24 Episode 24: Inexplicable Invitations (1/2)

The identity of Raini's demonic stone, the progress of the Vampire Fact Sheet. Today was a brilliant and fulfilling day.

Raini also had reports that his senses had changed since passing magic on the Demon Stone. I wonder if we need to keep track of the details in the future. So far, so good. As much as I want to unwittingly sing my nose song.

After all, exploration is good. Know what you didn't know and absorb it as your own knowledge. If Raini imagines expanding her possibilities as to what she will be able to do, her dreams will spread. My chest dances to such a forecast of the future.

I turn on the lights and run the pen even as the night goes deeper. There are limits to what you can remember. That's why I keep writing my thoughts. A note line with no takedowns, other than me, may not know the exact meaning.

Second, the door to the room was knocked as if a paragraph was on and aimed at the timing at which the pen was placed.

”Who?”

”Dear Anis, it's me”

”Uffi? There you are. Open it now.”

It was Uffi's voice that I heard from across the door. When I open the door, Uffi stands, who had already finished his sleeping schedule. I invite her into my room and start making tea.

”Tea, I'll prepare it, sit down and wait.”

”... you know we need to talk.”

”I don't know.”

Let Yufi sit down and prepare tea for two. Sit down to face Uffi and sip a cup of tea. My body, which I had concentrated on writing until earlier, is slightly hardened and I turn my arms to untie my body.

Uffi also put his mouth on the tea and then exhaled softly. I decided to wait for Yufi to start talking because I was wondering how she was going to cut the story out.

”... it's hard to make weak noises”

”Hmm?”

”I didn't know there was any certainty between Anise and Algard.”

”It wasn't even like making it public. Even if the hang-up wasn't known, it's a well-known fact that Al and I weren't close anymore.”

I don't think I could do anything about that right now. It's the result of my move without thought, so I have to take it.

At the time I had no idea what the weight of the right to inherit the throne was. I will not be king. I was optimistic that Al-Kun would be king.

If only I could support Al in the future as my sister. I was thinking that if I could study magic while helping Al, it would be fine.

I was too short-circuited, I had no idea. The incident with Al-Kun is one of my hateful failures.

But I can't even just regret it. Honestly, I'd be lying to Al if I told him I didn't have pangs myself. How can you not understand, my God.

I didn't mean to hurt Al. I'm not going to be an enemy. I hope you don't mind the words around you. I always thought it would be good if Al became king and was good. I really wanted to tell you that. I wanted you to understand.

But if you can't tell them, it's no use trying to understand. Then I should live my life and stay out of it, Al. That's how my relationship with Al went cold.

”Was Master Algard suffering too?”

”I guess I was in pain. It seemed tougher than I thought.”

When my father told me that I behaved so unroyally, that there were still many who supported me, I didn't even think about it.

Al Kun will be king, and I never thought I'd be king either. So I proceeded to behave like I was called a freak. That would make it impossible for anyone to stand me up.

(Actually, Ilia's parents did. I had a relationship at first since I made Ilia exclusive, but I couldn't stomach him for treating Ilia or anything, so I poked him a little bit.)

Then Ilia's parents stopped coming after me. Everywhere I go, I am Princess Kiteretz. Even with the merit of magic, it is not suitable as a king.

It may be popular with the people because they were distracted and close to the civilian population. Still, it is the nobles who move the country. So I stop there even if it's popular.

Many nobles are proud to be able to use magic. So no one can stand me up because I can't use magic, and even if I were there, I wouldn't be able to push those people away.

So nobody expects anything from me. Even if I did, I don't have the power to move public opinion, just someone who understands. Maybe you can change it if you make a big announcement about the achievements of magic and try to spread it. The change will cause a great deal of turmoil in the country.

So it was best for Al to be king, and the story should fit in round. This is how it turns out.

”... would something have changed if I had leaned closer to Master Algard”

”Uffi is a true, irretrievable failure.”

It was an irresistible failure. It's not like one of us was bad, but everyone made a little cause of it. It was this incident that happened overlapping. I can't blame anyone for being bad.

If you blame that, then you must seek sin from all human beings. I think there's a lot of responsibility, though. Then I think it would be better if you were punished for flirting with this nasty situation now.

”I can't make up for it without fail, but I can make up for it with my next success. You can't keep succeeding all the time. Because there isn't, we all do our best for fear of failure. I think Uffi will learn to make this mistake and get the next big success.”

”Dear Anis... I'm really positive and envious”

”The world is wide and the dreams are far away than I have time to turn around.”

Magic was once a dream story. Unreachable fantasy. But I think I can reach it now. I can't help but stretch. That's why I don't have time to look back. Time is finite. I don't know when it's going to end.

I am me. But all of a sudden, the day may come when I'm not me. 'Cause it's just a coincidence that I was able to get my memories back from my previous life, too. I don't know why. I don't know, so I'm not surprised what happens.

That's why I don't just want to stop my legs. I want to be running straight to my dreams, just straight. I want to live this life to the fullest.

”... because I haven't decided what I want to be yet”

”You just have to think slowly. I have my life, Uffi has Uffi's life. That's how they all live. Now the road is just with me. The time may come for us to break up, and even if we break up, we may rub it off somewhere again, and the road may connect again. I don't even know what happened.”

”That's right, too”

Yuffi shrugged and laughed. Next I lay my eyes down to get lost. I lay my eyes down for a while, but my slowly open eyes stare straight at me.

”... Dear Anis. I need a favor.”

”Hmm? What?

”... may I escort you to bed today”

”Accompanying? Nothing good, though.”

”Thank you.... because I got a little anxious. I'm afraid to sleep like this.”

”If that's the case, I'd be happy to.”

That's a cute favor, what a little laugh. But I think it's a good trend. Yufi could be sweeter. I guess I haven't done that before. Then you can take it back from now on.

My bed is as big as a royal bed. There's plenty of room for both of us to sleep. Try to invite Yufi. I'll go into bed first, then I'll attract her.

”Have you ever had someone sleep with you?

”When I was little, I told my mother”

”Oh well. Then I'll adore you as Uffi today. Look, come on.”

”I'm not old enough to wear it anymore.”

”I don't care, I don't care”

Lie side by side in bed and wear a futon. I lay down to look at each other, and laughter came in from either side.

”Good night, Uffi”

Lift your forehead to do so to your toddler and then drop a kiss on your forehead. Because Yufi is taller when he usually stands, so he can't do it! Yuffi, kissed on the forehead, turns her eyes round and laughs as if she was in trouble in some light.

”... good night”

It wasn't long before I fell asleep. I think Yufi's hand grabbed my hand before I fell asleep. I fell asleep shaking that hand back.

”Come on, I'll be checking Raini's abilities in earnest from today on”

”Yes, thank you”

Because I slept slowly and took the day off, Raini's complexion is pretty good. After all, people can work hard when they feel progress. I want you to remain confident in yourself and be able to control your abilities.

”Shall we start with a check-up? How's the demon stone?

”Right. I have no problems with my health. Rather, it's very refreshing to say that the senses have become clearer. I feel like the magic is flowing through the stones.”

”Is the power of the Demon Stone going to be dampened?

”Yes, I can't breathe better going with just a little bit of magic than trying to stop the magic. That way, you won't even be able to get into places where there's a feeling that magic is going to happen...”

”I see...”

There are more or less things I have come to understand while I continue to examine Raini. After all, Raini's demonic stone is very similar to the nature of my engraving.

The difference is that it is always operational. My engraving will never exert its power without instilling my magic. Sometimes I take magic on my own with defensive reactions, but there's nothing rampant about it. I think it's also the result of the adjustment.

In contrast, Raini has the Demon Stone in constant operation. Sometimes it's integrated with the heart, and I can't breathe when I try to stop the function, or the flow of magic.

Instead, it has the advantage that it can always be kept through magic. This is an advantage not found in my engraving. Engraving is too influential when you're instilling magic, so you only instill magic when you need it.

As for the power of vampires, this was honestly good news because with proper consciousness, we seem to be able to narrow down and weaken our magic to avoid activating the power of the Demon Stone.

”Ilia, how about watching Raini compared to yesterday?

”Right... doesn't seem particularly unusual though”

”Hmm, I wonder if the recognition is imprinted even if the charm isn't activated once it hits the charm. Maybe that's why I don't know the difference. This is definitely troublesome... I don't know if I'm going to try anything new.”

”Sorry for the inconvenience…”

I really wanted to check the comparison between when I was using force and when I wasn't, but I'm not going to make Raini's power public, so I'm going to stop.