lina had a very long night after the day's events. There was a lot of information to digest, and she wasn't even sure where to begin. Outside the bakery, she heard the distant chatter and cheer coming from the festival. Apparently, once the Quake Mammoth was gone, the Duke himself went and reassured people that everything was safe.
Since nobody would dare object to the Duke, the festivities were resud, and outside the bakery, it felt like nothing bad had happened. Part of her hoped to forget, too. But that was impossible. She had to carefully think through what happened and decide what to do next.
Her body ached, and Sienna was in no condition to move around. Rolled up in her trough, the wyrm slept with a hearty at pie and feyfruit in front of her. Gilbert had prepared them to help her recover, and Sienna finished two pies right away and left the third one for later. At least her appetite was good.
Alright, let's start with the first big problem. The Monster Lord tried to assassinate .
lina sighed. Out of all people who rembered the past, this one was the worst. Aside from Heiliger. The consequences of her rembering would impact the whole Alemahria, not just lina. Monster Lord, on the other hand, was definitely going to concentrate his rage on lina. Maybe Alistair, too, although judging how he had chosen to target her, he probably considers her to be a bigger threat.
She couldn't even bla him. lina killed him because he was the entity that kept the realms connected. To split the realms, he had to die first. She still rembered how she wavered before delivering the finishing blow. But in the end, she had done it anyway.
What was I thinking at the ti? Simply because the King and the Church were pressuring , I killed the most important entity in the Monster Realm. The closest thing our two worlds have to a god.
lina felt revolted. She didn't even have the right to fight back. Imagine being in the shoes of the Monster Lord. She'd try to get rid of herself, too.
Maybe I can try to talk to him? Convince him that I have no intention of reliving the past?
lina imagined the scenario and laughed at the ridiculousness of it. Who'd even believe her? Today, she had proved that even without her magic power, she was still a threat due to the allies she had acquired.
Sienna chittered, feeling lina's distress through their link.
"Sorry, Sienna. I just… I don't think I can set this right? Who'd forgive the person who murdered them? I certainly wouldn't," she said.
Sienna lowered her head. She didn't have an answer either.
The best I can do for the ti being is try to keep Monster Lord focused on instead of the townspeople or Alistair. Also, I shouldn't kill any monsters he sends after if I can avoid it.
lina sank deeper into her bed and set the problem aside. There wasn't anything she could do about it at that mont. She had to focus on more imdiate problems. Naly, Elowen.
He saw her channeling mana. There was no way to write that off as sothing she could do just because she had a familiar. Elowen wasn't a fool. He had undoubtedly realized that lina rembered more of the past than she initially led him to believe.
For a while, lina wondered how she could lessen the fallout from this situation. Was there any lie she could weave that could perhaps give her more ti? But no matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't co up with anything.
I have to tell him the truth. I'm so tired of all these lies. When have they ever done any favors? Also, Elowen deserves to know after everything that I have done. Even if he decides to attack —well, I kind of deserve it.
Part of lina thought that perhaps it would have been better if Monster Lord's assassination had succeeded.
Elowen had barely managed to make it back to his room in the Guild. In a rush, he slamd the door shut and crumpled to the floor a mont after. He cradled his pulsating head as a flurry of mories flooded his mind, threatening to break it open.
When he saw lina bent over Sienna, channeling mana from her master, who had a whole different persona to his na, to save her familiar, it felt like sothing unlocked within him.
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