episode_0034
by fnovelpia
clinker.
Scarlett never thought such words would come out of the mouth of the teacher who was in charge of her.
Scarlett was so shocked that she looked at the teacher in shock.
“Oh, it’s a failure. I-I….”
“Wizards who cannot use magic properly in actual combat have no choice but to be eliminated.”
“Well, we can overcome it! We can solve it!”
“When? In what period of time? Scarlett, I know you well. You must have tried many times to find me, but you must have failed.”
“that….”
“I know that you were an excellent student. If you failed, it would be… hopeless.”
“Sir, sir. Please, help me!”
“No, there is nothing I can help you with. Rather, you helped me.”
“yes?”
Scarlett couldn’t understand what the teacher was talking about.
But the words spoken the next moment were too painful for Scarlett to accept.
“From now on, I think we should include a course in the academy’s classes that allows students to experience fighting multiple monsters, rather than just two or three. I won’t make the mistake of making a flawed child like you the top student.”
“Well… I thought you would help me, teacher…”
“If there was a chance, I would have done it.”
In the teacher’s view, those words were a declaration that there was no hope of Scarlett’s problem being solved.
“Just leave now. We have a meeting later.”
“…Ugh!”
I was hoping that he would come up with a way to solve the problem.
However, those expectations were cruelly shattered and we were faced with the worst and most unexpected situation.
Scarlett has a hard time accepting the harsh words of the teacher she thought was the gift that helped her become the top student.
I ran out of the academy as if to escape reality.
“No… no! I… I’m not a failure. I’m sure, I’m going to get better. I’m going to be able to solve this problem.”
As Scarlett denied the words of the man she thought was a gift, her family came to mind.
“Father, mother, brother, sister….”
It was so painful.
It was so sad.
Although he tried to overcome the problem, he abandoned everyone he thought of as a colleague, and even the person he thought was a gift called him a failure.
Scarlett did not want to return to her family after discovering her problems.
I didn’t want my family to see my pathetic side.
But in the current situation, Scarlett could not maintain her stubbornness.
I was sick, sore, cold, and lonely.
If you are a father, if you are a mother, if you are a brother, if you are a sister.
It will comfort you.
You will embrace yourself.
You will take care of yourself.
Let’s heal this painful heart and try again.
Let’s comfort this painful heart and overcome it again.
What was waiting for Scarlett at Count Bunnings House, where she went with those thoughts in mind.
“What are you doing here again, Scarlett?”
This is my first time seeing it.
It was the coldest face of my father I had ever seen.
“father?”
“How can you come back so shamelessly after dishonoring your family, Scarlett?”
“Well, I’m just trying to get rid of it….”
“Did you really think I didn’t know? Your problem. The disgraceful act you committed when you thought you would be active.”
“Uh, how…!”
“At first, it was just a little interest and affection. At least a nearby village was put under surveillance so that they could hear about you. It went well for a month. But… after that, it was a complete mess.”
Scarlett’s father.
Instead of the affectionate gaze he had always given Scarlett, the head of the Bunnings family gave him a cold, evaluating look.
“The essence of magic lies in overwhelmingly defeating numerous monsters. That is a privilege that only wizards can do, and that no one else can do. But beyond not being able to realize it, it is said to be released during the formation of magic? Do you know how humiliating it was when I heard that news? ”
“father….”
Not only Scarlett’s father, but also Scarlett’s mother, who was next to her, gave Scarlett a cold look and spoke to her.
“I knew that you tried hard after that. But… it was all in vain, right? Ha, why did you give birth to a child like this? If it had this problem, it would be a shame to send it to another family. It had this defect in the first place, so I brought up marriage talks. “I don’t know if he has a family name.”
“mother?”
Scarlett doubted whether what she was seeing and hearing was true.
The parents who looked at me so warmly.
His parents, who looked at him proudly and spoke lovingly to him.
He was looking at himself as if he were handling a useless object.
“Get out. It’s hard to even see your face right now.”
“Ahhh….”
This is a dream.
It’s a nightmare.
There was no way my father or mother would say something like this to me.
Scarlett could not immediately accept the sharp and harsh words and gaze that were like a cold blade of ice coming from a teacher she thought was a gift and from her parents who had loved her since she was a child.
But no matter how much I denied it, the reality did not change.
Even her brother and sister, who returned to the mansion, regarded Scarlett the same way.
Her brother looked at Scarlett with disgust, calling her a disgrace to the family.
The older sister laughed at Scarlett and told her to just pray for a nobleman to marry her.
When he returned, his father and mother still looked at him as a defective product and told him to remain quiet until a means to ‘use’ him was found.
It didn’t take long for Scarlett to accept reality as the situation still seemed like a nightmare.
What my family loved.
What the teacher put his sincerity into.
It wasn’t Scarlett, it was just her talent as a wizard.
Other than that, the existence of Scarlett was nothing more than a bonus, but it was a mere existence.
“hahahahahahahaha!”
The moment Scarlett accepted that fact, laughter burst out.
What comes after empty laughter.
“Do not be ridiculous.”
It was anger.
“Don’t be ridiculous!”
Anger at being betrayed by those you love.
Anger at being betrayed by people you trusted.
And my anger at myself for foolishly believing those people surged.
Scarlett was angry and in tears.
I didn’t want to stay in this disgusting house anymore.
I didn’t want to spend even a minute in a place where I was seen as nothing more than an object to be judged.
Scarlett left Bunnings Street.
Instead of giving herself the name Bunnings, she just registered as a new adventurer and wandered around as Scarlett.
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“And well, after repeatedly joining and breaking up with various parties… I met Nellis and Aria. This is my weakness and old story. That’s enough.”
Scarlett told Kalt about her problems and her old stories.
Because I heard an old story about Kalt.
Because I said it first that it was an equivalent exchange.
At first, I thought I would somehow gloss over the issue and talk about old times.
As I talked about old times, the emotions welled up, so I ended up telling everything honestly.
And Scarlett looked at Kalt’s reaction.
I didn’t have much expectations.
Anyway, all you hear is that you’re worried about Scarlett’s problem.
Or, I thought that they might look at me like a useless force like the colleagues who abandoned me at the time, or like people who I no longer want to call family.
but.
“Scarlett.”
Kalt gently placed his hand on the back of Scarlett’s hand.
“It must have been difficult.”
He spoke words of pity and sympathy.
“…!”
Scarlett was surprised by the warmth she felt from the back of her hand and withdrew her hand.
“W-what are you doing!”
Scarlett was embarrassed.
This was the second time I had this kind of reaction.
One time, he told Nellis and Aria about his past.
At that time, Nellis was crying profusely, and even now that I think about it, she was crying a little comically, and Aria was sad with her eyes watering.
I didn’t shed any tears… Scarlett was embarrassed because she didn’t expect Kalt to react like this.
“Oh, sorry. I didn’t know.”
“No, there’s no need to apologize. But you’re surprised when we suddenly hold hands.”
“I guess so. …Scarlett.”
Kalt, who was giving a look of pity and pity, looked at Scarlett with straight eyes and said.
“you can do it.”
“Let’s cheer up? What?”
“Well, it’s to solve a problem.”
“…what?”
“Obviously, Scarlett’s problem is fatal to a wizard. But that doesn’t mean I can’t fix it. I’m sure Scarlett’s problem can be solved. I’ll do my best to help you do that. So, cheer up, Scarlett.”
“….”
Scarlett was silent.
After hearing Kalt’s words, I couldn’t easily let go.
‘What, what on earth…? ‘I’m talking.’
Because it was the first time.
‘Let’s cheer up?’
Nellis and Aria were also sympathetic, but they were not quick to suggest that they should solve their own problems.
‘You can solve it?’
It was the first time that someone told me that I could solve a problem like Kalt did.
‘that… Saying something like that… .’
That means.
‘Don’t let it out easily.’
This is what I wanted to hear, even if it was just said easily.
‘It might not be resolved.’
Even so, it’s something I wanted to hear at least once.
‘You say you’ll do your best, but you’re in charge of my problem?’
I thought there would be no one who would think about my problems with me and help me solve them.
but.
A person appeared who said such things.
Not the colleague with whom he first joined the party, the teacher who taught him, or the family he loved.
Kalt, whom Scarlett had only met for a few days, told Scarlett what she wanted.
“really?”
“of course.”
“ah….”
A single tear flowed from Scarlett’s cheek.
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