Forced To Grow Up
That was actually a custom.
Among the nobles, when one adopted a son or daughter, one would usually invite all the other noble
families for a banquet so that the elite class would acknowledge the child’s identity.
During the banquet, many nobles would test the adopted son or daughter’s filial piety right then and
there.
Of course, that test would come in a myriad of ways.
Therefore, it was nothing for Himari to mention that matter right then when they were in Jetroina.
However, that time of Solomon’s past was really a thorn in his flesh then. In the past, Akiko
successfully triggered him by using that precisely.
On that particular day, his mother—Yancy—went so far as to force him to kneel there for the entire day
to force him into the Tsurka family. Meanwhile, the nobles also had him serve them in various ways for
the sake of livening up the atmosphere.
Among them was the eight-year-old girl.
“At that time, all the nobles only asked him to toast them while on his knees, but you ordered him to get
some water and wash your feet because your shoes were dirty. Do you know what you took him for
back then? A servant, no?”
Lying on the hospital bed, Himari started laughing uproariously again when she spoke of that.
At long last, Ichika started trembling all over.
Stark terror deluged her as she stared at her sister, who was cackling away. Without warning, a gleam
of unprecedented hate and murder started creeping into her eyes.
With her eyes fixated on the woman, she stalked over step by step.
“W-What are you doing?” Himari stammered.
Nevertheless, Ichika didn’t answer her.
Subsequently, all sounds ceased. The girl who had finally been driven into taking a step into hell
stretched out her hands and wrapped them around the woman’s neck viciously.
“Ah!”
All at once, Himari started struggling wildly.
So, why must humans grow up? Vileness, cruelty, darkness, twistedness… Why must she taint me with
those things when I was just an innocent girl? Why wouldn’t she allow me to stay pure for the rest of
my days in this world?
Even as tears streamed down her face, Ichika’s gaze remained trained on her sister, who was
struggling under her hands. She sobbed, pain battering against her as a battle raged within her.
Yet, she didn’t loosen her hold.
After all, when the fear and guilt within a person had burst forth, one could no longer control herself.
“Ichika! What are you doing? Let go of her!”
At that critical juncture, Solomon arrived.
Pushing open the hospital room door, he immediately raced over upon seeing the terrifying scene
within. He grabbed the girl’s hands and bellowed at her.
Ichika finally stopped strangling Himari.
She then turned around in a daze. The moment she saw that the person who stopped her was none
other than the man they were speaking of, all the blood instantly drained from her face.
Slowly, she slumped onto the ground.
“Ichika!”
The man’s cry echoed in the entire hospital room.
In the end, the Hayeses rushed over because of Ichika’s matter.
“Did you perchance misheard it, Sasha? Why would Ichika furtively attempt to kill her sister? That’s
impossible!” Sabrina exclaimed. “She’s such an innocent girl and didn’t even put an end to her at the
hot spring. Why would she make her move at the hospital?”
Being an impatient person, she couldn’t resist asking a barrage of questions while on their way to the
hospital.
Sasha frowned.
I want to know what exactly happened as well. She was likewise extremely surprised when she heard
about Ichika’s attempted murder out of the blue.
Alas, no one knew the answer to that question.
Even Sebastian was wearing a slight frown, seemingly ignorant about the details of the matter.
It looks like we’ll only know what happened after taking a look at the hospital.
And so, everyone hastened back to Terrandya without delay.
When they arrived and met up with Solomon, the latter told them that Himari had slipped into a coma.
Despite being thwarted by Solomon in the nick of time, Ichika still ended up crushing a neck bone of
Himari’s. As a result, Himari was reduced to a vegetative state and could only live on a ventilator.
When the Hayeses saw that, they were stunned once more.
Good God! Ichika truly went so far? T-Then where is she now?
That was Sasha and Sabrina’s main concern.
“Her father took her home, so I’ve got to rush to the Minamoto residence now. Please handle things
here on my behalf,” Solomon replied.
After saying that, he promptly left.
Sasha and the others stayed there, but for a long time, they couldn’t figure out any good plan to resolve
the matter in the face of Himari, who had been transported back to the hospital room.
Crap! The punishment must be exceedingly severe for an attempt to murder one’s own sister among
the nobility, no? What’s more, she’s the heiress at that!
They were all at a loss. At the same time, they were also puzzled. Why would the girl who’d always
been docile and kind suddenly act out of character?
Meanwhile, after Ichika was taken back to the Minamoto residence, her father gave the order for her to
be escorted to the temple. Upon her arrival, she was stripped of her coat and tied to a post. Then, they
started hitting her with a special joss stick made by the temple.
Whack!
When the joss stick struck her, a stripe of blood materialized on the back of the girl’s thin shirt.
The pain was so excruciating that a layer of cold sweat instantly beaded on her fair and smooth
forehead.
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