"No! The magic worked! We got Javier back! Javier is alive again!" said Katherine, shaking her head.
Seeing that Katherine didn't seem to be listening to his words, Luca dared himself to hold Katherine's shoulder.
"Lady Katherine, Javier is dead. We were both there when he died," Luca said in a soft but firm voice.
Actually Luca was a little sad to see Katherine acting like this. Years had passed and he thought Katherine had moved on, but apparently Katherine was still thinking about Javier.
"I knew it! I saw it too! I can not forget when my hands were wet with Javier's blood! But I saw Javier earlier! He came back to life!" Said Katherine that still sounds serious.
Luca let go of his hand on the shoulder of Katherine when he heard it. He thinks Katherine didn't remember that.
Then, is Javier really alive?
"But how is that possible? We saw for ourselves when Javier died. He was also buried by the locals. There's no way that could happen," said Luca who still thought it was impossible.
"What if it turns out that resurrection magic takes several years to activate?" asked Katherine.
Luca immediately shook his head. Even though it was his first time doing resurrection magic, he knew how the magic worked. If it worked, it would immediately resurrect Javier.
"Well… I don't care. Javier coming back alive is enough for me! Oh yeah, you didn't see him earlier, did you? How about we go see Javier, ah, his name is James now," said Katherine, looking excited.
If all students were required to enter the dorms, wouldn't the same be applied to Javier? That man must still be around the academy, right?
Ahh… Katherine didn't think she'd see Javier every time.
Luca nodded. Although he didn't really like Javier, he was curious as to what really happened. He had to see Javier come back alive for himself.
***.
Moments later, Katherine and Luca finally found James who was swinging his sword behind male dormitory building.
"What? You came with your boyfriend to beat me up?" James asked when he saw Katherine who came with Luca.
"Boyfriend? No, he's my cousin," Katherine explained.
"I see, you came with your family," James said then looked at Luca who has white skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes.
"You look like a noble who can only whine while calling for his mother, can you even fight?" James asked with a condescending smile.
Luca was silent when he heard that. Right now he was busy looking at whether this arrogant man in front of him was Javier as Katherine said.
"Why are you silent? Are you scared? Haha, I didn't expect you to bring a coward like this to see me," said James who was now looking at Katherine.
"No, I'm not here to fight," said Katherine shaking her hand and head.
"Get lost and don't bother me!" James then raised his sword again and put it at Katherine's neck.
"If I see you again, I won't hesitate to beat you up," he continued in a cold voice.
"Look! Your cousin even just stood still in fear and couldn't move. Next time if you want..."
"Ahh, noisy," Luca, who couldn't stand James' chatter anymore, started chanting a spell.
"Sleep," said Luca and after saying that, James immediately fell unconscious.
"Luca! What are you doing!" said Katherine who immediately hugged James' body so that the man wouldn't fall.
"You know that sword won't hurt me," Katherine continued and slowly made James lean against the wall.
"I'm sorry, Lady Katherine. I know it won't hurt you, but this man is too noisy and I'm just made him sleep," said Luca who immediately disliked James.
Katherine just snorted at Luca's reasoning.
"Then what? He's Javier, right?" asked Katherine, excited again.
"To be honest, he is very different from Javier, both physically and nature, Javier can't possibly act like that," said Luca who still didn't understand how Katherine saw this man as Javier.
"Well… his attitude is a little different, but he's Javier," Katherine insisted. She didn't know how to explain this to Luca, but Katherine was sure that James was Javier, she could feel a familiar feeling when she was with him.
"Okay, I'll check it out first," said Luca then looked around to see if anyone was watching them.
Feeling the situation was safe, Luca then began to cast a spell to look inside James' body.
A magic circle appeared in Luca's outstretched palm and Luca directly touched James' chest when the magic circle finally appeared.
Katherine bit her lower lip when she saw how Luca was doing his magic, even though she could feel James was Javier, but as Luca said, both their physique and nature were vastly different, so Katherine was a little unsure as to what was really going on.
"No way. How did this happen?" said Luca who immediately pulled his hand back.
"Why? What's wrong?" asked Katherine, looking nervous.
"James… this man has Javier's soul in his body," said Luca with an expression of disbelief on his face.
"Really? I told you this man is Javier! I will not be wrong to recognize my husband!" said Katherine looking happy, her eyes even looking a little teary, she did not expect to be reunited with her husband.
"Come on, Luca, immediately wake Javier, wait… why does your face look like that?" asked Katherine who saw Luca's facial expression look strange.
"Because this is really strange, Lady Katherine."
Katherine's eyebrows rose when she heard that.
"After we die, our souls will be sent to the underworld, Javier's soul shouldn't still be in this world, let alone in this man's body!" said Luca explaining the lessons he learned from his ancestors.
"I know something is strange when Javier doesn't come back to life with Resurrection magic! Does that mean his soul has gone somewhere?" Luca muttered under his breath.
"Eyy, who cares? What matters is that Javier is back! Let's wake up Javier immediately," said Katherine who looked happy.
"Wait a minute, Lady Katherine, it's true that James' body has Javier's soul, but still he doesn't remember himself when he was Javier," said Luca hastily before Katherine did something when James had woken up.
"Really? He won't remember me?" asked Katherine, surprised by the information, she thought she could finally hug him and tell him how much she missed him.
"Yeah, that's most likely," said Luca, but he wasn't too sure himself.
"Is that so? It doesn't matter, I just have to make him fall in love with me again," Katherine said with a sweet smile, confident that she could make the current Javier loves her again