82 – Growing Pains
An hour ago, Charlotte became frustrated.
This is because all her efforts so far have failed.
In fact, she never thought that her flowers would not sell so much.
Clearly, the flower she developed was a perfect flower that smelled good, looked pretty, and could be displayed for years as long as she infused it with mana, but people were not interested in the flower.
She just treated herself like a beggar for soliciting customers in the first place.
“Kko, buy flowers…! Wow, it smells good…”
“I’m not buying it.”
“·····G, G, the duration is amazing…!”
“I’m not buying it!”
“······.”
As this continued for three days, her heart began to break.
She was a flower girl who started out with excitement, thinking that she could do something on her own, but her results were so disastrous.
On the contrary, she spent three whole days doing this useless thing, which only made her have more time to do her homework.
-Growling····.
Meanwhile, her stomach was growling.
This is because she hasn’t had a proper meal for two days already.
Should I just use the compensation I received last time?
A thought occurred to her, but Charlotte shook her head.
The money was supposed to be used to pay her dormitory fee.
Imperial Academy is a place with the best facilities in the world, so the dormitory fee for one semester was enormous.
“Whoa…”
In the end, the only way left was to somehow sell flowers.
Now that all the money she had saved from her ruined family was gone, Charlotte had to find money somehow.
“Kko, kko, buy flowers! Wow, it smells good…!”
So, even as her heart was broken, Charlotte continued her solicitation.
She walked around the city center of the empire, and whenever she saw someone who was worth buying flowers, she would cling to them and appeal to them to buy them.
“How much?”
“This is Icheon Orden! Go, go, thank you!”
As a result, I was able to sell a few flowers.
It’s like receiving money from a beggar, but where did you sell it?
-Ssaaa…
At that time, it suddenly started raining.
The sky full of dark clouds made me feel uneasy, and then a shower began to fall and even thunder.
The flower business must be withdrawn.
“Ah…”
At that time, a despairing sight appeared in her Salot’s eyes.
When the pouring rain touches the flower, the mana that permeated the flower drains and the scent disappears.
Her own work, which she thought was pretty good to begin with, was nothing more than a failure of hers, with its merits completely lost when it got caught in the rain.
“Everything needs to be redeveloped…”
I was sorry.
But there is someone who bought me these flowers.
Someone could put the flowers he sold in a water bottle.
Selling flowers with such a fatal flaw…
“······.”
But that feeling of regret only lasted for a moment.
While I was trudging down the street, I came into view of my flower that had been thrown carelessly on the ground.
This was proof that the person who bought the flowers was good to him.
Rather than needing flowers, I just feel sorry for myself.
Or maybe he was bothered by his persistent clinging to him, so he gave him 2,000 orden and got rid of it.
“Ha…hahahaha…”
So Charlotte returned to her own dormitory.
She was drenched in the rain, but she didn’t even think about washing it.
She stared into space with two empty eyes.
“I, in fact, am a child with nothing special….”
She lived under an illusion for a while.
Like the meaning of the diamond that Ed gave her as a gift, she thought that if she cut and cut herself, she could become a sparkling diamond.
But that was just an illusion meant to drive her into deeper frustration.
Just like her own flower that lost all of its scent as soon as it got hit by the heavy rain today.
He is nothing but a loser who ultimately reveals his shabby appearance in the face of trials and frustration.
“······.”
As she escaped her dream, the cold reality began to appear.
If she does not earn money like this, she will not be able to pay tuition for next semester.
If that happens, she will also be kicked out of this academy, which she entered with great aspirations.
It would be like betraying her father, who supported her by scraping together whatever money she had or didn’t have.
Now was the time to grab the money right in front of me.
“So… What am I… An ordinary and unsightly child like me…”
You should not dream.
I entered the academy with great aspirations, but I only realized my shabby situation among enormous monsters.
This time, I tried to sell flowers to become Ed’s equal, but in the end it was only a futile effort.
My normal path was to take a stable and comfortable path and just live with the flow.
-Quarrr!
So, amidst thunder and wind and rain.
Charlotte walked her way to Ed’s lab.
Now, she has given up on being in an equal position with him, and is going to use the money Ed provides to help her graduate from here safely.
In the first place, what can he do when he is so insignificant between Enya and Isabella?
“!!!!!!!”
However, she ended up witnessing an unbelievable sight.
The strong and beautiful Edgar.
Edgar, her own utopia shining brilliantly.
He was a distant star that could not be reached, and he would have remained only a daydream of his youth.
“Ugh…Ugh…!”
He was lying down on the floor and crying!
That too is absolutely outrageous!
-Poof!
Charlotte quickly hid her body.
Thump. Thud. Thud.
Her heart began to beat rapidly.
I can’t believe that Ed, who is so perfect, sheds tears like that.
“Oh, it’s so spicy.”
At that time, Ed muttered softly to himself and coughed.
Then, he pressed the air suction device to suck out the CS gas stuck to his skin and bronchial tubes.
-Poof!
While Ed was taking in the air intake device installed on the floor.
Charlotte stuck her head out again and looked into her lab.
This is to find out why Ed is crying.
“!!”
At that time, Ed’s research log caught Charlotte’s eye.
A research journal full of failures.
Charlotte’s heart throbbed.
She was having such a hard time because of her previous failures. How mentally difficult would it have been for her to have experienced so many failures?
“Whoa…”
At that time, Ed took a deep breath and stood up.
This is because I shook off all the CS gas from my face.
As soon as Ed got up, Charlotte turned around and leaned against the wall, while Ed went to wash her face.
When Ed’s presence disappeared, Charlotte stuck her head out again and looked at her lab.
-Ssaaa…
Ed enters the bathroom attached to the lab and begins to wash his face.
At this moment, Charlotte began to worry.
Should she say hello to Ed when he comes out from washing his face, or will she continue hiding?
‘···You don’t want to get caught.’
Her worries did not last long.
When you are frustrated to the point of sobbing, is there anything you hate more than someone showing up and seeing you?
Everyone wants to hide their weak moments.
Charlotte decided not to bring up Ed’s weak moments.
‘···But Ed also has moments like this…’
However, she was still looking around the lab.
This is because Ed’s sobbing image still remains like an afterimage and she cannot take her eyes off him.
What made Ed so difficult?
How many failures have you had?
‘Okay, just check for a moment…!’
So, Charlotte quickly entered the lab and opened Ed’s research log.
However, the research log she opened was the research conducted by Fix, and the research in which Ed had run the macro.
Fix was asked to repeat the experiment until the desired results were obtained.
“···This can’t be happening…”
However, for Charlotte, who did not know this fact, it was a huge shock to her.
Fail Failure Failure Failure Failure Failure Failure Failure Failure.
No matter how many pages she has already turned through her research diary, it is full of failures.
You mean Ed didn’t break down despite repeating so many failures?
‘I am the only one…’
I became embarrassed.
She is pessimistic about her situation because she has only failed once, and she is thinking of begging Ed.
She was so weak and pitiful about herself.
– Jump up.
At that time, Ed came out, wiping his face with a towel.
Charlotte, startled, hurriedly ran out the door and pressed her body against the wall.
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“Whoa…”
While Charlotte was hiding, Ed took a long, deep breath and walked to the table.
She then smiled happily as she looked at the chemical formula she had just successfully combined.
This was the combination of CS gas to be given to the devils.
“I thought I was going to die, but I still succeeded.”
Ed muttered to himself as he recalled the terrible pain of CS gas.
When I thought that this pain would be passed on to the devil, the corners of my mouth naturally went up.
‘Ed must have had a hard time too…’
However, Charlotte again misunderstood Ed’s words.
The saying, ‘I felt like I was going to die, but I still succeeded’ is connected to the sobbing from earlier.
“Weuuung~!”
But then.
Pix approached Ed cautiously.
Then she stretched out her hand and pointed to the half-open door of the laboratory.
It was to let people know that there was a Charlotte out there.
“···You bastard. Good job Fix.”
However, Ed misunderstood the meaning of fix.
When the CS gas spread, he praised Fix, who quickly opened the lab door.
Thanks to Fix’s tactful opening of the door, we were able to get the CS gas out quickly.
“Okay then, let’s finish this.”
Soon, Ed began researching other chemical weapons based on the newly developed CS gas.
Just in case, I brought other rare poisonous plants from the ‘Forest of Death’, so if I study with these, I might be able to find another chemical formula.
“Weuuung!”
However, Fix continued to be annoying.
Even though I praised him earlier, he keeps circling around and annoying me.
“Fix, I’m busy. Just now—”
However, when he turned towards Fix, what caught Ed’s eyes was Fix’s display.
It says ‘Charlotte outside.’