95 – Time to leave

A week has passed since the academy went on vacation.

Winter covers the world with thicker cold,

Frost flowers in transparent colors bloom profusely on the bare branches of the trees.

The season has entered the season of clear snow that no one can deny.

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Just like that, the point at which the breath of the goddess of winter covers everything.

At the home of the Lisitt family, located in the right center of the empire, a strange atmosphere that was different from usual lingered faintly.

The reason was none other than Raiden, the crazy Prince who returned to his home a week ago.

ㅡDid you all hear? That the Bocchan has returned…?

ㅡThis guy is really… Did you know that now? It’s already been a week…

—-Joe, you might find out a little late…!! By the way, the kids in the main building must be having a hard time.

ㅡUmm… That’s what I’m talking about, I heard that the boy who returned… said it was a bit strange…

Raiden was famous for being a rogue who was corrupt even in the world, but within the head family of the Lisitt family, that level was even worse.

In the meantime, the people who suffered the most from Raiden’s misdeeds were the employees of the main house, so it could be said that it was natural.

Maybe that’s why, the stories about Raiden never ceased from the mouths of the servants staying in the mansion.

The mess he’s been doing in the past, the rumors about him that have been circulating lately, and even the things he’s been featured in the Academy newspaper…

Many kinds of stories came up and down the topic, but among them, there was one that was the most talked about.

that’s right…

ㅡBoryeon-nim… has changed?

—-That’s right…! It’s been more than a week since you came back, but I heard you’re confined to your room and staying quiet…

ㅡ I can’t even say it…

Raiden, it was a story that he had changed.

The story that he overturned the table during each meal, broke ornaments, and made a mess, but he became calm.

It came as a shock to the servants who remembered his appearance in his crazy days.

ㅡPerhaps he just received a probation order? There’s no way you can stay quiet…

—-I think so too… It’s a bit strange.

ㅡ How about asking the kids in the main building?

ㅡI wonder if they know anything more… So everyone was in a frenzy, why is the young master doing that all of a sudden?

He was put on probation, or he was badly injured… There have been numerous speculations about his changed attitude, but nothing has been clarified.

The only thing that can be known for sure is that Confucius has become quiet,

It was only the fact that he was currently confined to his room, not meeting anyone and living quietly.

—-Last time, Ariel and the exclusive maid went to the front of the room, but they sent them back without showing their faces…

—-If it’s an exclusive maid… Rachel, are you talking about that girl? Didn’t you always leave him by your side no matter what?

ㅡI wonder if something happened to the Bocchan…?

ㅡHmm… I’m a little worried…

Although Raiden had quite a bit of hatred among the servants due to his behavior during his time as an idiot.

Still, most of the servants in the mansion had been with him since childhood, so there was a strong atmosphere of concern for the sudden change.

ㅡNothing should have happened…

———That’s right.

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So, while the mansion is getting a little wet.

Stener Lissit, the head of the Duke of Lissitt’s family, was sitting in front of her desk, staring blankly at the papers.

“……”

Steiner, as always, kept his face expressionless and silently continued his paperwork.

A guest came in front of him.

ㅡ smart…

ㅡ…Gajunim, I came because you called.

A girl’s voice echoed outside the door.

Stener stopped the pen he was moving, and moved his gaze toward the door.

“Come in.”

ㅡ Kiki profit…..

The sound of the hinges of the door that resounded softly took away the silence that had settled in the workshop.

After that, through the crack in the open door, a girl sticks her head out.

“The Bocchan’s exclusive maid, Rachel. Meet the Duke.”

“Oh, yes. Sit in the front.”

Stener gets up and invites the girl to sit on the sofa.

He sat down on a chair in front of his desk and met the brown-haired girl’s eyes.

“You know why I called you.”

“……Bocchan, is it because of that?”

“okay.”

At Stener’s words, the girl’s face darkened slightly.

Seeing the girl’s reaction, Stener slightly bent his brows.

“I’ve already heard about the child through Gilbert. It wasn’t normal…”

“……”

“What the hell happened at the academy?”

The condition of Raiden that Gilbert had reported was clearly far from normal.

It’s like shutting yourself in your room, not eating properly and smoking emotional cigarettes all day.

As Stener remembered, Raiden was a jerk, but not a fiend.

“What made him like that?”

“……”

A brunette girl who is silent for a moment biting her lip.

The girl’s appearance convinced Steiner that something was wrong.

A few cracks are overlaid on his expressionless face.

“…Does it really hurt somewhere?”

“No, it’s not…”

“But not?”

“…A few weeks ago, there was an incident where you were hurt.”

The hesitant girl soon began to tell the story of what had happened over the past few weeks.

From the fact that Raiden risked his life to prevent the academy invasion,

After that, he was misunderstood by other children and driven out mentally.

And in the end, even the fact that he could not stand the anger and sadness caused by it and collapsed.

Stener kept his mouth shut and listened to the girl’s story in silence.

“…That’s why the young master has become like that now.”

“……”

After the girl’s story was over, a brief moment of silence lingered in the workshop.

It seems to be empty, but the silence is intricately intertwined.

What broke the silence was a small sound from Stener’s mouth.

“I don’t even know what I just heard…”

“……”

“You mean that child tried to die by hanging himself…?”

To Stener’s shocked muttering, Rachel silently nodded.

“….sh*t.”

“……”

Stener chewed on the swear words that had come out of his mind, and quietly rubbed his forehead.

The news that his son had attempted suicide was quite a shock for a father.

“Whoa… So, what exactly is Raiden’s condition right now?

“I do not know….”

“I don’t know, Rani?”

“Me and Ariel visit every day, but please don’t open the door… Even if the lady cries, she doesn’t answer once…”

“…It looks more serious than I thought.”

Even when I was acting foolishly in the past, I even pretended to listen to Ariel’s words…

Stener spit out for a moment with a complicated look on his face, then came to his senses and stood up.

“First of all, I will send an official letter of protest to the Dukes of Philo, Duchess Robben, and Baron Reinhardt.

“……”

“I’m asking you and Ariel… Originally, it’s what a father should do, but I’m a little clumsy at things like this…”

Stener cleared his troubled mind and asked the girl in front of him.

“Please, help the child come to his senses.”

“…..all right.”

ㅡkikki profit….

After that conversation, Rachel left the workshop.

She chewed her lips as she walked down the aisle with a dark expression on her face.

A slightly damp murmur flows through the void.

“I’m sorry, Duke… I can’t catch you, the young master…”

—-You won’t do that.

-Because you said you were always on my side.

—-You said that, Rachel.

The mournful voice of the boy, which has become a lingering sound, whispers in the girl’s ear.

ask yourself to let go

“Because I promised so…”

The girl wiped away the flowing tears and moved on.

In the place where she stood, only a few cold drops of water remained.

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ㅡClick, chiik…

A small spark flies into the darkened room and then disappears.

After that, the stick held in the hand burns small and emits a cloud of smoke.

I stared blankly at it, then quietly brought it to my mouth.

“Huh, whoa…”

How many cigarettes have you already smoked?

Now it was after countless sticks had passed through my hands.

Looking at the piles of ashes on the floor, I let out a breath.

What comes out of the mouth is smoke, and smoke, and smoke again.

Into my blurred vision, the calendar lying next to my bed caught my eye.

I got up, checking the date marked as today.

A small moan erupts from the faintly shivering headache.

“Okay… it’s already been a week…”

Perhaps it was because he spent every day in a state of intoxication and sleep, his sense of time was completely ruined.

I sat down on the bed, slightly surprised at the sudden passing of time.

“Did you just spend a week on sleep and boredom…”

It’s been a really healthy week.

I shook off the laughter that flowed out of me with Shimmacho’s smoke and looked around.

A ray of red light trickling through the darkened curtains indicated that the current time was around evening.

“Just one more cigarette… I’ll go back to sleep.”

I murmured as I picked up a pack of marijuana from under the bed.

There’s nothing to do while the status window is being restored anyway, and you won’t be left in this world anymore,

I thought that I should go to bed or sleep as much as I could for a given period of time.

ㅡClick, chiik…

When I was about to take the smoke that I had once more smoked into my mouth.

A small knock sounded from the closed door.

ㅡ smart…

—-It’s me, brother…

“……”

I stopped for a moment at the familiar voice that pierced my ears.

….Ariel.

It seems that she came to the door again today.