I Possessed The Villain’s Childhood Friend

60 – Beginning – 2

Three weeks have passed since vacation started.

Of course, nothing special happened.

Just get up as usual, do your official duties, and train for the rest of the day.

It was the same life as before entering Arcana.

If you dare to find something different.

“You came a lot today too.”

I wonder if invitations to numerous banquets have begun to arrive.

Most of them were invitations from Arcana classmates’ families.

“Please dispose of everything, Noel.”

“Okay, boy.”

But I had no intention of accepting an invitation to such a banquet.

Of course, if it is absolutely necessary, you will have no choice but to participate, but so far everything has been about strengthening friendship.

“Noel. What happened to the request then?”

“I got a call saying we were talking in the morning.”

The most important thing to me right now was to solve Sophia’s problem.

There is such a thing as destiny in this world, so if she became a saint no matter what, I would feel at ease, but I couldn’t do that unless I was certain.

The reason for the twist in the development of the story lies entirely with me.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t smart enough to stay still in such a situation.

“Ha ha.”

I took a deep breath and exhaled.

Standing in front of me was an unexpected person.

As a result of my father’s order, from today, I will be with you in my training.

“Boss, you worked hard today too.”

It was the butler, Alex.

He held a long rapier in his right hand.

“Thank you.”

I had heard of him before, but he was a very talented person.

Not as good as his father, but on par with Arvein.

Okay. When I was young, I was told that I was my father’s teacher, so it must be natural.

“Bocchan.”

It was Noel who spoke to me as I was sitting in the shade of a tree to cool off.

“I have been contacted.”

“… Let’s move right away.”

“Okay.”

Today’s training was somewhat finished.

Of course, if it was normal, I would have exercised more, but if I had been contacted, I didn’t have time for that.

“So you mean you can’t hand it over unless I come in person?”

“Yes. It seems so.”

Is this a matter of course?

It’s nothing else, I’m trying to receive it, but I can’t stop moving myself.

“Shall we prepare the wagon?”

“I will go alone this time. Arrange an outside wagon.”

“… All right.”

You don’t know what kind of story you’ll hear.

You don’t need to take Noel or anyone else.

★

“Brother. You can come back here by 2:00 tomorrow.”

“Yes. Thank you for your effort.”

After exchanging greetings with the wanted coachman, I lightly jumped off the carriage.

I listened to the sound of the carriage leaving and looked around.

It was a city characterized by colorful streets.

It was Bellion, the city of artists, about 10 hours from Akkad.

The reason I came here, of course, was to take care of the agenda that I asked Noel.

Of course, it was a matter related to Sophia, not a family affair.

“This way.”

I wandered the streets carrying the map given to me by Noel.

And before he knew it, he was able to stop his feet in front of the house.

It was a very shabby house, far from the splendid surroundings.

“Whoa.”

“Come in.”

Just as I was about to catch my breath before knocking, I heard those words from inside the house.

Let’s stand still in amazement at that fact.

“What are you doing? Come in quickly.”

The voice then called me.

“… Excuse me.”

According to his words, I slowly grabbed the doorknob.

The door opened with an unpleasant squeak.

It was a very small studio.

And in the center of the room sat a woman with brown hair, who appeared to be in her thirties.

“Are you the owner of the guys who have been looking for me since last week?”

I nodded silently at those words.

“Do you think you know who I am?”

Even with that, I quietly nodded.

The predecessor of Saint Selene.

Basically, she was a dead person, so there was no big mention in the original work.

But Selene has had a great influence on her work.

The woman sitting in front of me right now was also one of Selene’s aides.

Olivia.

I don’t know the last name. It didn’t even appear in the original.

To put it simply, she was a prophet.

I even knew that Saint Selene would be assassinated by Avatar.

She was a prophet who was banished because she failed to prevent the assassination of Saint Selene.

And her role in the original story.

“… Are you here to get the ring?”

“Yes.”

It was the role of handing over the ring of a saint, one of the divine instruments, to Sophia.

Of course, Sofia should come to Bellion and pick it up at the end of next year.

But that was the episode right before Sophia became a saint.

Now, even the first step to becoming a saint is unknown.

Then my conclusion was that I had to do what I could in advance.

Fortunately, Olivia appears in a minor role.

After talking with Sophia a bit about her, she just handed over the ring and left.

If you get it in advance, there won’t be a big problem.

“Then can we talk for a while before that?”

“Okay.”

After saying that she would serve tea, Olivia slowly got up from her seat.

“Sorry. As you can see at a glance, it’s just cheap black tea that doesn’t suit a nobleman’s mouth.”

“It’s okay.”

It was definitely a bit more bitter than what I usually drink, but it didn’t really matter.

Because I thought this was delicious as it is.

“Okay. Shall I ask you a question here first? How far do you know?”

“What do you mean?”

“You mean literally? How much do you know about me?”

“First of all, I know more than what is known to the public.”

Saint Selene was assassinated by Avatar.

However, it is only natural that the empire would fall into chaos once this fact was known.

So the upper echelons of the Empire announced her cause of death as a soldier.

Saint Selene was in poor health from the beginning, so fortunately few people questioned her.

For some reason, Avatar didn’t spread the truth either.

“Really? Then she must have known that Selene was assassinated by someone, and I was exiled for failing to prevent the assassination even though I prophesied it?”

“Yes.”

“But you probably don’t know that Selene was assassinated on purpose. Yes?”

“… Yes?”

“As expected.”

This is a setting that was not resolved in the original work.

Noticing that fact, I stopped breathing for a moment.

And Olivia smiled as if she knew it.

“This is a story that only Selene and I knew, but there were originally two futures I saw. What they have in common is that no matter how hard they try, Selene-sama will die.”

“Did you give up after seeing that future?”

“No. Of course, I tried to prevent Lady Selene’s death somehow. However, after hearing my story, it was Selene-sama herself who suggested that we come up with a plan based on her own death.”

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Pouring black tea into the teacup that had been emptied before I knew it, Olivia continued her words.

Borrowing the power of the Church of Martires to die while fighting Avatar, or to die without any resistance.

It is said that those were the two futures that Olivia saw.

Selene heard the story and chose the latter.

The reason.

“In order not to lose confidence, is it?”

“To fight them, I needed a divine weapon. Especially since Selene-sama is naturally weak.”

Of course, if you win, there will be no problem.

But what if you lose?

“At any rate, Selene-sama thought that we had to stop at all costs from falling into their hands.”

So she chose a quiet death.

In preparation for her unforeseen situation, she left her saint’s ring to Olivia.

She wondered why the exiled Olivia had her saint’s ring, but she finally found out why.

But that raised another question.

“Then why are you telling me the whole story?”

“Because the future has changed.”

“Yes?”

“Some future I saw back then has changed.”

Olivia, who said that, had a serious expression on her face.

“The day before Selene died. I got to see the very distant future A future where the next saintess saves the empire together with someone.”

I knew right away that the new saint meant Sophia, and someone meant the crown prince.

“That’s the reason I finally accepted Lady Selene’s death. To pass this ring on to the next ones. Because I realized that it was my last role.”

“You mean that future has changed?”

“Yes. And in the changed future, you stood with them.”

“… What is that?”

“Really.”

“It could be a simple illusion.”

Olivia calmly shook her head.

There was confidence in her eyes.

“After Selene died, I gradually lost sight of the future. You can’t see the future at all now. But even the memory has not faded.”

“….”

“The last time I looked back at that future, it was you and no one else standing with them.”

I wanted to refute that it was a nonsense story.

But didn’t I already know that?

The fact that Avatar is targeting me.

“So, be sure to pass this ring on to the next saintess.”

Olivia said so and she slowly took off her necklace.

A ring hung from her necklace.

It’s not flashy, but it’s a silver ring that feels noble.

“Please protect the peace of the empire that Selene wanted to protect until the end.”

I nodded her head quietly as I handed over the ring.

“… I don’t know if this will work.”

On the way back to Akkad after spending the day at Bellion’s inn.

I sighed thinking so.

Sophia, who skipped the ordeal, thought of a way to be recognized as a saint, and came up with this ring.

If I do something with this, I wonder if I can make the first step.

If that doesn’t work, I have no choice but to go to the central church in Martires and get the two remaining sacred treasures.

In order to fight Avatar, Sophia with her divine powers was absolutely necessary.

★

“Are you back, boy?”

When I returned to Akkad’s house, Noel was there to meet me.

But for some reason, her expression was strange. She

She was making an awkward expression.

And I could see right away why.

“Long time no see, Ike.”

The one who slowly walked from behind.

“… Uh?”

Because it was definitely Reina.

“Sorry. She ran away from home and ran here.”

And then, her words turned my hair white.