Chapter 44

A.N.: This isn't a chapter, an ending of previous chapter, which I had to leave incomplete due to work. So, it's short.

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"So, after that, Grandma made me learn all kinds of things that I might need in the future. I quickly got interested in business and stocks, so I got a fake adult identity with an aging potion. I, of course wasn't much learnt about the law related matters so I hired a lawyer." I smiled and looked at her.

"That's I met your dad. He quickly found out that I not only needed advice in law related matters, but also in many other things as well. Not matter how smart and mature my brain was, I was after all, still inexperienced. He really helped me out a lot that time." This bit was really true. Dora also smiled proudly for dad.

"You know, anyone else could have easily taken advantage of my ignorance at that time. But your dad only sought to help me."

"And so, after a lot of ups and downs in life....and stocks, I became a millionaire."

I sighed in relief. The explanation arc was finally over. This discussion was really beneficial. I can now show her my money and any peculiar magic can be explained by just me being very smart.

As for having to lie? That is the fate of all reincarnators with cheats. A reincarnator only has limited choices in situations like this.

1) Be a fool and spout all the truth about yourself:

In that situation, your lover might not even believe you, or get overwhelmed by the absurdity of your secrets , that's risk one.

Your lover's mind might be read by your enemies and they'll know all your secret and use them against you, that's risk two. Your lover might accidentally reveal something, that's risk three.

Risk four is something that people ignore but is in fact, very plausible: They might get jealous. Well, I would be jealous if the reason behind my lover's success was that she'd gotten a second chance while I couldn't get one.

They'd feel that life is unfair. 'Don't think that you're some hotshot.' They'd say, 'I would have done all this too if I had gotten a second chance.'

So in short, you're better off not telling them for their 'and' your own good.

2)Now, if you're not a fool to spout out everything and you still don't want to lie, then you can forget about truly getting close to them. Would you love and trust someone who doesn't return that trust back to you? It would have a lot of drama, like- 'Hey, I can't tell you the reason behind these absurd things but I need you to trust that I'm not some dark wizard trying to sacrifice you. I'm keeping these secrets for our own good.'

3)Now, the third solution is, you make a reasonable story that can explain everything without having to reveal something dangerous, and start believing it yourself. Because, as long as you don't have a story that you yourself can't believe, you'd always think of yourself as an outsider in this world. You won't be able to feel that you belong.

This is actually a serious problem for reincarnators. One of the other solutions to this problem is having your own parents and home that you love.

I only found that out after coming to Hogwarts. I have only now started to feel like I belong. Seriously, Hogwarts is always an orphan's true home.

"So." Said Dora breaking me out of my thoughts.

"So?" I asked her in confusion.

"Are you coming for Christmas or what? You've got an invitation after all." said Dora.

I couldn't help it. I started laughing in relief and kissed her on her forehead, feeling lighter than ever.

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A.N.: No cliffhangers for now, because I believe in the saying - "Don't do unto others what you do not want others to do unto you."

And if it were me who had to suffer so much, l'd have reported the author to a Psychiatric Hospital if he left any more cliffhangers.