How the Regressor Loves the Reincarnated

67. Festival (1)

1.

The last time I saw it a long time ago, the moment I saw the face of the child I hadn’t seen in over ten years. It felt like my heart stopped. Of course, that was the story, but that was the case.

Leticia Isvant.

Her body was hers, but at the same time it wasn’t hers. Leticia couldn’t even feel her own heartbeat.

The world she could see was desolate, as if she were looking at the scenery beyond her window.

Leticia’s world has been colored gray since the year she turned 11.

“Haa… After this boring body is no longer useful, she must be having fun snatching it away.”

‘Again…’

“When you see me borrowing your body to covet your lover, what ecstatic words will you tell me…?”

‘No!!!’

“Keugh…! Okay, I got it!”

All Leticia can do is struggle to find the initiative of her body. She wasn’t even doing that with all her might.

But if she were to ask if Leticia was in a state of despair, her answer would be ‘no’. Because she still hasn’t given up on getting her body back.

The opportunity to counterattack will come anytime. Clearly. And when that time comes, what awaits her witch who has taken her own body will not be such a faint headache.

There is no longer a child who cried and cried and begged for his body to be returned after his body was taken away 15 years ago. There are only hunters who are crouched down, showing only meaningless resistance, deceiving opponents to lower their vigilance, and waiting for the perfect opportunity to come.

However, as soon as Virgo, who had taken her own body, hurt her brother once again, her patience with Leticia was about to come to an end.

She has already inflicted unforgettable wounds on her own family. She did that and then she opened the wound again. She couldn’t possibly forgive.

[It’s coming soon. Opportunity will come to those who are patient with her.]

‘…You don’t have to remind me, Lux-sama. I can only endure it for a day or so.’

She’s put up with it for years for just one moment, and there’s no way she’s going wrong. She’s like a nag.

Leticia tried to add such words, but swallowed her way. There was no way Lux would not notice that.

During her 15 years of existence, Leticia had only two conversation partners.

She and the Isvant family’s enemy, the apostle Burgo.

And the other is Lux, the god she serves.

Despite her Leticia’s possession of her body, Virgo was ignorant of the fact that her mind was connected to Lux.

In terms of status as gods, it is safe to say that Nox and Lux are on the same level, but it was because Lux, who had occupied the position of the main god for a long time and led a large number of believers, had a relatively greater influence on the present world.

[…You can feel the impure heart.]

‘It’s an illusion.’

After taking Lux as her horse partner for ten years, the relationship between Leticia and Lux broke away from that of a simple saint and the god she served. This is because Leticia considers Lux like her second mother, and her side takes care of Leticia as if it were her own daughter.

[By the way, your younger brother secretly has a corner for medicine like you.]

‘I’m weak, so even if you joke, you have to make sense.’

[Tsk… Don’t take my word for it.]

Lux, who made a sound of clicking her tongue, added meaningfully.

[The compatibility of the two joker cards couldn’t be better than this, so even the senile old man Knox must be quite impatient. Impatience is the law that ruins work.]

‘Joker… Lose?’

[There is such a thing.]

As Leticia didn’t know what a joker hand was at the time, she was just confused. However, as Leticia had gotten used to seeing Lux talking to herself from time to time, her reaction was limited to a light sigh.

‘Luke… The melodies you used to hum from time to time, my sister will definitely play them for you.’

Although she was a bit late since it was a promise that lasted more than 10 years, she was Leticia who was determined to hear it.

In order to do that, first of all, what should I do with my playing skills, which must have completely deteriorated beyond the level of rust.

2.

As I sit by the window and stare out blankly, the loud noise unique to the streets during the day hits my eardrum.

The sound of wagons rattling back and forth on well-paved streets. And the clatter of the hooves of the horses pulling him against the stone pavement.

There is a lot of noise mixed with people’s chatter, but it seems that I was able to come to my senses a little earlier thanks to that.

I folded the handkerchief tightly and put it into my bosom. He felt it every time, but when Luke used a spell, he just pretended.

The answer that came back to me when I asked why I bothered to do that on a topic that didn’t have a particularly strong vanity personality is still very cryptic when I think about it now.

Some say that magic is romantic, and that magic must be moved.

‘What are you talking about again? Not a clue…’

‘Do you still love me?’

‘…Yeah, unfortunately.’

Even though he acted so brazenly, he wasn’t so mean. Even if he was possessed, he must have been very firmly possessed. Even that brazenness is just as cute as it is cute.

If you put your idle thoughts behind and organize the current situation. First of all, what Luke and I were worried about and wary of actually happened.

Another apostle set foot in the Holy Land to intervene in this matter.

Third Apostle Gemini.

His authority is simple yet powerful. A power he will never be able to deal with if he does not know. It is a power that is difficult to deal with even if you know it.

When a Gemini directly touches someone’s body, he can perfectly imitate the body of the contacted object, and even if there is a difference in skill level, he can reproduce the same.

For example, if Gemini were to use that authority against me, Gemini would be able to handle the body and force that reached the level of a sword master.

However, I knew very well what Gemini’s authority was, and naturally, I and Luke had already made some countermeasures against it.

Basically, it is true that I know the powers of more than half of the apostles of the zodiac, but I am not familiar with every detail. I didn’t even know that Burgo could in fact nest in the bodies of others and control them.

So, in the case of Gemini’s authority, I left one possibility open when preparing for it. Possibility that Gemini’s authority may extend to memory, not just limited to the body and ability.

That was the reason why Luke buried all the important memories in the deepest part of the mental world with magic.

However, the expectation that such a measure alone would be able to properly protect the memory from the apostle’s power was not high. It wasn’t that he doubted Luke’s magic skills, but that opponent was definitely a gift from God.

So, I thought that if Gemini’s authority was to steal even memories, it was beyond our control. That is until he realizes that Luke used Nox’s holy power to protect his memories.

A few days ago, it all started when Luke suddenly said that he had strengthened the barrier to protect his hidden memories.

It was easy to figure out which method was used. Luke refrained from speaking openly in front of me and felt uncomfortable because there were only two things: the fact that he was an apostle of Nox and the holy power of Nox that he was able to control because of that.

Coincidentally, that happened the day after we climbed the stairs as lovers one step further…

Unless you’re an idiot, you’ll know that even though Luke only remembers what happened that night between us, he did it because he didn’t want anyone to see it.

And it was irresistible that his heart was pounding and his mood was getting better. If Luke were by my side right now…

I let out a wide sigh at the same time my thoughts went crazy. Luke wasn’t here right now.

‘See you again tonight.’

How much trouble Luke must have had in one night, and how heartbroken he must have been. There was no way I didn’t know as I watched from the side and comforted him. It was because she held Luke all night, petting his hair, and protecting him by his side.

The fact that I lost my family to the Zodiac in the previous episode has become something I haven’t had since returning to the past. Therefore, what I want to stop the Zodiac is not revenge for the past, but to prevent future tragedies.

But Luke was different.

How his mother lost her life at the hands of the Zodiac, and how his sister lost her body to the apostle Virgo. It was something in the distant past that could not be undone.

It was strange that Luke was able to make a rational decision last night when he faced Burgo face to face.

It was fortunate that Luke did not see me depressed, saying that he had made the choice to prioritize my sister over me in that situation. If that had been the case, I wouldn’t have been able to lift my head up in shame.

Before taking countermeasures, it was actually close to impossible for Gemini to make me the object of its power. I wouldn’t know if I was ignorant of Gemini’s existence, but I wasn’t complacent enough to show such loopholes in a situation where I knew the ability and existence of Gemini.

If Gemini imitated Luke’s appearance and approached her, she might have given up an opening, but wasn’t there a countermeasure to prevent such a situation from happening?

In that respect, Gemini was right in seeing that she was far more easygoing than her other apostles, at least to me.

In terms of her powers, in the same context as Libra, who is the weakest among the apostles, it was the apostle Gemini who could not be taken lightly, but…

Anyway, there was no mask Gemini could wear that I couldn’t win. Even if I gave myself a chance and he imitated my body, he would not be able to bring out my full potential.

After getting down from the window, I started to pack my things. Knowing that Luke had already been in contact with Gemini, there was nothing good about staying in this dorm for long.

After we finished packing up, we looked around the inn room we had stayed for a week. Who knows if we’ll ever come back to use it again…

I had a hunch that maybe tomorrow we’d come back to this room and live as if nothing had happened.

I put on the curtain of night and flung myself out of the window.

The goal is a one-hit blow.

Today, the Zodiac will lose three Apostles.

3.

Exactly 30 minutes until midnight.

Unlike usual, the door of Lumineria Cathedral, which should have been firmly closed, was still wide open.

And in the chapel there, well over 20 people were gathering and praying.

“Our noble Lord, who will open a new world by saving the world dyed in twilight with the dawn setting, and establish the proper order…”

However, the object they prayed for was not Lux, the Lord God.

“When the night of darkness tests us, the light of the full moon you send down will guide us on the right path. Alas, great God of the night sky… Your most savage servant-“

Wheeae liquid- Pung- Tadadadak-

“What?!”

“Poem, God is angry!”

At the sudden explosion, the followers of the Zodiac rise from their seats in confusion and look around. However, there was nothing wrong with the interior of the cathedral.

“Who are you! Who dares to pray with a wicked heart-“

“Shh…”

A moment when an impatient believer is about to rebuke others, a woman’s voice is very small but clearly resonates throughout the chapel.

Then, all the believers who had been making a fuss rose from their seats and became silent in an instant like a lie.

“Sit down again and pray with all your heart. The turmoil outside will be taken care of by the Paladins of Lumineria, so you have nothing to worry about.”

The statue of Lux and the woman sitting closest to her, closing her eyes and putting her hands together, offering her prayers. In the world, she is called Saint Aster, and she is loved by many, but…

The entity was Virgo, the apostle of the Zodiac, an ugly woman who borrowed the body of another person to live on.

She said with a sneer at the apostle Libra, who was sitting a little away from him with her arms crossed.

“In the heart of my church, apostates are openly praying, and the paladins protecting it. Hey, there is no other comedy like this.”

“…When it’s nice to say something, come on and say your prayers, Libra.”

Libra, wincing at the coolness in Burgo’s voice, undid her arms and began to say her prayers.

‘The one who went against the laws of heaven, Adele Ludmeyer. Will you be able to reach here by taking the innocent lives of the Lumineria Church’s Paladins who guard this place?’

If Adele had heard of Libra’s thoughts, she would have laughed at him to the fullest.

That would be the case too.

‘Enjoy it while you can, Libra. The moment the door to the Holy Land opens, you’re dead.’

Because Adele Ludmeier has been waiting inside the chapel from the beginning.

The sound of explosions coming from outside the cathedral was getting louder and louder as time went by.

A midsummer night’s festival, with colorful fireworks embroidering the night sky, opened its curtains.