Vol 2 Chapter 17 (1/2)
Tina opened her eyes
“This is…?”
She was lying in a lotus floith a leaf that spread out above like an umbrella and sheltered her from the dense vapour
The lotus flower grew out from the bottom of the lake and was as wide as a double bed Loud sounds fro water could be heard fro waterfall nearby
The lake was not large, and denseof birds could be heard
“You’re finally awake!”
A little boy with immaculately combed hair stepped on the lotus leaf and poked his head in to peek
“Kester headmaster…” Tina looked at the boy’s face, “You’re here too?”
“That’s right, Tess got me to look after you”
“Look after me?”
“Because the transition ritual can only be completed if you stay in the sacred lake Tess ith Molan so she got me to do it” Kester broke into a wide smile, “Thank me now!”
“Thanks…”
Tina did not understand as going on but she ith the flow and thanked him anyway
Sacred lake? Transition ritual? Molan was also nearby? Who is Tess?
She only ree spell there and she had taken an attack for the Prince
“…Didn’t I, die?”
“You did die” Kester said, “But you revived!”
He pushed up close
“Let me see your forehead”
“Ah?”
Kester parted Tina’s fringe without waiting for a reply
“Eh~ See seems different”
“What are you talking about?”
“Well this works too!” Kester nodded as he spoke to hi Tina
“You have a pink mark here,” He touched his forehead, “But only half”
Tina felt even e of the lotus and looked at her reflection in the water There was indeed a pink mark, like half a flower petal
What was going on? She was about to question Kester, when she saw that the waterfall parted and there was a cave fro from
That so Tina he was stunned for acompletely elated
“Molan? You–”
–Came Before she could finish, Molan had flown in and pushed her down
Tina couldn’t push Molan off, and wanted to kick hi on her shoulder, his tears drenching her clothes This big boy was hugging tightly with all his rip loosened Tina thought of the winter night she took Molan back to the carriage frohtly as now, afraid she would change her ain
When she thought of this, she hesitated and gave in, and decided to give him 10 seconds
“… It hurts” Tina muttered softly
Molan finally stopped, and flew into the air
“Let, let me down!”
His li to swim as a fore of Tina
Tina watched the spectacle before her in a daze
“Big brother, irls”
A cold voice that still sounded childish floated over A little girl walked out of the cave, and the waterfall closed behind her
Tina had never seen such a pretty little girl Looking at her, she felt as though she had seen the essence of spring She wore a pure white one piece goith bright golden hair that was longer than she ith s out of her hair She was short and appeared to be 8 or 9 years old, with breathtaking features, of which the jade green eyes which were big, round, bright and clear, seemed to surpass any jewel in the world
Was she left behind by the Gods?
The little girl squinted at Tina, and hopped from leaf to leaf as she made her way to Tina
“So you’re the sister Tina that big brother was crying to see? You really are here in the sacred lake huh”
She stood before Tina and looked up into her eyes Tina looke dback at her and saw a petal shaped pink mark on her forehead
“hello”
The little girl greeted Tina
“My naave it to me”
(TL: In case anyone soet it, this is actually Tess 100 Trust me, I’ve read ahead And yes, in case you are concerned, Tess does not disappear froot the equivalent of 2 volumes after all)
Maruko leaned against the rail at the rooftop and watched over what happened at the lake
“To have forcefully stopped the unstoppable ‘Transition’ spell huh”
His face was expressionless
“The soul has entered his body… Possession stopped at 20? Why did it not progress? And the soul is evento the host’s will… Why?”
“Irritating, I cannot ue and looked doards