Chapter 12: Everything is Understood

Bai Yu wondered if it was just her imagination, but the atmosphere at the table felt a bit strange right now.

Her gaze fell on the white-haired girl sitting across from her.

Ever since she had returned from her quick trip out, Bai Yu felt that Loweia seemed a bit distracted, as if something was on her mind.

Currently, Loweia was merely poking at the fried egg in her bowl, showing no intention of actually putting it in her mouth.

‘It couldn’t be that there’s something wrong with my cooking, and she’s reluctant to eat it but doesn’t want to hurt my feelings by saying so?’

Bai Yu picked up the fried egg in her own bowl and took a bite.

Hmm… the taste was fine, and it wasn’t burnt.

So, what was wrong with Loweia?

If it wasn’t the food, then the situation might be a bit bad.

‘Could Loweia have really encountered something when she went downstairs?’

‘Is she distracted now because she’s sorting through a part of her recovered memories?’

Sigh… that probably wasn’t it.

In the original work, even with the help of the Villain Organization, it took the Pale Witch quite a while to gradually regain her memories.

There was no need to jump at shadows and scare herself; Loweia shouldn’t have suddenly recovered her memories just like that.

If she wasn’t sorting through memories, then what was Loweia thinking about?

‘Could it be that she realized I’m acting and lying to her?’

‘No way… that’s impossible.’

Bai Yu believed her acting skills were quite good, so it was unlikely she had been exposed.

Then, had Loweia discovered some abnormality herself?

There shouldn’t be anything abnormal in the house, so it could only be outside.

However, the only things outside that could make her feel something was wrong were the two corpses of the Abnormal Entities.

But after an Abnormal Entity died, its corpse would automatically disappear after a period of time.

It had been a whole night, so they had naturally vanished and wouldn’t be noticed by Loweia.

Then why was this happening?

Bai Yu suddenly felt a bit nervous, fearing that Loweia might suddenly speak in the next second and drop a bombshell on her.

Maybe she should be the one to speak first.

“Um, Wei Ya…”

“Bai Yu, there’s a question I’d like to ask.”

Eh?

Oh no, she had been suppressed by the counter-move.

“Is… is the breakfast not to your taste?”

Bai Yu asked tentatively.

It would be great if the conversation could end there.

Hearing this, Loweia shook her head gently.

“It’s not that. The breakfast Bai Yu made is very delicious. It’s just…”

This was bad.

Loweia might have really discovered some problem.

Bai Yu looked at Loweia nervously, hoping for a question she could actually explain.

“It’s just, I want to know what exactly happened to me that caused my injuries and made me lose my memories. Bai Yu, can you tell me?”

Hearing this question, Bai Yu breathed a sigh of relief and wasn’t too surprised.

It was within her expectations that Loweia would ask this.

After all, now that she had woken up, confirmed her identity, and knew where she was, the next step was naturally to find out what had happened to her.

Bai Yu had prepared a script for this a long time ago.

“It happened like this.”

Bai Yu pulled her phone out of her pocket, opened a web page, and searched for a news report.

It was about a large-scale attack that had occurred in Red Maple City over a month ago.

Many citizens had been injured in that disaster. In that event, two ordinary girls were also caught up in it.

Among them, a white-haired girl named Loweia was injured and lost her memories.

Did that sound like there was any problem?

“Over a month ago, we went to the city center of Red Maple City for fun, but we accidentally got caught in a premeditated, large-scale attack.”

As she spoke, Bai Yu placed her phone in front of Loweia.

The girl’s expression changed slightly as she looked at the news content displayed on the screen.

“I was injured in that disaster?”

Loweia stared at the text on the screen, trying to recall the situation at that time.

Since that disaster had caused her to lose her memories, she should have a deep impression of it.

But why could she still not remember anything?

She couldn’t even recall a single detail about the disaster.

She hated this feeling of not being able to remember anything.

She tried desperately to recall something, but the stinging pain in her head caused a pained expression to cross her face.

“Wei Ya!”

At that moment, the girl sitting opposite her suddenly stood up and hugged her.

“Wei Ya, it’s okay. It’s all in the past. It’s okay. Everything is fine now.”

“But…”

“You don’t need to force yourself. If you can’t remember, then don’t. Just let those painful memories go if you’ve forgotten them. Don’t try to remember them again.”

‘But… aren’t there other memories that were forgotten along with them?’

She also wanted to remember the time she had spent with Bai Yu.

She hated this feeling of losing her memories.

Even though the story was about her, it felt so foreign when she heard it.

She felt like a third party prying into someone else’s secrets.

“But…”

“Wei Ya, I’m sorry…”

Eh?

Clearly, she was the one who should be saying sorry.

She was the one forcing herself and making Bai Yu worry.

She should be the one apologizing, so why was Bai Yu saying sorry to her?

Loweia was stunned.

She could feel the body of the girl holding her trembling slightly.

“I’m sorry… if I could have found you a little faster back then, maybe I could have stopped it all.”

“Eh?”

“At that time, we were caught in the center of that disaster and were forced apart. By the time I finally found you, you were injured and had already lost consciousness. I could only carry you on my back and run desperately out of the center of that disaster until help arrived. Later, I took you everywhere to seek medical help, but the Doctors all said that you had suffered a Mental Shock and would likely never wake up for the rest of your life. I didn’t believe it. I didn’t believe that you, Wei Ya, would just sleep forever like that. So, I brought you back to our home, hoping that one day you would wake up.”

Loweia could feel Bai Yu hugging her even tighter.

She seemed to be afraid — afraid that she really would never have woken up.

“Fortunately, you successfully woke up. For me, that is the best possible outcome.”

She stood there in a daze, listening to the words Bai Yu spoke.

‘So… that’s how it was.’

They were accidentally caught in a disaster, and she was injured and lost her memories.

During the time she was unconscious, Bai Yu had carried so much on her own…

The helplessness while seeking medical help everywhere, the torment of waiting day and night, and the Doctor’s despairing pronouncement…

If she had experienced all that herself, she might have fallen into despair.

But Bai Yu believed.

She believed that she would definitely wake up, and she stayed by her bedside day and night, taking care of her while she was unconscious.

Just imagining it made Loweia feel as if her heart was being squeezed by something.

Bai Yu had really… really sacrificed so much for her.

“Wei Ya, you might not be very clear on this now because of your memory loss, but this world isn’t as peaceful as it seems. However, this time, I will protect you. I won’t let you be harmed again.”

Loweia understood. She understood everything now.

So, that was why Bai Yu went out late at night.

It turned out that Bai Yu was fighting dangers she didn’t know about all by herself — fighting to protect her.

She owed Bai Yu even more now.

“I…”

She opened her mouth and reached out to hug the girl in front of her tightly.

“I don’t want to just keep standing behind you, Bai Yu, and let you face danger alone. I want to help you, too.”