Theoli stopped at the door and stared at Vivi for a while.She, who should have come to apologize, wondered how she cut it out. After slightly wandering her gaze, she suddenly leaned silently.

Shortly before she leaned over, Siori noticed something in front of her gaze, and realized that the reason for her discoloration seemed to come from more than self-blame, prompting her lover and brother to leave.I thought there would be intimidation behind them.Though they showed some difficulty to Theori that they wanted to talk alone, they smiled as if they had no choice.

It seems that the response was not wrong.He lowered his hips as he smiled and turned to Vivi, who breathed slowly while paying a little attention to Louis at his feet.

After a little silence, she tended to hesitate.

"... um..."

"Yes"

The moment Theori spoke a short word, I found her scared.But still, she continued to speak with patience.

"I've been thinking a lot since then..."

"Yes"

"My sister told me so much....."

"Yes"

"I don't know anything."

"Yes"

"... and I realized that you haven't apologized yet."

"Yes"

Her tone in my memory should have been better.That's why I choose my words carefully now.The way you talk is as if you don't have a point.However, the tone made me feel more considerate towards the other party.That's why Siori was listening to her impatiently.

But she must have realized that she was making an excuse for this.He raised his gaze and stood up with momentum, "I'm really sorry!"and lowered his head deeply.

"...... I said a terrible thing to Ms. Sioli.Besides, even though I did that... I was the one who instigated Sheila and Mia, but I didn't apologize and ran away. I'm really... sorry. "

As always, there were no guidelines, but there were no shards of arrogance in the figure of desperately connecting words and lowering his head.

The last six months seem to have made a good difference to her.

Mixing the words of apology, she began to mumble.

Vivi was born in a small village in the mountains near the border with Enqvist territory.In such a despicable village, she stood out among the children of her generation.One of the reasons for this was her parents' weight transfer, but she attracted particular attention because she had high magic powers.

Vivi's maternal lineage occasionally produces powerful magicians.Born with that power, which could only be inherited by my grandmother, my mother, and my sister, Vivi grew up cherished by her family.

My parents educated my village daughter enough that she would be able to choose a profession if her magic and social advancement progressed in the modern era.They cut off their savings and called their teachers several times a month to teach their daughters reading and writing calculations and etiquette.

That certainly wasn't a mistake.My daughter, who had learned together, was first seen by a merchant who came to buy, and married to a wealthy merchant in the capital of the province, who was his parents' home.

Of course, Vivi, the youngest daughter, grew up to be the best she could expect.Although there was some arrogance, it was to the extent that it was missed because of youth.

However, it would have been unfortunate for her not to have seriously corrected the arrogant nature that had begun to sprout in her years of adulthood before she left for the “outside world.”Perhaps her family or someone else had pointed it out, but she herself had heard about it as a matter of last resort.

Anyway, Vivi, who had travelled to his hometown after his parents died and had become an adventurer in the capital, Tris, spent a year without frustration, gaining his peers, and after arrogance, prejudice, and assumptions were enlarged, he sold his quarrels to Sioli and suffered great defeat.

At that time, she stepped into an area that she should never have touched and looked into the terrible "abyss".Burning hopes, burning loneliness, crushing anger, tearing hearts apart - it was an incredible, bottomless despair that encompassed all negative emotions.

--A person is the best creature that can hold his own heart in it.Even if you can, you only have the tools to empathize with someone's heart and share some of it.

Vivi took all the despair that a woman had accumulated in her life until then in an immature body that had lived only for less than twenty years.Even with his talent, he was exposed to the enormous darkness of Cioli through his magic power.I was swallowed by a desperate darkness that would make me lose my mind if I took one wrong step.If my heart was weak - no, if Theoli's magic power had been a little stronger, I might have been stuck in fear.

Every time I thought about it, I trembled badly.Lucky. I saved your life.

But from that night on, the darkness became terrible.I turned off the lights and couldn't sleep.Because the woman standing in the abyss of despair and darkness twinkles in her head and drags Vivi into the abyss.

The next day, the moment I was summoned by the union (guild) and saw the figure of Siori, I fell asleep.From the shadow that fell at her feet, I felt the sticky dark tentacles stretching out at that time, and my feet trembled.With so much despair and deep darkness, she smiled like she was in trouble, and it seemed like something terribly unfamiliar to me.

No, I'm scared, I want to go home.

I just had to cry with fear.The memory from there is uncertain.Anyway, I wanted to stay away from Shiori, and when I realized it, I jumped into my home in my hometown.

When I became a first-class adventurer, Vivi, who had fled in just one year, was embraced by the people in his town, surprised to say, "I don't think the water of the city suited me."

However, some people said, "After all, I was a good student in the countryside."

--It was a fact.

I realized that there are things that cannot be inferred simply by numerical values.This is the end of the world's strange little girl who didn't know that.Me and Mia were smashed with pride by a disgraceful woman, and Sheila, who still could not admit, died being eaten by a herd of giant spiders categorized for beginners.

After that, I spent some depressing days.It was a terribly plain and boring day to work in the Vigilante Corps of the Ancient Nest and help with hunting, while crushing the savings of the Adventurer era.

Those glorious days, which were staring at envy as the appearance of synchronization, were like a lie.

(If it were true, I would have promoted to a higher rank and been active by now)

The crushed naivety lifted his head, and dreaming of himself as a top-notch adventurer, that sluggish memory of darkness came to life and crushed his arrogant heart.

― ― Even after the beginning of the year, after repeating such days, she finally recovered her calmness. The day that my sister visited her was the day that passed in March.

The shadow of the novice rural daughter completely lurks, and her sister, who was the mother of the three children and had a complete penetration as a furry lady, was very concerned about her sister, who reported that she had returned to her hometown with one letter without greeting.I waited for my youngest child to breastfeed and then came alone.

Having completed the termination procedure and cleaned up the apartments on behalf of her sister, she scolded Vivi first, saying, "No greetings to her brother-in-law," and hugged her like she did when she was a little girl.

"What have you done?I heard you had some trouble. "

Some of her dowry clients are adventurers.So to a certain extent, I heard about it.Vivi opens her mouth as she is prompted, realizing that it is useless to cover it up.

During the conversation, my sister stood next to me and listened quietly while hitting her mallet.

When she finished talking about everything, she exhaled deeply.

"- Yes, I was a little curious about your complacency... but I didn't really think you could do that."

"... I'm sorry."

"I'm not the one to apologize."

"... uu, nnh"

Vivi said to her sister honestly, but now she realizes that she didn't say anything to her, and her words are cloudy.

My sister, who felt the sensitivity, frowned, "You, no way."I couldn't say that, but Vivi kept quiet, and it seemed like he knew everything.

"... you sold a fight unilaterally with jealousy and assumption, and the Knights made it easy for you to throw yourself out, and yet you ran away without apologizing.I can't even shelter my sister.What kind of face should I make to the adventurer next time?The connection next to these people is stronger than you think. "

……

I had no choice but to murmur without making a sound.

I have been bothering my sister and her bride-in-law because of what I have done.Rather than being a first-class adventurer, it looks like a kid playing games.No, the quality is still poor just because I am an adult.

My sister's gesture didn't seem to affect the business, but depending on what happened, it was a business that could mud the name of the shop.If Vivi had been thrown into the Knights like that, some would have avoided the shop where the sinners were taken from their relatives.

Vivi, who came to think of it, faded as if he were now.

At that moment, it would be a lie to say that Theoli had no intention of killing.He turned his head and pointed his magical wand towards him.Sheila apparently pointed her sword out of hatred, and Mia almost threw her bow.All of these are extremely lethal weapons to defeat the Beast.He pointed such a weapon at all three of his all-waisted opponents - if anyone sees it, it's the scene of the killing, no matter how hard they look.If Theoria hadn't resisted, she might have really killed him.

I wasn't even young enough to escape being provoked.It was a well-known fact that she was trying to gather her reputation to drive Theoli down, and many people had witnessed her.

"I... did something terrible..."

Vivi shrugged, and her sister pointed out harshly.

"Against what?" It's not about the other person, maybe it's about me or my family? "

"Ah...."

"Besides, sister, it's the first time I've heard that the other person was Oriental.I wonder if you're really... lucky.Maybe the situation helped me. "

I wonder what happened to Vivi, who raised her gaze, and her sister turned a gloomy eye.

"I don't know because you were in Tris before, but that guy... he was about to be killed once before.Even though he was ill, he was forcibly taken to the labyrinth and left behind with his body peeled off.That was after they took all the possessions and made sure they couldn't escape.It was as bad as it appeared in the newspaper.No matter how prejudiced immigrants are, there are limits. "

Eh...

Her sister looked at Vivi in mourning.But the woman who really wanted to point that at you is probably not here right now.

― ― There was only one Oriental in Tris.Until then, she became more prominent by the incident.

"This is just my imagination, but maybe that person... didn't want to make any more noise.I was just a victim of a big incident.If my colleagues are about to kill me again and take care of the Knights, they might tell me that again.Immigrants don't want to put themselves in a bad position, because there are many people who don't like to have a wave. "

That's why you missed me.

That is certainly only my sister's imagination.But Vivi also knows that it is generally true.

"Well, what do I do... me?"

Vivi was arrogant and ignorant, but had the wisdom to connect facts.My head was spinning faster.

― ― A colleague told me about her figure.A serious worker, a talented woman who built her position with wisdom, ingenuity, and a bloody effort.

I didn't try to believe it when I was stupid, but I know now that I've calmed down.She was never incompetent.Magic is certainly low, but it was a terrifying power to exude exquisite precision.

Even though you tried so hard to achieve results, he was killed twice.

Did you try to harm a woman who was about to be killed for selfish reasons again for the same reason?

How terrible it would have been for her.

That's why the anger and despair they showed us back then was so great.

”I-I-I don't know anything at all, it's so terrible...”

"Whatever you know, it's not a good reason, Vivi."

My sister distorted her face sadly.

"There are people who don't care about everyone."There are people like that, and you thought you didn't like them for some reason.But, hey, I think that's the least polite thing to do.Not if it's not harmful. "

That's right. I didn't like Theoli.

There may have been some harm, but it's also one-sided.For Vivi, the reputable girl didn't like her as a mage.Sheila was just thrilled to get rid of her loved ones.Mia had nothing to do with it, she was just having fun riding around with two friends and hitting the weak in half the fun.No matter what I took, I didn't have a reason to bomb Theoli.

On the contrary, I stuck her in mere prejudice and assumption.Immigrants, it shouldn't be a big deal because they're still Oriental, so they decided that they must have passed the assessment through a hooker bluff.

"You may have been the advocates of justice, but what you actually did was you resisted, you resisted, you know, you tortured, you tortured, you tortured, you tortured, you tortured, you tortured, you tortured, you tortured, you tortured, you tortured, you tortured, you tortured."

My sister's words are relatives, so there is no reluctance.Even the seniors who thought it was harsh realized that there was still reluctance and kindness.

Vivi finally silenced her sister for accurately describing the situation.

Her sister beats her back as she leans down with tears in silence.

"--I 'm an adult now, so you know what to do."

"... yeah"

Vivi nodded.

So she and her sister set foot on the soil of the territorial capital Tris again.

"... because we didn't think about it, I made Shiori feel bad and caused a lot of trouble to other people.I'm really sorry. "

A deeply lowered head.Seeing the fluffy hair of the wheat, Shiori remained silent for a while.

Her words of apology and her attitude are sincere.I truly regret what I did from the bottom of my heart.I'm not shrugging my head when someone tells me to.It might have been embarrassing to expose myself again, but I apologized without covering it up.

Theoli exhaled.

"--I was really scared back then."

I know they didn't mean to hurt Theoli.But in any case, I wouldn't have dragged you until we had a fight.Judging from what they said afterwards, it seemed that the aim was to expose and let everyone know that Theoli was incompetent after a battle.To put it further, he was going to either threaten and make her cry or make her cower and lower her drinks.

Pointing that out, Vivi casually fell silently. Affirmative.

"It might have been a mild feeling for Vivi and the others."But as you say, I'm just a housekeeper with a little magic.That's why I was so scared that Vivi and the others who were supposed to be the newcomers were pointing their weapons at me, even if they were going to threaten me a little. "

I'm just trying to survive.I was wondering if you'd ever survive that incident and end up like this again.Maybe the "play" goes too far and causes an injury that cannot be revived.Sometimes the place is bad and you may die. That was terrifying.

There was certainly something for them at that time that only made them think so.

"─ A person's heart becomes inferior when he or she creates a 'good person to look down'.While you're making and dealing with someone like that, you start to think you can treat them badly and treat them as you like. "

Many of those treated as such are called the weak.Persons with low abilities, economic power, or social status.Some people fall from the overwhelmingly powerful to the weak for some reason, but in any case, once the weak are certified as irresistible, they know exactly what will happen.

I just can't be treated like a good person.

It was the same in the world I used to live in.A typical example would be unilateral lifting with SNS.

And while he likes to abuse the weak, his perception of the dignity of others is greatly distorted.The people of [Dawn] were exactly like that.Even though they were nice people, they were led unknowingly to Lanvaldo, and they eventually took the initiative to treat Siori with contempt and cruelty.Even Torre and Rachel, who were supposed to be on my side.

― ― The relative eyes of Vivi six months ago were very similar to those of his former companions.What seeped out of that expression was the fierce idea that you could do anything because you were a good bully.

“I don't deny the feeling of contempt for someone.I don't think it's a bad thing to have strong self-esteem.But don't ever make 'people who look down and treat them badly' again.It's not just about respecting the dignity of others.Even your heart is a mean and shallow act. "

After all, he's only clearing himself of his anger by bullying others.

"... my sister told me the same thing.It was nice to go up to class C right away, but then it was totally um......

Vivi confessed that the act was more than just a sign of pride.

Outperformed well in the same period.By the time the synchronization was finally going up to D grade, the grades between C grade had already been achieved.However, she said that she could no longer think of it from that point on.

There are also circumstances in which women who have just chosen too much work and not gained experience, or who have poor work attitudes and ignore any re-education instructions or seniors' suggestions, can no longer turn to good work.

It was Shiori who came into sight at that time.I was terribly disturbed by the fact that the Orientals of the "uncivilized country", who were low-ranking magicians and were supposed to be only miscellaneous servants, had earned the rank of B in only three years.

Similarly, some of my younger and younger colleagues said, "I know you're serious and enthusiastic about your work, but that person's ratings are strange." "That's right.Encouraged by the phrase "just boil water for cooking and washing", they found a toy that could soothe their anger and jumped with great joy.

"Just because you've eliminated me doesn't mean that Vivi and the others will rise in rank.If I was really cheating, it's all the more so because it was not true. ”

"... that's right. As a result... I've downgraded myself."

Vivi's gaze was so cold when he dived through the union door for the first time in six months.Even the colleagues who "pushed" me back at that time did not want to get involved.I realized that criticism and bullet-throwing behavior over time can only discredit my own evaluation.

"It may be rude to say that when you're young, but in my hometown, Vivi is still a minor, so please do that.I can still get Vivi back when she's old.It's quite difficult at my age, but while you're young enough to forgive me, please fix what needs to be fixed... and do your best. "

There are many places where my life has been put at risk twice.So this is the best word for "victim."

Vivi nods tinyly.

"... what are you going to do now?"

"At first, I was going back to the village.But by the time I got here, I had a lot to think about, and I... wanted to do my magician job properly. "

The deceased parents broke down their savings so that they could survive in the city and get an education.I don't want to waste it.Besides, she said she wanted to work with her own strength.

I see……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Siori gently gripped her beautiful hand stretched out into her hand and smiled lightly.

"It might be hard for you for a while.But if you work hard, I'm sure there will be people who will see it properly. "

I'm sure she'll have someone to keep an eye on. I hope so.

Theoli, who left Vivi on the spot, who began to sob, quietly left the room.Alec and Zach greeted with a relaxed expression, and Lully stroked his feet.You realize that things have been done peacefully, and your colleagues are also relaxing their shoulders and gazing at each other with a bitter smile.

Zach, who had slapped Theoli on the shoulder several times, went into the room instead.

Exhale gently and jump into Alec's chest waiting with your hands open, keeping your body closed.He gently clasped such a sioli.