Reset Life – Chapter 116

Chapter 116: You Will Become That (2)

Thanks to the two people who shared the same experience, silence fell. The empathy that Summeor and I created is something others can never enter.

However, the only thing that bothers me is…… the fact that she knew someone with the name of Herduke would come here.

“I have a question. How did you know I would come? You seemed to pinpoint it accurately……”

“A little bit of trickery and thought. And there was also the ‘role’ given to me.”

“Role?”

“Yes. Something you don’t know. Hehehe……”

Summeor chuckled. Looking at the various tools spread out in front of her, I could roughly guess. A skilled fortune teller could tell fortunes close to prophecy.

“Kun, prepare to go to Mirgaram.”

“Mirgaram? Haker!”

“Speak in the common tongue so that the people here can understand.”

“Are you taking him?”

Kun, who spoke the common tongue flawlessly, suddenly pointed his finger at me. I don’t know where we’re going, but I know for sure that he doesn’t like me.

But why is he pointing at me all of a sudden?

No, more importantly, it’s not the time to go anywhere right now.

“Summeor, I don’t know where that place is, but I came here with a purpose.”

“Ah, yes. Just by looking at the ominous shadow cast over the child next to you, I can tell. You need the Shadow Stone, right?”

“Summeor, what is the Shadow Stone?”

“She’s talking about the Ker’eortak.”

“Ker’eortak! How dare you!”

Pak!

Kun suddenly lost his temper and tried to draw the curved sword he was wearing on his waist, but it was in vain. This was because Levidian drew her sword like a flash of light and held it to his neck. As expected of Levidian.

“Ugh……!”

“If you don’t put it back right now, I’ll teach you how to breathe through your neck. You understand this much, right?”

I think I’m definitely blinded by love. Even Levidian’s appearance like this looks beautiful to me.

Kun had a humiliated expression. He must have pride in being the best warrior here, and it must be frustrating to be suppressed by a foreign woman.

Summeor said with a smile.

“Stop it, Kun. That child is too much for you to handle. There will be no one outside who can defeat her with a sword.”

“You’re called Summeor, right? If you know everything, wouldn’t it be better to teach your subordinates manners towards guests first?”

“You! Foreigner……!”

“Shut up. The moment you drew your sword at him, you became my enemy.”

Kun rolled his eyes at me, and I turned my head away, pretending not to notice. Ah, my face is burning.

“Oh, it’s hot. Hot. Very hot.”

“Shut up, Lucy.”

I responded indifferently to Lucy’s natural reaction. Tsk. Let’s stop Levidian first.

“Levidian, please be patient. And don’t bully the weak.”

“Yes, it’s not very fun anyway.”

At the motion of her readily putting away her sword, Kun’s expression became even more humiliated.

I said to Summeor.

“Please forgive my rudeness. I don’t quite understand what the Shadow Stone means here. But as you have seen, Summeor-nim, we need it.”

“Hehehe, you’re bold. Of course, you didn’t come here to just receive it for free, did you?”

“I will pay the price if you ask for it.”

“Good attitude. My condition is to go to Mirgaram, which I mentioned a little while ago. And there, white child, I feel a bright energy from you. The one far away must have descended upon you.”

Summeor said, looking at Namia. She nodded and answered quietly.

“I am a humble servant who follows the will of Lynin.”

“Hehehe. It’s a blessing. While you’re here, why don’t you share the grace of that being with these people living in hiding? The outside of the forest must be in chaos, but the situation inside isn’t that good either.”

“Rescuing those in need from darkness is the mission given by the God of Light. I will not refuse.”

Namia readily nodded at the request to help the injured. Summeor smiled with satisfaction.

“Thank you. And there, cheerful child. You are the child who builds order in chaos.”

“Don’t you know just by looking? No, are there no mages here? Anyway, what do you want me to do?”

“We also have children who want to walk the same path as you. But the forest only teaches them how to survive, not what they want. Can you show them the light?”

“Well, it’s fine if they’re not my disciples. It’s not difficult, and it seems like it would be fun.”

It seems that people have already realized that this request is the condition for the exchange of the Gray Stone. Lucy shrugged and accepted it lightly.

I felt my heart swell. I’m so grateful that they followed me this far for my work……!

“Hehe. You have good friends.”

“They are the greatest treasure I have gained.”

“I’m sure they are. Hmm. And there, big and small children. I have a separate request for you too. It’s not difficult, so will you listen?”

“Of course.”

“Yes, Summeor-nim.”

Al and Joey also readily agreed. Perhaps those two will be tasked with fighting or using their strength?

I smiled faintly. Levidian also couldn’t raise her head as if she was grateful to everyone.

However, Kun grumbled to Summeor with an uncomfortable expression.

“Summeor-nim, why are you entrusting the affairs of the clan to a foreigner with the same eye color? And to give the Ker’eortak for such a trivial matter, there will be strong opposition.”

“Hehehe. There are no coincidences in this world, Kun.”

“I will follow your words, Summeor-nim, but Kun is not at ease. Those with the same eye color are not qualified to handle such important matters.”

Kun blatantly ignored us.

It’s not that I can’t understand his aversion to foreigners, but I can’t help but feel annoyed. Also, I don’t like how they divide people based on physical characteristics, which seems to be a characteristic of this place.

Summeor-nim. You said there are no coincidences in the world, right? Then, the fact that I have odd eyes is not a coincidence but an inevitability.

I closed my right eye and pressed it slightly, muttering.

“My eye is truly revealed.”

“Risel……?”

I gently smiled away Levidian’s puzzled look and called out to Kun.

“Hey, Kun.”

“What, foreign……!”

“You won’t say I’m not qualified, will you?”

It seems like a little more light is entering my right eye. It feels a bit awkward since it’s changed to a lighter color.

Anyway, I smiled at Kun, who was astonished, looking at him with my original eyes.

Kun stared at me with black and green eyes filled with disbelief.

“Ho, ho, how……!”

“I hid it beforehand because it was a bit uncomfortable in the outside world. If these odd eyes are so highly valued here, I have no choice but to reveal them.”

Kun stammered and couldn’t speak. I put on a confident expression, but then I felt a strange feeling. He seemed to be surprised not just by the fact that I have odd eyes, but by something else.

Kun said in disbelief.

“Hajifsia……!”

“Kun, treat the other children except for these two!”

“Ah…… Yes, Summeor-nim.”

Kun hurriedly bowed his head and spoke to Louis, Al, Namia, and Joey in a much more polite manner than before.

“This way, please. I will guide you.”

“Ah, yes. Risel, I’ll go first.”

“Okay. Rest well.”

Kun took the people with him, unable to hide his haste. Summeor stared at me with a hardened expression until everyone left.

Uh, did I do something wrong?

As Joey’s large footsteps faded away, Summeor reached out and pulled a water pipe that would likely be used in the south. The leader of the Guard muttered a few words, lit the tobacco lump on top of the pipe, and inhaled the smoke.

“Hoo, Mas Kesala Mar Dim Tu’era……”

Words that sounded like complaints and sweet smoke spread throughout the room.

Just then, the sun seemed to have finished its journey for the day, and the sky changed into black clothes. Summeor muttered a few more words, and suddenly lights came on here and there.

She’s a shaman with considerable skill. She uses shamanism very naturally.

But why does the atmosphere seem a bit heavy because of me?

“Um…… Did I do something wrong?”

“What I said a little while ago was a complaint, ‘Is his carelessness hereditary……’ He’s the spitting image of his mother when it comes to impulsively causing trouble.”

“What did you just say?”

Wait. Did I hear wrong? Hereditary? Mother?

Summeor scolded me with a stern expression.

“You should know, shouldn’t you? You’re old enough to know where you were born, right?”

“Risel, what are you talking about?”

Levidian looked back and forth between me and Summeor with a puzzled expression. I wanted to explain my birth to her, but it wasn’t the right time.

Could it be, my biological mother……?

“Do you know her name?”

Summeor frowned and then said the name.

“Amane Mistro, she would have used that name outside.”

「Your mother was a woman named Amane Mistro. My wife never gave birth to you.」

「Wh, what do you mean! You’re saying I’m not my mother’s child!」

「Seeing as you still haven’t figured it out, you really were a fool.」

Unpleasant memories resurfaced. There was my father, speaking to me with a cold face, and my brother, sarcastically criticizing me.

I see. There was a reason why my birth was shrouded in mystery.

“My biological mother was a person from this place.”

“She was a wicked daughter who went outside recklessly and came back pregnant. Looking at you, you’re just like her. Is it because of blood that you act carelessly?”

“Daughter?”

“Did your brain suddenly stop working? I’m your grandmother.”

Summeor exhaled cigarette smoke as if sighing.

I was bewildered, not knowing what to do.

No, how on earth am I supposed to accept this situation?

The person in front of me right now is my grandmother?

One of the people who experienced the Reset?

“W, wait…… Let me think for a moment.”

“Go ahead. Hmm.”

“Risel, your biological mother and grandmother? How on earth did this……”

“Just a moment, Levidian. I need to calm down first.”

I stopped Levidian and took repeated deep breaths.

My father met my biological mother when he was inspecting his territory. Naturally, my father’s territory was Orknesia. Orknesia is right next to the Gray Forest. And the Guard lives in the Gray Forest.

Ah, right. There’s enough possibility. Since we’ve come this far, going outside from here shouldn’t be a big problem, right?

Above all, Summeor clearly pointed out my mother’s name, which only three people in the world know…… Wait, Summeor-nim is a fortune teller, isn’t she?

“Are you perhaps deceiving me?”

“What would I gain by deceiving you? And those eyes. You wouldn’t have known until now, but the phenomenon called odd eyes in the outside world originally only appeared among our bloodline. Occasionally, the seeds sown by those who went outside and didn’t return spread.”

Ah, right. Beyond the Empire, Azot, the Ruery Three Kingdoms, and the Penkeal Republic, odd eyes are almost non-existent. If you go to the southern part of the continent, there’s no such bloodline with odd eyes at all.

The central-northern part of the continent, close to the Gray Forest…… Only there are odd eyes found.

But how should I accept the fact that Summeor-nim is my grandmother?

No, more importantly, there’s another important question that has arisen.

“But…… Why did you tell me that?”

Summeor-nim shouted as if exasperated.

“You foolishly showed those blue eyes of yours to Kun! Without even knowing what it means!”

It seems like she’s fiercely criticizing my ignorance, but as the old saying goes, ignorance is not a sin.

“I did that because I didn’t know!”

“So you’re saying you did well!”

“I didn’t do well, but I didn’t do badly either!”

Ah, right. Let’s put aside the issue of my birth for now.

Thinking that it’s a problem I’ll have to face someday, I’m prepared to not be surprised even if a complete stranger suddenly appears and claims to be my uncle or aunt.

The fact that I’m not my mother’s son was already a shock to me. So I thought I could calmly accept wherever my biological mother was and whatever she was doing.

Look at me now. I’m surprised, but instead of being shocked, I’m bewildered, right?

But right now, I’m suffering more because of my eyes than my birth.

This is unfair. I’m not guilty.

“I’m asking because I don’t know. Please explain.”

“Th, this……! Oh my, damn it! She gave birth to a masterpiece of a child.”

“One-fourth of my blood is yours, Grandmother.”

“Shut up! You only talk about blood ties when it’s convenient for you!”

Summeor-nim smoked her cigarette with a troubled expression. She’s completely different from when I first saw her.

Come to think of it, she’s not that different from me.

“Hoo, I wanted to talk more seriously, but what kind of foolish act is this……”

“Bloodlines are scary.”

“You’re one to talk!”

I naturally smiled at the sight of Summeor-nim, my grandmother, yelling. Is this what they mean when they say blood is thicker than water? I feel very comfortable.

However, Levidian had a rather uncomfortable expression.

“Um, if I understand correctly, Summeor-nim is Risel’s grandmother. Then the current wife of the Duke of Orknesia is…… not Risel’s biological mother.”

“The background is complicated, but anyway, you’re right. Oh, this is ridiculous.”

“That’s my line.”

“So that’s why you two are alike.”

Summeor-nim snorted, and I laughed quietly.

This is the moment when it’s proven that bloodlines can instantly break a serious atmosphere. I’m not happy about it.

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