The Escape of Layla

"I wonder where to start."

Charlotte, who napped Mr. Grete in the children's room and cleaned up the broken teacup, took a small breath with his newly re-brewed tea in his sip. There's a teacup in front of me too, but I'm kind of unwilling to drink it now.

"... in conclusion, is everything Grete said true? Me and my brother, we've been alive for hundreds of years.... it's not just us, it's almost like the Lewayne clan living in this city"

"What, a hundred years..."

I have no idea what this is about. To much shock, I just had to repeat Mr Charlotte's words.

"You won't believe it any time soon, will you? But it's true. We, the descendants of Lewayne, have a curse. In those days of Migawa, when the Leweynes destroyed a demon, there was an abominable curse that is still pulsating with blood."

Mr. Charlotte was looking at me in the eyes of seriousness itself. Momentum to forget to breathe too, listening to Mr. Charlotte.

"... it is a curse that we will not die unless we are bound by the Fate. Heh, that would be a lot more romantic if you just listened to the words, wouldn't it? When I first heard it, I wondered what a lovely curse it was."

The appearance of Mr. Charlotte, who dares to continue to speak brightly, did not become somewhat painful. She keeps talking with the momentum as it is.

"If we're not tied to the Destiny Man by the age of 20, our time will stop at that point. We'll stay 20, and only time will pass. It was a good start. I could stay young forever, and I spent a lot of time thinking about what I wanted."

Talk that far and Mr. Charlotte's eyes slightly peel. In the depths of darkness that dwelt in his eyes, he ran cold.

"But after a few decades, I realize. I wonder how much more this life will go on.... the fact that you can't see the end is more disturbing than you can imagine. In my extended time, I've lost my mind.... well, to be honest, so much so that I've tried to die myself"

Mr. Charlotte always laughs so brightly? Though I don't know what's in people's minds, but it didn't look like someone who had thought about suicide very much. The shock is immeasurable just because she is always saved by her euphoria.

"I can't die if I want to. After all this time, I don't show up with" Destiny Man ". Really...... I really thought it would break my heart. But I wonder if it's even with the Lewayne clan with the same curse as the boulders. My friends and city people, who lived hundreds more years than me, told me."

The shadow that dwelt in Mr. Charlotte's eyes faded and she grinned somewhere.

"... our destiny is just a little sleepyhead. There's no such thing as forever, so I'm sure we'll meet someday... I had no choice but to say the word."

Mr. Charlotte strokes his fluffy furrows when he looks at the stuffed bear still sitting in his chair and chuckles.

"Then it wasn't long before I met Ralph. Strangely enough, we in the Lewayne clan will know at first sight when we meet the Destiny Man. The moment I found Ralph, I grabbed him by the chest barn even though it was the first time I met him." You really are a sleeper, "he said.... Then I felt so full that I didn't care about the pain I'd been through. You always wanted to die, and the moment you met Ralph, you laughed because you wanted to be with this guy forever."

Having finished the whole conversation, Mr. Charlotte mouths the teacup again. After all, I still didn't feel like drinking tea. To talk too magnificent, even with a single understanding, my chest was clogged when I thought of the hundreds of years of solitude of Mr. Charlotte and Mr. Lenhardt.

"It would be nice if Grete could meet someone destined early...... While Ralph and I are alive, I'd love to see Grete's bride."

Mr. Charlotte's apparent age was a soggy dialogue, but now I can see that the words contain complex thoughts and prayers.

"... is there no limit to the curse? Will it not be over again, as long as Lewayne's blood continues?

"Some of you are preaching the theory that if Lewayne's blood is too thin to use magic, the curse will not activate. Either way, the blood is still too thick in the Greatest generation to escape the curse where this theory was right..."

Mr. Charlotte looked at me with a grin somewhere close to giving up.

"You're just lucky this curse didn't pass on to the Altair Royal Family. Although the grandson of the princess of Ogawa, who hits the royal ancestor, abandoned her magic in the hope of peace in the kingdom before receiving the curse of Lewayne, escaped this curse thanks to her living without any involvement with Lewayne... if that driver hadn't worked, the worst royal could have been cursed too"

Had the royal family been cursed, that would have been a tragic situation that could no longer be seen. One king will rule the kingdom for hundreds of years. There may be no more power struggles, etc., but it can be a hell of a dictatorship.

Nevertheless, I shake hands all the time. Apparently he was sweating while listening, his hands were shaking slightly.

The reason why all the inhabitants of this illusory king's capital are young people is because of this curse.

It's such a cruel curse. I can't believe I endure hundreds of years of loneliness and keep waiting for "destined people" who don't know when to show up. Nevertheless, the spiritual strength of those who created a bright and serene city deserves heartfelt respect. The people of Lewayne are really strong people. I can't wait to be ashamed of myself for wanting to die as much as my sister took my fiancée.

"I'm sorry you talked so heavy. But I think Leila is going to find out..."

"... No, thank you for speaking politely. I really respect the people of this city, starting with Mr. Charlotte."

"Hehe, thanks. Well, it's like we're all heartbroken and that makes us stronger. When I was born, I was nothing like the people of the kingdom."

Mr. Charlotte winked lightly at me when he drank tea with momentum.

"Well, now I might have been able to follow up on your brother's bizarre behavior. I know you'd know if we lived together, but your brother wouldn't be the type to apply to a woman you met for marriage, would he?

Suddenly I can't keep up with the development of the story and I get a vague grin.

"Yeah... right. Mr. Leanhardt is not a light-hearted man."

"Don't you know yet? My brother's been waiting for Layla for hundreds of years. You must have been so happy to see Leila that day.... so take a big look at that insensitive proposal"

"Huh...?

The moment I thought about and understood the meaning of Mr. Charlotte's words for a few seconds, I got so hot that a fire seemed to erupt from my face.

Oh, I wonder if that's the case.

I didn't know what to do and for now I stirred up the tea in front of me all at once. I drink very, very poorly, but if I don't do this, I won't cool off the heat in this body.

It's like a sweet magpie.

I can't believe I might be Mr. Leanhardt's "Destiny Man".