I Would Like To Live A Different Life If I Could Go Back In Time - Episode 63

“Um, Mr. Johnson? The former chief royal court magician is an acquaintance of mine?”

At that moment, I unintentionally answered a question with another question.

“The answer to that question is probably obvious if you look at me, right?”

“Master!!?”

“……Master?”

Master Joan grinned slyly.

Clearly frowning, Professor Giannino.

“What do you mean, Mr. Johnson?”

“As you can see, I’m Yuria’s mentor. I’ve been teaching her magic all along.”

The master has a smile like when a prank has been discovered.

“Lady Yuria? I haven’t heard that you’ve taken on a master.”

“Um, there’s a deep reason for this… I was suddenly abducted and thrown straight into training…”

“Hmm? Even though you were kidnapped, you still call him ‘master’?”

“Um, well, I didn’t intend to at first, you know. The level of magic was just too different, you know…”

The master opened his mouth as if to admonish the interaction with Professor Giannino.

“Hey, hey, both of you. Let’s stop the talk there. Isn’t this all happening because Giannino-kun hasn’t been teaching Yuria properly? Don’t you have some responsibility in this too? If Yuria had been raised well, wouldn’t the problem have been much smaller?”

“Is it my lack of ability?”

“Well, who knows? Anyway, that’s enough small talk for now. Yuria, are you okay?”

“Of course not. Master, what you were dealing with earlier was the palace riot, right?”

“That’s right. You know General Brol, right? He was the traitor.”

“Why?”

I ask questions because I want to hear the details from my master. The master shrugs.

“Well? It seems the reason is that Randolph has stepped down as the crown prince. We’ll have to investigate if it’s true or not.”

“Is His Highness Randolph abdicating the throne?”

“Yeah. That kid is completely exhausted. He risked his life to help you, but just like you, his heart is broken too.”

“……no way”

He too, in the same way…

Were you heartbroken by Vera?

Even after time had turned back, Vera was always by his side.

I avoided him and didn’t ask.

“Giannino-kun has been treating Randolph for the past six months, right? But it hardly had any effect.”

“Yeah, unfortunately.”

Mr. Giannino answers, albeit with a slightly dissatisfied expression.

Before time was rewound, he was enchanted, enslaved, and executed Yuria as Vera commanded, all while being aware but unable to resist. He was desperately struggling to stop it in his own way.

So I lent a hand. But even if time were to go back, the memories of the past wouldn’t disappear.

How we overcome it is ultimately up to us. Yuria came back with the magic of dreams. However, he had no one who truly supported him.

“I see.”

“Well, that’s enough of the dark talk for now. Giannino-kun has some tasks to handle afterwards, right? Come on, Yuria. Shall we go?”

Professor Giannino bowed his head, seemingly following his master’s instructions in silence.

The door that appeared at the same time as the master’s words.

The master takes my hand and leads me into the room.

The room I always came to after school.

A soft light is shining, giving a somewhat nostalgic feeling.

“Master, what should I do here?”

“I’ll be staying here until everything is resolved. In the meantime, you should study this.”

It seems like I still have a lot to learn.

The fact that I am being sheltered here might mean that I am highly likely to be targeted.

I heard that General Brol staged a rebellion.

It might be that my talking about the past has triggered it.

I’m curious about the academy and the royal palace, but the only way to get information is to rely on my master and Professor Giannino.

The master is brewing tea with a gentle bubbling sound and drinking it elegantly.

“Master, how long should I stay here?”

“Well? Until the academy reopens, I guess?”

“When will it resume, I wonder? And what’s happening with the palace now?”

“You should ask Giannino for the details. Well, he will probably be busy for a while, so I don’t know when he will have time to talk to you.”