Chapter 11. Waking Up.

It was all darkness, nothing could be heard nor could be seen; similar to death, it was peaceful like the humming of a bird or the tone of the piano as its keys were pressed, quiet and calming yet it didn’t feel lonely. It was mysterious.

“Are you awake now?” a voice entered into my ears as my eyes slowly opened before a brown-haired lady came to sight, her eyes glimmering bright as she stared at me with a supreme aura. It felt suffocating yet calming being stared at… it was a weird sensation.

“Who…?” I asked in a soft, quivering voice before she smiled as her hands weaved through the threads of my hair before she replied in a soft yet audible mumble, relieving the suffocating sensation as only calmness retained.

“I am Aurora, the headmaster of the school…” the lady answered before a loud bang came from the other side as the door slammed open, revealing the pink-haired lady standing there sweating with rough breathing as if she had run towards here.

“Are you stupid?!” she shouted, glaring at me as I tried to recall what had happened beforehand before pain filled my head as if stopping me, it was like a boulder was thrown straight towards my head… I folded myself, hugging my head as the pain dissipated a bit.

The Library

Your access to your memories within the past twenty-four hours has been restricted,

due to the heavy impact caused by mana-deprivation and health-deprivation.

“You should calm yourself down, little Mana…” another voice came out from the door before a tiny orange-haired came out from the door, trying to grab the pink-haired lady’s collar only for her height to fail her as she pouted.

“Mana…?” I tilted my head before a few fragmented memories appeared inside my head, revealing the same pink-haired girl, but always glaring at me for some reason, her eyes were beautiful, and her hair was silky smooth despite her garments being smel—.

“As Estelle said, you should slow down a bit, little Mana… it seems like her last state caused her to have partial amnesia, though it is not that severe from my estimates, it seems to be around twelve hours before the attack…” the brown-haired lady said before the pink-haired lady stopped and sat down on a bed beside me, sighing.

“Excuse me, but can someone explain to me what had happened…?” I asked, looking at the three before each of them carried a wry smile as the orange-haired girl grabbed a chair and some popcorns before sitting on it and eating.

“Well, it’s a long story… to summarize, to protect that girl over there, you used some kind of spell that forced almost all of the impact towards your body instead. I don’t understand how the spell works, nor do I also understand how you managed to cast such a spell within a split second since it seems like you are the only one who knows of such a spell,” the orange-haired girl answered.

“To protect from…?” I tilted my head before she sighed, turning towards Mana who maintained her wry smile as a hand rubbed on my head, surprising me as I turned towards the origin as the brown-haired girl with large chests smiled.

“You don’t have to think much about it, do you still remember who she is?” she inquired as I nodded softly before her smile grew, “Then that’s all that matters, you don’t need to remember anything else. Anyways, from here on, I will be your teacher on both magic and dagger techniques, are you fine with that?”

“I think I also remember being asked about that. I am fine with it…” I answered after feeling nostalgic over her words as she nodded, looking at me with a satirical smile as she said, “It seems like my estimates were wrong, you most likely lost about an entire day's worth of memories.”

“Anyways, I don’t want to take up both of your time that much. How about you have little Mana tour you around the school and the city in the meantime, get used to the scenery here since it is the most unique place on the entire planet,” she stood up and smiled before yawning heavily as she looked at Mana who seems to be nodding.

After seeing Mana nodding, the brown-haired girl looked at Estelle before shouting, “Hey! We are done with this right; can I go back to sleep now…?”, completely flipping my impressions of her around as the orange-haired girl smiled mockingly.

“Yeah, let’s go…” the orange-haired girl said as she dragged the brown-haired girl Aurora, slamming the door before opening it once more as she winked at me before closing it for the last time as I tilted my head in confusion.

After a short while, the door never opened again as the pink-haired girl stood up from the bed and sat beside me before asking, “Do you really not remember anything” smacking my head several times as I shook my head.

“I do remember some strawber—” I was about to respond, but a slap soon echoed throughout the entire room as she sighed, “It seems like you still remember me a bit huh…” before sparks came from her eyes as I smiled wryly.

“It does feel like there is a hole in my memories, most likely, I don’t remember a certain day’s memory… that’s all I know…” I said before she nodded, standing up as she reached a hand towards me before I tilted my head in confusion.

“What…?! Do you not want to tour around the city, stinky pervert?!” she asked before I shook my head, grabbing her hand and pulled it before out of the blue, her body flew towards my direction as the two of us stared at each other point-blank.

Her beautiful eyes that reflected my weakly figure, the scent of lilies surrounding the room as her hair fluttered around were crystallized into my eyes. It felt weird inside, like a tingling or ticklish sensation was blooming.

“Ehem… I didn’t mean to pull…” I said before her face turned pink as she pushed herself back, nodding as she looked at me for a few seconds before turning around as she said whilst walking towards the door, “It’s fine… I know, let’s get going already!” as I stood up in a panic and caught up to her dressed in a white dress that I don’t know where and when I wore and got it…

Your affinity with Mana has increased by 50% over the past week.

As a reward, you have received a special quest.

The Library: Quest [A love that blooms of lilies].

Your actions decide the destiny of your life and the people around you,

bring the most beautiful smile to them and you shall be rewarded.

Rewards:

- All skills of Archery levels up by two.

- Relationship System and Access to Knowledgebase.

- Two-thousand Yuri experience points.

Time Limit:

- 24 hours.

Failure:

- Failing this quest will lead to your affinity with the person

dropping to zero and all your experience gained from

the person will be erased.