The plain and unnoticed me is no more

"Sin, we've come this far, but if we find the temple, we won't be able to get inside. The lack of buildings in sight means they're under the water."

Lana looks down at the village that sank in the water and exhales.

How long has it been since I lived as a gin? [M]

Surprisingly, the buildings of the village where I lived in the previous life remained largely intact.

The memories of the previous life that I thought might be fantasies until I came here suddenly add to reality.

Should I tell Lana about this? "When I was exposed to the light of the goddess, I remembered the memories of my previous life."

I thought saying "memory of the previous life" would only confuse everyone, and I kept silent until now.

But I'm sure Lana will take it very seriously.

When I was alive as a jin, I went to the entrance of the temple on business. If I remember correctly, I should be able to enter the temple.

"Owner, you know...."

No, wait. Are you sure you want to tell me?

According to Lana's "Diary of Linatemis," which Lana read earlier, Lana's name in her previous life was "Lyla." And the mother, who came from outside the country, died soon after giving birth to her daughter.

That's all I can get from that diary, but it's similar to Jin's childhood friend, Lyla.

You think too much? Even though she was born and raised in the same country, it is possible that Lana from the previous life was born in a different time.

But what if they're the same person and they evoke painful memories of the past? I don't know what happened to the girl left behind after Jin's death.

"What's the matter, Sin, look serious?

Lana snooped into my face.

I hid my upset and smiled at Lana.

"No, why don't we go to the castle for now?

"Yes, but the green is so dense and the air is so beautiful. A lot of fairies are flying."

"That's true. If you get lost, ask them to show you the way."

"Fufu, that's a good idea."

Talking about the previous life is on hold.

I pretended to go to the castle, aiming for the temple.

Lana shines her eyes on rare plants and colorful birds that she has never seen in Willingham, and, unlike the adult face she usually sees at work, she looks like a girl of her own age.

I came here to check something out, but Lana's breathing was just fine.

Her unyielding smile on me overlaps with Lyla in a distant memory.

"Ah, owner. I saw the orchard the priest was talking about."

"Eh, where? A miraculous orchard where fruit can be harvested in a few days. I didn't know when I saw it from above, but I wonder if it's really going to come true at all times."

Straight down the mountain path, vineyards that have existed for a long time remain on the slopes of the mountain. And behind it is a mysterious orchard with fruit all year round.

The fruit trees planted in bullshit without regularity, ignoring the seasons and countries of origin, were all fruitless and about to be eaten.

I used to take it for granted, but now I know exactly how unusual this is.

When people born and raised in this country migrated to another country decades ago, common sense was often too different and troubled.

You shouldn't take anything from the orchard and eat it on your own, and the next fruit will be a year later.

Without knowing it, the priest said he had eaten apples with his friends at an apple orchard on his way to Willingham and that the owner of the land had beaten him up.

"That wasn't an exaggeration... it was a paradise of God."

"Don't nod that you didn't know that the priest would starve until he left this country. Fruit is all-you-can-eat."

"Fufu, that's right. Still, no one manages the orchard? The weeds are all grown up."

"I don't think the only people who are here are going to be able to get around. If you leave it, it'll be fruitful on its own, so there's no problem."

"Lack of manpower... There are only a few places to live right now, and there is no place to call back the people... I knew I had to do something about this lot of water."

Lana stares at the distance and mutters.

Looks like I'm serious about helping rebuild this country.

But I don't think Lana can handle this amount of water on her own.

"Sin, I think the downstream village was in trouble because the river was stopped here and the water dropped."

Yeah, I guess so.

"I was wondering if I could find a place to hold off the water and release it, and I could help both."

"Ahh... but if we do that, the downstream village will be hit by gunfire."

…… That's not good!

I suppose it was a simple idea to drain the accumulated water. Pond water is not as easy as a big lake. It might be possible if we could adjust the amount of water like a dam.

Lana continued to murmur at herself and thought of a solution.

I remember what happened last night.

When I heard something on the ground floor and went to check, Lana, who was standing in the washroom, shook her hand at the water in the bucket and she was roaring.

I can somehow imagine what I wanted to do. With the power of water and the abundance of goddesses, you thought it would be easy to manipulate water.

The power of singing blossomed quickly, but the power of purification could not be used until the trick was grasped.

I've never manipulated water before, but I've been hiding for a while to see if it's that easy.

And after 30 minutes of hard work, she dropped her shoulders and went back to the room. It seems that he gave up manipulating the water for the time being.

After walking past the orchard, you can see the castle tower from the gap between the trees on the left. The road ahead is a royal possession, so this is the end of the road that people like Kento can walk.

After that, we have no choice but to follow the road.

I can hear a lot of water coming down from the front.

"Sin, can't you hear the water?

"Sounds like a waterfall behind the castle. Actually, owner, there's something I'm curious about. Can I go over there before I go to the castle?

"Yeah, I don't mind."

Anyway, the castle is like an island floating in a lake, so you can't walk.

You can go with Weiss, but it's troublesome when someone finds out. If they ask me how I broke in without using a boat, I'm not sure I can answer that.

I pulled Lana's hand and walked down the mountain on a no-go path, searching for a hidden passage leading to the temple.

I've never been in this neighborhood in my previous life. From here, I can only rely on my guess against the position of the castle.

Then he reached a passage made from scraped rock skin from the memory of the previous life.

Down the stairs in front of you leads you to the back of the castle, and up the stairs that lead straight down the aisle leads you to the back of the waterfall.

"I see...."

Standing in the same place as in the past brings back the memories of the previous life.

I went with Lyla's father, the carpenter's master, through the back of the castle to the temple.

That was the peak of my life for Jin.

He was recognized as a carpenter by his master, and his marriage money to Lyla came close to achieving his goal with the reward of entering the shrine repair.

If you don't have enough savings to build a house, your family won't allow you to marry them.

That's why I've been saving money for my marriage to Lyla for eight years since I became a carpenter's apprentice at the age of twelve.

On the other hand, girls also have pre-marriage trials.

The region must sew their wedding costumes with their own woven fabrics and embroider them with a simple embroidery to protect themselves from disaster over the course of a year.

Lyla's wedding costume was nearing completion.

When I stood here that day, I was about to come to the temple to get permission to marry Lyla... and I was chewing on the joy of imagining the two of them wearing the wedding costumes that had just been made.

I never dreamed such a thing would happen soon afterwards.

"What was I looking at from the sky? There was this passage near the waterfall. This is where Singh was concerned."

"... hmm? Ah, the path leading to the castle is the bottom of the water, but we can go straight. Let's go, owner."

"Yeah."

Then you go up the stairs straight down the aisle, behind the waterfall, where the natural cave spreads.

The water curtains are well hiding the existence of the cave. In the back of the space is a wide tunnel where two adults can pass side-by-side.

The fairies who came after us were sucked into it one after the other to teach us that there was no danger.

Lana watches interestingly the back of the waterfall and inside the cave.

"I didn't think you were going behind the waterfall. Hey, what's back there?

The fairies don't hesitate to enter, and there's a temple in the back.

"Ah! It's flashing! Don't you think this cave is a temple? If so, how do you use pendants?

When Lana pulled the pendant out of the collar of her blouse, the stone of the pendant, which should have been black, somehow turned blue.

When I looked at it and took out my pendant, my pendant also turned blue.

"What's going on? Wasn't this stone obsidian?

"If you look closely, the center part is shaking like a flame... Oh, that's right. How about this one?"

Lana took something out of the bag she sat down to show me.

"This is an obsidian pendant top I got from a girl named the Third Princess....."

"It stays black."

"Are there different types of stones?

The stone in Lana's hand looks just like ours, but the design alone makes the material look completely different.

We need to find out if the "self-proclaimed princess of Artemis" we helped during the kidnapping is really a royal man.

"Owner, let's go inside."

"Yes, Weiss, please keep an eye on the front."

(I understand.)

Magically light a flame on your fingertips and go deep into a dark cave.

I felt the signs of not being human enough to move forward, and my skin stood up. Is it a sign of God?

And through the tunnel, a huge underground space popped into the sunshine from a pointy hole in the ceiling.

Even though it's underground, a giant tree that seems to be over 2,000 years old welcomes us.

Unexpectedly, he took away his eyes, but a small temple with columns and domes stood just beside him, secretly standing next to a giant tree.

That's all I've ever been to.

At that time, I came to repair a wooden door at the entrance to the dome, and at the time of punishment someone tried to force me into it, or something broke it badly with an axe.

When I took off the broken door for replacement, I remembered that there was a black stone wall polished like a mirror and I saw myself.

What was striking was a cane-shaped handle with obsidian on the top. I was told to keep using this and I removed it from the old door and put it back on.

I was surprised that it was still being used hundreds of years later, and I was impressed that I did exist here in the previous life.

"Wow....! Is that a world tree? Sin, maybe this whole cave is a temple. Because of my mind, I feel the presence of Linatemis strongly since I came here."

"Yeah, me too."

When I approached the temple talking about that, the obsidian on the door handle reacted to our pendant and turned blue, and the door opened automatically without a sound.

"I'm surprised... Singh used to say that the pendant would replace the pass.

"I only heard that if I had this pendant, I would enter the temple. This is how you set it up."

When I came here in my previous life, there was no doubt that there was a black stone wall beyond the door. There is no doubt because I actually touched it and checked it.

Whoever was looking for Lana's pendant must have known this trick.

Maybe there's a treasure hidden inside the temple?

If you think so, it's no wonder someone shows up looking for a pendant.

When battles and disasters make the castle unsafe, it is highly likely that the royal treasure was transferred to the most secure temple without being taken out of the country.

No, perhaps the temple has served as a treasure trove for a long time. It makes sense to think that someone who knows the secret broke the entrance door.

Was he listening to the secret of the temple from his grandmother?

I thought the reason I hid my identity and chose to live as a civilian in another country was to keep people from knowing the existence of me and Taki, who have extra-standard magic and spiritual powers like my grandmother.

Surely one of the reasons is that, but another reason comes to mind in me.

My father refused aid from Alford and the Duke of Norris until he devoted himself to a modest life, working downtown and blending into the city.

Don't show magic to others, don't show pendants, don't talk about nature.

It was a thorough attempt to educate Taki and me about being royal.

Another reason why others shouldn't have known about you was because of this pendant.

If I succeed, it is possible that my father's accident is not just an accident.

It's all just my speculation, but we need to find out. For Lana with the same pendant.