Chapter 22 – Mayhem #03

“How did you match your lips? Is it a ball? Is it forehead? No way…Is it a mouth..!! It’s just the lips, right? More than that, it must be a kiss that only lovers can do..!!”

At Agnes’s series of questions, Xiao-Mei’s expression is colored with trouble and pain.

No wonder.

Unlike Violet, who avoids the burdensome gazes of others on her, Xiao-Mei is really awkward with people.

He laughs a lot and shows his tomboy side only to a few close friends. She tends to draw the line thoroughly.

Xiao Mei hurriedly looked at Violet and sent her gaze to ask for help.

“It’s really dumb. I was surprised to see it too.”
“You think so too?! Men and women who are not even lovers use their… Tongue…!! By force!”

However, it seems that Violet sided with Agnes and decided to attack Xiao-Mei.

‘No, I won’t be looking at that scene right now…’

What I have to think about right now is why the memories of these three people came back.

‘Come to think of it, everyone reacted strangely.’

Violet was avoiding me for some reason even though it was the first time we met.

Agnes, who had fallen in love with the student council and disrupted the academy’s order, went quietly.

Strangely teasing people.

What they all have in common is the people with whom I had a deep relationship in the past.

‘Could it be that Zorba knew this guy too, but did he just pretend not to know?’

“Aww! Help me, brother!”

At that time, Xiao Mei cried and hugged me while I was tied up.

Seeing that he calls me hyungnim instead of older brother, it seems that he intends to stick with me and move on.

Of course, the other two couldn’t stay still after seeing that.

“Xiaomei! I didn’t see it that way, but she was a woman intoxicated with lust!”
“Don’t hide behind the still Artin!”

I want to see them scolding them for a little longer, but it seems like there will be no end if we keep going like this, so let’s stop soon.

“It’s good to scold Xiao-Mei, but before that, there’s something I want to ask the three of you.”
“Is it okay to scold me, brother?! Too much!”

Looking at him still unrepentant, the medicine rises again.

If only my arms hadn’t been tied, I would have hit you by the head!

Pretending to hide behind her as if she knows that, she presses her voluptuous breasts against my shoulder to appeal to her softness.

I’m sorry. Just because a man is a virgin, does he know how to relieve all his anger if he has a woman’s heart?

‘Is it really going to work out?’

Even after suffering such a situation, Xiaomei’s voluptuous breasts give her a firm massage, and her heart, which had risen until just now, becomes peaceful.

Before regression, a woman’s best apology on the Internet would you like to touch her breasts? What you said was not a lie.

“Don’t try to sneak over, Xiao-Mei! Artin, don’t enjoy yourself either!”

Oh, I was caught by Violet.

“If you’ve calmed down, I’d like to hear how far the memories of the three of you go.”

Before the bowstring was returned to me, I hurriedly changed the subject and asked a question.

“No matter how far I can remember… Well…”

Xiao-Mei, who was hiding behind me, must have known that changing the topic was a good idea, so she hurriedly began recalling her memories in order to hold on to the rope I had given her.

“I remember my older brother locking himself in the manor and digging a trench… And losing my hair while performing as a knight.

Shit is everything too.

I’m counting the things that happened from the 1st to the 4th, so even if I check it again, I can’t even remove this and I know everything.

“I also remember, didn’t you bring all the precious ingredients to make me a hair loss pill for hair loss?”

I lowered my head at Violet’s words to her.

No, at that time, I was really stressed enough to die of hair loss.

At the age of 21, the crown of his head was shiny without a single hair on his head, and he felt as though his human rights were being violated.

“…Hey, that’s all.”

At that time, Agnes, who was listening to the story, raised his hand and opened his mouth her.

“I can only remember Artin being taken by the cult and crossing the barrier alone.”
“What? What are you talking about?”

Violet and Xiaomei remember, but why can’t only Agnes?

Is something weird The moment I went crazy with the thought, a sharp sensation flashed through my head.

An incomprehensible sense of incongruity that I had felt until now.

“Wait, all three of you, tell me everything you really remember. Before that, let me release this.”

To do so, it is necessary to contrast the memories of the three people.

*

After listening to each other’s stories for about an hour, our expressions weren’t very good.

“So, to put things in order, the three of them only have memories related to me.”

First of all, I decided to sort things out myself on behalf of the three people who were in confusion.

“As for Xiao Mei, she followed me even in the first playthrough, and she always accompanied me until the fourth playthrough, so her memories are clear and she has a lot of volume. Right?”

To those words, Xiao Mei said she was right—!

“Violet became close to me from the 2nd playthrough, and as much as we hung out together often, how vivid do you remember?”

Violet said yes, yes, and her eyes twinkled as if this past life memory event was interesting.

“I remember Agnes after I helped her with the Imperial Rebellion in the 3rd round, so it’s a bit of a hazy memory, right?”
“That’s right, it feels like a faint dream, but when I look at Artin, it feels like the dream becomes clearer.”
“And in common… You don’t remember everything except for the memories related to me?”

The three of them nodded their heads at the same time as if they were trying to squeeze it.

‘This isn’t some kind of hidden camera, is it something that can happen?’

Putting it all together, it is clear that these memory regressions were definitely caused by me.

It’s so awkward for people who remember the personal things that have to do with me, not to remember the secrets of the martial arts they made themselves, the exact way they signed a contract with the lord of hell, or who the ringleader of the imperial rebellion was.

‘Did I receive a curse from the demon king during the back door of the demon castle last episode?’

I guessed the first reason that came to my mind, but I don’t think that’s the case either.

I couldn’t even kill the demon king who didn’t wake up properly because I didn’t have enough qualifications, and I died surrounded by officers who came and drank poison, so it can’t be the demon king’s curse.

“You said Zorba didn’t seem to know?”
“Yes, even asked me if my brother looked strange.”
“What? When?”
“It was when we were training together!”

Damn, I’m already worried about how to cook that quick-witted and clever guy.

“It’s strange, except for Xiao-Mei, the one I’ve been hanging out with the longest would be closer to Zorba than Violet. Zorba has no memory of her?”
“Right! It really didn’t seem to come to mind at all. Watching my older brother and not knowing it means that he is different from us!”

The only difference between him and the kids is their gender..?

Or something like emotion… There must be something that triggers it.

‘And the most likely one is this.’

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Name: Artin Ludwig
Title: Red madman of the academy [Open], Beat a knight with bronze [Open]
Race: human
Age: 17
Level: Wizard Lv.2, Martial Artist Lv.3
Potential: Flowering – You have crossed the wall one level by practicing beyond your limits.
Attributes: 『Return』[Opening], 『5th Round Special』[Opening], 『1st Stage Essence of Mana』[Opening]
State: Due to the effect of the potion, mana regeneration and body recovery ability have increased.

He is the third son of the Ludwig family.
After you have proudly defeated one of the Empire’s renowned powerhouses, everyone is re-evaluating you.
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Attribute: 5th round bonus [Open]
This property cannot be retrieved yet.
In order to view this attribute, you must meet the conditions or obtain qualifications!
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‘This 5th round of privilege, this is definitely the problem.’

Aside from the fact that the title was increased by one, this special feature was strange from before.

It’s always existed in my status bar since the first playthrough, but I’ve never been able to open this talent.

‘What the hell are the conditions or qualifications? They threw it out of the blue without any hint?’

I’ve lived without paying attention to the fact that the name changes every episode because I don’t know the contents, but in this situation, the most suspicious thing is this guy.

‘First of all, I need to know the conditions for memory regression, otherwise I can’t solve this case.’

The women around me continue to inherit memories. It is also evident regardless of the time.

That means that Violet and Xiaomei will carry my disgrace forever after this return is over.

‘I can never leave it like that.’

If so, there is only one way.

Somehow, I solved this problem, forced to return and start anew.

One of my earnest goals was set at this moment.

“I have roughly grasped the situation, in order to find out more accurately… There is one person I need to approach.”
“A person to approach? Who is that Artin?”

Agnes asks questioningly, but Violet and Xiao-Mei nod as if they knew something.

“People like Zorba, Violet, and Xiaomei have done a lot of work with me. Perhaps the person I have bonded with more deeply than these three.”
“…What! Could it be that there is someone you dated before me, Artin?”

If you’re dating someone, don’t even talk.

There is a similar person, but that person cannot be seen now and has nothing to do with it.

“More than lovers, enemies. Agnes, you know that well, right?”
“Do you know me well? Except for those three people I know…”

After I gave a lot of hints, Agnes exclaimed ah.

Yeah, it’s going to be hard to forget. It’s easy to forget because I’ve never seen her face her yet.

“Cayenne Silver Sword. The academy’s hero who tried to subdue the demon lord twice with me.”

The enemy who made me remain a virgin throughout the 4th episode, the enemy who fed me sweet potatoes to the fullest.

And the man who risked his life with me and always fought together, a comrade and comrade.

“Let’s check it out.”

Originally, I was going to meet him when I was able to increase my strength and beat him, but in order to find out the conditions for returning, I need to understand Cayenne’s intentions of his.

And, the only thing that can do that is me alone.

“Is there anyone out of these who is close to Cayenne other than me?”

At the reaction of the three people, I let out a sigh and got up from my seat.

‘Two of them were the original heroines, how could I not have a single close friend?’

In a way, it is less human than a novel. In the original work, at least I didn’t interfere with dating the person next to me.

Come to think of it, maybe this is special and has something to do with it?

The other main characters didn’t care at all, and they cared so much about a supporting character like Artin that they were chasing and disturbing them.

I believed my actions had caused a rift, but in this situation, everything becomes suspicious.

It seems that being dragged in the first place is close to the narrow-minded revenge of that sadistic writer, so I’ll have to be suspicious of everything from now on.

“Then I’ll meet you tomorrow to check, because tomorrow I’ll start going to school too.”

I don’t want to meet in person, but now that things have turned out like this, we decided to meet in person tomorrow.

“Then let’s go back to our respective rooms. I won’t do anything weird until I check tomorrow.”

When we hammered a wedge in advance, in case they were caught for a suicide attempt, Violet and Xiao-Mei nodded knowingly as well.

It is so dark that I can see the evening sunset before I know it.

I looked around to find out where I was trapped. It was an outside warehouse that stores some of the facilities in the Bronze Dormitory.

‘This is where Agnes and the main character had a flirtation in the original story..’

It feels strange to think that this is the place where my ex-girlfriend flirted with Won-soo. No, it didn’t actually happen.

No, if it’s original, should it be considered real?

“Oh”

At that time, she looked back to see if Xiaomei, who had been in the lead and stretched herself, remembered something.

“Did we not leave the window broken and the headmaster passed out?”
“…What. Come to think of it..”

What are you talking about now?

I swallowed in embarrassment at the strange conversation between Xiao-Mei and Violet.

“Nobody, no one cleaned up?”
“Come to think of it, I left the witnesses fainted in the middle because they erased their memories…”

Erase memory? Eyewitness fainting?

“If I went back now, it would have been a complete mess.”
“…What do we do? Can Princess Agnes handle it?”
“That… I’ll try my best, but I’ll have to tell you where Artin went…”

The three people who were talking among themselves looked at me at the same time.

Why look at me why

‘You want me to take care of this mess again?’

I’ll turn, really.