Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 145



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Returner’s Notepad Episode 145

Short story (1)

Pork cutlet and soup. Salad and rice.

After finishing her meal quietly, Elise placed her hands on the table. She wriggled and looked at Zion across from her.

“… … you. Did you eat?”

“I ate it.”

“I see.”

Elise asked trivial things for no reason.

“Fragments of time… … Is it because of that?”

But the tone of speech is the problem. I’m confused as to whether I should speak politely or informally, but my pride makes it impossible to speak politely.

“… … ‘Is it possible?’ “It’s quite frequent.”

Shion chuckled. Elise pouted her lips.

It’s frequent. You sound like this has happened before.

anyway.

Now this Zion… … .

No, does this mean that this space itself belongs to the future?

“So this is the future.”

“yes? But the allowed time itself is not long.”

Shion shrugged his shoulders.

“The [time fragment] you are caught up in is only worth one day, even if it is long. “I only have that much energy.”

At those words, Elise asked with instinctive curiosity.

“One day at most… … “What next?”

“… … .”

Shion smiled faintly without saying a word. Then he looked carefully into his own eyes.

“He who lives only for today should focus only on today. “I get sick if I think about tomorrow for no reason.”

“… … “What kind of ghost hell is that?”

“When you’re done eating, clean it up.”

Shion picked up the bowl. Elise quietly followed him.

The back view of dishes being put down in the kitchen sink and clatter-clatter-washing.

He asked quietly while observing his forearm muscles.

“Do you know how to get back?”

“We need to find an exit.”

“So how do you… … .”

Elise looked at Zion’s eyes.

If he could help-

“You have to find it on your own. “I can only find you.”

“… … .”

Her expression hardened.

Alone, there’s no way it’s possible.

It is absolutely and physically impossible for Elise to do it alone.

“know. ruler.”

Shion smiled lightly and took out something from the kitchen shelf. She was the doll ‘Cookie’.

Elise’s eyes widened as she looked at him.

“Where did you find it?”

“He will come back to you on his own. “Go with him.”

He said with a hint of laughter.

“Don’t be upset. [Time Shard] reacts to your spectrum. “If you come with me, it will only be a distraction, right?”

“joy. When am I sad… … Wait, my spectrum?”

Elise looked slightly surprised.

“uh. “I guess you got caught up in it for no reason.”

Her spectrum, as scouts predict, is related to telekinesis, but her limits extend far beyond that.

Mental movement [念movement].

In addition, magnetic

Simply put, her dantian is extremely specialized in ‘pulling’, ‘holding’, and ‘moving’.

That nature itself is her “spectrum” and the reason why her Danjeon capacity is so large. Even mana, once it flows into the body, is instantly caught and cannot escape.

Of course, the potential itself is so great that we have not yet been able to utilize it properly… … .

“The spectrum unconsciously resonated with your purpose of ‘finding’ something and attracted [the fragment of time].”

“… … Did I even tell you about magnetism?”

However, Elise has never mentioned her ‘self-reflection’ to anyone, not even her father.

Shion quickly finished washing the dishes and looked at himself. He ruffled her hair and shrugged her shoulders.

“well?”

“Well, what is it?”

“Don’t try to know too much. “If you know too much in one day, natural forces come into play.”

natural force. It is a natural force that seeks to maintain causality.

“This is a time that only exists in [Fragments of Time]. “If you go out with too much information, you, the subject of memory, may become subject to correction by natural forces.”

Elise’s lips pouted like thorns.

“… … “Look at you pretending to be knowledgeable just because you lived a few more years.”

Shion smiled lightly. Elise looked at her watch as she dusted off her clothes.

“Anyway. This is just for one day, right? then… … .”

“There is still room. Take a nap and go.”

He pointed to one side of the farm. There was a sleeping bag.

“… … Is that okay?”

Anyway, Elise doesn’t really care about her sleeping environment. As long as I’m not alone, I’m the type of person who can sleep comfortably anytime.

“then. “If I don’t sleep now, I’m going to pass out later anyway.”

Shion smiled faintly.

“Sleep comfortably. “I will stay by your side.”

“… … What? “If you say that, I won’t decline.”

Elise opened the zipper of her sleeping bag, wiping away the hot buttocks for no reason. It curled up and became like a chrysalis.

“Good night.”

“… … .”

Just like that, I quietly look up at the ceiling.

Tu-du-du-duk── Tu-du-du-duk──

The sound of rain hitting the greenhouse. The cozy warmth contained in the down of your sleeping bag. The air that makes your body feel soft.

In the midst of it all, Elise was quietly lucky.

“… … “Hey.”

Shion looked this way.

“In that future.”

Suddenly, Elise wants to ask a question.

In that future, will he confess his family’s sins to you, and will your revenge be fulfilled?

“what.”

“… … “It’s nothing.”

She shook her head. She gave up her curiosity.

In the first place, there is no such thing as a fixed future.

Everything is a result of choice.

My confession too. Your revenge too.

If something happens in the future, it’s ultimately up to you to decide.

“Can you at least read me a storybook?”

I don’t have the strength to respond to Shion’s practical jokes.

“Once upon a time… … .”

It was absurd that he was trying to recite a real fairy tale, but Elise surrendered herself to the sleep slowly seeping into her.

* * *

──To-duk, to-duk.

The sound of rain hitting outside the window.

──No, well. Representative Zelon’s daughter came to this social circle, and our young lady Elise was a hundred times more… … .

The sound of servants chatting through the open door.

──In Edsilla’s constituency, Rep. Petra’s re-election seems certain… … .

The sound of good news from the radio.

Using the three sounds as white noise, Elise is studying medical books. I already completely understand the general medical school process, so it’s not that difficult anymore.

So, I only briefly review the parts I know, and suddenly…

Thoughts spread like raindrops.

‘Hmm… … .’

Elise, 14, placed her hand on her chin. She muttered quietly, thinking of someone.

‘… … ‘Hematogenous leukemia.’

Hematogenous leukemia.

Common leukemia is just leukemia. However, if magical power gets involved, it becomes demonic leukemia. The prognosis is also much worse than that of regular leukemia.

‘… … .’

Elise keeps thinking about the messy hair of people her age.

Zion Askal.

A guy who is the same age as you, but suffers from a serious illness.

Is it simple pity? Or is it a pity?

Probably both.

Broadly speaking, this kind of compassion is a duty of nobles.

Tak-tak-tak-

She tapped her fingers on the desk and eventually opened her laptop.

To-do-do-do-

The eagle typing method involves tapping on the keyboard with only your index finger. She does not like digital and believes that studying must be done through books, so she is not very familiar with these things.

‘mind… … white blood… … party.’

Enter.

After that, click-click-

I moved the mouse and looked through the information, but I couldn’t do it.

‘Mr. Azen. ‘Are you there?’

In the end, I called an attendant.

‘Yes~ Miss.’

‘this. Please scrape and print papers related to leukemia. Everything that has anything to do with it. Don’t worry about whether it’s at home or abroad.’

It will be a bit of a study.

‘Yes, yes, I’ll do it right away.’

The attendant grabbed the laptop instead, and Elise sat down on the bed and looked out the window.

Shoot… … .

Before I knew it, the rain had become quite heavy.

* * *

… … Shoot.

Elise in her sleeping bag opened her eyes. It was still night outside the greenhouse, and the rain was heavy.

“… … .”

It seeped into her ears as she blinked blankly.

Shake-shake- Shake-shake-

The sound of pages turning.

Elise looked that way. Zion was sitting at the entrance to the farm and reading a book. Bathed in moonlight, he seemed somehow sad.

“… … “What’s going on?”

Elise got up from her sleeping bag. He glanced this way and closed the book.

“no. “Can you do it?”

“Hmm. “Are you worried?”

Then a faint smile appeared on Sion’s lips.

“It’s always like that.”

Words that come back without hesitation.

“… … .”

Elise suddenly felt very hot and turned her head. She placed her hands on her cheeks, pretending to massage her swollen face.

I wonder if my cheeks are turning red.

“I’m sorry I can’t help it.”

he said As if he wanted to help but couldn’t.

Elise raised her eyebrows.

“You can do enough. “It means you’ve already done it once.”

She has confidence. If she was ‘dragged’ here because she unknowingly ‘dragged’ her fragments.

The exit can also be found in a similar way.

Elise put a cookie on her waist. She approached and stood next to Shion. Shion also stood up.

She looked up cautiously. I couldn’t adjust to the eye level.

“No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t make sense… … .”

Elise pouted and looked ahead again.

Darkness with heavy rain falling. What is beyond?

“don’t worry.”

Suddenly, he placed a hand on his shoulder.

“Because you don’t have to deal with it. “It will pass like a normal day.”

“… … .”

A voice so confident, so warm.

Elise pursed her lips and eventually asked back.

“you… … “I guess you don’t like me?”

A very simple question about the future that you don’t know much about.

“I am the result of the choices you made.”

Shion answered with an unknown sentence.

… … Consequences of choice?

Shion gestured to Elise, who was muttering quietly.

“Are you ready?”

Actions rather than words.

Elise immediately opened the door. The pouring rain was blocked with a psychic shield.

“I’ll go.”

“uh. “Come back anytime.”

Because Shion spoke first, Elise changed her words.

“… … I will be back.”

So, let’s go.

Elise walked on a mountain path.

We moved forward, spreading the spirit everywhere. He went where his own magic led him.

Shootaaaaaaaaaaa!

The sound of rain hitting the curtain of the cave is so loud that it is scary, but it is easily bearable.

─Let’s go!

The cookies in your arms also help you. He said it’s still okay. He said he would be able to do it well.

Encouraged by him, Elise climbs the mountain, crosses the river, and squeezes through the cracks in the rocks.

If there is a path, climb up the path. If not, use telekinesis to dig through it and run toward the [Fragment of Memory]… … .

“… … ha.”

How many hours did it take to go like that?

Elise, who was very tired, could sense that the day was coming to an end.

There really isn’t much time left now.

“What is where?”

I can’t even get a feel for it yet.

Should I go back? I’m hungry too.

With that thought in mind, I wiped the sweat from my forehead and suddenly looked up.

Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

A thunderbolt struck the sky. The space vibrated greatly.

────!

A sound as if the world were splitting apart.

Cracks spread like spider webs.

In the meantime, a gap in the air opened up, and it was divided into pieces like fragments… …

It collapses.

“uh… … ?”

Elise’s eyes opened wide.

At that moment, she realized something, but then she stopped.

… … .

After that, there is only silence.

Her existence was bound to time.

It wasn’t just her.

All the natural objects in the world, not only the lightning strike and the flow of rain, but even the spray of water on the road.

After spending a day’s worth of time, the world stops working for a moment, preparing for regeneration.

Caught in a very, very thick silence… … .

however.

In that world that has come to a standstill.

There is a sign of it slowly approaching, digging into the quiet annihilation.

Jeopuk- Jeopuk-

The sound of crunching footsteps.

A hand slowly approaches and picks up the ‘cookie’ that fell on the floor.

Finally, looking at Elise who had stiffened, he──.

“great job.”

──Shion Askal gave a warm voice.

This is the end of today.

I still don’t know if Elise is getting closer to the ‘exit’ or if she is moving further away.

It is still unclear to him whether he can even reach the ‘exit’.

To begin with, this is a ‘magical space’ made up of [fragments of time].

“… … “It’s not easy.”

There is an exit somewhere in this [fragment of time]. Only Elise can observe and find it, but it is forever impossible for her alone. It will continue for an infinite number of days, only to collapse and regenerate.

That is why Zion came to visit us in person. To save her and fulfill her promise.

“today… … Good work.”

June 8th.

The day that she mistakenly considers to be just one day has already become countless hours for Shion.

It is repeated countless times.

For just one answer.

Zion’s solution to this [fragment of time] is simple ‘probability theory’.

If you spend each day with Elise and lead her path, as you repeat countless days, a ‘gap’ will appear as a very small variable.

To slightly twist her footsteps so that she does not waste time meaninglessly going through the same regression and the same day.

That is Zion’s role.

Zion believes so.

No matter how low the percentage of correct answers is, Elise will find the answer someday. Because he is a great man who will definitely come up with an answer.

Therefore, if one day is not enough, then two days, if two days are not enough, then one week, if one week is not enough, then one month… … Even if thousands of days pass.

Zion will be by her side and quietly help her find the answer.

We will be together until she reaches the correct answer.

Willing to endure her days… … .

Why?

I promised.

Quarrr──

Suddenly, a thunderbolt begins to fall slowly. A sign of regeneration.

The fragmented world is rewinding and trying to be reassembled.

“Bye. See you later.”

Saying goodbye to her for just one day, and words for her to return.

Zion returned to [Askal Farm].

Kwaaaa────!

The moment the lightning strikes.

Zion brightly turned on the sign again.

[OPEN]

I put the cookies in my arms on the kitchen shelf and prepare food for the boy who will arrive soon.

Would today’s menu be steak?

Sizzling-

As you heat the pen, cut the meat, and wait while engrossed in cooking.

Jump up──!

Before you know it, the door opens.

He comes in with heavy rain.

“haha… … .”

Elise is curled up like a shrimp on the floor, breathing heavily.

Compared to the future, he is infinitely weak and small, only his cheeks are big.

Now, to her, Sion Askal has just one word to say.

“… … Are you coming now?”