154 – Shade
My body is in perfect condition.
After leaving her bedroom, the first thing Trixie encountered was the head of the maid who was dozing with her body leaning against the wall in her hallway.
She advises that Flan never go inside, but Trixie is so concerned, she says the maid endured standing close to a week.
And one more thing.
It wasn’t just the maid who was dozing against her wall. Louis and Becky also dozed off side by side and watched over them.
Trixie was just amazing. The fact that her own body was getting better as if she had washed it, and the mindset of being able to stay in place for a week because she was worried about someone.
And now, the four of them were walking slowly through the corridors of the mansion and talking.
“The former head of the family really liked the young lady.”
“….”
It is very awkward for Isaac to be called the ‘former’ family head. It was even more difficult to realize that she was the current head of the household.
“Rather than being simply nice, I think she wanted you to reach the limit of flame. As a result, she thought it worked….”
“I had no idea.”
“Anyway….”
The head maid nodded her head.
“Because the aged maids were strictly restrained. She also said that the lady said that one day she would stop hating him.”
As soon as she heard her words, Trixie let out a blank laugh.
I still hate my father. I hated him so much for passing on his powers and leaving.
“Um….”
Becky opened her mouth with a sneaky glance.
“Trixie, how did you feel? I mean the head of the household.”
Then Trixie’s eyes turned to the side of the hallway.
The portrait of Isaac was located there.
It was drawn quite similarly, but his blue eyes could not be expressed well with only paint.
“I was always strict. Her mother never returned to her mansion, so she waited every day for her mother to come back.”
It’s not a lie.
Trixie thought that Isaac was a very angry person and that he truly hated her.
He couldn’t help but think so.
He was sensitive because he was working on something every day, and if Trixie made the slightest mistake, he would whip out the cane. And every day, he summoned famous wizards to the mansion and held meetings until late at night.
A day in my childhood passed like that.
Isaac once quietly called Trixie to his room. That was the first time I saw him drunk.
Even the flame family Fritz doesn’t welcome it. It was a day when the rain poured down like a hole in the sky.
The lightning struck so hard that he couldn’t hear properly, but Isaac put his hand on Trixie’s shoulder and said.
─In the end, I couldn’t escape your mother’s shadow.”
Tricky didn’t know what emotion was mixed in that voice. Because I didn’t hear it well in the first place.
—No matter how hard I tried, no matter how much I achieved, no one noticed. People will eventually only remember your mother’s flame. I, too, have lived my whole life staring at fireworks.”
Perhaps he was weeping.
—Daughter.
He said to Trixie.
—Even you shouldn’t be covered by your mother’s shadow. As much as you must definitely jump over. How cruel it is to be trapped in this shade…. I wish you never knew
A story that little Trixie couldn’t understand at all.
Since then, Isaac has not shown any emotion.
The expression disappeared from his face, and the intonation disappeared from his tone. If he ordered Trixie from time to time, he would never tell her why.
One day her mother visited her mansion.
Mia von Fritz. I still remembered what her mother said after seeing the traces of her father’s efforts.
─What did you do to this? Difficult.
She definitely said that.
After finishing her thoughts, Trixie calmly opened her mouth.
“Dad is a stupid person.”
“….”
“She knew best for herself that she couldn’t jump over her mother’s flames, and she knew that, but she didn’t give up.”
Trixie’s eyes are still on Isaac’s portrait. The girl reached out and touched it.
My head is still full of questions.
Why did I struggle with my worries alone? Why didn’t I give up even though I knew it was impossible?
“I was a fool more than anyone else, but I guess I wanted to be a genius.”
Indeed, Isaac raised his daughter in the opposite way.
A person who strives for the impossible, Trixie tried to become a genius.
“… Trixie.”
Becky quietly took off her cone hat. Hug it as if it were a doll.
Becky wasn’t the only one thinking about what to say. Both the head maid and Louise were just putting on solemn expressions, as if they didn’t know what to say.
It was Becky who broke the silence first.
“By the way….”
Becky continues very carefully.
“Could there be a better way? It’s not like I’m going to be anything, but it’s just because I’m so sorry.”
“The difference between magic and unique ability.”
Lewis answered cautiously.
“They say that it is possible to simply pass on a unique ability that has reached its peak, but magic is only possible through life. There is no other way.”
As always, the reality was too cruel.
The story of Isaac lovingly tutoring Trixie and turning her into a genius, or the story of easily handing over her powers while preserving her life….
As expected, it didn’t exist.
“I hate it.”
Trixie bit her lip.
“Dad didn’t believe me. I thought that I could never surpass my mother unless I inherited these things. Whoever wants….”
But I couldn’t bear to continue the next words.
I wonder if it would have been so desperate.
How many times have you suffered from a sense of defeat and inferiority before your emotions have worn out and dulled? How hard she must have tried to prevent Trixie from going through something similar.
Silence fell again, Becky fiddling with her cone hat, and he said something.
“Still, he is a good person. I don’t know who my parents are, so I don’t know…. Ugh, I don’t know what to say to be rude or comforting….”
“I’m not a good person.”
Trixie cut it off. There were so many thoughts in the girl’s eyes.
“I told you. My dad is an idiot, so I hate him. He’s irresponsible He is incompetent.”
“… Trixie.”
“I don’t know if it’s good for others to see. I am not. I know who wants this. What I wished for….”
Trixie didn’t speak anymore. No, i couldn’t
I just turned away from the portrait of Isaac. Since they couldn’t even fathom the person’s feelings, those around them kept their seats silently.
At some point, Becky opened her mouth.
“Oh, Trixie. Come to think of it, flan….”
“It would be better not to talk about that.”
But the head maid hurriedly interrupted Becky. But Trixie had already heard of the name Flan, and he cared.
Coming to think of it, the trivia in the bedroom belonged to Plan. I haven’t opened it yet, but I checked the note. That note to come to the tombstone.
“What are you talking about?”
Trixie asked, but no answer came back.
“What are you talking about?”
“That….”
Trixie urged her, so the head maid couldn’t stop her. Finally, Becky carefully opened her mouth.
“Flan said that this is nothing, and when you wake up, he told me to come to the tombstone…” .”
Everyone looked at Trixie because of the rather shocking story. But Trixie only asked once more.
“Didn’t you say anything else?”
Becky swallowed dryly.
“I don’t know if I can tell you this….”
“It’s okay. You can tell me.”
“Yes.”
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Becky gave him a shallow nod.
“Don’t have regrets. A wizard must never get lost under any circumstances. And emotions always lead us astray….”
Becky hurriedly shook his hand and added his words.
“Oh no! But I don’t think Plan is saying that with bad intentions. You know Flan’s personality, right?”
“Where is Plan now?”
Trixie asked just that.
“That…. It should be near the tombstone. It’s been a week.”
“Near a tombstone?”
“Yes. I don’t eat, I don’t sleep.”
“….”
Trixie’s eyes narrowed.
What on earth was she thinking, spending a week near the tombstone, and why did she leave a note telling her to come there? It seemed she should check it out.
“Okay.”
Leaving the rest behind, Trixie took her steps.
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At dawn.
The exact time period I saw in my dream.
Trixie arrived in front of the tombstone. In the center of a very quiet space, a man stood quietly.
“Are you here?”
He just muttered that.
… Finally, Trixie faced Flan.