6. Proof of Existence (42)
That same day, the girl woke up with intense pain.
It was as if ants were crawling through his veins. If it passed by biting through the body one by one with its pointed snout, it might have caused similar pain.
Kek, kek.
Dew was glistening on his open eyes. However, his dry vocal cords were unable to properly vomit even the sound of crying, and his body, fixed on the cold bed, only wriggled and could not move.
My vision was strange today.
I closed one eye, and the rest of my vision was blurred. It was not unusual for anyone else to scream in terror.
However, the girl’s face was surprisingly calm.
Oh, you are blind today.
It was just a mixture of resignation and despair.
Then, somewhere, the sound of footsteps was heard.
The girl’s downy hair stood on end, and her fear-filled gaze turned to the epicenter. The girl gasped and tried to get out of here somehow.
Of course, it was a futile attempt.
It was a girl who had been evaluated as being sickly. From the moment the limbs were tightly bound, resistance was futile.
Kkeuk, kkeuk.
Crying hits the throat and rises. I thought I wouldn’t be able to hear anything anymore because I didn’t take in food or water.
Why are only tears and moaning filled with moisture?
A man in a bizarre outfit appeared under the hazy lighting like fog.
It wasn’t just the outfit. His features were also distorted, as if he were looking at an unfinished sculpture.
Dark Priest Mitram.
He looked at the girl and wiped a tear from the eye right next to his nose.
“Oh, poor girl… It seems you are still new to pain.”
“Ha, hey ma… Oh my… … .”
Because all of her teeth had been pulled out not too long ago, all the pleas that flowed from the girl’s mouth converged into a leaky sound.
Despite the desperate voice, Mitram just shook his head.
“It can’t be. Because this is also a ‘contract’.”
“Me, me… I never did anything like that… … .”
“It has nothing to do with your doctor.”
Then, the man rummaged in my arms. What appeared there was a syringe containing a suspicious liquid.
The girl shuddered as if in a fit now. As if the brain, foreseeing the coming pain, was forcibly trying to lose consciousness.
It was a pitiful landscape.
Especially since all attempts are futile.
Pak, the syringe in the man’s hand pierced the girl’s carotid artery.
The strong hallucinogenic effect made the girl’s mouth gurgling and bubbling. However, Mitram only shed tears when he saw this.
“Ouch! aaagh! aaagh!”
“Poor girl… How can something so cruel happen?”
Drops of water trickled down from the screaming girl’s eyes. Prayers for salvation were recited in verse from the child’s mouth, whose mandibles and even breathing became rough.
“Ha, one… Save me… … !”
“There is no such thing as God.”
As if to pronounce a cruel punishment, Mitram became the judge and whispered.
“Then you wouldn’t have suffered like this. Still not sure? That there is no place for people like us who have been abandoned to lean on… Only ourselves!”
“no!”
Had he awakened in extreme pain?
An indistinct voice came out of the girl’s mouth. His bloodshot eyes were burning with an intense light.
“I, I am not abandoned!”
“Abandoned.”
“Hey, don’t lie!”
Is it hatred or wish?
Blue flames flickered in his golden eyes. The girl cried out with a feeling of vomiting blood.
“I, I was only entrusted with a moment… Mom and Dad did it. will come pick me up again! mom and dad… help me… … .”
Higgins and sobs overflow.
The sight of a girl weeping alone used to evoke sympathy. Mitram was no exception, and a long sigh leaked from his mouth.
A look of pity fell on the girl.
“… … If you have a hard time believing it, let me show you.”
And the man’s rough hand squeaked and crushed the girl’s finger.
She was a girl whose senses became extremely sensitive due to the drug she was administered. The pain exceeded the limit, and I felt like a white lightning bolt struck my brain, but soon my whole body trembled and convulsed.
The field of view shifts as if it is going over and over again.
It was a cozy and warm house. There were familiar faces there.
It’s bittersweet, but I can’t hide my sad face.
“Your name is Leah.”
“… … Lee, oh?”
“Yes, you are ‘Ria Percus’ from now on. our family.”
Suddenly, the girl woke up again with a scream.
The sound of his panting breath and half-closed eyes, but the astonishment that passed over his face could not be erased.
Are you dreaming?
It wasn’t. The girl’s parents did not look at her with such unfamiliar eyes.
To the girl who couldn’t understand why, Mitram recited the cruel truth.
“This is the sight the fake sent in your place is watching. The Percus family seems to have decided to give up on you.”
“Oh, what a lie… … .”
The girl cried and wanted to deny it, but each time she sighed and continued torturing Mitram.
The scene changes following a thunderclap of pain.
A girl enjoying a dinner with a shy expression.
“no… … .”
In front of her distant family, the girl seemed to be forever shy. Until I met a boy who trains by rolling on the ground in a clearing every night.
The boy, who introduced himself as ‘Little Brother’, stroked the girl’s hair with a clear smile.
The boy said with a kind smile.
‘I’ll protect you from now on.’
It was a word the girl had never heard before.
And, above all else, it was a sincere promise.
“no… … .”
bang, bang, bang.
For days, lightning strikes in my brain.
In the meantime, the girl was getting used to the arms of her family more and more.
Wearing clothes while putting on an awkward smile.
I watched the boy training in a daze, then held his hand and went to the back mountain to play.
There was a nice flower garden there.
The girl blushed and lowered her head as she put the flower ring the boy had made on her finger.
‘It suits you well, Leah.’
The boy smiled brighter than ever.
“No, no, no… … !”
Do not laugh.
don’t be happy
Do you feel family love? do you feel the friendship? How dare you, do you love me?
no no.
It couldn’t be.
because, because… … .
“Because I am ‘Lea’!”
It wasn’t even fake, I wanted to raise my voice several times and shout it out.
But the time goes by aimlessly.
Every time her body and mind became tattered, without fail, the girl’s world changed completely like a fantasy.
While the girl lost her smile as the days went by, the girl who looked like a girl laughed more.
The oil of resentment was poured through the cracks in his exhausted mind.
who to hate
Parents who abandoned me?
“As it should be.”
Mitram could be heard giggling and whispering.
With her body not even feeling the pain, the girl muttered blankly.
“And the fake one… … .”
“Why is that?”
While already knowing all the answers, the man rubbed his hands like a teacher waiting for a wonderful answer from his student.
It was a look full of anticipation.
The girl did not betray that expectation.
“… … Because it is mine.”
Light was born once again in the dead golden eyes.
The sound of gnashing of teeth resounded terrifyingly. Feeling her teeth grinding, the girl cried out in hatred.
“Mine, mine, mine! Everything has to be mine!”
That smile and family. And even my beloved brother!
Everything belonged to the girl. The resentment of the girl whose entire life was taken away was deep and thick.
It was at that time that the iron bunk to which the girl was bound was shaken.
Between the two blinded eyes, already burnt nerves, and the swollen body, jet-black liquid poured down.
Mitram burst into exclamation at this and fell to his knees.
“I have to get it back… … .”
“Finally, you are done.”
There was a boom, and the world was torn apart.
No, it was the bar that was restraining the girl that had been ripped off. The restraints and bed, which must have been made of steel, were terribly torn apart and rolled across the ground.
A sharp crash sounded like a scream.
Perhaps the scream the girl had endured would come out belatedly.
Mitram was now banging his head on the ground in tears.
“You vessel of greed… … !”
Regardless, the girl’s mind was filled with the thoughts of a certain man.
Ian Percus.
The only blood relative who did not abandon the girl, the only being who unreservedly showered her with love, even beyond fantasy.
I had to get him back first.
Only then will the girl be able to regain her life.
first love.
It was the end of childhood and the beginning of adolescence.
Even if it’s a distorted madness.
This is sad…