The Return of Lilietta - Chapter 12

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Chapter 12

‘A magic circle…?’

It was a magic circle that appeared in response to Od. As soon as Rita saw it, her complexion changed.

‘This is in our world’s format.’

She had looked around Birch Tree Castle and seen various magic circles installed throughout the castle.

There were various types – some for convenience of living, others to prevent intrusion – but by her standards, having learned quite a bit of magic for a magic gunner thanks to her friend, they were all unfamiliar.

Because they completely lacked the mana contamination prevention elements that were essential to all magic circles she knew.

‘This world has no magical beasts, so they probably use magic without considering mana contamination. But this magic circle…’

Elements for preventing mana contamination existed. Even in a very familiar form.

‘Moreover, I can understand its purpose and operating method.’

This was a magic circle for preserving something living for a long period.

Although there were additional functions attached that were hard for her to discern, the fundamental structure was designed to put living beings placed inside the magic circle into a suspended state to keep them alive for a long time.

In her world, it was mainly used to put people who couldn’t be treated immediately to sleep until they could be healed.

Or when a body without a soul needed to be kept alive for some reason.

‘Could it be.’

Rita reached toward the magic circle with an eerie feeling.

She channeled Od into what appeared to be a circular security device. It looked like it required a password made of patterns, but it opened as soon as she put Od into it.

‘This… the lock was already released.’

The magic circle emitted light and split apart. From the gap in the opened space, what had been stored inside popped out.

A coffin large enough for one person to lie in.

It had something like sealing magic circles attached, but the lid was slightly open as if it had been broken long ago. Rita reached through the water and opened it completely.

The inside of the coffin was completely empty.

As if the person who had been inside had already escaped, nothing was contained within.

Instead, what existed was an incredibly complex magic circle carved to fill the interior.

Rita stared blankly at the empty coffin, then examined the disgustingly densely packed magic circle.

‘I can’t tell what this is. I can tell it’s in our world’s format, but…’

Oli would have figured it out immediately. With regretful feelings, the moment she traced the uneven magic circle.

‘…!’

Her heart pounded with a thump. Her whole body, her unconscious, the depths of her soul cried out desperately.

This is it.

It’s in here.

Everything that was stolen from me is all here.

Take it back. Reclaim it. ‘Me’.

Break it and take it out!

Rita moved instinctively.

Like a thirsty person feeling water touch their lips and gulping it down desperately. Like a sprout bursting through covering soil toward sunlight.

Od gathered at her fingertips. She processed the Od. A golden bullet was created. She gripped it in her hand.

A golden rail formed along her index finger like a gun barrel. She flicked the magic bullet in her grip with her thumb tip into the barrel.

She aimed the loaded magic bullet at the center of the magic circle. Her index finger dyed golden targeted the magic circle covering the coffin. Looking through narrowed eyes, she fired.

The water surged. Waves pushed away leaving a meteor-like trajectory. And it pierced through.

Golden light exploded. The coffin burst apart. The magic circle carved on the coffin shattered to pieces. The glowing magic circle that had been storing the coffin also broke.

Bang!

A water column shot up with a thunderous roar. Light split the lake and soared up. It brightly illuminated the night sky. The calm surface swirled and exploded.

Countless fish were swept up and floated in the air before splashing back down. The water column that had shot up also became countless droplets and poured down like rain.

“Lili!”

The Countess screamed at the spectacular scene and pounded on the earthen wall. Suddenly it collapsed like a sandcastle. She crawled over the pile of fallen dirt and ran frantically.

“Lili! Lili!”

The fact that she had nearly drowned just moments ago didn’t remain in her mind. Only worry for her daughter who had appeared and disappeared before her eyes. She ran into the lake.

Just as she was about to dive deeper from the waist-deep water, a blonde woman surged up from the rippling surface like a mermaid.

Standing up while sweeping back her wet, clinging hair, she blinked her water-droplet-beaded eyelashes with a dazed expression.

The Countess, Rosetta del Nisa Raskail, reached out her arms toward her and shouted.

“Lillieta!”

Lillieta looked at her. Her pale, rigid face suddenly crumbled. The water droplets on her eyelashes stretched. Blinking as if she couldn’t believe it, she spoke in a voice that seemed ready to break.

“…Mother.”

Rosetta pulled her into a tight embrace. She could feel throughout her body the trembling frame and wildly beating heart.

At the same time, Lillieta realized that she had been longing for this embrace for a very long time. She had been longing for it while forgetting even the fact that she missed it.

She had been Lillieta before she was Rita.

The things she had lost came vividly alive in her mind. They rose chaotically in her thoughts.

Memories of laughter, memories of tears, memories of fights, memories of forgiveness, memories of anger, memories of joy, memories accumulated in increasingly deep colors as she was born and grew, those precious days.

And even the fear of that night when all of this was stolen from her and she was trapped in a coffin and sank beneath the cold water.

She had been scared.

She had been in pain.

She had missed them.

I had a family too. I had a mother too.

Forgetting that, and so, having even longing stolen from me until now…

Rita embraced Rosetta in return and burst into tears without realizing it. She contorted her entire face like a young child and poured out tears.

“Mother…”

That was all she could say. Overwhelmed by tears, no other words would come.

“Mother, Mo, Mother, I…”

Even so, Rosetta nodded as if she understood everything.

“Yes, that’s right, that’s right. I know.”

She stroked her daughter’s cheek and whispered through tears.

“Mother missed you too.”

Really, so very much.

Lillieta sobbed and clung to her. Rosetta also held her tight.

People alarmed by the thunderous sound and soaring pillar of light were rushing from the manor. The mother and daughter didn’t separate until they arrived.

Lillieta had finally returned home.

After 10 years in this world’s time, 12 years in her time.

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