Hearing Rosaria tell Alen about her gloomy past, made Alen feel sorry for asking.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked and made you remember that bad thing"
"Mmm" she shook her head "It's okay, after all thanks to you I feel like I've been reborn"
"But wait, you said you've been suffering like that for years, so how old are you really?"
Now that Rosaria thought about it too, she try remember how long she had been like that, yet she keep couldn't remember. "Ugh, sorry. I can't remember"
"Ah, that's okay. But certainly you are much older than me even though your appearance is not much different from mine." Alen scratched his head, although Rosaria's appearance looked a little older than him but it turned out that her age could probably be very much older than him.
Seeing Alen who looked a little awkward at her for knowing her real age, Rosaria added "T-That's probably because of the curse given by that bastard Apostle, c-could say that now I've been reborn thanks to you. So, Um-mh I'm not that old" Rosaria felt embarrassed, she thought that Alen probably wouldn't like an old woman like her in the form of a 4-year-old girl.
Seeing that Alen tried to clear up this misunderstanding, "Ah, I was just thinking since you are much older, maybe I should be more polite and call you sister when talking to you"
Realizing that Rosaria had misunderstood, he then stammered "T-T-There's no need, M-Master can just call me by my name"
"Then you shouldn't call me master either, you can talk to me casually"
"Alright Mast-, uh Alen" Alen smiled, he then asked one more question "Well then, one last question. You actually already have a good name, but why did you throw it away?. Especially since it was given to you by someone you care about."
Rosaria smiled bitterly. "I threw that name away when I had started to lose my mind, when I was in that hell. I kept thinking that maybe dying would be better than being there. That's when I lost the meaning of the name Maria gave me and threw it away, just like when I wanted to throw away my life"
"Ah... Emmm..." Alen could only remain silent.
"You don't have to worry about me, I like the name you gave me anyway. The name you gave me is similar to my old name, the word "Rosa" is similar to "Rose". And the word "Ria" is very similar to the name Maria" Rosaria smiled remembering her current name felt very beautiful, because it felt like combining her old name with the name Maria.
"Ah, it's good that you like it haha" Alen laughed a little to break the ice but his mind said otherwise "Gosh, it's a good thing I named her Rosaria. I didn't know, if she think that far ahead"
Alen was actually just trying to remember a nice and pretty name, and the name Rosaria suddenly popped into his mind. And also the name Rosaria actually likes to be used in a fantasy novel.
*****
Alen left the [Arsy] or [Arasy] and Rosaria stayed there, Alen had told Rosaria in advance that the place was indestructible.
Alen was now back in a forest with the moon above the sky, slightly illuminating the night this time, and since he had nothing else to do, he decided to go back.
When he arrived at a tent and there was a campfire that had been extinguished, he immediately entered the tent and slept because he was very sleepy and tired, his father and mother did not seem to realize that he has gone out.
But on the way home, he didn't realize that someone was following him from behind. She was dressed all in black and perched on a tree, watching from a great distance.
She just watched and did nothing, because after Alen entered the tent. She left.
*****
*Whoosh* *Srek* *Drap* *Srek*
The sound of someone's footsteps passing through the trees was completely inaudible due to the night wind that made the branches and leaves of the trees rub against each other, or perhaps it was because that person was an expert.
*Drap*
She had set foot on the ground, and someone was waiting for her.
"So how was it?"
"I've been following him from afar and everything the princess said is true."
"So he can use magic at that age?"
"Yes captain, when he returned. He ran using Lightning spells like [Lightning Step]. I even had to add my speed if I didn't want to lose him"
The person who was called captain was Nevada Ashron, she initially only pretended to believe Aria's words. So she sent one of his subordinates to follow Alen and confirm it.
"So he really is a genius, huh" Nevada smiled "I can't wait to see what he becomes in the future"
"So what do we do next captain?"
"Now we'll just go back, the princess will realize we're up to something if we're gone too long"
"Yes captain"
They then returned and did not continue watching Alen.