Life as a Tower Maid: Locked up with the Prince - Chapter 279
Chapter 279
Translator: Yonnee
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Even if he wasn’t a dragon contractor and wasn’t capable of precisely understanding the flow of time, Albert would have noticed that something was amiss.
After all, those around him were beginning to forget Rosé’s existence.
It was a natural phenomenon as her existence began to vanish.
“Jung-in.”
After completing the magic circle, I faced Albert. His grave expression told me everything.
“You felt it too.”
“It started with those who are less resistant to magic.”
Albert added that Liam and Leona had already forgotten Rosé Artius. At his words, I couldn’t help but chuckle.
For Rosé, who couldn’t lay a finger on me, Albert, and those around us, this might have been her best strategy.
If Rosé Artius never existed, then the means by which we met would disappear.
Ironically, it was thanks to Rosé that we met.
I clenched my fists tightly.
“I have stopped the flow of time for now.”
“…For how long is that possible?”
“About a week.”
“That’s impressive.”
Listening to Albert praising my magic, I ended up laughing.
Who would have thought there would come a day when my magical power would be deemed impressive by him?
“I never expected her to erase her very existence,” I murmured, dropping my head.
Should I have prepared for this too? I hadn’t anticipated this turn of events when plotting revenge.
“…It’s impossible for you to go back to the past and prevent the annihilation of Rosé Artius’s existence, isn’t it?”
“Yes, because she has already vanished.”
While Albert, Blanc, and I were sharing happy moments, she was erasing her presence from this world.
We still remember her only because the annihilation spell was progressing slowly, gradually engulfing everyone starting with those of weaker magical capabilities.
…Did leaving a young and unhappy Rosé Artius alone come back to haunt me like a boomerang?
Albert might forget me.
I would have never entered this place. I would not have had a chance at reincarnation—I would instantly die from the accident that took me away from my original world.
We would live different lives, without any memory of each other.
“Jung-in.”
Albert called my name softly and drew me into his embrace.
His scent calmed me down. Only then did I realize I was at the brink of tears.
I took a deep breath and clenched my fists tightly.
Right, if we just let things be, wouldn’t it all be too futile? The villain’s plan always fails in the novels, and it will this time too.
Albert sat Blanc and me down on the sofa.
To brainstorm, one needs good food. Albert asked Seo Ina to prepare breakfast for us.
Seo Ina, who came to greet me, saw our serious faces and returned to the kitchen with a grave look herself.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but I made this while wishing for a good resolution.”
Seo Ina returned shortly after, presenting food prepared with the hope of solving the problem.
The table in front of the sofa was laden with carbs, necessary for brainwork. Indeed, she had the heart of a true female lead.
…But I don’t wish for a return to when Seo Ina was the female lead.
I don’t want to read this novel and cheer for their love.
What matters to me is this moment.
Because I love Albert, and Albert loves me.
As I gobbled the white rice she brought with fighting spirit surging within me, I was lost in thought.
Albert’s voice echoed in my ears.
“If all of time is reversed, you’ll return to the moment before you possessed Rosé’s body in the original timeline.”
“Yes, but my last moment before the body possession was right before the accident.”
In other words, if time continued to flow this way, I would die.
While my soul might be able to wander around without a body, like before the possession, finding another compatible body for my soul would be a difficult task.
“We need a way for you to remain alive as a unique dragon contractor.”
“If that’s possible.”
Whether it’s feasible remains to be seen, so it’s best to keep options open.
“There’s a way for Jung-in to survive.”
Blanc, who had been silently watching Albert and me, finally spoke up.
I shook my head firmly. I didn’t want to follow that method.
“Speak, Wight.”
However, Albert, seeing my reaction, urged Blanc to continue.
Caught between my silence and Albert’s encouragement, Blanc, after much contemplation, finally answered.
“Jung-in can move to another place before following the current timeline in this place.”
“I see. And because she’s a dragon contractor, she knows the way.”
“Yes.”
Blanc nodded promptly in response to Albert.
Albert, who hadn’t touched his food, rested his chin on one hand.
“But if Jung-in hasn’t mentioned it, it means…”
A dragon contractor can traverse time and dimensions, but they are not free from the flow of it.
The ability to know what will happen in the future by changing the past and being sensitive to the flow of time comes with its own set of conditions.
Similarly, I knew a way to survive even after Rosé’s annihilation.
But I never intended to share that method with Albert.
“There must be some catch to surviving in that way.”
Albert hit the nail on the head.
As a dragon contractor, I could save my life by going to another world that doesn’t follow the flow of time here.
However, choosing this method would erase all the memories created by my presence in this world.
Because those memories were created within this dimension and time.
“Yes, I’ll end up living… without any memories of you.”
“I can come find you, can’t I?”
Albert said it as if it was as natural as breathing.
“No, you can’t.”
I firmly shook my head, knowing all too well how difficult that would be.
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