[Episode 27]
“Are you regretting it now? Of course, I have no reason to tell you.”
“If I wanted to, you wouldn’t be able to recognize a single thing!”
“Then, don’t scratch the sensitive person’s temper and find out separately.”
Erno Etam’s face was dark and sharp, as if he had suffered from berserk for quite some time.
When the symptoms of berserk began to rise, the whole body would become as hot as lava, and severe headaches and muscle pains would make it impossible to sleep at night.
“Isn’t this what happened because you couldn’t manage your things carelessly in the first place!”
“…You seem to care about useless things.”
A cool gaze reached Duke Mirel. He looked a little bit nervous.
“Hmm. So, did you find him?”
“After kicking him out, he seems to be very nervous.”
“Even though his mouth is crooked, he speaks right. When did I say I kicked him out?”
“If bullying in front of a child isn’t kicking it out, what is it?”
Duke Mirelle’s gaze became even more ferocious at the snoring voice.
“Did I say that for a day or two! Other Etham children grow up like that!”
Erno Etam rubbed his throbbing head with a tired face.
‘Where are you, daughter?’
* * *
“I can’t stay with you because I have work.”
After a long week of waiting, we returned to the capital.
‘I never thought it would be this far…’
I felt like my back would break from sitting down.
‘If I came from hiding, I’d already be dead.’
It is to the point of wondering how Richard and Albion do not show any sign of tiredness.
“I got an inn here. If possible, eat in your room and refrain from going out.”
Albion sat the two of us down on the bed as if full of concern and began to give a long speech.
“… Even if they give you candy or something to eat, you shouldn’t follow them, and even those who approach you in shabby clothes… And you shouldn’t carry a lot of money, and you should never go to places like alleys… This is a communication tool, so you can contact me when you need it. All you have to do is… Lastly, break this jewel when your safety is in danger. Arrangements have been made so that I can run right here.”
By the time Richard and I were in a daze from the almost two-hour speech, Albion got up from his seat with an uneasy look on his face.
“It’s the safest inn in the capital, but when you go out, wear this robe and walk around unnoticed.”
“….”
“….”
“The answer?”
“yes yes!”
“Okay, sir…”
Richard said, collapsing on the bed with a tired face.
Even so, Albion, who had asked for it several times, seemed to be uneasy, and left the inn with a clumsy after a long time.
“BamBam, come here.”
As soon as Albion disappeared, Richard happily handed over one side of the soft bed and said,
Since I was quite tired from the long journey, I quietly crawled into the futon.
Then Richard covered my neck with a blanket and lay down next to me.
“Oh good. Because it’s like this, it feels like I’m here for a trip, so it’s nice, right?”
The boy’s smiling face was innocent, as if he had been on a family trip.
“But why did you ask to come to the capital?”
“I’m trying to keep my medicine…”
“A promise?”
“Yeah, let’s go find mom and dad…”
I flinched, and the hand that was patting my back seemed to be quite stiff.
But was it because I was exhausted mentally and physically? I never thought to look back on it.
Suma swallowed me in an instant.
* * *
“Are you going to dump me too?”
The eyes that looked down at Eirin, who was sleeping in disbelief, overflowed with a faint sense of betrayal.
“No, whoever wants to. You only have me, and I only have you.”
Richard Collin muttered softly.
“You’re the only one who didn’t avoid me.”
Only Eirin did not avoid my touch next to the director.
Both beasts and humans avoid their touch, but this child meekly climbed into my palm.
I didn’t feel any fear at my touch.
“Because I saved you, you are mine. You must stay with me forever.”
A colorful, regular breathing sound echoed.
“You are my only family. it’s completely my own I like the family I found better than the family that abandoned me. You are too.”
So even if I come back and find my real family, nothing will change.
Richard Colin, who held Eirin’s hand tightly, slowly closed his eyes.
A night that was always difficult to sleep like insomnia became a comfortable night with Eirin’s warmth.
obviously no one knows
Eventually, the two children, holding each other’s hands, exhaled evenly and fell into a deep sleep.
* * *
I came to my senses as if I had waited for the pouring sunlight.
‘I’m completely asleep…’
I was about to get up, but I realized that my hands were still held and relaxed.
Turning his head slightly, he saw Richard sleeping soundly with an innocent look on his face.
‘Good night.’
I could see why he was always in the top 5 in popularity polls even though he was called a ‘crazy idiot’.
I gently reached out and gently brushed Richard’s flowing hair.
‘Where’s the Duke of Colin…?’
Since the novel didn’t have a map or something like that, I wondered if I’d have to find a source.
‘It’s a bit difficult to take him out…’
It was clear that he wouldn’t listen if I told him to wait here.
When I opened my eyes, it was clear that he would tell me to follow him.
Albion might have stopped by for a short time all night, and several clothes to change, daily necessities, and a small amount of money were neatly placed on the table.
Indeed, Albion must have been a good father.
‘I’m sorry, but…’
I’m going to sneak out.
I slipped my hand away from the loose one, slipped down, grabbed my clothes and robe, and headed for the bathroom.
‘I have to hide the tail well.’
I put it inside the robe, fortunately it didn’t show.
‘When will this disappear…?’
I feel uncomfortable every time I go out.
‘By the way, it’s cool…’
Yesterday I was so tired that I couldn’t check it properly, but the inn is like a hotel.
‘Maybe he gave me an expensive room in the most expensive inn.’
I remember seeing a description of the scenery in this room. It was clear that the inn where the heroine would stay if she had work from time to time.
‘They say it looks like a hotel, but it really looks like a hotel.’
In fact, I’ve only seen hotels in photos, but that’s what it felt like.
‘There must be no money.’
Albion spent the money he earned on the orphanage or donated it to other orphanages, so the situation was not very good.
So until the end, no one but the reader knew that he was a hero.
‘Still, if I meet the heroine, I’ll be saved.’
Albion is saved by saving the heroine from danger because of the guilt of not being able to save her daughter.
[…I’m sorry I couldn’t keep it properly.]
[Yes? What are you talking about? The driver protected me. They sent her limbs back to the arms of her family intact.]
[Still, there are scars on the girl’s arms…]
[Do you know that they are honorable wounds? That’s it. Thank you, Mr. Knight. Thank you for saving me…. I was really fortunate to have you at that moment.]
[…!]
Although it was to the extent of lightening the burden on my heart.
Even after that, the heroine and Albion occasionally exchange letters.
Then, by chance, the heroine spills a clue about Albion’s daughter, and Albion searches for her daughter’s grave.
‘Well, there’s no room for me to intervene.’
I’m sorry I used it a little, but that’s it.
I left the inn after writing a short note to Richard, who was still sleeping in a gray robe.
‘I need money first…’
I have to go to the bank to get the cash, but wouldn’t it be dangerous if Erno Etam was still looking for me?
I took some of the money Albion gave me, but I don’t know if I can ride a personal wagon with it.
‘30,000 roast…’
I heard that riding a private wagon rather than a public wagon is a bit expensive.
In the novel, it was said that a typical meal per person is about 6,000 roasts.
‘Let’s ask.’
Leaving the inn, I glanced around.
It was the first time I came out to the center of the capital except when I came out to open an account.
‘It’s incredibly big…’
I didn’t know when Erno Etam was by my side, but was the world this big and wide?
‘And the smell of bread.’
I sniffed at the savory smell.
I unknowingly grabbed the boat at the rumbling sound of the boat horn
.
I looked around in embarrassment, but luckily no one cared about a small child like me.
Everyone seemed busy opening the store early in the morning and shopping.
‘I’m hungry…’
It’s because I didn’t eat.
I quietly approached the bakery and looked at the bread through the window.
It was full of delicious freshly baked bread.
‘Can I eat at least one?’
That’s because there are 30,000 roasts.
“uh? A cute little guest. Are you here to buy bread? Come in.”
“Ah yes.”
Entering the bakery, the savory smell was vibrating.
I didn’t know how many delicious breads there were.
‘It varies from 1,000 roasts to 6,000 roasts…’
It wasn’t that much of a burden.
I looked around the bakery slowly, clutching my money.
All of them looked appetizing, but there was one that caught my eye.
It was a scone with different types.
It costs 3,000 roasts each, but it was about the size of my fist, so I thought it would be enough.
“Give me this! Strawberry jam scones!”
“Wait a minute, I’ll give you something freshly baked.”
“yes!”
I grabbed a scone and left the store.
Growling-
I was about to take a big bite of the scone, but I heard a loud sound from somewhere.
The sound was so loud that I turned my head without realizing it. There was something squatting in a trash can right in front of the alley.
The person wearing a gray robe and crouching down trembled as if he felt my gaze.
I tried to look away and bit the scone again.
The crouching body shrank even more.
‘It’s none of my business.’
That is, unless you’re going to give it to all beggars on the street.
‘…not really.’
Then you shouldn’t have seen me, stupid!
I turned to the bakery and bought two more scones.
And…
“Come over there and pick it up. you stay.”
I imitated a scene that seemed like something I had seen in a novel because I was afraid that I would be offended by sympathy or hostility.
At that moment, unbelievably beautiful blue eyes that had been staring at the ground reached me.
