The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 204

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Side Story 4

Berry’s thoughts branched out as he lowered his gaze downward.

But right at that moment.

“Berry!”

Airi was waving her hand toward him with a bright smile.

Airi’s voice was always warm. But her voice right now was especially so.

She looked just like an angel.

“Want to go on a picnic together tomorrow?”

“…Picnic?”

“Yeah!”

Airi bounced up and down while looking at Berry and smiling. Then Berry forgot his worries and smiled clearly while looking at Airi.

“Let’s go on a picnic. What should we do there?”

“Hmm…”

Berry gently whispered while firmly grasping Airi’s hand, which was fidgeting as if she was thinking about something.

“Well, if we go on a picnic together.”

“Yeah.”

“We’ll just eat sandwiches, hold hands…”

While unconsciously pushing away thoughts about his mother, Berry whispered softly.

“Just, just together, always…”

That he wanted to be with Airi.

Even while thinking that, Berry noticed that Airi kept glancing at his face, his cheek.

She seemed like she wanted to say something to him.

He thought he knew what Airi wanted to say.

“You want to break another memory orb, right?”

“…Huh, huh? H-how did you notice that right away?”

“Alright, let’s try it at tomorrow’s picnic.”

He laughed quietly.

“I want to try it once. Again…”

* * *

Again, they entered the memory of the second orb.

Berry’s father, Jackvell Marquess, often told Berry stories.

About Isadel Milang, who had been his wife.

But despite that, Berry didn’t know exactly about Isadel.

What he knew was just that Isadel had loved Berry.

Simply put, there weren’t that many stories about Milang left behind.

So Berry thought.

Perhaps the past first memory and this second memory might be encountering the true face of his mother, Isadel Milang.

But…

The second memory they faced was even more tragic.

Isadel Milang was being transported while tightly bound in a small luggage cart.

In front of her sat a gorgeously dressed lady, waving a fan. It was Lady Milang, the eldest daughter of the Milang Marquess Family.

Isadel, with blood on her lips, quietly murmured.

“Where are we going, sister…”

“Who’s your sister?”

“…”

“Shut up. You’re being noisy inside.”

She snapped with an annoyed expression as if she didn’t even want to touch Isadel.

“That filthy girl mixed with demon blood. It’s annoying enough that I have to use my hands to deal with such a girl.”

After that, all kinds of verbal abuse continued. Berry held his breath while looking ahead.

‘That person is really my mother?’

All this time, he had never even imagined it.

He had never been curious about what his mother looked like when she was around his current age.

So faced with his mother’s childhood tragedy that suddenly struck him, Berry couldn’t come to his senses at all…

Then, the young lady of the Milang family, who was also her sister and had been staring at Isadel, burst into a sneer and said.

“Ah, really… Isadel Milang.”

“Yes, sister?”

“How about you finally serve your purpose for our Milang Marquess Family once? …With your death, that is.”

At that moment, his vision flipped.

When the cheeks of the woman who always looked struggling and shabby turned pale.

She was abandoned in the middle of the snowy plains.

Along with mockery calling her the family’s disgrace, the Milang family abandoned Isadel in the snowy plains and left.

It meant for her to die.

But Isadel Milang’s expression was still calm. Her indifference made the situation feel even more tragic.

“I didn’t want to live anyway, so I guess this worked out well.”

A dry voice that didn’t even contain bitterness spread across the snowy plains.

Airi and Berry quietly watched her tragic scene.

They knew Isadel’s fate.

But, please.

Please, couldn’t someone save Isadel?

Such desperation made them unable to help but cheer for her.

But seeing her finally abandoned in the snowy plains made them feel breathless.

Berry quietly closed his eyes and opened them again.

Looking back on this memory, it was as heavy and painful as the first memory.

No, this memory felt even more difficult than the first memory.

Because he could see a very faint hope settling on her face.

But Berry knew.

That she would die soon.

So he knew that hope would soon be broken…

‘…Foolish mother.’

…It became too burdensome to see her expression mixed with hope.

Thus, the second orb’s memory also left a subtle scar on Berry.

Berry held his breath.

But right at that moment.

Berry quietly looked to the side. Airi was there.

That’s right. Right now, he wasn’t alone.

Because Airi held Berry’s hand for him. So it was okay.

But somehow Berry felt like he needed time without Airi.

So…

Time to think alone, or with someone who knew Isadel Milang.

* * *

…After opening the second memory with Berry, Berry went into hiding.

‘No, that’s not right. He said he’d think about it for a week.’

Rather than hiding, it was more like he just holed up in a cave.

After Airi fretted alone for a while, exactly one week later.

On the day of meeting Berry, Airi stormed into Jakvel Castle first.

But the one waiting for Airi at Jakvel Castle wasn’t Berry.

It was Jackvell Marquess.

In front of the castle gate, Jackvell Marquess stood quietly looking at Airi.

Airi’s eyes sparkled.

Right at this moment, it was the appearance of someone she wanted to meet even more than Berry.

‘Right, let’s go talk with Jackvell Marquess!’

Since he would be the person who knows the most about Isadel Milang in this world.

“Hello, Jackvell Marquess!”

“You should call me Father.”

“I’ll call you Father, so could you spare me some time?”

“You seem to have many questions. Did you break the orb?”

“Yes!”

“Then, come inside.”

Sitting face to face with Jackvell Marquess who had an unreadable expression, lifting her teacup, Airi spoke politely.

“Um, Jackvell Marquess. I have a question.”

“As a daughter-in-law, right?”

“Yes! As Berry’s future wife…”

…After saying this much, her cheeks quickly turned red like peaches. Jackvell Marquess chuckled mischievously and said.

“So, what are you curious about? From Isadel’s memories.”

“I’ve broken up to the second memory, but there are only dark memories. So… Berry seems upset about it.”

Jackvell Marquess remained silent for a long while.

After the silence, he bluntly spoke up.

“…That woman’s life was truly dark. So those kinds of memories must be contained in them.”

“But I thought she would want to show only good things to Berry, who is her son.”

Jackvell Marquess chuckled. He seemed to clearly understand why Isadel had made such a choice. Airi looked at him with sweaty palms. Then Jackvell Marquess spoke bluntly.

“That woman wasn’t honest until the very end. So…”

“…”

“…So, she probably wants to show him all her honest memories. That’s what I think. What do you think?”

At those words, Airi’s eyes widened.

“Then, could you say exactly that to Berry? Berry seems sad. Because he’s only seeing dark memories…”

“Well.”

Jackvell Marquess smiled softly as if recalling five-year-old Airi, then his expression changed to one looking at a fully grown adult.

Then he spoke in a low voice.

“Rather than me, I think it wouldn’t be bad if our cute and lovely daughter-in-law told him directly.”

“Me directly, to Berry?”

“Mm-hmm, Berry would probably like that better.”

At those words, Airi blinked. If Berry would like that better…

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