[Episode 130]
Anyway, it seemed like all of this would only be resolved when I met Albion and Hill Rosemont.
‘Won’t tomorrow be class?’
I’ll meet Hill Rosemont tomorrow, and I’ll try to find Albion with my abilities.
“I don’t know what to do…”
“You think Mr. Hill needs Mr. Albion?”
“…huh. This is the first time my brother is interested in this much.”
“hmm. I see.”
Still, I nodded because I was quite proud of the fact that there was someone asking me for help.
“Do you have somewhere to go?”
“Yeah… my older brother got me a house in the capital.”
“…ah.”
So, what’s the point of kicking it out?
He is a truly blunt human being.
People like Hill Rosemont are often called tsunderes in the 21st century. Look at them grumbling and taking care of everything without lacking anything.
“…That’s a relief.”
I broke up with Phil Rosement, wondering if I really should be involved in this.
Phil held my hand and asked for it with a sad expression, and then slowly walked away.
“miss! Why are you so late?”
“Yeah, I was talking to someone.”
“That’s right, stop going back.”
“huh!”
I returned home in the carriage with Laurent.
* * *
“…why do you see it that way?”
“It’s just that the teacher’s atmosphere has changed a lot.”
Arms crossed, Hill Rosemont was no longer wearing round spectacles, and he did not look like a naive country boy.
Her hair was swept up and her slightly sunken eyes gave off a somewhat decadent feel.
“If you’re not going to class, I’ll be back.”
“I will. By the way, do you want to live with Director Albion?”
“Didn’t you tell me? Phil Rosemont says it’s because of that palpion.”
Wasn’t that a bit irritating for something like that?
“How about a wyvern?”
“…Looks like he’ll wake up soon.”
“It won’t be enough even if I stay by your side, so can I go around like this?”
“I guess the timing, so you don’t have to worry about it, miss.”
Hill Rosemont replied coldly. He seemed to think I had heard something from Phil Rosement.
‘I’ve actually heard of it, but…’
In fact, solving this problem was simple.
“Why don’t you honestly say that you wish Director Albion would be by your side?”
“…If you’re going to talk nonsense, I’ll stop being a teacher today.”
“Am I giving up?”
Hill Rosemont frowned as I widened my eyes and tilted my head.
To be honest, it hurts a bit.
“A dragon that is so cute and lovely like me, but has wings and great abilities?!”
“What do you care if you’re not mine anyway?”
“But they are our friends.”
“…”
Hill Rosemont stopped moving for an instant. He looked at me with a somewhat bewildered expression and sighed.
“Are you still playing with your friend?”
“I never thought of it as a game.”
“So you really think of me as a friend?”
“Yeah, so I’m sitting here to help you.”
Looking at the expression that it was not helping at all, I pouted my lips.
‘Anyway, it’s too much.’
Anyway, I wanted to get back to the main topic.
“I heard that killing my parents in the past wasn’t done on purpose.”
“How did you do that…!”
Hill Rosemont opened her eyes wide, then clenched her fists and let out a dejected breath.
“Did Phil tell you?”
Hill Rosement said, ready to kill me right now if need be.
It seemed that even a word of courtesy had been removed. Rather, this was better. I finally felt like I was facing a real Hill Rosement.
“Why didn’t you tell me honestly?”
“Who are you talking to? Anyway, everyone involved is dead, so no one knows.”
“But actually, the teacher isn’t such a bad person…”
Hill Rosemont’s expression cracked at my words.
“Is it Phil? I killed my parents.”
“…uh.”
I was about to answer ‘yes’, but I hesitated for a moment.
[But once… I made a big mistake and my father tried to kill me…]
[My older brother protected me that day.]
After a while, I remembered yesterday’s conversation and shook my head.
“No, it’s not like that…”
I thought that was precisely the nuance.
But he didn’t exactly say that he killed his parents. I just said ‘He helped’.
‘Ah, no way…’
A thought suddenly came to my mind and then disappeared.
Hill Rosemont, arms crossed, was silent for a moment. He looked at me blankly and opened his mouth.
“It was Phil who killed my parents.”
Hill Rosemont grinned as I denied my own thoughts.
“…what.”
“Phil was right every day. He’s never been out of the basement, he’s timid, he can’t lie, and he always makes mistakes…”
Hill Rosement licked her lips slowly, as if to upset my thoughts about Phil.
“There’s no way he could have liked the Rosemonts, who had a good reputation in society. I was ashamed of giving birth to her, so I locked her up and raised her like an animal.”
I was speechless for a moment and couldn’t say anything.
It was as if Phil was pushing himself to the limit and saying he had done something he shouldn’t have done.
[You know, no one will hate me or hate me, right?]
[Yes, of course.]
I suddenly wondered if Phil knew all of this.
‘Did Phil try to test me too?’
While I was lost in my thoughts, Hill Rosemont opened his mouth with a smile.
“It was more like an accident. Just then, the knife he used to threaten us fell there.”
Hill Rosemont’s smile deepened as I closed my mouth.
really bad personality
Does that make me feel like I’m avoiding Phil Rosement?
Or do you want to be scared? Do you want to bet even rumors?
“It’s embarrassing for Phil to talk about it again after being treated like that.”
“What’s embarrassing…”
“It’s hard to clean up after work.”
Hill Rosemont, who approached suddenly, grinned.
“Are you trying to kill me?”
“…I see. Dragon hatchlings can’t be easily killed, so it’s difficult.”
Hill Rosemont’s expression was not very good.
“…I won’t talk.”
“Everyone said that before.”
“Do you want me to betray you two?”
“Human beings are inherently treacherous creatures. Whether you want it or not, as long as the environment is created.”
I was speechless at Hill Rosemont’s terrible distrust of humanity.
“But why does Director Albion like it? It’s the same that you never know when you might betray.”
Hill Rosemont looked at me for a moment.
He shrugged his shoulders, making an expression that he didn’t know why he had to say this.
“That person…”
“….”
“He has the trauma of losing a child, so he won’t be able to easily abandon us.”
A really sad word.
It means that you must have the courage to trust people only through the wounds of others.
‘…I was similar, too.’
Being on high alert is like seeing a ‘tea smile’.
I was like this too.
There was a time when I had suffered so much that the kindness from all sides felt like poison.
“…you can come out now.”
But there will be someone in the world who will be by your side even if it is not.
Someone who would deal with the clumsy but hurt brothers Hill and Phil with only love and heart.
It was just when Hill Rosement narrowed her eyebrows. The door to the drawing room opened quietly.
Hill Rosemont widened her eyes and stood up hesitantly from her seat. Two people stood at the door.
“Director Phil.”
It was Albion, who had a stiff face, not knowing what he was thinking, and Phil, who was very nervous and lowered his head, as if he had become a criminal.
“You…”
Hill Rosemont glared at me.
“How are you, Master?”
I smiled and held out my hand to Albion.
“how is it? Now, are you willing to listen to what I suggested yesterday?”
Albion stared at Hill Rosemont, then turned his gaze to me and sighed.
“You really…”
Albion slowly approached me.
“I don’t know what you’re thinking.”
Even as he said that, he firmly grasped the small hand I had outstretched.
“…Yes, do as you say.”
He leaned down and placed his forehead lightly on the back of my hand, then stood up.
“Heel Phil.”
“…”
“Yes…”
The answer came only from Phil. Albion frowned.
“Hill Rosement.”
“…why are you calling me?”
“You guys want to talk to me.”
Albion raised Hill Rosemont’s arm.
Holding Phil Rosemont’s hand with the other hand, he gave me a slight bow.
“thank you for helping.”
“Me too…”
I grinned.
“Thank you for helping me when I got lost, Director.”
Albion opened his eyes wide and eventually left the parlor with the two of them smiling faintly.
