Volume 3: Chapter 23 - It's Over....

After drinking the water, I slowly lowered my head back onto the pillow.

My body still felt extremely heavy.

Every part of me was screaming that I needed rest, but my mind had already become much clearer compared to before.

The two girls were still standing beside the bed.

The red-haired girl looked at me with a slightly relieved expression after seeing that I was able to drink water.

The pink-haired girl, on the other hand, seemed to be looking at me with a little curiosity.

Perhaps because I had just woken up, or perhaps because she was simply worried about my condition.

Either way, their expressions were completely different from 90% of the people I had met before.

"..."

I silently stared at them for a moment.

The red-haired girl noticed my gaze and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

I immediately shook my head. After a short pause, I said, "No, I was just thinking of since irrelevant things."

"Is that so?" The red haired girl nodded thoughtfully then she continued.

"By the way, how did you get so seriously injured before and how did you end up in Eldoria Mountain Range? If I hadn't found you, you would have been eaten alive by Magical Beasts."

"Eldoria Mountain Range..."

This name wasn't mentioned in the novel but as someone who has read many history and geography books after coming to this world, I knew about the Eldoria Mountain Range.

It was a Mountain Range tens of thousands of kilometres long, running across the center of the Empire from the west to the east, dividing the Empire into two parts from the center.

It was massive in both size and scale but that wasn't the main point. The main point was that it contained terrifying Magical Beasts.

By the way, Magical Beasts are similar to monsters in RPG games.

They possess terrifying physical strength and magic power far above that of an average human and they also possess Innate techniques similar to Magic, which makes them extremely dangerous.

It is said that the Eldoria Mountain Range is one of the few Special Areas in the Empire which contains Magical Beasts of Eighth Order and possibly even Ninth Order.

Judging from her words, this girl found me in the extremely dangerous Eldoria Mountain Range.

But how did she manage to get in there? No, rather, how dare she go in there?

Moreover, how did I end up in there? Did Elize take me over there after saving me? But why?

After thinking for a moment, I shook my head, "I don't know why or how I appeared in the Eldoria Mountain Range. The last thing I remember is being attacked by Love God Cult. Most of injuries should have been caused by them."

"Should?" The pink haired beside the red haired one, tilted her head cutely, showing a puzzled look.

"Well, you see, my memories of that time are a bit fragmented. So I am not exactly what happened." I smiled sheepishly and felt unconfident in myself.

I really don't remember what happened after the decent of the Evil God's Projection.

Although I had resisted the corrosion beforehand, who knows what happened afterwards.

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"Then are you alright. You don't have an Amnesia, do you?"

Both girls looked at me worriedly.

"It's alright. You don't have to worry. My memories are fine. But thank you very much for saving me. I will definitely repay you for your life saving grace."

I shook my head and seriously thanked them once again.

"Th-that, you don't have to so serious." The pink haired girl looked a bit shy and embarrassed after hearing such serious words of gratitude.

"Just accept it Aina. This guy looks like the serious type. He probably won't rest until we accept his gratitude."

Contrary to the pink haired girl, the red haired girl nodded slightly this time and accepted the thanks.

She gently patted her friends shoulder and told her to accepted the thanks.

The pink haired nodded then and said no more.

Though I could still see a faint blush spreading across her tender cheeks.

"Oh right, we haven't introduced ourselves yet." The red haired girl looked thoughtful then she spoke, "My name is Reina Von Astrea and this is Aina Prishilto."

"So you are Miss Reina and Miss Aina. I understand." I nodded but then my body stiffened slightly as surged into my mind.

Astrea and Aina... Plus Eldoria Mountain Range...

It couldn't possibly be...

"Miss Reina, are you perhaps from Astrea family of Moonlight City built on the outer edge of Eldoria Mountain Range?"

With a little bit of luck, I asked the girl in front of me.

Reina looked at me with surprise in her eyes, "Eh? You know about our family?"

It's over...

Why do I encounter trouble wherever I go? Can't I have some peace in life?

The moment I heard her words, my heart couldn't help but thump.

Astrea family, many people in this world will not know what this family represents but as someone who had read the novel, I very well knew what they represented.

I don't know whether the Author didn't know how to fix the settings or he just wanted to copy the name from Re Zero. But he took the name of Astrea.

However, this Astrea has nothing to do with that Astrea.

This Astrea doesn't have any Sword Saint with infinite Blessings. But it does have the Son of the World.

A long, long time ago, a Foreigner from another world who came to this world.

Here, another world doesn't mean another planet but an entirely different world which has its own Multiverse.

Maybe the author's brain twitched but he created the setting of multiple world to make the Hero overpower.

Putting the author side, the Foreigner was said to have travelled to many worlds and when he arrived in this, his power was simply overpowered, surpassing that of 99.99% of the people in this world.

It is said that only a few existences in the entire world could rival him.

Now guess the origin of the Astrea family.

That's right, as many might have guessed this Astrea family is the descendant of that Foreigner and it is also the family of the Hero in the novel.

In the plot, the Hero awakens the long dormant bloodline of the Foreigner and then he starts to rise to power, taking this run down Count level family flying all the way until it becomes a Ducal family.

Author never explained the origin of the Foreigner, nor did he explain the timeline of his visit.

So, when I read the history books of this world, I couldn't help but complain about the holes left by the author.

Exactly which era did the Foreigner arrive in. The Era of Origin, the Chaotic Era, the Era of Peace or maybe some older Era.

It is fine if it's the Era of Peace, because very few beings above Ninth Order appeared in the novel and they were limited to Evil God Projections and a few old guys, plus the Hero who later reached the realm above Ninth Order.

But if it's the Era of Origin or Chaotic Era or even older then the strength of that Foreigner would be Monstrous.

According to records in the Anglus family, during the Chaotic Era, even though Gods had disappeared, there were many God level beings present in the world. An example would be the Radiant King.

As for Era of Origin. It's needless to say the level of that Era.

Honestly Author, why did you leave so many holes? Couldn't you have just limited the power to Ninth Order. Why are there Gods and God level beings in this world now?

Once again, I felt like complaining.

To be honest, I didn't want to meet the Hero because the best scenario in my mind was to never meet the Hero.

It's not that I didn't think about becoming friends with the Hero and changing my ending but that's very unrealistic in this world.

Reason, because the Hero has the ability to see through people's Hearts.

That's right, the Hero can see through human heart.

Although he doesn't have mind reading, he can easily tell whether someone is evil, good, lying, approaching deliberately, or truly kind.

I believe that I am not evil and I am also kind but it would be a lie to say I wasn't approaching him deliberately.

If because of this deliberate attempt, I angered the protagonist, then all my attempt to change my fate would be in vain because no one in this could defeat the protagonist.

"I happen to know about Astrea family. Also, my name is Robert. It's a pleasure to meet you two."

After saying that, I gave them a faint smile.

Although it was hard to maintain that expression after hearing their names, basic courtesy was still necessary.

As for not saying my surname. How to say it, the surname Anglus isn't very glorious in the Antasia Empire.

Be it a noble or an ordinary person, they all know what kind of family Anglus family was. It was entirely a den of villains and monsters.

Reina smiled in return, "It's nice to meet you too."

Aina cutely nodded on the side, "N-Nice to meet you!"

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