168 – 168 – Missing My Home #2
168 – Missing My Home #2
Parbat, Parbat.
The raccoon, or Nike Mokey Mokey, ran as hard as he could on the roof.
He feels angry people running behind him, shouting loudly.
“catch!”
“Protect the Count!”
The voices were getting closer and closer.
It’s not that they’re fast, it’s because Nike’s legs are getting weaker.
Whoops.
‘I’m losing strength in my arms and legs…’ poison… !?’
Nike wondered if the poison had spread through her body when she was hit by an arrow.
It must have been an artificially combined extreme poison that had an effect on Nike’s body, who had eaten many poisonous plants and flowers since he was a child.
through.
My eyes keep closing and my body loses strength.
But Nike bit his lip and came to his senses.
“I can’t forgive… !”
People invading the Lesh Guard Forest.
They set up traps, knocked down the moke mokes, and came to see them on their own and set fire to the trees.
They poisoned clear ditches and streams, buried trash in the forest, and even trampled on wild flowers that Nike had worked hard to cultivate.
Although.
Nike has been at Ludens for the past few years, so I don’t know what’s going on.
maybe it was the same
People haven’t changed.
All they need is someone to say no to and a cane.
Nike encouraged himself by recalling the things he had learned from Victor, an upright man.
Then, suddenly, Dad’s words flashed through my mind.
The words ‘You do not belong to the forest’.
Nike, of course, denied it himself.
A forest that accepted itself.
It is impossible to ignore the forest where we were born and grew up.
“The Earl of de Winter… I can’t forgive… .”
Even when his arms and legs lose strength, his heart burns with anger and vengeance as firewood.
And finally, the “Flower Palace” arrived.
Nike grabbed the gap between the bricks and climbed to the top of the high wall.
Papababat.
My fingertips feel better than usual.
I feel like a real raccoon.
Perhaps the level of 《Wild Skin》, which was always clumsy, has risen.
Maybe he will be able to transform into a real raccoon.
It was when Nike, who had risen high above the wall, looked down.
There were already many soldiers holding torches facing Nike.
“There he is!”
“Hold on!”
“She’s Lesh’s daughter, you must capture her alive!”
Whirly Rick.
Nooses are thrown at Nike.
However, Nike was able to avoid the snares with lighter gestures than expected.
“Grow up, ＜＜vineroot＞＞!”
Whirly Rick.
“Ahh!”
“what’s this! I can’t move!”
Troubled soldiers.
It was the moment when I was about to take advantage of that gap and quickly run up the roof to the ‘main house’ where the Count was.
“The Ball of Tanji.”
chain fluid-.
Something flew and hit Nike’s mask.
The shock caused Nike to plummet to the floor.
“Hey… !”
If he didn’t wear a mask on his face, it’s a power that wouldn’t be strange even if he had a lump on his head or passed out.
“Uh, what… . A stone?”
Nike hurriedly came to his senses.
Nike, who fell to the floor, was surrounded by soldiers before he knew it.
Soon, someone appears among them and widens Nike’s eyes.
“Are you a raccoon? A guy who disturbs the security of the city and disturbs people’s well-being. I will administer justice in the name of the Ludens Student Council.”
It was a young girl with tanned skin and short hair like a boy.
‘Student Council executive committee member Hilde… !’
There are even more familiar faces beside them.
“you… .”
Shiny silver hair and golden eyes.
It was Victoria Arclight.
“you… .”
Nike came to his senses as Victoria seemed to be frightened by something.
Soon after fixing the half-flowing mask, he shouted.
“I am the revenge of the forest—”
“Miss Mokey Mokey. What are you doing? When Shadi said that the people rampaging in the city looked like you, Mokey Moke, I couldn’t believe it.”
“… … .”
Nike was taken aback.
‘Did I catch your face?’
But I soon came to my senses.
Because I could spot a man in a white suit shrugging his shoulders in the back of the student council.
He is the Earl of the de Winter family.
“It’s that guy… ! He’s the one who appears in the city, attacks people, and attacks children and the elderly… !”
“I have never attacked children and the elderly… ! I’m different from you guys who randomly attack the forest… ! I deliberately chose a place where there were no people—”
“Shut up, you bastard! Student Council executives, please help us catch that guy… ! The City of Flowers and the de Winters will definitely give you an example… !”
At the Count’s words, executive committee member Hilde abruptly broke her hand.
“So you were a Ludens student. He was definitely a member of the same club as Viktor. I don’t know what happened, but the principle is that the student council is responsible for student actions.”
“No, Hilde, wait a minute. There must be something wrong with Mokey Mokey doing this. Still through conversation—”
“What a conversation! Hurry up and catch me!”
flaming torch.
The shouts of the soldiers.
“You must capture him alive. please. That girl is the daughter of the fearsome Lesh. If you capture him alive, you will have a card that can pull him out of the forest—”
The voice of Count de Winter.
The crowded flower palace… .
Nike suddenly recalled an old memory.
I remember hearing a voice similar to this on the day Nike’s father died.
– Duke of Wildrose. He’s a really nasty guy. Keep your mouth shut until the moment you die. Thanks to you, my hands are covered in blood. It’s the first time in my life I’ve seen such a nasty guy. It’s just respectable.
– Count, what now? Despite the Count’s torture, he did not open his mouth… .
-You stupid bastard. what do you do You must find and capture him before the other dukes do. It’s very likely that the Duke of Wildrose gave his daughter a secret.
-… What if it’s a secret?
-Are you sick? The location on the map to find the crown! If that’s the case, we, the de Winter family, would be great dukes… , No, you can become a king! So go find it! She is a 5 year old girl. You haven’t gone that far yet!
Nike recalled his childhood when he was trembling under the bed.
Yes, at that time there was this man.
“I can’t forgive… !”
Nike’s eyes seemed to be dyed red.
So it was the moment when I was about to attack like a beast.
“stop.”
* * *
I was able to arrive at the flower palace on time.
Fortunately, nothing major has happened yet.
“stop.”
I stopped the growling Nike.
And quickly stood between Nike and the people.
“Everyone, stop.”
night air.
The smell of burning torches.
dripping blood.
In many ways, it was a good environment for blood to flow to people’s heads.
Fortunately, Nike seemed to stop acting at the sound of my voice.
“Nike, let’s go back. to Ludens. All business here is over.”
“What, what? Who wants to go back on their own? He is a criminal who harmed the Flower City! Who are you to get involved in this!”
A man in a white suit yelled at me.
White hair is quite impressive.
The impression that a bowler hat goes well with outer glasses.
Could this man be the Earl of de Winter?
“You are such a piece of trash.”
If you pretend, you will know.
The kind of filthy middle-aged I don’t like.
“What, what? Garbage… . Yes man, do you dare to say such a thing knowing who I am! i get it. You got along with this raccoon! You’re an accomplice… !”
“No, Viktor is not an accomplice!”
Then Nike shouted.
You’re defending me in this situation.
But on the one hand, it’s a bit disappointing.
It seems to draw a line
“Nike, you and I are partners. You are responsible for everything I do. And vice versa. I am also responsible for everything you do.”
I said after looking around.
“I am Victor of Ludens. I know everyone was taken aback by the sudden situation. Please listen to me here.”
sereung.
I put the knife in the scabbard.
Soon the surroundings begin to stir.
“If it’s Viktor… ?”
“Are you talking about the son of Avon?”
“They said it was picked up by the Arclight family… . Yeah, I think I’ve heard that it was named Viktor… .”
“… did you grow up like that He resembles his father more than his mother. It’s the same as Avon in my younger days.”
There were also stories that were quite nerve-wracking.
But the important thing right now is that the atmosphere is being sorted out.
of course.
The Count seemed unable to accept the situation.
“To pretend not to see a thug who broke into my house and my city. Only then will the de Winter family lose face. Anything, hurry up and arrest me!”
“But Count, the son of Avon… .”
“What is Avon’s son doing! I’m a count! You bastards, if I were the Duke of Wildrose, would I have put on a toe like this? I am the owner of the palace now! By order!”
The Count ran wild all the way.
The knights and soldiers looked at each other and drew their swords reluctantly.
“Son of Avon. Please know that I have no ill will toward you.”
“I understand. You do what you have to do.”
If it’s from above, I’ll have to.
Should I break through by force?
I have myself
I just didn’t like it because I thought it would be annoying.
It was when I calmly chose to breathe.
“Everyone, stop. I am Victorica, the second daughter of the Arkwright family. I want everyone to calm down and talk.”
Victoria stepped forward.
Soon, Enio, a girl with black hair, joined Victoria.
“I am Enio, Princess of Black Star. I agree to talk first.”
To think that the two princesses would step forward in this situation.
The situation where the only two daughters of the duke in the kingdom stepped out, and the soldiers also stopped walking for a moment.
But the Count was different.
“This is my city and this is my home. No matter how much the duke’s daughter, no, even if the dukes themselves came, you can’t ignore my opinion. Because that is the law.”
Is that even true?
but.
Nike seemed to have something to say.
“This is not your house… .”
Nike’s voice was somehow weak.
dump.
Nike on one knee.
through.
dump.
The mask comes off and the fur of the raccoon dog that was wrapped around the head falls to the floor.
Charle.
Nike’s pink hair flowed like a flower bud in springtime under the moonlight.
Despite this situation, I thought it was very beautiful.
It was when everyone stopped talking, as if intoxicated by the strange lingering sound.
“This is not your house. here is… . this is our house The house where me, my father and mother lived… . here is… .”
Crying.
Nike vomited blood from his mouth.
Were there any other injuries besides being grazed by an arrow?
The situation is serious enough to vomit blood through the mouth.
“Nike, don’t say any more. Injuries get worse.”
When I try to support Nike.
Nike got up from his knees.
and then shout
“I am Nike Mokey Mokey of Rashgard Forest. And, my other name is… . Another name my father gave me… .”
Nike frowned as if in great agony.
He munched his bloody lips as if he was holding something he couldn’t spit out.
Finally, he said it like vomiting.
“I am, my name is Nike Wildrose! The daughter of my father, the Duke of Sardic, who was killed by Count de Winter in this mansion, and the avenger of the flame that melts winter!”