Chapter 303
Don't Concern Yourself With That Book
Chapter 303
Translator: yun
Auresia held out her dagger. She looked so calm that I almost believed that what she held in her hand was not a dagger but a flower.
âYouâre insane.â
Clatter. A vine that had appeared out of nowhere slapped the dagger out of Auresiaâs hand.
âIâm merely using unorthodox methods to teach you.â
Amor glared at Auresia. Before I realised it, the vines wrapped around my wrist causing my vision to flip as I fell back into his arms.
âThis involves only those belonging to the Temple of Death. The 4th Prince shouldnât be involving himself.â
Auresia narrowed her eyes before slightly raising her voice. I never remembered her speaking to me in that tone.
âShe wouldnât be able to feel any pain anyway.â
âWhat?â
Amor glanced at me as if asking if that was true. I grinned before tapping on his hand.
âItâs alright, Amor.â
Had I not mentioned this to him before? I must have missed the timing to do so.
âWhy wouldnât she mention how the Power of Death allows me to see the future too?â
But the class came first.
âSo what? Even I know I donât feel any pain. Are you saying I would be able to heal faster now too?â
âCorrect.â
No wonder the bruise I got from Derosâ grip on my neck had disappeared so quickly.
âI thought it had been because of Amorâs medicine but there seemed to be a reason behind it.â
I jumped out of Amorâs arms. I observed Auresia carefully before taking off my bracelet. A flash of light surrounded me before I grew into my awakened appearance. I stared back at her.
âAlright. What else can I do?â
Auresia did not reply. She just looked back at me in momentary surprise.
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âHuh?â
She quickly shook her head.
âNothing. You seem to have enough divinity.â
âBut I canât use it.â
âYour awakening was different from the average templarâs. So, wouldnât the way you use your divinity be different as well?â
Auresiaâs eyes, that were staring back at mine, were swirling with a glittering deep purple mist. She originally already had purple eyes but now they looked even deeper and more still than before.
âWhat can I do with my divinity? What should I do so that I can use it?â
âDivinity is energy. You can use it mentally or physically. What were you thinking of when you first awakened?â
â... I had been hoping for it desperately.â
The misfortune I received from the conflict between those who doused me into despairâdeeper than I could ever fathomâand the happiness I wished for myself and my loved ones.
âI see. Then you must be eager to use your divinity.â
Back when Soricks was teaching me, I hadnât understand half of what he was saying. Naturally, I wasnât able to do anything he taught me to.
âCould you try grabbing that notebook?â
But I had been successful only once. Back when I had desperately grabbed onto the diary and hoped.
âYou mean the diary?â
âYes. It might be easier for you to grasp while holding it. Right now, I mean.â
Even back then, the diary had always answered my most earnest wishes. It would glow when I desired for it most.
When I opened my eyes again, a faint purple energy circled around me. The energy had gathered into the shape of a butterfly. Before I knew it, dozens of purple butterflies were fluttering about me.
âButterflies are creatures with the ability to travel between this world and the other one. They act as the messengers of the God of Earth but thatâs not all.â
Just like Auresia said, small orbs of lights could be seen floating between the purple butterflies. They reminded me of the vivid gold light Castor used.
âBecause you have two powers, your powers manifest in two forms.â
She made me repeat simple movements including shaping and moving the butterflies.
âMoving the butterflies and those golden orbs at the same time is hard.â
âAmor?â
âDonât get hurt. Iâll be protecting you.â
He left a long kiss on my lips. When I opened my eyes, his eyes looked into mine for a long time.
âAre there any wounds on your body or scars that remain?â
I pondered for a moment.
âThe scars made by blades... have disappeared as time passed.â
Small wounds still remained faintly on my skin. I thought Amor would want to give me medicine if I told him about them.
âI had gotten bitten a long time ago by the watchdogs in the forbidden forest. But I had been treated by the clerics so there would only be small remnants of the wounds left.â
âIs that so?â
Amor replied with a grim look as if he remembered the day it happened.
âAnd you had come to treat me too, brother.â
That day, he had used one of the only two opportunities he had been granted in his life. I lovingly caressed his cheek.
âAnd?â
âIs there anything else to say? Uhm... I had been buried in the rubble of a collapsed building a while back and had received a wound on my back. But that had also been treated by clerics so I think there are some scars left.â
âIs that so?â
His fingers hovered above the back of the hand that was caressing his cheek.
âLet me take a look.â
â... What?â
âI was joking.â
When I replied in surprise, he looked down at me grumpily.
âYou have gotten hurt so often when I hadnât been looking. And... the fact that you had gotten hurt when you were with another man.â
HIs eyes were directed towards me.
âAre you getting jealous?â
âIâm cursing those who were so incompetent they couldnât manage to protect you.â
He said, as he turned his face away slightly.
âAnd I resent myself for being unable to do anything.â
His gaze lowered. I pushed his cheek to force him to look at me. He looked bewildered.
âWeâre together now.â
âThe 8th Queen... thought youâd be together with Dane Lowell.â
âYes. She did.â
âBut Iâm the one standing next to you. RoseÌ.â
I smiled.
âThatâs right.â
As if relieved, he then glanced at me meekly. He then rubbed his head into my shoulders. Like a cat that was trying to leave its scent on me.
âCome to think of it, Amorâs animal was a white foxâ
It looked as fluffy as an arctic fox.
âBut... I donât think you seem to like Auresia, brother.â
âI could tell immediately.â
âWhy?â
He showed harsh sensitivity and was temperamental to anyone but me. He had treated her the way he did to me when we first met. However, he seemed to think of Auresia differently.
âI wonder why?â
Come to think of it, he was acquainted with both the Duchess of Aventa, who was a close friend of Auresiaâs, and the Duchess of Soletdion, who had been the 2nd Princess. Of course, I wasnât certain if they really were on friendly terms.
âShe had been indifferent to you. It doesnât make sense that sheâs nice to you now.â
Amor spat out as he avoided my gaze.
âShe had abandoned you.â
As I sat there blaining, he continued.
âBut I need to look good in front of my mother-in-law.â