It’s Trouble Because Unrequited Love Is So Fun - Chapter 17

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“I got rid of all the bad monsters, Dad!”

This is a story from when Raphael was a very small child.

I remember it was during his very early years, when the monster war was in full swing.

Though his mother had passed away early, the family was quite harmonious.

Because Father was always affectionate with his three sons.

So, young Raphael wanted to stay with Father all the time.

He would play around with the blue light flowing from his fingertips, when he suddenly realized that he could use this light to kill monsters.

And he thought that if he killed all the monsters with this light, Father would be able to play with him for much longer.

That was why. The reason he killed and eliminated the monsters and proudly boasted about it.

But Father’s expression upon seeing him was frozen as if looking at a monster.

“Raphael, you… Did you kill all the monsters that invaded Kairozen Castle?”

“Yes! With this power! Look at this, Dad!”

Young Raphael, who wanted to be praised, smiled brightly.

However…

The affectionate Father froze instantly upon seeing the blue light flowing from Raphael’s hands.

“…I’ve given birth to a monster child.”

The power of the monsters he had been killing all along had settled in his own son.

And in the most powerful direction that could kill others.

From that day on, Father’s attitude changed completely.

The affection of sitting his son on his knee and reading fairy tales was nowhere to be found.

As if looking at a monster, Father stared at Raphael with a hatred-filled expression and whispered constantly.

“Everything you love will die. Because your ability is death.”

He knows that what Father said to brainwash his young self was undoubtedly true.

Raphael stepped into the deepest part of the ravine.

Raphael surveyed the area around the ravine as usual, then indifferently touched the monster’s corpse.

Because doing this made him realize that he truly had to live as a monster.

Up to that point, it was fine. But…

While raising his hand and emotionlessly eliminating the monster, had he briefly thought about that woman?

That woman’s voice, completely different from Father’s.

“Well then, please take good care of me from now on!”

When he summoned the bluish light at his fingertips, he realized.

For just a brief moment.

This power of death flowing from him that eliminates everything had briefly…

Lost control?

No, he couldn’t be certain yet.

But beside the monster’s corpse, there was a single flower leaning at an angle, crumbled to pieces.

Raphael hadn’t intended to kill that flower…

“…This is troublesome.”

For several hours after that.

Raphael annihilated the remains of monsters that would cause earthquakes, checking and studying his power over and over again.

And he reached a conclusion.

Serenthia Rosemary.

The fact that the moment he thought about that woman, minute cracks appeared in his emotions.

But he didn’t want to become a murderer who couldn’t control his abilities.

So the conclusion was clear.

It would be better to remove everything he couldn’t control.

Raphael suddenly looked around. Before he knew it, he had entered the inner part of the ravine.

‘The place where Older Brother’s grave is.’

He recalled when his older brother, who had been the family heir, saved him and died coughing up blood.

Older Brother left behind a different last words than Father.

“Don’t believe Father’s words about you having original sin.”

What kind of last words were those?

“I just want you to live happily, loving someone. …Don’t become a monster who kills all your emotions in the name of controlling your abilities.”

But Older Brother’s words were wrong.

Only by controlling his emotions, his five senses, his humanity, could he control his abilities.

The way to not become a monster was, paradoxically, to become like a demon.

Raphael whispered low as if refuting his now-absent brother.

“Nonsense.”

Raphael sat down heavily in front of Older Brother’s grave and laughed quietly.

Here, in the ravine, he couldn’t even smell the stench of monster blood.

Because he had controlled his senses to the point of eventually killing even his sense of smell.

With this kind of power, how could he live normally?

I don’t even know how to do that anymore.

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“Why are you here again?”

I definitely sent you away!

Jacob grumbled as he looked at Serenthia, who had somehow drifted back into his room like a ghost.

“Actually, I was thinking of teaching you some incredible formulas.”

“Huh, gasp.”

…If she’s offering to teach formulas, she must have noticed that he becomes weak.

‘This, this feels exactly like… having my weakness exposed!’

But Jacob knew.

The fact that what Serenthia wanted was to design Jacob’s annex.

But Jacob had no intention of letting anyone build his annex.

So he seriously resolved.

This method would be able to break Serenthia’s spirit.

“Come out. There’s somewhere we need to go together.”

The place Jacob headed to, taking Serenthia’s hand, was the Portrait Gallery.

“Huh, we’re going to study formulas here?”

Jacob shook his head back and forth.

“No, not that. Act mature.”

“Ah, yes…”

Jacob stared intently at the portraits and hung his head low.

“You know, my mom and dad are here.”

“…”

“I’m not really sad. No, I’m not sad at all!”

“…Yeah, I know. You’re not sad at all.”

Jacob walked with short, shuffling steps and soon stood tall in front of the portrait where his dad was.

Then he touched the dew-covered chrysanthemums and said.

“I meet with Mom and Dad every day! I give Dad and Mom chrysanthemums every single day.”

Jacob pointed sharply at the chrysanthemums in front of him.

But what Serenthia saw wasn’t chrysanthemums, but warm donuts placed in front of the portrait.

“Oh, you put donuts here too?”

“Yeah. Dad and I always ate donuts together. Because I love donuts the most!”

“Huh? Really? Why do you like donuts of all things?”

“You don’t even know that? Donuts are the perfect food. They’re a torus! A toroidal surface!”

Serenthia looked at Jacob for a brief moment as if looking at a crazy person.

However, Jacob seemed very accustomed to such looks as he fondled the donut.

Then, after staring intently at his father’s portrait, he opened his mouth.

“So, do you understand now why I came here?”

“…No, I still don’t really know.”

“The truth is, rejecting all those blueprints because I wanted a perfect annex was a lie. There were many good ones among them. But, you see.”

“…”

“If it’s not a house where Mom, Dad, and I live together… I hate them all.”

Behind his glasses, the boy’s eyes drooped downward.

He let his lips droop down as he muttered.

“…So you too, no, you shouldn’t try either, sister. Unless you’re going to bring my mom and dad back to life.”

In Jacob’s heart, there was an ideal home.

However, if his parents couldn’t come back to life, that ideal home would be as good as nonexistent forever.

That’s why Serenthia’s wish to ‘build a house for Jacob’ would never be fulfilled.

Jacob lowered his gaze and muttered.

“Still, since you’re someone who understands the beauty of mathematics, I told you this much. So from now on, don’t waste your effort coming to see me, and go.”

Jacob turned around.

In the end, he had told someone else the fact that his mom and dad had died and disappeared.

Perhaps that’s why.

Somehow, he felt his body drooping with exhaustion.

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