The Struggle of Returning to The Other World

Thus, the "Qi" was corrected.

So far, it's just me and Lady Ardina who have been able to have the certainty that it has been corrected.

Whether the 'temperatures' were really led to the right way or not will be judged and proven by the great men of the country from now on.

Since then, we have returned to the Inn and waited for dawn with few words.

It was Mr. Sotini who used the magic of letting everyone faint.

She confessed that she did it to leave Master Ardina and me alone. Of course I guess I had no intention of harming her or Master Ardina at all. But, unfortunately, Mr. Rayburn targeted me for that timing - and it turned out this way.

To begin with, Mr. Sotini said he had guided me to the 'sanctuary' before waiting near the entrance and exit.

Shortly after, however, he felt slightly uncomfortable with the procedure he had applied. On the contrary, when she realized that she was losing control of the procedure, she returned to the sleeping quarters to see how it was going.

Mr. Rayburn targeted the gap.

As a matter of fact, apparently, Mr. Rayburn did something like paint the surgery on Mr. Sotini's coma technique. Sotini, finally realizing that the situation was strange, was the flow of being forced to cancel the operation - although it seemed to take more time and strength than imagined to do so - and manage to tell Noel and Ars about the anomaly, and the three of us rushed to the 'sanctuary' again.

"If I tell you, it's like I'm the one responsible for that man's evil."

Sotini, who sank herself on the couch, in the inn's talking room, groaned so tiredly.

Now, on this occasion, most of the members of the journey are gathered.

Everyone remains silent with an indescribable look.

Mr. Sotini's monologue, dropped in such a way, echoed into the room in addition to his thoughts.

"Mr. Sotini, please don't say that"

I had a weak voice and that's all I could say.

I feel sorry for myself for not being able to say one of the things I cared about. But in fact, I had no idea Mr. Sotini was responsible. Instead, this is how I was helped because she let me drive and called the Noels.

Among the faces gathered in the colloquium, there is no Mr. Rayburn of the day.

He is now under house arrest in a separate room. I won't even be fighting anymore, but I have Mr. Elliot and Mr. Sizzle following me as a lookout.

And also, Master Ardina was back in his room.

He resisted resting alone, but apparently used too much force to correct his' temper ', so he went back to his room and fell asleep like he had passed out.

On her side like that, with an escort, is Mr. Quinn, one of the caregivers.

The rest of the members sat thoughtfully in the chair in the bickering room.

I can't see the bright colors on everyone's faces when they say that it's not strange to gush into joy that the 'temper' has finally been corrected.

A big factor that we can't all be happy to let go of, because, of course, there is something about Mr. Rayburn.

His sinful acts, which can be described as treachery, have led this journey so far. It may not be an exaggeration to say that the fact surprised everyone the most than that the 'temper' was corrected.

I can't believe he just deliberately distorted the 'temper' so much that he didn't try to believe it as anyone else at first. But when I was informed that what he had accomplished was just thinking of Master Ardina, I lost the word that everyone would continue to say.

And there's another cause that's weighing everyone's mouth.

- It's my own, being.

The fact that I was once a 'witch of the other world' was finally made known to everyone.

Again, this one seemed to surprise the line, but it was also between the bundles, "If you ask me, I was convinced of Ston in a way," said Gunne, the leader of the guards, and others.

That may indeed be the case.

How much doubt Noel had planted on everyone that I had previously participated in pilgrimages in an unnatural way and, above all, that Noel had cared more about me. It would mean that the distrust that was swirling in them came here now and was finally resolved, albeit marginally.

But that's it.

Then everyone is looking away at me with a new perplexity wondering how to treat the existence of me.

I can only be cozy and round my back in the corner of the room.

... No, the truth is, I'm confused myself.

Should I say I'm restless rather than confused?

Even in me, everything finally led to one.

Why the 'temper' was distorted, why Master Ardina did not correct it, and why I was called. And why did I end up on this witch pilgrimage - this evening?

I was able to finally find answers to so many "why" that I should be able to finish this journey in a refreshing way.

But the reality is, not at all.

I'm stuck in anxiety that I don't even know very well.

My role is over.

The person who re-summoned me was also revealed.

I can always go back to my old world...

No, I have to go home.

Hardly, the heartbeat slowly begins to claim to exist.

Though I'm sitting with everyone like this right now, with a normal face. How long can we stay like this? If Lady Ardina regains her vitality, will I, by her hand, soon be returned?

I am a foreign molecule in this place.

As long as I'm in this world, I've always been.

So I want to go home soon, I need to go home, - that's what I thought at the time I was a "witch".

The only thing that pulled my back hair like that was in the presence of Noel.

(And still, I knew it was the same)

I caught a glimpse of Noel standing behind a window wall.

As soon as I get there, Noel immediately notices me for the purpose, and my gaze is firmly intertwined with each other.

I rushed off my eyes and squealed my own hands without meaning.

(Plus, I'd like to meet the owners and servants of the diner.)

I don't like breaking up with them for taking care of me so scattered without even being able to say hello properly.

I'd like to thank you properly, see everyone's cheerful face, and leave this world.

(But... when you leave, you'll never see your husbands again, will you?)

The obvious fact sank heavily into the bottom of his chest.

You should know that very well. When I get home, I'll never see you again.

But that's something I can't help. Because I'm not who I should be in this world.

- I know, you know.

That's why I didn't even feel like entrusting the end of this unsweetened "thought" to someone else.

That day, at the last minute, as I did to Noel.

My thoughts I threw with the words of goodbye would have been nothing but a heavy load for Noel.

And yet, in the end, Noel that day gave me the answer I wanted.

Yes, I wanted Noel to throw me away. That's how I wanted you to push your back. I wanted you to send me out. Otherwise I couldn't have left.

(oh, me,... really sucks)

I wonder how many times I have to be disillusioned with myself in this matter.

But this time, this time, I don't want to make a mistake.

You say goodbye to everyone on your own volition, in your true own words, and you go home on your own feet.

"So, what do we do now?

Mr. Ars accidentally opened his mouth, so I drew my consciousness back and raised my face.

Mr. Ars glanced around with me and then turned a blind eye to me. That said, it doesn't seem like you specifically asked for one person. No one tried to discuss what lay ahead, maybe they just wasted their time keeping their mouths shut with depression.

"It depends on Master Ardina's health, but if it doesn't seem to be a problem, it's already today to say that tomorrow... but we should leave the city as soon as possible and return to the royal palace"

Noel answered that calmly.

Subsequently, Gunne, the leader of the guards, also expresses his endorsement.

"I guess that's the best part. If the" Qi "has been corrected safely, it is better to report it to you (Kami) as soon as possible. Besides, the treatment of Lord Rayburn is beyond our grasp. Anyway, it will be a prerequisite to return to the royal palace."

"If we go back to the royal palace, there will be no more Ardina."

One of Dear Aldina's caregivers, Natalie, shrugged with a modest but full of anticipation.

"Finally, Master Ardina can be duly acclaimed, right? If so, I would like to return to Wangdu as soon as possible."

She is a woman who worships Master Ardina enough to be blind.

For her like that, Master Ardina's position so far would have been felt, above all, teething. Master Ardina, who was in tears in the shade, can finally be duly acclaimed. That must be her pleasure as it is.

"Not yet."

But such a voice rose in constant denial of Mr. Natalie's hope.

It was Mr. Sotini.

She, somewhat drooling, nevertheless calmly continues her words.

"In the first place, it was Lord Rayburn, a cleric who served Master Ardina, who caused the next distortion of the 'temperatures'. The voice that asks Master Ardina for responsibility for his actions will always rise."

"No... But! Master Ardina got the distortion right. I was given full responsibility as a witch. There's no substitute, you're irreplaceable..."

"Of course I think so, too. But it's also true that there are people who don't think the same way. In the matter of Lord Rayburn, Master Ardina's position becomes worse and worse. … and it's not like there's no substitute."

To Mr. Sotini's words, the field quieted back as if it had struck water.

"Any daughter with witch requirements will exist. - No, if you're a daughter with enough power to correct the distortion of the 'qi', then maybe not. Although."

And Mr. Sotini slowly raised his face and looked at me.

"... hey, wait"

Somehow, I know what Mr. Sotini is trying to say.

But wait.

"I would never, ever do a witch again. First of all, I don't have any more power left."

"It would have been the same for you to have been able to see the 'chi' distortion then"

"Ya, maybe that's because I was touching Master Ardina, who demonstrated his abilities, and, you know, it wasn't supposed to be my power. Besides, it was the true Ardina-sama who corrected the 'pulse', wasn't it? I was just there."

Please, I don't want you to get me involved in the witches' stories.

The time when I was a witch is over.

There's a new time already.

"I don't know how to look around you, Halka, even if you don't mean to."

"... eh"

"Of course I support and intend to fight Master Ardina. But you, too, have to be strong in your will. Otherwise, they'll be used for the beavers of the Royal Palace."

"No, for that matter"

Doesn't.

So strong, I couldn't say enough.

Because the face of the Chancellor, Lady Frahamti, came to mind.

If he truncates Master Ardina and moves to put me in a cauldron afterwards...

Something cold ran down my back.