The Youngest Daughter Of The Great Wizard Of The Famous Swordsmanship [EN]: Chapter 2

Time, Reversed (2)

November 2, 2023

‘Thank you, Goddess.’

Rosette offered a silent prayer of gratitude and then opened her mouth.

“Sister, you know that pink dress you bought last time?”

“Yeah.”

“Could you not wear it for a while?”

“That’s not a problem, but why all of a sudden?”

Rosette quickly made up a plausible reason.

“It’s thin. If you go out wearing that, you’ll catch a heat-related cold like me.”

“Oh, maybe.”

“Yeah. Sister, after being sick, I realized being sick is really awful. So, let’s wear that dress when spring comes. And always go with me when you wear it.”

“Why?”

“Because I want to see you looking pretty!”

As Rosette tried to sound as childlike as possible, Jane burst into laughter.

“You must really like that dress? Okay. I’ll only wear it when I go out with our Rose from now on. No, I just won’t wear it. Now that I think about it, that dress would suit you better than me. I’ll keep it and give it to you when you’re a little older.”

“You don’t have to do that.”

“No, I like seeing Rose wear it more.”

Seeing Jane smiling, Rosette’s nose tingled once again. She hugged Jane tightly again.

“Sister, don’t go out to the village for a while, and stay with me.”

Jane gently patted her head.

“Our Rose has become more spoiled since she got sick? Okay. I won’t go anywhere for a while and will stay with Rose.”

“Promise.”

Rosette held out her pinky finger, and Jane hooked her pinky without hesitation.

“Yeah, promise.”

Jane’s hand touching hers was warm. Unlike the cold hand she had when she was dying, this hand had warmth.

Rosette held Jane’s hand tightly and vowed once more.

She would definitely save Jane.

And unlike the past, she would avoid Marquis Dallas and live happily with her.

* * *

“……Rosette.”

“Umm.”

Rosette pulled the blanket over her head at the buzzing voice in her ear. Her body was languid, and she was so sleepy that she wanted to sleep like this without being disturbed.

However, the uninvited guest had no intention of letting her sleep.

“Hey, Rosette!”

A burst of shouting was heard, and Rosette had her blanket snatched away. As the blanket that had been warming her disappeared, her body felt cold in the chilly air.

“Wake up for a second.”

Rosette immediately recognized the rough voice of this boy. It was Jude, who bothered her almost every day.

*Is he here to bother me again?*

He was a friend she had met again after returning to the past, but considering the situation, she felt more annoyed than happy. Rosette’s voice naturally became sharp as she replied.

“Why? What is it, waking someone who’s sleeping?”

However, her voice was listless, contrary to her intentions, due to her sleepiness. She heard Jude laughing.

“Hey, you look like an idiot right now.”

“Are you here to make fun of me right now?”

“No, it’s not that.”

Rosette squinted and glared at him. Then Jude fidgeted and looked at her.

“Where did Jane go? I haven’t seen her since earlier.”

Rosette yawned and replied casually.

“She went to the village, hmmm.”

“I saw her going to the village, but she’s still not back?”

The nuance of the word ‘still’ was strange. Rosette looked at the winter sunset that was beginning to turn crimson and asked in an uneasy voice. When Jane left for the village, the sun was clearly high in the sky.

“Jude, how long has it been since my sister left?”

“Huh? Um, has it been about an hour? No, is it two hours now?”

It takes 20 minutes to go to the village and back at a child’s pace. Jane had declared that she would come back quickly because she was worried about Rosette, so she should have been back already. There was no reason to be outside for two hours.

Cold sweat ran down her back. Her heart, instinctively feeling a sense of crisis, pounded.

“Huh? Rose? Hey, Rose! Where are you going?”

Rosette jumped up from her spot and started running towards the village. Jude followed her, shouting, but she ignored him and ran.

She usually ran slower than Jude, but she didn’t know where she got the strength from, and she quickly left him behind. She didn’t even have time to put on her shoes, so her feet hurt from running barefoot, but she couldn’t stop.

*Jane, Sister!*

*Please, let it not be what I’m thinking!* But tears welled up in her eyes due to the rising anxiety, and her vision began to blur.

Because of that, she didn’t see the rock on the ground and tripped, falling to the ground.

“Hey, are you okay?”

A woman picked her up and asked, but Rosette barely nodded to her before running again. And when she reached the village, the scene she faced was horrific.

“Where did you learn such bad things!”

“Is stealing all you’ve learned?”

The villagers were gathered in a small square. They surrounded someone and threw stones.

It was too far away to see who the person in the center was, but Rosette was sure it was Jane.

Jane, who had been smiling kindly just two hours ago, was lying on the ground covered in blood.

It was the same scene she had seen in the past.

*Jane, Sister, was definitely wearing different clothes, but why?*

Why was she suffering this again?

Rosette realized belatedly.

*Clothes were just an excuse.*

People didn’t really believe that Jane had stolen something. They just needed someone to vent their anger on.

It was said that this year’s rainfall was less than last year, and the harvest had decreased significantly. Naturally, some people were experiencing financial difficulties.

In the eyes of such people, Jane, who they considered to be below them and who gave them a sense of superiority, was simply displeasing for being happy. The new clothes were just an excuse.

If not the new clothes, then the money she had, or if not that, the snacks she bought. There were plenty of excuses.

She realized this now, after going back in time. The plan to protect Jane in the first place was an impossible dream. No matter how she tried to avoid it, Jane would have suffered the same fate.

But what had changed was Rosette. She was no longer the cowardly girl from the past who hid and trembled in fear of the angry people.

Rosette screamed and jumped into the crowd.

“Don’t bully my sister! You devils!”

“Who is this kid?”

“What, a devil?”

Rosette ignored the murmuring voices of the people and went to hug Jane. Jane was holding a paper bag tightly, even while bleeding.

This was also the same as in the past. Jane had clearly come out to buy snacks with the money she had saved up for Rosette, as she often did.

Foolishly, what was so lovely about a younger sister who couldn’t do anything? Tears filled with sorrow dripped onto Jane’s bloodied forehead.

“S-Sister. Open your eyes. Huh? Sister.”

No matter how much she called, Jane didn’t move.

It was happiness that she had finally found again after turning back time. The two days she spent with Jane were much happier than the 12 years she spent in the Dallas family. She thought that only happy things were left this time, but how could she make such a mistake.

*It’s all my fault. If I had known this would happen and held onto Jane…*

Stones fell on Rosette’s body as well. The giggling and angry voices of the people were scary.

“It’s because of you guys that the goddess is angry and the crops have failed!”

“If you hadn’t been leeches living off us, this wouldn’t have happened!”

No. They had never lived off them.

The orphanage where Rosette was staying was run by the temple, and they were living on goods and money sponsored by noble families. They had never leeched off or begged from these people.

But why were they resenting them?

However, Rosette couldn’t question them. What was important now was Jane.

“Sister, please just breathe.”

If she just breathed, if she was just breathing, she could save Jane. Now she was no longer the powerless and incompetent little girl of the past.

At that moment, Jane exhaled all at once. Rosette was filled with joy and placed her hand on Jane’s forehead.

*Wait, is it really okay?*

For some reason, she felt uneasy that Marquis Dallas would find her if she used this magic. Her determination to escape from Marquis Dallas and live happily with Jane seemed to be in vain, and she felt like she would be caught by him again.

But the hesitation was short. Even if she lived in hell, she would be happy if only Jane was safe.

Rosette no longer hesitated and manipulated her mana [magical energy]. The vast mana was too much for her young body to handle, and she felt pain like scraping her insides with her fingernails.

Rosette swallowed something hot that welled up in her throat and used healing magic on Jane.

Light emanated from where she touched Jane, and Jane’s wounds slowly began to disappear.

The forehead that had been torn by the stone, the knee that had been broken from falling, and the soles of her feet that had been marked by the stones because her shoes had come off. All of them returned to their original state without a single scar.

The cleaned forehead was so perfect that one wouldn’t know she had been hurt if not for the blood on her forehead. Jane hadn’t opened her eyes, but her breathing was even, as if she was just asleep.

The people who watched the scene all knelt down.

“A saintess?”

“A saintess has appeared!”

“Saintess, my child is also sick, please just take a look at him.”

Rosette felt nauseous looking at the people whose attitudes had changed. Before and after healing Jane, she was the same person. But why did they despise and scorn the previous Rosette, and now revere her?

Why were those who had thrown stones at her now showing kindness?

Rosette was about to say something to the people.

“Do you have no conscience at all?”

An angry voice was heard from the entrance of the square. The man’s voice wasn’t loud, but the heavy bass made it feel like the square was full.

Rosette shuddered at the unfamiliar yet somehow familiar voice.

And when the man pushed through the crowd and came before her, she almost had a seizure.

“Are you okay?”

The platinum-blonde, purple-eyed man who politely extended his hand to her was clearly Duke Adrian.

He was younger than she remembered, but he was definitely Duke Adrian. She could never forget that beautiful and unique hair color.

And he was also the man who had died from Rosette’s magic in the past.

At the same time, Joshua, who was crying in front of her at the last moment of her life, came to her mind. Why did he come to her mind at this moment?

“What’s your name?”

Rosette, who had been thinking about Joshua’s face, suddenly returned to reality at Duke Adrian’s question.

“Rosette…”

“Rosette, then your nickname must be Rose. A pretty name that goes well with your hair.”

Rosette couldn’t thank him for the compliment. Her body had been trembling like an aspen tree since she had encountered Duke Adrian.