‘No way! If you make a mistake here, he might run away again! You must answer well!’
-I see.
Lilian calmly looked at Damian and shook her head.
“No, I like you very much.”
“Then can I follow you?”
Um, but… in that condition. Lilian was perplexed, but Zagreb desperately urged her, saying ‘reply that you understand!’
She didn’t even have the confidence to say no to Damian, so Lilian smiled and nodded her head.
“Yes, of course.”
Perhaps relieved, the child Damian hugged Lily by the neck and held her prisoner.
“…don’t worry too much. Even if it looks like that, it’s originally a single soul. Maybe over time, his resilience will come into play.”
“Maybe?”
“Yes, maybe.”
“Isn’t it scarier than swearing every time you say that?”
“A little bit.”
Zagreb sighed.
“Well, if you make that calculative kid think that it’d be beneficial to return to his original body, it might speed things up a bit.”
Zagreb said, “because he’s a clever guy, try to persuade him.” Lily sneered.
“I see. That was very helpful.”
“Ah, if you do that, you’re really scary, so stop talking!”
Zagreb grumbled and trembled.
“Anyway, since you helped me, I’ll give you the gift I promised. Receive this and cheer yourself up.”
A gift. She wasn’t very happy with the gift of a mirror that caused unexpected events in every action.
“Hey, if you’re in my space, I can hear your thoughts a little bit, okay? Could you please think carefully?”
Zagreb grumbled but shook his hand. Then, something like a mobius strip appeared in the air.
From blue to silver, from silver to light purple, it was a beautiful band that shimmered drawing the figure 8.
However, the part where the various colors were mixed looked very unstable. The movements were also somewhat unnatural.
“…what is this?”
“It’s your soul.”
“…yes?”
“Ah, should I say more accurately, it shows the state of your soul?”
Zagreb muttered indifferently and moved his hand. Then, the belt flew in front of Lily.
Damian, who had been hugged by Lily before she knew it, also raised his head.
The child stared at it as if fascinated by the light emitted by Lily’s soul ring.
“As you can see, the condition is not normal. In a way, your condition is worse than your husband’s.”
“Me?”
No, if it’s ‘in a more serious condition than Damian’, it meant that there’s something wrong with Damian’s soul.
“Mana, soul, vitality. All of this is to be in proper harmony for each person according to his or her own measure.”
Zagreb made ‘someone else’s’ and showed it. Unlike Lilian’s, it was made of one color and showed no unstable movement.
“Your husband has far more mana than others. That’s what’s causing the imbalance. He’d probably been in pain all his life.”
“Why does that pain go away when he touches me?”
“You two both have problems, but you can solve them to some extent by complementing each other. Maybe that’s why as soon as you met, a link of some kind formed? For now, that’s my guess.”
Zagreb snapped his fingers and another purple band appeared next to Lily’s band. This, too, was moving unsteadily.
Lilian had a hunch that this was the form that symbolized Damian’s soul.
Zagreb snapped his fingers once more. Then the two belts intertwined. Once connected like a chain, the two bands began to move more stably than before.
The intertwined movements resembled the trajectories of the orbiting earth and moon. It seemed like it was born to be like this from the beginning.
“The core is the heart of the body as well as the heart of the soul. Your core was broken and other memories overflowed. You probably remember a world other than this one. Now, the boundaries are quite blurred, but…”
“Is there anything you want me to point out?”
At Zagreb’s words, Lilian sparsely explained, recalling the source of her confused memories one by one.
Zagreb, who had been listening to Lilian’s explanation while nodding his head, responded.
“Due to the damage to your core, you have memories of your past life and your future at the same time. But your brain suggested it like that because you couldn’t handle it.”
‘I saw it in a book in my previous life.’
Zagreb tapped his head and explained.
“It’s like adjusting the image you see with both eyes to recognize it as one.”
“That.”
“To put it a little sentimentally, yes, both of you are destined.”
Zagreb murmured.
“Someone desperately wanted to save the world or save your husband…anyway, I don’t know more than this.”
“The important thing is that I can heal both of you. Isn’t it?”
For the first time, Zagreb was behaving like a ‘healing mirror’.
“As you wander through memories to rescue your husband, the link between your souls has been solidified. I will add one blessing to that.”
“If it’s a blessing.”
“The damaged parts of your core and the insecure parts of your husband are firmly connected. Maybe your physical condition will be better than now. The bigger benefit is that if you do this, you won’t die unless your husband is crushed.
“On the contrary, if you don’t break down, your husband won’t die either.”
“That means…”
“Yes. You two will die at the same time. A better gift than you think, right?”
Zagreb smirked and waved his hand. Lilian nodded her head, slightly dazed.
“So from now on, live with respect for this healing Zagreb, and be nice to your husband, I don’t want to be broken.”
“…”
“Ah, of course, I refuse to see you again. I don’t want to be involved with a troublesome pair like you guys again.”
Zagreb’s sarcasm began to reverberate as if coming from a cave.
When she felt dizzy, the space distorted, just like her vision. The sound of Zagreb’s words rang in her ears like thunder.
“Bye. Goodbye forever.”
***
Lilian suddenly came to her senses.
“Your Highness the Grand Duchess!”
“Her Highness woke up!”
“Your Highness! Your Highness! Her Highness opneed her eyes! Your Highness!”
The sound of people shouting hit her ears. Lilian tried to grasp the situation around her.
“Here is…”
“Your Highness, please don’t overdo it.”
Rita stopped her but Lilian steadily looked around.
It was a familiar living room. Lilian was lying on the sofa in the parlor just before being sucked into Zagreb.
Zagreb was right next to her.
“Rita…”
“I was guarding the door, but I heard a thump, so when I opened the door, Your Highness was passed out.”
“How much time since I collapsed?”
“It wasn’t even ten minutes.”
Just then, the door burst open.
“Wife!”
It was Damian with a sword in one hand, looking confused.
“Your Highness.”
“My God.”
Damian threw away his sword and strode over to Lilian, giving her a hug.
To others, it’s about 10 minutes, but to Lilian, she hadn’t seen Damian for a very long time.
Damian, it was her Damian.
Damian Rupenwein, who remembers and loves her.
Lilian unconsciously sighed in relief.
She thought it was okay, but while meeting and persuading the young Damian, she couldn’t help but be nervous.
Normally, she would have calmed down the surprised Damian and tried to refrain from showing her marital affection in front of her subordinates.
But now she didn’t want to do that.
Lilian hugged her Damian.
“Your Highness, I’m fine. It’s okay. I just lost consciousness for a moment.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
Damian slightly pulled away from Lily. The sensitive man noticed that Lily’s reaction wasn’t the same as usual.
He didn’t know why, but somehow there’s a kindness in Lilian’s eyes that wasn’t normally there.
Like…it shouldn’t be but it seemed like Lilian would accept everything he did, no matter what it is.
Just because he’s Damian.
“Oh my goodness!”
Mrs. Maureen suddenly screamed. Damian jerked his head up.
“T-T-That door suddenly…!”
Indeed, the door to Zagreb was wide open. Inside, someone’s small feet appeared.
“Ugh…!”
“Oh my gosh!”
Aaron and Mrs. Maureen gasped in unison. What appeared through the open door…
“Your Highness?”
Platinum hair and purple eyes. Even though he’s still a child and has a terrible appearance, he had a beautiful face that showed off his beauty.
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