“If you hold this in the palm of your hand and use magic when something happens, you will be able to use strong magic just once. If it’s not too far away, you can also use the magic to teleport to Carthia’s mansion. Or go to Master. If it’s Master, he’ll be able to keep you safe.”

“But I don’t know how to use such high-level magic.”

Yurina couldn’t use it even if she learned, so she didn’t learn the spell for teleportation in the first place. However, unlike Yurina, who wasn’t confident, Raynald held the pendant in her hand without much fuss.

“Don’t worry. Just hold the pendant like this and think of the magic you want. The mana required for magic, as well as the magic circle, are all in here.”

“Is that really possible?”

“All magic tools available on the market are made on the same principle. However, other magic tools cannot use magic this strong.”

While looking at Yurina, who had the pendant in her palm, he spoke in a soft but firm voice.

“Okay, Yurina? Don’t take it off even when you’re sleeping or bathing until I go back.”

“Yes, I promise.”

Yurina checked Raynald’s serious frowning face and added.

“And don’t worry too much. No such thing will happen. There’s always an escort following me. When I go somewhere far, I’ll have Dave to be around me.”

She had a rough idea of ​​what he was worried about. In the beginning, when Yurina brought him in, she added the condition that he should save her when she is in danger later.

Moreover, Raynald had watched Yurina become anxious about her death several times. Perhaps he was also feeling a vague anxiety.

“So, relax and smile a little. It’ll be really okay.”

It’ll be safe until the novel begins. There’s no way an actor will disappear before they even go on stage.

Yurina just smiled while hiding her true feelings. Unlike Raynald, who was overly worried, she could confidently guarantee that nothing would happen because she knew the future to some extent.

The fact that Yurina and Lydia were mentioned as candidates for the Crown Princess and that she was killed by Marquis Defron and ‘Charion’ all happened after the coming-of-age ceremony.

In other words, if something dangerous enough happened for him to worry about, it would only happen after he graduated and returned to the Empire.

“My Lady, it’s time to get going. If we’re late, we’ll have no choice but to stop in an obscure place to rest.”

At Bessie’s urging from behind, Yurina gently pulled off his hand that was still holding the pendant.

“Let’s go. I’ll take you to the carriage.”

Raynald held her hand.

“Oh…”

The moment she touched Raynald’s cold fingertips, who seemed nervous, her heart fluctuated like a wave in the still sea. Yurina unknowingly smiled and hugged Raynald’s neck.

At first, Raynald, who stiffened in embarrassment, soon bent his knees slightly to her height, grabbed her waist, and hugged her tightly as if answering.

Yurina put her heel back on the ground and brushed his hair.

“I’ll miss you a lot, Ray.”

“Me too…”

​​Raynald couldn’t speak, and as if collapsing, he buried his face in the nape of her neck and hugged her around the waist. His cheeks, which reached the nape of her neck, were clearly dry, but somehow seemed to be wet with tears.

Yurina muttered in a higher-pitched voice than usual, trying to swallow the emotions that were rising in her stomach.

“Don’t cry because I’m not here.”

It was a joke, but Raynald nodded gently.

“I’ll write you a letter as soon as I get there. When you send a reply from now on, please write it in detail. Write down stories about Nathan and Aiden.”

“Yes.”

The parting, which I thought would be easy because I had experienced it once, was more difficult than the first time. Because I know all too well how lonely the time we were apart was and how happy our time together was.

Yurina patted him on the back and got out of his arms. Raynald, who had let her go, tried to smile and held Yurina’s hand to help her climb onto the carriage.

When the carriage began to move with the loud sound of the coachman, Yurina opened the window and waved to him.

“Goodbye, Ray.”

As he quickly moved away, he pointed a finger near his neck. Yurina nodded, grabbing the pendant hanging from her neck in her hand.

“I will never let it go.”

The pendant in her hand felt hot as if she was holding Raynald’s hand. Yurina looked out of the carriage and waved until he was out of sight.

On that day, the bright blue autumn sky, without a single cloud, was pouring with dazzling sunlight that brought tears to her eyes.