Loser's redo: Transmigration in a novel

Looking at Zick's earnest expression, Sevleen pursed her lips this time. She had regained most of her control over the body by now.

Not moving her body for dozens of days, Sevleen felt her whole body sore and stiff. Her blurry vision regained clarity as time passed by.

"That is not what...I am trying to ask...What I want to know is..." Seveleen's eyes squinted, she didn't know how to express her question.

After struggling internally for a while, Seveleen decided to come clear. But before she could say anything, Zick's voice reached her ears.

"I know what you want to say." Zick cut to the chase.

Zick was not willing to go on a drama session when not necessary. He knew what needed to be done.

That was to not console Seveleen.

To cope with the disappointment, she felt in herself, Seveleen was going to confess about her prior mindset. This was a reflexive action done by her with not much thought behind it.

'The more she feels guilty, the better. This way, she would not be able to leave my side easily.'

'With her unstable mind, Seveleen will accept almost anything I say right at the moment.'

Zick gazed directly at Seveleen's eyes, her eyes were filled with confusion and they trembled slightly coming in contact with Zick's eyes.

'Why is everyone so timid these days?' Zick thought, seeing Seveleen's behavior.

First, Zick smiled slightly to ease Seveleen's mind and spoke: "You want to look for your sister, right? so, you must be feeling guilty about leaving without being able to repay me."

Zick spoke in an understanding tone, his voice made Seveleen gain a little of her calmness back.

Zick continued speaking: "Truthfully, I would have liked to help but...After the churches found out about my collaboration with Levienel, they announced me as a heretic." He smiled wryly saying this.

"All the churches are dispatching their priest to take me down right now. If they find out about your relationship with me, You will surely face problems too."

Zick's expression became resolute: "I advise you to keep your distance from me and Leave quickly. I am sure this place will be found soon too. The fog won't be able to hold them back for long."

Silence descended upon both of them.

'He-he offended the churches? For collaborating with Levienel...' Seveleen knew the power held by the churches, it was quite terrifying.

A realization occurred to Seveleen: ' He had collaborated with her to find the cure....which means this is happening because of me?'

And the worst part was that: 'He is telling me to go away....'

Seveleen's blank expression turned fierce at once, she stomped her foot on the floor, staring at Zick with a sharp look in her eyes.

"Why do you...what do you always think of someone else before yourself?!!" Seveleen couldn't take it anymore, she spoke loudly, no, she screamed at Zick for the first time.

Seveleen's white-platinum hair fluttered as the mana in her control became unstable.

"You want me to leave?! No, I am staying behind! I will...I will not go away Till the last moment." Seveleen chose Zick above her sister.

This just went to show how much Zick had gotten nearer to Seveleen.

Zick was satisfied with Seveleen's decision too. His expression became solemn this time.

"Miss Seveleen, the church...."

"Stop it already." Seveleen placed her head on Zick's chest with slumped shoulders.

Zick looked at Seveleen with his eye flickering with shock. Seveleen had never shown such a weak side even to Aeiron, the protagonist.

Seveleen's blue eyes had a trace of tears in them, and before long, two streaks of tears fell down her cheeks. Seeing Zick not pushing her away, She was a little relieved internally. She didn't want anyone to see her like that.

'In the end, Seveleen is just 15 to 16 years old at most, the cold archmage of the novel has still not appeared.'

'I really want to cultivate my mana, but doing so would be weird in this kind of atmosphere.' Even Zick had an ounce of consciousness it seemed.

Thus, Zick started thinking of something else.

'Seveleen is attached to me now too. Though it hasn't reached the level of love, she is quite dependent on me now. With this level of trust, there should be no problem even if something tries to influence her thought.'

Gaining such a pawn, Zick was happy and looking forward to the future.

.....

In the garden, Varine listened to the cat's explanation of the assassin's mana seriously.

She had learned quite a few things, both about the assassin profession and the cat.

The moment Zick was out of the site, this black cat wouldn't even let anyone touch it. Even right now, Varine stood a meter away from the cat who sat on the fountain.

'And this cat's relationship with sir Zick seems to be close too.' With this thought, Varine was not able to concentrate on the lesson properly.

"I wanted to ask something...." Varine spoke not being able to control her curiosity.

"What is it?" The cat asked lazily.

"Have you known Sir Zick for a long time?"

The cat wondered for a second and answered: "You can say we know each other from a long time ago. I first met him when he was still eight years old. He is as mysterious as ever."

The cat felt Zick to be very mysterious, even how he knew of this palace was unknown.

Varine had a calm look, but internally she was still very curious.

"How was sir Zick back then?"

"Hmm? He was as rational as he is right now, he is just more stable compared to back then." The cat answered while looking at the garden.

Varine was confused: more stable compared to before?

The cat on the other hand had a peculiar expression on its face.

'Just how in the world did that human find such a talented person like this?' Even the cat felt talent oozing from Varine.

Varine had a natural talent to understand the assassin profession. The more it taught her, the more it understood the monstrosity of her talent.

"...Alright, let's continue where we left off. The mana fluctuation must be perfectly hidden below the skin and...."

...

After a few minutes, Seveleen took a step back and gained her bearings. She had a sense of shame deep within thinking about what she did just now. But her face was calm as she looked at Zick.

"I don't care what you say, I will not leave your side till the end. I am not doing this to repay you, it's because I want to do this." Seveleen spoke calmly with a smile. She had sorted out most of her inner conflict by now.

Zick held his head with a hand, looking to be deep in thought. In the end, he sighed lightly and nodded his head.

"Okay." Hearing this Seveleen was overjoyed.

"But, It will be quite tragic if you were not able to look for your sister because of me. Hence...I will help you find your sister." Zick smiled at Seveleen.

Seveleen wanted to say something, but Zick was faster than her: "I am also doing this because I want to do it, not because I feel bad for you."

Seveleen closed her mouth, a smile forming on her beutiful face the next moment: " Alright, I will gratefully accept your help, Misster Zick."

"I am grateful too, Miss Seveleen."

The air around them was harmonious at once.

'Seveleen had become a permanent member now. Next, it should be the biological golem.' Zick's eye flickered with a thoughtful light.

"See you later then. I have to visit a place quickly." Zick bid her well and moved to Levienel.

Zick was originally planning on heading to the biological golem lab at night. But the production of the cure was done earlier than he thought.

In the novel, it took more than a day to create this cure. Even with an expensive alchemy set, Zick was not optimistic in the beginning. But its advantage was clearly exhibited at the moment.

'Keeping Levienel in a single place would just strengthen her curse, so it's a win-win situation for both of us while implementing the plan to spread the revelner disease too.' Zick thought as he walked.

Zick soon found Levienel on the hall's couch. Feeling Aeiron still unconscious, Zick and Levienel departed towards the Leweisert kingdom to pick up the key to control the lab.

Zick was planning on taking over the lab and making it his second secret base. This base would only be known by Levienel so the chances of it being exposed were low.

.....

The old alchemy tower was something that went down in history. It was infamous for the deed which was committed within it.

Right at the moment, the place where the alchemy tower stood in the past was nothing but ruins.

The area around the old alchemy tower was emptied by the other alchemy tower, in name of investigating and the risk of a dangerous artifact. But in truth, the alchemy towers were just trying to get whatever remained in this lab, they would send out an expedition team specific period.

Even till now, no one was able to fully explore this alchemy tower. The whole place was filled with traps and unknown dangers that could kill even a master swordsman if not careful enough.

The risk was high, but the gain was tempting too. There were chances of gaining certain research records of the old alchemists.

These researches were abandoned as at that time when the people of this alchemist tower were escaping they didn't have any chance to take it with them.

At this moment, above the ruins, A golden streak stopped and revealed Zick and Levienel within it.

Zick gazed at the ruin deeply.

As for the expedition group within the old alchemy tower right at the moment, they were unaware of the danger that was going to befall them.