Chapter 110 – Chapter 4: Disappearance – 3
There wasn’t a single healthy place on my body.
There were bruises on his neck and shoulders, and his torn clothes were stained with blood.
If you get hit by a bear, you just get a big, fatal wound.
Now, there were small wounds all over my body from my toes to my head.
“What happened?”
Uncle Marvin answered an elderly man’s question.
“It was found at the bottom of a cliff.”
“Oh, Shinryong…”
Considering that I was at the bottom of a cliff and the countless wounds on my body, only one possibility came to mind.
It rolled down a cliff.
Surely… Posao must have treated me like that.
“Are you alive?”
“…”
Uncle Marvin closed her eyes and shook her head.
It seemed like the villagers already knew.
That’s because he wasn’t breathing.
“Couldn’t he still be alive? Last time, the royal doctor…”
“I’d like to think so too, but it’s different then… “I’m not sure.”
“Why on earth did Ritz fall off the cliff? He’s not a fool to make mistakes…”
The elders asked in sorrowful voices. It was as if he had lost the world.
Uncle Marvin also shook his head with a miserable look on his face.
“I do not know. “The last time we saw Ritz walking alone was during the festival yesterday.”
Aunt Olivia also testified.
“Marvin called her Ritz and asked her to dance with him, and Ritz… “He looked scared of something.”
“You said you were scared?”
“Yes. After that, he didn’t show up for breakfast, so Marvin went looking for him… Under the cliff…”
Aunt Sherry said.
“Ritz came back at night. I even slept at my house. But when I woke up in the morning, and she wasn’t in bed, I thought she must have gone to the drugstore…”
“Ritz didn’t go to the pharmacy, sister. The door remained closed.”
“Then? Why is Ritz…”
It was a time when the villagers were confused and reminisced about seeing me.
“I have to find ‘Tia.'”
A sharp voice broke through the chaos.
It was Aunt Merid.
“I suddenly remembered. Yesterday evening. Ritsu’s face was dark, so I asked her why, and she said she had a fight with Tia.”
“… Tiawa?”
People turned their heads around.
Now that I think about it, I can’t see Tia.
“Where did that baby go?”
Marvin answered.
“I went to the village below to buy warehouse goods.”
“Did you get permission?”
“Yes. “I checked and there was no problem, so I just sent it.”
“That means…”
Although they didn’t say anything, everyone seemed to be thinking of the most reasonable reason.
I had a fight with Tia, and that made me feel bad.
As a result, I fell off the cliff… The conclusion.
Common sense tells me there is no way I would commit suicide.
Considering only the testimony of the villagers and the confirmed circumstances, there was no more convenient or simple interpretation than that.
The old man said.
“Hurry and bring Tia.”
“All right. … “What about Ritz?”
“First, I’ll have to call the doctor from the village downstairs and check. “Maybe he’s not dead yet.”
People are scattered in sorrow.
That sight was so bitter.
I know.
That we should be suspicious of ‘Posao’, not Tia.
However, Posao had already disappeared from the minds of the villagers.
Not only could I not even think that that pig-like bastard would harm me, but I also didn’t know that he was the real culprit who was slowly eating away at our village.
As much as Posao is hiding. The only thing that was revealed was ‘Tia’.
Because Tia is easy to deal with.
This trend was a natural result.
Haaaaah don’t I not?
The illusion of memory disperses.
The place I arrived again was Taildon Market.
Tia was just getting out of the market.
With a bag full of newly acquired items, it seemed like he was about to head back to Brisden.
“…”
The guy walked down the street silently and smelled something sweet.
I turned my head.
It was a pastry shop.
After thinking for a moment, Tia went in there.
Clutter.
And she took off the hood she was wearing.
Aunt Lily, who was working, came out and was surprised to see Tia’s face.
“Oh my god! Who is this! “It’s not Tia!”
“It’s been a while, ma’am.”
“I heard the story. “She said she almost died because of the bandits!”
“Ahaha…”
Aunt Lily stroked Tia’s cheek with a sad look on her face.
“It must have been really difficult. His expression is also dark. My skin is rough too. “You really had a hard time.”
“…”
“What about Ritz? Didn’t you come with me? “Do you still feel sick?”
“Ritz has improved a lot, but… I’m busy with a lot of work. So I came alone.”
“Oh my. You’ve been sticking around like that, and I haven’t seen you two hanging out together these days.”
It was just a meaningless statement, spoken in a slightly regretful tone.
Tia lowered her head as if she had committed a sin.
Aunt Lily, who knew nothing, smiled and pointed to her display stand.
“Don’t worry too much. That’s the way it is when you grow up. If you need something, feel free to choose. The lady will just give you a few.”
“… Thank you.”
Tia went to the display stand and started choosing her snacks.
Mainly my favorite sweet and delicious snacks.
As she selected one by one, she moved to the end of the shelf, and a unique snack was reflected in her eyes.
Ginger biscuit.
I thought that a normal Tia would have packed a few of those biscuits without hesitation.
As always, he unconsciously reached for it, but then noticed something about her and flinched slightly.
“…”
And she turned her head as if she was looking away.
She goes to Aunt Lily with the snack she chose.
As the lady carefully put the snacks into her basket, she noticed something unexpected and asked.
“There are no ginger biscuits?”
“Ah yes…”
“Why? “You always chose that because you said it was delicious.”
“…”
Tia forced a smile.
“Because Ritz doesn’t like it that much. This… “It’s not a snack for me to eat, but a gift for Ritz.”
“Oh. Hehe.”
The lady smiled and handed over her basket.
“It’s also amazing. Ritz will really like it.”
“Yes.”
“It’s old! I feel like it. I’ll make it super cheap! “Just give me 1 silver.”
“Yes? Is that really okay?”
“Then! I want to support you both. Instead, are you two going to buy snacks together next time? “You can promise, right?”
Tia, who was surprised, smiled brightly.
“Yes! I promise!”
After buying snacks at a much cheaper price, Tia returned to Brisden.
He looked sad and depressed the whole time he came down to Taildon, but today he looked different.
She muttered, clutching her basket of cookies, as if she had made up her mind.
“I hope Ritsu likes it…”
She was just entering the entrance of the mountain.
Someone was coming down in a hurry on her way up.
It was Aunt Merid.
Tia’s face quickly hardened when she saw her aunt’s appearance.
She seemed to know instinctively that something bad was coming to her.
Tia stood there and stayed still until Aunt Mary De came up to her.
As expected, her aunt stopped in front of her, out of breath.
Chin.
And then he grabbed Tia’s wrist.
“… “Aunt Merid?”
“Hurry, follow me.”
Tia asked again in an unusual voice.
“What’s wrong?”
“You speak the truth. “What happened with Ritz yesterday?”
“That is…”
As she dragged herself along, Tia confessed honestly.
“I had a little argument with Ritz.”
“Little? Do not be ridiculous. What on earth did you say to Ritz… !”
Aunt Maryde shouted, looking furious and at the same time looking like she was about to cry.
“Did Ritz jump off her cliff?”
“… Yes?”
The red eyes shook greatly.
The shock was so great that Tia could be seen gasping for breath.
The guy shook his head in disbelief.
“Well, what does that mean… Aunt? “Ritz jumped?”
“Ritz… Ritz… She was found dead at the bottom of a cliff… !”
Whisk.
Tia dropped the basket she was holding.
Her snacks were scattered across the dirt floor.
“… That can’t be possible.”
Tia let out a breath in her trembling voice and took off her bag.
And she started climbing the mountain like crazy.
It was an incredible speed.
He ran so fast that Aunt Merid couldn’t even keep up, and literally ran all the way to Brisden in one step.
The atmosphere of the village was somehow different.
There were sobbing sounds, it was chaotic as if something had happened, and everyone was talking with serious faces.
Sabak. Sabak.
Tia walked to the middle of the village.
People turned around one by one, but the guy just walked towards the place where there was a lot of noise.
She dug into the crowd and finally saw Tia.
The image of ‘me’ covered in blood.
“… Ritz?”
Tia held my motionless body.
And she cried out to those around her.
“Why is Ritz… ? Why? Why are you doing this? Why is Ritz…”
Uncle Marvin approached.
Then he pushed Tia’s shoulder and shouted.
“Rather, this is what I want to ask! You said something and Ritsu threw her body off the cliff!”
“I… I am…”
“Be honest!!”
Her scolding sound hit Tia’s dazed face.
Everyone’s eyes are on her as if they are going to kill her, and she is shocked when she hears that Ritsu did that.
What kind of rational thoughts can one have?
Tia stammered.
“I said, let’s leave.”
“What?”
“Leave here… He asked me to travel alone with him.”
Tears flowed.
“But… Ritz said he couldn’t do that… I am… I said I would understand. That is… That’s it.”
“…”
People didn’t speak.
Just looking down at the poor girl crying.
But it seemed like the conclusion had already been reached.
I suffered a great deal of heartache after fighting with Tia. So I jumped off the cliff.
The village people knew very well that I liked Tia because I had made it known a lot.
So this responsibility… It became Tia’s responsibility.
Just because we had an argument once.
Uncle Marvin said.
“Get out.”
Tak!
Even as I sharply shook off Tia’s last hand that was on my chest.
Marvin pointed outside the house.
“Get out now!”
I couldn’t resist at all and couldn’t make a sound.
Tia was kicked out.
The guy walked to a remote place.
He slumped down in front of the fence.
She began to cry sadly.
