Lunivara entered the sword club room expecting the members of the club were already there , when she got inside there was no one.
["It must be there training today"] She checked the date. ["Confirmed"]
She look around for a moment , the room was quite, the table was half full of documents and weapons were on the side, messy. Before she worked on the documents she cleaned the weapons first. The weapons were heavy so Lunivara took time to arrange it.
Creeeeeeak...
"Hello?"
"No one's here yet, I'll just take a sword"
"?"
The man stared at Lunivara, speechless. While Lunivara was carrying a weapon.
"Let me help you with that" The man said.
"Oh–Thank you" Lunivara said.
"No worries"..." Your Lady Morcant right?, The princess"
...
The man waited for Lunivara to answer.
"My apologies, My lady, I Am WILL RAMTOM, the son of Ramtom family, It's my pleasure to meet you this close my lady." He bowed and handed her hand for courtesy.
Lunivara just continued placing the weapon.
"My Lady?" Trying to grab Lunivaras attention.
Lunivara stare at him, irritated.
He just brush Lunivaras face off and smiled, "I'll take care for this for you My lady." He grab all the weapons with one scoop and arrange the weapons one by one.
"Thank you"
Lunivara then moved to the table where she sits and start handling the documents, moments later...
"Already Done" will said. After putting all the weapons.
She peeked at Lunivara, and saw she moves fast, while handling the paper.
Steps... Steps
"Your pretty fast," Leaning toward lunivara while he's right hand supported he's body.
"Can you move, your too close." Lunivara said.
"Right."
!!!
"Will Ramtom!, were have you been all these months!" Jude said.
"!?"
Will just chuckled. " Oh hey Captain!"
"Will!" Jude sounding, anxious.
"I'll get going, I took one sword"...
"1,000 push up will" Leontius said.
"Captain?, Bu—"
"1,000"
Will looked at Jude signing for help, And Jude just give him the disgust look.
"Alright, I WILL"
"I'll see you next time, My Lady." Before closing the door.
"Why is Captain suddenly angry with me" murmuring while walking. Then he smiled.
_______
"That Will" Jude complained. He's mood changed after seeing the documents were almost finished. "Thanks Luna, I don't have to work anymore."
"Jude," said Leontius.
"Ah, yes I almost forgot, to finish that, I'll be working on it right away"
"I have something to report"
"Yes?" Leontius replied.
"What is it?" Jude followed.
Lunivara looked at Leontius.
"Its just a hypothesis, I think it's not about repeatitive system but it's repetitive thoughts"... "I can't conclude"
"It's fine, can you elaborate more?" Leontius said.
"Hmm" Jude thinking.
"Earlier, I heard my classmate talking about the discussion earlier this morning that it had been repeated this afternoon,they said, I was present in the morning so I would know, but the discussion were different...That's why I think the problem is not external but internal."
"That does make the situation very different but when looking at it, it does make more meaning than what we thought, like how students were able to remember what they thought they've talked about." Jude was very sincere when he said that.
Making the both Lunivara and Leontius shock about.
"Supposedly you'll complain stuff" Lunivara blurted out. Covering he's mouth.
"I do—but that doesn't mean I can't be serious with stuff too!" Surprisingly Jude was a bit embarrassed.
"Wait, I think I've already showed you all my serious side"
Leontius realized something.
...
"Leon?" Jude asked.
"Luna"
Lunivara felt the warm feeling again.
"Can you write the report for me, please " Leontius spoke.
"Yes"
Writing...
"Here" She passes it to Leontius whose in the other side of the table.
Leontius scanned the paper, before putting it to he's desk.
"I'll study later"
"I'd like to study but nah" Jude said..."ah—since Lunivara is already finished with the paper should we head back to the training ground now?"
"Yes, Shall we?"
Lunivara nodded.
While walking Jude spoke first.
"So are going to continue the investigation later?"
"We received a valuable report, investigating will be unnecessary for now,"
Jude nodded. "Alright"
"May I ask"
"Yes?,what is it Luna?"
"What am I supposed to do at the training round?"
"Ah right, it's your first time going there, Leontius said 'clears throat' Leon said every member of the sword club should know how to wield a sword, even the prin—woah!" Sigh "I almost fell" He looked at Leontius glaring.
"Careful Jude"
"I am,"..."And Luna when holding a sword...
Jude continued talking, explaining how beginners should do while Lunivara was busy thinking.
["I haven't tried Swordmanship in my life before...Oh but Lunivara did, My problem now is if this body have a muscle memory it's been months since I reincarnated here and haven't trained"] Sigh
Leontius noticed.
["Lunivara trained since childhood, I'm sure this body can still remember"]
"It's okay if your not that good yet Luna" Jude said.
"Oh...Thanks Jude"
Jude smiled, "you can change their, you clothes are already been prepared you can see it inside when..."
Lunivara entered the room and found the clothes.
"They also prepared a room," Lunivara smiled.
She carefully undressess and dressed herself without Clara her maid.
Step Step Step
Swoosh...
The door opened.
"How does it look?"
["Beautiful"] Leontius said in he's thought, while blushing.
"You look cool in that"
"Thanks"
"Okay, let's goo"...I'll be the one teaching you,"
Lunivara saw a lot of men training, she was surprise of how heavy they were lifting.
"Don't mind that Luna, You won't be lifting yet."..."Catch"
...
"Nice catch Luna"..."Okay position yourself, yes that's right...okay next move" Jude aplaud..."Wow your an easy learner, how about we try fighting together, I'll be easy"
Lunivara nodded. ["You can do this Memory muscle"]
SILENCE.
Lunivara moved first, going fast. Jude was surprised as well as Leontius.
CRICK-CRACK
The sound of a heavy wooden gate swinging open, letting in the vast, open air of the dirt ground.
"Okay, this is not what I meant, but I challenge you Luna!" Jude said.
SHHH-ING!
SHHH-ING!
Two swords are drawn simultaneously, ringing out under the open sky.
"Should you let them like that captain?" A voice from behind.
"Finished?"
"Not yet"
"Finish it"
"Captain" Will complained.
...
"Alright,alright" Then goes back.
SHUFFLE-TAP
Leather boots shifting on dry earth, kicking up a light spray of gravel.
"HAAAH!"
Jude lunges with a deep, echoing roar.
CLANGGGG!
Steel smashes steel. The shockwave echoes off the wooden walls of the training ground.
e afternoon carried on like it always did.
Classes shifted.
Students moved between rooms.
The academy functioned without hesitation.
Nothing announced that something was wrong.
And yet—
three separate moments were beginning to lean toward the same silence.
The library was quieter than the rest of the academy.
That was why Leontius preferred it.
Not for comfort.
For clarity.
Books remained where they were placed.
Records stayed consistent.
Information did not change unless something interfered with it.
He had been reviewing attendance logs.
Club allocations.
Activity summaries from the past few days.
Everything looked correct at first glance.
But then—
he stopped.
Not abruptly.
Just slightly.
His eyes remained on the page longer than necessary.
A report listed yesterday's student movement during club transitions.
It matched expectations.
Exactly.
Too exactly.
He turned a page.
Another record.
Same structure.
Different names.
Same timing pattern.
Same flow.
Leontius exhaled once through his nose.
[It aligns too cleanly.]
He didn't say it aloud.
He just noted it.
He pulled another document.
Cross-reference.
Then another.
And another.
The problem wasn't error.
It was consistency.
Too much of it.
In places where human behavior should naturally vary.
He closed the folder.
Not in frustration.
In recognition.
Something was being recorded as if variation didn't matter.
Lunivara stepped out between periods.
Students flowed past her in clusters.
Voices overlapping.
Movement steady.
Everything normal in structure.
But not in timing.
A student passed her.
"…you already said that earlier."
Another responded immediately.
"I didn't."
"…Yes, you did."
A pause.
"…Maybe I repeated myself."
They continued walking.
No tension.
No awareness.
Just continuation.
Lunivara slowed slightly.
Not stopping.
Just adjusting her pace.
Understanding came instantly.
Meaning followed after.
That small delay she had grown used to.
Still there.
Still unchanged.
But now—
something else was starting to stand out.
Not in others.
In how often it felt like she had already witnessed the exact shape of these interactions.
Not identical events.
Just identical structure.
She looked forward again.
Kept walking.
Jude leaned against a low pillar near the courtyard walkway.
Not studying.
Not analyzing.
Just existing in between responsibilities.
Students passed around him, discussing club schedules.
One of them spoke.
"…We already agreed on this yesterday."
Another responded.
"Did we?"
A pause.
"…I think so."
"…Then why are we discussing it again?"
Silence.
Then a shrug.
"…Does it matter?"
Conversation continued as if nothing had shifted.
Jude frowned slightly.
Not deeply.
Just enough to notice.
[That sounds familiar…]
He scratched the side of his head.
Then exhaled.
"Or maybe I just hate meetings."
He let it go.
But the thought didn't fully disappear.
Later.
Not arranged.
Not planned.
It simply happened.
Leontius arrived first.
Jude followed.
Lunivara last.
No one commented on timing.
It wasn't unusual enough to mention.
They stood near the junction between corridors.
Students passed behind them.
Life continued around them.
Jude spoke first.
"…Okay."
He looked between them.
"I'm not saying anything serious yet, but—"
He paused.
"…Does it feel like things are repeating in a weird way lately?"
Leontius didn't answer immediately.
Not because he disagreed.
Because he was choosing how to phrase it.
Lunivara spoke instead.
"…Not repeating."
A pause.
"…Similar."
Jude exhaled.
"That's not comforting at all."
Leontius spoke next.
"Records do not fully deviate from behavior."
Jude blinked.
"…That sounds like you're saying everything matches."
"It does."
A pause.
Then Leontius added:
"Too precisely."
Silence.
Not heavy.
Just measured.
Lunivara adjusted her grip on her bag slightly.
"…It's consistent."
She paused.
Then added:
"…But not in a natural way."
Jude looked at her.
"Define natural."
Lunivara hesitated briefly.
Then answered simply.
"…Variation."
Jude frowned.
"That's getting philosophical."
Leontius replied calmly.
"It is statistical."
Jude sighed.
"Of course it is."
None of them said it directly.
But all three were arriving at the same shape of thought.
Not conclusion.
Recognition.
That something about their daily flow—
conversations, timing, reactions—
was not fully behaving like it should.
Not broken.
Not random.
Just…
slightly too aligned.
A bell rang somewhere deeper in the academy.
Movement resumed around them.
Students shifted direction.
Schedules continued.
Life did not pause.
Jude straightened.
"Well."
He forced a light tone back into his voice.
"We've officially reached the 'this is annoying' stage."
Leontius glanced at him.
"That is not the classification I would use."
Jude nodded.
"Yeah, well, I'm not a classification guy."
Lunivara looked ahead.
Quiet.
Observing.
Not reacting.
Just processing.
[It's not getting stronger.]
That thought remained.
Not relief.
Not concern.
Just awareness.
They began walking together again.
No resolution.
No agreement.
No conclusion.
Just shared continuation through the academy corridors.
Behind them—
students continued their conversations.
Some repeating structures.
Some correcting themselves.
Some forgetting what they had just said.
And none of them noticed.
Not fully.
Not yet.
But the three walking forward did.
In different ways.
At different speeds.
Without saying it aloud.
And that was enough to make it stay.
END CHAPTER 48