Sylvie Side: Sylvie's Life
I'm Sylvie.
It's warm here. It envelops me as if the light is familiar to my body. It's very comfortable...
It's a far cry from what it was six months ago.
When I came to, I was in a dark prison in chains.
I can kind of understand why. I remember doing something with the prince and the others, but I don't know what I am doing.
To sum up what the knight asked me, it seems that I was harassing a noble lady along with the prince. And apparently, I was thinking of marrying the prince.
Apparently, that was wrong and I'm in prison for that.
All I could do was answer [yes] to the knight's words. I answered honestly because it was what I remembered.
After the knight finished his questions, he talked about me with a sad look on his face. It seems that I was mentally controlled by the priest and the prince.
That's why the knight seemed to sympathize with me.
After a while, a person wearing black clothes and a black helmet came and brought me here.
When the person who came in black clothes took off his helmet, he had a handsome face like a black-haired prince. But I'm scared of men.
The knight who was kind to me in prison was also a man and I was scared.
The black-haired person seemed somehow familiar. He was with the noble lady. The black-haired person said, [I'm Light. I'm your roommate who will be living here from today onwards. Nice to meet you].
I became anxious about living with a man.
When I was led to a house that looked like a mansion, there were a lot of women there. I was surprised to see that the young lady I had been bullying was among them. She took my hand, and she smiled and said, [I'm Fran. I'm looking forward to working with you from now on].
I had been bullying this person? I don't know why she smiled so kindly at me.
After that, I was introduced to various women. Among them was an elf. It's scary to have a demon around. But the elf also kindly talked to me.
After that, we all went to eat, but I couldn't eat. Because I put back the food I ate.
The next day, I started feeling sick and started eating in my room. My caretaker was a beautiful person named Maria.
Maria-san stayed by my side until I recovered. Even when I was dreaming of being roughed up by a man, she was by my side and gently stroked me.
I calmed down a lot when Maria-san stroked me.
I felt as if I was surrounded by a gentle light.
It was then that I remembered my childhood. I remember when I would go to church with Mother, hand in hand......
Mother...
Before I knew it, I was crying. Maria hugged me like that. That makes me cry even more. Why?
After I got well, we were all able to eat together. But I still get nervous when a man and elves are around.
Maria-san often took me out to the garden, saying, [Let's get some exercise]. The sunlight coming from this garden feels good.
I feel sleepy while sitting on a bench in the garden. I dozed off and leaned against Maria-san. Maria-san's scent and warmth feel good...
"Mother..."
I must have been half asleep, so I couldn't help but whisper. Maria gently patted my head and said, [Yes].
From that day on, Maria became my mother.
Life here is comfortable. Also, I have fewer scary dreams. Before, I had dreams of being assaulted by a man, dreams of being attacked by a scary demon, and dreams of myself doing bad things.
The me that is not me...
When it comes to mind, I check my name.
I'm Sylvie. I'm Sylvie. I'm Sylvie...
I feel anxious about when a version of myself that I'm not will appear again. But at times like that, Mother and everyone tell me, [It's okay].
About six months later, a new woman came to live with us.
A dark-haired woman makes a scary face when she sees me. Fran-san scolds her for it. The woman with red hair and the one with short, flashy blonde hair are kind.
From that day on, Light-san was home more often. He said that since he graduated from the academy, he will spend more time at this house.
I'm still scared of men, but Light-san didn't do anything terrible to me. And everyone told me that he was working hard for everyone.
I started to feel like this man was...... fine.
After a while, a woman with a big belly and a brown elf started coming to clean the house.
The brown elf work hard while caring for people with big bellies, and she is kind to me, but I'm still scared of demons.
But all the scary people were kind to me and didn't do anything terrible.
I'm starting to think that maybe it's not right to be afraid.
At that time, Light-san said to me, [Let's study the power of the Saint].
I remember what [Saint] is. But I don't understand.
Light-san held out his hand to me and asked me to hold it. I'm afraid of touching men. But this person is a kind person and I know he won't do anything terrible to me.
Although I was shaking, I took Light-san's hand.
Then I felt warmth flowing from his hand. It feels good, the warmth of the sunlight here, the smell of Mother's scent, the enveloping warmth flowing from my hand.
Light-san told me, [This is light magic]. He also told me that my body can also generate light magic.
Light-san told me to keep practicing to produce the light magic. I wanted to produce that warmth. I thought that if I did that, I could be just like Mother and Light-san.
I want to be as kind as everyone else.
With that thought in mind, I began practicing to emit light magic.
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