Chapter 41 – 41. Brilliant and beautiful
“… … .”
My eyelids were so heavy that I could only open them halfway, but I still knew that this was a hospital.
As I began to see, the faint smell of disinfectant and medicine, unique to hospitals, began to linger in my nose.
Gradually, feeling returns to my fingers and I feel the vague sensation of a hospital bed, not knowing whether it is soft or hard.
“after.”
As if I was inserting batteries one by one, I felt my senses coming back, and I raised my upper body.
The fluid stuck on the back of my hand had already all come off, so I roughly pulled it out, and when I got up, the door to the hospital room opened.
“No, it’s real? “There’s someone in Iluania who was her lover.”
“Stop lying! “From what I heard from my family, Deius is not a bad person.”
“That must have been a curse in your family…” … .”
Findenai and Erica entered the hospital room. I warn the two people with my hand on my forehead.
“This is a hospital room, be quiet.”
“Go, I’ll go and get the doctor.”
Erica, who made eye contact with me, was so desperate that she turned around and ran out of the hospital room as if running away, and Findeneye approached me with a grin.
“Can you tell me what happened this time?”
“… … “I just saw him off.”
“sendoff? who? Anyway, I don’t understand what the necromancers are talking about.”
Of course, Findeneye giggled and said that I was the only necromancer he had ever met.
Listening to her laughter, I started preparing to leave the hospital.
* * *
I wasn’t locked in the hospital room for that long, in fact, it was just a fleeting moment for me, but when I came out of the hospital, I felt welcomed by the outside air.
My chest, which had been stuffy in the night air, suddenly cleared up, and my steps felt lighter as my body felt ventilated.
“Are you going to go back right away? “I was sharing the owner’s room. Where can I use it?”
Findeneye passes by, stretching. I asked without hiding my displeasure at those words.
“Did you use my room?”
“Yeah, you can’t sleep outside.”
“I’ll tell the dean and ask him to prepare a separate room.”
“I like places on higher floors.”
Erica, who was behind her, looked at Findenai grumbling and made a strange expression.
I couldn’t have imagined that he would treat me, his owner, so easily.
“Then Findenai. Go and clean my room. “If even a single hair falls off of you, I will call you again.”
“… … I’m serious?”
Findeneye frowned and spoke with a puzzled expression, but there was no reversing my words.
“I’ll go back in about an hour.”
“ah! “If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have left my luggage unpacked!”
Findeneye started running toward the academy with a huffing yet transcendental speed.
It was so powerful that the bodies of Erica and I, who were behind us, were swayed by the aftereffects of running for a moment.
Erika muttered in bewilderment as she watched Finden Eye walking away from the building’s roof.
“Still, I hear you.”
And then she and I slowly turned our heads and made a suggestion.
“Would you like to have some coffee for a moment?”
“uh? Nana?”
Erica, confused, pointed to herself and asked. I nodded slightly, and Erica hesitated before answering that she understood.
We didn’t have any intention of sitting in a coffee shop and wanted to feel the outside air more, so we got coffee and sat on a nearby park bench.
Perhaps because it was night, there were many people walking around.
There was a blue star-shaped sculpture in the center of the park, and it seemed to be powered by magic, emitting a soft blue light from within, illuminating the entire park.
A small child grabs my pant legs and pulls me while I’m sitting on a bench sipping coffee.
I gently stroke the child’s head, then take another sip.
“… … “What’s there?”
“It is nothing.”
Erica was looking intently at the area where the child was, but since she couldn’t see anything, she cleared her throat and leaned against the backrest.
Silence for a moment.
The natural noise of the city lingered between us, but it wasn’t too bothersome.
Rather, it felt like we were filling each other’s gap, so we were able to be more comfortable.
I take another sip of coffee and put it on.
“Not all of the evil spirits at the Academy have been resolved. However, there will no longer be anyone who has the power or is dangerous enough to cause an incident.”
“… … okay.”
Erica looks a little disappointed, as if she didn’t know she would say something like this.
Our eyes were still focused on the blue star sculpture, but the conversation continued.
“So the evil spirit that tried to kill you has disappeared?”
“Yeah, he left too.”
“… … okay.”
Silence again.
Erica sighs and scratches her forehead as if she is frustrated.
“What I did was of no use.”
I don’t need to answer.
I had no intention of consoling her about that. Because that was her choice.
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“I’ll be honest, I’m sorry. In my other… … “I did it to try to save you.”
“Know.”
I answer calmly and take another sip of coffee. No matter how many times I drank it, for some reason the sip I just took felt more bitter.
“But that doesn’t mean I’ll ever ask you to get engaged again. “It’s true that I hurt you.”
Erica’s hand exerts so much force that the paper cup is slightly crumpled. But there was no change in her expression.
“It’s better for you too, right? I heard that there was someone other than me who loved him very much. “It must have been intrusive to have an engagement in the family.”
“… … .”
“Breaking off an engagement is only a blemish for women, but not a big problem for men. There… … .”
“Stop it.”
Before I knew it, my eyes were focused on her face.
Although her voice and expression did not waver, a tear was already flowing down Erica’s cheek.
“Why are you so broken, Erica Bright?”
“… … what?”
Erica made eye contact with me, asking what I meant, but she quickly turned her gaze elsewhere as if running away.
“I will be honest. I feel emotions more lightly than other people. “It’s an acquired tendency.”
“… … .”
Erica says it looks like that and closes her mouth and waits for him to speak.
“So I don’t know much about love or anything. “I didn’t think I could understand what emotions were so vague and difficult to properly define.”
but.
“However, I was able to feel that emotion by chance. “It wasn’t mine, but I shared the feelings of a man who truly loved a woman.”
I continued, remembering Deius, who truly loved Illuania.
“So I can tell you now.”
“… … .”
Erica’s eyes tremble. She gave me a look that made me wish my mouth wouldn’t fall.
I spoke without hesitation.
“I didn’t love you, Erica Bright.”
“ah… … .”
Coo.
Erica’s cup becomes more crumpled. If the coffee had been full, it would have already spilled over and wet our hands and floor.
“Not even for a moment. “I have never felt love for you.”
“that… … “Yes, of course.”
It was three months before I was fired from the Academy.
I spent about two months with Erica Bright.
For the remaining month, we couldn’t be together because she was hostile towards me.
We worked together quite hard for two months. She tried so hard, and I didn’t avoid it either.
Memories of that time came to mind in passing, but unfortunately, the emotional ups and downs were non-existent.
“I know.”
Deep.
Erica bows her head. Before she knew it, tears were dripping down the back of her hand, soaking it.
I continued speaking without hesitation.
“But, you are worth loving. “She was a woman who deserved to be loved.”
Pop.
Erica’s body stiffens.
Slowly and very slowly, he turned his head and looked at me.
I sipped my coffee and looked at the star sculpture again.
“That’s why I spent time with you and hoped you would smile. And you wanted me to love you.”
“ah… … .”
“But Erica, look at you now.”
Personally, I felt really bad for her.
“You are different from the Erica Bright I first saw.”
She was looking at me blankly, so I continued to comfort her instead of comforting her.
“I’m blinded by the emotion of love, so I can’t even make a proper judgment. “I thought my choice was right, but in the end it didn’t produce any results.”
“… … .”
“And now, I’ve given up on everything and let it go.”
I slowly make eye contact with Erica again. This time, she doesn’t avoid me and faces me, shedding tears.
I took out a rolled up piece of paper from my coat. I received it from a servant of the Bright family whom I met on the way to Lovern.
“It’s a letter of divorce. “I haven’t signed it yet.”
“… … !”
“Our engagement has not been concluded yet, so no one can ask you to marry someone you are in love with.”
I already heard the story about Gideon from Findenai.
This is the only consideration I can give Erica.
“Stand again, Erica Bright. Instead of being buried in failure, remember yourself. “Don’t be swayed by the emotion of love and let go of everything.”
I slowly got up from my seat and smiled softly as I looked at Erica who had received the divorce letter.
That is a blessing for her future.
“Be confident. “When she first met you, you were an extremely beautiful woman.”
“ah.”
“That letter of engagement is when you found confidence in yourself again. “It’s time to no longer be influenced by anyone.”
Tuk.
Put your hand on your head.
“Once again. “When I became the brilliantly beautiful Erica Bright.”
Erica quietly closed her eyes and felt my touch.
“Bring it to me then, let’s end our breakup.”
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