When I jumped in surprise, that featherlike thing fluttered even more.
…Upon a closer look, it was a butterfly. An opalescent butterfly, sparkling in various colors!
‘Wow… a gem tree, and even gem butterflies!’
This had to be a dream of prophecy. Thinking about it, didn’t I have to grasp something in such dreams? So, I stretched out my hand and firmly grabbed the butterfly.
But the butterfly didn’t get caught in my hand and slipped out. As if… it was made of light.
‘What…?’
Surprised, I blinked, and an unknown voice rang out.
{Ah, how could you grab it so tightly? You startled it.}
‘What? Could it be…’
I blankly realized. That voice, it came from none other than that butterfly!
‘Wow, the butterfly can talk!’
{Of course. ‘We’ are not ordinary butterflies.}
The butterfly fluttered its wings as it spoke. It appeared quite haughty.
Then, more butterflies started to fly in. One, two, three… ten, nineteen… There were too many to count.
{We are the butterflies of the World Tree.}
‘World Tree… what’s the World Tree?’
Now that I think about it, I vaguely recall such a setting in the original. While I tried to recall the hazy memory, the butterflies fluttered and spoke.
{This tree you see now. This is the World Tree. The origin of our world. The root of all things, the force that supports the universe.}
‘This… humongous diamondlike thing…?’
A butterfly moved its wings as if confirming when I asked shakily.
The butterflies landed on my head and shoulder and fluttered. …How should I put it? It felt like they were flirting.
{We’ve been waiting for you.}
{Everything has been a mess since you disappeared.}
{This time, please make a contract with us.}
{It’s something only you can do.}
The butterflies chattered about things I couldn’t understand.
In any case, the conclusion was one. That I should make a contract with them.
{If you make a contract with us, you can use our power.}
{You’ll instinctively realize how to use it.}
The butterflies flew around my eyes as if tempting me. When I reached out my hand, a butterfly lightly landed on the tip.
Staring blankly at the luminous opal wings, I carefully asked.
‘Why me? I’m… Gloria Ainstern, you know?’
{Because you are Gloria Ainstern.}
{We chose you.}
{We need you.}
Hmm, should I mention that I’m a possession? I decided against it.
It seemed like these butterflies already knew everything, even if I didn’t say it.
‘If I make a contract with you…… will it help me protect April?’
{Of course!}
{You’re going to be a very important person in this world.}
{So, you can do anything and protect anything.}
{We’ll help you.}
Her hesitation was not long. If she was going to protect April, it would be better for her to have some power too.
‘…Alright. I’ll make a contract with you.’
Then, the butterflies fluttered around very happily. Countless butterflies danced around her. It was an incredibly fantastic scene.
{Thank you!}
{Thank you, Gloria.}
{Gloria, I like you.}
{No, I like you more!}
‘No, wait, wait…!’
Startled by the butterflies clinging to her, she suddenly woke up from her dream.
“Uh….”
She blinked blankly on the bed, her arms and legs spread out in a big ‘大’. …It was a strange ceiling. So being possessed is a reality. She even had a strange dream.
‘Did I really make a contract or something?’
With a strange feeling, she got up, and noticing that the next bed was empty, she looked down.
The rabbit was gone.
It had been sound asleep next to her until last night……
‘Did it wake up first and go……? Wakes up early.’
April seems to be a rabbit that wakes up early in the morning. She scratched her head and pulled the drawstring.
Shortly after, a maid came into the room. But the corridor beyond the door was noisy. For some reason, the maid’s expression wasn’t good either.
She asked the maid with a puzzled look.
“Why is it so noisy outside? What’s going on?”
“That is……”
The maid hesitated a little, and then answered while watching her reaction.
“Miss April has disappeared……”
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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