I Would Like To Live A Different Life If I Could Go Back In Time - Episode 49

“Mr. Paron?”

“Lady Yuria!! Have you woken up??”

“W-where am I?”

“It’s the treatment clinic’s bed.”

“I’m so sorry. I’ll go home right away!”

“Please continue to rest. Lady Yuria hasn’t woken up for a whole week.”

“W-One week!? Is that true??”

“Yeah. I think she was quite exhausted. She shouldn’t push herself. Ah, I’ll call Eme now.”

The teacher said that and immediately summoned Eme with magic.

“Lady Yuria!!”

As soon as the door to the room opened, Eme, who had rushed over crying, hugged me tightly.

“I was scared, thinking you might never wake up.”

Apparently, I had occasionally opened my eyes this past week. However, it seems I couldn’t focus and remained somewhat vacant, not moving at all.

“Emma, I’m sorry for worrying you.”

“Miss Yuria, what happened on the day you collapsed?”

Professor Paron asked with a worried look.

“I was interrogated by the palace knights for almost a week after school ended, staying up late into the night. I had to recall and talk about my past over and over again…”

“I see. Your heart must have reached its limit.”

“Oh! If it’s been a week since you collapsed, they might think the people in the palace have escaped and are searching for them, right?”

“Lady Yuria, it’s alright. I sent a message to Giannino-kun the day after you collapsed.”

“Thank you, Sensei. If you hadn’t informed us, you might have been arrested by now for harboring the criminal.”

“Hahaha. That sounds like it could be quite interesting in its own way. Make sure to stay at Eme’s house today and get some proper rest.”

“Yes.”

After thanking the teacher, I was taken back to Eme’s house by Eme.

As expected, today I will spend a leisurely time in my room, eating the food that Eme makes and nourishing my soul.

“Eme, I think I’m going to leave the royal capital soon. I was planning to stick it out until I graduated from the academy, but if the royal palace keeps getting involved like this, it might be difficult.”

The words that usually positive me let slip. Eme gently strokes my head without saying anything.

“Please don’t push yourself too hard. Eme will always be on Lady Yuria’s side.”

“Thank you.”

Eme’s words.

She said the same thing before she died.

I felt like crying.

I have someone who worries about me like this.

Just that makes my heart feel warm.

The next day, I had school, so I decided to leave the house early in the morning.

Eme was saying that it might be better for you to rest a bit longer.

Since I’ve been off for a whole week, I think Liz is worried too.

I wonder if the knights are still at the academy. After finishing packing my things and being ready to leave at any moment, I went to the academy with a sense of unease.

“Lady Yuria, are you alright?”

“Reese, I’m sorry for worrying you. I woke up yesterday.”

“Ugh. I’ve been worried watching you get thinner day by day.”

“While I was resting, did anything change?”

“Hmm. There hasn’t been anything unusual in Class A, but it seems like the young ladies in Class S got into some kind of fight and caused a commotion.”

“I see. It would be better for Rees not to get close to Class S either.”

“That’s right. It’s kind of scary.”

When I listened to the detailed story, it seemed that the three candidates for engagement were fighting.

Until now, the four of them had been keeping each other in check, but with Miss Amelia gone, it seems the conflict is finally starting to intensify.

It seems that the three of them have been arguing both inside and outside the classroom, to the point where the prince’s aides and guards have had to step in to stop them.

I wonder if their true nature is coming out.

It’s best not to get too close.

I acted together with Liz and took classes as inconspicuously as possible.

As expected, after sleeping for a week, I find that my stamina has decreased more than I thought. I need to train a bit more. While I was thinking this…

Again, he appeared before me.

“Lady Yuria, may I have a moment of your time?”

General Brol.

“No. I just woke up. I don’t want to cooperate anymore. Leave me alone.”

The Grand Chancellor Brol lowered his head.

“Lady Julia Osbourne, I am truly sorry. I heard from Giannino that you collapsed and have not yet awakened.”

“If you’ve heard it, then it’s fine, right? Just leave me alone.”

“Understood. I am truly sorry.”

General Brol surprisingly backed down easily.

I wonder if something happened at the palace?

Or did it align with Prince Randolph’s story?

Well, fine. If I can avoid getting involved any further, that’s for the best.

From that point on, I spent every day without any involvement with the royal family.

Neither my aides nor my guards ever came to Class A. I continued attending the academy as usual.

I was thinking of quitting, but since then, both Professor Paron and Graham have stopped me. They said I’m still just a fourteen-year-old child.

You graduate from the academy at sixteen. They told me it would be better to study for another two years.

Will I continue to be haunted by the past?