Became the Golden Sun of the Academy

57 – Charlotte Echoes (5)

“… ….”

I looked at my watch.

The hour hand passed 8 and ran halfway toward 9.

No one came to wake me up even though 30 minutes had passed since I usually wake up.

“What?”

Does Charlotte sleep late?

Apparently, since such a big event happened yesterday, she may or may not have.

I got out of bed and left the room.

The destination is the servants’ quarters.

In particular, it was Charlotte’s room.

In front of Charlotte’s room, guided by the servants.

Smart.

I knocked on the door twice with the back of my hand.

“… ….”

Let time pass in one minute.

A reply that hasn’t come back in the meantime.

I opened the door and went in and said.

“Don’t go in.”

The room was dark because the curtains were drawn.

Because of the light coming from the hallway, the blanket on the bed swayed.

And then, as if in response to my words, the cough returned.

“Cough, Cough… ….”

I wonder if it was because I was locked up in the cool basement yesterday.

When I sat down on the bed, I was sweating and breathing heavily, and when I put my hand on my forehead, it was like a ball of fire.

Even if he caught a cold, he was still terribly ill.

I can’t get up because of this.

“I guess I’ll have to call the doctor first.”

First of all, it seemed unreasonable to take care of him in this small room, so I decided to move it.

Maybe it was because her body was shaking as I headed towards my room with her hands supporting Charlotte’s hamstrings and back.

Charlotte, who was frowning, lifted her eyelids with difficulty.

“Boss…… ?”

“Come.”

“Sorry…… I should have woken up in the morning…….”

She grabbed my collar with her weak hand and said in a hoarse voice.

I ran a hand through her sweaty hair.

I could feel the heat just by lightly brushing his red face.

“Your body is like this, what do you mean?”

“But… ….”

“But, whatever.”

“Oh, boy. What are you doing?”

As I was holding Charlotte in my arms, she just recognized me and the maid came to talk to her.

“Charlotte seemed to have a cold, so she was taking me to my room.”

“Oh, my God. The fever is pretty bad. Still, there is no need for the Bocchan to take care of it himself.”

“Okay. I do it because I want to.”

What was so funny about my answer, the maid covered her mouth and laughed hohohoho.

That laugh bothered me, so I called the doctor and asked for food for the patient to eat, and then she went back to my room.

* * *

─It’s just a normal cold. Take a few days off and you’ll be fine.

Fortunately, that was the doctor’s opinion.

“Now, ah, do it.”

I sat down on the bed and held out a spoon of porridge.

Charlotte stared at it, then reached out her hand.

It seemed to mean that I would eat it with my own hands.

“Don’t be stubborn. Ah.”

I dodged his hand and thrust the spoon into his mouth.

“How can I…… Town!”

As I said that, I pushed the spoon into the mouth of the guy who was about to refuse.

He couldn’t help but chew the porridge, swallowed it in one gulp, and looked at me quietly.

You mean more?

At first you flinched, but now you’ve meekly accepted your fate.

Thinking of that, I put the spoon back into Charlotte’s slightly open mouth.

“Broken… ….”

Hmm, apparently it wasn’t.

Charlotte reached out and ran her hand across my face, then tilted her head and looked around like a doctor.

“…… Are you okay, Bocchan?”

“You are the one who hurts, so why are you worried about my body?”

“You were covered in blood when you came to rescue me yesterday.”

“You mean that? It wasn’t my blood, so don’t worry.”

“Oh, I see. Thank god.”

A guy who forgets his body aches and smiles.

Did you care about that even while you were sick?

Seeing that my face brightened a little, I felt relieved.

After that, Charlotte ate the porridge so well that her bowl went to the floor in no time.

I cleaned up the dishes and covered Charlotte, who hadn’t slept well all night.

It’s a sight that makes me feel deja vu.

“Why. Can’t you sleep?”

“Yes.”

It was an immediate answer.

“Then what should I do? Would you like to read a book?”

“I can’t read letters.”

“Then should I read it?”

I roughly pulled out a book from the bookshelf in the room.

It was a children’s book that was just right for my age, with pictures and text mixed half and half.

As I went with it, Charlotte gave her a seat next to her, as if asking me to, so I leaned against the back of her bed.

“… ….”

Charlotte looked at me enough to notice.

Then she slipped onto her body, and she immediately took it.

Her little head rested on my shoulder.

“That, I can’t see the picture… ….”

“Is that so?”

The book I brought was something I was familiar with.

Although the name was slightly different, it was Cinderella.

Her Cinderella returns when her time is up and the prince finds her with her glass slipper left behind.

And a happy ending where the two of them live happily ever after reunited like in a fairy tale.

“End.”

By the time she finished reading, Charlotte was almost asleep with her eyes half-closed.

She was actually in this state since she was reading the book, but she decided to come for some reason, and it felt like she was not sleeping.

“Boss… ….”

In her sleepy voice, Charlotte tugged at my collar twice.

The guy asked me if I was losing my mind due to drowsiness.

“Can you sing me a lullaby?”

“You have a lot to ask for.”

Well, even so, she was better than the Charlotte I knew, who controlled all emotions and desires.

I don’t know how a guy who was like this when he was young became such a blunt guy, but it would be nice if he was a little more honest.

* * *

Several weeks passed, and the day Heidel came back.

I followed his call and moved to the study.

When I checked the calendar while walking down the hallway, it was the same day I had seen in the study sometime.

February 28, 1095.

It was on this day that Adele stood up to Heidel, and she remembered that day when she left a message for ‘Adele’ who had ceased to be herself.

If there is anything different from then, it is that I, not Adele, occupy his body this time.

This was thanks to the magical power passed on by the future Adele.

If it wasn’t for that, the magic would have run out and the fairy tale would have ended a few days before Heidel arrived.

‘…… Is it finally?’

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What was the reason I assimilated in the past?

It was to change the fate of Charlotte, who had been incompletely transformed into a witch due to the witch fairy tale test.

During her time as Adele, she never forgot that purpose for a single day, and her anger towards Heidel did not fade away, and she still harbored it in her heart.

Jumping.

I opened the door and entered.

“Adele.”

Heidel.

He stood in front of me, younger than I had ever seen him.

As always, fiddling with the knife on the table to draw Adele’s blood and make a witch’s fairy tale.

“Are you going to let this father leave scars on your body again today?”

As it is, Adele will agree with him here.

He himself has been resisting his hypnosis because he has no intention of following his plans.

But I was different.

Turb, tumble.

I walked towards the window where I could see the rain.

I passed by Heidel and picked up the knife that was on the table.

Heidel looked puzzled at the unusual reaction.

“You don’t have to. I will do it today.”

Evil.

When I cut my palm with a knife, thick blood flowed out.

I poured the blood into the flask that was on the table.

“Your mind seems to be fine, but what kind of change of heart did you have?”

“Just to reduce the sacrifice.”

Anyway, when I go back, Adele will be exploited by Heidel again.

If that’s the case, I was thinking of cooperating from the beginning to make the Witch’s Fairy Tale earlier and more complete.

If you do that, fewer people will be sacrificed in clinical trials, and you won’t become an incomplete being and suffer side effects like Charlotte did.

“And to warn you.”

I put the bloody knife to Heidel’s neck.

At first glance, it seems that I stopped the knife before putting it on his neck, but in reality, due to the nature of Heidel, I couldn’t reach him because of the disconnected space.

“You mean you warned me?”

Heidel remained calm without changing his expression.

He looked confident that this sword would not pierce his throat.

But.

“Yes.”

Uh uh uh

The blade, unable to advance as if blocked by a wall, pierced the rippled space.

Separated spaces were connected through fairy tales.

“…… !”

It was only then that Heidel moved.

He caught the blade in his hand, which was about to pierce his own throat.

Blood dripped from the palm cut by the blade and dripped onto the floor.

“Tsk.”

Unfortunately, the surprise attack was a failure.

It would have been best if I could kill Heidel’s gap and kill him, but again, Heidel’s skills were not at a level that could be overturned by surprise.

But killing is always the best.

This alone was enough to save Charlotte.

“I can kill my father.”

It’s true that you could kill him, and he was bluffing when he said that he could kill him right now.

“But I don’t want to kill my father with my own hands either.”

I pretended I didn’t kill him with my own will, taking advantage of the family.

It’s not to instill the perception that I didn’t do it, it’s to emphasize that I didn’t do it.

“So I will warn you. Do not use this witch fairy tale on the people of the mansion.”

In addition, he hides a tree called Charlotte in the forest called the servant of the mansion.

Thoroughly deceiving me about what I am covering up and what my weaknesses are, I try to make sure that he doesn’t cheat.

“If you test only those who have committed sins that deserve death, I won’t be targeting my father.”

The sword was withdrawn.

Heidel tied his bleeding hand with a handkerchief.

He paused for a while, as if he had a lot on his mind, then took the flask of blood and turned around.

“The guy who couldn’t even mumble before is now all grown up.”

I couldn’t see his expression when I turned around, but I got the feeling that he was about to smile as he was about to leave the study.

It could be just my misunderstanding, though.

“Yes. If you go that far, you will have to yield to my threats.”

Kikkik, tak.

He left the study with such a promise.

Left alone, I sighed and sat down on a nearby chair.

His legs were trembling because he used up all his mana while attacking Heidel a while ago.

It seems that the mana left by the future Adele is starting to run out.

“Is it time to leave now?”

Looking out the window where the heavy rain was pouring down, I saw a streak of light shining through the dark clouds.

Kurrureung, boom!

A roar soon followed.

Listening to that, Charlotte, who was alone in the room waiting for me to come back, seemed to be trembling at the sound of her thunder, so she got up and took her steps.

That’s how you go back to your room.

Wave, wave, wave, wave, wave, wave.

As expected, I found Charlotte shivering with her hands covering her ears.