Chapter 62 – Allegory
When Violetta quietly averted her eyes, the man finally withdrew his gaze. The man said nothing. However, Violetta felt bad for some reason. I had only lost in a trifling snowball fight, but I felt a strange sense of defeat. Look, your will is only this much. The expressionless face seemed to sneer when he said that.
‘It wasn’t even my ability in the first place. The power to manipulate others is nothing but reluctance. It’s better not to have that.’
I try to make up my mind once more.
I decided not to borrow his hand anymore.
Even though her self-esteem is shattered and her willpower has plummeted to the bottom, her resolution at this moment is no less than that of many of her martyrs.
Whether it will end with three days of determination or successfully shake off temptation remains to be seen.
The man scratched her insides with an unknown face.
“Anyway, if there is something you want to ask for, feel free to tell me anytime. It’s not like you’re going to be punished for breaking that promise.”
“Noisy.”
At Violetta’s dismissal, the man silently shrugs her shoulders and leaves the room. When he was gone, Violetta let out a sigh and sat down on her bed.
“Oh…….”
As she bent her knees and sat down, Violetta let out a short song. She supported her swollen stomach with both hands. These days, she seemed to know why the old man was making sore noises whenever she moved.
Maybe it’s because of my stomach that swells up every day, but these days, I’m out of breath even if I stand for a short while. Today, the weight of amniotic fluid and placenta filled inside felt heavier than usual.
As time passes, it becomes difficult to support the ground with both legs. She had never known before that the planet’s gravitational pull was so strong.
Anyway, all that man gave me was terrible. An incurable mental wound. A bulging stomach like a tadpole. Even the twisted walls.
“This ship, will it return to its original state after giving birth…….”
He muttered as he stroked his stomach, which was approaching due date.
No matter how good the elasticity of the skin was, it was difficult to imagine that a belly that had been stretched this far could recover its original smooth appearance. In fact, she often saw other women complaining about their sagging belly fat after giving birth and failing to recover properly.
Because she was proud of her beautiful appearance, she couldn’t help but care about her body being ruined.
‘…… It’s a bit unfair to think like that.’
It was natural for her to feel compensatory when she thought of the pain she had suffered and the pain she was suffering from matching the man’s distorted taste. In fact, it was because of that that he abused his ability without hesitation.
But what can I do? The promise has already been made. It would be ugly to come and rush to him and ask him to leave. Eventually, she silently shook her head and erased her thoughts. It seems that there are a lot of useless thoughts because I am alone in a quiet place.
Just gotta go to sleep Violetta laid her body on her bed to avoid further thoughts. But sleep did not come easily. It’s because of the insomnia symptoms that have developed since meeting a man. She had improved a lot lately, but still, this night’s uninvited guest often disturbed her sleep in bed. How long had it been since she had a good night’s sleep?
She was tormented by her wandering thoughts until dawn and fell asleep in her troubled mind.
When she wakes up, her face is clearly marked with tear marks. Violetta wasn’t surprised when she looked in the mirror. Because she was a common occurrence. She had nightmares all night and it was clear that she was in tears, but she can’t remember what she was dreaming about. When this happens so often, the tear marks on her face don’t matter much.
After washing her face thoroughly to erase the marks on her face, she silently tidied up her stray hair. After briefly dressing up, Violetta stood in front of the door.
Several bustling crowds were felt outside. Since the new emperor ascended the throne, the atmosphere in the palace has always been like this. There was not a single day without a mess because of the people who came and went in and out of the palace every day.
The power structure is reversed, and many people’s joys and sorrows are mixed…… At one time, Violetta was also at the center of the vortex, but now it just feels like a story from another world.
I opened the door to get out of my mind and go for a walk.
In front of her slammed open door, Violetta, a girl who looked like her, was standing awkwardly with an awkward smile.
Perhaps, judging from her posture and expression, Violetta had opened the door just before knocking.
Violetta stared at her girl silently, then she put the name on her lips.
“Ellie. What’s up this morning?”
“I just have something I want to say…… Can I come inside for a minute?”
It’s not going to happen.
She happily nodded and led Ellie into her room.
“Hey, did you sleep well? These days, I have dark circles too, and I don’t like the expression. Listening to what Clara says, it seems like she often skips breakfast…… Well, it’s good to eat breakfast, right? So what I want to say is…….”
After watching what she was going to say, Ellie started talking nonsense. She brought her chair and sat down with a very nervous expression on her face.
The story didn’t get to the main point, but only went on the outside. But somehow Violetta seemed to know why Ellie had come to see her.
“Anyway, a healthy mind resides in a healthy body. Also, her older sister is pregnant, so it’s good to take care of her health…… The father of the child would be very worried about her sister if her sister acted like that…… What? Um, but my sister isn’t even engaged yet…… ? Who is she and she made a child…… ?”
“Ellie.”
“Uh, huh?”
Violetta interrupted Ellie and said,
“Did you come here for yesterday’s work? Arguing with Liam over marriage.”
“Ah…”
Ellie’s eyes twitched. But she soon shuts her mouth as if she’s made up her mind and nods her head.
“…… Right. I came because of that.”
“It doesn’t seem like you came here on your own. Did Liam send you? Convince me?”
“That…… No. It’s true that my older brother asked me to come, but it’s also true that I came because of my will. Sister. Why are you so refusing to marry me?”
“…… It’s not that I hate being married. I hate having to leave here.”
To be more precise, she hated being separated from Ellie. However, fearing that her opponent would feel burdened, she did not dare to say it.
“But you knew that a day like this would come someday. The man receives a title and becomes independent, and the woman leaves the palace in search of a marriageable wife. She had plenty of time to prepare her mind. Honestly i…… I don’t understand why my sister is here now.”
Although she said it in a calm manner. That was Ellie’s words after all. She suddenly asked why she was acting like such a child.
In her mind, her own sister was a grown-up, thoughtful woman.
Of course, lately, her mind has been shown to be unstable a little more often, but even so, it was not easy to change the perception once stuck.
Her sudden tantrums and complaints seemed quite strange to Ellie. It wasn’t unusual for him to come and complain like this.
It was quite a pity for Violetta that her Ellie, who had always taken her side of her, sent her interrogative glances, but she understood her position of her.
Violetta, who had been silent for a long time, finally let out her sigh.
“It’s okay, so stop going back, Ellie.”
“What? She’ll go back after all……. Hey, the story has n’t progressed at all. I didn’t even take a step until I got the right answer…….”
“No, so she can go back. I am going to get married I will accept sending you asylum to another country. That’s it. Isn’t it counterproductive to argue about a subject that doesn’t need to be discussed anymore?”
“Uh, uh…… ?”
“Go and tell Liam, too. She changed her mind.”
Ellie pursed her lips in a stupor. Violetta pushed Ellie out the door. Ellie, who had been caught off guard, was helplessly pushed outside of her.
“Oh, wait a minute…… !”
Thud!
Ellie shouted something, but Violetta didn’t listen and slammed the door on her. She felt sorry for Ellie, but she needed some alone time.
“…….”
As soon as the commotion passed, a quiet silence fell in the room.
Marriage.
It’s a subject I’ve never really thought about. However, like the other girls, she had a vague longing. Even if you are destined to have an arranged marriage, you can fantasize about the person you will marry.
‘Well, I don’t have any fantasies anymore…….’
Needless to say, it was because of the man. Her twisted abuse and bullying her in the name of her affection and attention her was enough to shatter her illusions about the opposite sex.
She had already experienced the male bottom, so she really didn’t care who she was going to be with. Even if a person is quite distorted, there won’t be two people in the world as twisted as that man. If there is no expectation, there is no disappointment.
There was still a lot of reluctance, but Violetta made up her mind. Didn’t she swear right away yesterday? That she would no longer rely on men’s abilities.
‘I have to do it myself now.’
Of course, it did n’t seem like the man would just sit back and watch his marriage to him.
But she chose not to mind.
Whether or not he uses her powers to blunt the marriage, Violetta decided to bump it.
It was a shock even to her that she could n’t contain her excitement her in her past her and almost brainwashed her into Elly and Liam. She has to change she had to Even if she died, it was a specification to become the same as that man.
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“I’m going to get married……?”
Liam was dumbfounded. How long has she been sending Violetta to convince her? It was n’t that she did n’t have her expectations of her from Ellie, but she never imagined she’d come with results this soon.
‘So easy…… ?’
Maybe he has some other ultimate motive.
That’s what I was thinking.
