Chapter 176 – Apocrypha _ the Story of Albert’s Past
※This is the story of when the garden was first created. This is an important part that solves the rice cake that has been shown without knowing (?)
From the next episode, Laysha, who is being trained until the end, will appear 🙂
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Roosevelt, who continued his life as the youngest in the garden while receiving Albert’s teachings, had a question.
Why the hell is the senior doing voyeurism without being a pet trainer?
If she wanted to be a pet trainer, she had the wealth and honor to do whatever she wanted.
Albert’s hypocritical behavior, which did not set an example, was completely incomprehensible to Roosevel, a fledgling wizard.
“So, I wonder why Albert doesn’t train his pet?”
“Yes.”
Roosevelt went to see Ron, Albert’s friend, and opened the door slightly.
For such sensitive information, borrowing someone else’s mouth rather than asking the person himself was a neat way to obtain information.
Ron, who was sitting at her desk crafting a new magic tool, thought deeply as he rubbed her chin with his hand.
“Ummm~ Well? Heehee, I guess I’m just fed up..?”
“Is that so? I don’t think so.”
“Puhihi, it’s embarrassing because you’re the first to ask such a question~ Ah, this is a secret… There’s a thin book in the first column of the study next to me. If you read the second to fifth books from the left, you’re in doubt.” Could this be solved…? Hee hee…”
“Yes?”
Ron hummed her ignorant song and looked away from her.
Convinced that she had something unspeakable, Roosevelt found a book in the study and took it out as he told her.
The three books were thin, faded diaries.
Now that it turns out, the bookshelves in Ron’s office are full of diaries from the day the garden was opened until now.
It is said that it is a museum that contains all the history of the garden.
“Thank you. I’ll read it and return it.”
“Wait a minute, Roosevelt.”
She nodded her head and stopped Roosevelt from leaving her room.
“Yes?”
“Even if you find out the truth… Don’t be too squeamish? Heck, mentioning that incident is forbidden in the garden. And Albert will be hurt~”
“…Yes, I understand.”
Unable to understand what Ron was saying, Roosevelt said hello once more and left the room.
***
Returning to his room, Roosevelt perused three volumes of his diary in his seat.
A diary was… Literally a diary.
It was a daily diary recorded by Albert himself.
“Whoa… You’re a human too.”
I thought you were cold-blooded.
He was a man full of humanity more than anyone else.
Recalling the contents of her just-read diary, Roosevelt once again felt her respect for her senior.
***
Early days of garden establishment.
Founding members Albert and Ron each had their first pet.
Under pressure to perform, the two successfully completed the pet modification after many failures.
Thanks to this, we were able to solve the low birth rate measures and various court issues directly related to the existence of gardens, and promoted the development of gardens with full-fledged support.
Roosevel created a system called ‘Pet Shipment’, and Ron selected wizards to transfer their abilities and registered them as members of the garden.
One day, when everything went smoothly, a shipment schedule was set for Albert’s pet.
For some reason, he declared that he would not ship his pet even if he died soon.
He, who had only walked a smooth road, decided to go downhill on his own.
He broke the unwritten rule that pets should not be affectionate, and fell in love with the pet himself.
Albert’s act of denying the existence of the garden incurs the wrath of nobles.
This was tantamount to threatening the garden.
Albert risked his life and declared.
He would rather run away and live happily with the woman he loves, even if it means getting rid of the garden.
No one could stop his unbreakable will.
He asked Ron to fight alongside him in case of any bloodshed, but Ron, who did not want to lose the garden, refused Albert’s offer after suffering for several nights.
I feel like if I cooperate, something really irreversible will happen…
I couldn’t possibly accept his offer.
After that day, Albert, as the garden’s No.
His only resting place was his pet, and no matter how hard it was, he had a smile on his face when he went in and out of the room.
High-ranking nobles who feared the power of magic eventually officially approved Albert’s departure as a passive countermeasure.
It was the conclusion that the low birth rate measures could not be given up just because of one pet.
Albert lived a happy life with his pets.
Meanwhile, the pet became pregnant and gave birth to a son, Theo, who looks exactly like his father.
Theo, who inherited innate magic and gained the ability to foresee, had the qualities of a representative wizard of the next garden.
Albert had a happy family showing his son’s love.
Forever…
Until the death…
He knew happiness would continue, but…
When Theo was about 8 years old, he said something creepy.
I saw a very, very distant future, and the story that all the gardens would burn down and you would die.
And that he felt like half of his face had been crushed, and that his mother and father were not present in that future.
Albert laughed lightly, thinking that Theo’s foresight was still immature and he had misjudged the future.
However, Albert, whose son’s words kept bothering him, interrogated each one of them to see if there was anyone who might cause trouble in the garden.
Fortunately, none of the wizards were there.
The pets also face reality and are satisfied with life in the garden.
Only one person.
Except for Albert’s pet.
“Is that… You mean it?”
That shouldn’t have happened.
I’d rather not have done it.
I put a hypnotic spell on the old woman’s mind, but the words of the pet that she wanted to kill all of them came as a great shock.
She was getting bored with the stuffy life in the garden that might continue until her death.
I believed that if he gave birth to a child, he would give up and let go, but Albert rather took care of his wife and child, expressing more genuine love.
Every day she thought she wanted to kill Theo, kill Albert and run through the garden.
At the words of her making a weapon at the right time, Albert, unable to hold back her anger any longer, strangled her.
All false love.
Smoke to live.
Albert alone was sincere.
The pet has been lying ever since it set foot in the garden.
Albert, heartbroken, asked with tears in his eyes.
He really said he didn’t love him.
If you love me, just once.
Please tell me that you love me just once…
With just one answer, I could erase today’s events from my memory and return to my usual self.
Really
Really.
I could have forgotten everything
“I’ve never loved anything like you in my life,” She said, driving a wedge into her heart.
Roosevelt, heartbroken at her, shook her head.
Because I don’t want to see my beloved pet.
…
…
…
Because I don’t want to see her end.
Dduduk-
Albert snapped his beloved pet by the neck and twisted it to death.
In front of Theo’s eyes.
Belatedly realizing that Theo was present, Albert approached his son in bewilderment.
He said it was okay, and said that the two of them should live happily together, stretching out his arms.
Terrified of her, Theo backed her away from her father.
How could she believe someone who killed her mother right in front of her eyes.
Eventually, Theo, who was walking backwards, hit her back on her kitchen table and fell.
The refreshments and tea that were on her table fell to the floor and hit Theo.
Theo threw a kettle over half of her face and screamed as if her throat would burst.
The screams of the burnt son echoed throughout the house.
A devastated Albert sat on his knees and sobbed.
Everything.
All life.
It felt like being denied.
Albert disposes of the pet’s body and throws Theo out of the garden, who no longer treats him as a father.
Deeply troubled, he often observed Theo with magic.
Theo was prowling around her garden, subsisting on her homelessness.
He rummages through trash cans, finds garbage dumps, rummages through sewers or alley corners…
He also thought that maybe he was looking for the body of his mother who had disappeared.
The future cannot be changed.
Because it’s useless anyway.
Theo’s habitual words were firmly embedded in Albert’s mind, stimulating him with trauma.
All cases are settled.
The garden has returned to its usual appearance.
However, there was an empty air current in Albert’s eyes.
He was no longer a pet trainer, caring for a woman and not giving her any affection.
It was a great thing that he, who had only looked at one woman all his life, was alive and not dead.
The events of the day became an event that could not even be mentioned in the garden.
I couldn’t find any information other than Albert’s diary, which is now extant.
This diary was also secretly stolen and kept by Ron when Albert was about to dispose of it.
Forever.
You can’t tell others, you can’t bring out the words with a joke…
It is a memory of an ugly past.
***
“That’s what happened.”
Roosevelt, who had covered her diary, stretched her and stood up.
As an orphan of her dear, he could not fathom the loss of a loved one.
What the hell made Albert…
Roosevelt, who couldn’t possibly sympathize with her, continued to respond bluntly, and she spent her daily life as usual.
***
“Roosevel, you are not suitable for a garden.”
“Eh? Why?”
One day Albert suddenly brought up such a word.
“Roosevel, do you know why I brought you to the garden?”
“Yes. Because I am smarter than others and have a natural talent…”
“No. Actually, you resemble me.”
“Yes..?”
“I met you by chance and you resemble me, so I should be able to ignore you…”
Albert, soaked in arsenic, rubbed Roosevelt’s shoulder with painful advice.
“Roosevel, never give affection to your pet. No matter what.”
“Yes… I’ll keep that in mind.”
“Yes. I believe you will do well. You are a genius who may become my successor.”
Albert smiled bitterly with a look full of emotion.
Little.
Very little but…
Roosevelt could sympathize with his heart.
