Epilogue II
Today, Court Mage Felmenia Stingray—rather, former Court Mage Felmenia Stingray—was in the library finishing up work on a towering pile of documents. Several days had passed since Suimei had departed. Felmenia was in the process of putting together all the necessary materials needed to hand over her work, and putting the fruits of her magic research on temporary hold.
This was naturally so that she could chase after Suimei, who had departed on a journey to find the spell to return to his own world. Between her personal feelings and wanting to be even just a bit useful to him…
“Suimei-dono, please wait for me. Once these documents for the transfer are put in order, I’ll hurry to your side with all haste.”
As she imagined Suimei wandering through Metel, Felmenia put the feelings in her heart into words. It was true that she wanted to be helpful to Suimei, but she also just wanted to see him again.
It began with what happened in the corridor that fateful day, and led all the way up until his help in the arrest of Sebastian. At first she had been hostile to him, and though she was defeated utterly and completely by him that night, she was now at the point where she fully understood that it was an essential process that she had to go through with him.
What was completely unexpected to her were the feelings she found herself harboring for him. Indeed, feelings often known as love. That pure emotion born at the limits of fellowship between man and woman was something that always felt far away for her as a court mage. Felmenia had abandoned the idea of it, assuming that it just wasn’t meant for her.
“Aaah, Suimei-dono…”
While working, she was reminded of Suimei and let out a languishing sigh.
What she was reminded of were the few days before he departed. Ever since they had cleared the air between them, their relationship had improved, and she had started to get somewhat(?) clingy with him. He’d kindly talked with her on all sorts of subjects, and even though it was only for a short period of time, he even taught her the foundations of his world’s magicka. She had questions as to why a lethargic and perplexed expression would float up on his face here and there, but that was a mere triviality.
While Felmenia was stretching out in her chair, her eyes idly passed over the spine of a certain book.
“Hmm?”
It was the title of the book that had caught her attention. She stood up, walked to the bookshelf, and took it into her hands.
“A Study of the Hero Summoning Ritual and the History of the Summoned Heroes…?”
She then opened it and scanned its contents.
“This is…”
Felmenia was surprised at this most serendipitous discovery. What was written inside was all about the hero summoning. It was likely that this information would be useful to Suimei. When she chased after him, she would be sure to take it with her.
“But if this brings Suimei-dono closer to his goal…”
What crossed Felmenia’s mind in that moment was a sense of anxiety that she had never felt before. If she delivered this book to him, he would certainly draw one step closer to his goal, and that meant returning to his world that much faster. When he did eventually find the spell he needed, it was almost certain that she would never be able to see him again.
And if that happened, what would she do with these strange feelings welling up inside her?
“Tch, no! Don’t think about that, Felmenia! Our first priority is helping Suimei-dono! The rest can wait until after that!”
Felmenia knew that she was really just choosing to abandon all thought on it. But no matter what she felt, she knew she couldn’t abandon her morals.
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