Especially in the case of a strong and near future, there were often fragmentary implications.

‘So the hint to prepare tea was because Princess Odette was coming.’

So far, it was understandable.

The problem was with the second hint.

Hmm.

Crossing her arms and propping her chin, AnneSophie’s voice slowly flowed from her mouth.

“What does ‘beware of the past’ mean……?”

AnneSophie was busy with the upcoming academic festival, and she knew nothing about what rumors were circulating in society centered around Odette.

Therefore, she could not imagine anything.

About what would happen around Odette.

[This is the time divider.]

At that moment, Epona Hall.

“I regret to say, it’s hard for me to guess the cause of the Count’s illness.”

“……Is that so.”

“Yes. I have seen many cases where the past comes back to life as a nightmare due to a curse, but someone completely unrelated appearing…… I have no precedent.”

The magic professor at Belfort Academy, Zantiphe, shook his head.

At his expression, the platinumblond man sitting across from him, Louis Clovis, coldly smirked.

“But what could it be if it’s not a curse? He was fine, then suddenly collapsed, suffering from delusions for days.”

“Of course, I also think that what the Count is suffering from is a curse. If not, there is no way to explain it.”

“But why can’t you lift the curse?”

“I need to guess the cause to lift the curse, and at this point, I can’t guess the cause of the Count’s curse at all.”

If the cause of the curse cannot be guessed, the curse is weakened by alleviating the negative magic that has settled in the body of the cursed person.

“I don’t feel any negative magical energy in the Count’s body right now. So, I can’t resolve it.”

“…….”

The smile briefly left Louis’s face, and Zantiphe sighed lightly.

“Or would you like to tell me more about the content of the hallucinations? Delusions caused by curses are based on what the party usually fears. You might find out by talking.”

Zantiphe’s voice had a rather worrisome tone.

‘What’s going on at such a young age. Tsk tsk.’

The young man, Louis, was once a student taught by Zantiphe.

Of course, he had only briefly taught magical theory as a general course.

But he knew well what kind of student Louis was during his school years.

Striking platinum hair, blue eyes, and gentle appearance.

And the sociability to lead people.

Louis stood out wherever he went.

[Dash] “It’s unfortunate that I don’t have a talent for magic. There aren’t many opportunities to make a name for myself without using the name of Clovis.”

And above all, what caught Zantiphe’s eye was his ambition.

To the outsider, Louis was sociable at best and promiscuous at worst.
He seemed engrossed in mingling with his noble friends at the party or meeting women.

But the blue eyes of Louis, who was quite serious about saying that it was a shame that he had no talent for magic, looked quite serious.

‘Maybe… what I see isn’t everything.’

He thought enough to think so.

He had thought that he might look forward to the future, but it was surprising that such a young man had become so pale from an unpredictable curse.

Although it did not hide his essential beauty, it was true that it aroused sympathy.

“If you tell me about the hallucination that the Earl is seeing, I might be able to research it a little more. Of course, the academic festival is just around the corner, so it will be difficult to tell you right now[dash].”

Zantipe’s worry was sincere. Louis could feel that too.

But in the end, he had no choice but to bow his head.

“……No, thank you for taking the time.”

“Earl. Are you serious?”

“Of course. Don’t you think I’m seeing hallucinations wrong, Professor? The fear in my memory appeared before my eyes, and you think I’m misunderstanding it as something else.”

“……Don’t take it offensively. There have actually been many such cases.”

Zantipe’s face blushed at the truth. Looking at him, Louis smiled faintly.

“Offensive? Why would I be?”

Just that he neither mistook it nor feared the hallucination.

Louis could still clearly recite the hallucination he had been tormented by.

The reason he couldn’t was simple.

What he saw was really a story that he couldn’t casually mention.

[dash]Louis. Why didn’t you come to the party that day? You said you’d go with me. It was the birthday party of the Duchess, not anyone else.

[dash]I had something to do. You know I contacted you.

[dash]I didn’t receive it. After I had already left, the contact arrived…….

[dash]I sent the fastest person I could find. I did my best, even if it was late.

[dash]Then you should have just kept the promise. Just go to the party once…… I asked you so much…….

In the hallucination, Louis was married.

Since he had to find a suitable marriage partner anyway, that wasn’t so surprising.

What was surprising was who he was talking to.

[dash]Odette! Why are you like this? I couldn’t help it because of business!

Odette Benua Celestine.

In the hallucination, she had appeared as Louis’s wife.