Avoiding Death in an Otome Game

Chapter 74: Chapter - 74: Memory Backtrack II

Even by the time the final class ended, my mind was still occupied by the strange structure I had seen while sleeping, because although the dream itself had been vague in almost every other aspect, the mechanism of the spell had remained unusually clear in my mind, and I could still visualize the thin connections between the main flow of the mental sea and the separate section where a memory was supposed to be preserved.

This made me wonder whether my subconscious had somehow managed to arrange the information I had been struggling to understand throughout the previous night.

I had deliberately avoided thinking about it too much during the lessons, since trying to reconstruct the mechanism of Memory Backtrack while a teacher was explaining an entirely different subject would accomplish little, but that restraint had only meant that the moment the final class ended, my thoughts immediately returned to the spell, particularly to the part where the stored memory remained connected to the rest of the mental sea without actually becoming part of its ordinary flow.

*If I can reproduce that structure properly, then the difficult part might already be solved*

I was still thinking about it when I stepped out of the classroom with Elena as we have already planned to go to teacher Albert immediately after the classes. So we began walking toward the second floor where teacher Albert’s study office was located.

Elena walked beside me without saying much at first, and I could tell that she was probably still wondering what exactly would happen during today’s meeting, especially since Clara had specifically asked her to come along, but there was also a certain curiosity in her expression that suggested she was looking forward to speaking with the strange ice spirit again.

As for me, my thoughts were considerably less relaxed.

I had agreed to bring Elena here because refusing Clara would have been unnecessarily suspicious, and because I genuinely wanted to understand more about Albert and Clara, but that didn’t mean I had forgotten the questions surrounding them

If something went wrong, I needed to know how I would get Elena out.

*If Albert attacks us, I can probably create enough disturbance to alert the principal or vice principal.*

The academy’s highest ranking personnel were still here, and after the previous attack, security had been increased considerably, so there was very little chance that Albert could do something serious without drawing attention.

Besides, there was hardly any reason for him to harm us. He had already saved our lives.

Still, caution was preferable to regret.

When we finally reached the familiar door, I stopped and knocked.

”Come in.”

Albert’s calm voice came from inside.

I opened the door and entered with Elena following beside me.

The room looked almost exactly as it had yesterday, with Albert sitting behind his desk while several papers were spread before him, apparently related to his lessons, while Clara was once again sitting casually on the edge of the desk as though it were her personal seat.

I still could not understand why she preferred the desk when there was a perfectly comfortable sofa only a few steps away..

”Good afternoon, Teacher Albert, Mrs. Carson,” Elena greeted respectfully.

I followed her greeting ”Good afternoon.”

Clara immediately brightened.

”Good girl!”

Elena’s expression became slightly awkward at the enthusiastic response, but she still smiled politely.

Albert merely gave us a faint nod before gesturing toward the chairs.

”Sit.”

I was about to take one of them when Clara suddenly hopped down from the desk and walked toward Elena.

”Come with me.”

”Huh?”

”You do not need to sit over there with these boring guys.”

”Clara,” Albert said calmly.

”What? I am not wrong.”

Before Elena could figure out how to respond, Clara had already taken her by the hand and led her toward the sofa placed against the side wall.

”Sit here.”

Elena followed Clara’s instruction and sat down, although I could see the mixture of curiosity and nervousness in her expression.

Clara immediately sat beside her and began talking about something that I could not hear clearly.

I looked back toward teacher Albert.

”Do not mind them,” he said, returning his attention to me. ”You came here for the spell.”

*Are they having a quarrel?*

I did not voice out my question and just obeyed.

”Yes.”

Albert placed the papers aside and looked directly at me ”Did you understand the concept?”