Thought It Was 'The End', Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 127
“No, there’s no way I failed. I’ve never failed before.”
Kaitlyn had unwavering confidence in her abilities.
She had survived up until now relying solely on her talent and skill.
Kaitlyn and Keith had nearly been killed by a relative before they even turned ten. If they hadn’t learned dark sorcery, they would have died long ago.
Their biological parents had taught them dark sorcery and emphasized that it must remain a secret only they knew.
They said that in a world where it was difficult to survive if you were merely weak, you had to have at least one weapon hidden that no one knew about.
At the time, Kaitlyn and Keith didn’t understand those words because they only knew the world their parents protected—a world that was safe, comfortable, and full. They believed they would live that way forever.
But after their parents died in an accident, the twins came to understand clearly the ‘world’ their parents had spoken of.
The relatives who whispered to them during the funeral, saying they would take care of them now and kissed their foreheads, tried to kill them that very night. It was all to seize the title and wealth the twins were to inherit.
If they hadn’t hidden the fact that they knew how to use dark sorcery as their parents advised, the twins would have been helplessly killed.
As they ran barefoot across the frozen ground, they vowed never to trust anyone.
The only person they could rely on was each other.
If it wasn’t the person who shared the same flesh and blood from their mother’s womb, no one could be trusted.
Kaitlyn never forgot that resolution.
Although they were miraculously rescued by foster parents who found them while hunting monsters, gratitude and trust were separate matters. While Kaitlyn loved her foster parents, she always tried to remember that they could betray her at any moment.
In fact, if Kaitlyn and Keith hadn’t shown talent in dark sorcery, their foster parents wouldn’t have adopted them.
Moreover, they showed obvious favoritism toward Kaitlyn, whose talents were more pronounced.
Keith had talent, but it was nothing compared to Kaitlyn.
His innate magical power was average, and his gentle nature didn’t suit dark sorcery. Although he was good at magic that required delicate manipulation, it went against the essence of dark sorcery and wasn’t a skill their foster parents needed.
Still, their foster parents gave the twins a home and a new identity. That alone was reason enough for the twins to love them.
Kaitlyn knew that Keith was being treated differently.
But she didn’t think it was wrong.
It was natural for the superior person to be above the one who wasn’t. Keith, though just a few minutes younger, was her younger brother, and she believed that it was her duty to protect him where he was lacking.
Keith would always give a troubled smile whenever Kaitlyn tried to protect him.
“I’m afraid that someday you’ll destroy yourself, Kaitlyn.”
“You’re worrying over nothing.”
“Sometimes you’re like a boar that can’t see to the sides.”
“…Are you insulting me right now?”
“Ah, you caught me.”
“If you say it kindly, do you think I’ll take it as a compliment?”
The reason her kind younger brother died was that he didn’t objectively recognize his own abilities.
“And because he unnecessarily used such cumbersome methods.”
Keith hid thoroughly behind others. It was safe, but slow and uncertain. As a result, he often failed.
But Kaitlyn was different.
Kaitlyn had never failed. At least, not until she came here.
This was already the second time.
When the light accident she had prepared immediately upon arriving at the port ended in failure, she thought it was a mistake.
There were too many people, and the eye contact with the ones she tried to control had been too brief, so she assumed the hypnosis had quickly worn off.
“Princess Mia kept talking to me, so I was distracted too…”
She was bothered by the sight of a boy carrying off the target she had missed as if he had been waiting for it, but she tried to dismiss it as a coincidence.
But this time, it was a clear failure.
