Chapter 122

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

“Nooooooooo!!!”

“…Ah! Rachel!”

Even as I panicked and screamed from the terror of having my body cut open with a knife, Yuki held firmly onto me.

What?

“…Yuki-sama? Wait… Where’s His Highness Naaotto?”

Why is Yuki here?

I thought I had used transportation magic on Yuki to transport her to her house, so why is she here? On top of that, I thought I was stabbed in the heart by His Highness Naaotto, so how was I alive? Could this be because of Yuki’s healing magic?

“…What happened?” Yuki asked,  “Rachel? Did Lyra return her original body?”

“Her original… body?” I asked.

“Look at a mirror, please.”

I didn’t really understand what Yuki was talking about, but I did what I was told and took the hand mirror Yuki took out and offered me. Then, I peered into the mirror.

Looking back at me was my own face that I hadn’t seen in days. Yes, this was my face, not Lyra’s… Rachel’s face. What could this mean? Up until a moment ago, I had been inside Lyra’s body.

“…Ah!! Lyra!! Where’s Lyra!?” I asked.

“She’s not here. You just suddenly gained consciousness here as Rachel. What on earth happened?”

The knife’s stab wound had reached my heart. The massive amount of blood had stained everything in my field of view. Most likely, even if Lyra was still alive, she wouldn’t be able to move on her own. In that state, it was doubtful that she could use her transportation magic. We had to transport back to Lyra immediately, and treat her wounds!! As this thought ran through my mind, I tried to transport but found that I couldn’t.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

“… I can’t transport. Is it because I’m not in Lyra’s body?… We need to hurry back. Lyra’s going to die…”

“What happened?! Rachel!”

I was falling apart from all of this turmoil when Yuki gripped my shoulder hard. I sluggishly turned my eyes in a daze to look up at Yuki. Her eyes were welling up with tears.

“… I was stabbed. By His Highness Naaotto. He figured it all out. That Lyra was an assassin he had hired. And that she was a traitor…”

“Wha-!?”

I should have never even gone to the Kingdom of Yakkumoon, I thought. Then, maybe Lyra’s life wouldn’t have been thrown to the wind. I should have gone back to my own body before taking any action. They say there’s no use crying over spilled milk, but this was something truly unforgivable I had done to Lyra.

“I need to get back to Lyra… I need to heal her wounds…” I said

“Rachel, calm down. How would we even get to Lyra? You can’t use transportation magic unless you’re in Lyra’s body, remember? Walking would take days.”

As I listened to Yuki’s steady voice, my feelings of panic gradually calmed down. But still, we had to act quickly, as Lyra’s life was on the line. “Makoto-sama… I wonder if we can ask Makoto-sama for help. I want him to lend us Kuro and Shiro,” I said.

“I know. That would be our best option. But, I don’t know if Makoto would take you there, Rachel. What’s more, a bothersome lecture about acting on our own is sure to be waiting for us.”

“I don’t care that we’d be lectured. Saving Lyra is more important…”

If we could borrow Kuro and Shiro’s abilities, we could transport to where Lyra was. If we could transport to Lyra, we could use healing magic on her. Only, His Highness Naaotto’s knife, without a doubt, had stabbed through Lyra’s heart. It was possible that she was beyond saving. If we don’t do anything, though, Lyra would, without a doubt, not survive. It was a serious, possibly fatal wound.

I’ll contact Makoto at once. Please wait just a moment.”

Occasionally, I could hear Yuki’s tense voice. I watched Yuki’s face and felt like praying. I was still bothered by His Highness Naaotto’s last words to me before I left Lyra’s body, but there was no time to think about it with Lyra’s life in the balance.

I shut my eyes tightly and reached out to Lyra with my thoughts. There was no response, though. Makoto says he’ll come and help!” Apparently, Yuki and Makoto had finished communicating. Yuki let me know with an anxious expression that Makoto would come and help. Thank god. Now, we had a chance at saving Lyra.

As I put my hand to my chest with a sense of relief, Makoto appeared right in front of us.

“…I heard that Lyra’s injured. What’s more, she’s with the enemy, His Highness Naaotto…” he said.

The Makoto that appeared before us wasn’t his usual cheerful self. He was surrounded by an air of sharp tension.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]