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The Stuffed Toy Bear-2
The Stuffed Toy Bear
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I was up early on Sunday morning and decided to visit the Second Hand Toy
Market in the neighbouring town. When I got there, I found an item that
immediately caught my attention. Oh could it possibly be .... Please let it
be ... that stuffed toy bear which I have been searching for in all these
years? No it can't be. But it's... close. The eye, the shape, and the size.
It's the same fur that catches the light and reflects from it.
No, I don’t think so. It looks different indeed.
With my heart pounding, I walked into the tattered tent and found a
despondent old man sitting in the centre surrounded by his clutter of
items. I kneeled down gently so that the hem of my skirt didn't get dirty
from the junk. Slowly I picked up the nearest object as if I was browsing
around, which turned out to be a soap bubble gun. But my mind was still
fixated on that toy bear.
There it was, the bear laying in front of the old man. I discreetly
glanced at the toy as casually as I could and then pretended to have
suddenly noticed its existence. And so I asked, “You wouldn’t have
something more interesting would you? Like an old stuffed animal that once
used to be trendy. What's that toy bear you have there?”
The old man turned slowly towards me and bowed and said: “One man's
treasure is one man's trash. I couldn't tell you what's interesting to you
here”
He had a point and I couldn't refute it. Indeed, if that bear was what I
truly looked for, it would be invaluable to me. I carried on the charade
and with the bubble gun still in my hand, I asked “How much is this please?
When I was a child, I used to play with this in the bath. Does it still
work?”
He replied “Young Lady, of course it works. I repair all the items before I
put them on show. The cost is two dollars.”
“Actually, I am not so young as to be called a Young Lady but thank you.
And you repair all the items? Impressive." I then asked as casual as I
could.
“What’s that ... a dog or a peculiar bear? Does the stuffed animal work?”
He replied “Works without a problem.”
“And how much is it please?”
“$30,000 dollars.”
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. $30,000 is almost equivalent to my
annual salary.
“You’re joking, that fur is stained and is clearly a second hand stuffed
toy, it can’t possibly cost that much. How much really?”
“$30,000.”
My head was spinning. No, no, I must have heard him wrong, I'm dizzy
because I've found what I've looked for in years. Oh, maybe those vitamin
tablets that I took in the morning were actually painkillers? I can't think
straight and feel light headed. Actually, perhaps I might have
misinterpreted the old man. Perhaps when he says ten thousand dollars he
means ten dollars in some extraterrestrial dialect. Surely he meant $30
rather than $30,000. I asked if he could repeat slowly, in a neutral tone.
The old man repeated the price in plain and clear English, “$30,000”.
“It is what?” I stammered. He is completely taking advantage of me. I am
overwhelmed to have at long last found my bear and already this old man
seems to sense this and knows that I really do want to have this toy. I
took extreme care so I wouldn't look like those treasure hunters who buy
exotic items at a low price and sell them at sky-high prices on the
internet. I dressed as innocent as I could in a white hemmed skirt with
matching virgin white blouse and a graceful blue coloured straw hat. As if
a fine lady had just gone for a walk and accidentally found this second
hand market. But I have no choice now. I asked with a razor sharp question:
“Is that stuffed bear the memorandum CT005 model made by the Just Bear
Company in 2075?” I enquired.
The old man replied with a firm answer, “That's right. There were two
models in 2075, the spring and autumn. The autumn model had a short coat of
fur whereas the spring model had longer fur that reflected light. But the
spring model caused asthma in children and so were banned. This one's the
rare spring model that you're looking for.”
Drat, the old man had noticed me tilting my head to see if the was fur
reflecting light.
He went on to say that the Just Bear Company went bankrupt in 2081 and the
company stopped production of all models. Despite efforts to recuperate
the company, it couldn't meet the new clause under the Company
Resuscitation Law whereby a new company would have to guarantee the safety
of all past products. Thus the Memorandum CT005 toys were phased out and
no device exists to replay the memory recorded any more. “And this is what
you are looking for - one of the very few remaining toys that can perfectly
replay the recorded data ”
He was lying. The old man was trying to deceive me by trying to charge me
an exorbitant amount of money for a fake. He would probably run off to a
far-off country tomorrow with the proceeds and con another undeserving
person with the same trick.
I took a deep breath and came straight out with it, “You are a liar. You
are trying to deceive me with this false story. I will call the police and
put a stop to this unreasonable behaviour.”
I stood up and threw the bubble gun back into the pile of toys in disgust.
I turned around and headed towards the other tents. But in every step I
made, the voice at the back of my head kept asking, what if the toy was
genuine? What if it is the toy I have been searching for, for years? What
if someone else was to buy it whilst I was musing at another stall? The
next stall may sell me the same thing for only $10. But then again, perhaps
this is the only one.
Did the old man just call out to me? I keep my eye on his stall whilst
pretending to browse the other stalls. Nobody else went to his stall and
the old man dozed off. Should I run back quickly and scoop up the toy and
run off with it? I’m a good runner but if I am caught, I will lose my job
and it would be difficult to find another.
I watched as a young couple stopped at the old man’s stall and pointed to
the bear. Oh no, please don’t, that’s my bear. The woman pointed again at
the toy. I ran as fast as I could over to his stall and panted “I cannot
pay $30,000 because I have to live.” Two other people who were shocked by
my outburst came over. $30,000 is totally unreasonable, $20,000 perhaps if
I can pay half by credit card is my limit.” I am being stupid, this is an
obvious hoax. Every day, I laugh at people in the news who are conned by
fraudsters. But what if... the very thought if this were genuine kept on
biting back at me. Then for the first time, I noticed there was a camera
fixed to the stall.
It was a sensor able to detect changes in body temperature, changes in
voice and motion of hands and feet. The camera was the latest security
with technology to analyse the dilation of a person’s pupil and identify
what a person was looking at. This was how the old man knew I was
interested in the stuffed bear and was, therefore, able to name his price.
After all, it is a hoax. The voice at the back of my head is alarming to
leave this place right now. But what came out was “I want to buy this, if
it is genuine. But I can’t afford $30,000. Even if I scrimp and save,
after the cost of living, all that I would have left from my annual salary
would be $2,000.
However at this moment I could stretch to $10,000 using my
credit card limit. If the toy is genuine, please please sell it to me.”
I was desperate to the point of obsession. I had been searching every
weekend for as long as I could remember for my bear. I tried to reason
with myself. Even if it was an imitation, wouldn't it be better to take a
risk and spend $10,000, than to continue to waste time, money and effort in
continuously searching for the toy which I may never find?
“I am 28 years old. My parents and younger sister died in a traffic
accident when I was 7 years old. I was brought up in an orphanage in the
country. I was very lonely and I am still alone now.
My mother, who was from a very rich family, met my father, a very poor
musician, when they were 18 years old. They eloped together because their
parents objected so vehemently to the relationship and I was born in a
different country.
My father bought a Just Bear Company Model Memory Type CT005 toy, although
it was very expensive, to celebrate my birth in 2075. At the time, it was
a state-of-the-art product able to record every aspect of my development as
a child. It was a breakthrough in technology and changed the world."
I couldn’t believe I was pouring my heart out to an old man whom I had met
for the first time, I've never talked about this to my closest friend.
I took the small 1 centimetre recording device out of the thin green pocket.
“This contains all the data from the day I was born to the day I lost my
family in the accident. I cannot look at the data now because the Just Bear
Company encrypt their data with a specialised encryption technique that is
not decodable by any other device. I need a special device to do so. If
this is genuine, oh if this is genuine ...”
With tears in my eyes, the old man said he understood and gave me a sales
contract to sign. It stated the cost at $10,000. I signed immediately and
swiped my credit card. The beep confirmed that the transaction had been
approved. Gone. I am going to have to live a frugal life for many years now
to pay for this. The old man placed the stuffed bear in a plastic bag and
handed it to me. "OK, there you go. Three days for you to enjoy."
The thought of spending $10,000 dollars for this tattered stuffed bear in a
plastic bag was enough for me to be dazed. Three days of enjoyment? Three
days, and I'm going to regret this for the rest of my life.
As I got ready for bed that night, I had to fight off the feeling that I
had spent $10,000 on an imitation. I turned off the lights at 9:00pm and
removed all the things I had hanging on the wall to clear a space to
project the images onto. I read the instruction manual which had on old
musty smell. I read it over and over again to prepare myself. The clock was
about to read 10:15pm, the exact same time I was born. My father must have
turned it on twenty eight years ago at this same time.
With some trepidation, I turned the switch on. Five minutes ... 30 minutes ...
one hour ... three hours ... no sound, no picture whatsoever.
He'd had me. My dreams, my hopes, betrayed. The thought of paying back
$10,000 for the rest of my life loomed over me, but I felt a faint sense of
lightening on my shoulders that I had finally done something to put an end
to my lingering past. With the disappointment and accomplishment, I opened
three cans of beer and collapsed into bed.
I went back to the town the next day, back to the parking lots where the
toy stalls had been. But now they had all disappeared. I looked up in the
air knowing that I would never get that money back.
On the Wednesday that week, my boss discovered an error on one of our
client's account. It was so serious that my boss, who doesn't usually
permit staff to work overtime, asked me to work late to rectify the
mistake. Of course, I couldn't refuse and I didn't get home until 11pm.
When I got to my front door, I could hear strange noises coming from inside
my house. It sounded like an animal, a cat perhaps. Or is that... a human
baby? Could the noises be emanating from the machine? Surely not, I have
always been a pessimist. In all my life, every time I give my trust I
always get betrayed. I've learnt not to have hopes high - that way, you can
never be disappointed.
As I unlocked the third lock on my door, I hesitated a little. It could
also be a robbery... but I knew that very few would be able to open up three
of these locks. I opened the door gingerly and couldn't believe it. The
machine was really working. The noise was of a baby crying. The image on
the screen was of a hospital with a nurse tenderly holding a new born baby,
looking out of the window at the beautiful Spring cherry blossoms. It was
evident the baby was very hungry so the nurse handed the tiny bundle of
flesh over to the adoring mother lying in the hospital bed, my mother, yes
the baby was me.
My mother lovingly took me in her arms and whispered "you
are so precious, I will always be here for you, oh beautiful one, you are
just like the gorgeous cherry blossoms that I can see from the window. Your
name is Sakura, it means cherry blossoms in Japanese."
I then heard the voice of man from behind. Oh that’s my father. The
picture wobbled a little, I assumed my father was adjusting the camera.
"Ah, Sakura. Nice to meet you, I'm your father. Your large eyes are
gorgeous - just like your mother. We've been both waiting for you. And
we've waiting a long, long time. Welcome to our family. Thank you for
joining us."
At long, long last, I got to see my beloved mother and father again, they
were there right in front me. I had waited 21 years for this moment and
the memories all came flooding back.
I hurriedly called my office and left a message on the answer phone to say
that I wasn't feeling well and would be off sick for 2-3 days. I can still
extend this anyway, I have at least one more week for my annual leave
entitlement. I wanted to savour every moment of the first seven years of
my life.
All the records were there up to when I was 7 – a trip to the zoo, a
swimming pool, kindergarten, a family holiday and then the birth of my
younger sister. It was all there bringing back the wonderful memories of
my childhood.
The next day, my credit card statement showed a repayment of $9,999 had
been credited to my account with the reference Michael. I remembered that
at the end of the instruction manual Michael had been the name of the ex-
President of the Just Bear Company and I also recalled that Michael was the
name on the sales contract that I had signed when I bought the toy. So ...
the happiest memories of my first 7 years on this planet had cost me only
$1. Thank you very much.
And I don’t think there can be any mistake. That Michael must be my
grandfather. My mother had said that my grandfather’s name was the same as
the Great Archangel.
Thank you, My Grandfather.
Market in the neighbouring town. When I got there, I found an item that
immediately caught my attention. Oh could it possibly be .... Please let it
be ... that stuffed toy bear which I have been searching for in all these
years? No it can't be. But it's... close. The eye, the shape, and the size.
It's the same fur that catches the light and reflects from it.
No, I don’t think so. It looks different indeed.
With my heart pounding, I walked into the tattered tent and found a
despondent old man sitting in the centre surrounded by his clutter of
items. I kneeled down gently so that the hem of my skirt didn't get dirty
from the junk. Slowly I picked up the nearest object as if I was browsing
around, which turned out to be a soap bubble gun. But my mind was still
fixated on that toy bear.
There it was, the bear laying in front of the old man. I discreetly
glanced at the toy as casually as I could and then pretended to have
suddenly noticed its existence. And so I asked, “You wouldn’t have
something more interesting would you? Like an old stuffed animal that once
used to be trendy. What's that toy bear you have there?”
The old man turned slowly towards me and bowed and said: “One man's
treasure is one man's trash. I couldn't tell you what's interesting to you
here”
He had a point and I couldn't refute it. Indeed, if that bear was what I
truly looked for, it would be invaluable to me. I carried on the charade
and with the bubble gun still in my hand, I asked “How much is this please?
When I was a child, I used to play with this in the bath. Does it still
work?”
He replied “Young Lady, of course it works. I repair all the items before I
put them on show. The cost is two dollars.”
“Actually, I am not so young as to be called a Young Lady but thank you.
And you repair all the items? Impressive." I then asked as casual as I
could.
“What’s that ... a dog or a peculiar bear? Does the stuffed animal work?”
He replied “Works without a problem.”
“And how much is it please?”
“$30,000 dollars.”
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. $30,000 is almost equivalent to my
annual salary.
“You’re joking, that fur is stained and is clearly a second hand stuffed
toy, it can’t possibly cost that much. How much really?”
“$30,000.”
My head was spinning. No, no, I must have heard him wrong, I'm dizzy
because I've found what I've looked for in years. Oh, maybe those vitamin
tablets that I took in the morning were actually painkillers? I can't think
straight and feel light headed. Actually, perhaps I might have
misinterpreted the old man. Perhaps when he says ten thousand dollars he
means ten dollars in some extraterrestrial dialect. Surely he meant $30
rather than $30,000. I asked if he could repeat slowly, in a neutral tone.
The old man repeated the price in plain and clear English, “$30,000”.
“It is what?” I stammered. He is completely taking advantage of me. I am
overwhelmed to have at long last found my bear and already this old man
seems to sense this and knows that I really do want to have this toy. I
took extreme care so I wouldn't look like those treasure hunters who buy
exotic items at a low price and sell them at sky-high prices on the
internet. I dressed as innocent as I could in a white hemmed skirt with
matching virgin white blouse and a graceful blue coloured straw hat. As if
a fine lady had just gone for a walk and accidentally found this second
hand market. But I have no choice now. I asked with a razor sharp question:
“Is that stuffed bear the memorandum CT005 model made by the Just Bear
Company in 2075?” I enquired.
The old man replied with a firm answer, “That's right. There were two
models in 2075, the spring and autumn. The autumn model had a short coat of
fur whereas the spring model had longer fur that reflected light. But the
spring model caused asthma in children and so were banned. This one's the
rare spring model that you're looking for.”
Drat, the old man had noticed me tilting my head to see if the was fur
reflecting light.
He went on to say that the Just Bear Company went bankrupt in 2081 and the
company stopped production of all models. Despite efforts to recuperate
the company, it couldn't meet the new clause under the Company
Resuscitation Law whereby a new company would have to guarantee the safety
of all past products. Thus the Memorandum CT005 toys were phased out and
no device exists to replay the memory recorded any more. “And this is what
you are looking for - one of the very few remaining toys that can perfectly
replay the recorded data ”
He was lying. The old man was trying to deceive me by trying to charge me
an exorbitant amount of money for a fake. He would probably run off to a
far-off country tomorrow with the proceeds and con another undeserving
person with the same trick.
I took a deep breath and came straight out with it, “You are a liar. You
are trying to deceive me with this false story. I will call the police and
put a stop to this unreasonable behaviour.”
I stood up and threw the bubble gun back into the pile of toys in disgust.
I turned around and headed towards the other tents. But in every step I
made, the voice at the back of my head kept asking, what if the toy was
genuine? What if it is the toy I have been searching for, for years? What
if someone else was to buy it whilst I was musing at another stall? The
next stall may sell me the same thing for only $10. But then again, perhaps
this is the only one.
Did the old man just call out to me? I keep my eye on his stall whilst
pretending to browse the other stalls. Nobody else went to his stall and
the old man dozed off. Should I run back quickly and scoop up the toy and
run off with it? I’m a good runner but if I am caught, I will lose my job
and it would be difficult to find another.
I watched as a young couple stopped at the old man’s stall and pointed to
the bear. Oh no, please don’t, that’s my bear. The woman pointed again at
the toy. I ran as fast as I could over to his stall and panted “I cannot
pay $30,000 because I have to live.” Two other people who were shocked by
my outburst came over. $30,000 is totally unreasonable, $20,000 perhaps if
I can pay half by credit card is my limit.” I am being stupid, this is an
obvious hoax. Every day, I laugh at people in the news who are conned by
fraudsters. But what if... the very thought if this were genuine kept on
biting back at me. Then for the first time, I noticed there was a camera
fixed to the stall.
It was a sensor able to detect changes in body temperature, changes in
voice and motion of hands and feet. The camera was the latest security
with technology to analyse the dilation of a person’s pupil and identify
what a person was looking at. This was how the old man knew I was
interested in the stuffed bear and was, therefore, able to name his price.
After all, it is a hoax. The voice at the back of my head is alarming to
leave this place right now. But what came out was “I want to buy this, if
it is genuine. But I can’t afford $30,000. Even if I scrimp and save,
after the cost of living, all that I would have left from my annual salary
would be $2,000.
However at this moment I could stretch to $10,000 using my
credit card limit. If the toy is genuine, please please sell it to me.”
I was desperate to the point of obsession. I had been searching every
weekend for as long as I could remember for my bear. I tried to reason
with myself. Even if it was an imitation, wouldn't it be better to take a
risk and spend $10,000, than to continue to waste time, money and effort in
continuously searching for the toy which I may never find?
“I am 28 years old. My parents and younger sister died in a traffic
accident when I was 7 years old. I was brought up in an orphanage in the
country. I was very lonely and I am still alone now.
My mother, who was from a very rich family, met my father, a very poor
musician, when they were 18 years old. They eloped together because their
parents objected so vehemently to the relationship and I was born in a
different country.
My father bought a Just Bear Company Model Memory Type CT005 toy, although
it was very expensive, to celebrate my birth in 2075. At the time, it was
a state-of-the-art product able to record every aspect of my development as
a child. It was a breakthrough in technology and changed the world."
I couldn’t believe I was pouring my heart out to an old man whom I had met
for the first time, I've never talked about this to my closest friend.
I took the small 1 centimetre recording device out of the thin green pocket.
“This contains all the data from the day I was born to the day I lost my
family in the accident. I cannot look at the data now because the Just Bear
Company encrypt their data with a specialised encryption technique that is
not decodable by any other device. I need a special device to do so. If
this is genuine, oh if this is genuine ...”
With tears in my eyes, the old man said he understood and gave me a sales
contract to sign. It stated the cost at $10,000. I signed immediately and
swiped my credit card. The beep confirmed that the transaction had been
approved. Gone. I am going to have to live a frugal life for many years now
to pay for this. The old man placed the stuffed bear in a plastic bag and
handed it to me. "OK, there you go. Three days for you to enjoy."
The thought of spending $10,000 dollars for this tattered stuffed bear in a
plastic bag was enough for me to be dazed. Three days of enjoyment? Three
days, and I'm going to regret this for the rest of my life.
As I got ready for bed that night, I had to fight off the feeling that I
had spent $10,000 on an imitation. I turned off the lights at 9:00pm and
removed all the things I had hanging on the wall to clear a space to
project the images onto. I read the instruction manual which had on old
musty smell. I read it over and over again to prepare myself. The clock was
about to read 10:15pm, the exact same time I was born. My father must have
turned it on twenty eight years ago at this same time.
With some trepidation, I turned the switch on. Five minutes ... 30 minutes ...
one hour ... three hours ... no sound, no picture whatsoever.
He'd had me. My dreams, my hopes, betrayed. The thought of paying back
$10,000 for the rest of my life loomed over me, but I felt a faint sense of
lightening on my shoulders that I had finally done something to put an end
to my lingering past. With the disappointment and accomplishment, I opened
three cans of beer and collapsed into bed.
I went back to the town the next day, back to the parking lots where the
toy stalls had been. But now they had all disappeared. I looked up in the
air knowing that I would never get that money back.
On the Wednesday that week, my boss discovered an error on one of our
client's account. It was so serious that my boss, who doesn't usually
permit staff to work overtime, asked me to work late to rectify the
mistake. Of course, I couldn't refuse and I didn't get home until 11pm.
When I got to my front door, I could hear strange noises coming from inside
my house. It sounded like an animal, a cat perhaps. Or is that... a human
baby? Could the noises be emanating from the machine? Surely not, I have
always been a pessimist. In all my life, every time I give my trust I
always get betrayed. I've learnt not to have hopes high - that way, you can
never be disappointed.
As I unlocked the third lock on my door, I hesitated a little. It could
also be a robbery... but I knew that very few would be able to open up three
of these locks. I opened the door gingerly and couldn't believe it. The
machine was really working. The noise was of a baby crying. The image on
the screen was of a hospital with a nurse tenderly holding a new born baby,
looking out of the window at the beautiful Spring cherry blossoms. It was
evident the baby was very hungry so the nurse handed the tiny bundle of
flesh over to the adoring mother lying in the hospital bed, my mother, yes
the baby was me.
My mother lovingly took me in her arms and whispered "you
are so precious, I will always be here for you, oh beautiful one, you are
just like the gorgeous cherry blossoms that I can see from the window. Your
name is Sakura, it means cherry blossoms in Japanese."
I then heard the voice of man from behind. Oh that’s my father. The
picture wobbled a little, I assumed my father was adjusting the camera.
"Ah, Sakura. Nice to meet you, I'm your father. Your large eyes are
gorgeous - just like your mother. We've been both waiting for you. And
we've waiting a long, long time. Welcome to our family. Thank you for
joining us."
At long, long last, I got to see my beloved mother and father again, they
were there right in front me. I had waited 21 years for this moment and
the memories all came flooding back.
I hurriedly called my office and left a message on the answer phone to say
that I wasn't feeling well and would be off sick for 2-3 days. I can still
extend this anyway, I have at least one more week for my annual leave
entitlement. I wanted to savour every moment of the first seven years of
my life.
All the records were there up to when I was 7 – a trip to the zoo, a
swimming pool, kindergarten, a family holiday and then the birth of my
younger sister. It was all there bringing back the wonderful memories of
my childhood.
The next day, my credit card statement showed a repayment of $9,999 had
been credited to my account with the reference Michael. I remembered that
at the end of the instruction manual Michael had been the name of the ex-
President of the Just Bear Company and I also recalled that Michael was the
name on the sales contract that I had signed when I bought the toy. So ...
the happiest memories of my first 7 years on this planet had cost me only
$1. Thank you very much.
And I don’t think there can be any mistake. That Michael must be my
grandfather. My mother had said that my grandfather’s name was the same as
the Great Archangel.
Thank you, My Grandfather.
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お姉ちゃんの秘密の悩みです。
わたしの下着 母の私をBBA~と呼ぶことのある息子がまさか...
MisakiNonagase
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39才の母・真知子は息子が私の下着を持ち出していることに気づいた。
ネットで同様の事象がないか調べると、案外多いようだ。
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そのほかに外伝も綴りました。
三十年後に届いた白い手紙
RyuChoukan
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三十年前、帝国は一人の少年を裏切り者として処刑した。
彼は最後まで、何も語らなかった。
その罪の真相を知る者は、ただ一人の女性だけだった。
戴冠舞踏会の夜。
公爵令嬢は、一通の白い手紙を手に、皇帝の前に立つ。
それは復讐でも、告発でもない。
三十年間、辺境の郵便局で待ち続けられていた、
「渡されなかった約束」のための手紙だった。
沈黙のまま命を捨てた男と、
三十年、ただ待ち続けた女。
そして、すべてを知った上で扉を開く、次の世代。
これは、
遅れて届いた手紙が、
人生と運命を静かに書き換えていく物語。
冤罪で辺境に幽閉された第4王子
satomi
ファンタジー
主人公・アンドリュート=ラルラは冤罪で辺境に幽閉されることになったわけだが…。
「辺境に幽閉とは、辺境で生きている人間を何だと思っているんだ!辺境は不要な人間を送る場所じゃない!」と、辺境伯は怒っているし当然のことだろう。元から辺境で暮している方々は決して不要な方ではないし、‘辺境に幽閉’というのはなんとも辺境に暮らしている方々にしてみれば、喧嘩売ってんの?となる。
辺境伯の娘さんと婚約という話だから辺境伯の主人公へのあたりも結構なものだけど、娘さんは美人だから万事OK。
英雄一家は国を去る【一話完結】
青緑 ネトロア
ファンタジー
婚約者との舞踏会中、火急の知らせにより領地へ帰り、3年かけて魔物大発生を収めたテレジア。3年振りに王都へ戻ったが、国の一大事から護った一家へ言い渡されたのは、テレジアの婚約破棄だった。
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