Between Your Letter and My Reply

Chapter 103

Casey shook his head firmly.

“No. They are beings who have hidden themselves from humans. I can’t drag them into the human world because of me and Lily.”

“But…”

“No. Even if they’re my friends, I have to respect their choices. If we try to use their power, mythical creatures will become objects of fear among humans, just like in the time of Oracis. That’s why I want to stop Sigmund Sutton. I won’t let anyone drag mythical creatures into the human world with the power of spirits.”

Damian clicked his tongue in disappointment at Casey’s words and moved on to the next question.

“Who is Marquis Sutton trying to make king now?”

“Charlotte Shelbyr.”

The answer came more easily than expected. Casey seemed to know more than he let on.

“I’ve never heard of that name…”

Damian tilted his head, and Casey chuckled.

“That makes sense. She’s from a collateral branch and only 13 years old.”

“What would someone that young know? Two years ago, she would have been only 11. Does she even know what she’s doing?”

“How could she? I don’t even know if she’s doing this of her own free will.”

“So they put up a puppet king, but the real mastermind is Marquis Sutton…”

Lilliana crossed her arms and tilted her head.

“If Marquis Sutton is the mastermind behind this, it means there’s no point in catching that Charlotte girl, right? Even though she’s from a collateral branch, she can’t be the only one with Shelbyr blood.”

“That’s right, Lilliana.”

At Damian’s affirmation, Lilliana pressed her finger against the worry lines on her forehead and asked,

“So all we have to do is deal with Marquis Sutton?”

“Well, on the surface, yes, but…”

Casey said, brushing back his long hair.

“The problem is that quite a few are siding with him. Including Sidel Luriantz.”

Damian was annoyed. For a country that was once a colony, there were too many surviving nobles. It wasn’t that Damian didn’t know anything about nobles.

He was, after all, the son of Marquis Jeska and had studied with children of nobles at the academy. So Damian could confidently say that he knew a fair bit about the ways of nobles.

As far as he knew, the noble community was more closely connected than one might think. And he also knew that there were more than a few nobles who dreamed of reviving the aristocracy.

As a result, there were more people in favor of reviving the aristocracy than those against it. It was daunting to think about where and how to start investigating such a noble community.

“Well, it seems like only a few know about our siblings’ situation…”

Casey said with an uneasy smile.

“So the most troublesome opponent right now is Sidel? That person… If he’s gone, Marquis Sutton won’t be able to exert his full power, and then his faction will probably collapse. Wouldn’t it be easy after catching that one person, Casey?”

It was Lilliana, not Casey, who answered Damian’s question.

“Damian, you can’t just go after a wizard recklessly. Magic isn’t something ordinary people with no power can handle. You heard what the sorceress Soliel said, right? There are forbidden spells. The influence wizards have on humans is beyond imagination, to the point where they have to impose restrictions on themselves. It’s not like people in the past, in the mythical age, were desperately trying to get wizards on their side for no reason.”

“Then what do we do?”

“Brother, do you have any ideas? We’ve been hiding like this because there’s no good solution, right?”

At Damian’s question, Casey, who had been lying sprawled on the sofa like a limp weasel, fiddling with Timo, sat up and said,

“Oh, we can just kill him.”

Lilliana’s expression slightly darkened at Casey’s chilling words. Damian tilted his head and said,

“But didn’t you say that wizards are difficult to deal with?”

“No. It’s not completely impossible. Lilliana said it would be difficult to face him, but it’s not like wizards are invincible. To confront him, we need a little magic and,”

Casey tapped his head with his index finger.

“A little brainpower. Do you know the biggest weakness of a wizard?”

“How would I know?”

“Me! It’s when their magic circuits get tangled!”

Lilliana raised her hand like a student and answered, and Casey smiled with satisfaction.

“Correct~ When a wizard’s magic circuits get tangled, the backlash from the magic is directed at the caster. So we’re going to use that to tangle Sidel Luriantz’s magic circuits.”

“How?”

“I told you, it requires a little magic and a little brainpower. We need the brains to create a situation where Sidel Luriantz would use magic and another magic circuit to cause a backlash.”

“How do we create those?”

“You’re getting there. That’s one of the reasons why I suddenly barged in here.”

Casey pointed at Damian and Lilliana with both hands and said lightly,

“That’s for you two to figure out.”

“Hey! Casey Carnell!”

Lilliana was enraged at Casey for pushing the task onto them. But he just made a regretful face and shook his head.

“If I knew how to do that, why would I have come here? I would have done it myself. I’m terrible at using my head, and I have no foundation in human society. So, Lily, if the three of us combine our strengths…”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but you’re saying there’s a way?”

Damian cut Casey off with an indifferent tone and said,

“Alright. I don’t know what it is, but I’ll do as you say.”

“Damian, you’re surprisingly obedient to my brother…?”

Lilliana, embarrassed that she was the only one who got angry, frowned at Damian. He shrugged and replied,

“I have no idea where to start, but Casey at least knows the general direction. So it’s better to do as he says.”

“…”

Lilliana was speechless.

“Anyway, that’s the situation.”

At Casey’s conclusion, Lilliana frowned and fell into thought, then scratched her head and glared at Casey.

“I understand what you’re saying. But that’s that, and why won’t you cooperate in helping me regain my memory?”

“Because it’s not something you’ll be happy to remember, Lily.”

Casey made a truly puzzled face.

“Other people have memories they can’t forget even if they want to, but you’ve forgotten them, isn’t that a good thing?”

Lilliana clutched the back of her neck at Casey’s words.

“No, no! That’s for me to decide, not you!”

“But Lily, you forgot that memory yourself. Why are you trying to undo your own choice?”

Lilliana faltered at those words.

Soliel had said that she shouldn’t recklessly dig up the memories because she had sealed them herself, so Lilliana understood what Casey meant.

“You’ll regret it.”

Casey said in a soothing tone, but Lilliana, with a complicated expression, grabbed a handful of her hair and fell into thought.

“That’s right, Lilliana. And even if you don’t remember now, you’ll remember when the time is right. Because it’s your memory.”

Lilliana couldn’t argue any further when Damian also said that. She sighed deeply and slumped on the sofa like a liquid.

“What kind of memory could it be…”

Casey and Damian looked at each other.

Casey didn’t seem to have any intention of telling her until the end. No matter how much Casey learned about human emotions, there was a limit to his understanding.

When he judged rationally, he thought Lilliana’s memory wasn’t a very good one and wouldn’t be of much help to her mental health.

In the end, he would keep his mouth shut.

Damian also agreed with Casey’s reason for not telling the truth. At the same time, he thought that Lilliana had the right to know.

Even though it was a memory she had forgotten herself, Lilliana would regain her memory when she was ready to face it properly.

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