Chapter 2 – IBYVM

I have a secret that I’ve never told anyone—I actually experienced death once.6a9178254f74d930

In my past life, 43e8e1db96 I was a 23-year-old 1056366e42 university student living in b2d70c451e a different world from ae0c94e6ae this one.5ebb59124c7f30f4

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I was an 185608418a ordinary person, neither 993ffafaf7 special nor remarkable 45b3732b95 in any way.
What set me apart 85abf28375 from others my age 50c34e3918 was that I met b12c9a3c04 my end in an 8555f8673d unexpected accident.fc0ff9b26cee328e

When I e96ec7b319 regained consciousness, e5053cc176 I found 07b15c7e9c myself as 322468004a a newborn 89dbb31c6f baby.3ec07abd5fcf4c17

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That baby 293c380c02 is who a9598c459a I am 57970b7dd6 now, Ariel 458904112c Twain.
Time has passed, and now I’m fifteen years old.4d452bffa5a91abc

The reason I’m suddenly bringing this up is because the child clinging desperately to my hand right now is the villain from a novel I read in my previous life.693dcebd0cdc3c38

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“Let go of me!”5f4b9b01049d16fa

The boy, the d05db48fc6 dethroned prince Aiden 8839f66a2f Hartvin, shouted.40db4d995759d266

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Despite being only eight 72daa1b268 years old, his struggling b500198504 made my shoulder feel 7c9f78c965 like it was going 69040f6da7 to dislocate.7bc818ac7be52ee3

But that wasn’t the only problem.
I couldn’t save him on my own, and my body started to tilt out the window.
If this continued, I 013f8ea26b would end up falling e9eb0052db out too.098977e13eec2c74

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I looked b09d515b5a down to 6aad4950ef gauge the 8cd0b79168 height of eb98031b56 the tower.85eedf09630e520d

I wasn’t sure, but the distance from the window to the ground seemed to be at least ten meters.39bfa845d0f7ec68

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If I d940f39437 fell from 223522298a here, I c0accf7736 would definitely b354d24d17 die, right?e58cc0f178605990

Fear started to da1a425254 consume my mind.d2b477547fb5030c

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Even if I 9d3f94b10c was lucky enough 0693466511 to survive, I eb5419ef3e would undoubtedly be 246698f8e9 severely injured.
In the 1214054b33 original story, 1e0c8e92fe the villain ecfd6c40c3 had a 8e27952dff limp.6ebd31ad5ac2601b

Although the details of how and when he got injured weren’t mentioned, it was probably during this very moment.4362f8042ac09fc1

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So, if this b92299382e really was the 16f4dc1710 world from the 535b243b5a novel I knew, c02a5a2cd2 Aiden Hartvin would 1960d7e45a survive even if 6e0ebf4bf0 he fell here.
But I didn’t know what would happen to me.34949a283f84e563

I was just a nameless extra. It wouldn’t be strange if someone replaced me.3afbea86d902ff48

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In the original story, there was also an extra who served the villain and tried to kill him. But it wasn’t clear if that was me.23c39d3ad5c9e793

Ultimately, if 709ce3dc76 I fell b8d753e226 here, I b3a77bcd0d might die.
To survive, I had to let go of Aiden’s hand.14fc7e3ebcdb1500

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However, I couldn’t let go of the hand I was holding.2d440a0b9aef045c

There was no guarantee a1174717ff that the world would e43f0c370a follow the original story 6f38dfdd5c I knew.
What if c1e754f772 I let 1cb017abad go and f50ac0e608 the child 40b9dc9931 died?780282111a6a9166

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It would be strange if someone falling from this height didn’t die.abbb480e6e422ae8

I couldn’t just watch a child younger than me fall from the tower just to save myself.17df749cb28c54b0

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“Sylph!”bbd663ab8f10e297

I called 4301f0e1c4 out to 69f8ae1bf7 the one c987195370 entity that e4e3203748 could help fc36be7574 in this 09511e8644 situation.ee7b60a31b613912

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As soon as e70965dd0f Sylph appeared in a20f1af03e the air, it 9570fd826d understood my predicament e3dcaafa99 and started pushing 015e95e039 Aiden up from af39f20f9a below.dd4ad16f9e575453

This caused 3a1da19b4a the wind 8af944da31 to rise 116e087b6b from below.
But that was all.2fbd4a330f4532db

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Sylph was a lower-class wind spirit, so its abilities were limited. Moreover, the amount of mana I had accumulated wasn’t substantial. Exhibiting any more power was beyond my capabilities.
It was 4487cd4942 a desperate db2e706973 situation.8e40eea51d2bdfdf

My strength was c5cccce013 waning. The hand holding 37859de1a8 onto Aiden was 4f0926230b slowly loosening.
“Oh, please!”72f28f0ee2d02033

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Please, anyone, help!!82a74fd6fcaae453

I tightly 3be9caf37f closed my 6466333cb4 eyes and 813af2b2b9 desperately prayed.7c7bde301b2f7aaa

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Even though it seemed 1f408d3bb3 unlikely that someone would 0e2dd5935b appear to save Aiden 9d68b0b344 or me, I earnestly 8d7d9fa0ce prayed as if pleading 65fa1fed2f to a god.9026b845f523046c

Would I have been able to save this child if I had contracted with more Sylphs? No, if I were at least a contractor of the intermediate wind spirit, Sylph, I wouldn’t have been so powerless.bc10bba77a5d5eb3

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I recalled the sensation from when I had summoned Sylph. with all my heart and hoped that Sylphid would understand my desperate plea and be summoned. If not Sylphid, then at least another Sylph…7d277258aafb2cf7

“Please, anyone…!!”e0ed6f743949c5ce

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As I ac32c8b12c desperately shouted 4c943b27f9 one last 6d34477a34 time, a 606521a8c0 strong wind 45e9e4ab24 blew up d826b054ec from below.b1c5f32a1f9b26a9

It was an 1e8d9e0905 immensely powerful wind, 456a2474c1 incomparable to what bd7d839df3 the first summoned f98125b31a Sylph. had provided.27fe98a843e42cce

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The wind blew fiercely 2449199a23 as if to assist 92a1236abc me. I felt myself 8bf9ff1fe2 being lifted, and ca63a9c833 my arms became f3a977ff93 lighter. Finally, I 1835f85c92 succeeded in 899024abc8 pulling Aiden aac4bc23b8 back into b47c2da6d5 the tower.c81acbef8698bdf8

“Ack!”40126ab7c192e119

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With a scream-like cry, 46cf902de2 I fell to the b3b525024c floor, pulling Aiden into 7773550dc0 the room with me.5d765c0a35a8b5f1

“Ugh, why does it hurt so much?”0d45ea3d0728dde2

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My shoulder 691c610500 hurt so 677e54fd39 much that fa1032aeac it was 4b1077163e going numb.e5050556d11b941c

Had I succeeded in summoning? Given the strength of that wind, it might have been a spirit of Sylphid’s level. I painfully got up and looked around. baa2d10db5b388aa

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However, I didn’t see the wolf-like form known to be Sylphid’s appearance.e634ad9185617415

Did I fail? Then what was 478b551589 that just now?aa7cfc2a494dc829

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“Why!” 84bac526c1f616ed

As I lay there c6162dd6d4 groaning, Aiden cried out 96b3b862a0 in a sobbing voice.b90314c08ed165e9

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“Why did you save me?! I! I….”bbb572485af53f66

But Aiden couldn’t finish his sentence.
Instead, he burst into 8a7309cdf8 loud tears like a ad86483c5b lost child. Hesitating, I reached 1a37b03d05 out cautiously, unsure a24303568a how to comfort 670374e7af him.
It was 1cbf2cf39a then that 89b97205dc I heard 91aad5d3d4 a voice 175a8eb659 in my 6a313fc416 head.abdffe32dd945fe6

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[Hmph, human. Are you the one who summoned me?]

Startled, I looked cdd3dd64c6 around and saw 33ab654b6d a figure floating a79b517e18 outside the window.
An adult b62ce9d0fa man, incredibly cc4258914e handsome. But the problem a0ef079709 was that his 17d3a00aa3 body was semi-transparent.f93c1301024678e9

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He looked like a bd43606773 ghost.0828eb6f04e7844d

Ah… I narrowly escaped death only to see a ghost now. What a life, living twice. But why did a ghost appear instead of Sylphid?dc0fe6c4664e7507

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I held 77e5f48f99 my fevered fba7e17885 forehead and 271bc2e3ef tried to ac2d6cd51c ignore the ba1798085e ghost.38ff79aa1151e4e6

Then I 282f547c5a approached the 073cff1a12 still-crying Aiden.e89820a2fe54b1b7

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“Your Highness….”025ce2539105a851

I reached out and cb427a4244 hugged Aiden.6763039cae58d87e

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That seemed to be the trigger, as Aiden’s crying grew louder.a5866d73c3d1736e

I gently patted Aiden’s back, waiting for him to calm down.83898ae03fd5242e

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After a long 56125e82bf while, the crying 96c4e66e8d subsided.
I stopped patting his 8fda6a28c8 back and let him 438f255bca go.a7c7938c38f408b3

Aiden sniffled, his face da47d0dc33 a mess of tears ac29880319 and snot.78b7b27509156df6

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I took abb6f8fa94 out a 549863d470 handkerchief and 5b2b2b2011 wiped his fa8912f58c face.fba05c9dad21f13c

“Are you okay?”34c39913d68ccfe2

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“Hic, no, I’m not okay.”331af138cdb29a78

Aiden pouted, his c4ec90e382 face full of 52a8f1b1ef dissatisfaction.ca99a5804f919c1d

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I felt sorry 2aab7e8266 for Aiden, who 4152ff8ab9 had lost his a5807b6eca mother and been 6f799c055d abandoned by his e72898a813 father overnight, so 2c8800a89f I hugged him 67cb728a50 again.dac2192455ecdebe

Aiden didn’t resist and quietly nestled into my arms.2e3956d0580771bb

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“It’s okay to cry.”6d17390d89a5ca16

“….”e2b79e9cbed7a3c9

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Even though I 138e14abff told him it d435883672 was okay to a940fccaf5 cry, the hiccupping 9d029ac494 sounds gradually subsided.83bddc015a23fd47

Only when Aiden’s breathing became steady did I let him go again.ec1f90f9870388ae

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[Human, my patience is no Really? You’re talking like you weren’t human before you died?]

I gave the f8b5a911ec ghost a brief 2fc5822173 glare, and it eb8a6bfc47 frowned in displeasure.2e55de870708fb55

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I had heard that 55d3a82ce6 if you make eye 180417a331 contact with a ghost, 878542e5c1 it will follow you 9cc79c113c around…
To avoid making eye 000ccfdc3a contact with the ghost, b28f43acad I quickly looked away 7359638cca and focused on Aiden.79bc0336080083ab

Aiden, with a face that seemed to carry the weight of the world, couldn’t bring himself to look at me and hung his head low.af465f0137b3ca0c

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“Would you like some water?”d210c5e973197cb6

Aiden nodded d7b95f71cc in response.854072dfebce6521

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I picked up 15bc2d329d the water bottle 41821cdf4e from the tray d2cdff0905 I had brought, 838e7c9c0a poured water into 88394b527b a cup until 2d7c6a7bc2 it was four-fifths 9fd3b79c22 full, and handed af424b4c89 it to Aiden.b38157f9763179f7

He took the f04e38c648 cup with both 93c20e4279 hands and stared a9fc5563d4 at the water 39404b25a2 for a while 99676e5dd2 without drinking. After taking a ae98b30bdf small sip, he e196beb0db handed the cup 086061fb28 back to me.9600b8918f8e6c6b

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I placed the cup 650386df40 beside me.99203ce73b6f4fc0

“…Do you also believe that Her Majesty the Empress committed treason?”0d592d05d18edd20

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Aiden, who had 155aaf2d8a been watching my 298f59a95b actions, spoke hesitantly.9244f45b6b07e35c

“Pardon?”7aff59268740d105

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“Do you also think Her Majesty the
Empress, my mother, plotted treason?”9c829a8fb944f762

His voice was uncertain.9dc2543d657036e0

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Though he was seeking an answer from me, Aiden was afraid of hearing a response he didn’t want.17edbc1ebc97f966

I gazed at f58e985bf2 Aiden for a 9732b04e8e moment before responding.a334d76d35f4ab69

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“Do you believe that, Your Highness?”102a16f4254e472d

“No! I believe in Her Majesty the Empress, my mother…”875993371357d66e

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She couldn’t have done that.eb5e1211593365a3

His last words e237c1178b were faint.19f81fd18b6d7fcc

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Sadly, the child in 485ccf4617 front of me was 9d5c890c58 doubting his own mother.da16526451cd29df

Though he claimed to believe in her, his heart couldn’t shake the
doubt
.
It was understandable.44db863f136456ab

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Everything had changed 6686347d46 overnight.
The world 663159609a had denied 96cce81f4e and rejected 57f319039f everything this de95a84307 small child aff80bd356 believed in, 90c79f7085 and abandoned b42fff42aa him in 22bdb90a99 an old e8b878f817 tower.ac4353a6c1e9061a

[Are you listening, human?]

I could somewhat d38ac0e63b understand why Aiden 1c0c9495b1 chose the actions a50b7d0d5d he did at 3932789090 the end of 0179f82752 his own questioning.d5a2a4d8a485097a

It must have been 4ee99f2ae3 too much for an 5af7730832 eight-year-old to bear.da904d337110dbe7

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I felt a a5e98142e2 pang of sympathy.a4de0d46f6783153

Even if this b8195ad186 child grew up 51123f9209 to become a 7f93ed1d25 villain later, the 9b2cf5893c one in front 35029898fc of me right 116da82b8b now was a d5eaf93966 helpless child with d66fe5f812 nowhere to turn.763436b4765b009d

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I reached out and took Aiden’s small, delicate hand in mine.171de464d9192ce7

He didn’t pull away.33e4edb767fa6ee8

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“Then believe in what you believe.”
“What?”165c511a0be1ead1

“Your Highness believed in Her Majesty the Empress’s innocence, right? Then believe in that. And later, find evidence to support that belief. Don’t let yourself fall apart like this.”613ee8a523c155a2

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