Chapter 26 (1/2)
Translator: Jawbrie
There was garbage in the garden.
It was a nice, sunny day. As there would be no lessons with Mariwa, I decided to invite Mishuli to go out to play in the garden. I had gone on ahead and just now arrived.
It had happened to catch my eye, and I was a little bewildered by it.
“Ah…”
I couldn’t stop myself from stretching out the sound as I stared at the garbage. I looked up towards the sky in an attempt to escape this reality, but it was not likely to erase the garbage from existence.
I once again returned my gaze to the problematic object.
And then, it moved.
Apparently, this piece of garbage was just not any garbage. As soon as it felt my gaze, it began to move. Judging by the way it stirred, it was probably raw garbage. I was sure of it.
“Gu…”
The garbage groaned. It sounded like it was in pain. I supposed that the pain was the reason that it had been squirming about until now.
“Da, damn. Who, who are you…!”
The piece of garbage had actually started to talk now.
Ah, no, I must stop trying to fool myself. It’s gone a little too far now. It is unbecoming of a lady to try and dismiss reality. I must face reality for what it really is. If I cannot accept reality than I cannot learn to deal with it.
There was a filthy garbage-like person in the Noir house’s garden.
The garbage, who was apparently a common boy, did have one thing in common with me.
We both had black hair and eyes. We also seemed to be the same age. And while I did say that he was quite filthy, it appeared to be because he had been playing. His actual clothes seemed to be well-made, considering his common status.
It was likely that his family was rather well off. My guess would be that he had well-established parents who were merchants, lawyers or doctors or any such intellectuals.
But let me be clear. I have never met this boy before.
After all, as the daughter of a duke, I would never have any acquaintances who were this filthy. First of all, none of my acquaintances would do something so queer as to climb the walls of our mansion and then fall off.
However, I did know this boy’s name.
He was one of three boys who had the possibility of being united with Mishuli in ‘Labyrinth Destiny.’
Leon Nardo.
As far as the story went, he was a commoner that was brilliant enough to enroll at the Royal Academy. I am pretty sure that he was the same age as me. Even worse, he had the same hair and eye color as well. There was a scene in the game where he falls off the walls of the Noir mansion and is treated by Mishuli, so there was no mistaking that he was indeed Leon.
It was not very likely that there were many other wicked children around, who would to dare climb our walls.
Once I had accepted all of this, I looked up into the sky and sighed heavily.
“Why did you have to come…”
I complained, but in truth, I already knew the reason. If fate had been brought to a standstill because of a bug like me, it made sense that the others who I could not influence, would still continue to move as fate had dictated.
However, if that were the case, I knew an easy way of dealing with it.
“…I suppose I’ll throw it away.”
“!?”
Leon looked very alarmed when he heard what I had mumbled, but garbage was meant to be thrown away. It did not matter to me if that garbage also happened to fall off a wall and cry in pain and was also a small child. I did not have the smallest shred of hesitation in throwing out this trespasser.
After all, this boy had climbed the wall that surrounded the Noir mansion. It could only have been to commit some sort of crime. Was he just testing his nerve or did he mean mischief? The fact that he would try to play with something from a noble’s mansion showed that he knew no fear. I could have no sympathy for him now.
But more than anything, I did not want someone so involved with fate to meet Mishuli.
It was my great fortune that I discovered him first. I must call the servants and have him thrown out before Mishuli arrives. If that happens, then his and Mishuli’s connection would vanish, this fateful event would not occur.