It’s The First Time For Both Of Us - Chapter 29
Chapter 29
Translator and Editor: Bunny and Wyvern
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Chapter 29
“Huh?”
“…Oh, no. Did something happen to your body after that?”
“Uhm, I was fine.”
I looked at Hilla as I wondered if there was some kind of curse in there, and Hilla muttered “That was impossible” again as he made eye contact with me. He was very nervous with a stiff face and pursed lips. “Then I will tell you. First of all, that child was my short-term student.”
I pretended not to know. “Like me?”
Hilla briefly burst out into laughter. “Yes, I taught him how to write and about history just like Young Lady now.”
“History? You’re also a genius, Hilla?”
“Haha, it’s not like that, but I’ve been doing a lot of research in that field since before. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to teach that child.”
“Yes. And so?”
“I taught that child for about a year and I’ve developed quite a lot of affection towards him during that time. He was a child with a lot of wounds…”
“Hmm.”
“So I gave him an item as a gift.”
I nodded and listened intently to Hilla.
His stiff expression gradually loosened. “Thanks to that item, the child was able to come to the forest.”
“What is that thing?”
“It is something that has been passed down from generation to generation in my family and works as a pair. It’s also my mother’s keepsake. One is to designate coordinates that create a barrier that can fool other people’s eyes, and the other one is an item that teleports an object to specified coordinates.”
So it was a space surrounded by a barrier. That was why I couldn’t see it!
I paused and cautiously pointed at his wrist. As Hilla was holding my chair with one hand, it was a spot I could easily see whenever his clothes were slightly lifted.
I actually hadn’t seen it myself, but Kuhn said that there was a witch’s mark inside his wrist.
“Does this have anything to do with it?”
Hilla was startled and stood up, hiding his hands behind his body. “How on earth can you—?”
“Were you the one who gave Dad medicine?”
He exhaled and put his hand on his waist while rubbing his forehead vigorously with his other hand. “What on earth do you know, Young Lady?”
“Will Hilla keep it a secret if I tell you?”
Hilla burst out laughing as if I was being ridiculous. “The one holding the knife now isn’t me but Young Lady.”
“Still, Hilla was the one who asked me first.”
“…Well, alright. I will keep it a secret.” His expression was serious.
It was the best facial expression I saw from him.
So I swallowed my saliva and opened my mouth. “Don’t tell Dad.”
“Absolutely.”
“Uhm, I am also like Hilla.”
“…”
“While I have no such thing as the mark Hilla has, but I am the same as you.”
“That’s…”
“I… I am a witch,” I made up my mind and confessed to him, but Hilla’s expression turned slightly askew.
“Young Lady is a witch?” He was very startled but he asked me with a soft voice.
“That’s right.”
“Young Lady.”
“Yes?”
Hilla got up, pacing back and forth while repeating the words “witch, witch…” without any particular meaning. “Young Lady. You shouldn’t joke about that.”
“I’m not kidding.”
He glanced at me and fell into silence for a moment. “…Is Young Lady six years old now?”
“I will soon turn seven years old.”
“You shouldn’t even know what that word means at that age. I’ve never seen such a young witch as the Young Lady before, and…”
“One feather, three voices, the birth of a Black King.”
Hilla’s eyes widened as I spoke.
It was a line from the song telling everything about a witch. Although I didn’t know what exactly it was referring to, it was said to be a very important phrase that symbolized the time when the first witch was born. Of course, I knew it from the original novel, but there was no way that Hilla didn’t know about it, having the blood of a witch.
“Let’s say it was that before anything else.” Hilla was perplexed. His soft voice came out as if he was at a loss of words.
“That wasn’t the important thing; I am indeed a witch.”
“…All right. I can’t say no since you know the lyrics of that song, but I have never heard of a witch as young as Young Lady.”
“Now you know. It’s true, I’ll prove it to you later.”
’It’s real, it’s true, really.’
I looked at Hilla eagerly and he raised both his hands.
“I understand. So, if what Young Lady said is the truth, do you know how dangerous it was for you now?” he spoke in a very low voice as if fearing that someone was listening.
Nod, nod.
Hilla repeatedly wiped his face and paced around, still not relieved at all. “No, what are you going to do if I go to the temple right away and accuse you of being a witch? What if you get questioned?”
I sighed and said, “So Hilla will report me to the temple?”
Hilla kept his mouth shut.
“You won’t. isn’t that why you came to teach me?”.
Hilla looked down, scratching his head and wavering, “…What could I do? I didn’t even have any hard time with the Young Lady. I didn’t lead a frivolous life just to put a child’s life at risk.”
“But why are you asking?”
“You’re still young so you don’t seem to understand when I said it was very dangerous for you. You know what kind of person I am, and no matter how much I promised you, it wasn’t that easy—”
“It won’t be of any use now even if Hilla reports me.”
“Yes?”
“Even if Hilla reports me now, the temple wouldn’t know that I am a witch as I have no strength now. Hilla would probably be in trouble. Would you just say it like that?” When I looked at Hilla with slightly pathetic eyes, he looked like he had been hit on the back of his head. “And I knew you were not serious when you said you were going to report me.”
“Haa, I had some apprehensions until I met Young Lady today, but it feels strange to hear it directly from Young Lady yourself.”
I opened my eyes wide and blinked several times.
“Are you a real witch?”
’No, how many times will you ask me?’
“Really! Otherwise, I wouldn’t know about witches’ lore songs or marks.”
“I see.”
’Isn’t he stupid?’
“Who told Young Lady?”
I hesitated a little, not knowing what to answer.
“Is it possible that Miss Yurie, Young Lady’s mother, told you about it?”
I shook my head. “I just knew it—naturally.”
’I read a book and got transmigrated inside of it.’
It was impossible to tell him that, so instead I told him that I remembered a bit of my previous life while inheriting the witch’s power, and I learned a little through it.
“…Is that so?” Hilla’s tone seemed to be somewhat envious of me.
A long silence passed. After a while, he nodded with a much calmer expression. “I thought it was just a coincidence that you followed me that day. After that, you kept chasing after me, so I grew suspicious.”
“But I followed you secretly.”
“I heard something rustling behind me continuously. Well… I think it makes a bit more sense now.”
“What does?”
“I knew to some extent that you were chasing after me, and that you were calm and mature for your age.”
“Hmm.”
“My ears weren’t blocked so I was wondering what it was as I heard it a lot. But this was why.” Hilla’s eyes, which had been agitated and surprised, turned into a calm sea. “I have a lot of questions to Young Lady, but I will put it off since this is our first class. Instead, please tell me about it.”
“Yes?”
“The reason I need Young Lady.”
As Hilla sat with his knees bent, I, who was sitting in a relatively high chair, had my gaze slightly higher than that of him.
’I have something to confirm with Hilla.’
“How far did Hilla succeed in Deme’s recipe?”
Demeya’s recipe—it was the treasure of the Demeya family which contained all kinds of remedies and poisons. It was like their secret recipe handed down from generation to generation.
Kuhn already explained it to me, but I wanted to hear it directly from Hilla’s mouth.
That was because Demeya’s recipe had no true state. It was said to have passed down to the spirit of the descendant through blood. It was their method to keep their rival Hachette in check. But it had now become a way to safely store their valuable knowledge without being stolen by anyone.
“You even know that?”
I nodded and spoke again, “The paralysis medicine Hilla gave Dad.”
“Yes.”
“I heard that it has huge side effects.”
“…”
“But Hilla refined it to make it more effective and have no side effects.”
Hilla’s eyes, which had calmed down, widened again.
“And the ointment and detoxification that you applied scared me, but I know it wasn’t harmful at all.”
“…Haa.”
“Can Hilla make something better? Anything cooler than that?”
Hilla had a face that looked like he was about to retreat at any moment.
Since Hilla asked me why he needed me, I had no choice but to use him little by little—because I was going to help him do that.
“Help me awaken, and if you use Demeya’s recipe to make what I want, I’ll help Hilla too!”
“Young Lady will help me?”
“Yes!”
Hilla had a serious expression on his face, but I was also serious about this.
It wasn’t that I was mad at Hilla for the past few days, but I gathered information and made a plan, though it was Kuhn that moved for me on the days I could not go out. That was how I got to know his ultimate wish.
“I know Hilla wants to find his family.”
Hilla’s body staggered as if he had been hit by an arrow.
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