Lilith Extra: A Heart-Fluttering Reunion

Another day of dull, tedious life.

As usual, I woke from sleep, washed up in a manner befitting a young lady, finished breakfast, and then sat before the piano to play those pieces I had long since come to loathe.

Ah, my dear Feng, my prince—when would you finally appear?

Or was it because he had never belonged to this world that the world had been reset? The world after the reset... probably had nothing to do with me.

The Thirteen Heroes of Fire Moth, thirteen people who had failed to become Heroes...

To Feng, was our world merely a story? Or was it only a game?

I did not know, and I did not care.

All I knew was that I liked him. I loved him deeply.

A knock sounded at the door, followed by Martha's voice. "Miss, Mr. Adams has arrived."

Tch, he came every day... Fine. This time, he was probably here to tell me that he had secured tickets for Eden's performance, wasn't he? If he could not even manage that, House Attagina's opinion of him would drop considerably.

I believed I was not necessarily the only person who had been reborn, and I would not let go of any chance to find Feng ahead of time.

"Let him in quickly, Martha," I said in the delicate tone that disgusted even me. It could not be helped; after all, I was merely a pretty, ornamental young lady.

"Ah, my dear Lilith. The moment I received their reply, I could not wait to come and share this good news with you." Adams walked over. "I have reserved seats near the front for the performance."

"That is truly wonderful, my dear Adams." I smiled as I studied his expression. His acting was terribly poor. Though he was smiling, I could still tell that he was somewhat displeased.

"You seem a little unhappy. Did something unexpected happen?" I asked as a fiancée ought to, though I did not expect to get anything useful from him.

After all, I was still his fiancée in name, a tool for the marriage alliance between House Attagina and House Lancotte. Only by fulfilling my duties could I obtain a brief measure of freedom.

"Lilith, you are always so understanding, and that makes me feel rather ashamed." Adams wore an expression as though he wanted to lose his temper in front of me but had no choice but to hold it in. Heh...

"I had intended to reserve the center seats in the first row, but someone had actually booked them before us. I questioned the staff there, but they refused to say anything. This is a blatant provocation against us! I told Father as much, but after he looked into the matter, he told me not to concern myself with such things!"

Seats even House Lancotte had been unable to reserve?

That did surprise me somewhat. House Lancotte was, after all, a prominent family in Puglia and even across the entire Italian peninsula. Anyone capable of this was either a family equal or superior in standing to House Lancotte, the highest-ranking political figures of various nations, or... Fire Moth.

Since even Adams had no way of learning who had reserved them, it could only be Fire Moth.

Heh... This was getting interesting.

After all, if Fire Moth had reserved those seats, the only person I could think of was Elysia. As for Fire Moth's higher-ups, they did not care about performances at all; power and money were what they wanted. And among the Eden fans within Fire Moth, as far as I knew, not many could reserve seats through Fire Moth.

"Then how many seats did they reserve?" I asked with feigned curiosity. If Elysia had done it, there would most likely have been only one seat. Adams would not have settled for the second row, so it definitely was not just Elysia alone.

"They reserved no fewer than nine seats!" Adams said indignantly. "Five in the first row and four in the second!"

Nine people? I was still a little surprised by that number. Did Elysia go to performances in groups?

No... Although she was on good terms with everyone within Fire Moth, nine people was far too many—unless... the others were Heroes, and they all retained memories of their previous lives.

It was only a guess, but as long as that possibility existed—so long as there was a chance to see Feng sooner—it was worth trying.

In that case, it was time to change the score I would give Eden as well. Originally, I had intended to use this score Eden had written for Elysia in my previous life to test her...

It had been a long time since I had felt such anticipation. Even my heartbeat had quickened slightly. But if there was no news of Feng, I would probably be disappointed for several days.

Sigh, after all, I was a girl who feared loneliness too.

With great anticipation, the day of the performance's opening finally arrived.

As I had wished, I saw Eden—and Elysia at her side.

As far as I knew, Eden and Elysia became close friends after the Seventh Herrscher incident. Since Elysia could appear here, it could only prove that both of them retained memories of their previous lives.

I did not know how Elysia felt about Feng. After all, we had not crossed paths much in my previous life. We could only be considered acquaintances. Because I could be jealous too—jealous that she could make Feng fall for her and give up everything.

But at the very least, I could be sure that Feng's place in her heart was absolutely no lower than Kevin's and the others', perhaps even higher. Because... she had sent an invitation only to Feng.

Though Feng disagreed with me, girls were often the ones who understood girls best, were they not?

Feng really was something else. Who said an immaculate maiden could not have someone she cared about? Yet he always denied it.

Since I had seen Elysia, there was something else I wanted to do.

I wanted to be friends with Elysia—real friends. Because she was so beautiful, because she was the flawless True Self blossoming in this filthy world...

Even someone as hypocritical as me wanted to draw close to her.

Unfortunately, I could not give her my most precious possession in exchange for friendship, because Feng had not given me that brooch yet.

She readily agreed, which made me a little happy.

One goal had been achieved. Next came the other. Though I also wanted to talk with her more, I wanted to see Feng too badly. Far too badly.

And everything unfolded just as I had expected. Feng really was there.

No, my heart was beating so fast. I wanted to embrace him just like this, but I had to hold back, because it was not yet time.

Feng surely could not imagine how excited I had been while sitting beside him. But soon—since everything had gone as I expected, what came next would also proceed according to my plan.

Feng did not like romantic plays, so he would definitely find an excuse to leave. And it would be easy enough to make Adams focus entirely on watching the performance.

Lilith, just endure a little longer. Just a little longer.

Just before the performance began, I saw Elysia return. She was not good at concealing her emotions—at least, that was how she appeared to me. The first person she looked at was not me, but Feng.

So, even a god's daughter could fall in love with a mortal after all?

After waiting with great difficulty for Feng to leave, that old bastard called just as I had expected.

Feng liked being alone in quiet places, and he would not go too far from the venue, so I found him easily. I deliberately checked the nearby surveillance cameras.

Feng seemed to be chatting with someone on his phone. It looked like he had deliberately chosen a spot that avoided surveillance, which meant he was contacting someone inside Fire Moth?

That was not important. What mattered was that there were no cameras!

Then I did not even need to hint at anything to Feng, because I... could not hold myself back anymore.

This was an opportunity that could not be wasted. In my previous life, I had not even gotten the chance to kiss Feng. I had deliberately increased his sedative dosage that time so that we could exchange our... That damned Vill-V the Wicked had actually put surveillance cameras in his bedroom!

Truly wicked, just like her name!

If I could, I wanted to keep kissing him. I wanted to keep holding him...

Unfortunately, there was not enough time...

Ah, I seemed to be addicted. After all, in my previous life, I had never found a chance to kiss Feng, and I had only hugged him a few times... It felt like I could no longer bear the days when I could not see him.

I looked forward to our next reunion, Feng. It would not be long. You had to believe me, okay?~

While hugging Feng, I quietly slipped that Sun Earring into his pocket. After all, the sun and moon earrings were things left to me by the man I called Grandpa.

That way, whenever I missed him, I could look at the moon earring. That way... I would not have to worry about it breaking.