Volume 4 Chapter 9 Part 4 (2/2)

「Ah, this 「current me」has always existed inside the boy. However, although I exist, I couldn’t influence the outside. I was locked up in a cage and could only watch both the boy’s words and actions and you.」

The man’s face distorted as he clicked his tongue and let out a deep sigh. Weeell, I became speechless.

「It seems that the one controlling the current 「Agedilus von Lancent」is the「boy me」 and not the「current me」. If the「boy me」doesn’t want to, no matter how much the「current me」wants, I can’t do anything.」

The corners of his lips lifted into a sarcastic smile and his expression seemed to be, that for him it was an extremely irritating situation. This expression spoke volumes of how frustrated he must have been when the only thing he could do was watch. He stretched his hand towards the gauze plastered to my forehead. Of course his hand couldn’t touch me and just passed through.

「Once again you got hurt because of me.」

Even though he was calm, I knew from his voice that he was feeling sorry. Seeing him like this, I shook my head and smiled.

「It’s an honorable wound. It looked serious because there was a lot of blood but in reality the wound was nothing big, so please don’t worry about it. 」

「That’s not the problem.」

「For me that’s the extent of the problem. Never mind this, please continue what you were saying before.」

As I urged him on, he made a face like he still wanted to add something else, but in the end he didn’t touch that subject anymore and returned to the main topic.

「The「current me」can only come out when the「boy me」is unconscious. That’s because my body belongs to the boy. If the consciousness gets pulled that way, then the boy’s one for some reason grows stronger. Well even if it’s only the consciousness, the fact that the「current me」could come out is already good.」

「Is that so? Then after all it was a good thing that I protected…」

「If you say you weren’t wrong, I won’t just let it pass.」

「……」

「What’s wrong? Please continue.」

「It’s nothing. You continue Edi.」

That was close. Silence is gold after all. The man stared at me intently for as I made a face like nothing had happened and averted my eyes.

The man quickly noticed that I had no intention of saying anything further and was waiting for him to continue, so he snorted seemingly saying that it was boring. Even if he became half-transparent, he hadn’t changed at all. My goodness, I was so happy that I wanted to cry.

「Whatever. The most important part, is that I can come out like this as long as the boy me isn’t conscious. And I keep his memories. On the contrary, the boy me doesn’t remember anything about me, so be careful not to say anything unnecessary.」

It was going to be difficult. Even if he told me that, I was afraid that I’d spill something by mistake. Thinking to myself that I needed to be careful, the man continued.

「We know for sure that the reason I turned into a child is that magical square at the ruins. The way you and the boy are researching is a roundabout one, but it’s not wrong. However it’s certain that it will take a lot of time. 」

「…. So it’s really like that.」

I had a feeling it was like this, but having a professional say that outloud was still painful. At this pace of deciphering, even if we managed to decipher everything, at that time I’d undoubtedly be a grandma already.

That said, we hadn’t found a different method. I hung my head miserably. At this rate, if the man didn’t turn back to normal, I’d really have to go around calling a 10 year-old boy my husband. Hahaha, I couldn’t even laugh at this joke.

The man kneeling down in front of me looked at my fake smile and stood up. He looked down at the bundle of paper tightly packed with magical language, which I had gathered and put on to top the table. He reached his hand trying to grab it, but as expected, his hand didn’t touch anything and just passed through. Without thinking I spoke to the man who was looking down at his hands without a word.

「Edi, would you like me to show you those papers?」

「…. No need. I’ve already seen all of those. All of them are full of old, complicated and beautiful magical language. How could someone create such a magical structure using only that? It truly deserves praise, just based on the fact, that it has enough power to change me into a child alone.」

「Is it that good?」

「Yes, irritatingly so.」