Chapter 210: Fiona (2)
“Miss!” Suddenly, Carl rushed out, grabbed me, and rolled us both to safety. Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
I quickly raised my head, looking at the spot where I had just stood. Pitch-black flames flickered there.
Bill spoke with emotion in his voice. “Ah, you’ve finally arrived.”
I finally understood why Bill Curtis was so confident. My gaze shifted to the Darkness, the original Fiona. At the same time, I assessed the situation.
“Carl, you interrogate Bill Curtis and find out where Eri is.”
From the looks of it, Eri didn’t seem to be here. Bill must have hidden her somewhere. If not…he might have already killed her. However, this conclusion was better left unsaid before interrogating Bill.
“What do you plan to do, Miss?”
“I’ll take care the Darkness.”
“It’s too dangerous—”
“Her target is me.”
I glanced at him. “So, do what you can, Carl.”
“….”
I looked at Fiona again. I whispered while slowly backing away. “Fiona, come here. Don’t you have a lot of thoughts about me?”
She was the Darkness, capable of exerting a deadly effect on her surroundings. It was better to stay away from Carl in case something went wrong. Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
Surprisingly, Fiona did not attack immediately. She slowly began to follow me. Perhaps she wanted a conversation. I spoke slowly, “Fiona, do you want to kill me?”
[….]
“Is that what you want? Is that why you’re with those people?”
She answered briefly. [Because they want me.]
“Whether it’s the crown prince or Bill, they are just trying to use your power.”
[It’s fine.]
“That’s why you helped kidnap the child?”
[….]
When I felt we were far enough from Carl, I approached her cautiously.
“The reason you erased my memories, was it because they made you do it?”
Fiona looked at me silently.
[How is it back?]
Even though she didn’t give a yes and no answer, I could fully understand it.
How did I get my memory back?
“Because precious things aren’t easily forgotten.”
Sigren, Abel, Celine, everyone… Memories with countless people are the structure that made me who I am. I am here because of them. Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
When she heard me, she spoke in confusion. [Why didn’t she lose anything? How could she have it all? How is that possible? You, why, how….]
She spoke in despair, like an abandoned child. [—are you not looking back?]
My heart felt like falling down hearing her words. Was she talking to me? Or was she talking about someone else? Or was it just a question without expecting an answer?
In my memory, I thought of Fiona’s biological mother who abandoned her…. She never looked back either. She didn’t look back until the very end even after she finally found her own happiness.
Fiona looked at me blankly. [I’m still nothing. That person has it all. You don’t change.]
Then she approached slowly. [All of this will never change.]
I could feel the faint anger slowly rising in her voice. Slowly, I drew out my mana, feeling threatened.
“Fiona, but Eri had nothing to do with us.”
The surrounding area started to explode and burn. This was not a fire I started. Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
I continued to look straight at Fiona, “The child had been abandoned by her parents. She is lonely. That’s all.”
[I know. We are similar. So I buried her. So she doesn’t become like me.”
Buried?
I looked around, stunned.
The child was underground?
I barely suppressed a groan.
“Where did you bury Eri?”
[If she becomes like me, she would be pitiful.]
For the first time, I felt like I couldn’t fully understand her thoughts. I subconsciously raised my voice.
“Not pitiful. Just because the situation is similar doesn’t mean the future would be the same!”
At that moment, Fiona quickly approached me. Then she strangled my neck.
“Ugh!”
She was angry. Contrary to her appearance, she had unimaginable strength. Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
I couldn’t escape. I tried to use my magic to attack Fiona, but it had no use. If her existence was the sea, my magical was nothing more than a river heading towards the sea.
Fiona whispered as if singing, not heeding anything. [That child would become lonely because of you. And she would soon feel the same way I do. She would be like me.]
Even though my throat was strangled, I managed to refute her, “She…won’t…she…would… defi…nitely… find… her… own… happi…ness…”
Your future, it is you who chooses which way to go. Just because you feel unhappy in the present doesn’t mean you will live an unhappy life forever. I believed Eri could find the right way for herself. Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
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