Labyrinth City Mesugaki Pawn Shop

68. Promise (2)

My expression hardened at the sudden words.

I wonder if it was inevitable that Yan would find out my secret, then and now, only the sound of grass insects and the burning of a bonfire could be heard in the silent temple.

“…Looking at that expression, it looks real. If I go back to the Mage’s Tower, I might have to tear up all the papers and set up a new assumption about time and start, the 2nd law of mechanics can be violated…. If it’s a witch review paper, as expected, this level of controversy should lead.”

“Are you making such a ridiculous guess based on your expression?”

Whether I turned back time or went back in time, I knew what would happen the moment I acknowledged it.

Retrograde in an abnormal time.

I’ve blown away 150 years of time just now, but if I do it again here…

When will it fall next…?

So I had no choice but to deny Yan’s words.

“Believe that-“

“I don’t trust you.”

Contrary to what I thought I would continue to pry like before, Yan cut it off.

On the contrary, I put on a puzzled expression when I said it.

“There is only one thing I believe in.”

Then he stretched out his chest and spoke kindly.

“Only my intuition.”

The witch’s intuition shines through.

For some reason, Yan’s self-confidence seemed to shine for an instant.

“So, why did you come back to the past?”

“…Not from the future.”

“Hmm… No need to deny that much… Ah, are there any restrictions? If you say something, a huge penalty will be given?”

It seemed that Yan was already convinced, and it was obvious that he would believe whatever he wanted to say no matter what I said.

“Believe in what you like…”

“Then it’s not that I shouldn’t say it at all, but that it can be done indirectly? Do you have any action? If it’s true that you’re from the future, nod your head.”

I tried to nod my head involuntarily at Yan’s words, but I was stopped by an unknown bleak air current that enveloped my entire body and neck that stiffened at the moment.

And the words whispered in my ear.

[That.No.No.]

I jumped up from my seat without realizing it because of the tingling that ran up my spine.

And reflexively, he pulled out the holy sword halfway… He tried to, but he only swung his empty waist and empty hand into the air.

“What, what.”

There was obviously no one beside me, and Yan tilted his head as if wondering at my sudden action.

“What are you doing?”

“Bar, didn’t you feel it just now?”

“Why are there so many bugs? …Ah, could it be just that? As I was about to nod, the restriction was activated. What?”

A kind of warning, I don’t know who the subject is, but this is a bleak whisper that makes me feel like I need to be careful.

Obviously, if you break it, the same thing will happen again.

“Isn’t it okay to just act? This is quite a headache… No, is it a cheap price compared to flying from the future to the past? Then…”

As soon as I sat down again, Yan looked at me carefully and sighed like “Hmm, hehehe.” Then he asked another question.

“I will ask about something different, not about the facts in question. In the future, I will-“

Wait, Yan paused as if hesitating before continuing.

“Did I become a witch…?”

Hesitation, a bit of hesitation, fear, and anticipation are evenly mixed in the question.

Maybe it was because of the bonfire, for some reason, Yan’s face seemed to be slightly red.

Worried about whether I should say this or not, I stared at Yan and shook his head as if he hadn’t said it.

“No, that means I can become a witch, but what is that… Probability is something, if you keep crashing into it, you’ll succeed someday, but there’s still a chance of failure… I’m a bit nervous too…. Not only magic skills, but each elder’s assignments and papers are also piled up…”

“Yan Eun-“

She took another breath and waited for the warning bell to fly.

But no symptoms occurred.

Pointing my index fingers together meaninglessly, I told Yan, who was looking at me nervously, about her future.

Not confirmed, but slightly planned.

“You can become a witch…”

Yan opened her mouth wide in disbelief, opened her mouth, and gave a blank expression for a while.

The scent of sweet peaches wafted out.

“Ha ha ha! So you’re saying I’m going to be a witch? I? Lol”

He was the one who asked himself questions and spoke gibberish as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Then, how do you know my name because I became a witch? No way-“

Suddenly wrapping her body around her, Yan took a few steps behind her and stammered with her white, fearful face.

“Isn’t it… you’re suddenly saying something like ‘Mom’ to me…?”

“It’s not like that!”

For something like that crazy development, it’s a specification with full force from here.

Yan is the future mother..? Such a future shouldn’t exist…

“No, well, that would be a relief. So, what is the future me doing?”

“Hmm… I don’t know how to look at things well… For some reason, Yan has the impression that he will be running a pawn shop in the labyrinth city in the future…?”

“…Me? She’s doing something boring like that? No, there are so many things to study!”

Unable to comprehend, for the first time, he was making an expression that had cracked his confidence.

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“No, no… I can’t do such a boring job… No, yes! Then! You, what kind of relationship do you have with me!”

“That pawnshop employee… I think it will be.”

“Ah-.”

He was Yan with an expression as if the sky had fallen.

“I’m doing such a crappy thing..? And the one from the future is my pawnshop employee…? What the hell is the future…”

I wonder if he was shocked by the completely unexpected future. Yan, who had been staring at the ceiling for a long time, asked in a dejected voice.

“So, how did you end up like that? What is the reason why the pawnshop employee came to the point where he made a transfer that violates the laws of physics that return to the past?”

“…I don’t know that either.”

Die and die, die and die countless times, blow away all achievement points, and finally reach the past 154 years ago by violating the taboo of time travel.

…I vaguely knew what to do.

Maria Salomea, it must have something to do with that tolerance.

The first meeting is coincidence, the second meeting is inevitable, and the third meeting is fate.

Of course, it was bloody bad luck, but… I couldn’t cut Maria Salomea.

It was a golden opportunity to eliminate the cause of future catastrophes that could solve everything by cutting them down, but… I hesitated.

I could have killed the opportunity, I could have finished it all, but you ruined it all.

I could cut, I could kill…

Why didn’t you kill me? Why didn’t you cut it?

“You have a troubled face.”

Jan stood up, brought me to eye level, and put his hand to my cheek.

Lightly frosted magic.

“Hey, employee. In the future, you will always be younger than me, so just let go? You speak up”

“…Yan?”

“Ugh! Tuck! Yan!”

Then he slapped his cheeks so loudly that the sound echoed through the temple.

When I turned my head halfway, I heard Yan’s voice.

“I don’t know when you came from the future or why you came here. Name, age, blood type, height, face, hobbies… I don’t know anything and I don’t know what troubles you have. But-“

As the face returned to its original position, Yan’s hand rested on his cheek again.

“…At least that just went away, right?”

Two small hands gripped the cheeks that were flushed and tingling.

“Don’t worry. Worry is, the more it piles up, the bigger it gets. Blow it up like it never existed in the first place.”

“How..?”

“Well, it’s good to eat sweets or do some light exercise so that you don’t have any thoughts. I used to eat mostly sweets from the past when I had a lot of thoughts. Look, are there still candies here?”

Whether it was the past or the future, it was the same way.

“And be aware. You may be an employee at my pawn shop in the future, but now you are…”

I came back here with the holy sword that Yan had put away.

“Hey warrior. One and only warrior. So, don’t make that face. Even I feel weird watching it.”

I was talking gruntly, but Yan was clearly worried about me.

As I grabbed the holy sword, a message came to my mind again.

[Symma’s resistance succeeded.]

My mind becomes clearer. The thoughts I had until now seemed stupid, so the thoughts that were not spinning with a clean head that made me laugh… I expressed my gratitude with a smile.

“Thank you Yan. No, thank you very much Jan.”

Unexpectedly, Jan removed his hand from his cheek, stepped back, and lowered his head.

“You…don’t say that with that face.”

“Yes?”

“If you don’t want to do it, don’t do it, you bastard!”

I wonder if my face is still a mess.

“And if you’re grateful, don’t just think of filling it with words, do something next time.”

I will do it.

I rested my chin on his chin for a moment and fell into trouble.

There are more things to do than I thought.

Various items that ex-returners couldn’t miss.

Among them, if it’s a wizard, it’s useful… Hmm… A staff with a skill level? No, even if I did that, I didn’t think a wizard like Yan would be particularly helpful.

After trying to figure out a few things a wizard could use, I narrowed it down to accessories.

I remembered the options for each equipment and listed them.

Bracelets, necklaces, earrings and…

“Should I give you a ring…?”

“What, what?!”

For some reason, Yan turned red and ran out of the temple.

“Where are you going Yan?”

“I don’t know!”

“Then how about a necklace? No, the bracelet!”

”Noisy!”

It seemed that all three of them didn’t like it.

…..Was the earring first?