“You must have been pointed fingers at a lot. It must have been difficult as a woman. I have done such a horrible thing to you… I’ll understand if you resent me. I am sorry.”
Having heard the woman’s words, Nainiae shook her head and interrupted her. Nainiae said she didn’t resent the woman for giving her the eye. Nainiae asked,
“It was for Young Master, wasn’t it?”
“…”
It seemed the woman was surprised by the question. She nodded.
“Yes. Of the things that I could do… After having thought hard about what I could do to help Young Master, the result was you, Nainiae.”
The woman in black said she made Nainiae to be born in that world, lead her to go to the Magic Tower, made her get the scar on her right eye, and made her meet Riley.
“I want to ask you one thing.”
“What is it?”
Below her feet, Nainiae was looking at the scenery of Riley’s past life. Nainiae asked,
“My fate in the future… will it flow in the way that you already set?”
The woman in black smiled lightly and shook her head slowly. She said,
“The fate that I prepared for you was… only up to when you met Mr. Riley. From that point and later was made by you. As a proof of that, you came all the way here only for his sake, didn’t you?”
The woman said that she thought it might happen but didn’t think Nainiae could really come and find her.
“In that case, it is all right.”
As if she was satisfied, Nainiae closed her eyes. She organized something in her mind and looked at the woman in front of her again.
“Please tell me. What is it that I should do.”
It seemed Nainiae had made up her mind. Clear and sharp eyes were directed toward the woman. Feeling the gaze, the woman looked back at Nainiae and got to the main point.
“First, I’ll heal you.”
“You mean, by turning me into an artificial summon spirit?”
“I am not a summon spirit, so you will not be able to become an artificial summon spirit. However, it won’t change the fact that this will resolve the problem that you are having.”
The woman’s body suddenly started to become faint.
“Ah, I don’t have much time. I am sorry, Nainiae. I don’t think we have enough time to explain this in detail.”
Only a moment ago, the woman was able to deliver her voice clearly. Having noticed the woman’s body suddenly becoming faint, Nainiae also wondered what was going on as she tilted her head to the side.
<When you wake up from the dream, can you please ask this favor to Mr. Riley?>
Like before, the woman sounded echoing voice and desperately pleaded to Nainiae.
<Just once more… will you wield sword again. Will you please save our world.>
“I don’t think Young Master would listen to you now?”
<In the world you live in, there are ‘purple humans,’ right? The people who use special powers that does not need mana.>
Having heard the woman’s question, Nainiae thought about the dark mage from the Rainfield and nodded.
<That power is something that should not exist in your world. It is from this world. It is the power that causes the balance to collapse.>
“That means…”
<In the end, your world and this world will… get jumbled up and become a mess. Literally, the calamity will come.>
The woman explained the events that could occur later. She then gathered her hands together and pleaded to Nainiae.
<Nainiae, please. I know that asking him to wield the sword and save the world once again is… such a shameless request. However, this world… and your world… need him.>
“…”
<Nainiae.>
In silence, Nainiae was not responding. The woman bit her lips and took a step forward. The woman asked again,
<… Please.>
The woman asked for the third time.
It was not a plead from another human like Nainiae. It was not from the summon spirit that Nainiae expected either. It was from the goddess of this other world.
“I…”
.bg-ssp-10081{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;display:flex;justify-content:center;} Nainiae took a moment of pause. With a serious look on her face, Nainiae looked straight at the goddess in front of her and said,
“… I do not wish to make things difficult for Young Master.”
Having heard her response, the woman, who was looking at Nainiae through the veil, could not look more disappointed.
‘I have done unspeakable things to her and him… so this is an obvious outcome.’
Nainiae still had the serious look on her face and looked at the goddess in front of her. Nainiae took in a short breath and said,
“I’ll ask you this.”
<…?>
“Right now, Young Master is suffering because of the memories from his past life, right?”