113. Don’t peep into other people’s memories (6)
113. Don’t peek into other people’s memories (6)
Breakfast, unlike usual, started in a quiet atmosphere.
The warrior party seemed to be in a hurry to notice each other, and the food didn’t seem to go well.
Looking at that scene, I was able to be sure of one thing.
‘Something happened last night.’
In the process, Estiya made a mistake.
I did wrong to Luna, Hare, and Saten.
It would be better to see it that way.
As if the children’s gazes were unbearable, Estiya cried out while draining herself.
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“Stop staring! Let’s eat some food!”
All the children except for Luna responded to Estiya’s cry.
“… That’s different, Estiya.”
“I didn’t really look at it. You are too self-conscious.”
“This, profit-!!”
Pu-wook-
Estiya showed her anger by striking the meat with a fork.
Though the wrong person should be intimidated.
Estiya maintained a dignified appearance as if she hadn’t done anything wrong.
‘I don’t know whose fault it is… ‘
It would be good to hear everyone’s opinion.
Because even one unfair person shouldn’t come out.
Judgment carefully.
After the children finished their meal, he said as he put the utensils away in the kitchen.
“Luna, was breakfast okay?”
“… Yes, it was delicious.”
“You look like you left a lot out of the ordinary.”
“Everybody said they were on a diet.”
Luna muttered, desperately avoiding my eyes.
‘Diet… That’s a good excuse for liking to eat.’
One day, if someone you used to get along with suddenly avoids you, there are two reasons.
I did something wrong to that person.
That person did something wrong to me.
I don’t know which of the two is Luna.
She must have eaten too.
I guess I can slowly get to know you now.
“Luna.”
“Yes, yes?”
“Please tell everyone not to go to their rooms, but to gather in the dining room.”
“Why, why?”
“Shouldn’t we have a talk?”
Last night.
Why are they all gathered in my room?
Are you treating Estiya as a traitor?
“Oh, okay. Mister… “
Gulp-
Luna, with a grim expression on her face, nervously swallowed her saliva and moved towards her children.
I watched Luna closely.
‘Hmm… ‘
As expected.
When she saw her mood or expression.
Luna seemed closer to the latter.
***
Estiya is the center.
On either side are Luna, Hare, and Saten.
I’ve never been to court.
We gathered at a table in a restaurant for the judgment.
I cleared my voice and let out a thick, low-pitched voice.
“I think you know why you are here together. Will no one ask questions about this?”
“… “
No.
I continued talking.
“Last night. When i woke up You guys were in my room. I ask for confirmation, but the reason is to get my memories back, right?”
After I finished speaking, Estiya raised her hand.
“Yes, Estiya. To speak.”
“Your brother is right! We’re here to bring back brother’s memories! No, are we right… ?”
As Estiya said that, she looked at the other children.
Luna bowed her head at that gaze.
However, Hare and Saten kept their heads up.
It seemed like there was a difference of opinion.
‘… Shall I apply a little pressure at this point?’
I put more weight on my voice as I put my hand on the desk.
“I know most of the stories, so there is no point in lying. Then, I’ll ask you one more question. Estiya is treated as a traitor by you, right?
“I am not a traitor!”
“… That is how it is treated.”
Estiya is not a traitor but proudly asserts.
At that cry, Saten calmly raised her hand and said.
“Estiya is a traitor, mister.”
“Why?”
“Because you betrayed us.”
“Please elaborate a bit more.”
“Can I explain this in more detail?”
Saten took small cuts on her wrists and made four models of apples with her blood.
“Wow… gross… “
Estiya vomited in vain when she saw that.
Saten continued her explanation as if nothing had happened.
“At first, the four apples grown in the wild conspired together in one place. Let’s be buried in the same place, let’s grow together and become a wonderful apple tree. We were moving with the same meaning. But… “
Saten placed her finger on one of her apples.
The apple suddenly turned black and started to rot.
“One apple betrays another. I left for a farm where people raised them instead. For her own comfort, she broke her other apologetic promises. Uncle said it. Promises are important.”
Nodding-
Beside her, Hare nodded in sympathy with Saten’s words.
Promise not to lie to me.
Hare kept that promise pretty well.
I asked while looking into Saten’s dark eyes.
“So, Saten, what do you want to say?”
“We made a promise like an apology. A rotten apple that went the other way. That’s a traitor I think it deserves to be punished.”
“Hmm… “
It’s a punishment.
Saten compared an apple to a person and explained what had happened to the warrior party.
The story made sense and was persuasive.
However, there was only one drawback.
“Saten.”
“Yes, mister.”
“Don’t liken you to an apple, tell me everything you hide.”
Saten’s tone is originally straightforward.
However, if she has something to hide or something she doesn’t want to talk about.
A metaphor like this or twist the conversation itself.
It was a habit she noticed while taking her classes with Saten and staying with him.
“Tell me what you hide, Saten.”
“I was only telling the truth.”
“Didn’t you cleverly leave out the contents?”
“If you don’t believe me, ask Estiya. Is that okay?”
“Me, me?”
Estiya pointed at himself with his lost finger.
A trembling, embarrassed atmosphere.
I erased the thought of following Saten’s words in my head.
“No, I will hear the story directly from your mouth.”
“… Yes, sir, if you wish, so be it.”
“Well then, Hare.”
“Yes, yes!”
Hare raised her hand and she shouted confidently.
It looked like there was not even an inch of fault.
“Yes, Hare. Would you mind explaining why Estiya is a traitor?”
“Yes… ! I-I’ll explain… ! Trust me man… !”
Hare must have been happy that she had been asked, and she began her explanation in an excited voice.
She felt like she was at a concert.
“Ah, entering the old man’s memory… !”
“I saw the uncle’s teacher there… ! Looking for the key… !”
“I was happy to see the young man… !”
“I tried to erase the memory so that you can be happy… !”
… What?
Words that cannot be heard.
I stopped Hare from continuing to explain.
“It is difficult for me to lift the key alone… “
“Hare, wait.”
“Yes… ?”
“You tried to erase my memory. What do you mean?”
Hare blinked her eyes and tilted her head.
It seemed like a question as to why I was asking this question.
“That’s right… It’s for your happiness… “
“Erasing my memories for my own happiness?”
“Yes… If you erase the old man’s sad memories… Uncle can be happy because the memories of the past don’t come to mind… !”
After finishing her explanation, Hare seemed to ask for her praise.
He came up to me and put his head on it.
‘I can’t speak… ‘
Did you really think that action was the right thing to do?
I’m so dumbfounded that I’m not angry.
I feel rather depressed.
I said while removing the hare that was clinging to me for a while.
“Hare.”
“Yes… “
“Were your memories with your grandmother good or sad? Do you have a sad memory of living in that dump?”
“Oh no! Joe, what a good memory! As sad as it was, it was great to spend time with her grandmother!”
“I feel that way too.”
“Yes… ?”
“Although it ended sadly. When I look back, there are so many good memories.”
“Ah, ah… “
Hare let out a moan as if realizing it.
“I-I… Aina-ran, her older sister is the uncle… Damn, making it painful… Uh, to get rid of it… She tried to get rid of it for the sake of her uncle’s happiness… “
“I didn’t even want that.”
“… !!”
Let her realize that.
Hare immediately acted as an apology to me.
“I’m sorry… ! Mister… ! I-I was wrong… ! Now, I was mistaken and, oh, I almost hurt you… !”
Hare continued to apologize to me as she bent her back.
She apologizes and reflects on mistakes that came out of ignorance.
It is right to act so that next time you don’t do anything wrong.
However, the thing that upsets me the most is…
‘Does the other children see Aina as causing me pain? ‘
I don’t know exactly what kind of memories the warrior party saw.
However, to think that Aina from the past is causing me pain in the present.
That fact came to me a little painfully.
“… That’s why you said Estiya was a traitor.”
“Yes, yes… Estiya says she needs to get her memories back… Said she was a traitor… Whoa… It will… I’m guilty… Whoa… Burr, please don’t throw it away… “
Hare shed tears as if she thought I was going to punish her.
More than she showed a figure of reflection.
I had no intention of punishing Hare.
“… First of all, Estiya.”
“Huh?”
“Well done. When other kids say no. Do you think you are right and do what you do? You have grown a lot differently than before.”
“Hee, hee hee… “
Estiya blushed and let out a laugh as if he was embarrassed by the compliment.
Compared to the beginning, it was Estiya who had grown dramatically.
I turned my gaze to Luna, who had previously closed her mouth and said nothing.
“Luna.”
“Yes… “
Luna hung her head down and didn’t meet her eyes.
She seemed to realize from the beginning that she was wrong.
Even so, she continued to stick with her. It must be because she was greedy.
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“Know what is wrong and wrong. Wrong not knowing. The weight is completely different.”
Luna and Saten knew this was wrong.
A little different from Hare.
Originally, I should have punished them…
“Luna, Saten.”
“Yes… “
“Yes.”
“I won’t punish you.”
“… Yes?”
“What do you mean by that? If you do something wrong, you should be punished-“
I decided not to.
Is it because my memories are coming back and I feel closer to Aina now?
For some reason, I didn’t want to punish them.
I said as I got up and left the restaurant.
“I won’t punish you. Take care. Never mind.”
I wonder if it was a big shock that the other kids thought of Aina.
Her head hurts.
Her heart hurts too.
And.
“… You are too greedy.”
Today’s warrior party was disappointing.