When I opened my eyes, a familiar lid popped into my eyes. Apparently, he's sleeping in his own bed.

Is that...? But why am I sleeping in bed again?

Uh... sure, I tried to open the window, and when I got up, I suddenly got dizzy and... oh, yeah. You were talking to Almel right before he fell.

Does that mean that Almel put me to bed? When I thought so and shifted my gaze next door, I looked into contact with Richt, who looked worried about my face.

The look did not give a ruthless impression, as usual, but was somewhere warm and just a little reminiscent of him before. I even feel the faint expectation that "maybe you got it back".

Though I know I can't expect it...... I saw him now and felt slightly relieved.

"Richt......? What about work?"

"After being contacted that Ceres had fallen, I rushed back. Besides, it's night."

"Night...?

When I looked out the window, the area was completely surrounded by darkness. Until just now it was morning. Me, have I been asleep that long?

"I wanted to get some outside air to change my mood... When I got out of bed trying to open the window, suddenly it turned white in front of me..."

"So you fell..."

"Yeah......"

"According to the doctor, it's anaemia coming from malnutrition. You haven't eaten much here lately."

I recall Richter pointing that out to me and leaving me with all the dishes prepared. But I can't say, "You're the reason I don't have an appetite". Because I'm sure you'll be angry.

"Um... I'm sorry. You've come all this way to leave early, haven't you?

"Oh."

It's about Richt, so I guess I figured it out before I was even contacted about my fall, and I didn't seem to.

Since the bugging (bagging) function of a contract ring is an exquisite feature that only picks up people's voices, it has specifications for listening to clear conversations in real time.

But when I think about it, even Richt goes to King's Capital during the day to work as a court magician. So I guess you can't even be listening to me and the others converse at four or six. Only a spare person can always monitor the subject's behavior using that function.

"But you don't have to worry about that. Than that...... you want to go outside?

I face unexpected questions and get confused. 'Cause I wanted to get some air out there' what did I say? Licht opened his mouth again as he leaned down not knowing how to answer.

"If you're with me, you don't mind going outside. … but only around the mansion"

"What... are you okay?

"Oh. When you're feeling better, you want to go for a walk?

"... yeah, I want to go"

While confused, he nodded, "Well, let's do that," and smiled softer than usual. Oh, I knew it... a smile that reminds me of him before. What the hell kind of blow is that?

Though not without Richter, I didn't expect another day to come out.

As I carefully observed Richt, I realized that there was one. Because... Hi, Richter seems upset about me falling.

Later, according to a story I heard from Almel, Richt, who was contacted that I had fallen, returned to the mansion in a badly disturbed manner.

And you were climbing out and seeing me as I looked worried about my face not waking up inside? With that said, that's how you used to see me every time I had a fever......

But why? How could you be so nice to me after all that terrible?

Until yesterday, I was about to break my heart and brainwash it...

Then a few days later in the evening.

Since Richt is at the Mansion today because it is a holiday, and he is feeling some better, I asked Richt out of the blue to "go outside".

When Richt replied, "Okay," he pulled my hand and left the mansion.

I don't think I need to go out of my way to walk hand in hand because I can't get away from Richt as long as I'm wearing a contract ring, but he can't feel safe knowing it, and he held my hand strongly from the moment he left the mansion.

By the way, if you try to remove the ring forcefully, they activate restraint magic on the spot, just like they did when they tried to escape. I mean, no matter how you scratch it, it's impossible to get away from the master you're contracting.

"Hey, where are you going...?

Without even telling you where you're going, I'll ask Richt that as he pulls my hand and walks slowly.

Before I left the mansion, he said, "Because it's a immediate neighborhood," but where the hell are you going to take him?

"Look, I see it"

Looking in the direction Richt pointed, he saw a lonely cemetery a little further away.

It seems the same in this world, though in the former world and in foreign countries the tomb marks of the cross were erected when the dead were buried.

Looking up into the sky, the sunset was creating a purple and red gradient. Countless grave markers line up against the backdrop of that creepy sky, creating even more loneliness.

"There was a cemetery so close..."

"Our grandfather is buried here. You didn't know that, did you?

"Really? I had no idea."

In this world, there's basically no grave habit. That's why I didn't even know this grave existed.

I remember being surprised when I heard that I didn't have that habit because my parents used to take me to law and grave every once in my previous life.

My biological grandfather said he had left a will saying, "I want you to put up a grave here when you die". He seemed to really like this long idle town, so I'm sure he wanted to stay in this place even after he died.

Richt stopped in front of a grave as he pulled my hand and went to the deepest point. Some better than the tomb markers around. Perhaps this is my grandfather's grave.

"Is this tomb your grandfather's...?

"Oh, yeah. Originally, noble graves don't stand in places like this... No matter how much he disagreed around him, he didn't give in by saying," I really like this place. "

"How did you get that far...?

Asked so, Richt pointed to the qualitative grave marker beside his grandfather's grave.

"You don't have a name engraved on this tomb."

"It's the tomb of a servant woman who served her grandfather for years. Generally, Leann can't even make a grave when he's dead, and he shouldn't carve his name even if he puts it up."

"So I don't have a name..."

"I hear this servant used to devote himself to his grandfather in his lifetime. I thought," I just want to make you a grave, "and my grandfather put me up for at least a condolence."

I'm sure my grandfather and his servant were bound by a strong bond. But I wonder if the relationship between the two of us was really just a subordination relationship to get that far.

"Do you care what kind of relationship you two had?

With extra evil pushing, Richt has asked me that so as to see through my mind.

"What...? Ugh, yeah......"

"I am certain that the two were in a relationship between a good husband and a submissive servant. On the surface. But my grandfather said... since he was preceded by his wife, he spent more time in the villa with that servant. And when the servant died, I grieved terribly. The grief was obviously beyond my feelings for my squire, so much so that I could tell from around me. At the time, he said," My grandfather and his woman were in love. "

"It was..."

"I guess the world naturally couldn't do it publicly because the love between master and slave is forbidden. The woman seems to have served her grandfather long before he married his grandmother, and if the rumors were true, she might have been unwilling to marry her grandmother.... Well, I just heard it from my father again, so the truth is in the dark."

When Richt finished saying so, he alternated between his grandfather and his servant's grave. And when they offered each round of flowers before their graves and put their hands together, they groaned, "May your sleep be at ease," and prayed.

Seeing it, I rush to imitate him and pray.

"Seems like there's no grave habit in this world... but because of this, there's a grave, and sometimes it's good to mourn him like this, right? For once, he's our grandfather."

"Yeah, you are."

"Besides, I know how your grandfather feels. I never get tied to someone I really like, and I don't even get to touch that person because I like someone I'm not allowed to be in the world - I guess my grandfather has suffered for decades, too.... I know how spicy it is."

When I saw Richt, who sadly said so, I was drawn back to reality at once.

Oh, yeah. Richt loved me as a heterosexual. And he was incarcerating me to make it his own.

Since I fell, my attitude has softened a little, so I was about to forget about it.

In our case, he was a real sister and brother before the relationship between master and slave. This means that the emotions that Richt has towards me are contraindicated (taboo) in a double sense.

But...... now I just want to forget that fact and I waved other topics off the table.

"If you're not in the habit of visiting graves, the people who sleep here will miss you."

"Right. Let's at least wish him luck."

When Richt said so, he gently slapped me on the shoulder, urging me to pray for the blessings of the dead sleeping in this cemetery.

We closed our eyes and put our hands together just like we did earlier. And I prayed to the dead.

"Where the hell did the souls of the people sleeping here go..."

Richt, who was praying quietly, suddenly looked around and said so.

"Soul...?

"We died once. But you reincarnated into another world, didn't you? So I was wondering if other people would be reincarnated the same way."

"I never thought about it."

"In the first place, all souls are reincarnated in circles, and maybe we just happen to be taking over memories from previous lives. … but no one can prove it"

If you ask me, it sure is. The three of us were reborn into another world, happy or unhappy. Nevertheless, it would be rare for anyone to believe that. In fact, I saw a little in the former world who called themselves "I have a memory of a previous life," but I don't even know if that's true, and they all felt frigid.

"'If I die in this world, what happens next? Think about it. Sometimes you get scared."

When Richt said so, he took my hand and tangled his fingers in Xu Luo.

"If I die in this world...?

"Yeah. But I'm not scared of dying per se. What I fear most is that I won't be able to see you. If you die in this world, it doesn't mean you can be reincarnated again, does it? If that happens, I'll never see you again. On his hands, on his hair, on his cheeks... I thought I'd never be able to touch him again, and I was afraid to die as soon as I could."

"Richt......"

It was conveyed that Richt's hand was trembling in small pieces. He's more afraid of losing me than he is of dying.

You're so trembling, I'm sure you really think so.

"... that was the case in previous lives. Shortly before I died in an accident, at first I thought," If you're going to die with someone you love, it's what you want ". But I immediately thought, 'I don't want to see Chizuru again'. And I thought," If there's an afterlife, I'd like to see Chizuru again. "

"Huh...?

I almost remembered something for a moment when I heard Richt's words.

Of course, I can't remember the details... but somehow, just before I died, I felt like I wanted to "see my hopes again in the next life" too.

"... though. Nobody asked me to reincarnate you as a twin sister or brother again."

Richt squirmed so mockingly, putting a lot of strength into his connected hands.