Spending time with you is so much fun that I feel dizzy/giddy, and it relieves me from my anxiety &m

Spending time with you is so much fun that I feel dizzy/giddy, and it relieves me from my anxiety —On the other hand, the reasons for Vlad’s inconsistent behaviors weighing on my mind…“I’ll let you know…”CHAPTER 04MC “What are you doing, Vlad-san?”Vlad “Ah, Mimi. I’m fixing ‘this’, look.”Vlad-san has a violin with loose strings in his hand,There are people who seem like a traveling troupe looking at it with concern.Man from the traveling troupe “Yo, Nii-chan, you look like a florist, aren’t you? Can you really fix the violin?”Vlad “Yes, my old friend is a man who plays violin. Every time it broke, it turned that I could fix it if I tamper with it.”Vlad “…Yeah, I think this should be okay, though. Let’s play it for a little while as a test.”As he quickly stands up, Vlad-san slides the bow on the just repaired violin.At that moment, the particles of light with such a beautiful sound echoes through the clear blue sky.(Wow…!)The tone is so emotional and sensual that it instantly captivates people…,More and more people gather as they are drawn to the sound.Vlad “…Yeah, the sound it makes is exactly beautiful. Eh? What an amazing crowd.”Man from the traveling troupe “Oi oi, it’s supposed to be our forte to make people happy, isn’t it?”Vlad “Ahaha, sorry. Well, here you go. Will you make me even happier? Regarding the people here.”Vlad “About the violin, I can’t help but want it to be played by the owner.”Man from the traveling troupe “Haha, you’re telling me! *Bring it on. Oi everyone, hold the instruments!”(*望むところ - that’s what I want, that’s what I’m hoping for, suits me well, could ask for nothing better, make my dayBefore long, the sound that uplifts my heart fills the air…As if invited by the sound, the people around me performing dance steps as they wish and the circle of dance expands.Vlad “Hmm, isn’t this great? Everyone seems to have a lot of fun…”(…His eyes look like as if he’s staring at such a lovely thing.)It’s like a wide sea, like an endless sky…and I’m fascinated by his gentle eyes to the extent of invoking such affection. Vlad “Mimi, it’s such a waste not to devote ourselves in such a wonderful time. That’s why, here…”Vlad “May I have your hand?”As he holds out his hand directly, my heart can’t be helped but to be exhilarated.(Erm, as Vlad-san says. I have to enjoy such a wonderful time!)While taking his hand…MC “Yes, please treat me well!”Vlad “Ahaha, that’s a nice smile. Well then, leave yourself to me.”The light music, with Vlad-san who smiles in front of me…I realized that I’m laughing out loud.When I return to the mansion after a day’s work and about to go back to my own room, I hear a sound from the open balcony.(…The sound of the violin?)I peek into the balcony gently as I drawn to the beautiful tone.There’s the Comte who’s playing the violin under the moonlit night, and Leonardo-san who’s listening to it with wine in one hand.Leonardo “…The tone of the violin you play is still beautiful.”Comte “Because it’s my partner that I’ve been playing all the time since I was a child.”Comte “…Hey, Leonardo.”Leonardo “Hmm…?”Comte “The time of us pureblood and humans does not *overlap.”(*重なる - occur at the same timeComte “Even while we blink, humans run through lives in full speed.”Leonardo “…Well, sort of.”Comte “But, this tone would always be everlasting. I feel like I’m being saved by such a trivial matter.”Leonardo “It’s fine, isn’t it? Even a human would keep on living as long as hopes exist. That’s the same for us too, right?”Leonardo “You are saved by a trivial matter, so…again, like you, it’s all right if we just love those guys in the mansion and human beings.”Comte “…Yes, you’re right, Leonardo.”The words spilled at night slowly soak into my mind.I wasn’t aware of it anymore but I, with Comte and Leonardo-san…by all means are different creatures.I think no matter how much I imagine, I cannot possibly understand their loneliness.(…But, I want to understand even if it’s not enough, since I think I’ll be able to do what I want to understand.)(But, I wonder why…)(I thought that Vlad-san’s eyes that I saw today are similar to the eyes of Comte and Leonardo-san.)The next day, I make a declaration as soon as I meet Vlad-san.MC “Please let me to help you properly today.”(If things go on like this, it will be different from our first agreement.)Vlad “This’s the first time I’ve been scolded for not entrusting any job to others.”MC “Ah…I’m not angry!”Vlad “Ahaha, it’s okay, I know that. Well, I think I’ll take advantage of your kind offer then. First of all —“The moment Vlad-san picks up the flower on the wagon while giggling…Child “Excuse me!”MC & Vlad “…?”When I turn myself towards the voice, a little boy wearing a newsboy cap stands with a serious expression. Vlad “Is there something you want, little customer?”Child “I want you to make a bouquet of the most beautiful flowers in the world, since I want to give it as a present to a precious girl.”Vlad “The most beautiful flower in the world…huh, this is a difficult task.”Vlad “Well then, can you tell me a little bit about the person you’re giving to make the bouquet?”Child “Huh…?”Vlad “Anything is fine, things that she likes, how that girl’s reflected in your eyes, and so on.”Child “That girl is always playing a piano by the window of a large mansion, so I think she likes piano.”Vlad “How nice, I like piano too.”Child “Yes, I also like piano…err, I mean the piano that the girl plays.”Child “On the way home from working at the coal mine, I happened to hear the girl’s piano, if I could see her even for a moment…”Child “I can’t say it well, but I think…I’m glad to be alive today.”The world looks beautiful just by meeting the person, and a trifling day changes its appearance vividly into a special day.(…Is she his first love?)When I think how pleasant it is, a dark shadow casted on the child’s big eyes just after he talked in a lively way.Child “That’s why I want to tell her I like meeting her…I really want to tell her, but it would be a bother/troublesome after all.”MC “Why…?”Child “Because that girl and I are of different social status. To the world I live in — she lives in an exact opposite world.” I’m surprised by his spilled straining voice.This world…19th century France looks gorgeous at first glance, but the disparity of wealth is clear.(*貧富の差 - wealth inequality, social inequalityIn the course of a month and a little time since I came here, I knew the fact even if I didn’t like it.(I don’t want to simply say I understand and something that can be a temporary comfort. But…)Right now, I don’t want this child’s feeling to be rendered futile as he desperately holds both arms tight in his chest.I reflexively crouching down beside the child, and looking straight at him…MC “Certainly…perhaps both of you are from different worlds.”MC “But for that reason…I don’t think why you shouldn’t convey your feeling.”Vlad “…”MC “If you face each other properly, your feeling will surely be conveyed. That’s because both of you, all of us are the same, we are human beings. Besides —“MC “The girl is the one that you comes to like. You have to believe in that first, right…?”Child “!”Then, Vlad-san presents a bouquet of yellow gerberas that looks like they are dyed in the sun.Vlad “It’s a gerbera flower. I don’t know if this flower is the most beautiful in the world, but…”Vlad “Look, when you hold it like this, it looks like the most beautiful flower in the world to me.”Vlad’s hand gently pushes on his little back.Vlad “Go before the flowers wither. In flower language, gerbera means hope and progress.”Vlad “May you move forward with hope.”Child “Thank you, florist Onii-chan. Onee-chan…here.”Looking at the coins that’s being held out, Vlad-san shakes his head.The child bows deeply and starts running from the spot — to give his loved one a bouquet of gerberas.Light footsteps going further, the little back getting smaller and smaller…and then his figure disappears.As I stare at Vlad-san’s profile unintentionally, his eyes, full of affection, turns towards the child’s back.(Ah, these eyes again. As if he’s loving everything…such eyes.)Vlad “…? What’s wrong?”MC “…Vlad-san really loves people, don’t you?”Vlad “Huh…?”MC “Your eyes always look like that, though.”Vlad “…Yeah, I love them. I think human beings are lovely, as they live in earnest, like flowers that rejoice in their limited lives.”Vlad “But Mimi, that’s my words.”Vlad “You focus your attention at each individual’s feelings/thoughts and try to believe in it…Mimi, you are very kind.”Vlad “I think you’re a beautiful person. I really think so.”Vlad-san’s beautiful fingertips scoop my hair, which has been disheveled by the wind, and put it over my ears.The crimson eyes gazing at me directly are so gentle that it makes me speechless.(…Vlad sometimes looks at me with nostalgic eyes.)(Staring at me…with such *passion, as if you were looking for someone within me.)(熱 - fever, heatI feel likes I want to know the reason, and it feels frustrating, while having such feelings,I don’t want to destroy this peaceful time, so I just smiled back at the beautiful person in front of me.At dusk, when such a calm day continues, I sit on the bench with Vlad-san, who had finished selling the flowers.Vlad-san didn’t let me to do anything to help him today too, and we’re just having a fun time together.(At first, Vlad-san’s…)Vlad “Right now, I’m selling flowers by myself, but I don’t have enough manpower. That’s why I have a request for Mimi.”Vlad “Can you help me with my work?”(He said that, but…)Vlad-san’s adept in his work and didn’t seem to be understaffed at all.(It’s no use worrying about it alone. Okay, let’s take this opportunity to ask…) MC “Hmm…Vlad-san.”Vlad “…Yes? What’s it?”MC “Vlad-san asked me to help you because you’re short of manpower…”Vlad “Doesn’t it look like there’re lack of manpower?”MC “…Yes…so I wonder if there is any other reason.”Vlad “To tell you the truth…you’re a descendent of a royal family in a certain family. So I received an order to protect and escort you.”MC “…Err, you’re joking around, right?”Vlad “Yeah, exactly that.”MC “Vlad-san…!”Vlad-san laughs with refreshing voice and looks into my face — Vlad “I don’t want to be hated by you. I’ll let you know···—” -- source link

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