City Of Witches 110

Chapter 110 – #24_Regression(3)

#108

One.
It was dinner time after a long time.
After Siwoo collapsed, Amelia hadn’t even touched anything to eat other than alcohol or cigarettes.
She had neither the time nor the mood to do so.

The long table in the restaurant was filled with a meal that could easily feed 10 people.
A variety of dishes were luxuriously prepared, with the main course being the whole roast suckling pig, which was continuously drizzled with boiling oil and deep-fried to a crispy skin.

It’s been a long time since I’ve had a meal with Shiu and I’m happy, but Amelia wasn’t at ease.
It was because of Siwoo’s reaction as soon as he woke up.
That subtle sense of distance and fear.
Even though she has not fully recovered her memory, Amelia is in a bad place in his unconscious to the extent that she instinctively feels negative emotions.

While that fact stings her heart.
Apart from that, she had an obligation to Amelia to convey the exact facts to Siu.

“Amilia-sama, are you saying that I was originally 28 years old, and that I suddenly became younger in the process of recovering from an accident?”

Siu, who was sitting on a chair with several layers of extra cushions because he was not tall enough, looked at Amelia and said,
A napkin made by Amelia was tied around his neck.
Judging by the expression on his face that he had heard such nonsensical words, he did not appear to believe it at all.
In fact, even Amelia had no idea where to start explaining this.

“Okay…”

But in her own doubts, she did not rush to doubt Amelia.
I don’t know if it’s because of her instinctive fear of Amelia.

“Then can you tell me what I need to do? I’m sorry, but my memory is a little… How to say, I feel tangled.”
“I don’t have to do anything differently. Just stay here until you recover.”
“Is that okay? I am Amelia’s slave…”

Seeing her intimidated expression, Amelia pretended to drink her water and averted her gaze.
Thinking that he was the one who pushed him until he made such an expression, he couldn’t face it anymore.

“Slaves… No.”
“Yes?”
“While Siu was lying down, he destroyed the slavery certificate.”

On the day when Siwoo was angry with Amelia, he chewed every single word of her words, filled with resentment towards her.
There was only one thing he wanted the most.
Freedom.
Remembering that, Amelia went through the formalities at her town hall on the day he had fallen for a month to have his slavery certificates revoked.

“Okay. Thank you.”

Siu had a puzzled look on his face.
Amelia thought when she saw his reaction.
It’s been a while since I’ve felt it, but he’s very mature for his age.
Most of the others seem to have returned to their childhood, but their ability to judge the situation or consider their surroundings does not seem like that of a child.
If you look back at her long memories, Amelia at that time was just her immature child.

– Dalgrak Dalgrak

Since then, not much has been said to each other.
The awkward sound of dishes clashing fills the table.

Apologizing to Siwoo is something I have to do after all of his memories come back.
Siwoo is not in a state where he can judge normally.

“I really enjoyed the meal.”

Siwoo put down the knife that was lazily slicing the pork as soon as Amelia put down the utensils.
Amelia, who saw it, said.

“If it’s not enough, you can listen to more.”
“No, this is enough.”

Judging from the reaction, it seems that she continued to pretend to eat until Amelia’s meal was finished.
I used to take his behavior like that for granted.
Why is Siwoo’s heart throbbing like this when he notices it all the time?

After the meal, we get up from our seats and head to the second floor together.
His head was always much higher when we walked side by side.
When he saw Siwoo, who had become so small and cute, he felt very awkward.

“Then, let’s get some rest. Please call me if there is anything uncomfortable.”
“Yes, Amelia-sama, good night too.”

Now, the moment they were about to go back to their respective rooms.
Standing at the fork in the central staircase, Siwoo suddenly grabbed Amelia.

“Hey, Amelia-sama.”

Amelia was a little taken aback because she didn’t know he would talk first.

“I am listening.”

Siu hesitated for a moment before talking to Amelia.

“Actually, I’m not sure what’s going on… I just wanted to tell you it’s okay.”
“Excuse me?”
“You apologized as soon as I came to my senses. Of course, I’m not sure what exactly caused it… But I think it’s probably okay. I will forgive you.”
“……”

Shocked as if she had been hit in the head, Amelia appropriately nodded her head.

“I know…”
“Ah….”

How did Amelia’s ambiguous reaction reflect on Siwoo?
Siu became contemplative and apologized hastily.

“Sin, sorry! I don’t even know the topic, so I said this…”
“No no no…!”

Amelia comforted Siu while her flustered.
Amelia, who said it was okay several times until he felt relieved, confirmed that Siu opened the door and entered her room, and entered her room with a complicated mind.

‘I will forgive you.’

Forgive me
It’s a word I don’t want.
But Amelia knew.
According to Duke Keter’s words, Siwoo’s body will return to its original state soon, and his memories in a messy state will gradually recover.

What Amelia received now was an empty shell of forgiveness.
Amelia forgot all she had done to him, and her forgiveness, handed to him by the boy Xin Siu, who feared her but did not hate her.

“….Forgiveness….”

Even with that, she felt so relieved that Amelia stood there blankly for a while.
She looked like an idiot and her tears were about to come out.
Amelia took a bottle of rum from the shelf and sat down on the sofa.

She inadvertently put a cigarette in her mouth and tried to light it, thinking of Siu.
I seem to have memories of her being told that secondhand smoke is not good for the body.

Smoking is not a problem for witches, but Siwoo is human.
Not to mention the fragile body of a young child.
Amelia quietly broke her cigarette and poured her drink into an on-the-rocks glass.
It seemed like tonight would be a night with a lot of thoughts.

2.
The night was deep, but sleep did not come easily.

She opened the book, she folded it, stood up in vain, sat down, lay down on the bed, and rolled over and over again.

If you walk only a few meters, you will find Siwoo’s room.
In fact, Si-woo still seems to be uncomfortable with Amelia, so if he was considerate of him, it would be better for him not to go looking for him.
At least until he regains good judgment and memory.

“…Because I need to make sure you sleep well.”

But isn’t Siu just recovering?
It was a sudden recovery.
It was important to keep watching as long as you didn’t know what would happen at any moment.

In fact, despite knowing that Duke Keter wouldn’t have made such a basic mistake, Amelia headed to Siu’s room with her puckering convinced herself.
She said, thinking that if she looked at his sleeping face, a little complicated mind might go away.
Amelia entered her room, holding her breath, so that the sound of the door opening would not wake him.

“……!”

Amelia’s caring heart for him seems to have gone to waste in the end.
It was because as soon as Amelia entered her room, she could see Siu flinching as she was wearing a blanket over her head on the bed.
Tossing and turning while sleeping, the timing was too precise, and most of all, the movements were too great.

Amelia checked the grandfather clock in one corner of her room.
It was past two in the morning, and she hadn’t fallen asleep yet.

Next to the bed.
As she sat down in the chair where she always looked at his face and held his hand, she carefully lowered the covers.

“Ah… Amelia-sama, I’m sorry. I know I have to go to bed early… Oh, wasn’t that what Amelia said?”

Siwoo, avoiding his eyes as if he had done something wrong, was talking nonsense.
It is this side that I should really feel sorry for.

“It’s okay, it doesn’t matter when you sleep. Waking up late.”
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”

Amelia spoke in the sweetest voice possible, waiting for him to calm down a little so he wouldn’t be frightened.

“Are you unable to sleep because of something uncomfortable?”
“That, it’s not…”
“Can I bring you some warm milk?”
“Oh, no. Just…”

After pondering for a while, Siu carefully opened his mouth.
In a way, he seemed very shy.

“A little… Scared, scared.”
“Ah.”

I see
Amelia realized.
She was buried in the thought that the person in front of her was Siu, and recalled the fact that she had overlooked because of her very mature appearance compared to her age.
Now he’s an innocent child.

Amelia, too, when she was little, she saw only the shadows of the trees swaying in the wind, but she was so startled that she couldn’t sleep.
If there was an open closet door, I would close it before sleeping, and I would stuff it tightly to prevent the monster from lying down in case there was a monster under the bed.
On days when it was raining and thundering, she ran to her master’s room.

At such times, Master would read Amelia a storybook until she fell asleep, or sing her a lullaby, or lie down and chatter to Amelia until she fell exhausted.

A child is an age in need of care.
It was only then that Amelia could understand the meaning of ‘It will take a lot of work to take care of’, which Duke Keter said.

“Shall we sleep together?”

As she was idly reminiscing about her memories with her teacher after a long time, unexpected words came out of her mouth.
It’s hard to say that her true intentions popped out, but when she put it in her mouth, it seemed plausible.

“Oh, no… It’s okay!”

Then, as if it were natural, Siwoo’s specifications returned.
Well, I feel so bad and I’m afraid, but I can’t accept this kind of offer all of a sudden.
By the time Amelia, slightly discouraged, is slightly disappointed.
Siu speaks again.

“Hey… Miss Amelia…”
“Yes, please.”
“Then, would it be all right if I ask you for today?”

It was so cute seeing her open her eyes brightly and embarrassedly asking for something.
Amelia seemed to know why her master had poured so much love on her immature, flirtatious self.
It was such a look that awakened the maternal love inherent in her instincts.

“Are you comfortable here? Or would you like to come to my room?”

Affectionately
So he carefully wiped his forehead so he wouldn’t be scared.
Siwoo, who was flustered at first as if he had experienced some unfamiliar kindness, expressed his intentions quite clearly for the first time, perhaps gaining confidence.

“Because the picture over there is somehow too spooky. I want to move rooms.”

At the place he pointed to, the tree-shaped magic formula he had been drawing was drawn.
Certainly, it’s kind of creepy to see it in such a dark place.

“Like.”

When Amelia nodded, Siu pulled off the blanket and slipped on slippers.
She stands upright with an awkward posture as if she doesn’t know how to treat her.

“Ah.”

Amelia realized something about her as she reached out and retightened his eyepatch, which had been disturbed by tossing and turning.

“Is it okay if I remove the blindfold for a moment?”
“Ah yes. Miss Amelia.”

When the blindfold is removed, his left eye is visible.
It doesn’t move, and even if you look closely, there’s no life.
It was a bill.

Duke Keter turned back his time, and even as a child, his left eye, which had been wounded by Ea, was not healed.
After Amelia stood still with her blindfold on, Siu fumbled with her face.

“Why, why are you like that?”

There’s no way Siwoo knows anything right now.
Amelia shook her head politely and put her eyepatch back on.

“It’s nothing. Let’s go.”

On this matter, it seemed necessary to hear more of Duke Keter’s explanation.
Amelia took Siu back to her room.