Love Letter From The Future

2. The Lord is with you (2)

The academy aims for equality. Regardless of social status, if you have skills, you will receive preferential treatment, and if you do not, you cannot avoid failure.

No matter how high-ranking aristocrats were, they could not be free from the standards set by the academy. This was evidenced by the number of high-ranking nobles expelled from the academy since its founding.

Even hundreds of people, even the 5 nobles of the empire, who had a lot of energy outside, were just a student the moment they entered the academy. Rather, the more prestigious the academy, the more they feel shame when their children are expelled from the academy, and rarely exert pressure on the academy.

To that extent, the academy was a trusted educational institution. It was acknowledged by everyone that the evaluation criteria were strict. That includes students.

However, if you ask if the academy is truly ‘equality’, some current students will tilt their heads. No matter how much I was in the academy, it was impossible not to notice the power at all.

Apart from the descendants of the 5 nobles of the empire, when the imperial family or the highest ranking figures from each country entered the academy, they had no choice but to give some preferential treatment. It was to make an excuse in case something went wrong with them.

For example, the princess, a freshman in the Faculty of Magic who entered this year, was like that. Although the line of succession to the throne is said to be far behind, she was still a girl with dragon blood. The academy had to give up the annex for her.

And another one, the woman sitting across from me now.

The warm sunlight streamed down, reflecting off her silver hair. Clear, immaculate skin, dense features, and pale pink eyes that emit a unique presence in between.

Although it was covered with priestly clothes symbolizing the theological department, it was not possible to hide all the curvatures of the erotic woman’s body. Divinity and sinfulness coexisted in her body.

was a saint A maiden favored by the heavenly god Arus, an honorable title passed down to only one woman at the time.

Of course, a new saint appears every 30 years, but at least until then, the influence of the name ‘saint’ on the Catholic Church was enormous. It was because he was a person who proved the existence of the heavenly god Arus.

The heavenly god created humans with his own flesh. And to teach civilization and faith to humans, the first disciple was the ‘pope’ who inherited the title of disciple from generation to generation.

However, this was only a tradition according to human laws. It was the cardinals of the Holy Land, not God, who elected the next pope.

On the other hand, the saintess was a girl born with enormous divine power, and was not a being that humans could arbitrarily choose. Therefore, the saintess had the symbolism of being chosen by the heavenly gods, and the saintess also valued her existence very much.

In terms of treatment, he was more than an archbishop and less than a cardinal. Since she belonged to the highest rank in the Holy Kingdom, naturally, the academy had no choice but to give her preferential treatment.

One of them was where I was sitting right now. A small building attached to the temple, also known as ‘The Sun’s Shelter’.

Because of the external image, it was not decorated with fancy decorations, but it was a place that gave off a neat and antique atmosphere. The saintess and the knights and servants of the Holy Kingdom who escort her used to stay here.

However, I heard that the saintess this time did not particularly like special treatment, so the escorts and servants were kept to a minimum. Even that, she mainly stands guard at night, but during the day, only Yu Ren, an escort knight she trusts, stands guard.

Indeed, the rumor seemed to be true. After entering the shelter of the sun, I didn’t see a human shadow until I came to the drawing room on the second floor.

It was solitary, so to speak. To be able to face a beautiful and noble woman like the saintess alone, in a place other than a treatment room.

It was lucky. It was something you should be happy about.

It would have been if it hadn’t been for the attitude the saintess was showing right now.

“… … So, you don’t remember anything?”

It was a cold voice. There was an unconcealable annoyance oozing from that low question. My index finger twirled and coiled my hair. The pale pink eyes were full of dissatisfaction.

It was a sight that was far from being evaluated as ‘benevolent and kind’. I couldn’t help but feel even more bewildered.

Is it really that saintess or this woman?

It had been a long time since those warm eyes had already begun to scan me sharply. A sigh escaped from her mouth.

Then, with a bang, the saintess’ palm struck the table. The saintess, who involuntarily stood up, bent her upper body and pressed her face toward me. Then, growls and shouts.

“Does that make sense?! I really don’t know what you mean… … .”

Even so, I was intimidated, and as soon as I saw the saintess’ wrath, I immediately drew the sign of the cross on my chest. And reverently declared.

“I swear to the gods, I mean it.”

“If you speak of the Lord in vain, you will be punished, Brother Ian?”

“But it is true.”

A gnashing of teeth was heard. The saintess, who was glaring at me with ferocious eyes, showed no sign of trusting me even when she faced my unfair expression.

Ha ha, he sighed as if he had given up and sat down in his seat.

She pressed her fingers to my temples, as if her head was pounding.

“… … You mean you want to come out like that? All right, Brother Ian.”

It’s true, but I looked at the saintess with an unfair look, but she only snorted. As if she didn’t like it, she avoided my gaze with her eyes softened.

It was an impressive change of attitude. Up until the moment before, he had vomited out words stained with rage and hatred, and now he seemed somewhat withdrawn to me. The emotion felt in those eyes was faint fear.

The saintess, who was silent for a while, shook her head helplessly. She snapped her fingers.

With a whistling sound, a piece of paper flew in front of her. is it magic It was an impossible feat with divine power. I didn’t even know he was using an artifact.

The saintess looked at me with hesitant eyes, then pushed the document towards me as if she had made up her mind.

Slowly, the slippery papers stopped right in front of me. It was power control that reached the state.

When I looked at the saintess with eyes of surprise, she said annoyed.

“If it’s confidential, there’s nothing you can do about it. Isn’t that the point of pretending that there is no work at that time and giving out the prepared information? ha, true What a great organization… … .”

‘Secret’ and ‘organization’ were words that had nothing to do with me.

Those doubts passed by for a moment, but his curiosity about the documents the saintess handed over grew even greater. I picked up the document and slowly examined the information inside.

Several locations were marked with a map, and the names of facilities located there were written. Judging from the topography, it seemed to be the eastern part of the continent, and the marked facilities were probably orphanages, based on their names.

This information was of no use to me. But at that moment, I felt the contents of the letter pass through my mind.

‘Orphanage’, yes. The place I went to practice was an orphanage.

“As requested, this is a list of orphanages suffering from financial difficulties while receiving support from the Holy Land. Most of it is because they are caring for too many orphans.”

My eyes widened as I carefully read the document. Although the exact circumstances were unknown, it seemed clear that this was a clue to the contents of the second letter.

If that’s the case, it’s better to take care of it and watch it. I folded the paper neatly in half and put it in my bosom.

“Thank you, saintess.”

As usual, I thanked him, but the response was cold. She was staring at me with bewildered eyes, but eventually couldn’t stand it and threw a question.

“… … By the way, what the hell are you going to use that information for?”

“I do not know.”

As if she knew that, the saintess shook her head. As for me, I was just telling the truth, but I didn’t bother to add anything because it was an answer that had no choice but to sound like that.

The saintess waved her hands, as if that was all she was doing. It was a somewhat rude celebration. But it was after my head was too complicated to protest against it.

What the hell happened while you lost your memory? The hostile attitude of the saintess and the contents of the second letter were all unknown, making her head pound.

However, before I turned around, I asked the question that bothered me the most.

“Come to think of it, saintess.”

As if asking what was going on, the saintess’ light pink eyes widened slightly. Seeing that look in her eyes prompting me to get to the point, I directly asked her.

“… … Is that your true face?”

The answer to the question has not been returned for some time. The saintess kept her mouth shut and averted her gaze, then let out a deep breath.

And he looked at me with pitiful eyes.

“Brother Ian, everyone has different sides… How can a benevolent and kind orphan girl survive in the terrifying political arena of the Holy Kingdom?”

“Then, the usual appearance is a fake… … .”

“No. No. That’s part of me too. It’s just that how you treat each other depends on how you treat them. And Brother Ian.”

A soft, benevolent smile formed on the saintess’ lips. It was the image of the saintess I knew. However, those light pink eyes staring at me are just cold.

“Now, I just decided that I should treat you like this. You’ve been doing well for nothing.”

I had no choice but to leave the room feeling bitter.

It was urgent to find out what was going on. At first glance, it seemed that the saintess had no intention of telling me what had happened, and in that case, there was only one person I could ask.

A loyal escort knight who always stands by the saintess’ side.

It was Yuren.

**

It was the moment I walked out of the shelter of the sun.

A solid silver line shoots out.

My goal was my uvula, and I instinctively raised my sword and slashed it. However, due to the surprise attack and the strong power of the thrust, it was not able to fully twist its trajectory.

Kaga-gak, and the sound of resistance echoed as the two swords sharpened each other’s blades. A bright blue flame flew out. Nevertheless, the rays of light that were fired managed to pass through my cheeks.

It was a shallow wound. It wasn’t until after a while that blood came out little by little.

However, if my response had been delayed even a little, it could have been fatal. It’s a shame because the ‘dragon’s blood’ strengthened my physical abilities along with my magical power. If it had been me a month ago, I would have died without knowing why.

My bewildered eyes turned to the man with the sword. The man who stabbed me with a thin sword had a jade-blue ponytail and an androgynous face with thin lines.

It was Yuren. He looked at me for a moment with sharp eyes, then relaxed his grip on the sword as if steam had leaked. and a word.

“… … What, are you weak again?”

Taking a step back, he murmured. I couldn’t help but chuckle.

Huh, eyes filled with absurd feelings turned to him. Even so, Yuren just held out his hand with a shameless smile.

“Welcome back, Ian. I’ve been hearing about the circumstances. You said you lost your memory?”

“… … Were you guarding the door?”

“Of course, I am an escort knight. Of course, I heard all the conversations between you and the saintess.”

Meanwhile, Yuren said, “Partner,” and congratulated me with palms together. It seems that he was hoping for a handshake, but unfortunately, when there was no response from me, he seemed to have chosen the next best thing.

“You can be proud of it. There are only a few people in the whole continent who can see that sister’s angry face.”

“I’m not very happy… … .”

Should I be angry because I was surprised, or should I relax with Yuren’s friendly attitude?

Unable to understand, I muttered that and thought for a while.

The hesitation did not last long. After all, being a prosecutor, I couldn’t just cry and cry over a little bit of a knife rubbing my cheek. Rather, he had to make rational choices.

I put the sword back into the scabbard while grunting. And asked Yuren.

“Then, do you believe that you lost your memory?”

“It has to be, I just checked. your skills.”

He then shrugged and crossed his arms. His head began to nod as if he understood something.

Soon after, Yuren’s reasoning followed.

“At first, the eyes changed so much that I was worried. But if you lost your memory, you’re right. You were possessed by someone for a while. The only question is, no matter how possessed by someone else’s body, it’s difficult to even reproduce the technique… … .”

He stroked his chin and was lost in thought. But what mattered to me was not the possession.

At that point, I felt the need to cut him off.

“Are your eyes?”

“yes? ah, that… At that time, you were looking so tired, so I remembered it.”

It was ‘tired eyes’, I remembered hearing that word not too long ago.

A week before I received the first letter, my memory disappeared. It was the same testimony as back then.

If so, it meant that this was a phenomenon deeply related to the letter from the future. There was no way Yuren could come up with such an answer no matter how hard he tried.

It was because the situation where a letter came from the future was abnormal. It was the moment when one more reason to put up with Yuren’s reasoning disappeared.

I decided to address the more important question.

“Yuren, let me do one favor.”

His head tilted and tilted. And the eyes staring at me as if asking me to speak.

“Do you know what I did while I lost my memory?”

At my question, Yuren averted my gaze for a moment. He seemed troubled. Then, he immediately relaxed his arms and asked me with a serious expression.

“… … First of all, do you remember putting the knife on my shoulder?”

No, I don’t remember at all.

Cold sweat started running down my back. I had no choice but to think to myself, resisting the urge to wipe the sweat from my forehead right away.

It seems that while I lost my memory, I did something crazy again.