I Was the Heroine, and in the Sequel, Even Though I’m a Mob, All of My Stats Are Maxed Out

Unease and Truth 5

Alvin-sama neither denied nor affirmed my words.

He just looked at me with a somewhat resigned expression.

“Is your poor condition also due to the effects of the forbidden magic?”

After the incident at the magic tower, I did a bit of research on forbidden magic and learned that the cost of that power was a burden on the body, which could reduce one’s life.

Seeing Alvin-sama quietly blink instead of replying, I continued while feeling a pang in my heart.

“…. It was Alvin-sama who called me back to this world.”

Come to think of it, it was all really strange.

I was transported back here at such a time in the presence of a new saintess, Erica. Not only that, Alvin-sama’s ability was increasing too fast in such a short time.

But if it was all because of forbidden magic, it made sense.

“Alvin-sama is truly a hopeless person. You’re the one who will eventually lead this country, and yet you committed such a serious crime and even risked your life.”

“…. Do you hate me now?”

I quietly shook my head.

The crime that Alvin-sama committed was unforgivable. But still, there was no way I could blame him or condemn him.

Everything he did, he did it for me.

“──Nina?”

“….”

Tears trickled down my eyes, and a bewildered voice leaked from Alvin-sama’s mouth.

My mind was already a mess, there were so many things I wanted to say, but no words came out.

“Please, don’t cry.”

“I-I’m not crying.”

“Nina has always been a terrible liar. I like that about you, too.”

Alvin-sama slowly raised his body and hugged me.

It was warm, and my vision blurred again as I realized he was still alive and well.

“Alvin-sama is an idiot. You’re a big idiot.”

“Yes. Owen said the same thing to me.”

“Why did you… something like this….”

“Because for me, Nina is everything. I would do anything to see you again. I didn’t even think twice when I found out that there was a possibility to bring you back by using forbidden magic.”

He must be in a lot of pain and suffering, but Alvin-sama smiled as if nothing was wrong.

Even if I came to this world again, there was no guarantee that I would fall in love with Alvin-sama.

“I want Nina to be happy in this world.”

My heart tightened as I realized once again how much I was loved.

Alvin-sama was always only thinking about me.

“…. If Alvin-sama is charged with a crime, I will atone for it with you.”

“Thank you. But I’ll tell them you had absolutely nothing to do with it.”

“Then I’ll claim that I instigated it, and we’ll go to jail together.”

“…. I guess I might truly be hopeless for being so happy about it.”

I grasped Alvin-sama’s hand as if praying for the best, and he smiled at me.

“I won’t let you die, I promise.”

“I also have no intention of dying early and leaving Nina behind.”

“Please be willing to become an old man and die after me.”

“That sounds like a proposal.”

When I nodded sincerely at Alvin-sama who laughed jokingly, his amethyst eyes widened in surprise.

“That’s my intention.”

“….”

I looked at Alvin-sama with a serious expression.

He eventually buried his face in my shoulder and wrapped his arms around my body.

“…. I think I’m ready to die now.”

“Did you hear what I said?”

“Yes. I’m definitely the happiest I’ve ever been in my life.”

His voice trembled a little and I hugged Alvin-sama back tightly.

“Please say the same thing ten or fifty years from now.”

“….”

“That’s what makes me happy.”

“…. Nina is really sly. Then, we’ll just have to make it come true, won’t we?”

Alvin-sama looked up and placed his forehead against mine. His bangs, which had grown a little longer, tickled me a little.

“Do you want to be with me for the rest of your life?”

“Yes, with all my heart.”

“…. Thank you, Nina. For the first time in my life, I felt glad to have been born.”

I wanted to keep making Alvin-sama happy. At the same time, I vowed firmly that I would never let him die, and that I would eliminate the forbidden magic that was eating away at his body.

“I’ve never once regretted my actions, and I never will.”

Alvin-sama was really hopeless. He could easily decide to throw everything away for me.

But I must also be irredeemably stupid to think that Alvin-sama was so lovable like this.