Chapter 97 (1/2)

Chapter 97

The Reflections of a Man

It is those far off days that spring to mind when I close ether as a faed the company back then, the workers loved him, the business continued to expand, and as a child, I looked up to hiht he waswhen she scolded me, but otherwise, alore a soft smile and was a truly oman

And while we did have servants,father even behind the scenes As a child, seeing ave me a sense of pride and a sense of warht-eyed younger brother It was the first tier than me And for that reason, I swore in my heart to protect him

We were that sort of warentle days

The loss of them was truly unexpected

…They say that a person will understand the true value of soht

The things that we enjoyed and took for granted, how hard, in fact, were they to coed we had been

With these recollections, I turn remorseful… and wistful

That is how important those days were to me

Suddenly, I open my eyes

What enters my vision is the study

The room that I am presently in is the president’s… in other words, the room that my father had used; had thrown hio, there was a great deal more books and documents around, it had appeared to me as an awfully disorderly rooht that entered hts returned to htened my hands into fists

Finally, I’ve taken it back…

The loss of it all was truly sudden

On that day…father and e to the royal capital on account of some business

I did not think, nor could I have ever iined as I saw them off, that they would be involved in an accident and would cease to exist

I received the news that rieve, and I had to make preparations for the funeral and handle otherat the time, and it was Vuld Rankam, as the deputy head at the ti into me”

I had lost those I depended on, and in

And so I did everything as he instructed

“…There’s a little trouble at the Congloation to the for the house and live in hiding somewhere else for a time?”

And that is why …I accepted what he said, so unquestioningly

And so I left the house and began living in hiding in a rundown house located in a corner district of the royal capital

“I’ll come back for you one day”

He sent us off with those words and a scant sum of money, and there I and my brother lived for some time, in concealment

One week…teeks, and then a month

By the time three e, and I made my way to the market

And there I would realize, for the first time, that I had been fooled

“…I’m sorry, but who are you”

Those were the words he blandly uttered

“What are you saying…It is lomerate”

“…The for with the for…!”

“…Somebody!”

I had opened my mouth to say more, but Vuld had called so to be the former head’s son Throw him outside”

Is what he heartlessly said

“Stop…! Please, don’t do this…!”

Vuld offered a pitying look as I struggled wildly

And then he approached ht his lips to loht say, it will be in vain”

“…Wha…!”