-Originally, the body of the contractor candidate and I were one. By if we’re far away for so long… .
The voice coming into my head was whimpering.
-The contractor candidate will die. I also have no place to go back, Nyan. I will disappear too.
“….Die? What do you mean? Tell me in detail.”
The watery blue eyes of the beast captured me. I felt as if Ricdorian was looking at me.
-I, I am the guardian of the red rose. We call the future contractors, the state before signing the contract, the contractor candidate. Nyan. And when the contractor of the red rose awakens.
Awakening, I don’t know what to say.
-Originally, I should have been sleeping in the body of the contractor candidate. But someone took me away, Nyan.
“So?”
-The contractor candidate must have been short-lived and incomplete, Nyan. It is a characteristic of a red rose. We are one body.
The little snow leopard buried its head on both feet.
-He is also a contractor candidate… Did I lose my ability to recognize? Nyan.
The baby beast cried, and said that he couldn’t recall its abilities right after seeing Ricdorian in a dream a while ago.
-This, this body isn’t stupid, Nyan. I am weak enough to forget we’re connected to a dream.
It’s not because you’re stupid, but because you’re imperfect… .
“Not only you, but the candidate successor is incomplete?”
-Because me and the candidate successor in the first place, mature by being together… Nyan.
Why, what passed by is Ricdorian’s appearance. Among them, he was barking loudly.
… I certainly never read something like that in a book. Why does the male protagonist bark, I was amazed. I do.
Wasn’t this just because it was a time before the original book?
I couldn’t decide.
-And after the preparation for awakening, the successor candidate meets the ‘companion’ who will help the awakening, I also show up outside, Nyan.
Companion, this must be referring to the original female protagonist. My expression subsided.
“You. Who is the person who sealed you? Remember?”
I don’t want to be bothered anymore or give up my comfort, but my mouth moved.
-I… I remember, Nyan! It was a young human. Black hair… .
The baby beast thought it was scary, and he dug in my palm and buried my head.
-Ot, other humans called the human ‘Chaser’. I remember it!
Chaser.
The moment I heard the name, my heart sank. As I put my hand on my chest, I heard a thumping and beating sound. I could hear it, but it was a distant feeling to hear that.
I knew it.
The prediction was correct, but I just wondered if it was possible. It could have been Duke Domulit, not Chaser.
I wondered how the young Chaser got this beast out of Ricdorian.
But I couldn’t bring it up.
However, I couldn’t even put my face on my fingers and let go of the trembling baby beast.
“You know, Von Her is originally known to have a short lifespan. You said that if he doesn’t meet his companion, he dies.”
This tattoo of a red rose, born of Von Hel’s, led to death if the destiny partner was not found until all the leaves of the rose fell.
-Right, right. However… If it remains in this state, the successor candidate will die sooner.
Ricdorian will die.
At least three more years left until the time of the original book. Until then, the story began under the assumption that Ricdorian was alive.
“…How much do you have left?”
-It’s three years, Nyan.
The baby snow leopard explained that it is also the time when it disappears.
3 years.
It was about the same time as the beginning of the original book. When was the season of the beginning of the original work?
Listening to snow leopard’s words, it was a few months after the original work began.
A few months apart, that is, when Ricdorian’s life span is only a few months left, he will meet the heroine.
Until then it must meet him.
The beast trembled and said that he had no idea what would happen if he was still away from Ricdorian.
I held the snow leopard to my chest for now. It was like the shivering snow leopard looked up at me.
“…Just move and talk to him.”
I sighed a little.
Oh my life.
I couldn’t get rid of it now that I’ve heard this far. Although I want to live quietly and comfortably as much as possible.
I can’t let Ricdorian die. In addition, I am the younger sister of the current villain who is not willing to help. My brother was the villain who took this small guardian deity and sealed it.
Why are you feeling guilty when you’ve never felt like him as a brother?
“I’m going to my room.”
Right now, I shook the heavy story to the lighter side.
“Yeah, now I know your situation. Even showed Ricdorian.”
Honestly, it wasn’t unwelcome to see Ricdorian after a long time. It’s because the feeling is a bit complicated.
The moment I thought of rubbing my face on my fingertips in my dream a while ago, it felt like my hands were burning again.
… Why do you want more?
“But there is one thing I don’t understand yet, why do you want me to be honest?”
I understood most of what this cat said. Except for this.
-When pulling me out, didn’t you think of that human? Nyan.
The snow leopard, who I didn’t know if it was a beast or a cat, tilted its head.
“I didn’t think about him?”
-No, you did.
Well, it was Ricdorian’s family pattern, so it could be..
“Yes, let’s say that, you showed me the dream and told me to be honest.”