Immortals From My Past Life Are Still Obsessed With the Reincarnated Me

4 – Dane (4)

It wasn’t a special day.

It was a sunny afternoon as usual, I was watching Elfin’s training and Liwin was playing with Justina.

Justina had an uncharacteristic dragonlike side for children, so when I was busy, she would take care of Leewin and Elfin.

‘I feel like an older sister rather than the same child.’

Thanks to her, I was able to go hunting by myself without worrying about her ― I often accompanied Elfin ― and sometimes I was able to prepare for an assassination.

Somehow these days, I feel that my will to assassinate is gradually waning, but I still haven’t forgotten my original purpose.

After completing training with Elfin, I went to my warehouse and inspected weapons and poisons again before I returned home.

“Welcome, Dane.”

“What’s wrong with your expression?”

Assassin is a profession that has no choice but to be quick-witted.

This is because, by any chance, if the atmosphere at the scene is wrong, you have to choose between two options: hurry up or run away.

If the judgment is delayed even a little and the golden time passes, the life of an assassin becomes less important than that of a fruit fly in summer.

It was a story that reading emotions or grasping the atmosphere with delicate facial expressions is nothing.

“What is it?”

As soon as I saw Justina’s stiff face, I knew something was wrong.

Justina’s outings in the human world were nothing more or less than play, to the extent that she herself called it ‘play’.

If it was an incident that made Justina look serious, it was clear that at least it would not be an ordinary case. You may have a serious problem.

Perhaps, a problem so big that it cannot be compared to the rise and fall of a kingdom or the assassination of a king.

“For now, follow her original daughter. It doesn’t seem appropriate to talk about it here.”

However, Liwin, who was still smiling brightly, and Elfin, who had just returned from training and complained about how hard it was, had to leave the seat for a while.

“This should be enough.”

After stepping outside her house, Justina casually waved her finger.

Then the surrounding sounds disappeared like a lie.

In the early evening, the chirping of insects, the chirping of birds, the sound of the wind rustling the grass in the field, and the rustling of the leaves.

It was as if I had entered a different world that was temporarily cut off from this world.

“The soundproof barrier was set. If this is the case, it would be okay if Leewin or Elfin came to eavesdrop.”

“What is it?”

“…… Liwin, because.”

“What?”

At Justina’s words, I tilted my head.

Because of Liwin, what did Liwin do?

The Li Yun I’ve seen so far is just a mixed-race child who has a rough family life, but she laughs well and is good with people.

Even if it was a problem that Liwin could cause, she didn’t think it was that big, so when she heard Justina say it was because of Liwin, she rather put her mind at ease.

“Why did the two of you break a plate while playing? It’s okay, you can buy a new one like that…….”

“No, it’s not like that. Dane, you…… Do you know anything about magic?”

“…… Magic?”

It was an unexpected question, but I thought about it.

It certainly wasn’t a life deeply connected to magic.

I had never learned magic in my life, and I wasn’t particularly talented at magic.

As an assassin, I picked up a lot from here and there, so I knew a lot about wizards and magic, but that’s about it.

“I don’t have any specialized knowledge.”

“I see. Then you don’t even know the value of time magic.”

“What? No no. You know that That’s common sense.”

“You just said you didn’t know?! Anyway, humans…….”

I shook my head.

“Time magic, so to speak, is not something you know with professional knowledge about magic. Rather, this would be closer to historical knowledge.”

“History knowledge?”

“That’s it. The stories of the time wizards who existed in the past remain in history like some kind of ghost story and are handed down. I have learned that too.”

“Hmm, I see. Then you can understand the explanation of her original daughter.”

I quietly frowned.

At this point, I couldn’t even guess what Justina was calling me to say.

No matter how unpredictable the opponent was, no matter how unpredictable it was, even if it was a dragon, it was difficult for me to have unpredictable situations happen one after another.

“Listen carefully, Dane. Lee Win has what it takes to be a time wizard.”

“…… ?”

Somehow it seemed different from Justina’s expectations, but my reaction was quite lukewarm.

First of all, I didn’t know how to interpret the fact that Li Yun had talent in the field of time magic.

Ordinary wizards are professionals, and many of them sit in high positions, so should I say it’s a good thing?

But then, why does Justina look so serious right now?

“Haa, she has a face that doesn’t understand the seriousness of it. Try talking about it. What kind of people were the time wizards in the history you know?”

“All I’ve read are stories of time mages who went to war.”

In essence, time magic is an extremely rare magic.

So little is left of history, but some of the miracles the Time Wizards performed in the war did.

“A war breaks out and time passes, but for some reason the army on the side of the Time Wizard is fine. The other side is increasingly impoverished and visibly thinner.”

“Hmm.”

“If we move closer to the ghost story… There are stories of soldiers on the other side who have already been killed once brought back to life.”

“It must not have been necromancy.”

“I guess so. Even a person without one eye wouldn’t confuse undead with humans.”

“It is as you say, Dane.”

Justina sighed heavily, resting her immaculate forehead on her face.

“The magic of time destroys the world by breaking causality and distorting the natural law. The target includes a dragon like the original woman, so it is unavoidable. A person with this kind of talent is at a level where only one person can be born in a thousand years.”

“Is that Lee Win? Does that make sense?”

“That’s exactly what the original girl wants to say. How the hell can all three of them come together…….”

“One dragon, one cursed elf, one time mage.”

It was an absurd story, excluding the fact that the human being who takes on the role of a guardian raising those children is an assassin who is waiting for the day he will win the king’s favor, and that the cursed elf is actually a genius who would not have been strange to be a hero against the demon king in the past.

“So what are you going to do?”

“What?”

“If time magic is that dangerous, then I wouldn’t have to do anything. Let’s think about what to do.”

These are the children who happened to be in charge.

However, living together, at some point I felt a sense of responsibility for these children.

I reassured myself that this was all about preparing for the assassination more solidly as I delayed and postponed the schedule from the planned day, but in reality, I know that I just wanted to live a little longer.

At least with Liwin, Elfin, and Justina.

“I have to protect Liwin.”

At this point, the circumstances of the resistance army or the request of the old man were no longer in my head.

I was just trying to devise a way to protect the child named Lee Win from dangerous abilities and from her world.

“…… Whoops, yes.”

And Justina fully agreed with my intentions.

“Young wizards often cast spells unconsciously. While playing together a little while ago, Liwin happened to know about it through magic. So let her teach her how to control this magic.”

“Can I trust you?”

“Whoa, what do you think of Justina? Every dragon, from birth, stands atop the heads of those you humans call archmages. That level of magic education is a piece of cake.”

“You are a great magic teacher. Then what about me? What can I do?”

Justina opened her mouth as she pondered.

“You… Why don’t you teach Liwin the common sense of humans?”

“Common sense?”

“Yes, Li Yun is still a child. Besides, she couldn’t grow up for a long time even with her parents’ hands, so she wandered here and there, wasn’t it?”

“I don’t think so. Although she admired that she had grown up well… It’s dangerous if something goes wrong, so I’ll have to take care of it in advance.”

“It is literally a matter of time before a catastrophe occurs if the time wizard is distorted to the wrong side. Dane, you know that too.”

“…… Okay.”

This is also an old story that is now only left in history, but rumors used to circulate that the demon king a thousand years ago was also a time wizard.

Of course, this is an unfounded story. It’s not just time magic, it seems like they dealt with all types of magic.

There were hardly any records of that time left, so no one knew about it among humans, but now, listening to Justina, the Balaur, I was able to notice it.

“Justina… You have lived for over a thousand years.”

“What? Oh no! Not over a thousand years old!”

“Then how do you know the story of the demon king? A person from a thousand years ago.”

“I heard it from my mother! She’s not that old! Does it make sense that she never played a single game until she was a thousand years old?!”

“Hmm, dragon common sense, I don’t know.”

Only then did the atmosphere lighten up a bit.

Justina seemed to be very worried about Liwin in many ways, but I wasn’t as concerned as she was.

If she was Justina, she would be able to teach Liwin how to be a good wizard, and she and Elfin would have a positive influence on Liwin as well.

‘Because above all else, Liwin is Liwin.’

I never thought that Li Yun would be crooked.

It is said that children change a lot as they become adults, but the appearance of Liwin I have seen so far is an angel himself.

He was such an innocent and kind child that it was hard to believe that he had half of the fearsome demon blood mixed in.

Since he is a good-natured child, he surely believed that he could contribute to good things with time magic.

‘It’s probably my role to teach him the mindset to be able to do that.’

***

Me and Justina came out of the soundproof barrier and made up our minds to go back home.

“What about Elfin?”

“I left my knife and ran back to the training ground.”

“Aha, then I’ll be right back.”

Of the three children, Liwin is the only one who uses honorific words for me.

I sat down in front of her.

Li Yun held a withered flower in her hand, and from the look in Justina’s eyes, she knew it was time to speak.

“Liwin, I have something to tell you.”

“…… ?”

Liwin stared at me with bright, big eyes.

Unusually, she seemed to get the feeling that I was unfamiliar because I set the tone for the conversation.

I hope she doesn’t think she did anything wrong.

“I won’t go first.”

“Oh, yes.”

“Liwin, can you try again the magic of the girl you showed her before?”

Liwin tilted his head and smiled broadly.

“Ah, flower blooming magic?”

“Yes, that is it.”

“Ugh, but it happens sometimes, not every time I want to… I’ll try it, Justina please.”

“I’ll ask you too.”

“hehehe, if you ask me, I will do it.”

Li Yun smiled shyly again and raised her hand holding the flower high.

There was no change in her for a moment, but soon the flowers began to glow white and something changed.

Withered petals wriggling, dried stems.

She was regaining a life she had already lost once.

“Amazing… ….”

A magic enough to make even the dragon Justina sigh.

It was only then that I realized that Liwin had as much genius and talent as Elfin, or maybe even more.

‘Even though I don’t know much about magic…….’

Even ignorant humans knew what it meant to bring back a dead life, to the point of feeling awe.

“Tada, the flowers are pretty again~”

Liwin took turns holding flowers in front of me and Justina, smiling brightly.

Justina didn’t care about her mood, she started to explain the dangers of her time magic to Liwin with her serious face, just like she did when she saw me earlier.

“Liwin, listen carefully. This isn’t some kind of magic that makes flowers pretty. It is a great yet very dangerous magic called time magic, and it can cause great chaos in the world…….”

“Ehh… ….”

But, of course, Liwin didn’t understand Justina’s words.

She was surprised if Justina understood half of what she said.

Besides, when Justina and I talked about something serious, she was frightened and even cried.

“I, Naa, did something wrong…… ?”

“No, that’s not what I meant! Nothing yet… Ok!”

“You did well enough, Justina. Now I will explain.”

While Justina was talking with Liwin, she looked at me with eyes that didn’t know what to do anymore.

‘To say it at length now would only lead to confusion.’

The time magic is dangerous, what happened in the past, and in fact you are the owner of a talent that only appears once in a thousand years…….

It is natural for Li Yun, who has just turned 6 years old, to hear these words and not understand what they are talking about.

In times like these, it would be best to encourage them comfortably.

“So, Liwin. It is like this.”

“Ugh….”

“Li Yun has tremendous power to help many people. But that power seems difficult to handle. So, I will work hard to help Uncle and Justina and her sister to deal with it well in the future, something like that.”

“Ah… !”

It was only then that Liwin’s expression brightened as if he understood.

Turning her head to look at Justina, she also had a small smile on her lips as if she couldn’t win.

Feeling that I was finally done with something, I got up and patted her butt.

“Then I’ll bring Elfin and prepare dinner. In the meantime, Justina and Liwin were practicing magic.”

“Okay. Let’s cook delicious rice today!”

“Ki, I’ll be waiting for you!”

Drreuk!

Like Liwin and Justina, the moment I smiled and opened the door, I instantly lost my smile and frowned.

“What is that?”