Feb 11, 2024
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“So, have you figured out what true love is? Well, there’s no way the book would know something I don’t know, hmmm.”
True love? As I was thinking about Andrea’s unrequited love, those words sounded oddly familiar.
“Considering that you still haven’t separated your body from your soul yet , you probably don’t know either.”
After Otakia said that remark, she crossed her arms and asked behind me.
“Mr. Magic Tower Lord, do you know about the magic called “true love”?”
Cain, with the most intense red hair among the three men standing behind me, who seemed annoyed, gave a rough response.
“What’s that magic? You left the Magic Tower and became an idiot.”
“I left the magic tower to spread my wings of freedom! As a great black magician…”
“There’s no magic called “true love”?”
Andrea, who was listening to Otakia and Cain arguing, suddenly intervened. Cain glared at Andrea, but he gave a good answer.
“Are you stupid? No matter how magical it is, you can’t create something like true love. There might be love potions, aphrodisiacs, enchanting spells, but…”
“Then what is “true love” from that time?”
Andrea asked Otakia this time. Otakia, unable to endure eye contact with the handsome man, turned her head.
“Well, this seems to be a problem that needs further research.” She muttered.
Andrea, was confused by the fact that even Otakia, a dark magician who seemed close to the Magic Tower lord, didn’t know about “true love.”
What on earth is true love that is causing all this fuss?
I didn’t like the fact that Andrea and Otakia were talking about love. So I casually scratched the back of my head and said,
“It’s probably not magic then.”
I waved my arms as if trying to get away from this topic. Having been only inside this dimly lit house, I was planning to leave Otakia’s house with the excuse of feeling stuffy.
However, Andrea’s expression changed my words. He looked at me as if he had realized something, or perhaps he had been hit hard on the back of the head.
Otakia, sitting on the sofa, gently stroked her chin with her fingertips and said, “Huh? Not magic? Then, what the black dragon said at that time, could it be true love, human love?…”
“Why are you suddenly talking about love?”
Cain, sitting on the sofa, asked. Andrea, still in shock, was only looking at me, so Otakia answered alone.
“I used my lovely black flame dragon to find the magic that the blonde pretty boy needed, and the answer that came out at that time was “true love.’”The success rate was a whopping 99%. Since the success rate of soul separation magic is only 10%, it’s slim. But to get 99%? So, I was surprised and thought that was a magic spell name?”
“Why did you even use the answer book in the first place?”
“I have told you not to call it with such a stiff name. Anyway, the reason I used the black dragon back then was… Ah! That blonde pretty boy wanted…”
“Otakia!”
Andrea, who had been staring blankly at me, shouted urgently.
“What, What’s going on?”
“What, I’m even more surprised! What is it?”
The two magicians grabbed their chests and shouted loudly. The priest also quietly tapped his chest, took a deep breath as if trying to calm himself.
Andrea, the person who shouted, hesitated for a moment before telling Cain,
“What Otakia is talking about is when I kidnapped Del. I kidnapped Del to try to separate his body and soul.”
A moment of silence followed Andrea’s shocking confession. The reactions exploded explosively a while later.
“What did you say? Why are you trying to separate the mana-filled body and soul!”
“Brother, this is an unforgivable sin! How could you use such magic on the miracle of Eura, especially with dark magic!”
Otakia, squinted her eyes and alternately looked at Andrea and me. However, the one who was most shocked here was me.
You kidnapped me? And then tried to separate my body and soul? It wasn’t enough that he didn’t have a crush on me but he also tried to kill me.
I stumbled in surprise, but Andrea urgently grabbed my wrist with a desperate expression.
“Let’s go outside, just for a moment, to talk alone.”
Cain and Alan, who were jumping around behind us, making a fuss about not letting us be alone, but I nodded. I wanted to hear what Andrea had to say. I hoped he would explain that it wasn’t true, that there were some different circumstances.
Cain and Alan tried to stop Andrea and me from going out alone, but I shook them off and went outside.
Andrea and I went to a small corner of Otakia’s garden outside the house. When I looked at the bright light, Andrea’s face was pale. He looked a bit anxious, making him appear completely different from usual.
“You kidnapped me?”
I asked that first. Andrea nodded.
“Why?”
“That’s…”
Andrea seemed hesitant to say something.
“Actually…”
He stopped there and closed his mouth again. Then, he raised the corners of his mouth, forming a forced smile.
After what felt like quite a long time, Andrea spoke.
“I’m sorry for lying to you all this time. I run the Information Guild, but… I’m also the leader of the Assassination Guild. And I received a request to kill you.”
“What?”
“I tried to kill you before you lost your memory. I still intend to. I even went to Sablum to try to kill Del. I just kept missing opportunities.”
What is he talking about?
“I’m sorry, Del.”
***
Andrea smiled bitterly as he looked at Del who stared at him.
You must be surprised. You will feel betrayal and scared. It may not be clear to him now, but once his thoughts were organized, he might end up hating Andrea.
At first, I thought about telling him this.
“Del, you’re a possessed person. You came from another world. Your soul entered the body of Del Narcissus, whom I loved. You originally wanted to return to your original world. I wanted the person who I loved back, so I came looking for Otakia.”
…But Andrea had just learned that the way Del could return to his original world was through “true love” Not magic or spells, but sharing true love with someone.
And what had Del said at that time?
“I have to go to the Magic Tower. Take me to Cain. I have to meet Cain.”
Del had mentioned Cain’s name back then. He knew what true love meant at that time and wanted Cain as his partner.
What would Del do if I told him all of this right now?
Del lost his memory, fell into an unfamiliar place and felt deeply lonely, surrounded by people who wanted nothing more than to take advantage of him. Del showed strong attachment to “mate” and frequently used the term “mating” when talking about kissing or sex. He quickly gave his trust and heart to Andrea, whom he knew nothing about other than his name.
Regardless of whether he accepts the idea of possession or not, if he were to consider Cain as his true mate…
Del who smiles when he asks Andrea to spend time together, Del hugs Andrea when listening to his childhood stories, Del remembering that he likes sweet food and brings it to him, Del lovingly clings to him during their relationship, and Del who falls asleep in Andrea’s arms.
All those moments would now be Cain’s, not Andrea. Del’s mate would become Cain, and if the two of them achieved true love, Del would succeed in returning to his original world. Then, Del would disappear. Forever.
Andrea had decided to put Del’s happiness and safety first before he found him in Sablum. He thought of it as his atonement to him.
If he were to apply the same standard now, it would be the right thing to tell the truth and send Del to his most likely “mate”, Cain, even if he believed it or not, that would be the right thing to do.
“I’m sorry, Del.”
However, Andrea couldn’t bring himself to do that. Even if it meant being misunderstood as an attempted murderer, even if it meant growing distant, he couldn’t send him to Cain to return to his original world.
‘I can watch over Del from a distance. Because that’s what I’ve been doing until now.’
Andrea thought that and suddenly stopped breathing.
Until now?
He realized that he had been thinking of Del in the same way he admired the original Del Narcissus. At that moment, his mind went blank.
‘Do I… love Del? The fake Del…?’
Fear came over Andrea, as if the ground beneath his feet was turning into an abyss. It frightened him that the love he had never even doubted, which he thought was solid and unyielding, had quietly come to an end without him even knowing, and that a new love, was born in its place, was deeply spreading its roots.
Was it possible that the awe and admiration he felt when he first saw Del Narcissus could crumble so easily? The realization struck him like a lightning strike, changing Andrea’s life entirely. It was a huge wave that had shaken him to the core.
Once again, love was wearing a different face, approaching Andrea with the momentum to engulf everything that Andrea had.
Feb 11, 2024
Table Of Contents
#BL
“So, have you figured out what true love is? Well, there’s no way the book would know something I don’t know, hmmm.”
True love? As I was thinking about Andrea’s unrequited love, those words sounded oddly familiar.
“Considering that you still haven’t separated your body from your soul yet , you probably don’t know either.”
After Otakia said that remark, she crossed her arms and asked behind me.
“Mr. Magic Tower Lord, do you know about the magic called “true love”?”
Cain, with the most intense red hair among the three men standing behind me, who seemed annoyed, gave a rough response.
“What’s that magic? You left the Magic Tower and became an idiot.”
“I left the magic tower to spread my wings of freedom! As a great black magician…”
“There’s no magic called “true love”?”
Andrea, who was listening to Otakia and Cain arguing, suddenly intervened. Cain glared at Andrea, but he gave a good answer.
“Are you stupid? No matter how magical it is, you can’t create something like true love. There might be love potions, aphrodisiacs, enchanting spells, but…”
“Then what is “true love” from that time?”
Andrea asked Otakia this time. Otakia, unable to endure eye contact with the handsome man, turned her head.
“Well, this seems to be a problem that needs further research.” She muttered.
Andrea, was confused by the fact that even Otakia, a dark magician who seemed close to the Magic Tower lord, didn’t know about “true love.”
What on earth is true love that is causing all this fuss?
I didn’t like the fact that Andrea and Otakia were talking about love. So I casually scratched the back of my head and said,
“It’s probably not magic then.”
I waved my arms as if trying to get away from this topic. Having been only inside this dimly lit house, I was planning to leave Otakia’s house with the excuse of feeling stuffy.
However, Andrea’s expression changed my words. He looked at me as if he had realized something, or perhaps he had been hit hard on the back of the head.
Otakia, sitting on the sofa, gently stroked her chin with her fingertips and said, “Huh? Not magic? Then, what the black dragon said at that time, could it be true love, human love?…”
“Why are you suddenly talking about love?”
Cain, sitting on the sofa, asked. Andrea, still in shock, was only looking at me, so Otakia answered alone.
“I used my lovely black flame dragon to find the magic that the blonde pretty boy needed, and the answer that came out at that time was “true love.’”The success rate was a whopping 99%. Since the success rate of soul separation magic is only 10%, it’s slim. But to get 99%? So, I was surprised and thought that was a magic spell name?”
“Why did you even use the answer book in the first place?”
“I have told you not to call it with such a stiff name. Anyway, the reason I used the black dragon back then was… Ah! That blonde pretty boy wanted…”
“Otakia!”
Andrea, who had been staring blankly at me, shouted urgently.
“What, What’s going on?”
“What, I’m even more surprised! What is it?”
The two magicians grabbed their chests and shouted loudly. The priest also quietly tapped his chest, took a deep breath as if trying to calm himself.
Andrea, the person who shouted, hesitated for a moment before telling Cain,
“What Otakia is talking about is when I kidnapped Del. I kidnapped Del to try to separate his body and soul.”
A moment of silence followed Andrea’s shocking confession. The reactions exploded explosively a while later.
“What did you say? Why are you trying to separate the mana-filled body and soul!”
“Brother, this is an unforgivable sin! How could you use such magic on the miracle of Eura, especially with dark magic!”
Otakia, squinted her eyes and alternately looked at Andrea and me. However, the one who was most shocked here was me.
You kidnapped me? And then tried to separate my body and soul? It wasn’t enough that he didn’t have a crush on me but he also tried to kill me.
I stumbled in surprise, but Andrea urgently grabbed my wrist with a desperate expression.
“Let’s go outside, just for a moment, to talk alone.”
Cain and Alan, who were jumping around behind us, making a fuss about not letting us be alone, but I nodded. I wanted to hear what Andrea had to say. I hoped he would explain that it wasn’t true, that there were some different circumstances.
Cain and Alan tried to stop Andrea and me from going out alone, but I shook them off and went outside.
Andrea and I went to a small corner of Otakia’s garden outside the house. When I looked at the bright light, Andrea’s face was pale. He looked a bit anxious, making him appear completely different from usual.
“You kidnapped me?”
I asked that first. Andrea nodded.
“Why?”
“That’s…”
Andrea seemed hesitant to say something.
“Actually…”
He stopped there and closed his mouth again. Then, he raised the corners of his mouth, forming a forced smile.
After what felt like quite a long time, Andrea spoke.
“I’m sorry for lying to you all this time. I run the Information Guild, but… I’m also the leader of the Assassination Guild. And I received a request to kill you.”
“What?”
“I tried to kill you before you lost your memory. I still intend to. I even went to Sablum to try to kill Del. I just kept missing opportunities.”
What is he talking about?
“I’m sorry, Del.”
***
Andrea smiled bitterly as he looked at Del who stared at him.
You must be surprised. You will feel betrayal and scared. It may not be clear to him now, but once his thoughts were organized, he might end up hating Andrea.
At first, I thought about telling him this.
“Del, you’re a possessed person. You came from another world. Your soul entered the body of Del Narcissus, whom I loved. You originally wanted to return to your original world. I wanted the person who I loved back, so I came looking for Otakia.”
…But Andrea had just learned that the way Del could return to his original world was through “true love” Not magic or spells, but sharing true love with someone.
And what had Del said at that time?
“I have to go to the Magic Tower. Take me to Cain. I have to meet Cain.”
Del had mentioned Cain’s name back then. He knew what true love meant at that time and wanted Cain as his partner.
What would Del do if I told him all of this right now?
Del lost his memory, fell into an unfamiliar place and felt deeply lonely, surrounded by people who wanted nothing more than to take advantage of him. Del showed strong attachment to “mate” and frequently used the term “mating” when talking about kissing or sex. He quickly gave his trust and heart to Andrea, whom he knew nothing about other than his name.
Regardless of whether he accepts the idea of possession or not, if he were to consider Cain as his true mate…
Del who smiles when he asks Andrea to spend time together, Del hugs Andrea when listening to his childhood stories, Del remembering that he likes sweet food and brings it to him, Del lovingly clings to him during their relationship, and Del who falls asleep in Andrea’s arms.
All those moments would now be Cain’s, not Andrea. Del’s mate would become Cain, and if the two of them achieved true love, Del would succeed in returning to his original world. Then, Del would disappear. Forever.
Andrea had decided to put Del’s happiness and safety first before he found him in Sablum. He thought of it as his atonement to him.
If he were to apply the same standard now, it would be the right thing to tell the truth and send Del to his most likely “mate”, Cain, even if he believed it or not, that would be the right thing to do.
“I’m sorry, Del.”
However, Andrea couldn’t bring himself to do that. Even if it meant being misunderstood as an attempted murderer, even if it meant growing distant, he couldn’t send him to Cain to return to his original world.
‘I can watch over Del from a distance. Because that’s what I’ve been doing until now.’
Andrea thought that and suddenly stopped breathing.
Until now?
He realized that he had been thinking of Del in the same way he admired the original Del Narcissus. At that moment, his mind went blank.
‘Do I… love Del? The fake Del…?’
Fear came over Andrea, as if the ground beneath his feet was turning into an abyss. It frightened him that the love he had never even doubted, which he thought was solid and unyielding, had quietly come to an end without him even knowing, and that a new love, was born in its place, was deeply spreading its roots.
Was it possible that the awe and admiration he felt when he first saw Del Narcissus could crumble so easily? The realization struck him like a lightning strike, changing Andrea’s life entirely. It was a huge wave that had shaken him to the core.
Once again, love was wearing a different face, approaching Andrea with the momentum to engulf everything that Andrea had.
