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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Your uncle missed his chance at marriage because he was too focused on work. Do you know how worried I was when I heard you were working there?”
“…”
She had no rebuttal. Her uncle was a stark reminder.
“Look how long your hair has gotten. You’re so beautiful. They were ecstatic when I showed them your picture.”
“When did you even take my picture?”
“Ahem, anyway…”
Was her mother spying on her?
“You don’t have anyone in mind, do you?”
“…”
“Do you?”
Her mother’s eyes lit up with anticipation. May rested her chin on her hand.
“No. Nothing like that.”
“Really? That’s a shame.”
“…”
“I can’t let you miss your chance too. You’re going on that blind date, understand?”
“Haa…”
“I’ll let you know the details. They said coming to Elgrid isn’t a problem. He’s a good young man.”
“Sure, whatever.”
“Give it a try.”
The crystal ball’s light faded, and May leaned back in her chair, sighing.
The conversation, meant to lift her spirits, had only made her feel worse.
“Should I…?”
Should she try it?
Perhaps a little romance would soften the harshness of her life.
“Haa…”
She clenched her fists, making up her mind.
She would do it.
She reached for the crystal ball, about to tell her mother she’d meet him.
Her hair had grown longer, and she was more beautiful than ever.
Her chest… well, that was still a work in progress, but…
She’d had countless suitors since graduation. She even received love letters from students at the academy.
“I’m doing this!”
BOOM!
“…”
She’d channeled too much mana, and the crystal ball shattered. She gritted her teeth, looking at the fragments.
She focused her mana, pulverizing the shards embedded in her hand.
“RAAAAAAGH!”
She punched the wall, her fist infused with mana.
BANG!
The wall shook. But she didn’t stop.
“You bastard!”
BANG!
“Why?! Why?! Why?! Whyyyyy?!”
BANG! BANG!
“You trash! You dog! Casanova! You scoundrel!”
BANG! BANG! BANG!
“You stole my first kiss! You made me love you! You damn bastard! You’re responsible!”
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Cracks appeared in the wall.
The Headmaster’s office had been reinforced, thankfully. Otherwise, the wall would have collapsed.
“Haa… haa…”
Her hand throbbed.
She stopped, knowing she might actually break the wall.
She needed a punching bag. Several, in fact.
She put on her jacket, looking at the dents in the wall.
“One won’t be enough.”
She opened the door.
“Ha… ha…”
Two figures stood outside.
“You seem… agitated.”
Eris and Eve greeted her awkwardly.
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“So, that little gem… is Daniel?”
“Yes.”
May stared at the crystal Eris held, then lunged for it.
Eris quickly pulled it back.
May, her hand empty, clenched her fists and advanced, about to climb over the table.
“Give it to me! I’m going to crush it! That bastard!”
Eve rushed to restrain her.
“May! Calm down! I understand how you feel!”
“Calm down?! He dumped me and died, and now you’re telling me there’s a way to bring him back, and you want me to calm down?! Are you kidding me?! I came here to fight!”
May had changed the most in the three years since Daniel McLean’s disappearance.
She’d been one of the weaker fighters, but now she was a formidable force.
Eve, a writer, was no match for her.
May stepped onto the table, about to lunge at Eris, but a gentle gust of wind pushed her back.
“I understand your anger. Then I assume you’re not interested in helping.”
Eris stood up, her voice cold.
“Eve, let’s go. It seems May has completely given up on the Sherpa.”
“E-Eris…”
Eve stood, flustered, but Eris just crossed her arms, a satisfied expression on her face.
“Good. I was rather annoyed by all the women around him. I don’t approve of harems.”
Eris hadn’t wanted to share him.
Shares? She’d never considered sharing Daniel with anyone.
But she knew how the others felt, and she needed their help to save him.
So she’d compromised.
“If that’s how you feel, then fine. We’ll come visit you with the Sherpa later.”
Seeing Eris’s unwavering resolve to leave, May, her face red with frustration, shouted,
“Don’t give me that bullshit! He loved me!”
“Oh?”
“He stole my first kiss!”
Technically, she’d forced a kiss on him at the fountain, but that memory had long been rewritten.
Eris’s eyebrow twitched, and Eve frowned.
“At the fountain! It was so romantic! He kissed me in front of everyone!”
“The Sherpa? Really? Are you sure you didn’t force him?”
“I did not!”
“You’re right. He’d never initiate a kiss.”
“He did!”
May insisted, her face burning, her eyes wet.
“Fine! I initiated the kiss at the fountain! But on the day of the final battle, he kissed me first!”
“…”
Eris was speechless. May seemed to be telling the truth.
Could it be?
Had the stoic Sherpa really initiated a kiss?
Eris’s only physical contact with him had been accidental hand-holding and being carried due to injuries or needing guidance.
She gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, and declared, determined to win,
“He promised to marry me.”
“…What?”
Now May was stunned. Eris, seeing her reaction, regained her composure.
“We were the only survivors in one timeline, and we promised to marry. We even talked about having children.”
“That bastard…”
May cursed the absent Daniel, then narrowed her eyes.
“When was this?”
“Huh?”
“When Rin destroyed the world? When we were twenty-eight?”
May hadn’t lived a good life in the zeroth iteration. It was a painful memory, but she dredged it up.
“That’s… right.”
May slammed her hand on the table.
“See! Do you know how many times the world ended after that? Two more times! Even mountains change in three years! Do you think his feelings stayed the same after two apocalypses?”
“…”
“And you were the only woman left!”
“…”
It was painfully true.
Eris had worried about that.
“But I? I kissed him before he died! Eve! You’re a writer! The heroine who gets the last kiss is the best, right?”
“…”
Eve remained silent, her head down, murmuring something.
“Eve?”
“What?”
Eve looked up, her blue eyes strangely dull, like a murky abyss.
“He… he didn’t do that for me.”
“…”
“…”
“Hee… hee…”
Her voice trembled, and a chill filled the room.
“I’d really like to see Daniel again.”
A cold, wintry smile touched her lips.
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[Your Text Here]
Yo , when is this ch going to be released
Poor Eve 🥲, rip Daniel 😅
Dany , my boi , I think u should stay die , u will di- nah scrap that , u will get sucked dry the second u revive