Became the Golden Sun of the Academy

78 – Inconvenient Rest (4)

After checking Adele’s condition, it was time for everyone to get up.

“Anastasia, you stay.”

Adele caught Anastasia by her horse as she tried to return to her dormitory.

It was unintentional, but the situation where Adele caught Anastasia, who actively appealed (?).

Charlotte and Sylvia, who had been in a lull for a while, rolled their eyes in amazement at the call.

Why all of a sudden?

Are you saying that only Anastasia will be summoned?

I thought to myself, Anastasia was the only one who stopped, but Sylvia also grabbed the wheel of the wheelchair.

So, only Lucy left the room.

“Huh? Why is no one coming out?”

Lucy, who left the room alone, looked into the room with her head stuck out the door, wondering what was going on.

I don’t know why, but there is a sense of tension in the room.

Because I was watching the scene with my eyes blinking.

“Follow me quickly.”

“Evil!”

Worrying that one more person would intrude on the situation, Tina grabbed her hair and pulled it.

“Tina, my hair is falling out…… I’m losing my hair…… !”

Just like that, Lucy was grabbed by her hair by Tina and dragged her down the hallway with her bent at the waist to exit, and back to Adele’s room.

Adele asked, looking at Sylvia as she was about to leave.

“Is there anything else you need to do, saintess?”

I was worried about what to talk about with Anastasia, but it must be a nuisance to remain unnoticed.

Thinking so, the moment she tried to send her eyes to Alessia, asking her to leave.

“… ….”

Charlotte’s eyes that I happened to see.

Now that the cooperation is over, those eyes seemed to tell me to leave immediately.

Seeing that, it was very unfair to just leave. Her lips moved without realizing it.

“…… That.”

“Yes, you can.”

“I think I will feel better tomorrow, so I will continue the treatment I couldn’t finish today. So, it would be nice to go to school tomorrow.”

I didn’t say it just to upset Charlotte.

It was also said with a pure heart that cares about Adele’s arm, which could not finish her treatment because of Anastasia.

She was chosen by the gods, so her nature is good. If she had just left, she would not have been able to sleep comfortably as if her thorns were stuck in her throat.

“Since you said so, I will.”

At such times, after hearing Adele’s answer, I definitely feel at ease.

Sylvia nodded her head and gave her signal to Alessia.

The wheelchair moved quietly and left the room.

“Why?”

After Sylvia left, Anastasia, who was left alone, called her and asked why she had built her up.

“Because of a promise she made before.”

“Ah.”

Anastasia remembered.

Adele’s promise that she would let her see her own parents, albeit for a moment, with the magic she recovered while defeating her lich.

“How can I do it?”

Anastasia sat right in front of Adele, her eyes half-closed from her fatigue, her eyes wide open and her face full of anticipation.

“Charlotte, give Anastasia the paper she prepared.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Bringing her Anastasia to meet her parents is to apply to her Anastasia what Adele previously assimilated with her past self.

She briefly assimilates her mind to the Anastasia of her past, sending her back to when her parents were still alive.

Although it would be a short time since Richie’s magical power was not as good as that left by the future Adele, it was possible to see her face.

As Charlotte handed Anastasia a piece of paper with a magic circle on it, Adele explained.

“If you put magic into it and activate it, you will be able to go back to the past. Maybe about half a day?”

“To the past?”

So you’re saying that time travel is possible?

It was so unbelievable, but it didn’t sound like Adele was lying and she didn’t have to.

Moreover, Anastasia trusted Adele. She

She, like Elena, was sure she wasn’t trying to fool herself with just sweet words.

“Okay.”

Anastasia closed her eyes, holding her paper with both her hands.

She quietly poured her mana into the magic circle, earnestly wishing.

I hope she can meet her old family since I haven’t seen her face for a while.

* * *

“… ….”

Anastasia blinked her eyes.

She must have been Adele’s room just a little while ago, but now she is a meadow so open that you can see the horizon.

The wind-swept lawn ripples, and the bright sunlight dazzles the eyes.

Quiet, peaceful.

Anastasia remembered this scene.

Drun Meadow.

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It was where Anastasia once went on a picnic with her family.

Spreading her mat in the shade of a tree and sleeping with her head on her mother’s lap was one of the best things in Anastasia’s life that she still remembered vividly.

And, as Adele said, she had returned to the past. The scenery she remembered and the one she was seeing now were almost the same.

“… ….”

Anastasia looked around her, blocking the blinding sunlight with her hand.

Through the herd of grazing cows, she found a single, towering tree.

Anastasia immediately walked with it as a compass.

Because of her short legs, her stride is narrow.

I was so short that I couldn’t see the sight beyond the herd.

But she didn’t care and continued walking.

With each step she took, Anastasia’s pace grew faster, and her anticipation in her heart grew uncontrollably.

“Haa…… Ha… ….”

She was out of breath, but she didn’t care.

It was dangerous to pass between the herds of cattle, but she made her way through them as if nothing had happened.

That’s the moment I crossed the cow bridge for the last time.

Anastasia’s eyes widened as she breathed on her knees.

There is a mat spread out under that tree.

She had her corners secured with stones to keep them from being blown away by the wind.

There is a basket made of woven straw on top of it.

The lunch box and the protruding fruit gave off the atmosphere of a picnic.

And under the tree, there were people sitting in the shade.

Her father was as bright as Anastasia’s memory.

It was hard to believe that she was his daughter.

Her mother was a much younger and more beautiful woman than she remembered.

Anastasia’s appearance was influenced by her, and she had a face that would have been misunderstood as her sister had she sat alongside the grown-up Anastasia.

My brother was yawning loudly as if this picnic was boring.

Then he suddenly found himself among a herd of cows and said “Ah!” He made a noise and started running.

“Hey!”

My brother grabbed the hand of Anastasia, who was staring blankly at him.

“I told you not to get close to it because it is dangerous to be among the herds of cows!”

Listening to that voice, I definitely remembered my older brother’s voice.

I always thought he was brusque, but now that I see him, it seems that he is not good at expressing his concern for himself.

“Hey, why are you like that? Are you crying?”

“… ….”

Anastasia touched her eyes with her fingers.

Clearly, her tears were welling up.

Brother released her hand from her tight grip and hugged Anastasia.

“Are you surprised that I shouted? Sorry. It’s not because I hate you, it’s because I’m worried.”

At the words that my older brother, who was much younger than Anastasia, patted me on the back, my emotions overflowed uncontrollably, and eventually I burst into tears.

Anastasia opened her arms and hugged her brother’s back tightly.

“Brother…… Brother… ….”

Her tears and snot ran uncannily, and I smelt her face pressed against her chest.

A familiar scent that calms the mind and body just by sniffing it.

The smell of home and family that I have completely forgotten about even after becoming an adult.

“I want to go to my dad and mom.”

I want to see the two of you soon.

With that heart in her brother’s arms, Anastasia ran across her grass with her short legs, and her brother, confused and thinking that Anastasia was trying to tell her parents about herself, she chased after him…. ….

* * *

The sky was dyed yellow.

“… ….”

The past experience, which was like a dream, ended after half a day.

It’s so sad and regretful, but Anastasia sniffed her nose and wiped away the tears with the back of her hand as if her water had burst.

After rubbing my eyes for a while and taking my hands off, the world looks blurry.

“Are you back?”

She turned her head to where the voice came from.

As the blurred vision became clearer, Adele was sitting there.

Because her arms were bandaged, it seemed that she was quietly looking at the window without doing anything.

Anastasia nodded her head quietly.

“Have you met your family properly?”

Anastasia nodded her head again.

She must have cried in the past, but even now, her voice seems to be swollen and her voice is not coming out.

“If I had enough magic, I could have stayed longer, sorry.”

“Ehh.”

Anastasia shook her head. She

She answered in a voice completely submerged.

“If I stayed longer, I felt like I would have lingering feelings.”

In the end, it’s the past that won’t come back.

That happiness was something that my past self should have felt, so taking my body for too long was something I couldn’t do.

“And that was enough.”

Anastasia remembered her half day spent with her family in her meadow.

She felt a happiness she would never have before losing the preciousness of her family.

Those memories and happiness of her could not be forgotten no matter how much time passed, and it seemed that I could cherish them for the rest of my life.

So that was enough.

“Thank you.”

Anastasia smiled as she saw Adele, who had left behind such precious memories.

It was a very different feeling from the smile she had once had when she saw Adele worrying about her over her brother.