229 – 229 – Summer. festival. Fireworks #4
229 – Summer. festival. Fireworks #4
Victoria didn’t quite understand the feeling of ‘wanting’ something.
It is said that those born into the Arkwright family are born with a spoon that shines like gold in their hands, so they have never lacked anything in their lives.
Before you feel the emotion of ‘I want to have it’, everything is already in your hands.
that was their world.
However, Victoria was acutely aware that the world was not always going in her favor these days.
What you really want doesn’t come easy.
Like a small fish in water, it slips through your fingers and hides in the huge rapids.
“I definitely told you not to go.”
Victoria was left alone in the club room, thinking about what had happened earlier.
The man, when he grabbed Viktor’s arm.
Viktorika sincerely hoped that Viktor would never leave her.
Although Nike overheard the story and seemed hurt.
Still, I thought it would be nice if you would be by my side when I was left alone.
It was greedy and cowardly.
However, the human heart did not work as well as I thought.
Even though I know it’s a bad heart.
Victoria thought that it would be nice if Victor took care of herself more than the wounded Nike.
“bad guy.”
But Victor left.
Leaving you alone in this vast and desolate room.
ㅡBee.
Although there was one queen bee.
It was night, so he was a quiet guy because he was only sleeping.
‘Is there anyone who keeps a queen bee as a pet in the first place?’
It must have been influenced by Nike Mokey Mokey.
Abandoning yourself to follow that Mokey Mokey.
‘No, I’m not abandoned.’
Even if it was Victoria who ran away instead of Nike, Victor would have followed.
Because he’s that kind of guy.
However, Victor, who was ‘fair’ to everyone, did not like Victoria.
I wish Victoria would only be kind to herself.
Victoria’s head.
It reminded me of the moment I talked to my blood relatives earlier.
‘Is this the curse of the Arklight family?’
The wish that Arklight humans who are born with everything truly desire.
Did you say that the curse of the Arkwright family would never make that wish come true?
To be honest, I didn’t believe everything Orca said, but looking at the current situation, it didn’t seem wrong.
It seems that Cain and Orca’s ridicule is coming from somewhere.
‘You are just like us.’
when you shake your head.
The door to the club room opens.
“What is it, Victor? Leave the person alone in the room.”
Victoria pretended to be nothing.
But no answer comes back.
That’s right, the one who opened the door and came in was not Victor, but pink-haired Nike.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Victoria and Nike met each other’s eyes.
In an instant, Victoria could recall the past.
long ago… Even though it was only a few months ago.
Until then, Nike was a passive and introverted guy to the point of being hesitant just by making eye contact with him.
That’s right, he’s one of the biggest celebrities in the school.
Because Nike Mokey Mokey was an outsider that few people even knew.
But.
The current Nike didn’t look frightened or intimidated at all, even in front of Victoria. Rather, it was good to see that it was overwhelming in some ways.
“What, do you have something to say? Stand like that.”
Victoria asked in order to overcome the feeling that her heart would shrink slightly.
I was even surprised at the blunt voice and way of speaking than I thought, but I didn’t dare to express it. Nike doesn’t seem to care too much.
said Nike.
“Yes, I have something to say. It’s a story I’ve been wanting to tell for a very long time. But until now, I couldn’t because I had been patient and patient.”
“yes?”
“Victoria. I envy you. You would have lived in an unenviable mansion. The ends of your nails and the tips of your hair are always neat.”
“What, all of a sudden. What are you talking about?”
“I bet you’ve never twisted a rope so that your fingertips are swollen just to eat a piece of dry bread. The coming of hot summer and the coming of cold winter must have been just the changing seasons for you.”
“… … .”
“I envy you. You have everything I didn’t have The things I lost because of you. You have everything.”
Nike was genuinely jealous of Victoria.
things you didn’t have.
Or, Victoria took for granted the things she could have but had been taken away by everyone, and didn’t seem to appreciate her life at all.
Nike honestly hated that fact.
Looking at the perfect Victorica or Enio as princesses, while longing for the ‘possibility’ that might have been her appearance, it seems that her shabby reality is becoming more difficult.
But.
“But, Victoria. I know it’s not your fault. So I won’t envy what you guys have anymore.”
“… … .”
“Even so, if you try to take away what I barely got right now, I can’t tolerate it. Victoria, you already have great friends and pretty clothes. Are you saying you want to have Viktor there as well?”
“What now—”
“You have both your life as a princess and the life of enjoying the changing seasons in a beautiful mansion. Because it couldn’t be mine in the first place. But I won’t give up the hope I barely grasped.”
Nike confided in a story she had been holding for a very long time.
I feel relieved.
At the same time, his face heated up.
But it couldn’t collapse here.
You can’t show weakness.
But.
I couldn’t help the tears I had been holding back.
When he faced the emotions he had been ignoring for a long time, hot tears began to pour out of Nike’s eyes like a bursting dam.
I finally cry out loud.
“I won’t give in… ! I can only see hope now… !”
“No what… .”
Seeing Nike’s appearance, Victoria was embarrassed.
For some reason, I felt like I had become a very bad villain.
“… Now, did I do something wrong?”
Victoria also had a lot of regrets.
Soon the door opens and Viktor enters.
“What is this? The two wanted to talk, so I thought I’d move away for a while. Why is Nike crying so much?”
Victor took care of Nike, who was crying like a child.
Then he asked as if blaming Victoria.
“Victoria, what did you say to Nike?”
Seeing that, Victoria also feels depressed.
“… What is it, it’s me who wants to cry right now? make people into perpetrators. You even cry on your own.”
“… I won’t yield! As far as this time… .”
It was Nike crying.
I thought it was a very unsightly figure, but on the other hand, Victoria was jealous of Nike.
He had never cried like that since he grew up under a strict father.
* * *
Nike said he had something to talk about with Victorica alone.
I wondered what the story was about, but my pride wouldn’t allow me to eavesdrop.
So I was just walking around outside asking for a walk or something, but I heard a loud sound. It was the sound of Nike crying.
When I opened the door and entered, Nike was already crying.
I cried sadly as if I had heard something from Victoria.
When everyone else receives Christmas presents, I don’t think even a child who didn’t receive a Christmas present wouldn’t cry like this.
“Victorica, in fact, you don’t have much left except for your family name… ! Excluding family names, there are only pretty faces, big breasts, magic skills, and smart hair… !”
What do you mean?
What kind of talk did you come up with like this?
“Nike, you were so excited. I’d like you to calm down a bit.”
I laid Nike down on the futon.
What is it? – Nike, who had been pouring out, soon fell asleep with a pleasant and even breathing sound.
Crying, getting angry, then sleeping.
He is truly honest about his feelings.
“… … .”
“… … .”
With Nike sleeping next to me, Victorica and I were silent.
Victoria didn’t show any signs of opening her mouth, so I decided to ask first.
“What did you two talk about?”
“… … .”
“I can’t believe you said something mean to Nike… .”
“what? Really funny. Rather, was it me who heard something? It’s me who wants to cry.”
Victoria was very hot.
Seeing her hair standing on end makes her look genuinely angry.
“It’s me who wants to cry, really… .”
Victoria hugs her knees tightly.
It seems difficult to control emotions.
“Victorica, I didn’t expect you to be so agitated even if it was Nike. What the hell were you talking about with Orca?”
“… … .”
You don’t want to talk too much
As I was estimating in my mind how long it would take for Victoria’s mouth to open, Victoria’s shoulders trembled slightly and said,
“A story about my mother.”
“If it’s your mother… .”
“Johanna Arkwright.”
Yeah, I remember it being that name.
I’ve never met him in the game or in real life.
“He died shortly after giving birth to me. When I was so young I don’t even remember.”
“is it.”
“Cain said he hated my mother. He must have thought that he would be able to marry the woman he likes even if he wasn’t a mother. That woman, it seems, is still stuck in my head.”
“What about that woman?”
“Rosé Crimson. He was an adventurer from commoners. Viktor, it must be a familiar name to you. That’s right, because you’re the mother who gave birth to you… .”
It wasn’t a very familiar name.
rather unfamiliar.
“Maybe the reason why I got engaged to you, Viktor, was because I projected myself. The one who couldn’t get what he really wanted… .”
“is it.”
“What was I after all? He has neither father’s love nor mother’s love. I just gave birth to a child while denying myself… , Was it such a part?”
Victoria seemed quite shocked that she was a child born without love.
Whatever the case may be, to Victoria, who has the sensitivity of an adolescent, the story she heard from her brother must have been destructive.
I asked.
“So, are you saying that Nike, my mother, and your father, Cain, are related? You told me I shouldn’t hang out with Nike.”
“that’s… .”
Victoria looked at Nike for a moment.
Peacefully – Sleeping Nike.
Looking at his face, he finally let out a small sigh and held out something to me.
It was crumpled paper.
“This… ?”
Victoria didn’t answer my question.
It means to open it and check it yourself.
Palak.
Unfold the worn out paper.
The first thing I saw was the pattern of Seonghwangcheong.
Is it a document prepared by the Seonghwangcheong?
「The Diary of the Sacrament of Endings
Priest in charge: Rufus the Great」
“The Last Sacrament?”