Love Letter From The Future

2. The Lord is with you (7)

“Hey, you bastard! No matter how far you come from the future, taking my friend’s body is the same!”

Yes. If I had to say ‘future’, it was nothing more than coming from a place that would have been ‘future’. The present Ian was a separate human being from the future Ian.

It was after receiving a letter from the future and the intervention of a spirit. Of course, the path that Ian would walk today was different from the path Ian would have walked in the future.

Isn’t that evidence ‘amnesia’? This was conclusive evidence that the two personalities were not assimilated with each other. If they were united as one personality, they would share their memories.

In other words, Leto was suddenly in a situation where his ‘friend Ian’ was stolen by the soul of ‘future Ian’. It was abnormal if he wasn’t angry.

Leto’s frail fists swung. As if he couldn’t help it, the man took a slight backward step to avoid the fist. And the moment Leto sighed and threw his second fist.

Chuck, Leto’s hand was grabbed by the man.

The corner of the man’s mouth drew a thin arc. It was a bitter laugh. It was one of the few facial expressions he had ever shown.

“Don’t worry, I can’t stay too long… I just do what I have to do.”

Despite the man’s explanation, Leto’s already heated head showed no signs of cooling down. His green eyes groped for me. If left as it is, there was a hint of scrolling.

It was then.

With a booming sound, Leto’s body spun around and the man and Leto exchanged seats. And Leto being pushed against the wall.

The arm was bent behind the back. There was no sign of that at all, and I couldn’t even figure out how it happened. Leto groaned at the pain in his arm.

But his light was still burning. With bloodshot eyes, Leto opened his mouth.

It was a growl, open hostility.

“A thing to do… … ? Do you know how hard Ian went through last time because of that proud ‘to do’?! I almost died once! But how much do I have to go along with your pranks… … !”

“Otherwise, everyone will die.”

It was a bold statement. A plain voice that doesn’t feel any high or low.

Leto immediately regained his composure. It was because I read the deep remorse felt in that voice. As if he had been bathed in cold water, his cold gaze blankly pursued the man’s golden eyes.

There was no shaking. meant the truth. At least that’s what Leto read.

He opened his mouth for a while, then closed it several times.

Pushed against the wall, Leto managed to formulate a question.

“… … What the hell happened?”

“Leto… … .”

The man said so with a serious expression on his face. And he gave sincere advice.

“Don’t try to know too much. The world won’t allow it, and you might get hurt.”

That was the end.

The man seemed to think that Leto had calmed down, so he pushed Leto free and turned around without hesitation. Although Leto straightened his stance, he couldn’t open his mouth for a moment.

A string of thoughts were tangled in his brain.

Why is everyone dying? And if the world won’t allow it, why can only Ian know the future?

Those countless problems were tangled up in a ball of question marks. It has been impossible to unravel this thread with the clues given so far.

Then there is only one answer, to get as much information as possible.

“… … Why did you come back?”

The man’s movements, which were about to move, stopped abruptly.

His golden eyes glanced at Leto. Leto had to ask again, wondering if he might change his mind and leave.

“Returning from the future to the past is a miracle that the sorcerers of the royal family cannot achieve. It must have taken a lot of effort… Why did you have to go that far? And, why is it you?”

The man seemed to be in a moment of trouble. His eyes turned to the side, but soon returned to their place.

He replied in an emotionless voice.

“… … Because you are a failure.”

‘Failure’ was another unfamiliar word. Leto felt his head throb.

Regardless, the man took a step forward. out of the alley.

Unable to guess the destination, Leto had no choice but to shout in the midst of panic.

“Hey, where are you going!”

“To meet someone.”

He waved his hand and replied, as if telling him not to worry.

“… … Delphine Yurdina, I decided to meet her.”

Leto heard that and just followed the back figure with a bewildered look.

that was the last

Leto said that he hadn’t had a conversation with the man since then.

Until you meet me today.

**

After hearing Leto’s story, I was silent. It was complicated in many ways. There were many things I didn’t understand.

I first asked Leto.

“The future me and the present me are different?”

“I knew that, anyway, the guys from the swordsmanship department… … .”

Tsk tsk, while clicking his tongue, Leto drew a solid line of light in the air. It was a picture made of magic.

Originally, it was a technique used to engrave a magic circle, but in some cases, it was mobilized as a tool for commentary like this. A shiny pure white line was drawn vertically.

Leto started explaining by pointing at the bottom of the solid line.

“Now, this is the past. And let’s just go straight into the future.”

His fingers went up along the solid line, reaching the top. and he asked me

“Now what should I do to go back to the past?”

“Then, why don’t we just go back halfway?”

Then Leto nodded and moved his finger to the middle of the solid line. His green eyes stared at me quietly.

“Then what next? Will I continue to follow the future that has already been drawn?”

Hearing those words, I clutched my chin and fell into trouble for a while. I didn’t even have to think long. I shook my head and said.

“No, will something change?”

“Okay, then let’s draw a new future.”

And he painted a new picture of a diagonal exit. Suddenly, like a tree branch, two lines split from the center.

My doubtful eyes turned to Leto. Then, as if he had waited, he began to explain.

“Look, look. From the middle point, two futures came into existence, right?”

“Now that we have returned to the past, isn’t the first future going to disappear?”

“Think carefully, then what will happen to ‘me’ who has returned to the past? Isn’t ‘me’ the first result of that future?”

I heard and saw it. I said, “No,” I swallowed and narrowed my brows.

I finally understood what Leto wanted to say. I asked Leto to confirm.

“So, that diagonal future is ‘me’, and the one from that straight future is the ‘me’ possessed by me?”

“You got it right, time is like drawing an indelible figure. Once drawn, it can never be erased. In other words, the moment that ‘Ian’ returned to the past, another world of possibilities was created. That’s why you and that ‘Ian’ can only be different people with a shared past.”

It would be better if the personalities were integrated, but Leto muttered and smacked his lips.

But I still had a snag. A letter from the future that is still in my arms.

The world it testifies to was a peaceful and happy place. I asked Leto just in case.

“But the letter I received is also from the future. Rather, the letter says that if you don’t keep it, the world will perish… … .”

As if the problem was also simple, Leto pointed to the edge of the second diagonally drawn future.

“It’s from here. I don’t know what he did, but the entire time axis itself was shaken. It won’t be strange if a letter arrives from any world of possibilities. Of course, since you received the letter, it should be said that the current world is drawing an infinitely closer future than that?”

It was a complex story, but I somehow managed to understand it through Leto’s explanation.

In other words, the ‘me’ of the future possessed by me and the love letter from the future 7 years later meant that each came from a different future.

Then, is the man I saw in my dream also a future ‘me’?

I remembered that bloody landscape painting. A battlefield resounding with ominous sounds, corpses were lined up, so the scene could not be reproduced without including the word ‘death’.

I felt lonely thinking that this was the end I should have faced. And on the other hand, the conversation was cold.

It was the same as meaning that if you didn’t follow the contents of the letter, that future would arrive.

That alone was a great achievement. It was said that the letter from the future contained a world of countless possibilities, so it was not strange that there were several senders.

Because it was just a possibility.

What mattered was the content of the letter. I thought that if I did my best to follow this, the identity of my future lovers would be revealed one by one.

I thought it was Leto. I looked at my best friend with admiration.

He had a smug look on his face. It seemed that the results achieved were quite satisfactory.

My hand tapped his shoulder. The words of praise came out of my mouth.

“Leto, how is it? Thanks to you, I got a little better.”

“Ha, I’m a bit competent. You should buy me some drinks.”

To buy alcohol, that was a condition that he could accept as much as he could. Trust filled my eyes as I looked at Leto.

I asked Leto in an expectant voice.

“So, what am I supposed to do now?”

At my question, Leto smiled. Then he patted me on the shoulder and said.

“Yeah, you have to figure it out.”

“… … ?”

At that insincere reply, I had no choice but to stare blankly at Leto. It was a gaze with even a slight sense of betrayal.

However, Leto’s reaction was rather absurd. He frowned and asked me.

“Then what do I think? You don’t even know the contents of the letter right now?”

He opened his mouth to retort, then closed it.

There was nothing wrong with Leto’s words. I need information to make a plan, but only I could read the contents of the letter from the future.

If so, is it a substitute practice for the final exam?

I thought of the information ‘Ian’ had requested from the saintess. If he judged it necessary, perhaps the ‘orphanage’ had something to do with the future.

Even if it happened in the first future. I don’t have detailed information, so it was better to start with the information he found.

Leto silently watched me for a while as I was lost in thought. Then, as if he was nervous, he coughed and turned around.

“Come to think of it, he said he was going to meet Delphine-senpai, right?”

It’s Delphine senior, so I heard that he disappeared after the hunting festival.

Besides that, there was another woman who came to mind. The person who first informed me of the possibility that letters could come from the future.

It was Emma. Two options hung on the scales in my mind.

One is Delphine Yurdina, a woman with beauty like the sun.

The other is Emma, a girl with a warm and kind smile that leaves an impression.

It would have been nice to meet one of them. And also, I have to gather a group to go to the practice as a replacement for the final exam.

I guess I’ll have to go find Elsie-senpai too.

I immediately started plotting the route in my head.

Because I lost my memory, I didn’t have much time left. The substitute practice period for the final exam was right around the corner.

There is one week left until the practice dispatch area is decided and a group is formed.

I had to gather information and power in it somehow.

The smell of blood was getting closer every minute.

**

That evening, I went to find Delphine at the Aidalos coffin. However, the news I heard from the servant was as expected in my heart.

“That, Yurdina-sama is now hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the temple… … .”

I crossed my arms and tapped my arms with my fingers.

Yeah, it seemed like it. I just hoped it wasn’t a wound that would take me to the intensive care unit.

Delphine’s reaction to face me again was completely unexpected, so a sigh leaked out of my mouth.

And he shook his head, lamenting inwardly. It was a complaint against the future ‘me’.

A very impatient person, I wish I could have resembled at least half of my peace-loving heart.

It was unfortunate.