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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 28
Chapter Title: Meeting at the Festival (1)
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“Isn’t that person truly strange?”
After Sei-an returned home, Princess Rainy began to complain to Prince Idis in a dissatisfied tone.
“How can he be so nonchalant!”
“……”
She was displeased with Sei-an’s reaction to what she had told him just moments ago.
More accurately, it wasn’t so much displeasure as a complete lack of understanding.
“He tried to commit suicide, and yet…”
It wasn’t just any topic; it was about his own suicide attempt and the resulting accident. How could anyone be so unfazed?
‘At first, he seemed surprised…’
Of course, at first, he appeared startled. Seeing his expression change for the first time, Rainy had even felt a strange sense of satisfaction, thinking, ‘So he is human after all.’
But that was fleeting. Soon, he reverted to his usual nonchalant expression, then became lost in his own thoughts, not even sparing her a glance. When the time came, he simply got up and left.
Princess Rainy couldn’t help but be furious.
“Do you know how hard I investigated!”
While she was curious about who he was, a larger part of her wanted to obtain even a small piece of information to definitively shatter his indifferent facade.
And she had gotten a much bigger piece of information than expected, full of anticipation.
If he had, instead, even sent her a look of hatred, she wouldn’t have felt so frustrated and wronged.
“Rainy.”
“Yes?”
Prince Idis, who had been quietly observing Princess Rainy stomping her feet in exasperation, chuckled and spoke to her.
“Children act like you.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Like deliberately bothering someone you want attention from.”
“Huh?”
“The psychology of children who want to be seen as special by others.”
“Brother!”
“Heh!”
At Prince Idis’s words, which made her sound like an immature child, Princess Rainy glared at him with an even more indignant expression.
“But he is unusual.”
“What is?”
“No matter how I look at it, he doesn’t seem like the type to attempt suicide.”
Even if one loses their memory, a basic personality remains.
The Sei-an he had observed seemed like the kind of person who, if faced with something emotionally challenging enough to make him consider suicide, would instead resolve and eliminate that problem, not end his own life.
“But speaking of which…”
“Hmm?”
“What about that angry expression at the end?”
“I wonder.”
A moment ago, after hearing the word "suicide" from Princess Rainy, Sei-an had been briefly surprised. Then, he had returned to his nonchalant expression, seemingly lost in thought for a while, only to finally frown slightly with what looked like an angry expression.
At this, the two of them looked at each other, tilting their heads in confusion.
“More importantly…”
“Yes?”
“Why are we bothering with him so much?”
“……”
Then, the two of them realized that recently, whether Sei-an was present or not, their thoughts were consumed by him. Simultaneously, their faces scrunched up in annoyance.
***
“If I had to be put into anyone, it just had to be someone like *him*.”
On his way home, Sei-an repeatedly sighed, muttering complaints toward someone.
It was directed at Shainos, who had burdened him with unnecessary worries.
Among all the people, he just had to be placed into someone so problematic, causing him to fret over things he shouldn't have to. He gnashed his teeth, recalling Shainos.
‘I should at least try to find out the cause.’
Although he was momentarily surprised to hear the word "suicide" for the first time, he quickly accepted it.
However, the thought occurred to him that the cause that had pushed this person to attempt suicide might still be lurking around him.
And if so, that cause might bother him again.
‘Well, given his personality, he might have done it for no reason anyway…’
Of course, judging by the previous Sei-an’s personality, as described by Maid Pike, he might have just ended his life over something trivial, unable to control his temper.
Moreover, he was a person consumed by an inferiority complex towards Lucian, so that alone might have been enough for him to take his own life.
“But…”
Still, there might be another reason, something that could bother him later. So, Sei-an decided to investigate the cause of this person's suicide attempt for now.
Knock, knock!
“……”
Sei-an decided to first visit Count Shurayton and Lucian to ask about the reason for his suicide.
“I’m home.”
“Ah, welcome back.”
“Welcome back.”
“Brother, you were here too.”
“Yes.”
Sei-an, who had come to Count Shurayton’s residence, found Lucian there, sharing tea with the Count.
“Did you have a good day again, without any trouble?”
“Yes.”
“Good.”
Count Shurayton’s gaze towards Sei-an had changed somewhat over time.
Before, his eyes were filled with disdain, but now, much of that had disappeared.
This was partly due to Sei-an getting along well with Prince Idis recently, but the biggest reason was Sei-an’s demeanor—he no longer cowered or ran away from the Count as he used to.
“Come, sit here.”
“Yes.”
“……”
Furthermore, seeing Sei-an no longer hating and resenting Lucian at every turn, but instead sitting casually beside him as he was now, a faint smile eventually appeared on Count Shurayton’s lips.
“There’s something I’d like to ask.”
“Hmm?”
“……?”
Count Shurayton, who had been drinking his tea with a pleased smile, grateful for their time together, looked up at Sei-an again at his words, saying he had something to ask him and Lucian.
“It’s a question I asked you before, Brother.”
“A question you asked?”
“Yes.”
“……?”
“I…”
“……”
“Why did I commit suicide?”
“……!”
“……!”
Instantly, Count Shurayton and Lucian’s expressions froze.
It wasn't something they had intended to keep secret, but they also had no desire to deliberately tell Sei-an, who had lost his memories.
“…How did you know?”
“How I knew isn’t important.”
“……”
“Isn’t what’s important that I know this fact now and I’m curious about it?”
At Sei-an’s words, the two men’s expressions grew even darker. They didn't know how to explain it to the boy who had lost his memories.
“Well, I have a rough idea.”
As if to help them, Sei-an continued speaking first.
“I know that I used to be a person full of grievances against society.”
“Sei-an…”
“I’ll just ask one thing.”
“……”
“Where did I jump from? Was it my residence?”
“…No.”
“……?”
Sei-an had naturally assumed that he had jumped from his own residence, based on Princess Rainy’s words about him attempting to end his life by jumping from a building.
But Lucian shook his head, saying Sei-an’s guess was wrong.
“The place where you had your accident was…”
“……”
“The Academy.”
“Huh?”
“It was Juist Academy.”
“…The Academy?”
And from Lucian, he heard a surprisingly unexpected answer.
The place where Sei-an had attempted suicide was Juist Academy.
