Bab 170: Chapter 170: Not Just Vill-V, But Just Vill-V
[At the end of the holiday, you were invited to go to the Far East with Li and Yin. There, you met Yin's "family"... The courtyard was really beautiful, and the falling cherry blossoms were also beautiful. Yin also gave you a piece of specially treated cherry blossoms that can be preserved for a long time.]
[And as expected, Yin also came to ask you for a favor... Mainly, she wanted you to give her parents a massage as well.]
[This really makes you laugh and cry... With the power of Yin's family, what kind of massage can't they enjoy? And you are a high school student, how good can your self-taught skills be? Even if you are talented, you can't compare with those masters... Yin wants to learn a message to give to her family, the key is attitude and intention so that you won't say anything, but Yin's request is a bit...]
[Yin nodded as if she just realized it, and then changed her request - she wants you to play the shamisen, she likes it very much, and her parents like it too.]
[This request is a bit outrageous. After all, you didn't major in music. When you think you can give it a try, just treat it as a talent show. And after getting started, you don't think it's that difficult... At least playing one or two simple songs is no problem.]
[... Eh? That's not right... Have you been tricked?]
[But... never mind. Since Yin and her parents are so happy, you don't care that much.]
[After that, you returned to school. You and Vill-V shared your holiday experiences and exchanged your happy moods with each other. Then... Vill-V got attached to you as expected.]
[Well... it seems like she didn't have as easy a time as expected during this holiday... Is she so "tired"? But come to think of it, the holiday is so long, and she has to maintain the "mask" and "performance" for a long time, it would be strange if she wasn't tired.]
[After "resting" beside you for quite a while, Vill-V finally restored the distance between you and her and excitedly showed you the magic props she made herself.]
[Then it was another peaceful day... Although you were living a busy life with Vill-V's "help", everything was stable anyway.]
[Spring has gone and autumn has come. You have gone through the most daunting exams for students. After the intense exams, it is time to relax again... As for the results? What else can you do now that you have finished the exams? Just leave it to fate!]
[Of course, those are still very far away for you and Vill-V. After all, you and Vill-V are both very confident.]
[Next, Vill-V still has an appointment with her parents and plans to go out and have some fun, but you plan to stay and help out in the community with Father Enrique, and Vill-V said she also wants to go and will come to help you after she returns from her trip!]
[You naturally agreed to this, and Father Enrique also agreed... You believe that the magic performed by Vill-V will definitely bring laughter to everyone, and Vill-V will definitely receive applause.]
[If nothing unexpected happens, you will meet again in about two weeks, um... half a month. I feel like Vill-V will become clingy to you again... Be prepared to comfort her, and learn some head massage so that she can feel more comfortable when she rests.]
[Well, if nothing unexpected happens...]
[But unfortunately, an accident happened and suddenly shattered all your beautiful plans.]
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"Hey~"
Nozomi nimbly climbed over the backyard fence, then bent his waist, as if avoiding the sight of someone outside, and walked along the fence to the side of the house. Then he gently opened a hidden small door, jumped in, and groped his way forward in the dark. After reaching the end, he skillfully lifted the door panel above and climbed up again.
At this time, Nozomi came to the garage inside the house. As for how Nozomi knew this secret passage, well... it was actually made by Vill-V. She made it herself in order to sneak out to find Nozomi.
Although Vill-V's parents found out about it due to an accident, Vill-V was dragged by her Parents to talk for several days in a row. They kept saying, "Mom and Dad know that girls can't be kept, but you don't have to sneak out like this? Tell us, otherwise we won't let you go?" and "You are still too young, don't do anything excessive... It's a good thing that it was Nozomi, otherwise we wouldn't be at ease," which left Vill-V speechless for a long time.
But now... Vill-V can no longer hear her parents' nagging.
"Vill-V, I'm here"
He skillfully found the key hidden in the corner, opened the door inside the garage, and walked into the house. Nozomi habitually called out first, but as expected... there was no response.
Nozomi didn't feel anything about it. He just adapted to the dim scene in the room first and then walked forward slowly. He had no intention of opening the curtains and just moved around in the dim room.
Walking through the corridor, reading the papers with calculation formulas stuck all over the walls, picking up the design drafts scattered around the living room, classifying them according to the labels above, and skillfully arranging them and placing them on the table, he exclaimed, "Vill-V's designs are getting better and better."
Then, he skillfully went to the kitchen and processed the ingredients he brought one by one. He did not use open flames but only cooked them with an induction cooker that was not too obvious... After making a simple meal, Nozomi took the food upstairs and gently knocked on Vill-V's door.
"Vill-V, it's me."
Nozomi's voice was light, calm, yet gentle, like flowing water or a gentle breeze.
"...Um."
Vill-V's faint response came from inside the house.
After getting permission, Nozomi pushed open the unlocked door.
He ignored the paintings that covered the walls, which seemed to depict some "monsters", carefully avoided the design drafts scattered on the ground, moved the various tools piled on the table, put the food down... and did not approach Vill-V who was curled up at the foot of the bed. Instead, he moved away a little to give her space to touch the food. Nozomi, with his usual gentle smile, silently packed up the things around him.
Vill-V raised her head slightly and looked at Nozomi. After making sure that he was not approaching her and was not paying attention to her, she slowly crawled to the table and started eating bit by bit.
"......" x2
Silence permeated, but Nozomi had gotten used to it. During these days, from [that incident] to now, Nozomi had become very familiar with the entire process of taking care of Vill-V.
Not long after Vill-V went out for a trip with her parents, they encountered a special [disaster], and then... Vill-V's parents died, and she was the only one who survived with the timely help of the rescue team.
As for what the [disaster] was? Well... according to the official documents, it should be a landslide. When Vill-V was telling the story, after hesitating for a long time, she admitted that it was a landslide, and it was a large area.
Hearing that this [disaster] caused a lot of casualties, the government promptly dispatched special forces for rescue, but only managed to save a single digit of lives... and Vill-V happened to be among them.
Because this [disaster] was so severe and had such a huge impact, and considering the significant mental impact on the survivors, each survivor received a large amount of [compensation] from the government.
And this [compensation] is extremely generous even for a [wealthy] family like Vill-V's, so generous that it gives people a feeling of [hush money].
Moreover, as the only child left in the family, Vill-V naturally received the full amount of this [compensation], which also attracted the attention of some ill-intentioned [relatives]. In order to get this unexpected fortune, they began to frequently get close to Vill-V, and wanted to use the excuse that Vill-V was not yet an adult (although she was close to adulthood), and then use some additional methods to pry some of the [compensation] from Vill-V.
It just so happened that because of the death of her parents and having witnessed the [disaster] with her own eyes, Vill-V had suffered a huge mental shock and was completely unconscious... If they put in a little more effort at this time, they might be able to get all the [compensation] out of Vill-V.
The death of her parents, the incomprehensible [disaster], the generous [compensation], the [relatives] who obviously had ill intentions... the continuous shocks made Vill-V a little overwhelmed so that she had to close the door to visitors, never turn on the lights at any time, and never open the curtains... all this was just to prove that she was [not at home], just to prevent those annoying [relatives] from coming to her house and saying something nonsense.
Since then, Vill-V seemed to have fallen into some kind of extreme state, constantly designing different types of vehicles, from the shell, engine, tires, protective performance, and so on... It seemed as if she was thinking, if the original vehicle was designed by her, would that kind of thing not have happened?
In order to achieve the fantasy goal in her heart, Vill-V studied day and night, and her mechanical engineering also made great progress and provided her with constant inspiration.
However, she was not satisfied with any of the versions she designed. In the end, Vill-V began to deviate from the original direction and started to conceive of various weapons. She designed the vehicle in the direction of a "tank" as if what she was facing was not a natural disaster, but some kind of... "monster", a more specific "thing".
During this process, Nozomi has been taking care of her... Although Vill-V has closed the door to visitors, relying on the little secret passage unknown to outsiders, Nozomi is one of the "few" people who can contact Vill-V.
However, even with Nozomi, Vill-V kept her distance at this moment. Apart from allowing him to enter the house, she hardly spoke to Nozomi, and there was a vigilance in her eyes when she looked at him that had never been there before.
At this moment, she was like a sensitive hedgehog, curling up herself and showing her sharp thorns to the outside world, just to protect the remaining softness in her heart... Nozomi knew what she was thinking and her current situation, so he didn't care. He just tidied up the things around him and cleaned up simply. Well... at most he would say a few words to her about whether she had eaten on time.
Clang——
It was the sound of a spoon being put into a bowl... she had finished eating.
"......" x2
There were no accidents today. She didn't say anything. After finishing her meal, she just curled up at the foot of the bed and silently watched Nozomi who was busy in her room.
Nozomi did the same, just minding his own business, collecting the scattered design drafts and classifying them according to numbers. When he found something that interested him, he would take it in his hand and look at it a few times. He did not praise it but showed a little appreciation in his eyes. Then he put it back and did not do anything unnecessary.
But this time, after Nozomi sorted out all the design drafts, Vill-V... spoke.
"Is it the same for Nozomi?"
There was a hint of rejection and vigilance in her words, and the meaning behind them was... also very unfriendly.
"Just like those guys, they said they were coming to take care of me under the guise of being relatives, but in fact they were just after the [compensation]... That's why Nozomi has been coming to take care of me all this time, relying on his familiarity with me and the secret passage I told you to secretly come and take care of me."
"Take advantage of my bad mood to care for me, and use a little bit of advantage to make me slowly accept you, and then invite me and fall in love with you, and then... use some tricks, so that you can get your share of the [compensation]... right?"
That's what she said.
Nozomi stopped cleaning the dishes and slowly sat on the ground opposite her, keeping himself shorter than her, and looked at her.
"I'm glad you're willing to talk to me... Otherwise, I would have suspected that you had some mental illness, such as autism... It would be terrible if the world's number one magician in the future was autistic. It would be difficult for her to perform in front of a crowd."
Nozomi smiled, maintaining his usual smile, and spoke softly.
"As for your question... I have no way to answer it. After all, once you have determined an answer, you will have strong doubts about what others say... and once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will continue to sprout and grow, and cannot be removed... I hope that this problem will not arise in our friendship."
"Of course, if you really want me to answer..."
Nozomi looked at her, tilted his head, and said with a hint of joking.
"My answer is - no."
"Although the [compensation] is indeed very generous, but... well... to be honest, I have a few friends whose family backgrounds are much more exaggerated than this, and I have a pretty good relationship with their families, so to be honest, I don't need money."
"As for the [method] you mentioned... Ha, if I really proposed to you, would you refuse it?"
"......"
Vill-V didn't reply, but there was an intense struggle in her eyes.
"Okay, okay, girls should take good care of themselves and not be easily deceived by any bad man... Even I am no exception."
Nozomi shrugged and said casually.
"As for why I'm here to take care of you... it's just my bad luck. I've known you for so long, but I'm still worried about you... and you don't want to see anyone else, so I have no choice but to take care of you. It would be terrible if you starved to death in your room."
"The future world's number one magician starved to death before she could grow up... It would be funny if the late emperor starved to death before she could even start her business."
"You! I... I can cook for myself... I'm not stupid... I don't even know I'm hungry..."
Vill-V retorted unhappily.
"Oh, yes, yes, yes. I don't know who brought me a pot of charcoal and told me it was braised pork last time? And she even burned the pot. Who was that little cutie?"
"Me! You! Just wait and see! I will definitely cook better than you in the future!"
"Okay, okay, then I'll look forward to that day."
Nozomi spoke in a doting tone, then reached out and touched her forehead, and touched her head out of habit... This time, Vill-V did not dodge.
"It's really great to see you cheer up. Well... I'll leave after I finish washing the dishes. You should go to bed early tonight. I'll come again tomorrow."
After saying that, Nozomi packed up the dishes, stood up, and prepared to leave.
"Wait… wait a moment…"
Vill-V reached out and grabbed the corner of his clothes.
"Nozomi, do you really... have no idea at all?"
"...If possible, I would prefer that you keep the compensation yourself and do what you want to do."
Nozomi's tone was normal.
"After all, you are uncle and aunt's proudest daughter, the future world's number one magician. Well... maybe there will be many world's number one magicians in the future."
Nozomi thought of Vill-V's design drafts and added a sentence at the end.
"So I'm looking forward to seeing you like that... like a star, that's going to be awesome."
"......"
"Is that so…ah…"
Vill-V slowly loosened her hand.
"Um…thank you…"
Her voice was weak.
"And...I'm sorry..."
"You didn't do anything wrong, did you?"
Nozomi didn't care much about it. He just turned around and smiled at her again, speaking softly.
"But, it's better to eat on time in the future, okay? Taking care of yourself is the first priority... Well... But it doesn't matter. If you really can't help it, just call me. I will take care of you."
"You can come to my place anytime to [rest] if you want."
Nozomi said this and then closed the door.
"......"
Vill-V listened quietly to his footsteps as he came down the stairs, the sound of water washing dishes, and finally, the sound of the door closing as he left.
Moving to the window, and watching him carefully leave through the gap, the corners of Vill-V's mouth rose slightly unconsciously, and then quickly fell back.
She patted her face gently to cheer herself up, then went to the bathroom and faced herself in the mirror.
"... What natural disaster? You must be kidding. A white [monster] that appeared out of nowhere, something that goes against common sense... How could it be a natural disaster?"
Vill-V murmured softly to herself in the mirror.
"And they reacted so quickly... The troops came to support them so quickly... Is it some unknown research? It must be... yes, right?"
"I will find the answer... I will..."
"I can do it... just like I did before... just like I imitated him before... I can do it..."
"...No, in addition to these, I also need...someone who can cook...Just wait and see, one day, my food will amaze you."
"And... and..."
As Vill-V whispered to herself, her expression in the mirror became increasingly strange and changeable.
It seemed as if she at this moment was not just Vill-V.
But... no matter what, she is just Vill-V
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