Author: aji (あじ)
Translator: sleepingjay
On that night, I could not sleep.
What that shadow had told me.
Unfortunately, it was likely that all of it was no falsehood.
That I was—about me being the King’s pet, as well.
I didn’t have my memories. Although that caused me to be fearful, too many years had passed.
When the incident with Seira happened, I believed that the past I carried was one that inevitably made me someone to be resented.
Despite this, I had no memories of it.
At the heart of it, they were all rotten. My birth family, who treated their people like a mockery. The country itself, that treated everyone but a select few like insects, according to their rank.
“All life was equal,” such a phrase had been sophistry.
Even in the memories that I remembered, there was nothing satisfactory. Even though there were so many things I didn’t remember, there were still many moments where somebody resented me. That was why, I had been saved by my lack of memories.
However, things once known, even abandoned, would come back around to haunt you.
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In the memories I had forgotten, there was an answer.
Everything was going to be overturned — it rang with certainty, this thought that was accompanied by a terrible fear.
From the gap between the curtains, faint light shone through.
Morning was already soon upon me. When I rose up to open the window, I sensed a presence in front of the door.
Even separated by a distance, I knew that strongly pulsating magic — Jill’s.
Unconsciously, I held my breath, stilling as I stared at the door.
I was nervous about facing Jill again after these few days. After listening to the story of Jill as told by the shadow, the ‘Jill’ that existed inside me had also changed its form.
“……ah.”
But, no matter how long I waited, Jill did not open the door.
Gradually that magical presence grew weak, and I realised that Jill had turned away. Instinctively, I chased after him. Barefoot as I slipped out of the bed, my attire also a mess.
The nervousness that seemed to envelop me was drop by drop turning into sadness mixed with pain.
When I opened the door, I found him walking away with his back towards me.
That back seemed to be obstinately rejecting me, and it stopped my legs in their tracks. The chill of the cold floor spread through the soles of my feet, a coldness that seemed to freeze me in place.
“……Jill.”
Like a kid, I called out.
“Jill, wait,”
Like a child refusing to be left behind by his favourite mother.
Every step Jill became more distant, the sadness overflowed in me. My chest was quivering, as if my heart was in spasms.
“……”
Jill, whose feet had stopped, seemed to be turning to look back—but.
“—!”
In an instant, Jill’s figure vanished from the spot.
Only particles of light remained, drifting in the space between night and day.
He teleported.
Realising this, the hand that I stretched out fell down.
However, after a few seconds, I also disappeared from that spot.
The place I chased Jill to using teleportation was a beautiful mountain where lovely, small flowers bloomed profusely.
Author:
Next up will be Jill’s side again.
Translator:
Lilius finally chasing after Jill????
I’m so confused rn I think I really need to read it from Jill’s pov even though it’ll hurt again 🥲
Thanks for the chapter~
thanks for the chapter ♡
I think they both just need to communicate clearly.
Thanks for the chapter <3
Please, talk, believe me you both need it. I’m looking forward to Jill’s point of view.
Thank you for the chapter!!!
thanks for the chapter!