135 – Polar opposites
“…Senpai?”
Rebecca opened her mouth and said.
When that abominable voice that cursed, lusted after, and tormented me, that voice I thought I would never hear again called my name again, my hands trembled, my heart thumped, and I ran away. Even though my body cried out countless times.
“After…”
I took one, two, many deep breaths to shake it off.
It wasn’t long before she decided not to run away. Only a few hours
Even so, I couldn’t think of what to say to Rebecca or how to begin the conversation.
Why did you make me suffer?
She says she lost her memory, so she won’t even know why she bothered me.
Should we start with a simple greeting?
We are not like that.
Thinking and thinking, I can’t figure it out.
But when I think about it, it’s funny.
The perpetrator does not know the reason for the perpetrator.
I laughed out loud.
At that time, Rebecca said.
“Seo, senpai. Are you okay now?”
Rebecca said in a tone that she was worried about me.
She must have said something completely unexpected, considering her and my relationship up until a few months ago.
Because I thought Rebecca couldn’t worry about me.
“What?”
Unbeknownst to me, the words came out cold and chilly.
To the extent that even Flora was surprised by my cold voice that she had just heard for the first time.
Rebecca, who was hit head-on by such a voice, cowered in fear.
You must feel unfair, you must want to cry.
Rebecca who lost her memories must have suddenly changed her close friend’s eyes overnight.
Me too. Because she had such an experience with her junior whom she thought was close overnight.
Well, I didn’t feel the need to change her tone.
Even if she loses her memory, that’s none of my business, and after hearing the story, she was treated coldly by me and lost her memory, in the end, it was her own fault.
“Ha, Havir senior.”
“So what’s the reason?”
“Yes?”
“Why was he lying there? With blood on his face.”
I got straight to the point.
I thought about not avoiding her, but I wanted to minimize facing her.
“…That, that’s it.”
She stuttered her words.
“Can you believe me if I say atonement…?”
Atonement?
What atonement.
Are you talking about atonement for me?
What kind of atonement do you have when you have no memory?
“I can’t help but remember…”
“Memories are…”
Rebecca shook her head from side to side.
That must mean she never came back.
“Then what atonement are you talking about?”
“Atonement for seniors…”
Are you trying to play with me now?
Or are you wasting time trying to catch me?
It wasn’t good for me anyway.
At that time, Flora spoke.
“Hmm… I think I’ve gone a little crazy.”
“What?”
“I’m not saying I’m crazy. Temporarily degenerate? That kind of condition is going on. It’s probably because of some kind of strong pain and shock. It’s probably because of what Rebecca is talking about, ‘Atonement.’ Is in progress… It won’t degenerate for life, as it’s a temporary symptom, it will recover normally. But that period is the problem.”
“Period?”
“Yeah, how many months? I don’t know for sure.”
“What are the symptoms?”
“Your thinking gets shorter and your vocabulary gets weaker. You can just think that your mental age has decreased. But… What should I say? Rebecca has memories of being 20 years old. I feel emotions that children don’t. Do you feel sorry, feel love, and have memories? That subject became a child. As you know, children are faithful to their emotions.”
Flora also had a hard time explaining it.
Does that mean she has a complicated disease?
Still, I roughly understood it.
Since it had been neglected for quite a long time after the atonement Rebecca spoke of yesterday, the degeneration was already in progress, and it is still ongoing in real time.
So, even if I ask Rebecca what the atonement is, it’s hard to hear right now.
Come to think of it, Rebecca used only simple vocabulary until just now.
She also expressed her feelings by shaking her head from side to side.
Expressing emotions with the body is probably more common with children than adults.
Because it’s hard to convey emotions with words.
“That’s right.”
Soon your mind will deteriorate to the point where you won’t be able to do your daily life properly.
However, even though her mind has degenerated, her power remains the same.
If you leave it alone, big things can happen.
In other words, he needed someone to take care of him.
And I was the only person qualified to take care of Rebecca.
I sighed.
The cause of the trauma and the future of having to stick together all day are almost confirmed, but who can feel better?
“Wouldn’t it be better for me to be in charge of taking care of Professor Havir?”
“That’s kind of hard. If Rebecca goes on a rampage, you’re in danger. That’s absolutely not possible.”
A smile bloomed on my lips when I saw Flora worrying about me.
She casually stroked her hair. Now, stroking her hair was normal.
Rebecca looked at her and put her hand on top of her own head.
Then he grabbed my collar.
I was offended by her appearance, so I cut off her hand.
Rebecca cried.
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If there’s anyone I’ve come to see again because of this, it’s Lee.
Lee Gavarin. She’s the one who’s allowed to live in my mansion, saying she’s atonement.
Actually, she didn’t trust her very much.
Who would believe the person who forgot about justice and grace in Hestia and tormented me?
But this time she risked her life to fight Rebecca.
I didn’t win, but I took my time until Mr. Kay came to my peaceful daily life.
Actually, I expected Rose’s husband, Mr. Kay, to be strong, but I never thought that she would easily beat Rebecca. When she asked Lii how she knew, she instinctively figured it out.
There seems to be a beastman’s instinct or something.
I left Rebecca in her hospital ward with her medication and headed to her mansion.
Because he is a beast, his natural healing power is strong. Since Hestia’s treatment facilities are excellent, most of Rebecca’s wounds from the fight have been healed.
But it seems that he is lying in his room and resting because he may still have some leftovers.
After arriving in Hestia, there were so many things that happened and so many things to worry about, so I couldn’t even say thank you to Lii.
I knocked as she stood in front of her door where she was resting.
Smart-
“Come in.”
I heard Lii’s voice.
When I opened the door and saw me enter, Lii’s tail waggled like a puppy.
“Ha, Habir…!”
“Are you okay?”
“Oh, yes! It’s okay!”
“Yes, I’m glad.”
‘It’s fortunate.’ I guess I never dreamed that I would say such a thing.
Tears flowed from Li Yi’s eyes.
I slowly sat down in her chair next to Lii’s bed.
“Thank you. No, thank you.”
It is much harder and more difficult to gain trust than to lose it.
Trust is easy to lose with a single mistake, but trust is difficult to gain even with multiple favors.
“For protecting the people I love.”
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Nevertheless, there are many ways to earn trust.
One of them is when you protect something precious.
“Thank you.”
I stroked Lii’s hair.
Like I did with them.
Li Yi hugged me while crying like a child.
When she was in Astria, she was disgusted when she was forcibly held by Lii, but somehow she didn’t feel any negative emotions now.
So this time she offered no resistance to Li Yi.
She just gave it away.