Chapter 175
“He can’t be reached?”
Roina asked back with a flustered face. She couldn’t believe the words Yoseph had just uttered when he came to see her this morning. Yoseph, perhaps understanding Roina’s feelings, covered his shadowed face with his hands and gave himself a rough wash.
“Yes. He seems to have entered the Imperial Palace, but his whereabouts are unknown since then.”
At those words, Roina stood there blankly. She had distanced herself from Lutan of her own will, but to Roina, Lutan was someone who always stood firmly in that place. In the original story, Lutan’s death was something that happened much later. She realized that she had never worried about him suddenly disappearing or being in danger like this before.
To her, Lutan was the person who had saved her and the strongest person among those she knew.
“Is there nothing you can find out about what happened?”
It was Heath, or rather, Erika, who spoke then. Jason was sitting in one corner, inspecting his weapon. The place where they were currently having this conversation was still the Revolutionary Army’s hideout. Due to its maze-like characteristics, they couldn’t meet many people at once, but rather, it was a place where they could maintain each other’s secrets because of that.
Yoseph nodded heavily at Erika’s words.
“As of now, that’s the case.”
“Isn’t that guy a tremendously strong person? He’ll manage on his own.”
“If you don’t know well, please keep your mouth shut, Jason.”
A reproachful gaze flew from Erika at Jason’s insensitive words. He shrank back with a crestfallen look and pretended to be aloof again. Even so, he seemed to be constantly watching Roina’s reaction. Roina, in fact, didn’t pay any attention to such Jason at all.
“Roina, there’s a part you need to know.”
Erika also only glanced at such Jason with a disapproving look and didn’t say anything more, taking out a memo and writing something down.
It was the memo that Veronica had given to Ryuhyeon through Erika. She showed the written memo to everyone and said,
“This is the memo that Veronica entrusted to me. Do you happen to know anything about it?”
Her eyes were certain that they would know something. It was Roina’s first time seeing this, and Yoseph had received the note from Heath, but it was his first time seeing all the contents like this, so he frowned as he looked at it. Jason thought he didn’t know what this was about, but seeing everyone’s serious expressions, he feigned a solemn expression.
Just as Yoseph and Roina were about to say something, Erika suddenly folded the memo and put it away. As the three of them looked at her, she continued to speak.
“And before that, the man who was holding Roina captive said that some kind of magical creature had taken over Veronica’s guise. Do you happen to know about that as well?”
“……”
Yoseph had seen that sight in person, but he hadn’t heard an accurate explanation of its identity. Roina stepped forward and opened her mouth.
“…It’s complicated to explain, but that’s correct.”
“Will Veronica be able to return to normal?”
Erika said to Roina with trembling eyes filled with earnestness. Roina was momentarily at a loss for words. It was because she didn’t know.
“……I’m not entirely sure myself. I think I’ll have to meet her in person.”
“But there’s a possibility of doing something about it, right? This is an important matter to me. Please tell me.”
Veronica originally didn’t have any memories of Erika anyway. It was because she had erased her memories to save Erika. But the original being itself having disappeared was a different matter. Erika bit her lip. She had come this far to protect her, but if she wasn’t there, it was meaningless. She had planned to liberate Veronica from her family and her unfortunate fate.
Roina spoke slowly.
“……I know the origin of that being. You might not believe me if I say this so suddenly, but as the Archmage, that being is said to be a creation of mine from the very beginning of this empire.”
So, there might be a way. The last words were uttered in a whisper, but Roina’s eyes were intense. It was because she wanted to show Erika her will and make a promise to her, even though nothing was certain yet. At those words, Erika nodded cautiously and showed the note again.
{ Did you successfully take what I told you to take? If so, give me what was promised in return. Also, don’t even think about monopolizing it. Because I will come to find it again. Don’t forget that it’s only temporarily entrusted to you. You are a person who is good at hiding, so try hiding it well. Only until he dies. }
Everyone fell silent. Yoseph let out a slight groan and then spoke.
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