Chapter 110 – Episode 109. Way Back (3)
Along with the bizarre sensation I felt yesterday, the feeling that something inside my body was slipping away, I hadn’t felt the fake Astrid’s consciousness at all.
It’s been over an hour since I took control of my body.
It was moved outside as if it had bounced off a tower where it was unknown, and as soon as it saw the familiar scenery, it ran towards the main road.
And as soon as an hour had passed, control of her body disappeared like a lie, and she collapsed on the spot.
A day like that
A voice that was probably Leopold’s was heard over and over again.
Asti, Asti! I could hear the voice clearly, but I couldn’t see it.
The voice of Wolfgang, her father, is also heard, and the voice of Weizik is also heard.
Her voices worrying about her as one of hers.
Her self is fine, but even if she repeatedly shouts that something strange is happening, the voice does not come out of her mouth.
She could feel Leopold’s hand caressing her hair, and tried to take control somehow, even by force, like before, but she didn’t budge.
【Hey, hey! Please answer me!】
Even if you call the fake Astrid to burst her throat, no answer comes back.
Maybe she disappeared.
Did she go back to where she used to be?
But did she suddenly go back like this?
As she did when she came, did it suddenly become like this to return like this?
Even so—
One hour a day, the time I can handle my body as I want is too harsh.
It was the next day that Astrid opened her eyes.
As soon as she opens her eyes, Astrid jumps up uncharacteristically of her patients, and shoves her attendant, who is stunned to see her open them—
It just rolled sideways.
The attendant was surprised by the sight, but the one who was even more shocked was the person himself.
She didn’t even control her strength, but originally, it was the attendants who had to be crushed by her push.
However, the woman she is right now has turned round.
“Hey, the power… ?”
Looking into my hands, nothing has changed.
But I didn’t feel it.
I can’t feel the divine protection flowing through my body.
The aura that always flowed through her body in pairs of divine protection, now she could only feel one.
‘Stop, no way…’ ‘
Her thoughts did not last long.
The door slammed open, and Wolfgang and Weizik entered the infirmary with Leopold.
“Asti! Are you awake… !”
“I, Your Highness… “
Leopold hugs his entire body.
It was good to feel his body temperature.
I did, but it hurt.
The power of Leopold’s embrace hurt.
It’s something that can’t happen, but it really shouldn’t happen.
It hurt.
“Your Highness, wouldn’t it hurt if I hugged the young lady so tightly?”
At Wolfgang’s low voice, Leopold finally let go of Astrid’s body.
Then, he covered Astrid’s face with his hand and peered into her mint-colored eyes.
“Asti, are you awake?”
“Ah, Father.”
“Okay. What happened?”
Astrid thought.
Now, in order to explain the strange phenomenon that happened to her body, it is necessary to explain that consciousness coexisted in her body.
So, the tower is in good shape.
It was clear that the words would not come out properly, and above all, there was no guarantee that even if they explained the fact, they would be believed.
If so, you need to deal with the tower that is causing the problem.
“I found out where the tower is.”
“You mean the top? You mean you went to the tower?”
“A tower, didn’t the elder Baizik come to destroy the tower? Are you saying you failed?”
“It was delayed because Asti disappeared during the raid. But Asti, if you know where the tower is, where is it?”
“You mean I went to destroy the tower with Asti, but it failed, and Asti went missing, but disappeared into the tower and came back?”
At Astrid’s one word, Leopold, Weizik, and Wolfgang each spoke, so it was only like this—
“Your Highness, Dad, old man. The conversation never ends. Please listen to me to the end.”
Only then did the three pay attention to Astrid.
Confirming that it had become quiet, Astrid opened her mouth.
“Top wasn’t there. Rather, it was on the other side, the gorge… Yes, you would be right to say that it was in the canyon. And, I can only be awake for an hour a day.”
“One, one hour!”
It was a cry similar to Leopold’s scream.
An hour, you can only be awake for an hour a day.
From how do you know that, why is it like that, and how can you fix it?
A lot of questions like that flowed out like a well, but if Astrid’s words were true, it would be a waste of time now.
“You may not believe it, but I am only awake for an hour. Once the location of the tower is… “
*
“Come to think of it.”
“Huh?”
There were only two of them in the carriage.
Astein and Veracien, just the two of them.
The coachman driving the carriage cannot hear the conversation going on in this room.
As the fourth day passed and the fifth day approached, there was nothing to say between Astain and Veracien, so only silence hung over them.
In the midst of such silence, Astain suddenly spoke to Berashien.
“You don’t want to go back to the academy, right?”
“Well? I don’t know.”
Veracien’s lukewarm answer.
Astein didn’t like her answer very much.
But it’s a waste of time to delve into it now, and I don’t want to.
“You’re saying it doesn’t matter if I don’t go back, right?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“Then, we should proceed as planned.”
It’s funny
I couldn’t see what you said about your plan working properly.
— Vera Shien thought to herself, but she did not show it.
“Okay. I don’t care.”
Academy life, it wasn’t bad.
Still, there are two people outside the academy who can provide the scene she wants to see, so it doesn’t matter.
“Is it so. Then let’s activate the barrier. The academy doesn’t have any regrets at all.”
“Do whatever you like.”
Because I’m not interested anymore.
Vera Shien looked out of her wagon with a sullen expression.
By the way Astain puts her hand on her ear, she must be talking to Paris.
Seeing that, Vera Sien also kept her eyes on the outside, raising her nerves.
【Sheep in Paris, activate it.】
【Now?】
【Yes, now.】
【Hey, Grand Duchess… ?】
【You gave permission.】
【Ah, I see!】
A barrier was placed inside the academy grounds.
It has been quite a long time since the perception that witchcraft is the witchcraft of foreign peoples has been fixed.
In such a perception, magic was largely forgotten, and few would have paid attention to the newly placed landmarks, including the magic formulas hidden in every corner of the academy.
If you pull the trigger on the top floor of the self-sustaining tower, the barrier will now be activated, and the academy will become a hell with countless monsters attacking it.
No matter how much the academy is a cradle for training knights, there is no way to survive a sudden monster attack.
“With this, the Imperial Academy will be closed. With all the blood in it.”
“I know-“
Because I’m not very interested.
“Wolfgang and Weizik, too. If a cataclysm like that happens at the academy right next to the capital, we can’t just stay in the north. By the way, Veracien, is Astrid okay?”
“Doesn’t exist.”
I didn’t lie.
It was made somewhat calmly, but even now the signs, including Astrid’s presence, are well placed.
Leopold is right next to it.
That was the happiest thing for Veracien.
*
“Ah, now is the time… “
As if it wasn’t a lie, after Astrid had said all she had to say, she slowly closed her eyes and fell to the side unable to control herself.
Leopold quickly took her body and hugged her.
Leopold let out a small sigh as he stared down at Astrid’s face, who had closed her eyes, drooping without any strength at all.
‘Really, it was an hour… ‘
I want to know what the hell this is.
It’s lightning Literally, it’s a thunderbolt in the dry sky.
Somehow she said she should have come along.
I had to.
She should have been
Thinking about it now, he only regrets it, but Leopold bit his lip and looked down at Astrid’s sleeping face.
White face.
Slightly grayish lips.
It’s not without life, but for some reason Astrid can’t wake up at all.
‘I will definitely save you, Asti. Certainly… ‘
“Puhinchu!”
Turning on her computer with her big toe, now and then waiting for her to boot up, she sneezed loudly.
The unknown voice that had been heard since daytime was still heard from time to time.
‘Asti, Asti. Who the hell is Asti?’
But somehow the voice is nostalgic.
Something, every time I hear that voice, I feel strange.
Nostalgic feeling.
Strange feeling.
But that’s not it! Up to the feeling.
– I will definitely save you, Asti. Certainly…
“Oops, you should.”
I don’t know who Asti is.
As she muttered, she sipped from a can of cold iced tea on the side of her desk.
