The Strongest Witch's

He Knows That Secret

"Rinka! Can you help me, lazy Yukito won't help people in trouble." Slightly whining, the light blue haired girl pulled Rinka's hand while pointing resentfully at her twin who was relaxing on top of a tree.

Rinka realized from her daydream, she nodded hesitantly agreeing with the girl's request. "All right, I'll help you."

'It feels weird.'

"really? Thankfully I still have a good friend, unlike that unemployed ugly guy, I hope he chokes an apple and falls off a tree!" exclaiming the girl named Yukina dramatically, do not forget to cuss the young man who is still casually eating apples on the tree, which is none other than his own brother.

Rinka has pleasant friends with different personalities, they are very familiar with Rinka before her body is taken over by her.

Rinka begins to help Yukina collect the tubers and carry them in a basket to put on the cart. The young man on the tree was secretly watching Rinka who was petrifying her sister, not forgetting the cheerful smile that was always emanating on her beautiful face. Unknowingly the man's cheeks flushed red and he turned his gaze quickly as Rinka turned her head towards him.

"Hee what, why is your face turning red on Yukito? Is it because Rinka smiled at you?" There was a mockery of a brunette man carrying a basket of apples in his hand. He threw a mocking look at Yukito who was above him.

"Whisper you! Better take care of your own business!" Yukito. Threw an apple mark to the brunette, hit her head.

"Aah!" Kaito rubbed the head of the apple throw victim. He picked up the leftover apple and threw it back to the offender. "Rather than just continuing to relax, you better help the cheerful girl."

Yukito frowned while avoiding the apple toss. "You mean, Rinka?"

Kaito shrugged both of his shoulders. "Who else." He turned his gaze, watching Rinka who was still petrifying Yukina. Looking at the girl with a difficult look.

"You ... also saw it yesterday, right?" Kaito said slowly, managed to make Yukito sculpt by his words.

"Dek Nezumi!" Kaito runs towards a purple-haired girl and leaves Yukito whose heart begins to be filled back by feelings of guilt.

"I'm not the only one guilty. Kaito, you too," muttered Yukito softly. He then jumped down from the tree and immediately walked towards Yukina's place.

He quickly took over the basket that Rinka was carrying and filled it with tubers that they were picking. Rinka was surprised because Yukito, who suddenly took her basket, could not say anything when he saw the man's expression. He still does not understand how to respond to others.

"Yukuto! If you don't want to help us, it's better not. Just continue with the show that's watching you." Yukino ruffled his waist to see Yukito, he thought Yukito just wanted to disturb him and Rinka who was at work, and he intended to drive him away.

Yukito frowned annoyedly. He then walked to Rinka's back, Yukito rubbed the girl's silver hair blocking her back, slightly lowering the cloth behind her shoulders.

Rinka rounded her eyes, not because of Yukito's disrespectful treatment, but there was something she had covered on her back. "Yukito, what's—"

A slap landed violently on Yukito's cheek, Yukina was shocked at her brother's sassiness. Yukina is not out of thought, she does not know what is on Yukito's mind at the moment, not like the usual Yukito.

"You're nothing! Don't do anything to Ri—" she stopped saying, Yukina couldn't continue her sentence when she saw a very wide bruise on Rinka's shoulder. Thanks to his white skin, the bruise was clearly visible on the area of his shoulders.

Nezumi, the purple-haired girl who was with Kaito immediately ran over when she saw the brothers fighting. And he was immediately flabbergasted when he saw the state of Rinka.

Rinka bit her lip then immediately patted Yukito's hand. He turned around and looked at Yukito coldly. "I told you, I'm fine."

Yukito only averted his face when Rinka looked at him like that. While Nezumi is worried about asking Rinka for an explanation.

"That's not okay. Show me your back" Nezumi said.

Rinka shook her head, and took one step back from the girl. "I'm fine."

Nezumi held Rinka away and turned her back, making the girl grimace a little. Nezumi got rid of Rinka's hair and touched her shoulders slowly. Then a green-colored light shimmered between his palms.

Nezumi felt very guilty, he knew for sure the cause of the wound on his best friend's back. If not to save her, Rinka would not have been harmed by those children. It was supposed to be the one who was bullied by them, but Rinka helped him.

Slowly the blue rash on her skin began to disappear and Rinka felt her shoulders become lighter. He then turned to look at Nezumi who lowered her face. Rinka then smiles, one of the tasks that she must carry out because it has inhabited the body. He had decided not to let them know the fact that Rinka Taira had died, and the one occupying her body was someone else.

"I'm fine" said Rinka trying to convince.

It is true, the cause of the girl's death is because Rinka tried to protect her best friend and ended up with her being bullied by the children of the upper society who always disturbed them. He regretted Rinka's actions for being too bold to challenge the children, especially those of the higher-ups in the eastern region.

The girl should have known, dealing with the son of the higher-ups would only put him in danger. It would only waste his life. There will be no justice to avenge his death, certainly the death of an outcast society as they would only be considered an accident, and the perpetrators will do anything to be free of charge. The judge will defend those who are at a higher level, despite knowing the truth.

However, his friends were worth more than his own life. That's the principle that's always been on Rinka Taira's mind.

However, he also has no right to comment. Rinka Taira has something precious that she wants to protect. Meanwhile, his past life just becomes trash, Rinka Taira has a better heart than hers.

Living in this world is too cruel. As much as possible Rinka did not want to waste her life again.

"From that, we better hurry up and get the job done so we can go home quickly," Rinka said back to his usual tone. The atmosphere became silent and awkward, no one dared to speak from then on. Until the afternoon came, the sun was already beginning to sink.

They finished the work then compactly asked for permission to go home to their supervisor. It is troublesome, but when they work there are some people who will keep an eye on them. And only a Yukito is good at choosing the time to laze around so he is never caught.

Rinka is with Nezumi and Yukina, while two boys walk behind them.

Rinka only knows what it's like to have friends, because before she never interacted with anyone, sometimes she will only be silent when her friends start joking, she still can not keep up with them.

Soon one by one they separated because the direction they were heading was different. Rinka and the brunettes, Kaito.

Kaito walks casually beside Rinka with both hands that he puts behind his head. He glanced at the girl who was walking without making a sound.

Rinka feels strange because in her memory Kaito should have taken the road to the left when passing through the park. But the man still followed him, towards his house.

Rinka finally decided to ask, "Kaito, shouldn't you take the road left to your house? Why come with me?"

"Hm?" Kaito was silent for a moment and glanced at the girl from the end of his eyes. "You remember, yeah?"

Rinka gasped a little, why was Kaito's tone slightly different. He squeezed out his fingers which he hid behind his back.

"Whatchu mean? Of course I remember. Not that because I rarely visit your house, I forget." Rinka smiled to reduce the awkwardness that again perched in her heart

'Kaito looks strange, I hope only my feelings.' Rinka's inner self.

Kaito who was a few steps ahead of the girl lowered his hand, he then turned around with a serious look in his eyes. Kaito slightly lowered his height to Rinka.

"I know," he said. He stepped closer and closer, forcing Rinka to take a step back to avoid his gaze.

Rinka further squeezed her finger then smiled awkwardly. "I don't understand what you mean."

Kaito stared right at Rinka's blue-colored eye bead and slightly bent his eyebrows. "Not lie. I know."

The brown-haired man clenched his hands. "Because Rinka should have died that night. I'm …."

"I couldn't save her," Kaito said, a tone of regret in his words.

As if lightning had struck him, Rinka was shocked to hear Kaito's words. I didn't know if anyone else would know that. Was Kaito really there at the time of the incident?

"Sorry." Rinka relaxed her shoulders. What else could he hide from this man. "I am indeed not the same girl who occupies this body. He is no more."

"I knew. I was indeed very surprised to see you who fell into the abyss of that time, suddenly appeared before us. At first I thought it was just a hallucination, there was no way a dead person could come back to life. And I realized, your nature is a little different from her. Then realize it, if Rinka is gone," said Kaito.

"Sorry." Rinka doesn't know what to answer.

Kaito rubbed his nose and raised his face. "It's okay, it's not your fault. Besides ... It seems like it's time for him to rest. But I beg you to live for him, and live as usual, I beg you."

Rinka stared at Kaito. He doesn't know what to say. And maybe for now this is the test of his new life, it's very difficult to pretend to be someone else. Should he continue to live his life now?

But he has jumped into this world. The beginning of destiny that will either take him anywhere, he can only become water and follow its course. So in order to accept the request, Rinka had to accept it.

"I understand."

There was a desire deep down, if he did not want to waste his life back, there was a speck of hope that appeared, hoping that he could change his life this time.

To be continued.