Chapter 63 – 61. Homecoming
Entering the city, Arthur saw the familiar scenery and could feel that he was getting close to the village.
“Now all I have to do is find the village chief.”
To return to the village, you had to take a carriage, and all you had to do was get a carriage from the village chief who was doing business at the market.
Arthur wanted to return quickly, so she headed to the market without delay, and she always walked to the place where her village chief used to do business.
“Chief!”
Fortunately, it wasn’t her day off, so she was able to find the village chief and Arthur greeted her with a bright smile.
“Is it really Arthur?”
The village chief immediately recognized Arthur’s face and approached him with a happy face.
“Half of your face has changed while I haven’t seen you… For now, welcome back. “Arthur.”
“Yes!”
The village chief smiled brightly at Arthur’s lively answer and began to clean up her shop, asking Arthur how he was doing at her academy.
“How was your time at the academy?”
“I had a normal life.”
“Was it worth studying?”
“You know I’m good at studying.”
“You’ve been bright since you were young, and I’m glad to see you’re doing well.”
Stupid village chief.
She said she wouldn’t be able to come to town until she graduated, and she would have been in trouble if she had asked what was wrong.
Well, there’s no way you remember what I’m saying correctly.
Because it’s obvious that he’s looking down on me deep inside.
Well, if you just get past the last question, you can go to the village.
“So, where is Aris?”
It’s as expected. The village chief would have no idea that I would be separated from Aris.
They probably thought of him as a parasite that always hung around Aris.
“Ah. I have to stop by the adventurer’s guild for a while, so the village chief told me to go back to the village first. He said he would arrive soon anyway.”
“Even though she went to the academy, Aris hasn’t changed. How powerful she is.”
Arthur was able to easily deceive the village chief without much trouble, and she naturally got into the village chief’s carriage, continuing an uncharacteristic conversation.
“It will take some time to get to the village, so get some sleep, Arthur. The road to get there must have been arduous.”
“Thank you. “Chief.”
The village chief’s words were filled with pure consideration, but despite her outward expression of gratitude, Arthur laughed at the village chief on the inside.
Do you think I’ll be fooled?
I’m sick of hypocrisy now.
He must have been pretending to be kind every time and filling up his self-esteem through me.
Stupid old man.
Keep acting like that.
I will test how far you can show hypocrisy.
Arthur, who was glaring at the back of the head of the village chief pulling the carriage, surrendered himself to the drowsiness that was coming.
…
“We’ve arrived, so wake up. “Arthur.”
Arthur, who woke up to the village chief’s voice pounding on the carriage, rubbed his eyes and looked around her in a half-asleep state.
“Uh. Huh?”
“They stopped the carriage in front of Milia’s house to make it easier to walk.”
This stupid old man…!
I wanted to go home secretly without anyone knowing, but you just left me in front of Milia’s house?
If I get caught like this, my plan to kill Aris and die might go wrong.
Arthur didn’t want anything to go wrong with his plans, so he decided that she had to get home before Millia found out.
After quickly getting off the carriage, she bowed her head towards the village chief.
“Thanks for the ride. “Chief.”
You’re trying to ruin my plan.
When I die, I will curse you too.
“Now that you’ve said hello, come on in.”
It was a moment to just stand there blankly, looking at the back of the village chief, coolly holding the reins and walking away.
First of all, it was true that he was very tired on the road today, so he thought he should rest first, so Arthur walked quietly to his house-
“Arthur? “It’s Arthur, right?”
Ah.
It’s an unforgettable voice.
There is no way anyone can forget the voice of the person who took care of them when they were young.
“Somehow I heard the sound of a carriage outside.”
It was for a trivial reason.
I can’t believe they found out I came back just because of the sound of the carriage.
If the village chief had dropped me off in front of my house, we wouldn’t have had to meet.
Since I obviously don’t know where my house is, I guess I came to Milia’s house. Stupid bitch.
“Where is Aris? I thought when she came, she would show her face at home first.”
Arthur, who was busy cursing the village chief in his mind, did not notice Millia approaching.
When the image of Millia suddenly appeared in front of her, overlapping with Aris, she felt her stomach churn.
“Are you okay? “Let me see your face for a moment, Arthur.”
It’s scary.
White hair too.
That face too.
They’re definitely out to harass me.
“Wow. Gasp.”
My head feels dizzy and my vision blurs.
Now, Millia’s face has almost disappeared, and only Aris’ face is visible.
“Ugh. Please let go of this.”
But, you have to get out.
I am not a toy.
No. I don’t like it.
“Why are you doing this, why are you sweating like this?”
“Well, I made a mistake. Just send me home. Just send me home.”
Whisk.
Since Millia didn’t look like Arthur was in good condition, she released her hold on his shoulders, and Arthur’s body fell to the floor.
“Can you tell me what happened?”
In response to Arthur’s reaction, Millia bent her knees and met his gaze, but she only asked kindly.
Even that was scary to Arthur, who saw Milia as Aris.
“Hehe.! Gu, save me. Helia!!”
Arthur, covering his eyes with her left hand, urgently called out to Hillia.
Even though Hylia hadn’t spoken to Arthur recently, she still stood by Arthur’s side and looked at him.
In the current situation, the only person Arthur could ask for help was Hylia.
“Hylia? Arthur? What on earth happened.”
Please save me quickly. Hylia.
Please save me one more time.
It’s not a difficult request.
Just send it home.
Because I won’t even think about revenge…
Arthur begged her earnestly, her whole body shaking, but no matter how much time passed, Hillia did not save Arthur.
The moment when Milia felt that Arthur’s condition was getting more serious, she couldn’t help but grab Arthur’s arm to calm her down.
Arthur saw the face of the person he was most afraid of right before his eyes.
“I hate poetry-!!!!”
Arthur let out a strong scream and lost his mind due to the encroaching fear.
…
When she opened her eyes, what greeted Arthur was a familiar ceiling.
She slowly got up from her bed, looking at the ceiling of her room for the first time in a long time.
When she turned her head, her eyes met Milia, who was sitting next to her and watching her.
“Ah.”
“Arthur, are you okay now? “I was so surprised that I suddenly fainted yesterday.”
Millia was still worried about Arthur’s condition, but she had no idea what to say, so Arthur remained silent.
“Can you tell me what happened? I will definitely help you, Arthur. We are family.”
Family?
That’s funny.
They just took me away out of shallow sympathy.
“Huh? When times are tough, family members usually help each other.”
Lie.
You’re going to help me?
Can one really say that even after hearing the truth?
“Are you really going to help me?”
After seeing Milia, Arthur changed his mind and changed his plan.
Originally, after writing down all the things Aris would do in her will, she wrote a curse and planned to commit suicide.
I thought that then Aris’ family would fall apart.
Of course, considering what Aris did, it was not enough to call it revenge, but this was all that the weak and useless Arthur could do.
“Are you really going to believe me.?”
“If I don’t trust you, who will I trust? If you have a hard time, you can speak slowly. “Can you tell me step by step?”
I became greedy.
I wanted to see Aris become unhappy with my own eyes.
Although she was afraid of retaliation, she felt wronged.
I can’t be the only one who gets sick.
I lost everything, so you have to lose something too.
“I… Quit the academy.”
“Is life at the academy difficult? It’s okay, Arthur. If you get tired, you can quit at any time. “No one has anything to say to you?”
“And actually, I tried to die.”
Why did I want to die?
Take a guess. Millia.
Although I will never get it right.
“It was that hard. Didn’t Aris help you? There’s no way Aris didn’t know you were having such a hard time.”
“Oh, Aris?”
Aris help me?
There’s no way you didn’t know I was having a hard time?
Millia really knows nothing.
What kind of person her daughter is.
“I’m sorry, Arthur. You fought with Aris, right? Aris probably didn’t know you were going through this much trouble. I will scold Aris harshly-“
“No.”
When Millia misunderstood, Arthur interrupted her and told her everything she had experienced.
The fact that after my first experience, I was treated more and more harshly, and not long after, I was gang-raped by strangers.
And that Aris ordered the gang rape, and that in the end, she sexually assaulted her until she was about to die, and when she thought she was about to die, she healed her with potion and continued to commit terrible acts.
As Arthur continued her story, Millia looked in disbelief, but Arthur paid no attention and told her entire story to the end, shedding tears as her emotions intensified.
“Are you sure? That can’t be possible. Aris really did that to you.”
After all, Aris was born with her own stomach.
You don’t completely believe me.
“Is there really no possibility of any misunderstanding between you two?”
Misunderstanding?
It can’t be a misunderstanding.
“I’m sorry… I didn’t want to believe it either, but Aris was sincere.”
“Please, Arthur. Could you please think again? She is the child who always sings that she loves you.”
“Love? I thought it was real too, but it was all a lie.”
“Do you know what they said to me? They say they have never loved a disabled person like me from the beginning. “I just acted appropriately because I didn’t want to disappoint my parents.”
“Something could have happened…”
“That won’t happen. Or maybe she just doesn’t want to believe that her daughter did it.”
Millia was speechless at the resolute appearance of Arthur.
Millia clearly had to convince Arthur that Aris wasn’t that type of kid, but no matter how hard she looked, she couldn’t find an answer.
Now even Millia had to admit it.
She said she raised her daughter wrong.
And she said that because of her daughter, the unfortunate child had to go through a terrible experience.
“I’m sorry, Arthur. I raised her daughter wrong.”
“Are you okay. Even Millia didn’t know. “I am grateful that people believed in my story like this.”
“… Is there anything I can help you with?”
Finally, the hilt of a small sword was placed in Arthur’s hand.
