You say there was no sin in the previous life?
Episode 3
On a moonlit night, a shadow sat on the garden wall.
An inconspicuous being,
It was Rio.
Rio flicked his fingertips.
Then, the magic barrier in the garden of the mansion where Ji-an was was distorted.
“…As expected. This world is too dull. It’s so trivial...”
The corners of his mouth slightly rose.
Rio existed as a watchman of the afterlife - watching over this world and the afterlife, past and present lives.
Rio opened his hand and summoned a translucent crystal.
Inside, countless scenes sparkled and appeared.
One of those scenes showed Ji-an adapting to her past life here.
"Lily... can you tell me where the bathroom is...? Haha, I... don't really remember..."
"Miss... You don't even remember that?! I'll tell the Duke right away and... Ugh!!!"
"Ah... no!!! I just remembered!! So... you don't have to call me... thank you!! ^^"
In the end, it was the sight of Ji-an not being able to even go to the bathroom.
"Are you an idiot? What did that duke say... In his previous life, he ruined the duke's family."
Inside the translucent crystal, only the foolish, slow, and kind figure of Ji-an appeared.
"It's not even funny how you've changed so much since losing your memories. I was told you were the worst of the worst in your past life, but are you really the same person? LOL."
Rio tilted his head.
These past few days, I've been thinking about this, Gian... no, Erwen in Erdia
"Lily, the water looks heavy. Let me carry it!"
"Kyung Hajin! I heard you hurt your knee. Are you okay?"
"You were worried when I collapsed, weren't you? Thank you. Sincerely."
I've been watching so much that I can now predict the answer.
“…What the hell are you?”
Rio's words, blurted out in his mind, seeped into the night air.
‘Is he really kind, or is he just pretending to be kind?’
Rio is a watcher under contract with the Supreme Gods. His mission is not to "judge," but simply to "surveillance."
But before he knew it, he was trying to judge without even realizing it.
“Hypocrites will be exposed someday.”
At the same time, a magical power surged within the garden.
"……what?"
Rio turned his gaze.
At the end of the garden, in front of a small door, was Gian.
“…Trying to run away? You’re a funny girl.”
At that moment, Gian was heading back towards the kitten she had seen in the garden in the morning, having stepped on it.
"He's alive, right...? I should've saved him earlier... I left him alone for fear of the Duke finding out, but it's so cold at night..."
On her way out to the garden, Gian encountered a maid.
“…Miss? Where are you at this hour…?”
"Whoa!!!!!!! Who...!!!!!!!!"
"It's... It's me! Wendy! I'm sorry for startling you...!!"
"Wendy...? Oh yeah, it's Wendy... Surprise..."
Woof - Woof-woof-!!!!!!!
At that moment, before Gian could even notice, magical power began to emanate from her fingertips, and Wendy, the maid in front of her, was engulfed in the overwhelming magical power.
'…… hmm?'
At that moment, Rio instinctively stood up.
"Yeah. That's your true nature. You've gone wild like this, and you've killed someone else..."
"Whoa!!! What the... What the... Is this... I can't control myself... What the... is happening..."
"Oh... Miss... Are you okay?!?!?!!"
"Wendy!!!!!!!! Don't come any closer!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Gian felt like she could deflect the magic if she reached out towards Wendy, but she decided that doing so might kill Wendy.
'Ah... I shouldn't hurt anyone... What the heck...'
"Miss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Gian couldn't hear Wendy's voice well because of the sound of magic, and she didn't know what to do.
As her magic power continued to grow, Gian finally made a decision.
'I guess this life is ruined too... I can't hurt anyone because of me... I... I'm done with this...'
Rio paused.
Gian tried to turn her hand towards herself, trying to avoid the maid's direction.
“Rather… I’d rather die… G… Stop….”
moment-
Rio moved.
“Ha… Really, you’re using your hands a lot?”
Rio stopped space as if cutting through the air.
He held Ji-an's body still with his hand outstretched in his arms and absorbed the flow of magical power from her fingertips.
The garden, no, the whole world, became quiet as if it had stopped.
Gian barely opened her eyes for a moment, and spoke weakly while clinging to Rio.
“…Rio…?”
“Yeah. It’s me, you idiot.”
"Uh..what is this....."
As Gian momentarily lost consciousness and collapsed completely, Rio knelt beside her and sighed.
“…Why don’t you hit it? Why don’t you break it?
"Why on earth would you make such a choice...? Who the hell are you...?"
I was spitting out words without even realizing it.
It felt like I was being permeated by an unknown emotion.
Rio felt confused, solved the case, and then quietly disappeared from sight.
After a while—
Henry felt a magical aura and quickly headed to the garden.
Rio stood on the top spire of the mansion, watching this scene.
I turned my back to the night sky, looked down, and thought quietly.
“Am I misreading you…?”
Or… are you a liar?”
Henry was running towards the mansion, holding a knife hilt.
“What are you talking about!”
"A..I meet you, Duke...!!"
“Erwen?!”
He frowned when he found Gian lying on the ground.
The maid sitting next to him spoke in a panic.
“Your Majesty! The young lady… suddenly has magical powers at the tips of her fingers… but… she’s trying to protect me…”
“The tip of your hand… could have flown towards me, but… I deliberately… changed the direction…”
"Are you saying that magical powers suddenly appeared?"
"Yeah...yes..."
Henry looked down at Gian with a face full of complex emotions.
Her hands were stained with blood and her body was exhausted.
“…Now, I really don’t know what to do with you.”
He slowly lowered his body.
He lifted Ji-an's body carefully and sighed lightly.
“…Bring the young lady…in.”
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Continued in the next episode >>