doing things than can be considered bad, but is it possible to be given a negative value?

The lowest numerical value in the memory was ”0).

Perhaps, the Karma value is not solely based on morals….?

TN:

* – The original is “After Nicole said that one word,” which was; 「任せろ」 or makasero.

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