"Grandma?!" was the last thing I could process before Sylphie unexpectedly kissed me on the lips.
what the hell?!
Is he already healthy because of his age? But he looks so young... no! I must clarify this
I thought as I separated from Sylphie's kiss.
"Wa-wait, Sylphie, what are you doing?!" I said upset while I took her by the shoulders.
-Eh?- Sylphie let out while she looked at me in disbelief.
-Rudy? "Is something wrong?" he told me with tears in his eyes.
-I know I should let you go but I...I...waaaah!-
she started to cry...
He started crying right there in front of the children and the boy.
-grandma.....please you must be confused, this guy can't be grandpa, I saw him die grandma, that's it.....-
"Shut up, Paul! I know, let me dream in peace," Sylphie shouted through tears while he buried his face in my chest
"Eh?...Sylphie...it's okay, it's okay...I'll explain everything to you, but let's go home, it's cold out here," I said while rubbing her head.
"Yes..." was the only thing he said as he took my arm and we walked into the house.
"Grandma!!, please react, this is absurd this.." the guy Paul shouted before Sylphie glared at him with an anger that he had never seen in her.
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We entered the house and I was surprised because the big tree next to the door is actually a Treant.
I saved myself from asking for explanations since due to his height he must have been here for a long time.
We entered the house and it was totally different from how I remember it except for the furniture.
But what surprised me the most was...
-o...o...Orsted?!!!?-
I yelled, pulling myself out of Sylphie's grip as I backed toward the entrance of the house.
he was here
sitting on the living room couch as if it were the most normal thing in the world while reading a book
"hmmm!?" was all he said as he stood up and looked me in the eyes.
and as if analyzing me he put his hands in an attack position
-stop Orsted, rudy! "Stop it!" Sylphie shouted as she stood between the two.
-Sylphie, step aside! th-thiii-this guy can kill us just by moving his hands!!-I said while accumulating mana in both hands
As if he had foreseen my movement, Orsted used Disturbance Magic as he moved in front of me at a speed I couldn't process.
-...hmmm- was all he said as he looked me in the eyes.
-....it's Rudeus- was all he said as he sat back down on the couch while looking into my eyes.
-hmmp you are an idiot Orsted!!- Sylphie said while scolding Orsted with an expression of a mother scolding her spoiled son
"How dare you doubt that he's not Rudeus?! He was your most loyal soldier and now you treat him like that?!" Sylphie shouted at Orsted with obvious anger.
-hmmm my apologies but this is disconcerting Sylphiette Greyrath, you must admit that it is difficult to believe that this is even possible-said Orsted while still looking into my eyes.
-wh-what the hell is going on here?!-
I said in total confusion while Sylphie and Orsted followed by the boy Paul looked at me bewildered.
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sylphie's point of view
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it's not a dream
I quickly realized this, simply because Orsted is in it, and more than anything, a great tension has just passed that I had never had in a dream or in something of this style but.....if not Is it a dream? How is this possible? It's Rudy, there is no doubt about that, I would never confuse the love of my life with a stranger.
and there is also Orsted
For some reason he also recognized it by some method that I don't know.
If it's really Rudeus and this is not a dream... I must make the most of this new opportunity, I thought after stopping scolding Orsted and standing next to my husband.
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Rudeus's POV
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For the next hour Sylphie and Orsted explained to me the events that occurred between my return from Shirone and my death.
some impacted me more than others...
Paul died in the labyrinth..., I married Roxy and Eris who to my surprise did not abandon me and only went to train to become stronger to face Orsted with me, I had 6 children and I fell out with Hitogami and I fought Orsted for the second time and became his subordinate. Thinking about it, it's strange that Hitogami didn't contact me while I was disoriented in rapam.
According to Orsted, it is because I am a new anomaly in this world... and from what I see now, Sylphie and Orsted knew that I am a reincarnate
Orsted gave me a bracelet just like Sylphie's and he chanted a strange spell in the language of the dragon god and applied it to me according to this, now I am totally invisible to Hitogami.
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While Orsted told me everything I missed and with Sylphie as support giving me the most important events we reached 7 years after he returned from Rapam...Gesse betrayed us, he was an apostle of Hitogami as Orsted calls them, although we managed defeat him I still don't understand how he of all people could betray me.....thinking about it, how could he get information about which Zenith was in the labyrinth if she was locked in the crystal?...that bastard... According to Orsted, his mission was to prevent me from marrying Roxy and having a girl named Lara...
Lara...now the whispers of Nolan and his team make sense...
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"So...-it was a girl?" I said to Sylphie while looking into her eyes.
"Yes, you called her Lucy, she is a very beautiful girl," Sylphie said as she leaned her head on my shoulder.
-I already believe it....-
was all I could say
and to think that I missed all this...6 times...the birth, the first words, his first steps.....
to think that I will never see Paul or Zenith again....we worked so hard to rescue her and I couldn't even see her...with these thoughts I couldn't take it anymore and I started crying....I practically lost my entire life without any explanation...
"Rudy..." Sylphie said while hugging me.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine, I still love you Rudy," Sylphie said in a warm tone.
-no.... that's not it...-
-Rudy!!!-
I heard a familiar voice
I turned on my heel and barely managed to register Roxy before she almost tackled me and kissed me fiercely on the lips.