But God Forced Me to Reincarnate!

Boastful

"Isn't she cute?"

"Look, look, Rurune managed to ward off that small monster!"

"She's officially my Familiar, you know?"

From that day onwards, Alt-nii was basically trying to boast Rurune to everyone.

Yes, ever since he formed a contract with Rurune, he made sure to always keep Rurune with him, to show her to whoever he met.

Sheesh, it was so childish of him.

...Though I had to admit that I was envious of him.

Back when I was Reinst, I read and watched some series that portrayed the bond of a master and a pet—or a Familiar and their partner, and I wished I could have that kind of bond, too.

'How nice if I can have such a trustworthy and close life companion like that...'

But I was no magician, so the most I could have was just a normal beast, or a pet.

When I was thinking about 'pets' and looking at Alt-nii and Rurune... I seemed to recall something important. A memory that I buried so deep inside, even when I was Reinst.

Ah yeah... back then I also requested to have a beast pet, and since I was a young child, I was given a rabbit beast to keep—her name was Rabbi.

Mother was strict as always, so she gave me a full responsibility to take care of Rabbi, thinking that it was nice to teach the young me about responsibility. And I fulfilled her expectation.

Rabbi became my only friend, but there were times when I was so frustrated because I couldn't seem to have that kind of "special bond" portrayed in the shows I watched and the books that I read.

Until one day, Rabbi suddenly escaped from the mansion and when I found her... It seemed like she was attacked by the other wild and aggressive monsters. Though Rabbi was a beast, she wasn't a strong beast, and I hadn't trained her with anything.

After that, I didn't want to keep any other pet, afraid of the harsh and cruel goodbye like that. I was also afraid to be more disillusioned about the bond between a pet and their master. Because I couldn't feel it with Rabbi.

How could I forget?

It had been so long, maybe the memories were just fading.

Still, I felt a sense of guilt when I recalled about Rabbi. Maybe the reason I had never tried to recall about her was because I wanted to forget those memories, because I felt like I was a bad owner, and that I was guilty?

...Maybe because I purposely tried to forget about Rabbi, when I recalled about her, my mind was flooded with memories that I tried to bury. This might be a curse. The more you try to forget something, the more you will remember it.

I bitterly smiled.

The happy days I have been experiencing as Lyra made me forget to think about the negative 'what ifs' scenarios. I kept looking forward to the future, and the only moments I got so anxious were when I faced my past acquaintances and when I displayed something that might give off my past identity.

My feelings were now mixed. I had expectations about the future—about my future Familiar. But after remembering my past memories, anxiety grew in my heart.

"Lyra?"

"Ah?"

It seemed that I was too engrossed with my thoughts that I didn't notice Mom coming home.

"Welcome home, Mom!"

"W-welcome home..."

Alt-nii and I quickly greeted her.