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Epilogue
“You’re in an awfully good mood today.”
It appeared I was doing a terrible job of hiding how refreshed I now felt. How relieved I was having finally been able to release my pent-up anger.
“We managed to finish such a depressing stage play without incident, and now I get to go home. Of course I’d be happy.”
I was casually chatting with Lynokis while we sat around in the hotel lobby. My preparations to return home had been completed the day before. My luggage was packed, so we were just waiting for my grandfather to arrive, and then we would board the flight back together.
We had already bought souvenirs for the servants of the house, so I didn’t think there was anything left to get. Incidentally, said souvenirs were baked sweets from a famous sweets shop.
E n úm a .іd̊
The performance of The Girl Who Fell in Love by the Ice Rose Theater Company had been greatly successful, so it wasn’t a lie to say I was relieved about that.
But of course, the real reason for my current mood was the events of the previous night. I finally got to let my power run free—it truly did feel like a dream.
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I wouldn’t deny that most of my enemies had been weak little runts, but I had been craving violence to such a degree that I enjoyed myself way more than I had ever imagined I would. Naturally, I made sure to savor every last enemy, catching anyone who tried to escape and giving every person present a thorough pummeling. I didn’t kill them, of course. It wasn’t as if I had forgotten how to show restraint.
Fifty of them had showed up by the end, but not a single one of them was more than a small fry. It was a shame, really, but this was enough to satisfy me for now.
After beating all of them to a pulp, I walked Sharro home and then returned to my hotel as if nothing had happened.
Were I to be greedy, I would actually wish that they had all been elites at least fifty to eighty percent as strong as me. I wanted that feeling of a real battle, blood boiling, meat dancing, bones breaking, my bones being broken. If an enemy that would actually endanger me was too much to ask for, then the world could at least give me someone who would put up a good fight.
Е n ū m а̌ . і̆ d̃
I was aware this was all an unreasonable desire, though.
“Your grandfather has arrived, Young Mistress,” Lynokis informed me. I stood up from the sofa.
My grandfather insisted that I stay over at his estate for the night when we dropped him off, but after skillfully avoiding his request, Lynokis and I returned to the Liston estate shortly after evening.
Truthfully, I wouldn’t have minded, but I had to consider my recording schedule that couldn’t really be adjusted on the spot. I didn’t think I would be allowed to stay over with how packed my days were. The only way would be if I sneaked out in the middle of the night. Just like the previous night!
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When we finally made it home, my parents were yet to return home from work, but the servants of the house were waiting, ready to welcome us home, and so my trip ended safely. Home really was the place I felt most at ease.
Honestly, the employees seemed more excited for the sweets I had brought back than for me... It wasn’t something for me to mind, though. There was nothing wrong about them being excited for souvenirs.
W ěb̌ṅ.о̂ v̄ēl Ёn̈ ŭm̆ а́
I got myself washed up in the bath, ate dinner at the table alone, and then returned to my room.
“Whew.”
All tension left my body.
I may not have been Nia, but even to me, her room was the space I could most easily relax in. This may already have become the place where I felt I belonged.
“Tea, Young Mistress?”
“Yes, please.”
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Lynokis served me the beverage while I changed into my nightwear.
The tea being prepared was the same as the tea I had drunk at the Chocolate Lily’s Aroma, the restaurant in the capital. It had a very strong smell distinctive of an expensive luxury item, but my grandfather had bought it for me anyway.
“A whole year has passed already,” Lynokis suddenly said.
Hm?
“A year since what?”
“Since that night you nearly died. Ever since that night, you went right on the road to recovery.”
Е̊n̈um ӑ.і̄d́
Ah... She was right.
It had finally been a whole year since I had become Nia. I had been so focused on not dying back then that I wasn’t so aware of the time of year, but I believed it had been spring. The time since then somehow felt both long and short.
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A year had passed since that suspicious man had inserted my soul into the already-passed Nia’s body. I had spent over half a year fighting off the disease, and since the winter, I had ventured into the world of magivision, something I hadn’t even experienced in my past life.
Even my visit to the royal capital had been for the good of that unfamiliar culture. And that likely would not be the last time.
“Young Mistress Nia, I have a request.”
“You have a request for me? Ah, you want to sleep in the same bed, yes?”
Е̇ n̄um̂ā .ї d̆
“Well, of course I do! How come a girl you’d only known for a day got to sleep in the same bed as you, and yet I’ve known you for over a year and that still isn’t enough?! I don’t understand the logic!”
I had never seen Lynokis so vocally obsessive about doing something with me before.
“I would rather avoid doing it with you. You seem like someone who would ignore restraint and kiss me in my sleep or something.”
What I had felt from Sharro felt like simple platonic affection, but I felt something more from Lynokis. How should I put this? It was like all my survival instincts were warning me that I shouldn’t let my guard down around her, that she wasn’t someone I should actually be keeping so close around me.
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“What’s the problem?! We’re two girls getting close like two girls should be allowed to do! And we’re both girls! It shouldn’t even matter what happens!”
The more she pushed it, the less the argument of us both being girls felt like it held any weight. Okay, nope, I definitely wouldn’t let her sleep in the same bed as me.
Е̃n̈ u m̆ а̀._іd̃
“Ah, wait, no. That wasn’t my request,” she said.
Apparently, I had gotten ahead of myself with my assumption.
“Young Mistress, would you be willing to train me?”
I eyed her with suspicion for a moment. “Train you in what way?”
“In combat. I have no right to proclaim myself as your bodyguard if I remain this much weaker than you.”
Well, this was a pleasant surprise.
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I had been showing her my forms every day, so I imagined she had been getting an idea of how strong I was, but she may quite accurately have a grasp of our difference in strength. In which case, Lynokis may be stronger than I gave her credit for initially; being able to understand your opponent’s strength was also a sign of your own strength.
“Are you sure? I won’t go soft on you.”
“All the better. If nothing changes, I do not believe I can keep up with you.”
Keep up with me? I...wouldn’t ask exactly what she meant by that. I felt like if I wasn’t tactful, I risked a snake darting out.
“If you’re prepared, then that’s fine. Let us start tomorrow.”
This arrangement suited me, as well. Lynokis was still weak, but she was stronger than your average thug. I was happy to get to spar with her too. It would be so boring I had no doubt I would be left yawning, though. Having to make sure I didn’t go so far I broke her would pose a bit of an issue, but I would simply do my best to be careful.
Е̂ n̈u m̊ ӓ. і̊d
“In that case, Lynokis, you are now my first apprentice. Become strong enough that you don’t become an embarrassment to me.”
“I will put in my all.”
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My daily life became even more hectic when my personal attendant became my apprentice. Not only did I have to keep up the recordings for Nia Liston’s Occupation Observation, I would also occasionally receive further job offers to appear in stage plays. Said offers weren’t from the capital but rather from the Liston territories instead, so it was possible for me to do other recordings in any spare time I had between rehearsals.
I was also invited to social functions held by Mrs. Rhyme, and I attended other social functions with my parents, making my visits to the royal capital much more frequent.
Of course, I made sure not to forget a single day of my martial arts training. It was something I had to make sure I did regardless of how busy I was, so there were many days it cut into my sleep time.
Another notable change was that a new magivision channel had been created. The only broadcasting stations up to this point had been the one in the Royal Capital of Altoire and the one in the Liston territories, but now, there was a third.
Е̂ṅuḿа.í d̈
Vikson Silver, an aristocrat of the fifth class, had entered the magivision industry and founded a broadcasting company within his own Silver territories. As it was a momentous occasion, we visited for an episode of Occupation Observation.
“Thank you for visiting.”
The only ones being recorded for this were myself, Vikson Silver as the chairman of the organization, and staff of his broadcasting station, but my grandfather and parents had accompanied me to represent the Liston family.
As it turned out, my grandfather was old friends with Vikson, and there were mutterings that he may have assisted Vikson with starting up his own company.
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Apparently, the Silver Broadcasting Channel wanted to focus on showcasing explorations of floating islands which humans had yet to tread and the lives of the adventurers involved in such explorations, so I was very excited to see what he would produce.
However, there was still the issue of having many programs that were off-limits to me. Though Lynokis had become my apprentice and I her master, my parents as her employer were above not just her, but also me.
W̆е̂b n̄ ӧ v е_l Ѐ n̊ǔ ḿа̌
Every day passed by in the blink of an eye.
And then before I knew it, spring had once again arrived.
“Shall we be off, Young Mistress?”
“Yes.”
I had turned six years old.
Starting this year, I would be spending my days in the dorms of Altoire Academy.
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