The price of enduring shame was as sweet as honey.
Fortunately, no one noticed our strange appearance during the arrival, and we arrived at the front of the orphanage without any strain.
“Thank you, Jack.”
I was grateful for him and felt sorry at the same time for arriving comfortably at the orphanage. As I wiggled my fingers, Jack quickly turned his head away without a word.
‘He makes people embarrassed.’
But Jack was a really good kid, even though he was so cold-hearted when he gave me the bread.
‘Well, I’ll let you off as I’m an adult.’
Although I am two years younger now, I have lived until 18yrs old.
As I smiled brightly, regardless of Jack’s reaction, in a moment his pupils grew bigger and he seemed to stop breathing for a second.
‘Is my smiling face weird?’
As I’m about to pat Diana’s head in shame.
“You! Where are you going?”
Perhaps about to leave, but the director wearing his coat was standing at the door.
“Oh! Scary old man! Black guy! No!”
Diana shuddered into my arms.
In the past, I was really scared just seeing the director, so I hurriedly hid Diana and answered the director, wiggling his eyebrows.
“We’ve been doing the laundry.”
As soon as I lifted Diana’s dress, the director, who had been staring at me with a cold glance for a moment, suddenly asked Jack without a moment’s notice.
“How old are you now?”
“…10 years old.”
“Well, that’s good. That’s good.”
When Jack answered his question with unknown intentions, the director nodded with a very satisfied expression and walked past us to leave the orphanage.
Like yesterday, it seemed like he’s going out for another drink today.
“…Well.”
I doubted where the director got the money.
“Go inside, you too.”
Then Jack spoke as I was staring at the back of the director.
I didn’t want to bother him anymore, so I took Diana’s hand immediately and headed for the room.
When we returned to the bedroom, the other children were already ready to sleep. As soon as she lay down on the bed, Diana soon began to doze off, perhaps exhausted from our brief outing.
I thought it was cute, then I turned to gaze out through the window.
The sky was getting dark as the sun had set.
And after a while, seeing that everyone in the shared bedroom had fallen asleep perfectly, I got up quietly.
In the past, Duke Elrad found Diana and Jack who lost consciousness and were trapped in the attic and then killed the director with a single stab.
And now I’m going to protect Diana and make the director’s ending the same.
‘Also, saving the children of the orphanage who will be driven out into the streets for lying and ignoring Diana.’
It was something I had to do, as I vividly remembered living as a beggar that was more miserable than ever.
‘So I must first accuse the director and obtain the mercy of the Duke of Elrad.’