I Don’t Want This Bad Ending

The summer breeze was filled with a refreshing smell of the flowers blooming, the earthy smell and the birds chirping along the sounds of the leaves swaying with calmness.

It was a perfect day to spread a picnic sheet in front of the lawn and bring some refreshment or get a sunbathed while hanging the bedsheet in the wooden hanger that was placed in the sunniest part of the house.

It has been four years since I left the Kingdom of Levingstone. 

The fourteen-year-old girl that was known to be spoiled and haughty are now living peacefully in the forest of Corora in the Kingdom of Perspiru.

The Kingdom of Perspiru was big enough and had a lot of towns that I wasn't afraid that Silvester would pop up without warning.

And besides, I kind of heard from the town folks that he was preparing to receive a coronation to become the King.

He had a fight with the other factions for the past four years and he eventually defeated all of them and now he's preparing to take the seat.

It was bloody. That's what I can say.

But I was relieved that he succeeded. He's the youngest to be crowned as the King of Perspiru as said in the history if I'm not mistaken.

Well, I actually don't know this part. The novel didn't state what happens after he leaves the Academy.

And I was occupied with my own bad ending that some details were deleted from my memories.

And for me…? What have I been doing for the past four years? Well, it's quite ordinary but a bit busy if it was compared to the life I have in the Emsworth mansion and the Kingdom of Levingstone.

I have fights here and there, finding special herbs for my cure, slain monsters and practicing my magic spells. It was quite the four years of life that I had after I ran away from my own wretched fate.

I became a coward after learning that I can't change the story. So, the decision that I came up with was…

Damn the story! I'll live my own life! And so, here I am.

Here no one knew who I was. My hair that was attention grabbing was changed into a common color, the chestnut hue. Thanks to Chrisfold. My eyes change too, it matches my hair. 

I changed my name as Gil suggested. I go by the name Adelyn - My real name back in my first life.

When Gil heard what I came upon he just shrugged and told me that it was good and didn't question why I came up with that name.

I mean no one would know the reason why I picked that - that it was from my past.

"Adelyn…! Come here!"

"Okay… Just wait a bit! I'll check on the laundry first!"

Also, the stifling, heavy dress that I usually wore in the mansion and the academy were gone and only the light fabric dress with some stains and dust can be seen swaying in the summer air.

And by the way, I never knew that when I reached the Sushu mountain, I'll be able to see a handsome young man with silver grey hair that goes to his waist and his smokey grey eyes, he was a beautiful being that welcomed me where a small cabin can be found at the top of the mountain.

When I first saw him with that look of a young man calling me a child, chills ran down my spine.

We looked like we were the same age but when I learned that he passed the age of 1000, my eyes shook!

Well, it was to be expected because I heard the spirits will have a human form when they pass the age of thousand years. Still, I was shocked with his immortal beauty.

He was wearing a kimono like fabric, it was loose and different to the ones aristocrat use or the commoners but what's weird is that it fits to his refreshing aura.

I never knew that Gil is living here while he telepathically communicates with me. I just thought that as he was my spirit then he would be in a dimension where he will be able to chat with me without a worry. 

And seeing a young man with handsome features and his majestic aura as a contracted spirit isn't so bad.

And he can help me whenever I need it, I was angry when that one time, during my mana leakage he just vanished into thin air.

I eventually learned that he was injured because he protected me during the tournament.

There was actually someone aiming at my life and using Vallen to kill me while "he" used his dark magic to kill me without anyone knowing. And Gil, only sensed the magic at the last moment and he received the attack by absorbing it.

Well as it seems obvious, the "real" attacker was more powerful than he thought because I also received some backlash.

It was my mana leakage that resulted from my mana cap breaking to the point that I will die if I didn't get to repair it.

I was angry that something important was kept hidden from me but when I looked at it, Gil was just protecting me. 

I thought that it would be best to terminate the contract that we have if he was injured because of me. I can't afford to let someone die or be harmed just because of how naïve I was, but what he said shocked me more.

The black ring that I wore was actually the contract, it was not an ordinary ring. It actually was a special stone that can be the medium for my contracted spirits like Gil and its powers.

No, I can't even try to break the contract without it. If I remember I left it in the storage house. I wonder if it didn't melt along with the metal hilt. 

Now I can't use Gil's powerful magic without the ring in my hands. At most, I can summon low level spells, but not the medium-tier and advanced spells.

I sighed.

"Adelyn! I said come here!"

"Wait…! I'll tidy this up!"

After I settled for a while living with Gil, and him telling me about why he suggested escaping before the hunting event finished. It was quite shocking.

He said that the one who hurt me a few years back was there… and "he" was also the one who harmed me during the tournament. 

But we still don't know who it was, Gil said that he had a different appearance if "he" can infiltrate the school. And Gil can only sense his dark aura.

I have a gist on who it might be. But I still want to make sure before I make a move.

But the list of people that I need to be wary of were still the same.

The Royal Family and Elise.

The primary suspect of Evelyn's demise in the story.

***

"Cassandra, what is it?" I asked.

We were inside a wooden house in the middle of the forest. Well, to be precise. It looks like a cabin for a summer vacation during summer camp.

"Here… the last medicine for your mana cap." She said.

After leaving the Sushu mountain with Gil to find Cassandra, we found her in the middle of the forest of Corora in the Kingdom of Perspiru where a lot of high-level monsters resided. We found her a year and a half later.

The information that Cabel gave that she was in the town of Reginia were half right and half wrong. She was there but also vanished. When we searched for her there, her tracks were already covered.

That was the reason why we had to search for her for one and half years. It was a relief too that Elise didn't come to find Cassandra for potion for her magic. Why? Because I leave traces in different places and lead them to the Kingdom of Krasnolud.

Thinking about how Gil, and I didn't get enough sleep to reach her house and the never-ending slaying of monsters sent my stomach to twirl.

It was also a hassle because her house was covered with barrier and illusion magic that added to the nights that we lost in the forest and killed more monsters.

While I was reminiscing about the past, Cassandra handed me a vial bottle.

"After this, your mana will be restored, and we can undo the spell that binds your memories to the depth of your consciousness."

I gulped my dry saliva when I heard that the long wait will be over.

Opening the cap, the bitter smell of the potion swift my nose. I scrunched up when the smell hit my nose.

"Don't be picky! You've been drinking that for almost three years." She said.

"How can someone be accustomed to drinking an indescribable, bitter, black potion that you made?" I said as I complained but still opening the bottle that was sealed by a cork.

As I looked at Cassandra's appearance, her thin glasses that stayed in her tall nose and her black hair that was tied in a low bun, and her droopy purple eyes that gave a sense of wisdom when you came across it.

As well as the warm aura that she emits. No one would think that she was the witch who knows a lot of curses and has been living for a long time.