Chapter 182 – Episode 181. To Be Proud (2)
“It looks like your house, right?”
“That… That’s it. Where I’ve been majesty… It’s the same single room I stayed in.”
Asti raised her eyes wide.
The scenery in front of me was all too familiar.
The residence of Grand Duke Mitterien, where Asti is now living, is not even the size of her room.
It is a small and shabby place that is difficult to compare to the size of her private bathroom, let alone her room.
A very small window, slightly larger than Asti’s face.
A crippled refrigerator with only a refrigerator compartment, let alone a freezer compartment.
A very small desk that would fill up when one person sits on it.
A bed with teeth coming out of springs, so when you wake up, your back hurts instead of feeling refreshed.
Familiar scenery,
Familiar place,
Familiar landscape.
It was the same room Asti was staying in.
“It’s nice to see you after a long time. Cozy.”
Leopold wrapped his arms around Asti’s shoulders and said.
Leopold is also a place that is both familiar and welcome.
It was in this world that I came looking for Asti, where I had my first relationship with her.
A place where I didn’t get out of bed for four days.
That room.
“Is that so?”
The difference is that someone is already there.
Someone with black hair.
Asti’s hair was silver, so looking at it this way, it was clearly different.
She couldn’t be seen properly, as if the fog was full of her.
But Asti knew.
Grow.
That’s me
That’s me.
She couldn’t quite see it, but she could clearly see it.
That’s me.
Putting the ramen pot on the table like that, looking at the old-fashioned smartphone, tearing the few strands of kimchi left over, tearing again and again, eating ramen—
The look of a man.
Asti knew right away.
That’s her
“First… Asti, is this your true form? How come it doesn’t look good. It’s like she’s fogged up.”
I heard Leopold whispering, but Asti couldn’t answer.
Her gaze was all hazy, but it was the true face of “Him” That I could still know for sure.
Above average height, stocky build.
The appearance of a man who did not let go of hope for the future despite living in such an environment.
– Oh, I ate well.
A man with a small burp stood up with a pot of ramen.
The image of a man washing the dishes as soon as he eats after putting them in the one-cube sink prepared in the corner of the room.
Alas, it was.
I really hated procrastination, like washing the dishes.
I liked to do everything in a snap, and I hated procrastination.
– Ruler… Shall we go out now?
The man picked up the parka he had hung up in the corner.
Maybe the outside scenery is winter, and it’s quite a thick parka.
Asti was watching her with both eyes wide open.
Leopold, who had been talking to her like that by her side, also shut her mouth at the sight of her like that.
There was nothing to see as if it was foggy.
From the perspective of Leopold, who was a thoroughly third party, it seemed a hazy and foggy appearance, but in fact, it didn’t matter.
However, there must be a reason.
There will be several reasons.
If Asti is watching this engrossed, there must be a reason.
So Leopold was in no hurry.
Anyway, his role in this witchcraft was to prevent Asti’s excitement, to stop her sudden actions, and to strictly observe the precautions Berashien had given her.
It only took Asti to find out what kind of life she lived and how she came to this world.
It would be good if she informed me later, and if not, I can’t blame her.
Asti was watching the man intently.
The man is wearing shoes.
It must be shabby sneakers.
I even remembered those sneakers.
Inexpensive sneakers bought at the market.
Nonetheless, it was a shoe that I loved because it was comfortable to wear.
The man left the house and stretched to the fullest.
In front of Asti’s eyes, the figure of a man appeared little by little… It seemed to be visible
‘Ahhh… ‘
View outside the house.
It’s a good word, but it’s actually a room close to the basement, but the man carefully locked the lock and checked it over and over again to see if it was properly locked.
The smile on his face was familiar.
The man had a good laugh.
He was a man who always had a smile on his face.
– Bachelor, where are you going?
– Oh, grandma. It’s heavy, so what? Where are you going?
Despite being a good-natured, half-half-horse, her grandmother didn’t look offended at all.
It was clear that they had already met each other, as if they hadn’t met just once or twice.
The man quickly accepted the luggage that was in her grandmother’s hands.
He wasn’t going home, and even though her grandmother wasn’t part of my family, the man began to climb the steep slope carrying her grandmother’s luggage with a smile on his face.
After walking the road with his grandmother, and finally climbing the slope, the man put down his luggage after finally reaching the front of his grandmother’s house.
– Drink a glass of water and go.
– Oh, my throat is a little dry. Grandma knows exactly how I feel?
– Where were you going?
– Oh, it’s because it’s my sister’s anniversary.
– The date is already like that. It’s been years since that little guy left…
– You went to heaven when you were four years old, so it’s been quite a while, right?
– Egg, I asked something useless. I’m sorry
– Nope. Well, time is already time.
After drinking a glass of water that was offered to me with a warm smile, the man smiled again.
– Then I’ll be gone. If anything happens, contact me.
– Draw, draw. Thank you!
– What are you thankful for?
The man’s steps were light as he strode back down the slope he had climbed in the opposite direction to his home.
‘Above, uptown Mr. Kim’s grandmother… ‘
It was only now that the memories seemed to come back little by little.
I also remember the look of that grandmother.
Little by little, the faces of the people in the neighborhood seemed to be visible.
“Asti, are you right?”
Leopold’s voice brought Asti to her senses.
Yeah, it wasn’t just Asti who was looking at that man.
Leopold must have seen that too.
Man.
A man, Asti.
How am I supposed to tell you that?
“That, that… “
“Strangely, the face doesn’t look right. The outline of the body is also a little blurry… Maybe it’s the effect of your memories? It seems like they’re having a conversation, but I can’t hear it properly. Asti, can you hear me well?”
“Is that so… ?”
Asti stroked her chest.
Maybe I didn’t notice?
Even Asti couldn’t see it properly, and it looked like it was foggy, but it seemed that Leopold couldn’t see it at all.
“How come your behavior is really cool. Just like a man.”
Astiga, who was sweeping his chest, fell back.
Uh, de, did you get caught?
Did you get caught?
Was it discovered that he was a man?
Are you being abandoned?
Is it being thrown away?
Majesty… To Leopold?
Abandoned?
Really?
‘No, no.’
Come to think of it, there was no sign of any other emotion in Leopold’s voice yet.
It may have just been a word.
I even thought that it would be better if this appearance, this reminiscence, this sorcery called contemplation ended sooner rather than later.
“Is that so?”
I thought it was like he was just saying, “How come it’s been like this since before?”
“Do you remember anything? I know the place well… It would be correct to assume that the person living there is Astino under the circumstances.”
“I-I’m fine… Memory… “
Asti couldn’t bear to speak properly.
In fact, I still couldn’t remember the name or anything else.
Without remembering anything properly, Asti was only looking at that image, relying on it.
While talking with Leopold, the man was already entering the market alley below from the house.
A lively gait, even with a hazy appearance.
The sight of each of the merchants in the market talking to the man seemed really fun.
The man was laughing.
As if there were no worries, the smile that bloomed in full bloom looked really healthy.
A lady who worked at a fruit shop gave the man a tangerine,
When you pass by the supermarket, they give you a drink.
“Huh. It seems he was a really good person. To be able to get along with the people around him like that, he must have been a very good character. Asti, your personality has always been like that.”
Asti listened to Leopold’s words, but couldn’t bear to answer.
Was it
But I still can’t remember very well.
She didn’t care if she said she didn’t remember.
It was certain that this figure was her source, and it couldn’t have been someone else.
All circumstances were telling me that there could be no other way.
The man was now coming out to the boulevard.
Where was he going?
A man standing in front of a crosswalk was waiting for a signal.
– Oh, my balloon… !
The wind carried the balloon from the hand of the girl next to her and flew into the sky.
The balloon flew up in an instant and flew out of the child’s hand, and the man’s hand, and flew away in the middle of the road.
– My balloons, balloons… !
The child didn’t look around her.
The eyes only go to the balloon, to the balloon.
The footsteps of the child who ran out onto the road moved busily along the balloon.
Signal is blue.
Cars were running on the road where the pedestrian signal had not yet entered.
The man’s gaze turned to the road.
– Baaaaang! Baang! Aaaaa!
A huge truck painted all blue was speeding toward her child.
The man’s eyes met the driver who was horrified, and the man’s feet came running without me noticing.
Push the kid, push the kid—
– Hey hey hey…
– Bang!
The screen went black.
