Volu 2, Chapter 24: A Nad Emotion
Helot Stanley. The light of salvation from the future. This person was also called a hero.
It was unbelievable to et him here. I looked sharply at him and I saw no abnormality. He had a humble expression and gentle eyes. To be honest, he looked basically the sa. He had a youthful look in the future, and that was more obvious in the past. Besides that, his eyes reflected a certain brilliance of wisdom.
The sun. Yes, the sun could be the appropriate word to describe him. He gave comfort and warmth to all the people who he t and saved. But, he also gave an impression of a burning sun because he was unwavering and formidable. The mighty son of the sun.
「…Hey, what’s up with you. Is my hair color that strange to you? 」
On the other hand. I could say that girl resembled the moon because she always stood by his side.
Filaret la Volgograd. The Sorceress. She was a mber of the Hero Party on the rescue journey. In the future, she’ll be responsible for a revolution in the history of witchcraft. A person who will be recognized for her achievents in the Reformation era.
She tied her glossy black hair on her back. Her deep eyes showed a distinctive layer of profound wisdom. I would dare say that her appearance was unique. She had a foreign appearance. Because of her unique charm, she often created a freshly and exciting atmosphere for those around her. Sotis, I thought that her attractive deanor was very different from Caria’s looks.
But, at the sa ti that atmosphere was not welcoming for people like . I was often pushed away in the rescue journey. It was as if there was a wall between them and . The Hero, Helot Stanley could be part of that, but I couldn’t. I felt a huge repulsion against him at this mont. However, perhaps they didn’t have a long and deep relationship at this point in ti as opposed to their close interactions in the future. Either way, I will never forget how everyone put a “wall” against from all directions as if they were acupuncture needles.
I see. Still, they looked good together. I bit my tongue involuntarily.
Filaret was too bright to be the moon. But, she wouldn’t be able to be the sun since she stood by Helot Stanley all the ti. There was no way she’ll replace him, the true sun. Nevertheless, no one could deny they were a perfect match.
…Even so, I couldn’t stop my nauseating feelings against them.
It seed like a poisonous blood circulated all over my body. It was as if the guard of hell was calling for my life.
Caria pushed aside and walked further ahead. Filaret noticed that she held a parchnt on her hands and took it away from her. All of us looked a bit puzzled with that. I wondered if she was curious about us or just wanted to tease us with sothing. Her staring eyes bothered .
Then, Filaret raised her mouth and laughed as if she was mocking us.
「Oh my, what’s up with this kind of request? I never thought that soone would make a request with this material in the first place.」
Her words were provocative. She made it seem as if she was picking up a fight with other people. Her statents were quite different from the harsh words of the forr Caria Burdnick. It didn’t matter how strong or weak the Sorceress was. Wisdom was what mattered to her. She had wisdom to distinguish the bad from the good. Her decisions were always t with great expectations. She was always very accurate with everything and everybody. Of course, I didn’t have a natural talent for wisdom. But I gained sothing far greater when I returned to the past. What I had now was knowledge. It was sothing that she couldn’t surpass with her wisdom.
Caria and Helot Stanley stared at her with surprising looks. They were stunned because of her bold statents. It was natural. We just t each other for the first ti on this tiline, and she made a provoking action as soon as she saw our faces. On that mont, only one of us had the nerve to speak back. And with piercing eyes, the following words were spoken.
「…I beg your pardon? Are you implying that we did sothing wrong? We ca all the way here to give that request form to this Guild. Is there anything wrong with that?」
「Ah, well. We’re sorry. Miss Filaret has a tendency of talking with other people in a bold manner. Everything is fine with . I apologize on her behalf.」
Helot Stanley spoke to avoid so serious misunderstanding. He looked directly into my eyes. Yes. This was Helot Stanley. I knew he was not the one I hated so much in the future. But, even so, I tried to hold back my resentnt towards him as I gripped my teeth intensely.
However, Filaret spoke as if sothing muddy was stuck to her own heart.
「Yeah, yeah, sorry about that. But, I won’t be taken as fool, you know. 」
She spoke harshly to Helot Stanley, who had to intervene on her behalf. She continued to speak.
「This parchnt. Did you hired soone old-fashioned to make a request form using this rotten material? A request form has be presented to the Guild written in a papyrus. If not, then, a verbally form should be the second option.」
I was getting stressed by just looking at that girl. Yet, Caria put her hand on my shoulder to hold down. She probably thought that my words could backfire on us. I just sighed in annoyance.
But, I was not the only one who sighed. That disrespectful girl also sighed at us.
「You had the trouble to make your request form in a parchnt. How naive. Nobody will take you seriously. This must be the first ti that ignorant young lady has made a request.」
While Caria was soone who killed with her sword, Filaret la Volgograd was a person who killed with her words and wisdom. I rembered that once Helot Stanley spoke sothing peculiar at dinner table. He said that Filaret made her first request in a parchnt.
Filaret looked at us as if we were ignorant. But, my knowledge told otherwise. How hypocritical could she be when she used a parchnt herself once? It was easy for her to show so ruthless superiority to soone who was not an adventurer yet.
The scornful eyes…I see. This has turned into a difficult and shaful situation. I wondered if newly appointed adventurers gave up imdiately after experiencing a similar situation with her. It was extrely rude to take sothing from other people without asking permission. Her curiosity knew no bounds.
She held our parchnt and didn’t return it back. When I scratched my chin, so infuriating feelings ran through my spine. Like Caria, I didn’t want to start so aningless trouble just as we arrived on this city. Therefore, we just stood firm with unwavering eyes.
「I recognize that we were immature on using the parchnt. I understand very well why you pointed it out to us. However…You don’t have the right to ridicule her with that. I would like you to return the request form back to us.」
Helot Stanley took the parchnt from her. His grip looked a bit too strong. It looked like iron itself. As long as he didn’t tear the parchnt apart…
My blood were boiling again. This man. A man with great spirits. The people greatly respected Helot Stanley for his loving heart and for his strong mind. That’s right. Those two elents were the perfect combination to attract the crowds. He definitely stood out among all of us in the Party. Yeah, that was sothing I was very aware of. It was unpleasant. Yes, very unpleasant.
I truly wanted to avoid having him as a partner once again. And Filaret la Volgograd as well. I didn’t want to make the sa mistake again on this tiline. After all, I tried to be indifferent when I t Caria but I failed on that. So, here I was.
Like Caria, Filaret la Volgograd never bullied directly. But she treated coldly.
She would not listen to my opinions. And probably forgot about my existence several tis. I never did sothing wrong to her though. However, for her, perhaps, I was not a real mber of the Party. She probably viewed as so errand boy. At least, she had warm contact with the other mbers of the Party.
Of course, that was sowhat natural, I suppose. I was just the person who did the odd jobs and chores for all of them. I didn’t have the strength of Caria Burdnick, neither the wisdom of Filaret la Volgograd.
That’s why I judge people with duality. I thought everyone had two-faces. My heart was always cold when eting other people. I was constantly wary and suspicious of others around . No wonder, I didn’t have many friends.
She was cold to , but on the other hand, she was amazingly cheerful around Helot Stanley. She behaved as soone who listened to other people’s words. I guess I was invisible to her, or maybe she looked at as if she was staring at a piece of trash.
Compared to her treatnt, Caria’s cold treatnt towards might have been better. None was fine, of course. But, to Filaret la Volgograd, I was inexistent. While Caria was aware of my presence….though in a bad way, I suppose.
Filaret la Volgograd took the parchnt from Helot Stanley again.
「I refuse. Anyways, you said this is a request form, am I right? So, I should be the one in charge of giving you a request for a mission.」
I knew them both very well. That’s why I felt both anxiety and bitterness on my heart.
That Filaret la Volgograd stood alongside Helot Stanley as she always did. It seed like she made a bond with him during this period. It was like tracing sothing I’ve experience before. That terrible human being will be created once again on this world. My whole body pulsated with angst and resentnt.
…Ah, it was much more than that. I felt that a new emotion was being born on my heart.
Was it jealously? No, it was much deeper and darker than that. I could hardly describe this type of emotion.
Ah, I wished that god could grant a wish. If god gave an opportunity to wish for sothing, I would chose to wipe Helot Stanley from the face of this earth. If it weren’t possible, then I would like to be the one who’s wiped out. My heart would be much calr if god granted one of those two possibilities.
「 We can receive your request on behalf of this Guild…with one condition.」
Her eyes were widely open and she shook her hands away from Helot Stanley. Her gaze was quite sharp. It was as if she tried to guess what I was going to say.
Filaret la Volgograd didn’t understood my true intentions. She slowly opened her mouth and said the word I expected to hear.
「 Let’s hear your condition. 」
Ah, I see. I knew how to na this feeling. It was Hatred.
I didn’t want to see him for even once second. I’d hate to see Helot Stanley take everything away from once again. That’s why I’ll steal everything from him instead. My heart was burning with hatred.
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