I Transmigrated into the Nameverse, and My Name Came with a Time Limit - Chapter 16

Warning bells rang loudly in Mina’s mind, but she had no idea how to avoid this moment. In the end, she reluctantly raised her trembling finger and pointed at the right side of her chest, her head turned sharply to the side in embarrassment.

Just then, Leonhardt suddenly grabbed Mina urgently. Then without hesitation, he pulled down the fabric at her right shoulder.

“W-What are you doing?”

“Checking.”

When Leonhardt answered as if it were the most obvious thing, Mina clutched his hand, which was as big as a pot lid, and asked desperately.

“W-Why?!”

“Because I have to see whether it’s true or not.”

Seeing that Mina’s expression still held doubt even after his answer, Leonhardt added,

“How can I believe the words of someone who betrayed me with a pathetic lie eight years ago? If what you said is true, then the Name will really be there where you said it is.”

It was, in fact, a reasonable point. Judging by Leonhardt’s fierce expression, even if she tried to explain that the person standing before him now wasn’t actually Wilhelmina, it didn’t seem like it would work at all. Mina bit her lip and turned her head sharply to the opposite side.

His blunt, large fingers rummaged around the edge of her clothes, then soon pulled down the thin undergarment beneath the dress. By chance, Mina wasn’t wearing a proper lady’s corset today. It was because she didn’t even possess a proper corset due to her poor treatment within the Wittgen Duchy.

With a single motion, her full b****t was exposed. However, there was nothing on the upper part of her chest. After pressing around and examining it, Leonhardt grasped her b****t with his hand and pushed it upward. Only then did he see the letters written in a slightly darker pink just below the pale pink n****e.

「 Leo 」

Bright pink letters were clearly inscribed upon her skin as white as freshly baked bread. The surface was uneven, as if a wound carved by a knife had healed.

‘Leo?’

Leonhardt tilted his head. The evidence before his eyes proved that Mina’s claim was true. But why did it say Leo instead of Leopold? And why was it such an ambiguous nickname instead of a full name? Had it appeared as a nickname because Mina herself called that bastard this way?

“Ah…”

Leonhardt had been frowning deeply in thought when the sound suddenly brought him back to his senses. Only then did he notice Mina, who had turned her head completely to the side and was shedding tears one drop at a time. A slight sense of guilt finally crept over him.

He hurriedly pulled her clothes back into place, trying to restore them to how they were before. At that moment, an intensely sweet scent slipped into his nose. Startled by the overwhelming sweetness that made his head feel dizzy, he hesitated for a moment. Mina sharply slapped his hand away.

“Move.”

Leonhardt stepped back and silently watched Mina as she adjusted her clothes herself, her face flushed red. Her cheeks were blotched with tears that had streamed down, and from her trembling eyelids and tightly pressed lips, it was clear how much shame and anger she was desperately suppressing. Whenever the two of them had fought in the past, Mina had always worn that same expression.

Suddenly he recalled the color and shape of the Name he had just seen.

‘From the look of it, it seems to have progressed quite a bit…?’

If a Name pair isn’t found quickly in the early stage and their bodies are joined, serious side effects such as paralysis and pain follow. Judging from the fairly vivid pink color, it might already be progressing. The darker the color, the worse the condition becomes.

‘Maybe that’s the reason.’

Otherwise, there would have been no reason for her to become entangled again with the fiancé of the younger sister she had already broken off with. The physical struggle he had just witnessed seemed to support his speculation as well.

Considering Mina’s personality, which had always been quite clear about what she liked and disliked, it was a fairly convincing hypothesis.

Interpreted another way, it meant that not only Leopold but he himself could also make use of the Name ‘Leo’. Since it wasn’t a clear full name but a vague nickname, it could easily be twisted in his favor. Moreover, since Mina herself didn’t know who her real Name pair was, and since time was pressing for her, she wouldn’t be able to refuse his demands.

Pleased with his idea, Leonhardt suddenly grabbed Mina’s slender wrist again. Then he began dragging her forward once more.

“W-What! Why are you doing this again? Where are we going!”

Mina cried out behind him in shock, but he paid no attention. Retracing the path they had come, he pulled Mina along until they stood before the Emperor.