Much to the shock of everyone present, one second I was there in front of them and the next one I wasn't, using a bit more skilled Godspeed, I was able to disappear from all their sight .
But I did say goodbye to them as I stood by the tunnel leading to the exit, but for just a second, enough to see all of their stunned faces continue on my way .
As I got out of the Training Arena, my luck wasn't that good, I was forced to stop using Godspeed due to how bustling the scene in front of me was, I was more skilled with it, but not enough skilled to be passing through the crowds at that speed, so I might end in plumbing into a lot of people, so I was in a hurry yes, but not that much hurry .
I was really began missing Paradox, it should have allowed me to pass those crowds without much of a problem, just I was just thinking of how I wanted to use Paradox, I felt something strange, something very difficult to describe, it was like the feeling of suddenly getting lost in thought, but not quite as well .
I never felt like that before, for a second there my mind was even trying to recall what I was trying to think of earlier, I was able to get to the answer after a few minutes passed, it took me 4 or 5 minutes to finally be able to recall what I was just thinking of .
I was thinking that it would have been great, if I was able to use Paradox, the feeling got me again, but this time it was more severe, a few minutes later and as I passed by the crowds and heard them pointing at me and gossiping for some reason, I paid them no much mind and instead kept on walking aimlessly or I was clueless on where I was going, then after those minutes passed my destination wasn't the only thing that I was wondering about, I was also wondering what I was exactly thinking minutes before .
I reached the corridor leading to the principal office and even stood in front of the office, completely uncertain of what I was even standing there for, could I have had some business with the principal, was she the one who called me, something here was definitely wrong, I feel that I was losing something, that something was of a great importance to me and the process of losing it was still ongoing .
What exactly was wrong, I didn't even realized that at some point of time while I was still contemplating on what was going on and what was I going to do, I began knocking on the door, I completely had no idea on why was I here nor even know when my hands began knocking, something was incredibly strange with me today .
I heard the principal's soft voice from inside asking who was at the door, her voice was a bit quivering as if she was guarded about something, I didn't even answer her, I just opened the door and went inside the room, the moment I went inside, I looked at the woman standing looking at the window and suddenly felt as if my mind was boiling, I sensed as if magma was flowing inside of my mind all of a sudden, seeing that familiar back by the window, was what triggered this tortures state, what was going on .
Why was I thinking that the principal's back was familiar to me, she seeing that the door was opened was startled at first, but then her startle turned into a complete shock, then her face had all weird expressions and colors on it, she was troubled with dealing with different emotions all at once, I was familiar to this happening, huh .
How exactly was I familiar was that, I can't seem to recall ever encountering not to mention experiencing it myself, at seeing the woman's face in front of me, if before I felt magma flowing in my mind, then I now felt like my whole brain all of a sudden, got detonated, spluttering my thoughts all around .
I was completely unable to even muster following any of these lines of thought that kept coursing my mind at the moment, my head felt as if anything it might really explode, I was unable to keep my balance and was about to headbutt the ground, but just as I fell down,
I suddenly felt myself landing on the embrace of someone, that someone had shiny blonde hair that was glittering with the rays of the sun, just being held like that was enough to had me calm down my active thoughts a bit, but only a bit .
Lucius ... .
Just as I was sighing in relief at the fact that I was saved from my troubling thoughts, I then heard her whispering that name in my ear, I almost let out a gasp , the thoughts that I believed have calmed down, raged once again, then all sorts of information began to become clear to me .
I remembered why I was her, why the back of the principal familiar to me, what happened before with the sudden disappearance of memories about Paradox and all these things came crashing down on me, the first thing that I did after recalling everything was to embrace the woman in front of me more tighly and more intimately .
That woman was responsible for saving me before and even now, she saved me from solitude back in my past life and she helped me to regain sense of myself as well .
I can't make sense of what had happened before, not by even a little, all I know that it seemed that I suddenly was at loss of any thought for a few times, then I felt my memories began to be sealed, forgotten, I have no clue at all .
All that I currently know that it seemed that I was blocked from using my Time spells completely, but that block was lifted all of a sudden, what was exactly going on, was that a side effect of some kind due to me lately using a lot of powerful spells, or was it related to Fixed Point in particular .
Stopping the flowing of time globally must have had an impact on all life, so I won't be surprised if that turned out to be the problem, but me sensing that even this weird incident happened before, was what actually made me almost go berserk, but I was currently being comforted by my first ever person that I had loved, so I will be investigating that later, for now I will enjoy my reunion with Regina .
I believe that you have already recovered, so there no need for me to keep holding you .
" Regina .
She was just about to break the embrace, but just as she heard my voice, she seemed to be suddenly melting into my arms, I too was melting in hers, for quite some time we kept on holding to one another like this, she then suddenly said :
I thought that I will never be able to meet you .
He tone was happy, yet her voice sounded as if she was sobbing or something .
" I'm here, both of us are .
I told her while caressing her hair, she popped her head back and looked at my face and smiled then said :
Welcome back, dear .
I was a bit surprised by her saying this after all, I do recall her saying back in our past lives that she will use that way to greet me when I came back from my battles, my answer was always the same every time, I said what I used to say back in our past lives, I told her :
" I'm home, my beloved .
At me saying this it was her turn to act surprised and a bit bashful as well, she tried to break the embrace again, but my hands on her was keeping her in place with no ability to make any moves of this sort .
I only let go after I felt the woman in my embrace was almost about to pass out from embarrassment, I couldn't help but chuckle a little at that, she seeing me like that smiled faintly then she pouted and said :
So the person Maya was messaging earlier was you, before you came here, she pardoned herself saying that she was going for a walk, that crafty girl I will teach her a lesson later .
" Don't, she only did so after I told her, if someone need to be punished, I believe that it must be you, you were the one that kept ignoring my calls after I finally recalled who you are and weren't even able to find you in the office this morning, so yes, I believe you very much needed to be punished as well .
She was surprised at first, but as if me recognizing her unlocked a few more remaining memories in her mind, I felt that her personality seemed to have transformed as she suddenly asked playfully in a very familiar way :
What punishment do you have in mind for me then ? .
Seeing her like that I was once again reminded of how playful and cheerful that girl was in my visions, I had always being the one to be teased by that girl, but she was only able to make me react to her teasing a few times, most of the times I would have acted clueless to what she was trying to do, so it just felt right tease her back this once, I said :
" Well, the best punishment I found suitable for you to do, is to marry me .
As I blurted these words out with a smile on my face, her playful attitude and expression vanished almost instantly and instead she returned back to being bashful like before, but the smile on his face didn't disappear, she was teased alright, that made me laugh seeing her falling in thought with that bashful expression on her face, she seemed to have made up her mind after a few seconds, she said :
If that what you wanted me to do as a punishment, I will accept gladly, but that will have to wait until you are 16 years old, so you have to wait for next year .
Even though I first said that as a joke, seeing the serious expression on his face, I couldn't help but nod my head at her words, but soon realized what I was doing and was about to shook my head, but she beat me into saying :
If you are worried about that creating a problem with my job, don't worry, I might not stay in the position of the headmistress anyway, not to mention that you are more precious to me than any job or status .
I swallowed back the words that were on my tongue just now, I felt warm, so warm in fact that I was beginning to believe that I might have been set on fire somehow, I couldn't help but throw myself at her again and embracing her tightly one more time, if she want us to marry then that what will us exactly do, no buts .
As she didn't refuse my embrace, I couldn't help but whisper in her ear a question that bugged me a little, I said :
" Why ? .
Midway the question she spoke and interrupted the question, she said :
Why what ? .
" Well, if you had let me continue, you might have heard the full question, I'm asking you why did you ignore my calls ? .
She fell silent for a while and I sensed her heart accelerate its beating, since we are so close to one another, my heart couldn't help but react in a similar way and began beating faster as well, waiting for her response .
She quivered a bit in my embrace to the point that I was beginning to interpret it as her beginning to feel uncomfortable with the question, but a second later after I was beginning to think so, she said with a weak and troubled tone in her voice :
I was afraid that even if you do recall me, you might not have liked to be with me, especially after I know about the closeness between you and Tokiko-san, I was scared to lose you thinking that if I tried to get closer to you, I might be pushing you away in the opposite direction instead, so I was planning to keep going like that until you remember me or you forget about me completely, but it seemed that you don't like any of these two choices and you still came here, so I too a bit confused about what to do from now on as well .
I felt as if an arrow was stuck in my chest and even by just breathing, my heart feel pained by hearing the sad tone in her voice, I caressing her back as if to calm her down and assure her that I care for her dearly .
" No one can take your place in my heart, you should have known that, even though I kept ignoring you in our past lives that was completely me being ignorant about the consequences of this bad move of mine .
She popped her head up at me and I'm able to tell that she was about to be in tears, her eyes were red and her eyes were already watery, but she currently had a confused expression on her face, I expected as much, to make sure that I don't endanger her, I hadn't told her what was going on with that crazy old man back then, she was connecting that to this and began to reach to the conclusion that I don't like her anymore and so and so .
I sighed at how much she seemed to have overthink this, I cleaned the tears that was about to form in her eyes with my thumb, I swept them away gently then told her about the full story of what actually have happened back then, her expression began to shift from sadness to worry then to that of horror, then she finally nested with one that of relief and her having a happy ridiculous smile on her face .
I never would have thought of you to be this softie, what will the soldiers under your command back then think, if they were to see you like this, even the revered Azure Death can half a side like this to him, hehe .
" I'm glad that you are finding this funny .
I tried to come up with a stern face like the ones I had seen the me in the past live do, but it made matters even worse, she stared at me wide-eyed, then collapsed laughing in my arms while saying :
You can't bluff me after what you just said, hahahaha .
Trying to change the subject, I wanted to check something from her words, I said :
" You said you wanted to see whether I rememberd you or not, did that mean that you recognized me, way before I did ? .
She stopped beating my chest and with a wide smile, she nodded her head .