Chapter 163: A Story a Girl Knows
My father and grandfather didn't get along very well.
They thought differently.
I've heard a lot of stories from people who served the Istraze family for a long time.
They say that when he was head of the house, my grandfather was unapologetically ambitious and went around wanting the throne.
But one day he suddenly turned conservative.
Such a grandfather advised me every time
[Don’t get involved with the Edgeworth family. If you can't escape them, you must join them.]
Day in, day out, day in, day out.
Just how terrifying was that?
Seeing my grandfather like that, my father said to me.
[A coward. You don't need to listen to such a person.]
And make me listen every day
He's been saying it to me since I was at least four years old.
I don't think it's something a child should have to hear.
Thanks to that, I became such a philosophical person at the age of 10.
Children of other nobles would be running around cheerfully and innocently.
My mother must have taken pity on me.
My mother read me a book every night before bed.
It was nothing like that.
It's the kind of thing a little girl would read.
-An innocent girl is attacked by a bad man in the forest-
-When she was about to be kidnapped-
-A beautiful young knight boy appears gallantly to help her-
-The boy holds the girl who cannot walk because of an injury to her leg-
-After such an encounter, the two fall in love-
It was a cliche love story
But young girls yearn for such things
And that's life until those fantasies are shattered.
My father has been trying hard to arrange a marriage, and finally, an offer comes to me.
It was Prince Giran, of all people.
I was eight years old at the time.
The prince was thirteen.
He was a terrible man
He was proud of being a prince and looked down on me.
He was selfish.
He brags about his swordsmanship, but he's all talk, even I can tell.
If he turned 20, I was to marry into the royal family.
Ahh, I hate it, I hate it
There's nothing to admire but his face and his power.
One day, despairing of the future
I suddenly remembered the continuation of the book
-The boy and the girl go out on horseback many times-
-The girl wears a flower crown-
-The boy has a flower ring-
-They gift it to each other... and pledged their future to each other-
I returned to being a child again
Before I knew it, I had slipped out of the mansion and was in the forest.
I didn't even know what I was doing
It's a stupid escape
Even if I do this, nothing will change
In the midst of this gloomy mood
It started to rain
I somehow looked at the sky
In the middle of it
I saw a flower a little ahead
Pure white and beautiful flowers
It seemed to shine in the dark
Somehow I wanted it and reached out my hand
But it was a bad idea.
The place where the flower was was so fragile
There is a crackling sound of roots being torn apart
Before I knew it, I fell down a cliff
Fortunately, I was unhurt
But there was no way to get back up
The place where I fell was so fragile
The wall collapses when you try to climb up
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The rain was getting heavier.
The sun is beginning to set, it's getting darker and the air is getting colder.
My dress is so wet and I'm shivering from the cold
I call out for help.
But my voice is surprisingly muffled
My voice has no power
I remember the words of the housemaid
[Spending a night in the rain can cause your organs to overheat and you may not be able to breathe, leading to your death.]
I shouldn't have remembered that.
The fear that I might die brings tears to my eyes
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The place goes completely dark.
I hear the roar of an animal
The bird's voice has completely disappeared
The rain does not stop
I can't see any stars in the sky
I can't help but get scared
At a moment like that
"Hey! Is someone there!"
I heard a voice from the top of the cliff
"......elp"
My throat is sore and I can't speak.
"He..."
I'm trying so hard to put all my energy into it, but I can't speak at all.
It is useless
The person doesn't notice me.
I thought so. But
"I'm coming! Step back a little!"
Saying that, the person jumped down in front of me
"........."
I couldn't speak.
It was a beautiful person
"Are you okay?"
I nod repeatedly
"Are you Harper?"
I nod
"Yep, I'm glad you're okay."
"Ah......"
The beautiful man held me in his arms without hesitation, soiled from the mud and the rain.
"Hold on a little longer"
The knight boy who appears in the story
I never thought I would actually meet him.
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