ICTV - Chapter 95
I change The Villain
Beryl was shocked.
"Please make some sense! Because this thing stays still, it keeps climbing up?!"
"Why doesn't it make sense? If I give you the money needed to move the house, everything is done?"
Beryl's eyes widened. Arshan took advantage of the opportunity and approached Beryl.
"Of course, Edgar is a famous person in the country where I live, but not as much as here. No matter how nice and famous he is, he is still an outsider."
"..."
"And I have a lot of friends. My friends like pretty and handsome people, so they will welcome your siblings with open arms. Let me introduce my parents to your parents. Because they were just writing that they had no company to talk to. My intuition tells me that my parents and your parents will get along very well."
The back of Beryl's neck was pulled. There really is magic in his life these days.
Beryl spoke in a deliberately harsh tone.
"... I'm sorry, but this is our first time meeting, right? Don't tell someone you just met for the first time that you'll give them a lot of money, even if it's empty words."
"Hey, it's not that much money to me. I told you. I have a lot of money."
Once again, Arshan clasped Beryl's shoulder. As if they had known each other for a while.
Beryl thought of his friends, or rather, the people who had once been his friends.
Beryl didn't have a wide range of relationships, but he didn't have many friends either.
It was natural. Beryl treated other people's problems as if they were his own, ran around to correct wrongdoings, and was the first to rush to help when things were difficult.
However, it wasn't like he expected anything in return. Because he was a person who would be satisfied with just saying "thank you."
They also thought of Beryl as a really good friend, but that was the end of it.
Still, Beryl didn't mind. Because he had long since gotten used to not receiving as much as he was giving to his friends.
Beryl suddenly remembered what happened with Rose's friends before she started dating Belial.
'What are you talking about so seriously?'
'Ah, this time my parents asked me to prepare a celebration party for my grandparents. So, I was getting some advice from the kids.'
'Yes? What scale are you going to do?'
The moment Beryl asked, Kedis laughed and said.
'Hey, do you have any advice? Your family doesn't even hold a separate celebration party.
'... What?'
'I heard you celebrate your birthdays among yourself too?'
Even when he was sometimes alienated because he came from the weakest family in the group, and when all his friends except him went on a trip, he wasn't disappointed.
Moreover, after Rose becomes a lover with Belial, he is not disappointed when Kedis invites her to his younger sister's birthday party. He thought it was natural because family was more important than friends. However...
"Hey, you have nothing to lose by being friendly with me. As I said before, not only do I have a lot of money, but I also have a lot of friends."
"... Then you can just play with them."
"But this is the first time I've ever met someone like you that I want to become friends with."
In the most shabby and difficult times, a person appeared who showed his goodwill at every opportunity. Beryl was in tears for no reason.
"What about me?"
"What's wrong with you?"
"Do you think there will be any benefit from becoming friends with me?"
Arshan's eyes widened.
"Yes, once the truth is revealed and Duke Serenity's reputation is restored, others will apologize and cling to me again, so it would be better to build friendships in advance."
"'But what should I do? There's nothing to gain from becoming friends with me. I am a person who is not greedy for money or power. I won't receive anything from Duke Serenity."
The more he talked, the more something disappeared from Beryl's eyes. Arshan stared at Beryl.
"So, don't waste your efforts-."
Arshan covered his mouth.
"Wow, I really like you more and more."
"Where did you hear what I said until now?"
"Among the nobles, finding someone as honest and unpretentious as you is rare."
Arshan put his hands on his hips and spoke arrogantly.
"I already have a lot of money and power. So, I don't need to make friends with conditions."
"Are you serious?"
"Of course I'm serious! Anyway, that's it now, right? The misunderstanding has been resolved, right?"
Arshan held Beryl's hand as if fishing for him and shook it up and down.
"From today we are friends!"
"..."
"Let's be friends from now on!"
Beryl stared at Arshan in silence. For some reason, his eyes grew hot.
***
"I want to eat madeleines today, but do you have any madeleines?"
"Here you are. Then there's nothing more you need now, right?"
"Yes, none."
"Please feel free to ask."
The three maids bowed to me and left the room. I, sitting across from Violet, took a bite of the madeleine.
Don't give in to the anxiety of not knowing how things will unfold in the future...
Creeping bitch.
Even in the midst of this, I am going crazy.
I quickly ate one Madeleine and offered it to Violet.
"Please eat."
"... I'm okay. I don't have any appetite these days anyway."
Violet said weakly. I tilted my head. But strangely, Violet doesn't seem like a stranger. It's like someone I've known for a long time.
After all, I must have read the original work a long time ago. I asked.
"You are Edgar's friend?"
"... Yes."
"Do you know what he confessed to me?"
"Yes. When I went to visit him after the party. Edgar said this in his own words. He confessed to the Lady."
I couldn't believe my ears.
"With his own mouth?"
"...I didn't even know that, I thought Duke Serenity hit him for no reason. I'm really sorry. If possible, I would like to separately apologize to Duke Serenity."
"You don't have to. You really don't have to do that to that person."
"Still, I really want to apologize. "
"It's better later."
I still didn't understand.
"No, it's not even Ed himself, so why do you keep apologizing earlier? If you're a friend and came to apologize on Edgar's behalf, I'll decline. He must take responsibility for his own mistakes."
"No, I definitely don't mean to apologize on his behalf."
"Sure?"
"The reason I want to apologize is because I provoked him...."
"Provoke?"
Old memories began to creep in and encroach on Violet again. Violet barely nodded.
"I have been worried about Edgar for being too kind for a long time. I was also worried about his attitude toward treating everyone equally. So, I told him that there will be someone special someday and that he shouldn't carry everything on his own..."
"Yes."
Even if I try to find Violet's fault up to this point, I can't find it. Is the conversation starting in earnest now?
I expected that, but my prediction was spectacularly wrong.
"But one day Edgar seemed strange. I knew right away. That he was in love. I was so happy that Edgar finally seemed to be living a life for himself. So, while I was there..."
Violet's face turned red with shame. Violet continued speaking with the feeling that she wanted to rip her mouth off.
"Because he kept running into that person, He thought she might be his destined partner and I encouraged him to just confess."
"Ah."
I nodded as if I finally understood.
"Did you say that knowing that the other person was me?"
"No. I never knew that Edgar was In love with you. Never in my wildest dreams did I know that he would go crazy from then on."
"Then that's it. I understand why my brother said that."
I spoke clearly.
"You really don't need to apologize to me."
"Why... ?"
"You said you did it without knowing. Rather, isn't this also Ed's fault? You're not a mind reader, so how do you know?"
I answered clearly.
"So don't feel guilty for nothing."
"..."
Violet grabbed the hem of her dress. She heard from Beryl and then from Rose that it was okay, but it didn't lessen her guilt. In fact, breathing became more difficult.
Violet's hands grew stronger.
'Ji-hye, you're walking around with Da-seo again today. Even though they'll compare and argue like that, she always looks fine. I really envy that mentality,'
'Really, is there any way it could be okay? I guess they're just pretending to be okay because they're afraid of ruining the mood. I get compared to the kid I go with at every turn, but what kind of kid is good?'
Isn't that person saying she's okay when she's not okay at all?
After that accident, all her standards of self were lost to her.
Violet tried to never make the same mistake again.
However, the old personality was not immediately abandoned.
"No, no matter how I think about it, it's my fault."
At that time, Da-seo only said idealistic and correct things without knowing Ji-hye's situation, but now Violet used her mouth carelessly even though she clearly knew Edgar's situation.
"I kept saying things that denied his life."
"Do you mean denying life?"
"Yes."
Violet nodded. Since he told someone satisfied with his life that he should not continue to live like that or that he is an idiot, she was indeed denying his life.
Edgar was very considerate and careful with every word he said, but she only said inconsiderate and extreme things because she was frustrated and because Ji-hye came to mind.
Crucially, she even said that belief in Harmonia was just an old habit. In that case, Ilshe should have just sympathized with Edgar's pain and comforted him.
Violet muttered.
"They say you have to be careful about what you say in front of people who are tired."
"..."
"But then and now, I can't be too careful."
If she couldn't be careful, she would just stay by his side. That alone would have been enough.
Tears fell down Violet's cheeks. Both then and now, she felt so pathetic that she regretted it only after it happened.
"... I encouraged Edgar."
Violet covered her face with her palms.
"I ruined Edgar."
I looked at Violet blankly and then opened my mouth.
"... Is it so. You think so."
I don't think she's just apologizing to put my mind at ease. I think that person is really sorry. I felt like if I denied it, that person's emotions would only become more intense.
I eventually gave up.
"If you think so, I have nothing to say."
Violet raised her head without realizing it. Finally, words that weren't denial came out. But that didn't mean it was positive.
I was looking at Violet with the same expressionless expression as before.
For a moment, Ji-hye appeared over Rose's face.
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