NOVEL NEXT chapter 5
5. birthday (1)
After closing my eyes for a while, I headed to Arlott’s room.
It was to hand her a blindfold and head to the banquet hall together.
Sitting in a wheelchair waiting for me, she blankly peered at the blindfold in my hand.
“Blindfold? I’m going to eat… do you need this?”
“Yes, lady. I hope you do.”
“…!”
Her eyes, which had been looking at the other person with thin eyes, began to dream while slightly widening.
He seemed to know what day it was today.
“Shall I do it? if not-“
“I’ll do it.”
“Ah, I see.”
She took the cloth from my hand and covered her eyes.
Seeing that they are tied quite tightly, it seems that they are expecting a lot of surprise on their birthday.
“Let’s go.”
“yes.”
Grab the handle of the wheelchair behind her back.
Glancing at her from behind, the corner of her mouth was twitching as if it was hard to contain her joy.
‘Will I be able to see Arlott’s innocent appearance through this opportunity… ‘
With such expectations in mind, I let my imagination run wild.
The Grand Duke of the North probably had a big heart and prepared a great banquet.
He may have brought a doctor belonging to the imperial family, who had not been called even before.
He might have sought a treasure that would slow her down even a little.
I crossed the threshold with her, hoping for something to cheer her up, whatever it was.
With too light a step, unaware of fate’s ridicule.
“Ah..ah.”
“Um, why is that?”
“Ahh… ah… ”
“Are you expecting that? The Grand Duke of the North prepared this birthday with great care-”
“Kiyaaa!!!!!”
She fell out of the wheelchair, clutching her eyes.
It was a terrifying scream that was different from the screams I had heard in the morning.
Even when he let go of everything, Arlott always tried to hold back his voice.
The memory of her screaming at the top of her voice…
This was the first time since the lower half of my body was paralyzed.
As I thought about it, a cold sweat quickly ran down my spine.
“miss..! Are you okay? miss!”
I hurriedly put my hand on her shoulder and tried to lift her up.
I don’t know what’s going on, but it’s better to lie on a bed than on the floor.
I tried to raise Arlott with that thought, but-
-widely!
As soon as my hands touched her, she immediately cut them off.
I don’t know how he managed to exert such strength with his slender arms, but it was a clear expression of refusal.
It was the first time she had ever rejected me so strongly.
Before long, bloody tears flowed from the area around her eyelids covered by the blindfold.
Perhaps the blindfold was acting as pressure, so I hurriedly cleared it.
The eyes behind the blinds, like those of a frozen corpse, were looking upward without focus.
“My lady… are your eyes okay?”
“Ahh… not… ”
“My lady, why is that?”
“not… see… ”
My heart sank.
I knelt down and sat at eye level with Arlot.
She ignored my actions and frantically rubbed her eyes with her bloody fingers.
Those bloody eyes were still unable to focus, just staring straight ahead.
‘…Could it be today that I went blind?’
Appearing in the original story, she was paralyzed and blind from the time she entered school.
Since he had already lost both legs three years ago, it wouldn’t be strange if he went blind at any time.
But it… It’s my birthday to celebrate my 15th birthday.
what a joke of fate
I checked the blindfold again just in case, but no poison or magical action was found.
That she went blind today meant it was just a coincidence.
if there is a god
If there is such a thing as God in this world, it made me want to ask why he would do such a thing.
“Shu, Schmitz, are you there? My… in front of me, right?”
I wanted to call out to the outside in a hurry, but…
I couldn’t bear to leave Arlott who was stirring the air with trembling hands.
I grabbed her hands and brought them to my face.
“Yes, lady. I am here.”
“Schmitz, right? My head, my head hurts so much… My eyes are blind, I can’t see…”
“I’ll bring the councilor quickly…! so-“
“no!”
Arlott cut me off and screamed.
Then he shook his head like crazy.
It was the first time she had been seen like this.
‘Rationally, it’s right to call someone. but…’
“Don’t go anywhere… i’m so scared… ”
“But, lady, the blood is-”
“no… Please, please don’t go… ”
“…”
After thinking about it, I quietly hugged her.
With her hands around my neck, she trembled as if she would never let me go.
As the area of contact with her increased, her body instantly took away my body heat.
Would it feel like this if you carried the ice in your arms?
Once I laid her down on the bed.
The fresh blood that flowed from her eyes stained the pillow blood in an instant.
Normal blood should have at least some warmth.
But her blood-
‘…cold.’
It wasn’t just blood.
Her small arms wrapped around my neck as if telling me not to go.
All of her breath that she spit out along with her crying was damn cold.
what the hell was i waiting for
Even in the game, she was blind and her lower body was paralyzed.
Did he wait for her body to be ruined as if her illness was natural?
I didn’t dream of being possessed just to see something like this…
“Huh… Schmitz, ahead… ”
“it’s okay. I am here.”
“Ugh… ”
Minutes passed, waiting for Arlot to calm down.
Even after she screamed at the top of her voice, and even after a long time had passed, not a single attendant entered the room.
All the attendants except for me were summoned for a surprise, so it was probably natural.
If Arlott arrives late, the people in the banquet hall will feel strange and come to the room right away.
Until then… I’ll be sure to keep her by my side.
There can be no more terrifying experience than being left alone in a situation where you can’t see anything.
-Sueug
“…miss?”
In the situation where they sloppily hugged each other, it was her right hand that moved without warning.
Her hand, which had been fumbling around my body, reached for my waist.
At first I thought it might be because I couldn’t see anything.
But I was wrong.
Her fingers, groping over my body, were looking for something exactly.
My dagger for self-defense at my waist.
-visor!
“What?!”
“Leave this!”
Arlott brought the dagger to his throat in the blink of an eye.
Her thin arm without a single muscle moved desperately, and her reaction was delayed in many ways because her body was cooled by her body temperature.
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Just before the tip of the knife pierced her uvula, I could barely block her hand.
Drops of blood dripped from her neck as it was scraped by the sharp blade.
Both eyes widen at the spine-chilling scene.
If it’s a little late… Something unimaginable was about to happen.
The young lady and the butler, their bodies overlapped in bed.
In the meantime, the point of my sword was clearly pointed at her…
If anyone sees this situation, it will surely be a big deal.
I opened my mouth to calm her down, but it wasn’t as easy as I thought.
“Eh, what is this… What are you doing girl… !”
“…”
“Answer me! Please stop, Arlot!”
“… kill me.”
Her tone of voice and content that cannot be calm.
In an instant, her face came into view.
A face emaciated from a terrible disease, and a desperate expression crumpled without dignity.
What flows from her blood-stained eyes… It was a tear.
“Isn’t that enough…? I can’t walk, I can’t see. I hate this kind of life anymore…”
“Arlot…”
“You’re the only one I can ask for… please-“
“……..”
“me… kill me we… We’re friends, aren’t we?”
friend.
Her words brought back memories from when I was 8 years old.
[…] We only talk like this when it’s just the two of us, okay? It is also a secret from others.]
[Yes! After all, we are friends! Is not it?]
‘…I didn’t want to recall memories like this.’
I thought it would be nice if Arlott could regain his old self through this birthday party.
I wanted to be friends with her again.
Killing yourself as a friend… I didn’t want to be asked for something like that.
“please… please… please… Whoa… Shu, Mitsu… … ”
“……”
The dagger slipped helplessly from Arlot’s hand.
He must have used up all his strength in the recent commotion.
She wipes her eyes endlessly with both hands holding the knife.
A face stained with blood and tears contained an amount of pain that I could not dare to fathom.
I couldn’t bear to see Arlott like that, so I closed my eyes tightly.
‘…Can she really be happy if she dies?’
It was like a tangled ball of thread in my head.
I wish for the pure love ending between Erralde Arlot and Evan.
Wouldn’t that be a selfish heart for Arlott, who is tired of life?
Since I was born and have been patient with it since I was 15 years old, can I tell you to be patient with me for another 5 years?
If she can be happy with death… Should I free her from my life?
-Sueug
Leaving her crying like a child, I reached for the dagger.
Although it has a simple design, it is certainly sharp enough to be carried for self-defence.
Enough to pierce the carotid artery of a sickly emaciated patient.
The hand holding the dagger trembled incessantly.
I don’t know if it’s because I got cold because of her, or if it’s just because I’m nervous.
It was time to judge.
Should I listen to her request?
Should I postpone the request for future happiness?
The worry didn’t last long.
because…
-bang!
“What are you doing, Schmitz?”
It was because a gigantic, gigantic man broke through the door halfway and entered.
White hair resembling hers rose in response to her energy, and her bulging muscles wriggled as if they were about to protrude beyond her clothes.
Erral de Rocney, the father of Arlott and the Grand Duke of the North who single-handedly cultivated the barren land full of monsters, was glaring at me as if to tear me apart.
What I was hoping for happened.
With the daughter and servant overlapping each other, and the servant holding a dagger in his hand, they are rolling on a bloody sheet.
Seeing it through his eyes, of course it would be an eye-opening sight.
“If you don’t give a proper explanation, you will pay the price.”
As soon as he finished his words, the senses in his whole body rang an alarm bell with a small feeling.