Love Letter From The Future

4. Rynella’s fate is decided by Rynella (3)

The academy at dawn was quiet.

Each student at the academy sets up a personal training schedule. Of course, there were few people who were trying to sleep because it was early in the morning.

No matter how talented you are, this is the academy.

It was a place where talented people from all over the world gathered, and only those who used the day most efficiently could survive. That’s why the scenery of the academy that greeted the quiet morning felt very unfamiliar to me.

It was evidence that the number of students now on their way home has increased in earnest.

It was a rare experience to take a walk on the deserted Jungang-daero. I had been at the academy for about two and a half years, but it was the first time I had ever seen an empty student hall.

After all, I was one of the first people to go back to my hometown when the vacation started.

It would have been the same this year if it hadn’t been for the princess, the witch’s attack, and the love letter from the future. Of course, such an assumption has already become meaningless.

Something is lurking in the Percus Territory.

Knowing that fact, I couldn’t take my foot off any longer. They say that the precious hometown where my family is staying is on the verge of being destroyed by the Dark Church, how can I just wait and see.

More information needed to be gathered.

Of course, there were priorities in the information to be collected. The first rumor to be searched for now was my actions over the past two days.

‘I’ from the future knew information about numerous cases.

Even if they weren’t from the same timeline as me, they were.

In other words, the future where the ‘me’ of the future existed was a future that was different from the future I was walking on. The information he knew was bound to be limited to some extent.

If the ideal future I want to walk into is called a ‘good future’, the time my personality from the future has been through exists separately under the name of a ‘ruined future’.

And the future to which the love letter came flying was not a ‘failed future’ but a ‘prosperous future’.

This was the reason why I couldn’t be certain that even if I was from the future, I knew the events that took place in the ‘prosperous future’.

In the first place, it was because the case he knew was limited to the ‘ruined future’.

Nevertheless, the history of my personality from the future still provided valuable clues.

It was clear that he had more information than I do now. Since he was originally from a future that might be years away, he had no choice but to do so.

Isn’t the advice left behind the letter clearly revealing this?

‘Throw away what to throw away.’

That blatant advice implied that the man had already noticed something.

It’s time to find out what crazy things I’ve been running around for the past two days.

I was a little afraid, but I decided to harden my heart.

After all, he had even touched the imperial family.

I couldn’t have done anything crazier than that. I headed for the swordsmanship training ground with such faint expectations.

Dozens of students were already training at the training ground.

No matter how much the academy’s resident population decreased, there was no choice but to remain popular at the training ground.

Most nobles returned to their hometowns, but commoners did not have a suitable place to return to. It was more convenient in many ways to live in the academy than in a shabby house.

Compared to the peak, the crowd was less than half, but it was enough to hear rumors.

However, the result of asking the students in training was shocking.

“… … Didn’t something happen?”

“Uh, you weren’t doing anything? Did you stay at the academy instead?”

I couldn’t believe the story I heard from a colleague with a familiar face. After that, I risked my shame to ask a few more questions.

The conclusion was the same.

“No, I’ve never heard of it.”

“Ah, where does the sunbaenim go? But there were no rumors.”

“Eh, didn’t you go back to your hometown? Celine was looking for it last time.”

Not only my motives, but also my juniors and seniors were giving similar answers. Then there was no longer any doubt.

The ‘I’ from the future hadn’t had any accidents in the past two days.

It was a surprising fact.

Of course, judging from the bloody seal of the imperial family, I must have done something, but at least I was impressed that it didn’t affect my reputation.

I was on the verge of tears.

To put it in a metaphor, it was like seeing a brother who was thought to be an axe-crazed idiot who had adjusted to society normally.

yes, you can do it too

As I mumbled something I didn’t know who I was talking to, I took a much lighter step. It felt like a cool day today.

It didn’t take long for me to stop humming the song like that.

I almost let out a scream at the blow that hit me on the back.

My body, which endured this with superhuman patience, suddenly came to mind. It was an unfamiliar sensation, so I quickly guessed the cause.

When I turned my resentful gaze to my back, Celine was there with her arms crossed.

It was a very dissatisfied expression.

“… … Brother Ian, where have you been?”

At the same time, the form of crossing arms was already unusual.

Looking back, I remembered one of the stories I had just asked about.

Said Celine was looking for me. for as many as two days.

Despite the tingling pain behind me, I had to clear my throat without a sound.

“Well, I’m trying to figure that out now… … .”

“… … What nonsense is that!”

Celine’s disposition was revealed in the shouts that were shouted. Celine was especially docile to me, but when she got really angry, that kind of consideration didn’t even exist.

It was only natural that he had disappeared for two days without a word.

In my own way, it was an answer that revealed the truth without adding or subtracting, but Celine seemed more angry, perhaps because she thought I was joking.

“Brother Ian… Did you forget that we were supposed to leave for the Percus estate the day after tomorrow?! You shouldn’t have to buy presents for your parents, and gifts for Aaron and Lia before you go down!”

“No, well, even a present on the way down… … .”

“You must be my brother, but are you going to me too?”

Seeing Celine’s glaring gaze, I immediately shut my mouth.

I was taking care of someone else’s house, but I didn’t do anything to come empty-handed. I don’t know if it’s childhood, because Celine and I are adults now.

However, there was something unfair about me, so I had no choice but to speak out in protest.

“No, then why don’t we go shopping with Leto?”

“it’s crazy?! Why do I have to go downtown with him alone?”

At Celine’s cold retort, I stroked my chin without saying anything.

For Celine, it must have felt like going out to town with her siblings. So it must be the feeling of going out to the city alone with Lia to shop.

As a result of pondering for a long time, the conclusion I drew was simple.

“… … What is it like?”

“Abnormal s*xual desire.”

Contempt flickered in Celine’s tawny eyes.

When I met those eyes, the unfair feeling doubled. I persuaded Celine in a frustrated tone.

“No, Celine… There are various forms of brother and sister in this world. Like you and Leto, there are times when we don’t like each other, but like Nana and Lia, we can be very close to each other, right?”

“… … Ian oppa and Lia are a bit harsh.”

Heh, as if hearing a funny sound, Celine snorted and said.

“Especially Leah, that girl is a bit dangerous. You love Ian oppa so much! When I pick out a gift by myself, I’m sarcastic in a respectful tone… … .”

“Lea is not like that.”

Celine’s lips pouted at my determined voice.

Then, she sighed with a look that said, “You’ll do that soon,” and turned her trembling eyes toward me. It was the face that had given up.

“So, where the hell have you been? There was no news for two days as if it had evaporated. Do you know how worried I was?”

I don’t know, so I felt like I wanted to shout that right away.

However, it was the car that realized not too long ago that telling the truth sometimes might not be the answer. Instead, I decided to listen to Celine’s story.

If you’ve been looking for me for two days, I’m sure Celine has the most eyewitness accounts of me.

“… … Has anyone seen me for two days?”

“That’s right!”

Seemingly frustrated even thinking about it again, Celine stomped her foot. It was very upsetting and pitiful.

“My, do you know how worried I was?! At first, there was no news, but after two days of searching, uh, no one said they had seen the face… … .”

Celine’s voice gradually became wet.

It seemed that he was desperately looking for me in his own way. Since he disappeared without even a hint, Celine must have been worried.

If Celine had disappeared like that, I would have too.

Realizing that feeling, I silently stroked Celine’s head. Then Celine whimpered and leaned her head on my chest.

“I’m sorry, Celine.”

“… … yes.”

That’s how I was able to move on after Celine calmed down for a while.

Celine had only heard of one eyewitness account of my whereabouts.

“I heard rumors last night that Ian bought some whiskey and went back to the dorm.”

That was the only moment I was witnessed in the academy, after evaporating for the past two days.

Something was strange.

If I had been locked in my room all day after possessing my future personality, there must have been a purpose. But there were no traces left in my room.

And if I had been in the room, Celine wouldn’t have been looking for me for two days.

Then there was only one answer.

imperial palace.

I don’t know what happened, but there must have been some contact with them.

The seal in his bosom felt particularly hard.

**

In the end, in order to get information, I had to go to Neris senior.

However, I didn’t even have to go to the newspaper department, and when I reached an empty lot with few people, a shadow fell.

It was a quick response, as if I had been waiting all this time.

It was clear that I was tracking my route in advance. My eyes turned to senior Neris, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time.

She was an impressive woman with neat brown short hair that covered the nape of her neck and a pin in her bangs. Those dark green eyes sunk in a melancholy light.

The most notable change was the bandages wrapped around his body.

The bandages wrapped around the neck and shoulders, and from the fingers to the wrists, suggested injuries. At first glance, it was not a minor injury.

When I looked at the sudden appearance for a while, Neris sunbae immediately put his head down.

The woman’s body was shaking like an aspen tree.

“Eh, I’ve been gathering the information you said. The status of the disappearance of the population in the surrounding territories, including the Percus Territory… … .”

“… … it’s okay?”

It was a question that any human being with normal sensibility should ask.

Wouldn’t it be a matter of common sense to say hello to someone who looks sick to anyone?

But Neris-senpai looked up at me with his eyes wide open as if he had heard something he couldn’t hear. My eyes were still looking down at her with questions.

Neris-senpai, who had been immersed for a while, soon turned blue.

“No, of course! of course. Thanks to Ian’s benevolent treatment… … .”

I couldn’t understand what I was talking about, so my expression became more and more confused, and Neris-senpai soon begged with a blurry cry.

“Um, I didn’t doubt… Again, I will never doubt again… … .”

Eventually, my hand made a thud and swept across my face.

Yeah, there’s no way it went over unscathed.

what the hell did you do

After listening to Neris-senpai’s story, I was able to grasp the general situation.

**

The man woke up in a dark secret room.