episode_0035

The young lady is acting strange these days.

“Lady. Why are your hands like that again?”

“Huh? Oh, this? It’s no big deal.”

“It’s not a big deal. Just by looking at it, it looks like it’s hurt… Give it to me.”

You keep getting cuts on your hands.

“Are you busy these days?”

“Uh, huh? Why?”

“I don’t think you see it often.”

“Just… Reading a book in your room?”

He often tells lies along with an awkward smile.

Until recently, we were so close that it felt empty to be apart, but a lot has changed.

‘I am now…’ ‘Are you feeling sad?’

Even I was surprised by the sudden thought that occurred to me.

In fact, I have never felt sad so far.

Most people just humbly accepted the situation.

‘I guess I’ve changed too…’ .’

Kamiel didn’t particularly dislike his changes or anything.

However, I was afraid because it was just an ordinary day.

How should I accept this happiness that will end someday… … .

Kamiel couldn’t put his mind at ease.

* * *

‘It’ always came to me at dawn.

‘It’ approached me even as I blinked once and wrapped around my ankle.

There was a sign that it was trying to extend beyond the chest and into the neck.

Kamiel was unable to move or speak, so all he could do was remain silent.

“Ha, ha… … .”

Camiel jumped up with a startled sound and let out a rough breath.

My whole body was drenched in cold sweat, and the hand that was immediately touching my neck was shaking.

Oooh!

I quickly find a bathroom.

Without even having time to turn on the light, he found the sink by guess and hurriedly opened his mouth.

For a while, the food I consumed during the day was regurgitated. After spitting it all out and calming down a bit, I was catching my breath. But soon, I opened my mouth again as I felt a shiver run through my body.

What came out this time was a red, thin liquid.

The fishy smell of iron filled the sink.

“Ha… … … .”

I didn’t even have the strength to stand anymore.

I sat down on the spot and took a deep breath, letting out a sigh.

The lips were particularly red.

It was because it had been spilled so quickly.

The blood that had formed on my lips flowed down in a single stream. A trickle of blood went under my lip and down my chin.

Kamiel raised his head as if he were in a daze. I looked at the empty ceiling with blank eyes.

The sight of him sitting right under the sink was extremely pitiful.

Like a prisoner sentenced to death.

Kamiel kept repeating to himself, even though he had a distraught expression on his face.

It’s not time to die.

I finally want to live, but I can’t die.

‘But I will die in the end.’

The sound of water dripping in the sink was hollow.

* * *

Rheasian looks confident for the first time in a while.

“How about it?”

“… It’s delicious. Really.”

“Right?”

“Yes. How can food like this… ”

She felt proud when a strange expression of admiration appeared on Kamiel’s face.

‘It was worth the hard work of several days.’

It was an event of its own that was prepared and thoroughly hidden from Kamiel.

Thinking that she had to learn something to help Kamiel, the first thing she chose was cooking.

I know this because I have always seen it before, but Kamiel always ate only raw fruit when eating.

‘Even though there may be no reason to do so.’

Fruits are food ingredients that can be eaten cooked or cooked.

However, Kamiel only ate raw fruit, as if he didn’t get tired of it.

So Leashian prepared a dish just for him.

She gazed at the dish she had prepared with a subtle gaze.

Foods where fruit is grilled like meat and topped with sauce, food with fruit between bread and served with various sauces, food with honey inside the hollowed-out fruit, even warm food… This was all his own sincerity.

‘It makes me feel good to see you eating well.’

Rheasian’s eyes were curved like a crescent moon.

I was worried at first.

Of course, I was nervous because it was my first time making food and I had never had it evaluated before.

Of course, it’s not like there weren’t opportunities to be evaluated by others.

I could have just told Lee Ho to eat it and listened to his comments.

But the reason she didn’t do that… .

‘Because I wanted you to be the first to eat it.’

I was afraid that Kamiel would not like it.

But what was more precious than that was that Camiel was tasting his cooking for the first time.

It meant a lot to her.

Contrary to Leasian’s concerns, Kamiel looked at her with new eyes.

It might be because I was surprised by eating unexpected food.

The light brown haired girl sat next to him and said, resting her chin.

“Don’t worry about me and eat as much as you want. If it’s delicious, I’ll make it often.”

“Lady. Is this really why you hurt your hands so much these days?”

“… … .”

Leasian just smiled without saying a word.

Kamiel stared at her with moved eyes and moved the corners of his mouth.

“It’s really delicious. Thank you.”

As much as he liked it, so did she.

‘okay. ‘I wanted to see that smile.’

“Should I try it too?”

“Here.”

“Um… Whoever made it is really delicious. Right?”

“Yes. Sure.”

It was a comfortable meal time.

* * *

“Lee Ho. Did you find out where Kamiel lived in the village?”

“The coordinates of that place were stored in this bead. But girl. Why do you want to go here? .”

“… … .”

Leasian just smiled.

* * *

“It took a long time, but… I finally made it.”

A dark workshop.

Lepurn shook the liquid in the glass flask in front of his eyes.

It felt like I had seen that bright light somewhere before.

“I was caught by an aura, but… Now that too is over.”

He had become more talkative after Rheasian left home.

He kept mumbling something to himself.

“Now, if I just ask Rheasian to take this… .”

Lepuren believed that what he felt was paternal love.

However, at least the expression on his face right now seemed far from paternal love.

* * *

The green forest was supposed to be quiet as always, but today it was exceptionally noisy.

“Cassat? Are you really Cassatt?”

“Cassat! Where the hell are you… ”

“… … .”

The villagers who discovered him reacted in surprise.

As expected, one day, he suddenly disappeared.

Even though I tried in every way to find it, I couldn’t find any way to find it, and when I had almost given up, it appeared as if by a miracle.

The village people were genuinely happy for Cassat, but they also scolded him.

” Boy, how worried your mother was… Ah, there he comes.”

The footsteps that were getting closer quickly became slower and eventually stopped.

“… … .”

“Ah… … .”

Miris shed tears.

The hand she placed on her chest, as if she couldn’t help but feel shocked, represented her feelings.

One step, one step… .

Miris moved her feet for her son who stayed still and did not come closer.

It was an indescribably overwhelming moment.

His mother, who finally arrived in front of him, burst into tears and covered her mouth with both hands.

“Cassat… ! Oh, where on earth have you been so that you’re here now? Alas, no. Thank you for coming now… .”

“… … .’

As the two people realized they were reunited by hugging, people around them wiped away their tears and looked at them with happy eyes.

but. Cassatt could not smile even in this touching situation.

There was no change in facial expression.

Blurry eyes were looking at the past, not the present.

The elder said as he let him out of the basement.

“No matter what you say anyway, no one will believe you, so don’t go through all the trouble.”

He said he had already burned his brother’s diary.

Judging from the way he spoke, it didn’t seem like he was lying, and I couldn’t help but believe him when he showed me the ashes right in front of me.

‘I am… I couldn’t do anything. brother.’

I installed it by myself and it looked like this.

Doesn’t ridicule just come out?

Cassat just rolled his eyes and took in the people surrounding him.

Everyone was happily looking at themselves and their mother.

It was a sight to see him wiping away tears of emotion with his hands and making a happy expression.

‘What would have happened if I had revealed that fact here?’

It was all due to my own negligence.

I had underestimated the elder too much.

I never thought I would leave like that… .

‘I just had to expose it right here.’

The elder’s sins had to be confessed.

Right here. In front of everyone.

But that opportunity has long since disappeared along with the burned diary.

‘Why did I turn to the elder…? .’

As I was blaming myself, I felt like I was finally able to understand the truth hidden inside.

Actually, I wanted to get confirmation from the elder.

And I wanted to see the elder feeling guilty.

I hoped that he would feel disillusioned with the sight of himself living well despite driving his brother to death.

All of this was just an excuse… .

‘Everything went to waste because of me.’

Even in death, I didn’t have the honor to see my brother.

so… Now there was only one way.

“Mom. I have something to tell you.”

“Huh? What are you talking about… ”

Miris relaxed her hold and looked at her son, her eyes widening.

‘He… ‘What on earth happened to make you look like that?’

I was now seeing an expression on my son’s face that I had never seen in the decades of raising Cassatt.

It was horribly distorted and unsightly, but the determination contained within it was visible.

Cassat looked around at the villagers and opened his mouth.

“My brother had a diary.”

“What?”

“What is that noise all of a sudden…? ”

Despite the commotion spreading around him, he continued to say what he wanted to say.

“There is no one here who does not know that my brother is a rotten tree.”

“… … .”

Cassatt suppressed a laugh as the audience suddenly became quiet as if cold water had been poured on them.

‘Whenever the topic of my brother comes up, everyone… ‘

Do I still feel guilty?

Of course, they probably didn’t know what they were going to say.

However, even if it were not just that incident, the village people may have committed many sins against their older brother, knowingly or unknowingly.

Cassatt sighed and opened his mouth again.