Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 254



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The Regressor’s Notepad 254

After the rain (1)

the next day.

Elise went to the Edsilla National University without a care in the world. There were many students looking at her. There was a mixture of mysterious hostility, pity, and ridicule.

I didn’t care.

Rather, it was as expected.

I was already prepared to do something like this.

Gen Petra will be tracking the leak of information right now, and it won’t be long before he finds out that he is the culprit.

Yael… …was probably murdered.

For Elise, it was a decision to give up everything.

Of course, she is not a person without a back.

I’ve thought about what will happen next.

[Matap Admission Permit]

Since I’ve already received an invitation to Matap, I’m going to study there.

I have enough money. Thanks to selling all the luxury items I had.

Since Matap is such a money-eating hippopotamus, you might have to live a bit on the tight side, but you have to accept that.

“……phew.”

The rooftop of the Magical Arts building, where a clear breeze blows.

Elise leaned against the railing, straightening her flowing hair. The green park was vast under the blue sky.

The color contrast was sharp.

I didn’t know I would be leaving college so soon.

I thought it would be a year at the earliest, but I didn’t think I’d even be able to take the final exams-

Knock knock knock

The sound of heels creeping in from somewhere.

Elise looked back quietly.

There was that guy.

“……ah.”

The culprit that made me make this decision.

A more treacherous person who breaks my heart than all the others Petra has harmed combined.

The guy who lets me know more clearly than anyone else that I’m selfish.

Zion Ascal.

* * *

I looked at Elise. Elise looked at me. The entanglement of our gazes was awkward.

“……hi.”

I raised my hand first.

Elise frowned slightly. Her lips pursed.

“… … What is that?”

“What is it?”

I took a step closer to the guy.

“I came here because I thought we had something to say to each other.”

We are somehow entangled.

I can’t possibly unravel it all, but just.

I felt like I wouldn’t be able to see him for a long time if I sent him away without saying anything.

Elise let out a small sigh.

“… …Why didn’t you tell me?”

At first it was a light question.

I gave a small smile and shrugged my shoulders as if it were obvious.

“The system of collective punishment has been abolished.”

The sins of a family are not passed down to its children.

At first glance, it seems unfair. All the positive assets that have been achieved are passed on to descendants, but they are free from sin.

But still… … if you keep going on and on, there’s no end to it.

A moderate amount of cutting is needed.

“This re-election may not fail. There is still a higher chance of winning.”

Elise continued in a very subdued voice.

“That’s what politics is like. There’s nothing I can do about it.”

“… … I guess so.”

Politics is like that.

It’s not about truth and lies, but it’s like a ‘device’ that is created by some kind of dynamic relationship.

“But they say you won’t be able to set foot on the Round Table. At least not during your father’s time.”

“So that’s the end? You have no intention of becoming a member of the National Assembly.”

Now, Petra’s ambitions end in Gen’s generation.

The family lineage Gen established before his return will change, and the monsters he raised will disappear.

“huh.”

Elise looked at me and let out a small breath.

“I paid it back.”

It means that it was paid back.

I didn’t come here to hear just that.

“… … Do you have anything else to say to me?”

He asked again, scratching the back of his neck.

“huh?”

Elise looked at me for a moment. She blinked as if to ask what more she wanted.

I wanted to ask the guy about his feelings.

Why did you expose Petra’s sins for me?

“……ah.”

Suddenly, the guy frowned. He bit his teeth as if he suddenly felt feverish. He glared at me with thick eyebrows.

“It was a new drug.”

“……ok?”

Something unexpected came out.

“That’s right. That means it wasn’t a rebate.”

“… … .”

Rebate.

I was transported back to the past for a moment.

Long ago, when I was admitted to Petra University Hospital as a patient with leukemia.

“It was developed through a legal process by a foreign bio company, and the clinical trial results were perfect. I discovered it while studying it myself.”

I listened to her quietly.

A mysterious smile spread across his lips.

“I urged the professor. The professor, who was particularly fond of me, took it with good intentions.”

Elise fired her words at a rapid pace.

“But the article came out as a rebate? It just so happened that it was election time. So… … .”

She took out her smartphone with trembling hands. Thump, thump—she tapped the screen with her fingers.

“… … Go see for yourself.”

He threw his smartphone at me.

I saw the contents.

The anticancer drug that Petra had tried to prescribe for me in the past, although its name has now changed, was a paper that said that Edcila was not used as a treatment for leukemia but was the most popular treatment abroad.

The back of my head felt a slight tingle.

Elise’s voice cut through with sharp stabs.

“When I was young, I blamed you. I’m sure you blamed me too.”

“… … .”

I was dumbfounded.

This guy is really here to heal patients with a better prognosis.

On the other hand, Yael and I were taken advantage of by the adults.

Because of those misunderstandings.

“still…….”

The guy let out a sigh of relief.

“so…….”

His lips trembled as if he was pressing hard.

“Now, it’s Sam Sam.”

The only word Elise could muster was ‘Sam Sam’.

My eyes slowly tilted.

“hmm…….”

Sam Sam.

So, what kind of negative feelings has Elise been harboring all this time? What kind of worries has she had?

I took a big step towards the guy. I put my hand on his shoulder as he flinched.

He made eye contact and smiled.

“Well, that’s right. Plus minus zero.”

“… … .”

The corners of Elise’s mouth twitched.

I try not to laugh, but it comes out like steam from a rice cooker.

“Now we are finally back to the starting point.”

Elise pursed her lips. Soon, her face turned serious again and she pushed me away.

“Get out of here.”

I added a word to the guy who was about to leave right away.

“… … I heard you’re going to the rooftop.”

The rooftop.

In fact, Elise didn’t stay in the Magic Tower for long before returning. She only trained for a year to run the household.

Her magical talents were wasted.

Because of this, no one actually knows Elise’s full potential as a sorceress.

He may be able to raise Petra by becoming a more overwhelming ‘Great Wizard’ than when he became Petra’s monster.

Because the family of archmages is doing much better than the family of legislators.

but……

I feel a little sorry.

“I won’t be seeing you much anymore.”

“… … .”

Elise’s shoulders twitched. The boy looked back at me with a mysterious expression.

“You’re busy. With the things you want to do.”

She will know what I do.

Libra’s Chaser is someone who commits more serious crimes than anyone else and lives their life like that.

“Yeah. If you get close, you’ll get bloody.”

It was a humorous turn of events, but Elise shook her head too seriously.

“It doesn’t matter. Even if you ask that.”

“… … .”

That guy scares me a little bit.

I feel like something will remain inside me, living only with resentment and hatred.

“… … Oh, right.”

I looked at Elise. The guy tilted his head.

There was something I almost forgot to say.

“Jael is dead.”

Suddenly, Elise’s expression turned bitter.

“It’s okay. I expected it-”

“Officially.”

“… …Officially?”

I handed her my cell phone. It was a satellite cell phone connected to Yael.

Absolutely impossible to trace.

“how……?”

Elise looked up at me and asked. Her innocent, doe-like expression was cute.

“Don’t ask how. I’m a chaser.”

I had a little help from Akane, since her dolls are almost indistinguishable from real humans.

“… … .”

The guy answered the phone without saying anything.

“Don’t contact me too often. Let’s resolve the grudge between us first. From my perspective, you’re both good people.”

Both are good people.

Elise doesn’t like the sound of ‘both’. Does she want to be seen as a better person?

“Oh, really… Thank you. I’ll go.”

He spoke rather rudely and turned around.

“Take care. I’ll keep in touch.”

I spoke to her back. Elise stumbled down the stairs.

“……after.”

I leaned against the railing alone and looked down at the bottom of the building.

Gun gun gun – Elise was walking out.

“──Thank you?”

Suddenly, a voice thanked me.

This time it was Yael.

He came up to the rooftop as if he were taking turns with Elise. However, his face was completely different from before.

It’s my human face mask. If you just attach the magic nuke to your body, you can put the human face mask on other people too.

“If you’re grateful, then live a normal life from now on.”

I told him.

“From afar.”

Before the regression, the person who died to save me.

My very first friend.

Oldest friend.

“Please, live happily.”

Yael leaned against the railing next to me, smiling broadly as she looked up at the blue sky.

“Okay, I’ll try.”

* * *

… … Soliet’s adventures continue.

She crossed the desert. She traversed the jungle. She crossed the uninhabited island. She did it all with her party of companions, including [Kal] and [Jenny].

Crying, laughing, fighting, getting annoyed, making up, and having fun together.

“Oh, so that’s why. Do you know what I said back then?”

“What are you talking about? Stop lying.”

“I told you it wasn’t a lie?”

Late at night. The sound of chatter echoes around a lit campfire.

Solliet smiled serenely.

I like this atmosphere.

Everyone is together, everyone is talking together, and most of all, I can be with my brother… … .

“greatness…….”

She looked back at Javed cautiously. He was occasionally snickering at [Karl]’s words.

“The food is ready.”

Just then [Hans] spoke. He put down the pot full of meat soup.

[Jenny], who took the ladle first, distributed it evenly.

“thank you for this food.”

“Okay.”

Solliet took a sip. Her eyes widened.

“It’s delicious, Mr. Hans.”

“Of course. It’s me.”

[Hans] laughed heartily, waving his arms.

Even [Hans], who was always blunt, now has a natural expression.

That means we’ve become that close to each other.

“How is it, Mr. Javed?”

Solliet asked Javed. Javed nodded with a faint smile.

“It’s delicious. But.”

He looked at [Hans].

“Was Mr. Hans in charge of the meals from the beginning?”

“Yes. I’ve been in charge of everything since the party was formed. These guys can’t make anything.”

“What can’t you do?”

[Kal] frowned.

“I left it to him because he would point out things to me whenever I tried to make something, which annoyed me. He’s really good at cooking… … That’s why it’s good.”

[Kal] chuckled and poured himself a bowl of soup.

Solliet watched them with pleasure and took a big sip of soup…

Suddenly.

A strange suspicion crossed my mind.

An eerie feeling ran down my spine.

She silently recalled [Hans’s] words.

─Yes. I’ve been in charge of everything since the party was formed. These guys can’t make anything.

Since the party was formed.

That is, from the beginning of this [Bethundun].

Solliet belatedly recalled her early days in [Bethundun].

I rewinded to the day I encountered [Knife]’s party.

“… … .”

I looked around quietly.

Crackling crackling – a blazing campfire.

Still, a party where people laugh, chat and eat without knowing anything.

But Soliet’s thoughts continue coldly.

Looking back, they didn’t eat anything from the beginning.

Since the food in [Bedondon] was of no use for actual nutrition, no matter how much food I ate in [Bedondon], I had to eat after logging out.

From the beginning, this party was sustained solely by food from [Bethundun].

Even Soliet has never seen any of them log out.

The party members said, ‘It’s a waste of time to even log out,’ and Soliet thought they would foolishly take care of logging out on their own…

From the beginning, it was an impossible premise for humans.

There was only one possible premise.

Tak─.

Solliet put the soup on the floor.

Hiding their trembling hearts as best as they could, [Carl], [Hans], [Jenny], [Chris].

I looked back at the four party members who had been together with [Bedondon].

“… … .”

A space where everyone is together, but suddenly feels empty.

By the campfire, where the embers still burn,

Solliet sat there, looking like she had lost her mind, asking herself questions.

… … What if these people aren’t human?

What if it’s a non-human NPC?