My Dream is to Get My Own House - Chapter 52

Episode 52

“Well, in the letter, it said so. Shall I show it to you?”

“Yes, I’m curious.”

There was no ulterior motive.

I simply became curious about the lives that those family members had lived.

[Grandfather, it’s me, Diana.

I’m sending this letter because I don’t know how to contact you!

It’s me.

At that time, during the Million Theater terrorist incident.

I temporarily lost my memory due to the shock.

But now, my memories have somewhat returned.

Let me tell you a few reasons why I’m Diana.

In the Waikiki Palm Village, while riding grandfather’s horse, I ate coconuts, remember?

And also, it was on the Savannah Beach, building sand castles with Claude.

It was a very enjoyable summer vacation.

Although my memories are not completely clear since I just realized that I am Lady Diana, I want to meet you, grandfather!]

“There are such memories among those people.”

While reading the warm and comforting memories, I folded the letter again and handed it to Helic.

For some reason, I felt uncomfortable.

We remained silent for about tens of minutes.

Suddenly, the door to the reception room opened quietly.

Duke Saboia and Claude appeared unexpectedly calm.

A beautiful woman with shining golden hair and gentle eyes followed behind the Duke.

Her violet eyes felt like transparent glass beads.

She slowly scanned me, then twisted her lips into a confident smile.

“Grandfather.”

Diana, who held the Duke’s sleeve tightly, raised her shoulders with a pout.

“Grandfather, I suddenly feel tired! I want to rest!”

The Duke, in an expression that was far from the typical reaction of finding a lost granddaughter, replied with a stiff expression.

“The verification process is not yet complete, so I won’t consider you fully as a member of Saboia.”

“Huh? Whatever.”

Diana pursed her lips and raised her eyebrows sharply.

“Then let’s have a meal. We have a lot to talk about! Oh, except for the outsiders.”

She glanced at me, calling me an outsider.

But it was precisely at that moment.

Duke Saboia raised an eyebrow and lightly nudged his shoulder.

“Ishael is not an outsider. She is our family.”

I blinked with a sense of unease.

Duke Saboia spoke softly.

“Well, it would be nice if we all had a meal together.”

At that moment, Claude, who had been silently observing the situation, spoke up.

“I don’t care about lunch. I’ll go to Matap first.”

Duke Saboia looked puzzled.

“Suddenly?”

However, Claude’s personality was fundamentally flawed.

After casually disregarding him, he narrowed his eyes and looked at me.

“Let’s go to the Matap together.”

“Huh? I can have lunch on my own, you know?”

“Just for a moment.”

* * *

As soon as we arrived at the top room of the Matap, I frowned and spoke.

“We found Lady Diana, but why do you have that expression?”

Claude rolled his eyes and replied.

[“It seems like Diana is the real deal. But my heart isn’t pounding.”]

…?

What’s he talking about?

“Isn’t it incestuous for your heart to race for your younger sister?”

Since the Chucky doll, there have been some suspicions, and it turns out he’s a lunatic after all.

I quickly took a step back.

Claude, messing up his hair, said.

[That’s not what I meant! I just worship Diana, that’s all.]

“…So what? Tell me.”

[“Yeah, let me tell you what happened earlier.”]

* * *

A few hours ago, inside the reception room of Duke Saboia’s mansion.

The Duke trembled and looked ahead with a nervous gaze.

A delicate-looking woman with blonde hair and gentle eyes was looking at them.

She looked similar to Diana in appearance.

“Grandfather! Claude, big brother!”

Claude flinched.

Why do I feel such strong repulsion deep inside my heart?

“Perhaps because it’s been a long time since you’ve encountered the owner?”

At that moment, Duke Saboia spoke first.

“I read the letter. However, I feel like we still need to verify it.”

“Verification? Sure, go ahead and verify!”

Duke Saboia reached out his hand toward Diana.

Hypnotic magic flowed from his fingertips.

The hypnotic magic developed by Duke Saboia had tremendous efficacy.

It was magic that made the person speak the truth they believed in, not only in consciousness but also in the subconscious.

Diana spoke, still under the powerful spell of hypnosis, revealing various stories.

Most of the stories were about what happened at Duke Saboia’s mansion.

“The day before the terrorist attack, the seafood dish I had with Mom, Dad, and Grandfather was so, so delicious!”

Duke Saboia laughed feebly as if his heart had weakened and wiped away a dry tear.

Diana’s stories continued without interruption.

They were perfect memories to the point that doubting oneself felt foolish.

After the hypnosis ended, Diana smiled brightly and said.

“Diana remembers everything perfectly, right? Right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Duke Saboia gently touched his chin.

“But how about your temporary family?”

“What?”

“How have you been living all this time?”

Diana muttered quietly.

“Well, I was adopted by a good family!”

“Originally…”

“I was in an orphanage that no longer exists! I can’t remember the name.”

It was a guess whether the place she stayed at was Sangermane Nursery or not.

But well, that could easily be the case.

At that moment, Duke Saboia asked with a skeptical look.

“You went to a good family.”

“Yes!”

“…What about marriage?”

“Why? Grandfather, wouldn’t it be nice if I got married?”

“You didn’t?”

“No, I have been in a long-term relationship!”

Duke Saboia swallowed his words as if something was strange.

“Hmm… I see.”

Claude, who had been listening to their conversation, narrowed his eyes.

Clearly, the person in front of him was unmistakably Diana.

The appearance and the memories they shared, everything matched.

But there was something strange.

There should have been a pounding heart, filled with excitement for embracing the most beloved person in the world.

But I couldn’t feel any emotions.

That’s when it happened.

The door to the reception room opened, and the Elder Council Chairman appeared, chuckling.

“Lady Diana has arrived!”

“Really? Let me confirm.”

The Elder Council Chairman examined Diana as the dignitary of the family.

“Hmm, there doesn’t seem to be a clear display of the family’s emblem.”

“Because I haven’t awakened yet!”

That was a valid point.

The bloodlines of the family were tightly connected.

When the unique abilities possessed by the Saboia bloodline were awakened, they could recognize each other.

But that also meant that without awakening, they couldn’t recognize each other.

“It’s me, Diana. I want to have my awakening quickly!”

“Has all your memory returned? If your memory has returned, the awakening should be fast.”

Diana awkwardly smiled and said, “Well, there are some empty corners here and there!”

“Shall I assist you with awakening?”

“No! It’s okay! I just want to enjoy a normal life at my own pace!”

Seeing Diana confidently raise her chin, the Elder Council Chairman grinned happily.

Just the fact that Diana had come seemed to bring him joy.

“If that’s what Lady Diana wants, then it must be true. When I listened from behind the wall, all the memories seemed to be those of Lady Diana!”

Indeed, Diana’s memories were not something that could be imitated by anyone.

Duke Saboia muttered with a skeptical expression.

“First, bring the relic.”

“Ah, yes!”

The Elder Council Chairman brought a coral necklace that shimmered with a blue hue.

It was a magical object containing the power of one of the few remaining divine artifacts in the Empire.

Except for the Blue Diamond, which had almost no divine power, and the newly discovered divine grass.

If the relic reacted, it meant that Diana was either lying or using dark magic against the power of the divine.

“It’s an item imbued with the power of the divine, which distinguishes dark magic and falsehood and blesses humans.”

“Ah…”

Diana hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand.

“Yes, I’m confident!”

Naturally, she reached out her hand toward the coral necklace and smiled.

There was no change in the coral necklace.

“Diana, you really are my granddaughter!”

From a rational standpoint, it was indeed clear that Diana had returned.

However, Claude couldn’t shake off the lingering suspicion about all of this.

He couldn’t erase the feeling that it was like playing on a well-designed puzzle board.

It seemed that Duke Saboia felt the same way.

He looked down at the coral necklace, swallowing his doubts.

* * *

Upon hearing Claude’s words, I pondered deeply.

In truth, I had also been feeling uneasy.

Before the regression, after the death of Duke Saboia.

There were many people pretending to be Lady Diana.

However, no one had ever mentioned past memories like the Diana who appeared now.

The arrival of Diana now meant an entirely different future from before the regression.

I couldn’t yet determine whether it was the butterfly effect of my regression or not.

But I couldn’t erase the thought that it was a somewhat orchestrated event.

“I need to find out whether she is the real Lady Diana or not.”