My Daughters Have Regressed

209 – Precious #2

209 – Precious # 2

He said that day was the day he had originally made an appointment with Brigitte.

It is not known what the promise is.

It might have been a date where we had lunch together or a normal dinner.

To be honest, it was just an ordinary fall day.

There was no festival opening, and no famous person visited Phrygia.

It wasn’t anyone’s birthday I knew, and there wasn’t anything very happy about it.

However, there was nothing very sad.

Just.

Just an ordinary day that goes by like any other day.

It’s such an ordinary day that I can’t even remember the date.

It probably had to be that way, but one woman’s voice made today just a little bit special.

“Judas, do you have time?”

It was Salome.

“You don’t have to have time. I want to steal your time today. Let’s go.”

Salome took my hand and dragged me.

As she was preparing to go out, I suddenly grabbed Salome’s hand and left her mansion.

Where are you trying to go?

Salome left the city of Phrygia and headed to a nearby forest. A forest.

I thought it wouldn’t be a place suitable for Salome, a city woman, but after climbing the hill for a while, we were able to reach a fairly high view.

It was a place with a small view of the Phrygian city walls.

“It’s a wonderful scenery.”

“Yes? In fact, it’s a place I often come to and scream when I’m feeling down. “If I shout loudly here, I feel like her heart is opening.”

Salome said that and screamed loudly.

Thanks to that, the birds sitting on the tree flew porolong.

Salome didn’t care and shouted louder than ever.

How many seconds passed like that?

Salome, her face flushed as if she were out of breath, patted my side.

“What are you doing? You should shout too.”

“Me?”

I didn’t really want to shout.

But Salome is much younger than me and she often tries to act like my older sister, so it was clear that she would get angry if I didn’t listen to her.

I had no choice but to shout.

“Ah!”

My voice echoed through the hills and forests.

It was an amazing feeling.

Since when did I always think about turning down the sound? Because humans change as they get older so that they don’t make loud noises.

But since I was screaming like this, it felt like I was doing something bad.

My heart is pounding quite a bit.

“Ah!”

I screamed even louder. I was once again surprised to think that I was a person who could make such a loud noise.

“Does your heart feel a little relieved?”

Salome asked me.

I thanked honestly.

“It may not seem like a big deal, but it’s more fun than I thought.”

“This is the method my father taught me.”

“…”

The atmosphere suddenly becomes strange.

Because Salome’s father was a bad guy. And there was a past where I defeated that bad guy.

Soon Salome spoke.

“I know, my father was a very mean guy. But it came to mind often. I guess humans are made so that bad memories disappear and only good memories remain.”

I felt like I knew Salome’s feelings about her to some extent.

I thought I had suffered a lot in many ways, but when I look back now, all the memories of how difficult it was at the time have disappeared and I feel like ‘I did it.’

“In that sense, Judah, you resemble my father. There are many similarities, including being the worst guy in the world. In fact, I hated you so much that I wanted to kill you.”

“For killing your father?”

“There is something like that. Again, I just hated it. I felt like a fool and a fool, and it seemed like I couldn’t survive a single day without me in this harsh world. “I hate idiots the most.”

“I see.”

“When I met you again, you were just as stupid and foolish as ever. But things around you have changed. Especially Bridge Terra, it’s a bit too much.”

“What’s wrong with Brigitte?”

I protested lightly for Brigitte’s sake.

Then Salome hit her chest as if she was in a bad mood.

“Are you defending Brigitte now?”

“Of course.”

“Why, because Brigitte is your first woman?”

Gugit-.

Salome’s eyebrows were slightly wrinkled.

There must be something she doesn’t like.

I spoke to Salome to lighten her mood.

“If someone criticized you, I would equally defend you. “I’m not specifically defending Brigitte because she’s the first girl.”

When I said that, Salome seemed to relax a little.

The guy snorted softly.

“Well, being the first doesn’t mean much. But honestly, I hate Brigitte. Because I feel like the person who took what was mine. Judas, I was the first person in this world to find out about you.”

That was correct.

I was the first to connect with Salome.

That will be a fact that will not change in the future.

“Like a fool. I was in the most advantageous position, but I missed the opportunity. I’m an idiot. That’s why I hate it too.”

Pot-.

It was Salome who kicked the rock and made it fall down the cliff of the hill.

Today’s Salome was a little honest.

Did all her tricks her and pretense her fly away because she screamed down the hill?

So did I.

“But you are the first woman I fell in love with, Salome. Of course, as you said, being the first may not be as meaningless as you said.”

“…”

Salome closed her mouth.

His expression seemed to be full of dissatisfaction.

Soon Salome spoke bluntly.

“Being the first may have more meaning than you think.”

# # #

For Salome, ‘the first’ always had deep meaning in many ways.

Salome still kept the first thing she stole in her life.

It was a small and worthless old fountain pen used by Salome’s maid.

She found it fascinating that she was able to write letters on paper with ink.

Square, square – the ringing sound was also wonderful.

Salome was five years old at the time.

Salome, who stole her fountain pen, began to love writing on paper. She didn’t even realize that stealing someone’s things was a bad thing.

Because that was everyday life around Salome.

Then one day, the man noticed her stealing her and stroked Salome’s head with his large hand.

━My daughter is full of talent.

That was the first compliment Salome received.

From that day on, Salome lived to receive her praise.

Being recognized by that man, her father her her her, was everything to Salome.

It was like a kind of alcoholic drink.

Even now, those powerful first experiences remain deep within Salome.

You could say she was a pillar of character.

There was a time when Salome did not follow her father’s orders for the first time.

She was stupid when she met a guy who was like an idiot.

Her father didn’t like Salome being around men, but somehow she ended up hiding him in her room.

It was just a whim.

Although nothing of the sort her father had worried about what happened, it was Salome’s first truly bad act of hers.

Her heart was pounding very hard.

Her face felt hot.

‘Is it a dream? I won’t be able to forget that memory of her until the moment I die.’

When Salome opened her eyes, she saw her star rising among the bushes and branches.

Salome was surprised that she had fallen asleep.

She said, “I shouldn’t have gone to sleep.” “Why didn’t you wake me up?”

“You were sleeping too deeply.”

Salome wanted to know what time it was.

Today was an important day in many ways.

Zek-.

Then the man raised her hand.

“Are you okay. There’s still time. Look at that star. The thief’s star hasn’t gotten close to the moon yet. “I think it’s about 10 p.M. Now.”

The thief’s star was the star that thieves liked. It was given this name because it was said that when that star was close to the moon, it was time for thieves to be active.

Salome recalled that she had once told this man about the Thieves’ Star. Then, the conversation she had earlier suddenly came back to her mind.

“Judas, you said you liked me first.”

“That’s right.”

“Why? “What did you like about me?”

“You’re pretty.”

It was a simple reason.

It didn’t even seem like a lie.

But there was something about Salome that I didn’t like.

Because there were many pretty women in the world.

Of course, Salome was the prettiest of pretty girls, but she didn’t like the idea of a man liking her just for that reason.

“Again?”

“Of all the women I’ve met since I was born, you were the prettiest. “After talking to you and eating together, I couldn’t help but like you.”

It was also a simple reason.

Salome felt slightly wrong by the fact that she had fallen in love with this man for such a wonderful and complex reason.

Fortunately, the man didn’t ask questions like ‘Why did you like me?’

This man was always like this.

It seemed like he talked a lot, but looking back, there were many times when he was reticent.

“…”

This reticence made Salome feel awkward and excited. Although she didn’t want to admit it, Salome said she had grown fond of Judas.

A lot.

There are so many reasons to like it so far.

It was strange that I didn’t like it.

But she didn’t want to elaborate on the reason.

Hwioo-.

When the autumn wind blew.

Looking up at the sky, the Thief’s Star was getting closer to the moon.

It was a good time for thieves to make their move.

“Judas, you’re not actually the man I liked the most. You are still the second.”

“Really?”

Salome liked her father very much.

There were many reasons not to like her.

It was impossible to truly hate him purely.

However, I thought it was time to let go.

“… Will you steal me from that man now?”

Salome felt like she was finally free.

She really felt like she was doing something bad and her heart was pounding so hard.

Fortunately, the man-Judas was a man who was quite accustomed to doing bad things.

October 20th.

Salome wrote today’s date in her mind with a fountain pen.

It was an ordinary day that would pass by like any other day, but this moment became a day in Salome’s life that she would never forget.