Immortals From My Past Life Are Still Obsessed With the Reincarnated Me

16 – Reunion, but… (1)

Even with my hands wide open, Humpton looked at the backs of his men running away with pitiful eyes in frustration. .

No one came to rescue Humpton.

It’s not that many people are afraid to deal with one person, it’s just that they’re afraid that they’ll be buried alive in the ground.

While I was in charge of Humpton, the others had already arrived right at the door leading out of the basement.

‘It’s unfortunate that I couldn’t handle everything with my own hands, but today isn’t the only day. Now… ….’

Instead, I started spinning the next, more heinous plan in my head.

Without any pressure or tension.

It was amazing how an assassin’s brain could only run at times like this.

‘It’s not like it’s really going to collapse in the first place.’

Everyone was underground, and the shaking of the ground made them think they would be crushed to death, so they evacuated immediately, but judging by my senses, it didn’t look dangerous.

I sensed vibrations in the air with my hearing, and examined the vibration of the ground I was stepping on with my senses of touch.

The ‘door that never opens’ started to open while reading ancient texts.

It’s badly aged, and the doors created by ancient magic start to open, affecting the entire basement.

At least it wasn’t to the extent of breaking the ground in my hunch.

“Kuh, keuheugh… Do you think this will end like this?”

“What?”

“What do you think would happen if they weren’t buried alive and luckily both survived! I broke my ankle and knee, and you’re fine. Anyone can see that I was assaulted!”

“That is absurd. Is there such a thing as a conscience?”

It’s already been a while since you said you wouldn’t make noise.

But this time I lowered my voice, so I decided to give you a really good job stamp as a reward.

The stamp was in the shape of my footprint, so I smiled dejectedly and stepped on the other ankle as well.

“Turn it off… ….”

“Then let’s think in reverse. If they both survive, we’ll have well over ten witnesses to tell us what happened here. And you may not have known it, but I am from the county of Rehinar.”

“Bae, Countess…… ?”

Hampton’s face was whiter than when I stepped on his ankle.

At this point, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a blank page.

‘Kiya, this is why you have a good status.’

I continued to admire Rehinar’s name once again.

“Then, let’s take a closer look, the youngest son of a freshman count who testified that he harassed a commoner 3rd year student in the basement along with dozens of testimonies, and the 3rd grade scum in crisis with pay only choosing bullying.”

“Yeah, how do you know it’s a paycheck crisis… ….”

“Yes, I guessed it by looking at it, but I’m glad it turned out to be correct.”

Humpton closed his mouth tightly, as if questioning something.

Just as the vibrations were gradually receding, Humpton began to consider the afterlife here more seriously than the danger of death.

“……Sorry.”

“If I’m sorry, will everything I’ve done so far disappear?”

“Hey, it’s still like this. Today is the first time I’ve invited so many people to go.”

“Well, if it was like this normally, there would be no way I could have stayed at school. But is that the end? End with an apology?”

“…… What do you want?”

I grabbed Humpton’s shaggy hair and lifted his head, grinning badly.

“Your men who abandoned you and ran away, take care of them all with your own hands.”

“Mi, are you crazy? Kill people?”

“I didn’t say kill. They still seem like close friends, but shouldn’t we at least make them feel the pain you went through?”

I shot both ankles and knees of Humpton in sequence.

He let out a painful moan and nodded eagerly.

Clap clap clap clap!

Instead of clapping, I hit Humpton on the cheek and made a similar noise.

‘I think I’ve done enough with this.’

It’s a side I didn’t show when I lived with Liwin, Elfin, and Justina.

It was something I didn’t want to show to others, including not only them, but also my current family and the fainting Charlotte.

But this was also the way I learned to live as an assassin.

“Ugh, ugh… ….”

“Oh, Charlotte. Are you awake?”

“Yes, I’m sorry… What happen?”

“No big deal. Now… ….”

I was about to go outside, but I turned my foot in the opposite direction and started walking towards the side where the ‘door that never opens’ opened.

“Let’s see what the hell is in there.”

***

“Bocchan, is this really good?”

“It’s okay.”

“There’s something like a corpse lying there….”

“It’s okay, I’m not dead yet. Maybe.”

“Not yet… ? Maybe… ?”

I ignored the terrified Charlotte and walked towards the door that would never open.

I offered to carry her on my back, but Charlotte stubbornly refused, staggering and forcing herself to take one step or two.

All the other students had evacuated and only Charlotte was left in the quiet basement.

“Boss, why did it open?”

“Sure. Did your torso headbutt work?”

“Huh?! A door that would never open was opened by my headbutting?”

“I guess so.”

Charlotte stared blankly at the location of the door that would never open.

Now there was just a door instead of a door that would never open.

On the first day of admission, Charlotte and I were intuition that the 7 wonders of Denbergen Academy would decrease by one to become the 6th wonder.

“A door that never opens, how….”

“There are no absolutes.”

As soon as the door was opened all the way, the vibration stopped altogether.

There was a lot of fuss upstairs, as if they were trying to figure out the source of the vibration from just a moment ago, but on the contrary, downstairs it was as quiet as a dead mouse.

I trudged in front of Charlotte and went inside the door.

“This is… ….”

There was nothing special on the inside of the door.

A small room large enough for one person to stretch out and sleep.

And a crude box in the middle of the room.

I ignored Charlotte, who glanced behind her, and opened her box alone.

In the box was a dagger.

“A dagger?”

I recognized the identity of the dagger at a glance.

I couldn’t help not recognizing it. After all, it was a dagger that I carried in my arms almost every day for the 10 years right before I died in my previous life.

Even the golden handle decoration and the ancient letters written on the blade were familiar to my eyes.

Anyway, it must have been dropped at the end of the kingdom 500 years ago, but how is it here?

“It’s very rusty….”

“Sure.”

I trembled at the familiar sensation of the hand holding the dagger and let out a drool.

‘You really are, Justina.’

[We are waiting for you forever.]

Recalling that sentence made of ancient characters, I was lost in thought for a while.

“Uh, boy?”

“Why?”

“The dagger suddenly starts to glow… ?”

I looked back for a moment at Charlotte’s call, then returned my gaze to the dagger.

As Charlotte said, the handle of the dagger was shining golden.

I know that reading the ancient text on the blade of the dagger will reveal a map of the kingdom’s underground passage, but what the heck…… ?

“What is it?”

I was taken aback for a moment, but I calmed down.

Maybe I’m mistaken that it’s not my dagger?

‘No, I’m sure. This is the dagger at that time.’

Once again, I focused on my five senses and found that my product was correct.

It’s a dagger I’ve had for about 10 years. There is nothing I don’t know about this dagger.

Only a golden light came out and it didn’t change any more. When I went through my head with confidence, something came to my mind.

That was the day a similar phenomenon happened.

A memory so faint that I could have forgotten it.

– ‘Oh, Master! Are you peeling apples with this?’

– ‘You have magic, but why are you bothering doing it alone? Come see me!’

– ‘Mister, I prefer green apples to red ones… ….’

– ‘These things! That’s dangerous! Hurry up and bring it here!’

It was a leisurely day as usual.

There was a time when the dagger that was in my arms accidentally rolled off.

Of course, the children didn’t know what the object meant, so they threw it back and forth.

Until then, it hadn’t been left in the hands of anyone but me, and it was also dangerous for children to touch, so I took it back right away.

Not only was it not such a big deal, but it was such an ordinary incident that I don’t even remember it now.

‘If you really want to find something unique about that situation… ….’

Is it because even then, golden light was shining from the handle of the dagger?

– ‘What?’

Yeah, now I’m starting to remember.

The moment I tightly gripped the shining dagger, I experienced a mysterious sensation.

I am definitely me, but I feel like I am peeking into someone else’s view.

From Liwin’s point of view, I could see Elfin and Justina giggling, and from Elfin’s point of view, I could see Liwin, Justina, and me with an angry face.

Finally, I saw my face from Justina’s point of view, and Justina’s small hand handing me the dagger came into view.

That strange phenomenon happened in just 10 seconds?

Since it wasn’t a long time, I stayed in a daze for a while, thought I had seen something, passed it on and forgot about it.

“But now, this again… ….”

I don’t know what happened.

But it was worth a try.

I squeezed the handle of my friend’s dagger, which I’ve been with for 10 years, but also showed a new look.

***

The world has changed in an instant.

Where I am now is not the gloomy basement of a dorm.

The night sky is open as if stars are pouring down at any moment, and the haze of burning flames and collapsing buildings beneath it.

I pictured the destruction of the once majestic city before my eyes.

‘Wait a minute, does this scene look familiar?’

I couldn’t hear my voice, and I couldn’t see or move my body.

But just looking at it right now made me feel like I knew where this place was.

‘It’s the capital of Delin Kingdom. The place from 500 years ago!’

Of course, it wasn’t like this when I died.

It was night, too, but there were a lot of people chasing me, so there was a lot of noise, and the buildings weren’t burning down.

This… The capital was the capital, but after my death, it was clear that the rebels or the imperial army had swept it once and turned it into ruins.

‘So, why am I watching this right now?’

The eye level is noticeably lower than my normal field of view.

And the bizarre experience of seeing myself in the eyes of the children after having the dagger taken away by the children for a while in everyday life 500 years ago.

When I put the two together, I came to a conclusion that even I couldn’t believe.

‘…… Could it be that they show the past?’

The next moment I realized that that conclusion was half right and half wrong.

Apparently, it was because magic was activated, and information about the new function of the dagger was naturally flowing into my head.

After accepting all the information, I finally realized everything.

‘It’s not showing the past, it’s showing me the memories of someone who held this dagger.’

If someone else holds my dagger, the memories of holding it will be stored in the dagger.

And when the dagger was returned to me, the real owner, only I could read other people’s memories stored in the dagger.

I never handed the dagger to anyone and always held it alone, so I didn’t know about this additional function for 10 years…….

‘Then, everything that the children saw at that time was also a memory.’

The memories of each of the children playing dangerous pranks with my daggers and throwing them at each other just a few seconds ago came to me in an instant.

Then this…….

‘Whose memories are these?’

Scared to ask the question, the owner of my memories holding my dagger started talking to himself.

“I’m sorry, Dane. The only thing I could find was this dagger.”

Familiar voice and unique way of speaking.

As soon as I heard it, I knew who it was.

‘Justina?’

A young dragon, and possibly the current director of Denbergen Academy.

She was none other than her, standing alone in the ruined capital of the kingdom of D’Elyn, she held my dagger and stared blankly around her.

Anyway, the only thing I could find was my dagger…….

‘I couldn’t find the body, but I think I only found a dagger.’

The process may not have been easy, but it was not memorable.

This memory seemed to only be recorded the moment the dagger was held.

‘I’m sorry for nothing.’

Meanwhile, as I read the memories of Justina, who was silently chewing on her lips, I felt sorry for her and felt guilty at the same time.

I didn’t want to leave Justina either, but Justina must have hated me for leaving without a word.

No matter how different our races are, we’ve been together for 10 years.

Besides, writing ancient characters on the door that never opens at Denbergen Academy and leaving this dagger probably was aimed at me.

‘Did Justina know that I would be reincarnated?’

Coincidentally, Justina spoke again as if answering my question.

“Come back, definitely come back. You will believe that.”

I laughed bitterly.

As she said, I really came back alive.

However, even though I had promised to meet Justina, I hadn’t found it yet, and even if I did, I was hesitating whether to meet him or not.

If Justina sees me like this, she will surely be disappointed.

She continued talking to herself.

“When you come back, I will never let you go again.”

Yes, you can. I fully understand.

“I’ll tie you up, lock you in a small room, and watch you every day.”

Well, anyway, isn’t it a bit like tying things together?

I think my emotions have intensified…….

“I will set up a prison myself so that no one dares to escape anywhere in the world.”

…… What?

What did you just say?

“It would be nice if it wasn’t necessarily a prison. The original daughter will build a school for you, so if she returns someday, make sure she never leaves the school…….”

No, wait… This went a bit too far….

Pajit-!

At that moment, the memory access stopped and I returned to the basement of the dormitory.

I felt Charlotte glance behind me, and I saw the dagger in her hand.

The handle of the dagger no longer had a golden glow.

However, I instinctively understood that now that I knew how to operate it, I could read those memories again whenever I wanted to.

“…… What was it?”

“Why? Bocchan, what did you see?”

I turned to Charlotte and fidgeted with the handle of the dagger.

“Sure. What did I just see?”

The owner of the memories was definitely the Justina I knew.

A dragon girl who is always rough, but has an innocent side and is secretly kind.

The voice, the manner of speaking, and almost everything else was exactly as I knew it.

Just…….

“…… Wasn’t there something strange about the atmosphere?”

Looking out the door that never opens from inside the room, I thought.

Maybe I opened a door that shouldn’t have been opened.