Chapter ss-9: Side Story 9
Chapter ss-9: Side Story 9
A sore face with fluffy eyes and cold sweat.
I have never seen Derick's face so desperate. So I felt a little weird.
No matter how much I hate him, no one felt happy to see him separated with his family.
At the same time, I understood a little bit why he looked so desperate when he saw me swept away in the festival.
"Brother!"
Then Leonard popped out from somewhere.
As Derek said, maybe he was hiding in a safe place by himself, but in his hand there was a necklace for his younger sister.
"Yvo¸ Yvonne?"
When he saw Derek remaining alone, he was puzzled, but soon he was angry because grasping the situation by looking his older brother's face.
"You idiot! What are you doing standing here? We should find her quickly!"
Leonard moved quickly and dragged Derick's arm.
Only then Derick come to his sense, and began to looking for Yvonne.
"Yvonne! Yvonne¸ where are you!"
They spent the whole night searching at nearby alleys to find Yvonne.
Even though the crowd gradually disappeared, and the lined up grocery store were closed, they still could not find a single Yvonne's hair.
"What should we do now?"
After seeing the reddish dawn, Leonard burst into tears.
"Okayit's all because of me. I didn't say anything about getting out of here and sneak out without
father permission."
I watched Leonard crying in tears with strange eyes.
"Don't cry¸ Leonard. Eckart isn't weak under any circumstances."
Despite being exhausted, Derick tried to comforted his younger brother like an adult.
"Let's just go back. If we bring the knights¸ we will find her soon." "Father will beat us to death"
While whining, Leonard followed his brother ahead. 'Do I have to follow them?'
It was when I was staring at them as they were moving away. Drrrttt~
The hand mirror in my hand suddenly vibrated, and a white light poured out. A group of light, straight ahead to the air, it seemed to point somewhere. 'HaThat's what I want.'
I sighed for the complexity.
It was a pity, but there was nothing I could do to even though its show the past. I came here to check if he's alive or not.
But to get out of here, I had no choice but to find Yvonne who dragged me. I walked along the direction that the light was gathered.
How long has it passed?
As I walked as the mirror led me, and reached at a dark alley where dawn was not yet reached. And there I found the pink hair that the Eckrat's brothers were looking for.
Grauk, Hraaauks.
Sitting crouching in the corner, the child was eating something hard. 'Yvonne'
As I approached her, I suddenly stopped with a sense of incompatibility. What was in front of Yvonne was not food, but a man.
"3o delicious¸ so tasty! This is it!"
Yvonne muttered as if she was insane, hanging on the neck of a man she didn't know.
Graauks. The more the bizarre chewing sounded, the large-sized man lying in front of her shriveled little by little.
On the other hand, Yvonne's little body began to bloom with an unknown energy. 'Crazy'
I had goose bumps, not knowing what it meant.
So while her brothers were searching for her, Yvonne was already possessed by Leila. 'Stop!'
I reached out my hand to stop Leila eating human like a madman, but I just passed through her. There was nothing I could do.
When she had finished her meal, she rose from the dead body which had dried up like a mummy.
"AAargh!"
And then. The child screamed as if she were playing a game, like it was a lie that she had just devoured it.
"This¸ what is this! Brother! Derick brother!"
Yvonne come to her senses. She burst into tears and began to look for her brother.
"Derick! Leonard! Is anybody there?"
I was surprised. Yvonne who was possessed by Leila, I never thought she would return to her senses. It was then.
"Noisy! No! No!"
Yvonne suddenly sat down on the ground and smashed his ears. I don't hear it, but it seems Leila whispered something.
"It hurts! I hate it! Brother! Father¸ it hurts me."
With his body bent as it was, the child sobbed in anguish. I just stared blankly at her.
I didn't feel good even though I knew it had already happened.
I blinked a few times for no reason because my vision seemed to be blurred. Then the scene was changed.
As time passed, Yvonne was a little older than before. However, she was like a beggar.
Yvonne walked around in a dark alleys without hesitation with a worn out clothes, and scattered hair to the point where the original shape could not be imagined.
There were humans who seemed to be insane with a bad heart, and often followed a child. But every time, the monster hiding inside her popped out and ate the humans terribly.
And then statisfied monster fell into a deep sleep.
Every time 'real' Yvonne managed to regain her consciousness.
When she found out what I had done while she didn't remember, she cried and shouted.
"Daddy! Brother! Reina!"
I clenched my teeth watched a child desperately search for her family.
I don't know why "mirror of truth" shows this to me, but it was so cruel to me to watch Yvonne's past helplessly.
As time passed, Leila's power grew stronger.
Now, it was rare for Yvonne to come to her senses even if she ate humans.
I closed and opened my eyes again and again because I was so tired while watching her. Traak, the scene changed.
What unfolded before me was the messy penelope laying down on the floor.
"Dear¸ Penelope. Come with me to the duke's mansion."
It was Duke's figure reaching out to her.
And not far away Yvonne standing on an alley watching the scene.
The young Penelope, who hesitated behind the mother's body, soon grasped the hands. Duke held Penelope in his arms.
"It's my father. "
Yvonne, who was looking at it, muttered in a small voice with confused look.
"It's my father"
Then she suddenly collapsed and grabbed her head.
"No! No!"
Leila sounded like she was talking about something again. I sat down next to Yvonne as I continued.
And then.
[You lost]
Srruurr. Like a noise in the wind, a chilling sound heared in my ear. "No¸ it's not! That's my dad! Father! Derick brother! Leonard brother!" Yvonne snapped and shouted wildly. I listened rigidly.
A very small whisper flowed into her ear in sync with Yvonne's sobbing.
[You're abandoned. You're abandoned. You're abandoned. You're abandoned. You're abandoned.
You're abandoned. You're abandoned.]
'Ah.'
It was a hoarse voice.
I could finally hear the whispers I heard from Yvonne all the time. [You're abandoned. Your father abandoned you like your brother.] Yvonne shook her head and resisted Leila's cursing whisper.
"No¸ no. That can't be true. My father said he loved me the most in the world."
[3tupid¸ still not sure ? Then why haven't you run into one of them so far? You've been in the capital all along. I mean they didn't even find you.]
"No. No"
[You can't tell from that? He left you and found his new daughter because you were bruised and useless. More beautiful¸ smart¸ new daughter! Penelope!]
"Hiks¸ hiks¸ hiks"
Yvonne, who was sobbing at the constant stream of violent words in his ears, began to gasp. Nevertheless, Leila did not stop. To annihilate a child's soul and spirit completely.
[Now the only princess of Eckart is Penelope¸ not you! Penelope Eckart! Her name is so pretty¸ hahaha! Hahaha! Hahaha! ]
"NoHiks¸ hiks"
I could feel the sound of Yvonne's breath, and Yvonne's life was stuck together in a thin way.
I couldn't stand it anymore. Even though I knew it wasn't working in anyway, I stretched out my arms to Yvonne.
"Don't listen."
My hand, which had been passed through countless times, held the child like a lie this time. Without amazement, I said it and holding Yvonne's ears tight with both hands.
"It's all a lie. Your father and your brothers never forget you."
Yvonne's body stopped at that moment, as she was cramping and breathing became quiet. At the same time. Hraak, traaak-!
The scenes in the surrounding alley began to crack like pieces of glass.
I accepted the situation more calmly than I thought because I had been through it once. The illusions that broke apart were crushed.
Finally only Yvonne and I were left in the black space. "You took everything away."
Sitting crouched, Yvonne looked up at me resentfully and snorted at me. "AndI'm trapped here."