SPMB - Special Side Story 21

The Revelers of Addis (17)

Kanna gave Kalen a glove to cover his blackened right hand.

Not only that, she checked the condition of his right hand every day and helped him train to live with one hand.

“Kalen, since you can’t use my right hand anymore, I might win in a fight.”

Isabelle's face was excited as if she had discovered the enemy's weakness. Kalen sparred with her sometimes, but he was very dissatisfied with losing every time.

On the other hand, Orsini's attitude was turning inside out.

“Kalen, doesn’t your wrist hurt? Should I make you a wrist protector?”

“I would be so grateful if you could do so, sister.”

Orsini's head is so hot that it feels like it's going to explode.

'What's so big about losing a hand that you keep talking like that?'

Haven't you lost the use of your arms before? I even got hit by Kanna's poison!

'At that time, instead of sympathizing with me, Kanna laughed at me and said it was good. Why are you so concerned about Kalen losing his hand? Hey?'

His breathing became heavy due to the jealousy that felt like his stomach was twisting. Orsini took a deep breath.

But he couldn't hold back and fired.

“The idiot with the hands and body has become a real asshole.”

At those words, Kanna glared at him with contempt.

“Orsini, don’t talk like that.”

“Did I say something wrong?”

“I’m sure it’s a bad thing to say. If you’re going to say something like that, just shut up. I don’t want to talk to a low-class person like you.”

"..."

Orsini was furious.

Now, behind Kanna, Kalen was smiling like a winner.

‘Are you jealous? Then my brother will get hurt too.'

It was the face that said that.

“I’m going to cure that bastard somehow.”

He resisted the urge to punch his brother in the face and emphasized each word.

“I will somehow heal Kalen’s right hand, no matter what it takes.”

"What?"

“If that’s the case, I’ll go to the southern continent myself. There might be something there that can cure Kallen.” 

He meant it.

Rather than continue to watch the treacherous Kalen bastard being cared for by Kanna, it is better to go to the Southern Continent and get clues to heal Kalen.

Although it was said with that intention.

“Orsini, you are more considerate than I thought.”

Kanna gazed at Orsini with admiration.

“Well, brothers are brothers..."

"..."

“You’re reliable, Orsini.”

Orsini kept his mouth shut. Kanna seemed to have misunderstood something, but he didn't bother to correct it.

'I'm... reliable?'

The corner of his mouth twitched.

“You don’t have to do that.”

Kalen, on the other hand, seemed a little offended.

It seemed like he quite liked the role of the patient being cared for by Kanna, but he couldn't help it. Orsini made up his mind.

'That bastard's right hand, I must fix it.'

***

That night, after finishing all the work, Orsini opened the dictionary.

[ Reliable:

1. The person is trustworthy and serious.

2. He is quite old.

3. The object is large, heavy, and solid.]

Kanna’s words, “You’re reliable,” rang in his ears all day.

He wanted to look like that to her forever. Not like a burning colt or anything.

'I need to clearly understand what it means to be reliable.'

Orsini examined the items carefully.

[1. It is reliable and serious.]

Serious... Am I the serious type?

Orsini heard a lot of stories about him being extreme, violent, and hot-tempered, but he's never heard of him being serious.

'But my father is serious.'

He lost. Damn.

So, what about the second?

[2. He is quite old.]

'I'm younger than Kanna.'

He was two years younger than Kanna.

Still, he's better than that kid, Kalen, who is three years younger than Kanna. But...

'But my father is older than Kanna.'

This is something he can’t win even if he dies or wakes up, right?

Orsini cursed and looked at the last item.

[3. Objects are big, heavy, and solid.]

Now he can laugh a little. It's a thing.

'I am big, heavy, and strong.'

This one thing was a clear truth. However...

'My father must also be big, heavy, and strong.'

Orsini suddenly threw away the dictionary.

My father was all considered ‘reliable’, but I was only one! 

“Damn it.”

He's a reliable man and tells him to get rid of everything.

Orsini left the dictionary lying on the floor and went to see Kanna.

“Hey, Kanna!”

But she wasn't in the room.

Instead, there was a letter on the desk.

"..."

Now that he thinks about it, this has happened before. At that time, he decided not to read the letter again...

'I guess this will be the last time I see you.'

Orsini gently lifted the letter.

[Is your buttocks okay?

I hit you pretty hard at that time, and I'm worried that you probably got bruised.

I am sending you some effective medicine, so please apply it to the area where I hit you. The bruise will disappear quickly.

I hope that the buttocks that were hit by me recover quickly.]

Suddenly, the paper crumpled in Orsini’s hands.

After a while.

“Brother? What are you doing now?”

“What are you doing? Burn the letter.”

"This."

I guess it's that day.

Kalen swallowed those words and suppressed laughter.

Then he went to Kanna, who was repairing Lucy's teddy bear.

“Sister. The day has come.”

"What?"

“That day. My brother’s day.”

Then Lucy tilted her head.

“What is that day?”

“You don’t have to know yet.”

Kalen stroked his sister's head with the kind face of a brother. It was a healthy left hand.

“You don’t have to know yet.”

A day that comes once in a while.

<Orsini's day of brilliance> has come without fail.

Kanna immediately ran into the room. Indeed, as Kalen said, Orsini was holding a burning ceremony by putting a letter in the fireplace.

“Orsini, what are you doing!”

“What are you doing? Can’t you see I’m burning the letter?”

“You promised I wouldn’t do that again!”

"When did I do that? I never made any promises.”

“This is real!”

Kalen, who was listening outside the door, smiled slightly and walked down the hallway. What kind of crazy display will they show this time?

'Last time, he ran away from home for a few days and came back with his little finger cut off.'

Kalen hoped that he would show off his amazing skills this time too.

'But please don't get hurt.'

Because Kalen alone is enough for his sister.

Addis was quite peaceful today too.

As always.

<The Revelers of Addis> 

Special Side Story Completed

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