hotmtlnovel Chapter 104.2 - Secrets (3)
Chapter 104.2 - Secrets (3)
Chapter 104.2 - Secrets (3)
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Anyone would react the same way if they heard that they were close enough to be like sisters with someone they had never seen or heard of, only knowing their name.
However, her excitement didn't last long.
After all, there was no way she could meet her right away, even if she was curious. Instead, Laurea voiced a new question that came to mind.
"But speaking of which."
"......?"
"By mentioning a close warrior, do you mean there were others who weren't close to me?"
A sharp guess.
Ulan chuckled, "Exactly."
"Who is it, oh, by chance, Dilia?"
"It was me."
"......what?"
Was that an unexpected answer? Laurea looked dumbfounded for a moment.
After a while, she shook off her awkwardness and asked again, "You're saying I didn't get along with you?"
"Yes. You hated me, quite openly."
"Why?"
"Because I'm a barbarian."
Plain and simple.
But Laurea looked like she didn't understand. Frowning, she tilted her head with a puzzled look, "Hmm, that's odd. I mean, I don't like barbarians, of course, but hating someone for it seems a bit much..."
"For now, I suppose."
"Huh? Now?"
Her eyes widened a little.
As if she had guessed the hidden meaning behind Ulan's words.
"So, you mean, there's an event in the future that will make me hate barbarians?"
"Exactly."
In her past life, Laurea said.
Her mentor, who had taken care of her and raised her when she was young, was killed by barbarians.
But that wasn't the only reason.
There was also an incident where one of the saint candidates who would follow her died in an untimely attack by barbarians.
Of course, Ulan had nothing to do with those barbarians. At that time, Ulan was fighting against the monsters of the abyss.
However, Laurea joined Ulan not long after that incident. Perhaps that's why she couldn't control her emotions.
As he was recalling those past memories, Laurea suddenly snickered, "It's okay."
"Hmm?"
"This time will be different."
"What do you mean?"
"I've already met you like this, before the incident that made me hate barbarians." With a bright smile, Laurea smiled broadly, "In other words, even if that incident happens, I won't hate you. So you don't have to worry."
True, now that he thought about it.
He had met Laurea for the first time in his past life right after that incident happened.
This time, on the other hand, it was different.
She had met Ulan much earlier than she would have come to hate barbarians, and she would know that Ulan had nothing to do with those barbarians.
'Of course, this time.......’
He would have to prevent such an incident from happening in the first place. Ulan, his eyes glinting fiercely, nodded silently.
"Then that’s fortunate.”
"Yeah, it is.”
After exchanging smiles, they turned around.
With their mission concluded, they made their way out of the forest.
However, in the midst of it, Ulan suddenly spoke up, "Laurea."
"What now?"
"What are you going to tell Ian?"
Laurea was on close terms with Ian. So she would probably share the secrets Ulan had confessed today with him. Ulan had assumed so.
But the answer he got was unexpected.
“I’m not going to tell him.”
"What? Why not?”
"Did you forget what we promised earlier? We said we’d keep this story a secret between us,” Laurea's eyes narrowed. Whirling around, she stuck out a finger. Then, she poked Ulan in the chest, “This is your story.”
A connection that only Ulan knew about.
It was his own precious memory.
The last vestiges of pride forced her lips back to their neutral position. She murmured with her lips pursed, "What is it, really.”
He was younger than her.
Why did a seventeen-year-old boy look so mature?
As she entertained these thoughts,
"Huh?"
A sudden realization struck her.
Moments later, she narrowed her eyes.
"Wait a minute."
Ulan clearly said this.
He came from the future, about 30 years ahead. And he woke up about a year ago, in the summer of a year prior.
"That means......."
Now, after a year, Ulan's real age, adding twenty-nine years, was calculated in a blink..
"......forty-six."
Before reverting to the past, Ulan's real age.
It made sense why a seventeen-year-old barbarian appeared oddly sensible and mature.
Also, the reason for his intense gaze.
The feeling of security she felt, once again, struck her mind.
At that moment,
"Laurea?"
Ulan's voice echoed.
He must have been wondering why she wasn’t following him, even though they had walked quite a distance.
Laurea was startled.
‘What is this voice......’
It was different from what she had heard before.
A voice with a grave depth to it.
Perhaps it was because she had realized his real age; his eyes, as he looked at her, also seemed strangely profound.
"What are you doing there?"
"......?"
"Is something wrong?"
He asked her one question after another.
Laurea unconsciously clutched the hem of her skirt. For some reason, she felt as if soft feathers were tickling her heart.
‘What is this feeling?’
She was confused by this strange feeling.
Just then,
Ulan turned around; as if he was going to come towards her.
Laurea’s eyes widened in surprise and she cried out, “N-No, it’s okay! I’ll go over there!”
Hurrying towards him,
a while later, after rejoining Ulan,
Laurea walked with a slight distance between them, unlike before. As she got closer, her heart fluttered.
This was a completely unfamiliar feeling.
But it wasn’t a bad feeling.
That’s why a bright smile appeared on Laurea’s lips, “Hehehe.”
After a brief chuckle,
her neckline was tinted with a blush as they left the forest. Perhaps it was due to the slightly scorching sunlight, or for some other reason.
A while later,
they returned to where they had started from.
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