87 – 087 – We’re at the corner of the world #1
087 – We are the corner of the world #1
at a time you never thought of.
Someone I hadn’t thought of at all appeared.
It was Cain who emerged from the darkness.
Cain Arklight.
Duke of the Arkwright family.
“Victor, you can’t even notice that I’m close to you. You seem to have lost your senses after living on Ludens Island for a long time.”
He banged the wand with the handle bent like a question mark on the floor.
Awed by the sound, I slowly opened my mouth and asked.
“Cain, your arrival must have been on the weekend?”
“Do you think that some kind of rule can bind me? I was also a student on this island once. You know the secret entry route.”
“… … .”
Yes, he is a person who is not strange no matter where and when he appears.
Seruk.
clap.
I put my hand on the sword while holding Enio in my arms.
“Are you going to fight me? Your chances of winning are infinitely close to zero, Victor.”
“But not really zero. I know the difference now.”
‘0’ and ‘something like 0’ are completely different.
I felt it during manao ring not too long ago.
Also, if there is a 0.1% chance, it can be pierced somehow.
How many times have I actually pierced the reinforcement with a 0.1% probability?
I even know Cain’s weak points.
If that’s the case, the odds will rise by at least 5%.
5%.
This is a really, really high number.
But Cain smirked and snorted.
“Looking at that arrogant attitude, my left eye hurts. You and your father, who took half the world from me, look just like you. That talent is not even half.”
“… … .”
“But your son. Some of the sons’ sons may surpass that talent. Although she has no talent for swordsmanship, Victoria has strong blood, so she will give birth to a great son.”
“Is the news late? Victoria and I broke up.”
“Yes, the woman in the chair should have been my daughter, not Blackstar’s bitch. – to quietly marry a man and give birth to a child. My daughter can’t even do such a simple thing.”
The Cain I know is a man who never jokes.
If Viktor was like hard, dull steel, this man was cold ice.
Such an icy man criticized his daughter Victoria.
It was a voice that didn’t sound like love at all.
at there.
For a combination of reasons, I was a little upset.
“Cain, Victorica is not your instrument.”
“No, Victoria is a tool.”
Cain raised his staff and pointed it at me towards the end.
“You and me too. We are all tools. It’s a word of fate. It is a doll. is a slave It’s foolish that I spent close to two years in this Ludens and still didn’t realize it.”
“… … .”
“But I know how to break the ropes hanging from our shoulders. So I’ll forgive you, the young bitch. Bow down to me now, Victor.”
“What if I lower my head?”
“Don’t turn a blind eye to everything up until now. give birth to a son Then you will be able to live peacefully for the rest of your life under the protection of the Duke of Arcwright.”
“You mean you don’t have to pay the debt?”
“Debt. There will be nothing but dazzling light in front of you.”
From Debt to Light.
What a life I’ve been dreaming of
The Duke’s family is rich.
As I explained, even on the mainland, the family was so large that it would be embarrassing to have two of them.
It would be wonderful to live as a son-in-law in a place like that.
Eating expensive meat at every meal, drinking wine that is hard to remember in the evening, and going to the beach in summer and to a warm villa with a bonfire in winter.
That was the only healing life I could think of.
Is it because of a lack of imagination or a lack of experience?
it could be both
Of course my answer is this.
“refuse.”
A clicking sound is heard.
“A man with no tips. You mean to buy and suffer.”
“Yes, I have no knack, no tact. All I can do is ignorantly kick it. But I only follow the rules I set.”
without help from others.
I decided to pursue my own happiness.
it doesn’t make any sense otherwise
“You, Kain, and Arclight are only stumbling blocks in my future. So go away.”
“… … .”
Cain silently touched the handle of his staff.
Seeing that the handle part was lifted up like a sureung, it appeared to be a cane-shaped sword.
If I fight Cain like this, I might die.
But I had no regrets.
I felt that if I bowed my head to him like this, I would live a worse life than dying.
It doesn’t matter if I become a procrastinating mid-boss or if the Arclight family perishes in the future.
I just didn’t want to bow my head in front of someone who was arrogant.
“A corner guy.”
Fortunately or unfortunately, Cain turned his head.
“If you live like that, the world will beat you.”
Then it slowly disappeared into the darkness.
The tingling sensation in the back of my neck and the tension that seemed to tighten my chest disappeared. But after that, it stayed still for about 5 minutes.
“… … .”
did you really go?
did you go
Only then was I able to breathe.
The bluff worked.
* * *
taxi.
Give people a ride and get paid.
lecca.
He pulls the car and gets paid according to the distance.
Then, how much compensation should I receive for carrying the Princess of Black Star?
I think I walked on my back for 20 minutes.
slowly getting hot
I don’t know if the sweat on my back is mine or Enio’s.
“So how long are you going to pretend to sleep?”
“What, did you know?”
“From the middle, the sound of my breathing changed. Then, come down slowly.”
“Ah, why, I had fun blowing on Viktor-kun’s nape.”
“So I want you to come down.”
It’s hot because of your breath.
“tooth.”
For some reason, I put the grunting Enio down on the floor.
Stepping into his shoes on the flat stone floor, Enio brushed off the wrinkles on his front and skirt with the palm of his hand.
“Victor-kun’s back was warmer than I thought.”
“You are heavier than I thought.”
Enio’s body is quite slim.
However, it weighed a little more than it looked.
At my honest evaluation, Enio frowned.
“… Did Victor-kun always regret a word?”
“yes?”
“Still, I might have been a little cool before. To shout so loudly in front of the Duke of Arcwright.”
what, did you hear that?
“Since when have you been awake?”
“Well… ? Since when… ?”
Enio laughed like a balloon blowing out the wind.
weird laugh.
It’s hard to predict when this happened.
In my personal opinion, Enio was a more difficult opponent than Cain.
I mean, he’s never someone to look at.
Enio said.
“To refuse the Duke of Arcwright’s proposal so coldly. There is only one person in the world who can do that, Viktor-kun.”
“I don’t think so.”
“No, definitely yes. Well, it’s a story about a middle-aged man who refuses my pretty and beautiful proposal, right?”
“You say that you are pretty and beautiful with your own mouth.”
“Why, isn’t that a lie?”
“It’s not a lie.”
At my honest answer, Enio licked his lips slightly embarrassed.
“… Viktor-kun, sometimes you’re too good at adjusting the pace.”
Of course, I’m not really embarrassed, I’m just pretending.
“anyway. It was awesome. I will protect Enio-. Go away-! Did you say that?”
“No, I never said anything like that.”
“yes? I guess that’s what I heard. You tried to protect me in front of that sword castle. Isn’t that the same as what you said?”
“Think whatever you want.”
While he was saying that, he saw Enio’s luxurious and splendid dormitory.
Looking at the flashing lights, it is not known whether the dormitory students are grilling a barbecue outside.
If I go now, can I share a point with you?
However, Enio did not seem to be very interested in such things.
“It has already arrived. Actually, I thought it wouldn’t matter if I didn’t come back to the dorm today.”
“I have to go back to work.”
“Yes, Viktor-kun is a busy man. To think that she had to suffer even while rejecting the duke’s offer. What the hell is driving Viktor-kun in that direction?”
Seruk.
Enio’s hand touched my chest.
“What kind of experience have you been through? Can you tell me if I open it?”
“… … .”
It’s scary.
why open my heart
It’s creepy because he really thinks he’ll do it.
“Go back to your room. There, your henchmen are out to meet you.”
I returned Enio in moderation.
Enio is greeted by the three Enieris sisters who have come out of the dormitory before they know it.
“Victor, you! Taking Enio-sama with me until this late! Didn’t you do something strange to Enio-sama!?”
Megara was angry with me.
When I asked, “What’s strange?”, he blushed like red hair and shouted, “I don’t know, you fool!”
You seem like a strange guy- I just swallowed the words.
When you have three sisters, it’s annoying when they get into a fight.
“Then I go.”
So it was time to just take a light step.
“Victor.”
Enio called me.
“Do you have anything else to say?”
“What if the person I met today was my father instead of the Duke of Arcwright? Viktor, did you still speak without being afraid like you did today?”
Enio’s father?
Enio’s father is no less strange than Cain.
“It would have been.”
To my answer without hesitation, Enio lightly replied, “Yes, I see,” and then turned his head.
Soon the three Enieris sisters said, “My lady, your face is red.” “Enio-sama, after all, what did that strange guy do… I wondered if I could hear a loud voice, and then everyone quickly left.
Both Cain and Enio are just saying their own things and leaving.
Are all aristocrats and time rich people like that?
Thanks to that, I didn’t have time to say, ‘The thing that was held in my arms would have been kept the same by anyone other than you, Enio’.
I didn’t ask, so there’s no need to tell you.
Whatever.
survived the day
At the same time, it was quite humiliating.
Not being recognized even by the duke as an opponent.
How dare you treat me like a kid?
“Wait and see.”