Chapter 26 (2/2)

It’s already enough

I don’t want to think anymore No more

“I know I ruined your reputation at that ti to do Nevertheless, my father… no, I promise that if you trust me then I will repay that trust”

As I harden y, he speaks again, with a voice that see

“Can we… become friends?”

―The e deep inside me stopped my movement

“Friends”

I speak the ith a duaze

The words enterand sound don’t connect in my mind

He stood there, appearing to have no intention of clarifying his words

Really, what an absurdly straightforward person

Because he wants to believe, he believes

Because he wants to forgive, he forgives

Because, he wants to be friends

Like the mindset of a child

Really, such simple relationshi+ps only happen in stories; reality is lier

I’m not the kind of person that should be one of his friends

He’s on the list of characters who I should definitely not become friends with

The various ways I can reply with pass through my head as I think about what the best response is

I bring my cup of tea tolips

“So? I don’t have anything left to say”

“…I it’s the first time I’ve made a friend”

He was duhed uncontrollably

The alaret close to him, was unable to stop my heart

―In the future, I would regret ignoring this alarm

From there, every day was full of small joys

Marquis Harvester and Atlas visited occasionally, and we had many pointless conversations

Their presence healed ic was certainly stable

But finally, the return of spring brought with it a return to the defense

As I prepare to visit the King before returning to the battlefield, I am notified of a visitor

I enter the parlor in a good olden hair

I run to her and hug her while s my coppery hair with pale white hands

“Mother! It’s been a while Are you fine without that person?”

“Long tia I came by to say hello because I heard that you would be leaving for the war soon Because it was too shocking a story, he stayed behind”

Because I asked father to accompany mother’s medical treatment to keep his influence ae haven’t really been able to meet

If I were to visit, the eyes of society would change how they viewed my father

But, even though she’s sickly and in a position with strong overlap with ood care of me

I mean, she’s almost―

“Origa?”

“Seeing you, mother, makes me really happy”

“Oh? I thought you were all grown up, but I guess you’re still a child”

We continued to exchange banter, speaking of the things that happened to us over the last year

Theafter succession, that I asked Keika to escort me, and then met Marquis Harvester, and Atlas refused to dance, and now, he’s my friend

Rehed and we conversed for a while

And hearing stories about failedthe nobles, and funny experiences with foreign food, I felt a natural smile come to my face

Being able to enjoy talking with my mother like this, this is the first time

“This is the first ti so much fun”

“Mother?”

To meet my mother, this is the first time after a year

Her beauty is the saain

She toldthe role of fahter a hug

I don’t have words left; she was concerned about me even in this situation

Being worried about byin my previous life

So what?

Part offussed over like this, another pleased, and another wants to avoid giving her anything else to worry about And, thinking

One day,【I】want to do so for this person

“Because you’re constantly languishi+ng over things, I orried”

But, I’ve already made a friend, and she smiled and continued

While stroking my copper hair, she whispered in a thin voice

“I’uys can become happy”

So my mother said with a smile, and I was shaken

With a fleeting smile on her pale face, aware her time had come, she cast her eyes down

The funeral of my mother was carried out in the Imperial City

The King offered flowers, andher tomb with flowers

I’m sure she would love it

I’m sure that I was the only one who didn’t know, that my mother ell liked

Many peopletoo soon

Many people believed she was one of the most beautiful people while she was alive

Even the King, learning that his relative died, appeared a little thinner, as he stood with a pensive face

I merely looked silently, and played the role of chief mourner

People visited one by one, and the voices of those who shed tears passed by my ears, one by one

That all I can do for her is shed tears― it weighs heavily on my neck

And to tell the truth, I don’t remember much of the day of the funeral

But, I do remember a little

As I prayed to the grave ofwith his father

The letter he gavewords of consolation, was from my brother

Really, I don’t even knohy I re

When I don’t even remember what it said

Before I even realized it, I was burning it, and I was unable to read its contents

I think Father looked at it and said so?

I don’t remember

…I strongly feel that I didn’t want to remember, and so I didn’t remember

And my father disappeared to the border that day

I’m sure that this is a poor translation of these two lines, so if anyone has a better one please comment it

そう、私はギル様を助けようと思って――――だって、大好きだから。

そう、私には事情があって――――だって、生きて欲しいから。

TN Note: So, anybody else expect that? I didn’t expect it until I put the last section into google translate