207 – 207 – A Nail Named You #8
207 – A Nail Named You #8
Although Balak, Duke of the Black Star, was rumored to be a ruthless and cruel man.
His daughter was the only person he cared about.
A man who would do anything for his daughter, that was Balak.
But.
In fact, the daughter hated her father, Balak.
“Why should I ask my father such a favor?”
Enio is always relaxed, but when the story of his father comes out, he gets a little emotional.
Some of the people sitting in the cafe glanced at Enio’s face at the voice that was more angrier than expected, then turned their eyes away.
I asked again, paying attention to everyone’s gaze.
“If you stay like this, you will get caught up in this and that. In the future, there may be no time for leisurely club activities.”
“Huh… .”
“If it is difficult to ask your father, just make room for him. Me and Nike will do the rest.”
“… … .”
through.
Enio opened her slender eyes.
Then he looked back and forth between me and Nike, and finally replied lightly, “Okay.”
However, on the other hand, he made his expression cool somewhere as if he was disappointed.
“I thought Viktor-kun wouldn’t ask me like this. I’m a little disappointed. After all, I was just the daughter of a duke to Viktor-kun, right?”
Is that how you feel?
Well, I didn’t open my hand to Enio for some reason.
Because I thought it would all be ‘debt’.
Enio seemed to be subtly thinking highly of me.
In the end, it was inevitable that he would be disappointed to ask Enio’s blood relation like this.
“Well, it wouldn’t be bad if I thought of making a debt to Viktor-kun. I was always on an equal footing with Viktor, so it was fun and good. If that’s the case, that’s all over.”
Squeak, squeak.
Enio twirled her long hair with her fingers.
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Just like Enio said, we had no debt to each other and were on an equal footing.
However, if I bow my head to Enio here, the relationship between Enio and I will have no choice but to become A and B.
“Is the stiff head up until now purely due to eccentricity? After losing the quirk, is it like this after all… .”
Saying that, Enio let out a small sigh somewhere, and Nike slapped the table with the palm of his hand, as if rather irritated.
“Uh, you can’t say that… !”
“yes?”
“Victor, it’s not because of himself right now. I’m bowing my head to you Enio because of other people… !”
“… … .”
“To be able to bend one’s pride and bow one’s head for the sake of others. This is greater than holding your head stiff at any time!”
Nike seemed more angry than he thought.
Originally, he wouldn’t have shouted loudly at Enio, but now Nike blushed and clenched his fists, and was terribly indignant.
Enio seemed a little taken aback by this surprise.
“What, what, suddenly.”
But somehow, with a curious and interested face, he opened his slender eyes and laughed with a long voice.
“You’ll see that when you see it. Ok, fine. I’ll try to contact my father, but I’m not sure if my father will be able to intervene in this.”
“It’s a deal.”
“yes? What did you just say, Viktor-kun?”
“This is a fair deal. Enio. You may consider it a debt, but I can pay the price for this job.”
I said to Enio.
This is a transaction, not a debt.
Although we are asking Enio.
That said, I wanted you to know for sure that we didn’t go under Enio’s command.
A smart Enio would understand.
“yes? That’s really what I’m looking forward to. Just in time, there was something I wanted to ask Viktor-kun. great? Then it’s called a deal.”
Enio agreed more readily than he thought.
Actually, even if he didn’t give permission, I had a route to contact Balak on my own.
only.
He asked for understanding because he did not know what he would say later if he found out that Enio had contacted the Blackstar family without him.
“Tisiphone, are you there?”
match-.
As Enio clapped, something fell from the ceiling.
The girl is Tisiphone, a girl with impressive red bobbed hair.
“Did you call, lady?”
“Nothing else. I want to contact my father. Do you have a scroll of the codex you have?”
“There are, but… . Lady, it’s better not to act hastily on this matter… .”
“Why. I think this will be more fun.”
“… … .”
Tisiphone looked at us in silence, then closed her eyes.
“I will send a letter to the Winter Castle.”
* * *
“What is it, Tisiphone?”
After the lunch I met and traded with Enio.
Tisiphone came to see me in the club room.
“you. Don’t involve the young lady in useless matters.”
I’m just hearing one thing.
“… you. I don’t know how you think of the lady. He is someone you shouldn’t approach or talk to.”
“I know.”
“You know?”
“I know very well why you guys are so nervous about Enio. It must be because of the darkness inside Enio.”
At my words, Tisiphone’s expression darkened greatly.
And then he mumbles softly.
“Dark Dimension… .”
No, that’s not the name that dwells inside Enio.
If it’s similar, it’s similar, but there seems to be a misunderstanding.
Of course, I didn’t have enough time to clear up the misunderstanding.
So I decided to get straight to the point.
“Did you hear from Balak?”
“Call me duke, commoner.”
“Okay, have you contacted me anyway?”
“yes.”
Tisiphone rummaged in my arms as if she had no choice but to hate me. What comes out of Tisiphone’s hand is a rolled up scroll.
“you. Don’t forget that we are always watching.”
The guy handed me the scroll, threatened me once, and then quickly disappeared.
All I have left now is me.
Is that why this scroll is Balak’s answer?
It was when I gently untied the string that bound the scroll to see what might be written on it.
Palak.
The scroll, which unfolded by itself, stretched out on the floor.
What is written on the white paper seems to be closer to a kind of drawing or arithmetic rather than letters.
“what.”
when I’m looking at it carefully.
The letters began to move slowly.
To be more precise, should I say that what could be called the food that made up the scroll was wriggling?
No, looking closely, it wasn’t prey.
this is the shadow
Squeak.
The shadow soon increased in size and took on a shape similar to that of a human.
His eyes, nose and mouth were black, but I could make out who he was.
“Balak.”
– A child.
“It’s Victor.”
– Yes, Viktor kid. How dare you send me a letter first. It looks like you forgot the fountain because you talked lightly last time.
“It’s a deal.”
– A transaction?
“Soon, an interrogation will be held in Ludens to condemn Cain and the Arkwright family. Ballack, I wish you would put it off for a few days.”
-… … .
Balak was speechless.
I wondered if there was a problem with this strange contact system, but if you look closely, it seems to be silent.
-Why me? If left alone, the Arclight guys will destroy themselves. Little Viktor, you don’t know, but they and I are enemies. old enemy.
“yes. But if you don’t catch the flames in the beginning, they will soon consume you as well.”
-… … .
“Picking the Arkwright family in Seonghwangcheong was because it was approaching a taboo. The same reason why you want to pursue Nike, the daughter of the Wild Rose.”
Originally, I was supposed to talk with Nike.
I just have to tell myself that this happened.
“Winter castles are not safe. No, Seonghwangcheong will definitely target you next time. At that time, there will be no one left who can help you.”
-We don’t need anyone’s help. And, we’re not doing anything worthy of criticism from the church and the Holy Office, kids.
“Yes, but Enio is different. The thing inside Enio. It’s coveted by heretics of the Church of Creation and by the Seonghwangcheong.”
-You… .
“I must have been hiding it well until now. think it’s great However, Enio’s body also reaches its limits someday. What was piled up inside is bound to explode.”
I was sure
That Enio’s secret would one day be found out by everyone.
It seems that he is resting on relatively peaceful days now.
It was none other than Enio Blackstar who would be most affected by the chaos caused by the Cain and Arclight families fighting fiercely with the Seonghwangcheong.
What dwells inside him loves discord.
i like the dark
I hate being bored.
“But I will protect Enio so that he never falls into their hands. And I can pull out the very source of what you are worrying about.”
-… How far do you know
“Most everything.”
I answered quite seriously.
most everything.
That’s not a lie.
Of course, I didn’t know what I didn’t know.
For example, something like this.
“Before that, I want to ask you something. There is one place where most problems end up. the rose war What the hell was going on in the Flower City that day?”
At the same time as my question, a small silence fell in the club room.
A sticky, cool silence.
The first to speak was Balak’s shadow.
– You broke the rules.
“rule?”
– Wild Rose’s Sardich was working on something that would never be possible. But contrary to what everyone thought was impossible, he succeeded.
“Is it gold?”
– Yes. But I can’t tell you more than this. Same goes for Cain. No matter how much you ask, they won’t answer. Because we made that promise. It should be.
“… … .”
– But. don’t do what you say You will also have to keep your promise. He said he would protect Enio no matter what.
“I thoroughly keep my debt terms and promises.”
– Try struggling, Viktor. So as not to be weighed down by the huge world.
* * *
“From the northern border, the army of the Black Star started marching toward Seonghwangcheong. Isn’t this a real war on the mainland?”
“Should I go back home? I’m worried that my parents are doing well… .”
Ludens is cluttered.
There were also many children who wanted to return to their hometowns before the vacation ended.
They must be worried about the situation on the mainland, which is changing like a catapult on fire.
It’s because Balak kept his promise to me.
He created a tense tension in the world by artificially encouraging military friction with Seonghwangcheong.
Eclair was delighted with that fact.
“I think the prosecution of Cain and the Arkwright family at Seonghwangcheong can be delayed a bit! Or it could just fizzle out like this!”
“is it.”
“No matter how strong Seonghwangcheong was, it wouldn’t have been easy to turn the two ducal families into enemies at the same time. I don’t know why Duke Blackstar suddenly came out like this… , lucky for us.”
“No, bad luck.”
“misfortune… ?”
In fact, it was just bad luck that this was happening.
How many people would fall and die if there was a real war?
Considering that even now many people, good and ordinary petit bourgeois, are trembling at the danger of war—
—When I think that it could be because of ‘me’, the bones all over my body ache.
So, it is good to release this tense state as quickly as possible.
“Eclair, Seonghwangcheong watching the situation. How long do you think?”
“Uh, huh? yeah… . Even inside Seonghwangcheong, there is a loud voice saying not to give in to external pressure. In particular, Department 12, which has a lot of interrogators, has a lot of resistance… .”
“Is it where Sister Therese is?”
“About a month at most… .”
it’s a month
It’s just about the rest of the vacation period.
“Eclair, keep an eye on the trend of Seonghwangcheong.”
I got up from my seat.
Eclair asks me as I try to go outside.
“Victor, what are you going to do?”
“There is one answer that can solve all these problems. I will find it.”
“There is such a convenient thing… ?”
“there is.”
The answer to everything in this world is hidden somewhere on this island.
“The Crown of the Wrong.”
One month from now, look for it.