Academy's Second Seat [part 2 Complete]

Chapter 296: Completion (17)

I blankly stared ahead.

Aryandor and Beatrice looked younger than the faces I knew.

Where am I?

I pondered deeply.

Just moments ago, I was fighting Aryandor.

But why am I here all of a sudden?

Then, a thought crossed my mind.

The pocket watch Aryandor had touched.

Surely, when it was hit, all sorts of information flooded into my head.

Is that why I'm seeing this scene now?

"How have you been... up until now?"

"I've been good. I've made a lot of friends... and saved many people..."

Then, Aryandor and Beatrice in front of me started talking.

They continued their conversation as if they couldn't see me standing right in front of them.

"It was hell for me. Being pushed around in the streets, striving hard working my body... And in doing so, I kept searching... I strived to continue my search.

I..."

Beatrice hugged Aryandor.

"I'm sorry... I should have come sooner. I'm sorry."

After holding him for a moment, Beatrice let go.

Then, she reached out her hand to Aryandor.

"It's okay now that I'm here. It's all right now."

With a sad smile, Beatrice spoke.

"Let's go together. To a quiet place in the countryside... Let's live comfortably, just the two of us. You can meet someone you love, get married, and live comfortably... quietly... Let's live like that."

I tilted my head in confusion at that.

Beatrice made such an offer?

Was I witnessing something strange?

If such an event had happened, wouldn't the current situation be different?

I silently observed.

Aryandor quietly looked at the hand Beatrice offered him.

Then, he raised his head and looked into Beatrice's eyes.

"Sister... I now know the future."

"Yes, I know all about you learning time magic... and knowing the future..."

"So."

Aryandor interrupted Beatrice.

"I know what will happen later."

Aryandor clenched his fist.

"No matter what I do, no matter what happens, within a year, you will die."

"Aryandor."

"I've seen thousands, tens of thousands of futures. But in none of those futures did you survive. People demanded your sacrifice, and you accepted it. And those things were all trivial. You died for really minor things. I cannot accept that future."

Beatrice then closed her mouth tightly before finally speaking.

"Aryandor, everyone dies eventually."

"But, that doesn't have to be at a young age, before one's natural lifespan is up. Especially not for strangers one has never met before."

"No, if that life can help someone. If it can save someone. Then isn't it right to use it for that? Especially if it's a life that's going to end anyway."