105 – The Girl’s Secret (2)
Lorne, trying to ignore the cold wind, clasped his hand on her thigh.
I don’t know how Bell learned about it from Professor Grerick.
Anyway, what is certain is that she has revealed the secret she least wanted to know to the person she least wanted to find out.
Just that fact alone made my heart, which had been quiet a moment ago, start to beat.
“My, what do you mean my condition? I have no idea….”
Knowing that remaining silent as it is is an affirmation, Lorne avoided his gaze and remained ignorant.
In fact, she knows.
The fact that Bell, who was no one else, put words in her mouth that seemed to reveal her circumstances on her own accord, which was in line with the fact that she was quite certain.
It’s just peeing on her frozen feet.
Nonetheless, it also means that her feelings are so urgent that she is spitting out such awkward words.
If possible, in order to count on his feelings, pretend not to know, and lean on the hope that he will pass over.
“… ….”
However, it was when her eyes, rolling here and there, checked Bell’s expression at some point that she realized that it was futile.
Consistent with her silence, the gaze looking down at her as if he knew everything about her made it even more painful.
Recognizing that it was impossible to go on to her poor excuse any longer, Lorne shook her head.
Then she spoke her words in a low tone as if she had resigned herself to everything.
“… After all, pretending not to know doesn’t seem to work.”
“Yes. I just let it go once, but I don’t think I can anymore.”
Lone laughed when she realized that the one time was when Bell visited Professor Grerick’s lab not long ago.
Even then, she felt that the atmosphere was unusual, but due to Bell’s personality, which did not want to disturb others’ privacy, she probably ignored it and passed it on.
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That same day, her Belle asked her what was wrong with her asking her unanswerable questions, but Lorne denied it, saying it was nothing.
However, now that I think about it, it’s really strange.
Since ancient times, he has been able to guess the lies of his childhood friend of nearly 20 years like a ghost.
How could he have passed that day without knowing?
Recalling her memories of her then, Lorne finally learned the truth about her.
She said that the truth is that she didn’t pass on ignorance, but that she pretended not to know and respected her heart for not wanting to reveal her secret.
‘Bell always thought of me.’
When she realized that, her heart sank.
The fact that her man, who is always indifferent and full of caring, tried to dig up her secret even through her strangers, must mean that her worries about her old childhood friend took precedence.
She was grateful to him for approaching her even while breaking her own unwritten rules, but on the other hand, she was a little hated by Lornet.
Because I’ve been wanting to hide this secret somehow.
But how could he hide it until the end when he reached the truth by working hard in such an invisible place?
At this point, the outcome has already been decided.
“How far have you heard?”
“It’s hard to say exactly how far. At least I know what condition your body is in. And what are your concerns?”
“That’s about all you know. Chit.”
Lorne clicked her tongue lightly and pretended to pout.
I felt like I wouldn’t be able to withstand the heavy air if I didn’t do this.
“Okay. I’ll talk. Instead, I have a favor for Belle.”
“What is it?”
Is it a condition for revealing a secret?
Lorne smiled bitterly when Bell asked her questions.
“Do not hate or be afraid of me after hearing this. And stay friends forever.”
She said she actually wanted a more advanced relationship than her friends, but she said that she wouldn’t mention it now.
I’ve decided that the moment she puts those words into her mouth is when she’s more confident with herself and she thinks she’ll be able to stand by his side forever.
Meanwhile, her little girl held out her finger and heard her request from her ronae. Her bell closed her mouth for a moment and looked down at her with her characteristic nonchalant eyes.
Thinking that she might be angry at the one-sided request, Lone hesitated for a moment, and the moment she tried to retrieve her raised hand.
Puck!
“…… !?”
Lorne’s vision blinked at the blunt impact she felt on her head.
As she turned her pupils, which widened to the size of her lantern, toward the source of her pain, she saw Bell’s clenched fist.
She originally said that if her bell had to criticize her, she would not hesitate to have a good night, but this is not a blow to that level.
Not even her screams or moans of pain could escape from the sensation of her skull splitting open.
“Bee, Bell… ? What is this… ?”
The corners of Bell’s mouth twisted at Lone’s actions, which she could not bear to follow through with her fish-eyed eyes.
“Did you forget what I said a while ago? I don’t care if you’re a human or a monster.”
“That, at that time, I was just asking….”
“Whether you just asked, I meant it. You idiot.”
Bel felt that even adding an explanation of her katabuta was annoying, so she scratched her head nervously and looked straight at Lorne.
Anyway, I think that sometimes the inhabitants of this world worry about really useless things, in case someone thinks it’s not originally a world in a novel.
Doesn’t a certain young lady have a delusion that an extramarital man is doing something cruel to her friend?
My childhood friend, far from being grateful for the huge power sleeping inside me, is afraid that I won’t be able to handle it, so I’m afraid.
From Bell’s point of view, all of them are just guys living in the same difficult world.
“Okay, tell me what frightened you. I’ll listen with your mouth, think about it together, or tell you the answer I came up with in my own way. Trust me.”
Bell doesn’t really like being told to trust someone.
That’s because it sounds like a transfer of responsibility for some reason, and I don’t think I’m a person worthy of living up to other people’s beliefs.
However, she thought that these words would be most needed by Lorne now, so she made a bold statement.
Believe in yourself and tell the truth.
He could not be the main character, but he was determined to save the world on behalf of the main character, so he could say that.
“… Okay, I get it. I believe in Bell.”
Recognizing the weight contained in those eyes, Lorne shook his head, catching all the shaken eyes.
Her childhood friend from long ago was like this.
It’s not like he’s talking slickly or his usual actions aren’t stylish enough to give you a lot of trust.
Just the weight felt in those words and those eyes naturally arouse anticipation.
That kind of anticipation that this guy can do anything.
Today too, Lorne kept pace with that sensation and carefully opened her mouth.
Her secret story, which had been kept for a very long time, began.
* * * *
That’s something even Bell couldn’t have predicted.
It has to be.
Perhaps because of the shock of that day, he couldn’t remember what happened in the mountains, and the village elders didn’t tell him anything special either.
‘Is that why he awakened faster than the original?’
As he listened to the circumstances, the memories so far overlapped in his head, and they began to match one by one.
With this, even the last remaining questions were completely resolved.
I thought it was strange.
Why did this happen because Lorne awakened faster than in the original?
It was a car that went through difficulties because this one question was not resolved, but with this, there was no need to wrap my head around it.
‘Anyway, I managed to hold on until now. Considering the mental pain this guy went through in the original, it must have been quite difficult.’
Bell, who heard the truth about her from Lorne, looked at her with pity in her eyes.
He must have thought that he had awakened for some reason after entering the academy and that his worries had continued until now, but this far exceeded the scope of his thoughts.
He suffered alone for nearly 10 years.
Even the most indifferent Belle can’t help but feel pity when she realizes that her childhood friend suffered this much.
“Wasn’t it hard? I managed to endure it.”
Bell looked at her after she finished her story, and a smile appeared on Lorne’s lips at her words.
Even though it was a smile, it was a smile with a hint of bitterness as if it contained a lot of hard work.
“Heh, I would be lying if I said it wasn’t hard, right? But it was more tolerable than I thought. I hear strange voices at night, and it feels like someone is constantly trying to test my strength.”
This is her true intention without exaggeration.
Even if I can’t sleep because I hear someone’s voice at night.
Even if the other self in your head asks if you can truly handle that power.
She was able to survive somehow.
However, if there was one thing that was hard to bear, it was.
“… But imagining the future was scary. One day, when I really can’t handle this power, what if Bell goes wrong because of me.”
It was dreaming of something that hadn’t happened yet.
“So at first I wondered if I could really stay by Belle’s side. But the more I thought about it, the more I depended on Belle, and later on, even if I didn’t see her for a while, I became anxious. Isn’t it funny?”
Bell shook her head at the tone of her tone mixed with self-help, as if cutting off a bad joke.
“Not at all. If I felt sorry for you, I felt sorry for you, but it wasn’t funny.”
“Heh, is that so?”
Belle’s expression showed no signs of improving, although Lorne gave her characteristic cheesy smile.
Because he knows.
The fact that she smiles like this also expresses that she is quite cornered.
“Anyway, so what are we going to do now?”
Lorne, who got up from his seat, lightly brushed the dust off his buttocks and turned around.
Then, with her waist half bent, and her eyes met with his, Bell responded with a puzzled look at the question he handed to her.
“What are you doing?”
“Does Bell want to keep even this pathetic childhood friend who can’t handle her own strength properly? Maybe someday this power will go to Bell?”
As if to give her a chance to pick up what she had said earlier, Bell met Lorne’s eyes for a moment at what she said.
She’s pretending to be okay, but she’s clearly shaking.
It must be scary.
But more than that fear, she stood up with the courage to hear her old friend’s heartfelt answer.
Then she had no choice but to respond.
In the first place, Bell came to this place with the intention of today.
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