We are tying loose ends here in the next three chapters . So hold your questions until all the chapters are out, every thing will be explained~ enjoy!

TL: clover

ED: eristol (will be edited by xtostos)

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One week after the b.l.o.o.d.y Saint case .

At the academy, the incident of that night was completely hidden .

There is no one who talks about the vampire or the missing curator Lièvre .

The members of the Dynameis have cooperated with the purification of the altar in the underground ruins .

At that time, it had reached the point that a spatial collapse was about to occur, so it had to be done .

Speaking of which, about the matter of the ten young women who the vampire was supposed to receive .

It is said that this case was also resolved .

I heard about it from Palug when she returned home last night .

The monastic knights and alchemists who were pursuing the kidnappings were able to rescue them and bring them back to the safety .

After that, I returned to my ordinary daily life .

It is the same as before, except that Klaus and Auguste always seize me after school .

Within a week, I understood that it is impossible to beat the force of these two people combined .

Although there is nothing safer than having them support me from left and right with their strongest tag-team, it feels suffocating .

“Let’s play with the dragons in the large stable today . Blumbell and Briar also want to see you . ”

“Or, how about we train? You’d better think about your fighting method a little more . ”

Neither are bad ideas, but I have played with the dragons three days ago and Klaus has worked me to the bone the day before yesterday .

Today I want to go back to my room and relax .

Let’s secretly get away from these two watchdogs with potion-making practice as a pretext .

“Um, so today I have to get back to my room quickly—”

As I was saying that, I found some people making a bonfire in the peripheral of my vision .

Under the tree on the side of the school building, I could see Actorius-sensei, Chloe and Beatrice .

Those three people seem to be having a pleasant talk .

For me who has been seized from both sides like a captured alien, it feels quite enviable .

I wonder if it is possible to join them .

“It seems Actorius-sensei is making a bonfire over there . ”

“Actorius, huh? Certainly, I think that guy is good at outdoor cooking . ”

Klaus would often work together with Actorius-sensei, so he would know about that .

From his usual clumsy behavior, I thought he wouldn’t be good at cooking .

However, magical creature preparation methods have appeared frequently in cla.s.s, so it is not that surprising .

I don’t know what he’s roasting, but it has a delicious smell .

Considering the season, maybe it’s chestnut?

“Klaus-sama, Auguste-sama, can I also join them for about thirty minutes?”

“Go ahead . I think it should be safe since she would be with Actorius~”

“Then, maybe I should set things up in the meantime……”

Klaus was talking about setting the activation timing of the 「Infinite Corridor」 .

There is something I still want to confirm, so I wanted to change the start-up configuration .

Surprisingly, Klaus agreed .

If he refused it, I would not know what to do on my own, so I feel grateful .

“Thank you!”

Then I was released by Klaus and Auguste and I headed for the three people who were making a bonfire .

I feel sorry for Auguste and Klaus, but this somehow feels invigorating .

“Ah, Ericsan . ”

“Ericsama!”

Chloe and Beatrice waved at me, so let’s switch gears .

Actorius-sensei, who noticed me a little later, smiled when he saw me .

“Everyone, are you making a bonfire?”

“Yes, I made a bonfire thinking that I should eat some of the teaching materials left over in my cla.s.s . ”

“It already feels like autumn, how nice . ”

Not potatoes or chestnuts, but teaching materials .

Actorius-sensei handed over a small branch to me while smiling .

At the end of the long and thin branch, there were three fungal walkers .

“Now, Ericsan, you too……oops, I can’t get rid of my habit easily . I mean, Aurelisan, please have this . ”

“These are……”

“These are fungal walkers . They are roasted . ”

The degree of baking is moderately strong .

They don’t have a face drawn on them, so I barely feel a bit more eager to eat them .

I still have a bit of reservation, but I should think of them as roasted mushroom skewers .

“Thank you . Let’s eat . ”

I decided to prepare my heart and bit on it .

It tastes good .

Like a low-quality mushroom, it’s surprisingly delicious .

“……delicious!”

“I’m glad it suits your taste . ”

When I nodded repeatedly while chewing, Actorius-sensei smiled as if relieved .

As I ate, I looked at what the other three had in their hands .

Beatrice had a roasted mushroom while Chloe had a roasted white worm .

“Yours is a white worm, Chloe-san, are you okay with that?”

“Hm……yeah, it’s delicious . ”

Certainly, it looks like a white sausage when it’s roasted .

It looks delicious .

However, remembering the night of that incident, I have an indescribable feeling about white worms .

“Here, you should try it too, Ericsan . ”

“No, because of many reasons, it’s a bit……”

“Ah……I, I see……you’re right . ”

I refused the worm that Chloe was offering .

“Aah~ you’re scared that it would multiply in large quant.i.ties, huh . ”

“No, no . I was just a little surprised, but I’m fine if it’s just looking from afar . ”

I replied to Actorius-sensei while sidestepping the question .

I can’t tell him about the mutated white worms from that night .

“I see . If that’s the case, I’m glad . ”

After Actorius-sensei smiled, he bit his roasted white worm which was still sizzling .

I also chewed on my remaining roasted mushroom .

Then the four of us talked to each other while eating .

“By the way, Actorius-sensei, has my brother still not returned to the academy?”

“Yes, it seems to be a difficult case……but rest a.s.sured, this is Eduard we’re talking about, he will be fine . ”

“Yes, since it’s my brother, that should be the case . ”

“……do you feel lonely?”

“A little bit . But I’m used to it since my brother has traveled often from a long time ago . ”

My older brother seems to be working on his separate job for a prolonged time and he has not returned to teach .

I wonder if he’s involved in some trouble, that older brother of mine .

I’m not worried since he’s strong, but it’s been a long time, I wish to have a look at my brother’s carefree smile .

“Chloe-chan . Have you found everything you were looking for?”

“No . But I think I have found a clue . ”

“I see . I’m happy for you . ”

Beatrice seems to be worried about Chloe .

The thing Chloe has been looking for is probably a clue to her older brother’s whereabouts .

“Right . Glaw-san, has anything changed lately?”

“Y-yes, Ericsama! Every day is peaceful! The children from before are very kind now!”

The victims of the false charge case from before seem to have reconciled .

That is pleasant to hear .

“That’s good . You must be relieved . Do you enjoy the school?”

“Yes, learning magic has become so much fun! These days I did some study by myself and I mastered the future vision in an extremely short time!”

“You’re amazing, Beatrice~”

Mastering the future vision in such a short time by self-study, that would be impossible without a combination of both good education and talent .

Is this child actually in the genius category?

“I mean, isn’t future vision a very high-level magic?”

“Seems that way . But, I seem to have no apt.i.tude for past vision . Clochydd-sensei was exasperated, he said that on top of my optimistic nature, I have too little attachment with the past……he also added that maybe it’s because I have no regrets in life and that I am a bit too carefree to ever look back……”

I think it is a good thing to be positive and bright even though her circ.u.mstances are complicated .

But this ability to see the past and future, if triggered incorrectly, would it become a new death flag?

However, seeing Beatrice who seems to be having fun, I can’t tell her to refrain from learning that magic .

Even if the issue of bullying is resolved, it may still be necessary to be alert .

I looked around searching for Tirnanog who should be guarding Beatrice without being seen .

I should talk about this later .

“Ah, it’s almost time to prepare for this year’s All Souls’ Day . ”

Actorius-sensei, who had been listening to us while smiling until then, had a look of realization .

“I have to stock large fungal walkers . I have to request for it tomorrow!”

“The large ones taste bland, right?”

“Yes, Cloacinkun . But they can also taste delicious if you season it right . ”

“Eh, Chloe-san, are you going to eat the big ones too?”

Then Actorius-sensei started explaining how to cook the large fungal walkers .

(He likes to cook, huh, that Actorius-sensei . He’s a warm and polite person, so it’s no wonder . )

After that, he also explained how to cook other magical creatures and things like that .

For the first time in a long while, it feels like I can finally experience mundane daily life .

Then, after about 30 minutes of relaxing, I stood up .

“Thank you for the meal . I have to go back to my chaperones soon……”

At that time, I covertly slipped a piece of paper into Chloe’s pocket .

Of course, Chloe must have noticed it .

She is just that kind of a person .

The paper I handed out to Chloe says: “After school the day after tomorrow . Wait in the corridor of the school building . ”

After school on the promised day .

Chloe and I were in the corridor of the school building together .

Naturally, she had removed her snowsilver accessories .

Although it was evening, the Infinite Corridor was easily activated in the same way as before .

Klaus and Auguste are waiting in the courtyard .

I had also asked them to leave, so there are only me and Chloe in the corridor of this school building .

“So this is one of the Seven Wonders……! We really can’t get to the exit no matter how much we walk . ”

“Yes . There’s something ahead that I really want you to see . ”

To be precise, there is something I would like to ask Chloe to cooperate with .

According to Klaus’ conjecture, that mirror is connected by causality .

My mother appeared because of me .

Then, if the causality is connected by means of Chloe, then Sigríður who was on the other side of that mirror can be determined as the d.u.c.h.ess of Lucanrant .

Klaus and Auguste also had a slight idea of Chloe’s true ident.i.ty, that’s why they agreed to this method .

Then I walked along the corridor together with Chloe .

Our side-by-side figures cast some shadows in the corridor .

After going around the corridors for the umpteenth time, a b.u.t.terfly-like light appeared as before .

I opened the door at that place .

It was the same room as last time .

The mirror was also there .

“This is a magic mirror that connects the present with the past or the future . ”

“……magic mirror?”

“If you activate this mirror, you may talk to people of the past, look at them, or hear their voices . ”

I know that I may be doing unnecessary things .

But I really want to make sure, and I want to show it to Chloe if possible .

I tried to touch the mirror after gulping down the magical power replenishment potion .

I felt dizzy from the sensation of having my magical power drained .

“It won’t connect with only this much magical power……”

I can’t compare to Klaus as a source of magical power .

Besides, I should have invited Beatrice, who is Dolores’ niece .

But I wanted to try this with Chloe, just the two of us .

It is in order not to spread Chloe’s true ident.i.ty to too many people .

“I’m sorry, Chloe-san . It looks like it was a failure today . ”

“No . Ericsan, I heard voices……is this the voice of the people in the past?”

“You heard voices, Chloe-san?”

Hearing Chloe’s words, I tried to listen closely .

But, the voice sounds so distant that my ears could only hear it faintly .

Before we knew it, the mirror looked like it was getting soaked by rain .

A gray shadow of a person appeared in the world on the other side of the drizzle .

“If we supply magical power into this thing, will we be able to hear more voices or see things more clearly?”

“Yes . ”

“……I will try it too . ”

Having said that, Chloe touched the mirror .

With a start, Chloe also staggered onto the floor .

It felt like the mirror turned bluish .

The sound of the rain went away .

There were sounds of a lot of birds flying up and the sounds of a lot of fruits falling from the trees .

Then, on the mirror surface which was not foggy anymore, a girl with a similar appearance to me appeared .

Frederica Bort .

Unlike last time, I could see her face without being disturbed by the fogginess .

(Aah……I really resemble my mother, huh . )

Next, a girl with a similar appearance to Chloe appeared .

It was Sigríður .

It appears that our conjecture was correct .

“Huh, just now, someone appeared in the mirror, right, Sigríður?”

“No, nothing was reflected in the mirror, and even if it was, there were only shadowy figures . ”

“Is that so……I don’t think that’s the case, but this thing supposedly only connects once a week . ”

Frederica was staring hard at our direction .

It seems that she cannot see us .

Apparently connecting the past and the future is very difficult .

Sigríður turned to the side with an uninterested glance at our direction .

“Even if one of the possibilities of the future can be seen, it will only cause confusion within humans . ”

“Hahaha, well, that’s true . ”

“Such a thing is nothing but evil . Is it not?”

“Maybe so . But guessing the future is not evil . ”

Chloe was looking at the other side of the mirror without moving .

As always, her emotions are hard to read .

What kind of feeling is she having now as she looks at the past vision?

However, the mirror gradually turned cloudy .

“Thanks to that, I was greatly empowered . ”

“What did you see?”

“My daughter, perhaps . It wasn’t bad . ”

“Daughter? If you, of all people, become a mother, that will be such a joke . ”

“Right? That’s why I—”

The sound of rain intercepted Frederica’s words .

The girls of the past once again disappeared behind the drizzle .

“It seems that it is easy to see someone who is connected by causality . Perhaps they are our relatives . ”

“Yeah, I know……that girl is perhaps my mother . The other person is your mother, right, Ericsan?”

I nodded quietly .

“Our mothers of the past, the ones in the other side of the mirror, seem to be the same age . ”

I was able to see that person again .

It is a pity that the mirror was not two-way, but I am also grateful for being able to see her and hear her voice .

“I don’t remember much anymore……but it feels so nostalgic . ”

She should have almost no memory of her mother, but she still misses her .

I am the same .

“I remember my mother’s face, but I have no memory of her talking . ”

“I also have no memory of my mother . I only remember her singing voice . ”

Chloe’s eyes met mine .

She has a smiling face that seems like she’s about to cry .

“……we are a bit similar, huh . ”

Chloe muttered .

“Maybe so . ”

I nodded .

Both of us are daughters of a Duke, both of us have lost our mother, and we were prepared from an early age for what will happen .

And we both have secrets that can never be made public .

We are similar to each other but different at the same time .

I tried to reach out my hand to Chloe .

She opened her eyes and looked alternatingly at me and my hand .

“I said that I would not be involved at that time, but……can we be friends from now on?”

After blinking several times, Chloe smiled like a blooming flower .