292. Adult nine-tailed fox
“Ha, just once! Please give me one more chance! Please!”
Goben, being dragged away by the soldiers, shed tears and sobbed. He was so cruel that it was hard to see him throwing a tantrum like a child.
“Iluania! I wasn’t like that! I really wanted to make you and Seville happy! We used to live in the back alleys! We lived in the shadows! “I wanted to help you live a life that no one else envies!”
“Goben… ….”
Iluania’s expression distorts. The fact that he had committed her sin for her was causing quite a lot of pain to her.
Thump.
In the end, Goben is dragged away.
Everyone’s eyes turned to Illuania and Sevilla in the quiet restaurant.
I approach them cautiously.
I knew that nothing she said could comfort me, but I still had a responsibility to be with her.
“By any chance, I did it.”
The area around my eyes was moist from the rain.
Iluania preciously holds her own child and expresses her current feelings.
“I really…… “Is it possible to form a normal family?”
“… ….”
“Is there someone other than me who can truly love Seville?”
“… ….”
“Does this child have a father?”
The tears flowing down my cheeks pool on my chin. She is a woman who suddenly turns a man into both a victim and a perpetrator.
She continues her words, forcibly suppressing her sobs.
“I wanted Sebia to live a life not envied by others. Like any other child, this child receives love from her parents, brags about her dad to other kids, gets scolded, and builds memories…….”
I look back on memories that may have left me with bitter feelings.
“I wanted to go on an outing when Sebia grew up. She goes to see flowers and eats packed lunch together. When she grew older and went to kindergarten, her parents accompanied her and watched her dance hard. When it’s over, I’ll take you to a delicious restaurant.”
Obviously.
It would have been possible.
“I thought I would no longer be afraid of appearing in front of other people. “She thought she would be able to live with a sense of security just by having a father.”
There is no reason not to be honest.
Even if I wanted to say that, it wouldn’t be a great comfort.
“I know that I am an unclean woman. “She didn’t love Goben, but she wanted to use him, and she believed that as long as Sevilla grew up well, she would be fine.”
“… ….”
“I would gladly accept it as punishment for my selfishness.”
Iluania burying her face in Sebia, who is hugging her. Even though she is sobbing, she hugs Sebia dearly.
“This child is innocent. Wishing for a father…… “It’s natural.”
One by one, we turn our eyes to the bitter sight.
“I wanted to let them grow up in a good environment. “I wanted to make you that happy.”
A natural desire as a parent.
A feeling of helplessness at not being able to fill it, as well as a reprimand towards herself.
“If the child later gets hurt by not having a father, I…… !”
Iluania was weighed down by feelings of self-destruction and apology toward her child.
“What does that matter!”
The girl’s appearance was truly unexpected, and she entered through the door Goben left.
The tail of her butt suddenly looked like nine gorgeous flower petals.
She seemed like a sage or a guardian deity who had come down to teach.
Soho, with soft light flowing from her body, walks trotting over and stands in front of Iluania.
I believed that in the current Soho, she would be able to tell Illuania what she needed, so I called her.
“Because I don’t have a father! Are you going to cry that much? “That child is the only one who doesn’t have a father?!”
“… ….”
Did I make a mistake?
In an instant, that thought struck me, and Deia and Darius also looked at me to see if this was okay.
Illuania’s eyes are blank as she looks up at her Soho.
“Me! Her parents were monsters! “Not only my parents, but the entire world I lived in was full of monsters!”
A past full of scars.
For the first time, the girl who was unable to overcome on her own speaks directly about the reality surrounding her.
Soho’s finger is pointing at me.
“I lost everything when this person destroyed everything. “My family, friends, and acquaintances.”
There was no particular reaction to her bold declaration.
“Because. Because… ….”
Soho clenched her fists and lowered her head. Even though she felt frustrated as if she had eaten something that wouldn’t go away.
In the end.
“Those people were all cannibals who ate humans.”
Accept the truth.
“And I am the human being raised by those people…… “At some point, they probably tried to eat it.”
Iluania’s eyes are trembling. Her mouth opened slightly as if she was about to say something.
“In the end, I didn’t grow up to be a human being. In fact, they were just food livestock to be eaten.”
“… ….”
“But.”
Wet eyes.
“But I mean it.”
Soho continues her words, trying to control her trembling voice.
“I, I will live well.”
It contains tears.
Her own bitter past was too painful to pass by.
Nevertheless, the girl moves forward.
“Even if I grew up in this sh*tty environment, I will grow up to be someone that everyone will envy and say is amazing.”
Because.
For the child in front of me.
Even though it may be painful, I don’t want Seville to think that her child’s future has been ruined by the mere presence of her father.
“You don’t have a father? Her parents were bad people? “Whenever you feel that guilty, look at me.”
Soho’s tail is in full bloom.
Gumiho, a fox with nine tails.
“I grew up as food for monsters and have truly believed in a false relationship.”
There are many legends about the nine-tailed fox.
Something like taking out the liver, bewitching people, or absorbing vital energy.
Because it is such a famous monster, there are many similar creations and stories.
If I had to pick one of them that was impressive.
The nine-tailed fox is.
He was a youkai who wanted to become human.
“Nevertheless.”
With tears streaming down his face, Soho confidently points at himself with his thumb.
“I will become a wonderful adult.”
Soho’s tail and ears, which were emitting a soft light, become a group of lights and gradually begin to disappear.
“So… ….”
The girl overcomes wounds and pain. She couldn’t do it on her own, so she found a reason to hold on and get up from the tiny baby on her back.
Relationship of codependency.
That’s how the girl grew into a complete youkai.
“Trust me, Seville will grow up happy and well even without such an ugly father.”
She became human.
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“Then I’ll go.”
The day after Goben was arrested.
Early in the morning, Soho puts on his bag and smiles boldly.
Things like the fox ears on top of her head and the nine tails that wrapped around her back have already disappeared.
Only a young girl stood tall.
“It’s okay to stay a little longer.”
Deia said that she thought she owed her a debt, but Soho shook her head.
“No, it’s a long way. “She has a lot of work to do quickly.”
The girl who was falling apart is standing strong. That appearance makes me feel proud.
Likewise, her gaze was focused on me, her lips hesitated, and eventually she lowered her head.
“Thank you.”
“… ….”
“Thanks to her, she knew and learned a lot.”
Thanks to the girl who declared that she would kill me. The situation at that time crossed her mind and gave her a faint smile.
“You did it. Change and growth. So be confident.”
We can do it well in the future.
When I said that, Soho lifted her head and smiled brightly.
“Yes!”
After the greetings were over, Iluania stepped forward. She was holding Sebia in her arms, and Soho carefully approached her as well.
“Can I give you a hug?”
In response to Soho’s question, Iluania held out Sebia without saying a word.
aaah!
Sebia, held by Soho, cackles and lets out a pleasant laugh.
“The meaning of the name is…” … “He was a savior, right?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“It’s really, really well built.”
The existence of Soho shows that Seville’s future is not dark.
The existence of Seville became a reason why Soho should not collapse as it lives.
It wasn’t a long meeting, but a deep relationship. That’s why they were even more special people.
I wanted Soho to laugh at the last part. I take out the information I heard from Deia.
“They say that if you say Merong, the child will follow suit.”
“Yes?”
“Like this.”
She slightly sticks out her tongue in front of Seville. I thought it would definitely be cute for the child to stick her tongue out.
aaah!
Seville just laughs at her excitement, but she shows no reaction.
But the reaction exploded behind me.
“Puhak! Hey, he really did it!”
“Isn’t the owner just so innocent and cute? “A kid would do that?!”
Far away.
Without realizing it, I almost bit her tongue with my teeth.
“Run away!”
“I can’t even take a joke!”
When he glared at Deia and Findeneye with his sharp gaze, the two immediately turned and ran away.
“Phew, pretend you didn’t hear.”
I tried to calm my expression and spoke to Soho and Iluania.
The two of them already had smiles on their lips.
“There is an unexpected side to it.”
“It was cute.”
“Do it in moderation.”
Anyway, the initial goal was achieved. The atmosphere became more relaxed and the three parted ways with smiles on their faces.
Finally.
Before leaving the main gate of the Verdi family.
Soho bowed deeply several times towards the mansion and then left.
* * *
“Wow, look at all the dust.”
Some time has passed.
Soho, who returned to Ranran Branch, clicks his tongue as he looks at the dust accumulating in his store.
Not only is it piled up with dust, but the items are also poorly arranged and full of trash.
It seems that since there were no people around, local hoodlums used it as a hideout and it got so dirty that they abandoned it.
“Oh my.”
Soho, having washed a lot of rags at the water’s edge, begins cleaning.
It took longer than expected, but most of the time was spent on hygiene in the kitchen.
I think we’re almost done. Let’s straighten our backs.
Suddenly, the calendar hanging in the kitchen caught my eye.
The date was already posted a few months ago, but the mark on one of the dates was small.
The ugly words written on the sign that I missed because I used to not be able to enter the kitchen often.
– The day to catch a child.
Soho saw that and smiled bitterly.
“It tastes bad.”
Because that day was his birthday.
Birthdays and dates that have already passed.
Soho once again realized that if it were originally, today’s time would not have been possible for him.
Buuuk.
Tear up the calendar.
The past has passed, and the present has come.
For Soho and Ranran Banjeom.
So many years later.
Ranran Banjeom is a restaurant with many regulars, and as it spreads word of mouth, there is a constant flow of customers.
It would be nice to move or expand her store, but the young owner always shook her head.
I heard this place is good.
They say that’s how you don’t forget.
Even though many years have passed.
This place has always been the same.
Even today, customers come to eat the signature dish, Sinu fried rice.
Customers entering Ranran Restaurant could always meet each other at the entrance.
The smile of a hostess as if she were asking someone if she was watching.