Chapter 106 – Cursed Child (6)
“Let me introduce myself again. “My name is Frederica, and I am currently serving as the acting head of Black Dahlia.”
Swoosh─
Frederica, who guided Ian into the living room, bowed.
“Sorry. Ian, I heard about your mistake. I should have come and apologized first, but I was late because I was in a hurry. If you came to compensate for the injuries you inflicted, then later…”
“No, that’s not why I came.”
“… Then what happened today?”
“I came to help Estelle.”
“… Ha.”
The moment she heard Ian’s words, a laugh suddenly burst out of Frederica’s mouth.
“Excuse me. But Ian. Let me be clear: “I don’t need any help.”
I couldn’t even count how many times I had hoped and been betrayed before I could believe something like that.
“… Isn’t that something Estelle should decide?”
“I didn’t know you would respect the lady’s wishes so much. Then you can go back right now. The lady has ordered me not to receive any guests. “It was my own decision to let Ian come here.”
“… You don’t have to be so guarded. “As you can see from the clothes of the person next to me, he is from church.”
“Hello. Frederica.”
“So? “Did you think my attitude would change if I mentioned church?”
In fact, Frederica’s hostile attitude toward Ian was largely due to the nun who came with her.
“Ian, how many times do you think the scammer who said he could help the young lady have visited so far?”
“… I am not a fraudster.”
“How amazing. “Every conman I’ve ever met has said that.”
I have met many con artists so far, but the church was the one that gave me the greatest sense of betrayal.
The people in the church who had been imitating benevolence until then immediately reversed their attitude upon hearing of Black Dahlia’s downfall.
Money, money, money.
I tried several times to ask the church for a therapist for the young lady, but she always threatened Frederica, saying that they would only send one if more donations were made.
And at that time, Frederica, who was inexperienced as the head of the family, lost quite a bit of the previous head of the family’s inheritance and the precious girl’s fortune.
-I don’t know.
-This is a phenomenon I have never seen before.
-I don’t know the reason.
-Still, if there were more donations
‘Great Church’
You may be able to bring a high-ranking person from here.
But the only thing that came back to the scum who stole Black Dahlia’s property was words like me.
“I’m sorry that you are asking for donations first by holding treatment hostage. I didn’t know something like that happened in church. But can’t you just trust me once?”
“… Have you heard my story so far? I hate church. No, I hate Goddess Ellis.”
There was a time when Frederica believed that she would be saved if she hoped and prayed earnestly.
“Why does our young lady have to be so unhappy? She was faithful to the church until her parents died in a carriage accident. Even on the day my parents had an accident, she was at church.”
“…”
“A while later, when my uncle came to collect the girl who was left alone? That day too, the young lady went to church. Do you know how it feels to watch a child pray for his parents back, even though he knows it is impossible?”
Frederica’s bitten lip was torn, and she could taste the fishy taste of blood.
“And that night
‘The Black Dahlia Disaster’
Happened! What on earth did that handsome man, Ellis, do for you? What on earth did she do so wrong? Her parents, her relatives… And her leg! Did she have to lose everything!”
After that day, Frederica prayed in the church several times alone.
You can take my leg, so please give me your leg back.
The young lady has already lost too much to even have her legs taken away.
“…”
However, the goddess does not answer human prayers.
After realizing that, Frederica also stopped going to church.
“… And the person from the church who came to treat the young lady was in a high position in his own right. She also made a name for herself through healing.”
The reason for Frederica’s suspicion was not simply because of her distrust of the church.
The nun in front of her was too young to give her trust.
“But can you do better than him?”
“… Hmm. Maybe so? Even though I look like this, I am confident in my treatment!”
“Juris…?”
Frederica’s eyes opened wide.
I’ve heard of the name Yuris.
One of the candidates for sainthood.
She was also the person closest to becoming the next saint.
‘… It’s a big deal.’
Frederica, who introduced herself as the acting head of the Black Dahlia family, is not an ordinary nun, and she said something denying Ms. Ellis in front of a candidate for sainthood, so she could easily end up ruining the family itself…
“Frederica.”
“… Yes, Ian.”
“I know what you’re worried about, but that won’t happen.”
“… How can I believe that?”
Frederica’s eyes widened as she saw something being taken out of her arms.
“Because I am Estelle’s friend.”
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“…”
When Estelle opened her eyes, her vision was blurry and her head was dizzy.
Swoosh─
I used my hand to lift her body up from the floor that had a somewhat fishy smell.
“… Ugh!!”
At that moment, Estelle woke up completely from the excruciating pain coming from her finger where her nail had been pulled out.
“Ah…”
She fell asleep.
She fell asleep.
Rattling-
Estelle checked her senses by rubbing her trembling fingers along her legs.
I was a cursed child.
A child who is cursed to take revenge if he or she is harmed by someone.
Otherwise, the other person would become unhappy while I was asleep, and the feeling in my legs would disappear to the extent of the unhappiness.
“Ahh…!… Ugh… Ugh.!… Ugh!”
The curse that was hanging over her hips rose up to her navel.
There has never been a curse this big.
I was afraid of the feeling of it gradually disappearing, but there was something else I was afraid of more than anything else.
‘De… Delphicia… Keuhuh…’
If the senses were to this extent disappearing, it was clear that Delpicia had suffered great ‘misfortune’.
Perhaps to the extent that it took Delphisia’s life.
“I’m sorry…”
Estelle’s tears continued to flow.
As she read in the book, she cursed Delphicia and tried to dilute her misfortune a little, but to no avail.
“Ouch… I should have died!… I, I… Should have… Died a long time ago!”
I knew that someone like me shouldn’t be alive.
No matter how many times I said I wanted to die.
… I was afraid of dying.
Actually, I was hoping for someone’s help.
But…
‘. I can’t do it anymore. Furthermore, I can’t stand it anymore.’
No more.
I could no longer endure a life of hurting others.
Slurp- swoosh- clatter-
Estelle crawled across the floor and approached the desk, looking under the double desk drawer.
Black Vial
I took it out.
“… Ha… Ha… Ah.”
Even though I bought it a long time ago, I was too scared to drink it.
But I felt like I could drink it now.
“… Uh, Mom… Dad…”
The moment when Estelle opened the bottle, calling out to her parents, whose faces I couldn’t remember anymore.
“… Lady.”
I heard Frederica’s voice.
“Hyeop-eup…!”
Why now?
If only I had a little more time…
Estelle crouched down, covering her mouth with her hand.
Otherwise, I felt like I would hear crying.
‘No…’
It was better.
If I die like this, kind Frederica will definitely be sad.
In that case…
Kkwaak─
“D-You stupid bitch! I-I!!… I told you not to come closer!!”
“I’m sorry… But I have a guest coming.”
“Under! Perhaps because she was a bitch living in the slums, she was extremely stupid! I told you not to let anyone into the mansion! No matter how much time passes, it’s such vulgarity.!”
“Ian came to visit.”
“… What?”
For a moment, Estelle’s mind turned white.
Ian?
Here?
Why?
“Estelle.”
“Whoop…!”
When Ian’s voice was heard through her door, Estelle swallowed down her rising vomit and apologized.
“Kkkkr . Okay. I was wrong.”
“Are you okay. So, could you please open the door?”
“Ah… Huh… Ah… No…”
The moment she heard Frederica’s voice, her resolve to die was shaken.
When I look at Ian’s face now, I, a weak person, will want to live again.
So I couldn’t open it.
Clap-!
“… It’s been a while, Estelle.”
But just like when Ian first came into my heart…
He came to me, jumping over the walls I had put up without any thought.
“Uh, how… Ok…”
“Frederica had the key. Rather…”
Ian said, looking at my hand with a stern face.
“Lord Yuris. First, let’s start with Estelle’s treatment.”
“Yes… Ah… How much it hurt…”
“Ah, lady! Wow. Young lady… These, pretty… Hands. What are these… Huh…”
Tuk- Degurur-
As Frederica and Juris, who followed, grabbed Estelle’s hand, the black bottle rolled at Ian’s feet.
“… I don’t think it’s a nutritional supplement. “I’ll keep this.”
“Why… Why… Did you come… Blah…”
“Hmm… I guess I can’t manage the library on my own without you. And…”
Swoosh─
Ian said, putting his hand inside his arms and taking out a crumpled and broken gift box.
“When I think about it, I still have ‘
Macaron
She didn’t even say what she felt about it.”
“Ah… That… That… That…”
My heart, which I thought was trampled, broken into pieces, and would never be told again…
“Yes, the macarons were really delicious. Estelle.”
It had already reached Ian.
