When Luis arrived at his teacher's room, he looked anxiously at the cat he was holding in his arms.
What should he do now?
Louis knocked on the door carefully and tilted his head questioningly.
It was quiet inside, as if no one was there.
“Meow.”
At that moment, as if she realized his arrival, the cat's eyes sparkled.
“You've arrived... meow.”
He nodded while caressing her plump back, and the cat nodded as if ordering him to open the door.
But the inside is very quiet.
“Open it… meow.”
The door creaked as it opened, and as he expected, the room was empty.
Louis tilted his head questioningly.
Wasn't his teacher supposed to have finished her daily tasks?
Where did you go?
When he entered the room, the cat turned in his lap and landed on the floor, then advanced with faltering steps to the teacher's bed, and curled up on itf.
When he tried to follow her, the cat opened one eye and shook its head.
“Don’t worry… Miu.
Be patient a little and everything will be fine… Miu.
Little one, you must keep what happened today a complete secret… Miu.
Can you?”
Yes, yes.
Louis nodded enthusiastically.
It didn't matter how his teacher's cat could speak human language, these things didn't matter.
Lucy was the little prince's dear friend.
He nodded warmly until his cheeks turned red, and the cat laughed.
Her smile was gentle, it made his heart feel warm.
“Then go back to your place...
Meow.”
Louis slowly closed the door according to what the cat said, and then walked down the corridor.
The empty corridor, which seemed to have no one in it, was particularly frightening today.
Where did his teacher go?
Why does the cat look sick?
Is it enough for him to come back this way?
Through the window in the corridor, he saw the sky covered with dark clouds, as if rain was about to fall.
“Ah…”
I want to talk.
'I want to talk too.'
As before.
‘Brother, Your Majesty the Emperor.’
Luis held his small hands tightly, remembering that terrifying night six years ago.
The sky looked similar to that night when he knew nothing but holding his brother, His Majesty’s hand, and he felt a vague anxiety.
So he wanted to see it more.
His brother, the Emperor, who was pale as he protected him.
He also wanted to see…
'My teacher.'
His teacher, who, despite her coldness, was kind sometimes.
But today, neither of them was at Louis' side.
'I feel lonely.'
Sigh.
The little prince walked quickly, and swallowed something that might have been snot or tears.
The pain was crushing him.
It was painful.
Casey was squirming.
'Why am I like this?'
There was definitely something important.
He seemed to know what his mother was going to do as she laughed loudly before his eyes.
Finally, she was swallowed by the black hole.
‘Ah.’
He felt as if his heart was shattered into pieces.
He knew.
He knows that his strength is exceptional, to the point that his mother used to call him a monster.
He knows that if this force loses its direction and explodes outward, a catastrophe will occur.
‘My brother, Luis, was there.’
Please, please, someone come.
He extended his hand.
He felt that if he extended his hand like this, someone would come to save him.
Silly idea.
There was no one around him except his mother, who hated her son, his father, who was tired of these conflicts, and some solid knights.
Sometimes, he envied Louis who cried and complained, because everyone imposed responsibility and duty on him.
'But why do I think this way?'
As if there was someone there.
Crack─
He heard the sound of something cracking.
Maybe his heart was breaking.
He felt fear sweeping over him, but at the same time he felt a strange comfort.
He has always lived in chains, like a beast or an animal.
‘Am I going to die like this?
In this absurd way?
'
At that very moment.
from somewhere,
“Kaysis.”
He felt as if someone was eagerly calling his name.
That can't be true.
Who dares to call the prince's name in this way?
Even his parents didn't call him nicely, so he felt as if his name was covered in dust.
So why?
'Ah, the warmth...'
Why does he feel as if someone is hugging him?
It is as if he is in an embrace, although it is not wide, but it is warm and gentle.
Even if this feeling is fake, it's okay.
Even if it was an illusion before death, there is nothing wrong with it.
'I don't want to leave you.'
He grabbed the person's arms with both hands greedily.
'Stay by my side.'
He wanted to keep this person forever.
'Yes, I've always been...'
At the same time, he remembered the appearance of someone coming and leaving every time, and the anger that boiled inside him when he saw him.
'It's always you.'
What is this?
What memory is this?
Casey didn't know.
He did not know that his body was subconsciously beginning to change.
He was no longer the emaciated body of a teenage boy, but was gradually transforming into his current body.
Therefore, the person who was hugging him tightly became the one being held in a much larger embrace.
“You.”
A strange, deep voice rang out from him.
In a blurry vision, he met someone's gaze.
Brilliant golden sheen.
A beautiful light as if it were fashioned from the most beautiful and precious things in the world.
And sometimes, a clear red color like a sunset curtain.
White face...
'This face.'
He knew him.
He knows him well.
Who is he?
Who is the owner of this face?
He doesn't know.
Still awake, buried in memories of the past, he extends his hand like someone digging a well to live
That person's thick, soft hair filled his hands.
He knew this feeling.
Fire, like fire.
A spark he found amidst the coldness that froze his body.
'Mine.'
He was longing for her.
Give me more.
Don't go.
I will never leave you.
The moment he grabbed the warmth with both hands.
'I am.'
Crack, crack, crack─
'I was not a little prince.'
The world began to shatter into pieces.
'My mate.'
“Ha!”
The feeling of being pushed out of someone else's subconscious was not pleasant in any way.
Like I drank too much and then rode a water slide like crazy the next day.
“Ugh!”
Anyway, I made it out safely.
I was still hugging the slouched man who had not yet regained consciousness.
The shattered shards of ice were fading as if their strength had run out.
In front of me, this giant, terrifying flower was writhing in pain, lowering its claws.
“Kiiiiiiick!”
I covered my ears and shouted:
“Why would you swallow a person you cannot digest?”
I looked at the monster's core, which began to crack and turn into dust, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
If I had been asked to deal with this also in a situation where I couldn't use magic due to the absence of a system window, I would have fainted from frustration.
“Now, I just have to wait for it to die, and when the core is destroyed, I will exit through the exit...”
The problem is that I can't get out of this exit.
If I go out looking like a duchess in my pajamas, it will not be an escape, but a path to death.
Moreover…
“I can't take this guy out like this either...”
When I saw the veins rising on Casey's neck and the force being transmitted sharply, I knew I had to guide him immediately.
Having to kiss someone next to a dying monster, what a truly wonderful day. the curse.
"please."
I gently held the unconscious man's chin.
“Please, don’t open your eyes.
Please.”
I turned his face towards me and swallowed.
'Our eyes meeting in illusion, it's okay, right?'
I desperately hoped he thought he was delusional, then I started pouring out my strength.
Once I started mentoring...
'Ugh!'
He grabbed my waist tightly.
I was surprised that he woke up, but his tightly closed eyelids were still intact.
It was a little painful, but I felt relieved as I felt the energy being pulled strong, and I laughed.
'Yes, Kaysis.
This is what suits you.'
Not that helpless appearance, as he collapses in surrender in front of an open gate.
Rather, clinging to one guide with desperate determination.
This is the Kaysis I know.