I Reincarnated As A Trash Prince With The Strongest Skill - Chapter 2 - Childhood Memoir
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- Chapter 2 - Childhood Memoir
During the past few days, Kryon’s memories flowed slowly back to this body.
Including those were the memories of my ex-fiancee, Elizabeth Windsor.
Kryon’s and Elizabeth’s first meeting was around eight years old.
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A red-haired girl arrived not so long ago in this villa. It looked like this girl’s mother and my mother had an employee-employer relationship in the past.
But unlike other nobles who treat commoners poorly, I could see mother smile when talking with the lady.
With our parents talking leisurely, the red-haired girl and I played. The red-haired girl suddenly asked in a high-pitched tone.
“Hello. My name’s Elizabeth, and I am seven years old. And you are?”
“Kryon. Eight years old.”
“What do you want to play, Kryon?”
“I don’t want to play.”
“Then, what do you want to do?”
“Read a book.”
“Boring.”
And just like that, I went to a nearby tree and sat. Then I pulled a book that I had been reading before.
Elizabeth started looking at the garden and chasing butterflies.
After a while, I got bored reading.
‘Let’s just go there.’
After psyching myself up, I closed the book in my hands and started to make my move.
I escaped from the guards via a hidden crack in the wall. This secret path leads to the forest I discovered during a random exploration of the villa.
But I hadn’t noticed that the red-haired girl, Elizabeth, was following me.
“Why are you here? Go back! It’s dangerous!”
“I don’t want to! Where are you going?”
“It’s none of your business. Sigh, keep close to me.”
“Yes. But where are we going, Kryon?”
“Stop asking questions and just follow quietly.”
After walking for a while and going through thick bushes, we arrived at the frozen lake.
“Wooaaahhh~!!!”
“How was it? It’s beautiful, right?”
“Yeah, it’s so pretty!”
“Don’t tell anyone about this place. It’s a secret between you and me.”
“Yes!”
Then all of a sudden, it started snowing.
“Waah! Snow, snow!”
Elizabeth started playing as if dancing in the snow. I couldn’t help but stare at her beautiful figure. I could feel my cheeks heating up.
“No, no. It’s just the body’s normal reaction to heat up due to the cold weather.”
I slapped my cheeks to wash away this feeling when suddenly–
*Splat*
“Bullseye. Hihihi.”
“Wha-!”
Because I was in a daze, I fell on my butt after being by something cold.
It looked like a snowball thrown by Elizabeth hit me. Looking at her, she had this smug look as she continued laughing.
“You!”
“Waah! Catch me if you can!”
“Come back here!”
Please give me back my feelings of awe for you!
Not wanting to lose, I started making and throwing snowballs at her.
“Kyah~! Hahaha!”
“Hahaha!”
We threw snowballs, ran around, built a snowman, and finally exhausted all our energy.
Without us noticing, we wander deeper into the forest. Then the snow intensified all of a sudden.
“K-K-Kryon…Brr- I-It’s freezing.”
“Let’s return. Our mothers will surely worry.”
“Yeah”
We started tracing our footsteps back home. As we walked, the snow got stronger with each minute. The visibility was too poor to continue, so we decided to take shade at what looked like a cave.
“Let’s take cover here. It’s getting dark, and it would be dangerous to continue any further.”
“W-Will we be okay, Kryon? Won’t we freeze to death?”
I looked at Elizabeth’s face and saw that she was trembling badly. Also, her complexion was getting paler.
I need to do something quickly.
“Do you know how to use magic, Elizabeth?”
“Yeah, I can use fireball. But it’s only small. Like a size of a pebble.”
“Don’t worry. I have an idea. Stay here for now, Elizabeth. I’ll be right back.”
“K-Kryon! Don’t leave-“
With that, I dashed outside.
With my hand in front of me, I walked about 50 steps to the nearest tree. The snow was getting thicker. Thus I decided to move faster.
“Nice! There are still branches lying around.”
I started digging under near the tree. 1,2…10 branches. That was my limit. My hands have wounds all over. And both of them are starting to get stiff.
I started walking back towards the cave with one of my arms carrying the branches.
One, two, three.
The wind blowing against me made walking feel hellish.
Every step I took was heavy. The snow was too high that it reached my waist.
My breathing grew heavy. The snow increased my volume, making it harder to take a step.
“Ha~a… ha~a… Almost there…”
As I thought, I saw Elizabeth crying non-stop.
But upon seeing me, she let out a different cry and distanced herself from me.
“D-Don’t come near me! M-Monster!!!”
“C-Calm down, Elizabeth. It’s me, Kryon.”
“Kryon?!”
Upon hearing my voice, Elizabeth jumped onto me and continued crying. She started hitting me as she did so.
“Sorry for leaving you, Elizabeth.”
“Uuhh… waah… Idiot. Stupid Kryon!”
“I know, I know.”
After calming down Elizabeth, she realized how embarrassing our position we were and thus let go.
Both of us were indeed beet red.
Then I arranged the branches after wiping the snow on them.
“Sorry, I fetched these branches to make a fire. Can you use your fireball magic Elizabeth and light these up?”
“Y-yeah, [Fireball].”
After chanting those words, a small fire burst out from Elizabeth’s finger, lighting up the branches.
We then sat on the ground.
‘The fire burning in this cold weather feels nice.’
Elizabeth sat beside me. Th-this looked like we were a couple.
“It feels so warm. Hey, Kryon, I’m sorry for bursting out like that.”
“I-It’s okay. I don’t mind.”
“Thank you. By the way, do you think we’ll get scolded?”
“Probably.”
“Hehe. I bet mother’s fuming right now.”
“…”
“Hey Kryon, promise me you’ll always be by my side. Don’t leave me like that again.”
“Yeah, I promise.”
After that, both of us fell asleep soundly.
Unbeknownst to us, there was a magic circle embedded within that cave that changed our lives.