Chapter 129
Sunset (12)
"Even though they're an already poor family, their mansion has collapsed, and their precious wheat fields were lost not to a wildfire, but to the child they cherished so dearly; and now that beloved daughter has become such an ugly human, how much torment must Count Beluze be in?"
Levina said so, then took out her staff and sprinkled water around, weakening the fire Seraphina had raised.
But the fire didn't go out.
Instead, each time it met water, even as its size diminished, it made a crackling sound, turning the water into steam as it burned.
While the two of them did that, I merely stood stiffly frozen.
I thought I had overcome being burned to death in my own way, but in a space similar to Levina's room, with Seraphina in a situation where Levina seemed somewhat pushed back, and fire rising in the room, cold sweat began to flow.
It seemed inevitable to be seized by memories, being in a place excessively similar to the past.
My body felt both hot and cold.