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[Episode 116] – At that time, Vivian (1)

The time is again three months before Titania graduates from the Academy.

We go back to the day Vivian left the castle.

“long time no see. Vivian.”

“It’s been a while, Fran.”

I smiled and looked at Fran who popped out of the closet. How is it that it looks the same as the last time I saw it? Franc had not changed at all since then.

Silver hair that looked as if it had been finely crafted, and blue eyes as clear as the clear autumn sky. A maid outfit that shows off her short stature and stubbornness. Really, the franc was still the same.

“I heard you’re an android, so I guess you don’t age?”

“Didn’t you know? “Androids are originally immortal.”

“what? really?”

Is it because he is an android that he neither ages nor dies? Is this the android Frankenstein? As I looked at Fran in surprise, he raised his arms gracefully and naturally-

He held out his two fingers to me, making a V shape.

“This is Fran Joc.”

“…It’s really still the same.”

When I burst out laughing as if it was absurd, Fran slightly raised the corner of his mouth. Fran then turned his head to look around the room, tilted his head and asked me.

“So, why are you alone? “I can’t see Princess Titania and Ainsel.”

“Oh, that’s…”

First, I pulled out the chair next to me and invited Fran to sit down. As Fran sat down on the chair, I also sat facing Fran and rested my chin for a moment, lost in thought. Because I had to organize the story so far.

“A lot happened while you were away. first…”

On Titania’s seventh birthday, I began to tell her the story step by step, starting with what happened after she broke up with Fran. Briefly, except for Veronica’s story.

The story of the promise made to the Queen Mother and the ministers, the story of Titania’s adolescence, the story of Titania’s academy, and the story of how I must leave the castle now that Titania is about to graduate.

While I was talking about old times, Fran quietly listened to the story without reacting. I guess this part still feels like an android, but I felt uneasy for some reason because there was no reaction.

“…That’s how it happened. “I have to leave the castle today as promised to the Queen Mother and the ministers.”

When I finished the story, Fran, who had been listening to the story, paused for a moment and then nodded. Since his expression didn’t change much, I wondered if he understood, but Fran answered confidently.

“okay. “I understood everything.”

“really…?”

“Yes, I understand why you called me.”

Fran placed his hand on his chest and answered confidently.

“After you leave the capital, I will find a job for you. Isn’t that what you called me for? “I will help you as much as I can.”

“uh? Uh… Well, that’s not it… No, is that right?”

The reason I called Fran was not because I wanted a job or anything like that. Although I needed a job to make a living in the future, I had no intention of getting a job introduction from Fran.

I was just planning to stay at Fran’s house and look for a job nearby. Ignoring my confusion, Fran nodded and continued speaking.

“Fortunately, I know a witch in Kirven who is looking for someone to do the work. “It’s not far from here, so I’m sure that witch will help you.”

“Somewhere not far from here?”

Just as I was wondering if there was another Kirven witch nearby, a memory popped into my head. A witch from ‘another fairy tale’ who helps ‘Snow White’ only once in the original.

And, a witch who lives to avoid people not far from the forest where the hunting competition was held. The two witches were the same person. Could it be that the witch Fran is talking about…

I’m impressed! I frowned and looked at Fran, who nodded as if he was the person I was thinking of. Ah, really, that witch is a little…

“No, I really don’t like it…”

“But this is all I can do for you. “You may have been planning to borrow from me, but the place I live is unsuitable for people to live in.”

Come to think of it, I said that no one lives where Fran lives. Moreover, Fran was a witch with a special profession called ‘fairy doctor’. There were probably a lot of injured fairies around Fran, and moreover, most of the fairies hated ‘Vivian’.

If I lived in a place where there were many injured fairies, whom the fairies hated, it was clear that it would be a nuisance to Fran and the injured fairies as well. Should I say that I am stupid for only thinking of this now? I couldn’t help but feel a little glum.

‘……First of all, maybe I should go and visit.’

I sighed deeply and had no choice but to nod. Anyway, it was the original now, so there was no point in worrying about it. That witch may have changed her personality a bit compared to the original.

When the story ended, Fran stood up and held out his hand to me.

“Then, I take it that you do so.”

“…Okay, then.”

I didn’t think there was a solution to the problem if I thought about it any longer, so I got up and held Fran’s outstretched hand. The moment I thought I had to leave-

“I feel dizzy. “I recommend that you close your eyes.”

“what?”

The world has turned upside down.

It really, literally turned me upside down.

My vision began to spin around like a stream of water flowing into a sewer, and I felt incredibly nauseous. I closed my eyes in dizziness, and it felt like the ground was giving way beneath my feet, so I collapsed in place without realizing it.

Just when I wondered when this disgusting feeling would end, I heard Fran’s voice.

“Im here.”

“…? what? “Wow.”

As soon as I opened my eyes and endured the dizziness, the nausea I had been holding in came rushing out and I spit out the watery spit that had accumulated in my mouth. I was glad I hadn’t vomited, so I raised my head and looked around, and found that I was in the middle of a forest that I had never seen before.

Fran patted my back as if to ask if I was okay.

“If you keep going like this, you will find the witch’s house.”

“No, that’s not it, wow…”

“? If you’re worried about your luggage, I took the luggage that was on the bed. Isn’t this it?”

“Oh, no, that’s not really it…”

I sighed, gasping for air in nausea. Really, it was a magic that was so disgusting that it’s hard to describe. Does Fran always come and go to the royal castle like this? No, more than that now…

I looked up at Fran and cried.

“What if I disappear from the room… I should have at least come out through the main gate of the palace… I’m still going crazy because of the rumor that I’m a witch…”

“ah. I hadn’t thought of that. It’s a franc mistake.”

I eventually collapsed and lay down on the spot. Fran, who was looking at me lying down on the street, thought for a moment and answered me as if a bright idea had occurred to him.

“Do you want to go back?”

“…Just leave the letter. “I don’t want this to happen twice.”

“All right.”

*

After some time passed-

Wangseong was shocked when he discovered Vivian’s letter that Fran had moved.

You went out of this royal castle while avoiding people’s attention? how? Was Her Majesty the Queen really a witch? Because of the maids’ obsession, the rumor spread quickly like wildfire. but-

“I personally brought Her Majesty outside so you can stop talking nonsense and get to work. “You said you wanted to go out without others knowing, so you went out to avoid other people’s eyes.”

““Well, that’s right!” “I’m sorry!”

The rumor was quickly extinguished by Bank Show.

At first, Binchot was surprised by Vivian’s sudden disappearance, but he was worried that Vivian’s reputation would be tarnished by rumors if the rumors continued like this, so he decided to lie to everyone.

Vinchot sighed and looked at the letter Vivian left. In response to the letter containing his name and a brief thank you for everything, Bangchot smiled quietly and bitterly.

‘Yes, what if Her Royal Highness is a witch?’

Vivian, whom I had seen with my own eyes for over ten years, was too simple and naive to be called a witch. Even if that person were really a witch, she wouldn’t be such a bad witch.

Bang Chau smiled and folded the letter neatly and put it in his pocket.

*

30 minutes to walk along the forest path along Fran.

I exhaled tiredly and asked Fran, panting.

“haha…! Not yet…?!”

“Just go a little further.”

“No, you said just a little 10 minutes ago…!”

“Really, really, really, a little bit. Plus, it was 5 minutes ago, not 10 minutes ago. Vivian.”

I felt like my physical strength was at an all-time low after a long time of hiking. After enjoying a luxurious life in the royal castle for over ten years, my physical strength was lacking. I was out of breath after only walking the mountain path for a few minutes.

How many more minutes did I walk like that? Just before my eyes turned white, a sweet smell passed by my nose. It was not a natural sweet smell. Artificial sweet smell, like the smell of butter or sugar.

“Im here. “That’s where the Kirven witch lives-”

I knew where Fran pointed with his finger, but it was still hard to believe even when I saw it with my own eyes. It’s so bizarre that you wonder how on earth a house like that wouldn’t attract even one bug.

A house with a design that looks like something out of a fairy tale. The ceiling was chocolate-covered crackers, the windows were decorated with cookies, and the handles were candy. I smiled bitterly as I looked at the house.

“It’s a house of sweets.”