Chapter 44

Chapter 44

… Returning to the Lord’s residence, Yeriel took out her childhood diary.

Covered in dust and stored in an old drawer, it contained memories from a long time ago.

─I didn’t get scolded when I ate breakfast today, so my brother talked to me. I was happy the entire day because of that.

—I dropped my knife while eating dinner. My brother looked at me as if I were pathetic, which made me feel sad. It was my fault. Now, even if my brother doesn’t scold me, I have to make sure I can do better on my own.

─I will try to do tomorrow what I couldn’t do today. I have to work hard.

—My brother doesn’t like it when I cry, but I did anyway when I shouldn’t. Why couldn’t I hold it back…

“… Idiot.”

She closed her diary as she could no longer bear reading it.

‘Why was I so weak at that time? Why the hell did I act like an idiot?’

Yeriel sighed and looked at the gloves on the corner of the desk. It was a luxury item that Deculein gave as a gift.

“Gift, my ass.”

Yeriel swore.

She couldn’t even remember the past when she longed for love. The child whose world was shaken by his every word was already dead.

All that was left was the pain she wanted to forget.

“I won’t be deceived, you idiot.”

Yeriel grabbed his gift and tried to throw it away.

“… Damn it.”

But she couldn’t bring herself to move her arms.

It was the first present she received in her life, as she had never even received a ‘happy birthday.’

Yeriel put the gloves in her drawer.

“I just don’t have to use it anyway.” She mumbled and nodded.

* * *

9 PM.

People gathered in the forest behind [Hadekain Romance]. The first activity in their three days and two nights of stay here was to watch magic fireworks.

Along with powerful cheers, twinkling magic rays soared into the sky.

Fizz- Hiss- Boom-!

They exploded in the air and beautifully embroidered the darkness of the night.

“Wow…”

“So beautiful…”

The place was filled with pure exclamations. The three children of the archipelago—Carlos, Leo, and Lia—were among the large crowd watching the fireworks.