Another Life, Another Me

62. Journey Home

For the first time in a long while, I could see my own reflection from a lake.

I no longer had shoes or socks on my bare feet, and my appearance was quite filthy. 

Dirt and dried sweat were practically everywhere on my body, making my hair look much more muddled blue and my skin much more brown and grimy than it used to be.

If anyone were to look at me, they would automatically assume I was a runaway slave...perhaps an orphan from the slums...

Haha...

From a duke's daughter to a poor peasant's look-alike...

It was funny, right?

I honestly wanted to look at my surroundings more, but my eyes stung and complained under the light of the sun after months of pure darkness.

It was much too bright for my eyes to handle.

Was the world always this bright?

I closed my eyes to stop the sharp pain in my eyes and sat down in a patch of sharp grass as I tried to process everything that had just happened in the past few moments.

That dragon I had met in the end...what was she talking about?

Gadia might die?

There's a bad dude plotting world destruction?

None of her words made sense...but I had a few hunches here and there about what she was talking about.

Haha...This better not be some cliche plot where I, who have reincarnated from another world, needs to save all of humanity from destruction.

I don't know if anyone else knows this...but I'm not the most reliable person to work with.

...Anyway, the dragon's last words...

"Please, say hello to my son for me...when you see him again."

Her son...?

I could feel shivers go down my spine.

No way...there's just no way that...

...that gigantic dragon was his mother...right?

But...what if she was?

I just witnessed her death a few moments ago.

Just a few minutes ago...that dragon had died...and I could do nothing to save her.

If I had known...I would have...

I would have...

...No.

I don't even know for sure if she was Ace's mom.

 I'm jumping to too many conclusions.

I'll think about these things later.

Right now, I need to examine my surroundings.

From what I could tell so far, the exit to the labyrinths that I were in had led me somewhere in the middle of a forest.

Even with my eyes closed, I could tell that there were hundreds, maybe thousands of trees stretching away from me in all directions.

The biggest question was...

How will I get back home...?

There were people waiting for me.

He was waiting for me.

Without a doubt, I knew from experience that my disappearance would cause quite a stir in the kingdom, especially with the all-so-powerful and annoying male leads having so much control over this world.