203 Another Story: Wolf Girl Kingdom Walk (6) (2/2)
... Ah, after all, the Palatial Kingdom is a country of freedom. But somebody has to take responsibility for being free. I realized that it was a nobility and that it was a royalty that stood above it.
Al and Orphans and Sylphine must have suffered from Anisphere. Being royal is between its freedom and its responsibility.
I can't understand the pain, and I'm sure I can't save it. It's what they've got, so they can only save themselves.... I can't try to save you.
That doesn't stop me from doing what I want to do.
”Isn't it okay now?
”Nh...?
”Mr. Orphans isn't king anymore, is he? Then... shouldn't I tell Al? It's okay.”
”... isn't that right now?
”I think it would be better if I kept regretting it. One day, for the day when you will sleep in peace.”
People die. People's time is not eternal. Sometimes everything is lost during that moment.
So I don't want you to regret it. That's not what I know, no clues, no positions. It may be irresponsible to say so.
But I still feel sad. It is too painful to convey the thoughts I want to convey. So I'll tell them both.
”I think it's different that we can be a family, but we just have to leave each other.”
”... family, huh?”
Mr Orphans murmured with his eyes down and chewed heavily. Sylphine leaned down and tied her lips to a letter so she could think of something.
”... oh, that's right. I regretted sparing that effort, but I should have.”
”Face to face, you didn't feel like something was going to end this time. We are.”
”Mr. Orphans, Mr. Sylphine.....”
It's scary to face each other. We live and die. It is difficult to live without regret.
No matter how hard you try, it doesn't always pay off. It is sad and painful to think that there was not enough effort at the time of death.
The world is sometimes irrational. Still, I can't stop walking. I can't stop it.
”Then I will tell you my words again and again. The words of Al, the words of the two. If you want to connect with each other, no matter how far you go, I'll run through you.”
If one of us has to be separated, I'll connect until the day we give up. It's my wagamma, the freedom I wanted. so that everyone can be connected as a family.
That's all I can do. I have neither the power to change the world nor the power to protect it. Still, you can convey your thoughts with words to connect people.
”... Mr. Acrylic”
Sylphine looks up at me. I stretched my spine and gazed at Sylphine. Then Sylphine smiled softly.
”Thank you. I'm really pathetic as a mother, but I still don't want to give up being a mother. She's really important. It's important, but I couldn't take care of it. But that's not why I can quit. If that child still thinks me a mother, I want to be a mother. That's why I'd be happy if you could help me.”
”Sylphine....”
”I want you to call me my mother, if only you could. Are we going to be a family?
”... yes, stepmother”
When I asked her to accept, Sylphine... her stepmother smiled happily.
Well, Orphans is your stepfather.
”Hmm... is that so?”
”Yes, Father.”
”... was it so emotional for such a honest and honest daughter to call me Father...?!
”You....”
For some reason, my stepfather began to cry with restraint. For a moment, I was stunned, but I was terribly convinced that Anisphere's face appeared behind my head.
”... what the hell is going on here?
”Ah, Al”
”You made it, Algard.”
”Mother, I'm sorry I'm late.... so what happened to my father...?
”Hmm... why?
All I could do was smile at Al, who came late.