90 – 090 – We are at the corner of the world #4
090 – We are the corner of the world #4
Cain Arklight.
He smelled the flowers enough to make him dizzy and recalled the past.
scent of his wife.
Something like the warmth of a wife.
My wife always smelled like flowers.
… No, it didn’t really come to mind.
The only thing I remember vividly is the fact that I was a woman who liked to take care of flowers.
-Look at this. The flowers are woven into a star shape. It’s the same as the Arclight family crest, right? Do you want to try it on your hair?
-It is useless. I don’t love you for doing that. Because you and I are just chess pieces of an arranged marriage.
– I know. However, taking care of flowers is not to be loved by flowers, is it? I just want to do it.
‘Thinking about it again, she was a dull and stupid woman.’
Cain hated his wife.
I also hated the stupid flower garden she made.
That’s why I didn’t like this place where the same decorations were spread out.
This dinner reminds me of her.
‘To bring out the wine that my wife liked.’
Cain found this place very profane.
When was the last time you felt so humiliated?
‘Looks like I’m going to get sick.’
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Johanna Arkwright.
If it wasn’t for that stupid woman, Rosé would have been by now by Cain’s side.
‘Rosé.’
Cain remembered the only thing he couldn’t get his hands on.
A woman who was as beautiful as a wild rose.
A woman who was very different from her wife, Johanna, who was compliant and weak in many ways.
‘Rosé Crimson… .’
Rosé chose a man who appeared out of nowhere rather than Cain, the eldest son of the duchy.
And lived miserably with him and died miserably.
‘why?’
Cain couldn’t understand.
Why did he go through such hardships?
That’s what Rose’s son was talking about.
“You will only get old after all,” he said.
‘Your hats are mocking me until the end.’
On the one hand, it was funny.
No matter what these guys say, he is a duke himself.
And these students are just kids with nothing but youth.
“Yes, you are flowers that haven’t bloomed yet. It can bloom in full bloom in the future. But do you know that I can crush you from seeing the light of day with a gesture of my hand?”
Cain took the staff in his hand.
It takes less than a second to slash everyone here.
But it didn’t.
If I did that, I would end up twisted in many ways.
‘I can’t kill Blackstar’s girl.’
Even though Duke Blackstar is stepping back from the front line and watching a lot.
It was clear that he would go on a rampage if his only child died.
Then Cain’s plan goes awry.
‘It’s a problem with Black Star because he loves his daughter too much.’
Being a daughter is a law that you have to let go and raise.
Also, even if he wasn’t Black Star’s girl, there was another reason why Cain couldn’t wield a sword.
Funny pink hair here.
“Mo, wash your neck and wait… ! Because I, I will press your nose flat… ! I’m Nike Mokey Mokey… ! Mokey Mokey… ! Memorize my name clearly… !”
It was funny how he spoke with his fur standing up like a frightened raccoon.
Is it this shape even if you squeeze out the courage?
But I thought I grew up to be an interesting person.
‘That night, I did well to save him.’
Nike.
He only kept it alive because it was a similar name to his own daughter.
‘Did the whim of that time create this place? How have you survived so far? I came here just in case, but I didn’t know it was actually that girl.’
“And this Arnoi also remembers… ! This Arnoi will one day become a director of the great NV… ! A director is higher than a duke… !”
“… … .”
Cain stopped thinking.
Then, all of a sudden, I laughed.
“under.”
It was a light laugh.
But I don’t know when I’ve laughed like this since my wife died.
Cain said.
“I am old, as you said. But now you are not enough to deal with me. All I have is the stroke of my youth. You guys don’t even deserve to be on the same stage as me.”
Cain calmed the anger that had risen.
It’s funny to show your sincerity to kids.
“So be careful. If you don’t cut my throat, the hateful guillotine of time will cut my throat first.”
No matter how much time you invest, you can’t even keep up with my toes—it was a provocation.
at the same time.
I hope that maybe.
It’s been 10 years since I was called the Sword Saint on the Hill of Stars.
Five years have passed since Duke Blackstar announced his retirement.
Was there ever an idiot in the world who would wholeheartedly declare war on himself?
My heart starts beating.
It feels like youth is back.
‘You’ve become an interesting guy while I couldn’t see you, Victor.’
Victor resembles himself.
Although not a drop of blood was mixed.
Is this what it means to be more like a son than a son?
If you don’t have a son-in-law, it feels good to adopt him.
‘But I will refuse. Because he is Rose’s son. And he’s his son.’
The left eye starts to tingle.
The face of the guy who stole half of Rosé and the world flickers from the guy in front of him.
‘I’ll take care of it this time, but there’s no next time, Victor. If you challenge me next time, then I will fight with all my might. without watching. with power. Take everything from me like that man.’
With that thought in mind, the duke rose from his seat.
“I ate well. I will make sure to pay the price for this.”
“Sir, senior… ? Wouldn’t this cause you to reconsider your investment? If their rudeness is the problem, I’ll prick my soul—”
“I will invest. Looks like there are still a lot of aspiring students at Ludens. Let’s nurture more of these students, Midas.”
* * *
“The Duke ran away… ! This fight is our restaurant’s victory… !”
Nike asked at Arnoi’s cry.
“Restaurants… ?”
“An alliance formed at a restaurant… ! That’s why it’s a restaurant… !”
At the brief explanation, Nike raised both hands in fists.
“oh… ! I see… ! We are all restaurants… !”
stop.
Because it’s called restaurants, it seems like we lost.
However, as Arnoi said, this fight was our victory.
Even though there was no sword fighting, our victory was right.
“Survived.”
The part where he survived intact even after provoking the duke was like that.
It wouldn’t be strange if an arm or a leg or, no, a head was blown off.
But the duke didn’t attack us.
It was really petty treatment.
Here I am sure
“The Duke’s arrogance is the same as what I know.”
Cain Arcwright’s fatal weakness is his own ‘arrogance’.
Why, there are enemies like that.
‘Why didn’t he use this strong technique in the first place? He would have won if he had used his special move from the beginning.”
Cain did just that.
How such arrogance eventually strangles one’s own neck.
Cain’s strategy seems to be the same as D&A.
“It is our victory.”
He gave me a shot and even figured out his weakness while showing his personality.
and survived
It was a perfect victory.
However, not everyone was happy with this situation.
Rebekah, who was watching us, stuck out her tongue.
“… You guys are more crazy than I thought!? You turned the duke into an enemy. It’s like turning a country into an enemy!”
“No, that’s wrong. He turned us into enemies.”
“What, what… .”
Rebekah was astonished at my aspirations.
“You were more insane than I thought. Well, if you were sane, you wouldn’t have broken off your engagement. Did I ever think of turning you into enemies?”
Yes, we are the ones who get in trouble if we turn them into enemies.
That kind of message must have given enough to people.
I won’t go anywhere and live without being ignored.
* * *
“In case you don’t know, I think it’d be a good idea to tell your father what happened today. I don’t know if I’ll come into conflict with the Arcwright family… . What if a war breaks out?”
Enio stretched out.
Although what he just said was serious and contained concern, his expression showed his anticipation as if he had just watched an interesting movie.
This is a face that wants a real war to break out.
scary guy.
“Then see you all tomorrow! Let’s meet alive!”
Nike waved her hands toward Enio and Arnoi.
Let’s meet alive.
“It’s like you’re going to die tonight.”
“Why, the duke could send an assassin to us… .”
“Duke Arcwright doesn’t send assassins.”
that’s the kind of personality
After I reassured Nike, “… But in case you don’t know,” he was afraid.
And then he finally slumps to the floor.
“what’s the matter?”
“Everyone, my legs are weak… . What happened today, I will probably never forget until the day I die.”
“It deserves it.”
To be honest, it wasn’t strange to pee in that situation.
Still, I wanted to praise Nike for enduring well.
“You managed to pull yourself together.”
“Like Viktor said, I don’t think I would have time to say anything if it wasn’t now… ! I really mustered up a lot of courage… ! I feel a little relieved now… !”
“That’s good.”
“Moreover, Viktor, you seem to be quite angry. I’ve never seen Viktor so angry.”
“I?”
Was I angry
Thinking about it now, I think it was.
It was a bit emotional.
In fact, I neither hated nor hated Cain.
You’re the one who has nothing to do with me.
However, Cain Arkwright’s attitude strangely reminded me of old memories.
That hard, clogged middle-aged impression.
“He resembles my father’s enemy.”
“Father’s enemy?”
“yes.”
My father died when I was in high school.
take on debt
I was trying to expose some corruption in the company.
However, he was framed, driven to the station, and attacked, and suddenly he was in debt.
“My father died of an illness.”
In addition to overwork to pay off the debt, this and that is a combination of illnesses.
They gave me the bottle, and they came to the funeral and told me.
-Your father framed me. apologize to me Then we can repay the debt. I’ll get you a job too.
Of course I refused.
I decided to inherit my father’s debt.
It was also the reason why I owed 200 million won at a young age.
Not bowing your head to anyone.
Never be servile, especially when doing the right thing.
That’s the legacy I inherited along with the debt.
“It just reminded me of the old days.”
Seeing Cain reminded me of those men.
Now that I think about it, they don’t look alike at all.
It just was.
Nike frowns slightly.
“Victor, you have a very bad personality. It’s bumpy.”
“is it?”
“But neither do I! The two of us are bumpy with each other, so it might be unexpectedly perfect… ?”
Nike showed me the palm of my hand.
“Maybe,” I said and slammed my palm on Nike’s.
when men come
At that time I was alone.
But now I am not alone.
My palms that met someone else’s were exceptionally tingling.
Somehow it was just funny.
So, lunch time the next day after time passed.
I decided to take a day off for lunch today, and when I was doing maintenance in the club room, Arnoy came in making a fuss.
“Victor is looking here… ! Yesterday’s events appeared in the newspaper… ! The duke also left an evaluation of our restaurant… !”
At Arnoy’s cry, I looked at the newspaper.
“Seungri’s Restaurant: It was delicious. However, pickles were not served despite the greasy menu selection. terrible sense. 2 out of 5 – Cain Arklight.”
“They said that the restaurant brought several boxes of pickles… ! Now, you don’t have to worry about pickles for several months… ! I saw a profit of about 20 million Renae… !”
is it real?
It’s nice to get 20 million René’s worth of pickles for free.
My face feels tingly as if I was hit by a blow.
Then someone knocked on the door.
“Victor.”
“What is it, Victoria?”
“I heard you declared war on the family head?”
Has the news already gone there?
Victoria’s expression looked quite complicated.
“Are you really going to fight the Arclight? Don’t you know how impossible this is?”
“Not necessarily. So you decide now.”
“… me?”
“Yes, you. How long will you be buried in the shadow of your family?”
“… Except for the name of Arclight, what do I have left?”
Why is he suddenly so insecure?
A key to the arclight root.
The key to dealing with the duke is, of course, Victoria.
As long as you don’t know what Luke is doing around here, Victoria, you should double your efforts.
It’s not easy to deal with Cain without you.
“… I.”
But Victoria hesitated terribly.
can’t you do it
“Victoria, do you have time after school today? Before that, let’s take a short walk in the park.”