Chapter 34 (1/2)

Chapter 34 – The ic was cancelled

“What’s the matter, in a place like this?”

I was being bullied by the neighborhood children, and I was hiding by the side of our house huggingwhen I heard a calm voice above me

“……Nothing’s the matter, I’m fine”

I didn’t want my mother who I loved so much to worry about me, so I told a lie and hurriedly wiped away my tears, but……

“If you’re crying by yourself in a place like this, your painful feelings definitely won’t go away When it’s painful, mother will be by your side, and listen to what you have to say, so don’t cry by yourself”

Mother hugged htly as she said so

When I was growing up, it was only ether

Mother would still hold h it should have been really hard on her, she always had a s, but…… “I’m so lucky to have such a wonderful son” is whatme lots of love Those were peaceful and happy days

I didn’t know anything about my father His naetting bullied by the children in the neighborhood, and it would be a lie to say that I didn’t care about it, but…… Somehow it felt like mother was really reluctant to talk about father, I could feel so even as a child, and I didn’t probe too deeply

However, I would soon regret that If I had known about e what happened

And so, the peaceful, happy daily life I had withwhen I was nine years old

It happened during dusk, when I was returning ho men that we’ve never seen before suddenly appeared in front of us, and – a cloth was pressed against my mouth, and I inhaled a sweet smell…… I went unconscious after that

When I woke up I was in a diht at all, there was only one la the roohtly packed letters of soave off an incredibly creepy feeling

There were ten or so people next to me in that room

I was lying down in thearoundtheht me here

I was tied up, and I tried to htly packed into my mouth, and I couldn’t make any sounds

Standing right in front of ht in with this dark roo criem around her neck with the same crimson color

“Child, you’ve awoken Now, bring that boy here”

When the woea boy about the sae as me

The boy was laid down next toat him closely, he seemed to be overly skinny, and his co difficulties breathing He’s probably very sick with so

However, other than the fact that he was very ill, he looked quite like rey eyes, and his face as well –

I wonder who exactly this boy is Then, while I was still observing the boy, the woain

“Now everything is ready Then, let’s begin the sacrifice”

What’s ready? What exactly are they doing in such a dark room? What’s a sacrifice? I think I’ve heard the word in a story mother read to me once…… I wonder what it was……

I still hadn’t realized the situation I was in and was still thinking things like that

The boy was brought opposite to ht out another person

That person was…… the ed, she was brought over here Her beautiful face ollen up She also had an injury of so

“Mother!!”

I shouted with all h the cloth stuffed in my mouth, but in actuality only a muffled sound made it out

Mother was struggling However, aclose to me pushed her down onto the cold floor

“Stop!!”

Mother was screaainst the man

While staring at us with very cold eyes, the woman in red spoke up

“Take care to not treat that boy’s body too badly After all, his body’s going to become my precious Sirius’s body”

She’s probably talking aboutto become Sirius’s body? Who’s Sirius? I was confused and didn’t understand as going on at all

“……Marchioness, if you hate ing you, please spare my son……”

My injuredthe wo her marchioness I wonder if she knows her?

Also…… I wonder whather

Mother wasn’t only gentle towards hborhood and was liked by everyone as well I can’t even i my mother

However, the woman in red’s eyes became even colder as she looked at mother

“……I’m amazed at how impudent you can be You stole ging me”

“…………I was only the marquis-sama’s partner due to a etting close to the ether with my son”

“Shout the dark roo ain to shout out

“……Even though they’re both Marquis Deek’s children, born at almost the same time…… Why are you and I so different ……You’re beautiful, and have a healthy body And, your son is healthy and energetic as well…… Why do you have everything? ……I don’t have anything, I’m not that beautiful, I have a weak and sickly body, h I was finally able to give birth to a child, he’s just as weak and sickly as I aht an incurable disease, and doesn’t have long to live……”

The worabbed and shook my mother

“……Only you…… I definitely won’t allow you and your child to live a happy life!! ……Begin!”

At the woman in red’s command, the man dressed entirely in black walked in front of my mother Then, in a voice that sounded al words I’ve never heard before

They were such uage that I’ve never heard before, when I heard theic to me somehow

However, as the oosebunant, and so felt really bad

Then – theAnd then, the already dark room was completely enveloped in darkness

In this darkness where I couldn’t see anything, I could hear

When light appeared in the coain, I immediately looked for my mother Then, just two or three steps away froround

Even with my tied up body, I desperately tried to reach ot closer, I saw that mother’s face had no life to it at all, and it didn’t see

Although she had been injured, it didn’t see serious to this extent Why? What’s the matter?

“Mother! Mother!” I desperately tried shouting for her through the cloth in my mouth

Then, I met my mother’s eyes Mother looked firmly into my eyes

“——Please——”

She said so in a voice that was so quiet it could barely be heard, and then she beca

“Well? Did it succeed?”

“Yes Just like how it’s written in the book, he successfully obtained the poithout any problems”

Thethe woman in red’s question

“I see Then, let’s immediately use that power to transfer Sirius’s consciousness to this boy’s body”

I heard what they were talking about, but…… Right now, nothing was entering ht now at all

Just a bit earlier, I had beendinner plans with mother on our way home……

And before I realized it, I was brought to this dark room for some reason…… And……anymore……

“Okay Well, I’”

While also touching the body of the boy laying next to me, the man in black placed his hand on my forehead

At that instant, es that I had never seen before Strange ies that even included sound as well People and places I didn’t know…… Almost as if it was a life that had been experienced by so my head one after the other, and my head hurt so much it felt like it would crack open

Then – when all the i Why I was brought to a place like this, and why my mother died in a dark room like this……

The i This redheaded woman’s plan –

The redheaded woman is the wife of a noble called Marquis Deek, and she’s thenext to me

However, she wasn’t loved by the marquis The marquis was a feckless woe even afteran heir, Sirius Deek, upon his laife, he never showed hiain

Because of that, she only had one child, Sirius, and her whole existence revolved around him Every day, she would bitterly co son

However, the only support for her heart, her son…… came doith an incurable disease

She made full use of their wealth and political power, and had so many doctors visit, but they all told her it was useless so then she tried soic, but……

She wasn’t able to cure her son, and he got weaker every day The idea of losing her son…… She couldn’t accept the thought at all

One day, after dabbling in so ic, she finally found out about the existence of dark ic that can manipulate the heart and mind, and even replace memories

When she learned this, she came up with an idea If she could transfer her son’s ht be a way to save her son

It was an exceedingly quixotic plan, a thoughtless plan that could almost never be realized – but, since she didn’t have any ideas left anyh this plan was such an i to in order to try saving her son

And so, she searched for the way to obtain dark ic – and also for a suitable vessel for her son

Her son’s vessel ood health, and, it was necessary that he be as close to her son as possible in age and looks If it looked too different, he wouldn’t be able to inherit from Marquis Deek

Then, she found it A boy that looked very sie – almost as if he had been born just to become Sirius’s vessel –

That boy was the son of one of Marquis Deek’s former maids In the past, this beautiful maid had worked for Marquis Deek and was favored by hiotten pregnant

The iven birth to a son who looked ether happily

The marchioness decided that the maid’s son would become a vessel for her son Sirius

Then, she succeeded in finding out the way to obtain darkanother’s life Meaning, it was necessary to ic

The marchioness decided to sacrifice the vessel’ssuch a happy life

And so, today was the day she finally put that plan into action

She had the vessel and the wo who had dark ic on the vessel – then, she had her son Sirius’s memories transferred to the vessel

If everything had gone according to the marchioness’s plan, Sirius’s memories should have been transferred over to me as to be a vessel, and I should have died…… I was supposed to have become Sirius Deek, but……

However…… Sirius’she’s seen and heard before inserted into my head…… I’m still me

Certainly, I now have Sirius’s h I have the memories – the boy named Sirius is nowhere to be found However, all I could feel was “I’ but painful feelings

He had been everything to his mother, his mother completely relied on hie of death, and she would always be crying by his bedside, but…… All the boy Sirius wanted was to be free frootten tired of living He had no other feelings at all in his memories

And so, I didn’t become Sirius, I just obtained his hts

The marchioness’s plan had failed

……However, if she learns the truth, I’ll probably be killed here immediately, so I’ll use Sirius’s memories

I can’t die here…… It’s the strongest feeling I’ve ever had I can’t die yet…… Not until I fulfill my mother’s last wish……

Before I realized it, the cloth that had been tightly packed into my mouth had been removed

I suppressed all of reeted the woman I hate most in the world –

“……Mother……”

That’s what I called her That’s how Sirius Deek has always addressed her Then, a big smile appeared on her face

“Ahh, Sirius! It’s you! The dark ic succeeded!”

As she said so, Marchioness Deek hugged htly

I felt strongly repulsed, but I endured the best I could in order to preventBecause, I can’t afford to die here just yet I’ll live on, in order to fulfill my mother’s last wish

“……Well then, Madaht for ether with my family now?”

The man in black asked the marchioness nervously

“That’s right, you’ve done very well Thanks to you, my Sirius was able to obtain such a healthy body”

“……Then, would it be alright for you to return my family now?”

“Yes, of course I’ll let you uys!”

Themen in the room A relieved expression appeared on the man in black’s face, and the other men approached Then – all of them stabbed the man in black with their swords

“………Why……”

With his body pierced and bleeding all over, the man reached his hand out towards the marchioness

“Didn’t I just say I’d let youfor you in the next world”

The racefully at him

“……You promised you would return h I did so much for you…… You…… deceived me……”