Let’s Make Saving a Habit - Chapter 111
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Chapter 111
Ever since I realized Elysion was about to confess to me.
I have no idea what state of mind I was dancing in.
My entire focus was concentrated solely on Elysion.
As the song came to an end, he asked me carefully.
“Would you like to dance another song? Or should we take a break?”
“Let’s go get some fresh air.”
The answer was already decided.
We walked toward the empty Terrace, holding hands tenderly.
Thump, thump, thump.
My heart began to race faster as I realized that moment was finally approaching.
Stepping onto the Terrace, the cool night air brushed against my skin.
Because it had rained yesterday, the faint scent of wet earth touched the tip of my nose.
In the clear night sky, the moon and stars shone brightly, and the distant sound of insects chirping reached my ears.
It was a perfect night for a confession.
Once I drew the curtains so that people outside couldn’t see us, it became a space entirely for the two of us.
Elysion turned to face me, and a smile played at the corners of his lips.
“Now I can finally take a breath, right?”
His lustrous silver hair reflected the moonlight, shimmering softly.
Even though I was looking at him in a dark place, I couldn’t understand why he seemed to shine even brighter.
“You look especially beautiful today, Tania.”
“Great minds think alike. I was just thinking your appearance is radiant today too.”
“Really? Then all my effort was worth it.”
He awkwardly ran his hand through his hair.
Normally, I would have laughed it off with a composed expression.
Then silence fell, and an awkward atmosphere flowed between us.
It was Elysion who spoke first.
“Happy birthday. You’ve come of age today.”
“Yes. Now we’re both adults.”
As I replied meaningfully, his eyes lowered slightly.
In truth, I had known all along that Elysion liked me, yet I felt anxious.
Unlike me, he had come of age three years earlier and was at a proper marriageable age.
It was obvious how many proposals must have come his way.
Even if I were a man, I would be more drawn to an adult woman than to a girl who still hadn’t shed her childish appearance.
Elysion tidied my hair that had been tousled by the breeze and opened his mouth.
“Tania, do you remember the gift I gave you on your eighth birthday?”
“Oh, it was so long ago that I don’t remember well…”
“Think carefully. It was the day you had your first birthday.”
Ah, now I remember.
It was also late in the evening, just like now.
Before my birthday passed, he came through the window as if in a hurry to find me.
And he said he was giving himself as a gift.
I remember thinking the young Elysion, speaking with ribbons wrapped around him, was quite adorable.
Recalling that moment, my lips naturally curved upward.
“I remember.”
“You might have thought what I gave you then was a joke, but I was sincere.”
Elysion emanated an odd atmosphere, as if he were about to pour out a confession at any moment.
Is this the moment?
[Overlaying the current point onto Point 1.]
“I love you, Tania. I’ve liked you for a long time.”
The moment I heard his confession spill from his lips, an indescribable, deep surge of joy enveloped my entire body.
“Ah, I’m finally getting a confession…!”
I love you.
How many years did it take to hear those words?
Trembling with excitement, I immediately loaded the saved point to hear Elysion’s confession again.
[Loading Point 1.]
A brief silence followed due to the gap in time I had rewound.
But soon his confession continued once more.
“I love you, Tania. I’ve liked you for a long time.”
His sweet voice wrapped around my eardrums. It was a voice so delightfully honeyed it gave me chills.
With that face, with that voice confessing to me—could there be anyone in the world who could refuse?
How could it feel this good even hearing the same thing twice?
“I can’t help it. I want to hear it again.”
[Loading Point 1.]
[Loading Point 1….]
[Loading Point 1….]
….
How many times had I replayed his confession?
It was around the moment I began to imagine Elysion’s face growing increasingly flushed.
While I was frantically savoring the words “I love you” as if I harbored some deep resentment against them.
Elysion opened his lips with difficulty, his face flushed so deeply it seemed ready to burst.
“Tania, if you want, I can say it again as many times as you like, but could you give me an answer to my confession first?”
“What…?”
My mind went blank for a moment.
Surely the words “I love you, Tania. I’ve liked you for a long time” should have come out.
How could the words “if you want, I can say it again as many times as you like” possibly come out instead?
Could it be, could it be….
Does he remember all the times I’ve rewound?
Elysion opened his mouth carefully, as if reading my thoughts. His face remained deeply flushed.
“Actually, I was planning to explain slowly once you accepted my confession. But the time loops just kept going with no end in sight….”
“So what you’re saying is….”
“Tania, I possess an ability that nullifies other abilities. Thanks to it, I remember everything from twelve years ago when we were already adults.”
He was saying that he had known all along about my endless loop of confessions and had deliberately played along with me.
This couldn’t be happening….
The world I had believed in was crumbling beneath my feet.
Memories I thought were mine alone—they had been shared with someone all this time.
In an instant, every action I’d taken before him from past to present flashed through my mind like a lantern show.
How I’d muttered that he was handsome whenever I saw his face.
How I’d sought him out at future timepoints whenever I missed him, engaging in physical affection and tormenting myself with longing.
Most critically, how I’d rewound twelve entire years on a whim.
All of it done under the assumption that he would never remember.
Shame flooded my face with heat. I wanted to disappear into a mouse hole.
I tried to shift timepoints out of habit, but unfortunately timepoint 2 was also saved before the banquet began.
Just as I was about to flee to timepoint 3 in desperation.
Elysion seized my wrist.
“Running to a future timepoint won’t help. I already know you’re at home.”
“Insane.”
The situation was hopeless.
If he knew my location, he could teleport to me whenever he wished.
But I absolutely refused to return to the horrific timepoint 4 where I had been an abandoned child.
In the end, I chose to flee this place without using my ability.
I twisted my wrist free from his grip and bolted from the Terrace.
I knew that if Elysion wanted to catch me, he could do so effortlessly, but it was the best option available to me now.
I simply couldn’t imagine having a rational conversation with Elysion in my current state.
Fortunately, Elysion did not chase after me as I fled.
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After I slipped away from the banquet where I had been the center of attention.
Mother and Father came to ask what had happened to me, but I awkwardly smiled and made excuses about being tired and leaving early.
I sent everyone away and lay in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling as I pieced together my memories.
“So Elysion remembered everything all along…?”
Only then did Elysion’s frequently peculiar behavior begin to make sense.
How unnaturally mature he had been for someone merely ten years old.
Not only had he treated me with familiarity despite meeting me for the first time, but he had even yielded his position as an adopted member of Duke Papiope’s Household to me.
After I told the future Elysion my birthday and fled, the young Elysion had found me almost immediately.
Every time I lied about having foresight, he had chuckled softly.
Everything fit together like puzzle pieces.
“Then he must also remember how I admired his face when we first met…?”
Nooooo!!!
I began kicking the blanket covering me frantically.
“This is terrible. Dating and all that aside, how am I supposed to face Elysion now?”
Shifting my perspective wouldn’t solve this—it only made things more maddening.
That was when it happened.
A strange clattering sound came from the direction of the window.
Elysion?
It seemed he had come to find me after all. I hesitated—should I open it or not?
Crash—
At the sound of shattering glass, I instinctively closed my eyes.
In that moment.
Thud.
A searing pain seized my heart, stealing my breath.
I felt something pierce through my skin and sink deep inside with crystalline clarity.
What?
When I opened my eyes, figures with their faces concealed by black masks surrounded me.
Warm blood spilled between my fingers in a torrent.
Before I could even comprehend what was happening.
The excruciating pain vanished, replaced by a strange sensation as my vision faded to black.
I knew exactly what this meant.
Death.
A sensation now foreign to me, addicted as I had become to happiness and peace.
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