Part 8
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The courtyard of the Academy.
Under the lights outside at night, Marie was waiting for a person.
The day of meeting her in the library, she had arranged to speak with Erica.
Today was the day they had agreed to speak.
However, Erica herself is part of the royal family and she has so many followers around her, so that she had almost no possibility to talk to her when she was alone.
She was only able to move freely at night.
Seeing Erica appear, Marie, while she was nervous, urged her to sit down.
In the darkened courtyard of the Academy, Marie sat on a bench under an outdoor light and she interrupted Erica.
"Well, Lady Erica. Actually, I need to talk to you about ......"
Erica smiled and said something unexpected to Marie, who is trying to talk to her and find out what she was up to.
"Before that, let me ask you a question. ...... Marie-senpai, are you a reincarnated person?"
"...... Huh?"
Hearing the word "reincarnated" from Erica, Marie was confused and could not speak. At Marie's state, Erica put her hand on her chest.
"I'm one too. I found myself living like Erica Rafua Holfault once I noticed it. To be precise, I suppose it is a possession."
"Are you kidding me !? If so, why until now ...?
If Erica is a reincarnated person, why has she left them alone until now? If she knew the scene of that otome game, she would have noticed something was wrong.
Erica, who had anticipated Marie's doubts, spoke of her body.
—Until last year she was sick and she couldn't walk much. Also, my father was too protective to let me out often. Even so, the story of the Saint and the Marquis even got to me.
Erica's calm demeanor belies her age, and Marie slipped off the bench into the ground.
"I was nervous, that's all! So how old are you inside? I’m much
older even if I look like this, so please be respectful to me."
When Marie suddenly tried to figure out her age, Erica gave a stiff smile and said the age of her previous life .
She — was in her sixties.
Marie bowed at the unexpected answer.
"I'm sorry I was so cheeky."
-Hey? E-Umm, it doesn't matter. More than that, the reason you wanted to talk to me was because of that Otome game, right?
Marie then raised her face and screamed loudly.
-Certain! You see, my older brother and I know very little about the content of the third game. So if you know something, tell us about it. The current situation is a bit bad.
Marie took Erica's hand.
Erica was a bit surprised, but she realized what Marie meant.
"I assumed that Marquis Baltfault was also a reincarnated person, but were you related to him in your previous life?”
-Yes! My older brother has also been reincarnated in this world. Maybe it's because I forced him to play it, but he got into a lot of trouble for it.
Erica, who was listening to Marie's story, realized something and almost opened her mouth to ask.
However, a female student who was looking for a person appeared in this place and conversation between the two was interrupted.
"Gentleman ~ where are you ~? Gentleman......”
The student, who was running and looking for someone, suddenly fell into the dark.
Panicked, Marie and Erica ran out, approached her, and picked her up.
That student was Mia.
Watching her suffer painfully, Marie used healing magic on her while holding her chest.
"Hey, don't overdo it if you're sick."
-Sorry. I haven't been feeling well ... in a while. So ... I asked my Gentleman ... if he could get me some medicine. I-I thought this would be enough.
she might have thought she could run a certain distance, but this had made her state worse.
Erica gently held Mia's hand as she spoke of her painful situation.
-It's fine. Stay calm and breathe slowly.
Mia, holding her hand, breathed as Erica directed, and the pain lessened.
Marie was relieved that her painful expression had become so much calmer.
-Excellent.
But this is strange. I feel like there is nothing wrong with it.
Healing magic was used, but Marie did not feel that she had cured her.
She did not know what was wrong and she suspected that she only had a disease, but Mia seemed to be really suffering.
However, Mia, who received the healing magic from Marie, was certainly getting better. Marie spoke to Mia in the hope that she could treat her, although she did not feel convinced.
"Do you have a chronic illness?"
(Wasn't she supposed to be set up as an energetic girl?)
Marie was uncomfortable with Mia's condition.
—Since last year I suddenly began to suffer more and more. Until then, I never had these kinds of problems and ran normally.
-...... I see.
After hearing Mia's story that she suddenly fell ill last year, Marie looked up at Erica.
This girl used to be sick until now, but she suddenly feels better right?
Why was the disease configuration changed?
While Marie was thinking, Erica started talking to Mia.
"Is the medicine your knight has available not elsewhere?"
"Boo ...... N-No, there isn't. I've heard that you can't get it anywhere else because it's a special one that the Knight prepares for me.”
-I see. ...... Then your Knight must also know a lot about medicines.
When Erica praised Finn, Mia's face flashed and she turned a little red. She was so happy that Finn was praised that she even started talking about things they hadn't asked her.
-That's how it is. The Knight is a truly amazing person. He is the best Knight of the Empire, and he's not really the type of person who would be my guardian knight. ... he really is too good to be my knight.
Marie noticed that Mia's face gradually turned from happy to depressed.
(Hey? Is this girl in love with her guardian knight?)
Unlike Leon, Marie, who is sensitive to love matters, easily discovered from Mia's appearance that she had feelings for Finn.
"The Knight was so kind that he came with me to study abroad. He said he couldn’t leave me alone.”
After hearing why she had come to study abroad with a gentleman Guardian, Marie joined the conversation to find out right now.
"Was he for you? Isn't there some other purpose?”
Marie asked Mia and told her what she remembered after thinking for a bit.
"No, he didn't tell me there was another purpose."
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