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“I will not forget. Absolutely, I won’t forget. Absolutely, absolutely.”
It was a heartbreaking cry. I couldn’t bring myself to say that it was a wish that would never come true.
But I was wrong.
I had misjudged the strength of this girl, the strength of her feelings.
“Even if I forget about Mel-kun, my memories of him, everything, everything…”
Sylphy exclaimed with tears in her eyes and her best smile.
“I will never forget this feeling!”
He held her in his arms. Tears were welling up. She really is strong, isn’t she? I was just so…..
“I love you, too.”
I was so busy responding to that – and then….
After crying together for a while, we talked peacefully from then on, with runny noses and all sorts of difficulties.
As if practicing after breaking the curse, I go on and on about my memories.
The atmosphere was the same as it had been until yesterday.
Before I knew it, we had fallen asleep.
As noon approached, we were both rushed awake by a stomach bug. We looked at each other and laughed.
After a late breakfast and lunch at Nanalee’s house.
I put a chair in the middle of the room and sat Sylphy down.
“I want you to do it, Mel-kun.”
How could I refuse when I was told to do so with a radiant face? Or rather, that was the plan from the beginning.
Nanalee wanted to say something, but the old lady looked at me and said, “I won’t be surprised if you do anything now”.
I read the old lady and stood in front of Sylphy.
I waited for Sylphy to close her eyes, then touched her white, smooth forehead with my finger and drew a mark. I recited an incantation whose meaning I did not understand at all, and got ready to go.
Then, I begin the art of unravelling.
A light illuminates the mark he has drawn.
For a moment, Sylphy’s brow wrinkled. She quickly relaxed, and the light became smaller and eventually faded away.
Just like that, it was over.
The spell had been successfully broken. I was too scared to read anything else.
Sylphy’s eyes slowly opened. She looked up at me in front of her.
“How are you feeling? Do you know your name?”
When I asked her, she said, without expression.
“Who are you……?”
Oh, this. This is harder than I thought it would be. I almost lost strength from the waist down, and managed to hold on as I crumpled to my knees.
“I’m Mel Lylute”
When I introduced myself with a drawn-out smile, Sylphy’s eyes only twinkled. I spot Liza behind me, and a look of relief crosses her face.
I was glad she was there.
If she had lost her memory for a year and was alone in a strange house, Sylphy would have had the same anxiety as she did immediately after losing her memory.
I’ll leave it to Liza to explain the situation.
I turned around and was about to call out to her.
Thud. “Ugh.”
A strong blow hit my back.
More than the pain, my thoughts were dominated by doubt and confusion.
“Who are you?”
With her face pressed against my back and her voice muffled, Sylphy repeated the same question as before.
“Um, so–”
“I don’t know you. I have never spoken to you or even seen you.”
Those string of words pierced my heart.
But…
“So why? Why did I feel uneasy when you turned your back on me? Why did I hold on to you and not let you go?”
Oh, really. She’s so amazing.
“Why? Why won’t my tears stop? Why did I–?”
–Oh, how I love you so much!
Why? Knowing the answer is easy.
I looked down at Sylphy’s hand, which was clinging desperately to mine.
But I stopped. It’s probably too complicated for me to understand anyway, even if it’s tactless.
Instead of reading her, I gently put my hand on hers and answered.
“Cause I care about Sylphy, too, you know.”
Sylphy’s body jolted. The strength of the arms that clung to her loosened.
The Sylphy who doesn’t know me, the Sylphy who only has memories of a time when I didn’t know her, is still in a state of shock.
“I see. That makes sense then.”
I knew it was the Sylphy I knew.
We bid farewell to Nanalee and the others and set out on our journey.
I had first made a promise to Sylphy, to fulfill my promise to send her back home.
The week-long journey was a leisurely one, and we were not disturbed by any evil dragons.
Along the way, I told Sylphy about my memories of the past year.
She didn’t mind and seemed to enjoy it very much. But sometimes she looked sad.
“It’s a little frustrating. I knew Mel, whom I didn’t know, just a short time ago. That’s why I envy her.”
Jealous of yourself, that’s a high degree of difficulty.
So, just before arriving at the Kingdom of Filianis.