(One)
One.
An afternoon with the sun rising in the sky.
The silver-haired girl in the bed tossed and turned. Letting out a low moan she lifted her closed eyelids little by little.
Immediately, he frowned.
“Ugh.”
It was because the sunlight was so bright.
A girl frowning heavily.
Still, thanks to that, I felt quite drowsy.
Delia barely woke up and looked around with a blank face.
“here is… … ?”
Familiar scenery. It is a place in my memory.
Right in your own bedroom. The moment she realized this, memories she had forgotten all along came back.
‘Oh, that’s right. ‘It was like that.’
I remembered everything.
Everything from being attacked by an Abyss worshiper while going to pick starflowers to being caught up in something called the Trial of the Hero.
Immediately after recalling all the memories.
Soon a new question arose.
‘But why am I here?’
Delia tilts her head.
However, the question did not last long. Because she wasn’t alone at the time.
Friends who came to help him.
At the same time, speculation arose.
‘Did Ulan and Noah take you there?’
Or, he may have met Arpen’s rangers who were searching for him and came to the castle.
After understanding the general situation.
She stretched as if sulking.
Next, he checked his condition while lying diagonally on the bed. Among them, the biggest change was definitely horsepower.
‘Magic power… … .’
It has increased tremendously.
And one more thing.
There were also changes that did not exist before.
Warm sunlight and cool breeze.
Bushes, trees, rocks, etc.
The magic of all things in the world was visible so clearly. Soon she realized the reason for this change.
‘The state of the great wizard.’
The founding king of the Principality of Arpen.
In the process of inheriting the knowledge and magical power of the stars imparted by Artina Mune Arpen’s thoughts, Delia immediately crossed the wall of enlightenment.
And the result.
As it is now, the magic power has increased and the eye for observing magic power has become stronger. As she looked at the scenery outside her window, her expression was one of excitement.
‘No matter how much help I got, I never thought I would get there so quickly.’
One of the goals she pursued.
The level of becoming an archmage was a level that I thought I could reach at least after graduating from Arsene Academy or later.
Delia smiled with satisfaction at the accomplishment that was much faster than expected.
Next, she thought about the knowledge of stars that had been given to her along with her magical powers. These are the knowledge and memories that Artina has accumulated over many years.
But at that moment.
“Ugh!”
Delia’s face crumpled.
This is because I suddenly had a headache.
‘… … There is too much information.’
Memories accumulated over hundreds of years.
Trying to remember all of this at once is bound to cause overload. After a while, I managed to get out of my thoughts and the headache quickly disappeared.
‘Let’s find out about this later’
Because it’s not urgent right now.
After finishing her thoughts, Delia got up from the bed. As she was lightly warming up and looking around the room, she suddenly noticed her body reflected in the mirror.
I realized it right away.
That you have grown.
“You’ve grown a little taller.”
I feel like I have finally changed to suit my age.
This is thanks to the characteristics of the fairy blood flowing through his body. It was a time when I was carefully examining every part of my grown body.
smart!
There was a knock on the door.
The person who came in next was a maid with brown hair. After a while, her eyes widened as soon as she saw Delia.
“Wow, princess?!”
A maid with a surprised expression.
Her name is Helena Orvant.
She is Delia’s exclusive maid who has been with her ever since she was young. Helena quickly closed the gap between her and asked how she was doing with a worried look on her face.
“You’re awake. “How are you feeling?”
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But no answer came back.
Instead, Delia looked at her closely with a puzzled expression. Because she saw something she had never seen before.
‘What is that?’
A bright light hovers around Helena.
It is not a flow of magical power. In the first place, the flow of magical power is in a different form than that.
“Princess?”
“… … uh?”
“Is there anything that makes you uncomfortable? “Then I think it would be a good idea to rest a little more.”
“no it’s okay.”
Delia shook her head.
At the same time, I shook off the thoughts that had just occurred to me. Because it wasn’t important right now.
“More than that, you’re not surprised.”
“yes? What?”
“My appearance, I mean.”
Delia’s appearance has changed significantly.
Her height has grown by a span, and the breast fat left on her cheeks has disappeared. Although she might have been surprised at the difference in appearance from before, Helena reacted calmly.
“Of course, the princess is in the midst of her growth phase. “She will be fully grown in about half a year.”
By human standards, it might be so.
Just as I was silently nodding my head at what made sense, Helena spoke again.
“Uh, princess?”
A somewhat cautious attitude.
After hesitating for a while, she soon opened her mouth as if she had decided to do something.
“Rather, when you come to your senses, Your Majesty told you to stop by the main castle… … .”
It’s scary to hear the words to tell you.
Delia’s face hardened.
The person whom Helena called her Highness refers to Ergent Rune Mond Arpen, Delia’s biological father and the monarch of the Principality of Arpen.
“I’ll take care of that.”
“Phew, I thought you would say that for some reason.”
An attitude as cold as ice.
Helena sighed as if she had expected it. This was because Ergent was Dilia’s most reluctant member of her royal family.
“More than that, what about Ulan and Noah?”
“yes? “Who is that?”
“Me and the people I was with.”
“What are you saying…?” … .”
An expression that says I don’t know what to say.
Even though I said this, you still can’t understand me.
Delia sighed and briefly summarized Ulan and Noah’s appearances.
As the explanation continued, Helena’s expression changed more and more subtly. After a while, she asked with an awkward look on her face.
“Princess?”
“why?”
“May I ask what your relationship is with the people you just mentioned?”
“They’re just my friends?”
Delia responded indifferently.
Helena, on the other hand, was shocked.
“Chi, you’re a friend?!”
The expression on his face when he heard something shocking.
Seeing a look of confusion on her face, Delia asked back with a puzzled expression.
“Is that such a surprising thing?”
“of course! That’s because the princess has never had a friend.”
“… … .”
I was speechless for a moment.
However, I wasn’t particularly offended.
As Helena said, it was true that she had no one she could call a friend.
“Anyway, where are you now?”
“Well, that means… … .”
“Speak quickly.”
Helena cannot answer readily.
Delia, who found this suspicious, repeatedly urged her to do so, and she sighed.
“I’m locked up in prison.”
“… … what?”
“At first glance, I heard that they locked the princess up because they were convinced that she was the one who kidnapped her?”
Helena continued her explanation based on the stories she heard from the rangers.
Some time after that.
Delia, who found out what was going on, shouted in rage.
“Take us to the prison, now!”
Ulan and Noah.
He treated two people who were like benefactors to him as criminals and imprisoned them.
There are degrees of rudeness.
So Delia headed straight to the royal castle’s dungeon, with Helena leading the way. She did it to clear up the misunderstanding and save the two.
2.
The dungeon of the Arpen royal castle.
Originally, this place was rarely used, but today was an exception.
Because armed guards were stationed at all roads leading to the ground. At the same time, the soldiers’ complexions also became serious.
There is only one reason for this.
This is because the criminals who kidnapped the princess of the principality, Delia Arpen, are imprisoned here.
Therefore, the guards patrolled around the prison with nervous expressions on their faces, maintaining a tight security posture.
Meanwhile, at that time.
In fact, the atmosphere inside the prison was different from outside.
There was no tension at all just by looking at Ulan yawning with a bored face.
It was then.
Grumble!
A sound that breaks the quiet atmosphere.
It’s a sound coming from Ulan’s stomach. He yawned profusely and said while rubbing his stomach.
“I’m starting to get hungry.”
“Of course you’re hungry.”
An answer came from the next room.
It was Noah. She complained in a weak voice.
“Because I’ve been starving since yesterday.”
A full day has passed since he was arrested and falsely accused of kidnapping Delia. And no meals or water have been provided so far.
“Still, just be patient. “As soon as Delia wakes up, we can get out of here.”
In terms of time, it was time to wake up.
Noah looked at Ulan through the bars. He then turned the conversation elsewhere.
“You know, Ulan.”
“… … ?”
“Was it like that in your last life?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“I’m asking when Delia reached the level of archmage.”
In the original, Delia does not reach the level of great wizard until she is in her late 20s.
But this time was different.
For some reason, she became an archmage as soon as she passed the warrior’s trials, something that never happened in the original work.
Of course, there was no need to ask.
The past life that Ulan remembers was the episode that Noah played right before entering the game.
‘but… … .’
At that time, Noah did not care about the seven warriors at all. Because he became the Marquis of Gorphant and was busy raising an army to fight against the Abyss.
So, I asked a question to see if this was a variable that occurred in the last episode as well. But Ulan shook his head.
“I do not know either.”
“yes? why?”
“That’s because when I met Delia, she was already an archmage.”
Same development as the original. In other words, there were no variables in Ulan’s past life.
“Okay, I see.”
Noah let out a low groan.
I couldn’t contain my curiosity, so I asked, but I had no choice but to get the answer directly from Delia.
At the time I was sighing repeatedly.
Jump, jump, jump!
I heard multiple footsteps coming down the stairs. Rangers led by guards. Noah’s complexion immediately brightened when he saw them.
‘Delia is awake!’
So, they are probably trying to release it now.
Noah was sure of that.
Until they approached the prison and spat out these words with faces as hard as stone.
“Friday, July 15th. 2 p.m. sharp.”
“As of the current time, we will begin interrogating the criminals who kidnapped the princess.”
“… … ?!”
Interrogation, not release?
Noah’s eyes fluctuated.
Did you notice this change in facial expression? The rangers spoke in a blunt tone.
“There is no need to worry.”
“All interrogations will be conducted ethically and in accordance with international law, and we will never kill you until you spit out the truth.”
An even more horrifying answer came back.
At the same time, several rangers were seen coming down carrying something. Objects that look like torture devices at a glance. Noah shouted urgently.
“Well, we are Delia’s friends!”
“Are you still going to lie?”
“Is it true?!”
“No, that’s a lie.”
After shaking my head vigorously.
The rangers shouted assertively.
“The princess has no friends.”
“I swear, not a single one!”
A denial so strong that one even swears.
I can’t speak at all. When Noah closed his mouth, the rangers put a guard in front.
“Open the door!”
“We will begin interrogation immediately.”
Noah’s face turned pale.
What do we do? Should we tell Ulan to just run away?
All kinds of thoughts came rushing out like an explosion.
Then at that moment.
“… … “Stop right now.”
A cold voice was heard.
It was Delia, a silver-haired girl who came running towards me with a lot of messy hair.
Right after I found her.
Noah was relieved that he was alive now, and the rangers asked back as if they were surprised.
“Princess?”
“What brings you here?”
No answer came back.
She simply stretched out her slender finger and pointed at Ulan and Noah.
“Quick, release me.”
“yes? But these… … .”
“These are my friends.”
So release me quickly.
The golden eyes looked as if they were saying that. Meanwhile, the rangers reacted in shock at Delia’s answer.
“Chi, friend?”
“Did the princess have a friend?!”
A reaction of disbelief.
Delia frowned.
Of course, I didn’t have any friends until now, but I felt bad after receiving these reactions one after another.
“okay. At the academy, it happened.”
The moment I reluctantly gave the answer.
They all cheered and shouted.
“oh my god. A friend to the princess… … .”
“This is truly something worth celebrating!”
“Shouldn’t it be a national holiday?!”
“This is not the time to be like this. “I need to suggest to my superiors that we should throw a party!”
Rangers making a fuss. Seeing that they are genuinely happy, it seems like they are about to start a festival.
On the other hand, Delia’s ears turned red.
After a while, she gritted her teeth and growled, her face flushed.
“… … “It’s a party, it’s a mess, let it out right now.”
“Yes, old! All right.”
“Excuse me!”
Was it only then that he recognized the atmosphere?
The rangers hastily took Ulan and Noah out of the prison. After some time, when the situation was resolved, Delia bowed her head and apologized to the two.
“I’m really sorry.”
A voice full of regret.
She continued speaking without raising her head.
“I will find the person responsible for what happened today and punish him/her severely. Promise.”
“Okay. don’t mind.”
On the other hand, Ulan’s reaction was indifferent.
I was detained for about a day, but other than that, I didn’t suffer any harm.
This was the same for Noah.
“That’s right, it was a situation that could have been misunderstood.”
Ulan and Noah are illegal immigrants.
Moreover, just seeing Ulan walking around with his top off would look suspicious.
And since he also has Delia, who has gone missing, it becomes even more suspicious.
“… … Really, are you okay though?”
“They did it for you too, right? So there is no need to severely punish them.”
“Yes, the misunderstanding has been resolved, so this is enough.”
Immediately after the generous answer came back.
Delia repeatedly bowed her head. Her answer was full of both gratitude and apology.
This was around the time when the confiscated luggage was recovered.
Noah suddenly spoke.
“More than that, Delia.”
“huh?”
“In the Trial of the Hero. “Can you tell me what happened?”
A question I’ve had all along in prison.
Unable to contain her curiosity, she asked a question, and Delia nodded willingly.
Because it wasn’t something to hide anyway.
Soon the full explanation began.
How long has it been like that?
Noah, who had been listening to the story in silence, opened his eyes wide when he heard about the events that followed the battle with the Arch Lich.
‘The Arch Lich was Artina?!’
It was natural to be surprised.
This is because the original Arch Lich was just a nameless wizard who was active in ancient times.
Artina, on the other hand, is different.
He was the founding king of the Principality of Arpen and the most outstanding wizard in the past. He is also one of the important characters in the main scenario.
‘… … Ainer’s twin sister.’
『Einer’s Orb』
An essential tool to face the abyss.
The twin sister of the original owner who created this treasure is Artina Mun Arpen.
Furthermore, he is also famous as a person who once recognized the threat of the abyss and predicted it.
‘I thought he was a person who only existed as a record in history books, but I never thought he would become a lich and remain in the trials of the warrior.’
So what is the reason?
When I was surrounded by these questions, I soon received an answer from Delia that would resolve them.
A story related to the abyss.
Furthermore, it is explained that he placed his entire fate on Delia and handed over an enormous amount of magical power.
“Thanks to you, I have reached the level of an archmage.”
Right after the long story ends.
The hall was enveloped in a sense of quiet silence.
While Ulan’s reaction was to not understand what was going on at all, Noah asked back as if he had heard an unbelievable story.
“So, you’re saying that the inherited star knowledge contains Artina’s memories?!”
“Yeah, probably.”
Noah’s eyes wavered.
It was worth it.
Artina is a being who predicted the threat of the abyss. With someone’s memories like that, you would definitely be able to get information about the abyss.
‘Important information not in the original!’
Immediately after obtaining an unexpected harvest.
Noah’s face turned bright red.
But then, an answer was heard that poured water on the burning expectations.
“But right now, it’s hard.”
“what? why?”
“My head, everything, is a mess. I think it will be possible if we take the time to organize it.”
The knowledge of stars is very vast.
To the point where just trying to recall the memories gives me a headache. So it will take time to find the memories you want here.
Noah nodded silently.
As if he understood what it meant.
‘It’s a bit disappointing, but… … .’
Still, it was an unexpected income.
The memory I wanted was something I could gradually find out over time. That was when the conversation between the two came to an end.
Gurgling!
A loud noise shook the hall.
It’s a sound coming from Ulan’s stomach. Delia responded by perking up her pointy ears.
“Are you hungry? Quick, let’s go out. “I’ll tell you to prepare a meal right away.”
“Let’s move quickly.”
As soon as the word meal was finished, Ulan was already climbing the stairs. Delia looked back at Noah with a faint smile.
“Do you need anything?”
“Oh, now that I think about it, I had something to ask you.”
“Anything, just say it.”
Then you should ask without hesitation.
Noah took out a note from his backpack.
“This… … ?”
“It’s a list of medicinal herbs.”
You know it when you see it.
Delia, who had once lived with the rangers, was knowledgeable about medicinal herbs.
“Can you save me?”
“It’s not difficult, it’s not. But, where should I use it?”
Delia asked curiously.
It was worth it. Each of the herbs written on the note had different uses.
Meanwhile, right after the question came back.
Noah smiled brightly.
“To make a cure.”
A girl who became a disabled person in an unexpected accident.
Delia’s half-brother who never survived throughout all episodes of the original work.
In order to create a medicine that will return Rudine Arpen to its original state.
Chapter 39. The choice is yours.
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