116 – Charlotte Forte – 1
The protagonist.
Adrian quietly opened his mouth to Charlotte, who was quietly thinking those three letters.
“You studied hard.”
A grave voice.
There was no hint of resentment in his voice at all about Charlotte. Rather, she was only buried with warmth that she had never felt before.
“It wasn’t difficult to see him running. She mastered the difficult part well. Wonderfully.”
Charlotte gently bit her lower lip.
How should I explain it? She didn’t know how to accept this warm yet painful situation.
“…I am nothing.”
Adrian continued talking towards Charlotte.
“There were moments when I almost became nothing. But you didn’t give up until the end. Look, even at this moment… “
Adrian tapped Charlotte’s toe with the tip of her index finger.
“…I can’t leave this arena. Like this, like this.”
Those words, like a burning dagger, pierce her frozen heart.
Is it because it hurts or because it’s pounding? Anyway, my heart started beating wildly.
Your face heats up uncontrollably and your back is wet with cold sweat—this isn’t just a feeling for Adrian.
The feeling of a girl facing herself.
The feeling of looking at yourself, the feeling of looking back on the past, the feeling of looking back on this game, the feeling of looking back on the demons…
Adrian’s voice continues.
“Obviously, I didn’t tell you the one most important thing.”
After talking like that, he laughs out loud as if he is dumbfounded.
“No, this means I am too cocky. One thing I couldn’t tell you. Because I cannot teach you.”
The eyes of the two meet once again in midair.
The girl’s swaying eyes regain her composure when she faces golden eyes. She waits quietly for his next words.
“I couldn’t teach you how to win.”
“How to win… “
“Because you have a battle against yourself, because only you know how to win in that battle. Why.”
Tuk, Adrian’s hand rested on Charlotte’s head. It was a strangely warm palm.
“…That’s because only you, the main character, can figure it out, and only you can do it.”
The girl finally faced herself.
I tried to lightly squeeze her calves. She still has strength in her legs. It was her arm that was broken, so it was a natural story in a way.
‘It hurts.’
It hurts terribly, but the fact that she was able to move was very important to the girl.
I can run at this level.
‘Can you do it?’
‘I can do it.’
‘…I can definitely do it.’
Confirming that fighting spirit was burning in those red eyes, Adrian parted his lips.
“If you think the game is over, you can quit now.”
“……”
After thinking for a while, the girl shook her head.
“No. It’s not over yet… “
“Then are you thinking of doing more?”
“Yes.”
Even if we do it from now on, nothing will change on the surface.
With Valerie proudly taking first place, Charlotte may still be a long way from crossing the finish line.
But.
Obviously, things have changed.
“If you give up here… Finally, I feel defeated. I suddenly feel that way now.”
“Defeat.”
Adrian smiled faintly. It was a smile that even Charlotte could notice.
“Then you know how to win. Thank god. Realizing that the main character is the main character.”
Tuk, Adrian slapped Charlotte on the back as if telling her to go.
Charlotte gritted her teeth and looked at the road ahead of the stadium.
‘I can still run.’
Yes, as the professor said, he had his own game. He had something he had to prove to himself.
At least, you have to do your best to admit defeat later with a smile.
If she gives up like this, she will live with her memories of this time in fear for the rest of her life. It’s like she’s living with a nightmare from the past.
“Whoa… “
Stick!
She has been complaining of pain in her ankle as she tries to take her step again.
Did you mean please don’t run anymore? In fact, has there already been a big problem in the body?
You have to burn your concentration. It is deliberately burned. So much so that she could forget even the pain of her wounds.
But…
Is it really meaningful?
As soon as the pain rushes in, it quickly weakens again. This time her heart started beating fast with tension.
No matter how much you try not to care, isn’t the gaze of others scary after all? Doesn’t the world remember Charlotte as her loser?
‘Fold. Stop thinking about this… ‘
Suddenly, the road ahead feels so long. No matter how much I run, I feel like I will never reach the end.
In the first place, there is a gap between the ideal and reality.
What on earth can you prove with such a heavy body…
Slap—!
“Wow!”
Something flew into Charlotte’s face and clung to it with a click. Charlotte was startled and looked up to see what it was.
[ Michelle Maynance ]
This time, veiled gloves. What is written is Michelle’s name.
“Uh… “
Why is this here? But then Michelle’s cry is heard.
“You idiot!”
There was a very angry Michelle. However, if she said that even in that rage, she felt a hint of affection, did Charlotte finally lose her mind?
“Why are you standing still! Are you still the representative runner?”
From nob le mt l. co m
Michelle Stop it. Charlotte worked hard too. Talking like that, the other kids started to stop Michelle.
But instead, Michelle steadfastly shouted as she pushed those children away with her telekinesis.
“Who wants you to be number one? At least don’t put on a downcast face, even if you’re in last place, stand tall and go in! That’s representative! That’s representative! OK I didn’t know!”
Almost everyone in the crowd was looking at Michelle.
Even Adrian didn’t expect this, so he was bruised for a moment.
In a world where everyone is in a hurry and everyone looks bewildered—
Only one person, Charlotte finally put on a calm smile.
“Right.”
That’s probably what being a representative is. And that’s what being the main character is.
No matter what you do, straighten your shoulders. Let’s show the best we can.
“Charlotte! You idiot! Don’t think about anything else! What can you show me! Just think about it!”
“What I can show you.”
From nob le mt l. co m
Michelle, the underclass kids, Adrian. Charlotte’s gaze looked at them all at once.
Then he muttered quietly.
“…Charlotte. Charlotte, Forte.”
Her own name.
Hwaaagh!
A single flower blooms in the extremely cold stadium.
The flower’s name is Flame.
It’s not a nice flame like a flame that never goes out. However, no matter how many times it is extinguished, it will eventually rekindle. That was enough.
How bright it was, the tears in Charlotte’s eyes and the sweat on her body evaporated in an instant.
Instantly draws an elemental strengthening spell. It took less than two seconds.
Add curves in 16 strokes. Flames envelop the whole leg.
Breaking one stroke out of 17 strokes, the flames begin to dance as if they were alive.
In the 18th stroke, it connects smoothly with the 19th stroke, and the girl’s flame burns like the sun once more.
After seeing that, Michelle finally stopped screaming.
“…Yes, that’s how it should be.”
I was just muttering that.
‘I am Charlotte Forte.’
That one fact was enough. Ready to run is already done.
The terrible pain that had been gripping her body was gone for a moment.
One step.
Take one step. Running is, after all, starting with taking one step forward. It proves the basics.
Adrian narrowed his eyes as he looked at the protagonist of this world.
The girl finally tries to withstand the weight of the main character. The rising flames were so intense that Charlotte’s hair and the hem of her clothes kept rising into the air.
“Professor.”
Charlotte takes it one step further.
Even while she was calling Adrian, her gaze was now focused on the road ahead.
“I’ll go.”
“Yes.”
At the same time, something was added over the flames on Charlotte’s body. It was a purple flame.
Paaang—!
Her body rushed forward with unprecedented speed. It was much faster than the speed Valerie showed earlier.
Oh my God.
Everyone’s eyes widened.
The speed is so fast that you can’t even see it at a tolerable level. But Adrian caught her fleeting moment and saw it clearly.
The fact that Charlotte, who had spurred her ground, was clearly laughing.
‘Maximize output.’
Greatly supports the body with fire and mana. I no longer feel the feeling that my body is heavy. A body as light as a feather floats around the arena.
While maintaining her speed, the girl’s body was wonderfully holding her center.
Running.
The girl was showing the look that best suited her two letters. Yeah, maybe she really was the main character in this arena.
‘The main character.’
Charlotte muttered quietly.
She has no memory of ever winning in her life. She doesn’t even remember proving anything.
But.
This time it will be. Her self, her own heroine. Be someone else’s main character!
Ngl that was cool, good job everyone 🤣