Dear Eddert - Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Translator: effe
Benedict’s heart raced at an insane rate as he remembered what sacrifices he had to make to get her out into the world. A flame began to burn faintly in his chest, but Benedict did not know exactly what it was.
“Ha… Ha…”
Only when Walter stood up and grabbed his shoulder did Benedict stop moving.
“Not… yet…?”
Blood dripped from Walter’s lips, crushed by his own teeth. Walter’s pain was transmitted directly from the hand on his shoulder. It was a man who cut his own head for her. Benedict became even more curious about her true nature that captured such a strong man.
What kind of life did she lead after leaving the Imperial Palace? At this rate, it would be better if she had no memory. Even if she returned with her past memories past intact, there was no guarantee that the same would not happen again.
“…It is done.”
After a long kiss on Eden’s forehead, Benedict finally pulled from her. Her body, which was full of wounds, was now smooth without a single scratch. Warmth swept through the cold body. Inside her left chest, her heart was beating at a comfortable pace.
“All that’s left is for her to open her eyes.”
Walter staggered over to Eden and bowed his head. The moment a soft breath touched his tear-soaked cheeks, Walter collapsed with a cry.
“Eden… Ah, Eden…”
Walter stayed by her side for three days and three nights, waiting for her to wake up from her sleep. Contrary to his wishes, Eden did not open her eyes easily.
Year 175 of the Imperial Calendar.
It was the year that Crown Prince Christian of the Klawe Empire held a grand succession ceremony and ascended to the Empire’s ninth throne.
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Korea, 20XX.
“Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy birthday, my dear daughter.”
“Dad! Thank you!”
Hyemi clapped her hands and blew out the red candle. At the same time as the light in the living room turned on, her mother patted her on the back with her palm.
“What the hell did you do to receive a birthday present?”
“Ah, it hurts…”
Thinking that her mother’s hands are still powerful, Hyemi breathed out.
“Why are you beating the child on her birthday?”
Her father, who was sympathetic to his daughter, scolded her mother, but to no avail.
“Because I’m upset! How upright are the kids her age, but she gave up studying early and there’s nothing she’s good at. I managed to get a part-time job and you quit in three days? I can’t say anything to Mister Park because I’m embarrassed!”
Hyemi nonchalantly responded to her mother who continued to nag her by putting the cake back into the box.
“Because the guy in that chicken restaurant’s kitchen was a little weird, Mom. But can’t we eat the cake now?”
Her mother’s friend, Mister Park, the owner of the restaurant, was someone she met at her regular hair salon. The chicken restaurant was on the first floor of a main street shopping mall. It was good for Hyemi, who graduated from high school and didn’t have a decent job and who was stuck in her house, to get a job as a server.
“I think you are the weirdest kid in the world!”
As if ignoring Hyemi’s wishes, her mother slammed the refrigerator door shut and yelled at her.
“How are you going to live in the world with a mind that can’t even overcome anything?”
It was the third day of her part-time job when the kitchen manager, who was glancing at Hyemi while frying the chicken, sneaked up behind her and rubbed his lower back on her behind. Hyemi sighed and muttered a little.
“It’s not everything. Mother doesn’t even know me, but it’s always just me.”
If she were to be treated like this, she wouldn’t have thought about the relationship between Mister Park and her mother. Whether the kitchen manager was Mister Park’s brother-in-law or not, he was a pervert that had humiliated her.
“What do you mean I don’t know. I know it perfectly without looking at it. You’re just going to say ‘Ah, Sir X, please stop’. How are you going to live in this harsh world from now on? Do you want to stick with your mom and dad for the rest of your life!”
She politely said that the job didn’t seem right for her, but all she got back was her mother’s rebuke. Hyemi suddenly felt unfair and tears welled up.
“What are you doing? Cry for what you have done! Really, I’m so angry!”
“Honey, stop it.”
Her father dissuaded her mother. The main cause of the rising voice at the table in the morning was her, the only daughter in the house, the young unemployed, and, as her mother said, a troublesome thing.
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