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Chapter 6
Violet’s One Word
“Deborah was a little shameless. At the time, I was only fifteen years old, but that woman left behind a small amount of money as her keepsake and told me that when you turned ten, I should go find you and give you the ring she had been wearing.”
It was only natural that Cyril was such a young uncle.
Violet was eighteen now, so he was only in his early thirties.
‘But at that age, he eventually found my father, entrusted me to him, and even after ten years passed, he kept his promise.’
At the same time, many things were explained.
A talent possessed by only one person among ten thousand. That too was a talent inherited from someone else.
‘The Reinhart family. My mother’s family…….’
Violet rolled that name around in her mind.
They said it was a prestigious family from the countryside. But since she had little knowledge about the circumstances of the capital’s nobility, it was a name she had never heard before.
At the same time, a dark question arose.
‘Then did Father know about my constitution? But why did I have to live as a useless person?’
Giphrid was someone whose true thoughts were difficult to understand. But one thing was certain: he was never someone who would help her.
However, she did not have the luxury to think that far right now.
Just accepting the fact that she was not a bastard was already overwhelming enough.
At this very moment, Violet was freed from the inferiority complex that had tormented her throughout her entire life.
“Then the ring you gave me was truly a precious item. It was something my mother left behind, something my uncle kept safe for a long time before giving it to me.”
“And it was expensive too. I heard it was one of the heirlooms used for the training of the Reinhart family members. That ring was made from an ancient flame stone, a material worth dozens of times more than gold.”
To think she had given such a thing away to someone else.
Violet felt regretful. But regretting something that had already happened was meaningless.
“Did that flame stone…… help me create my mana circle?”
“Exactly.”
“Then will I need flame stones in the future to make progress in my training?”
“Hm. You said you successfully formed your first circle, right?”
“Yes.”
“Then you won’t need it anymore. The flame stone was only meant for basic training. After that, I became curious and looked into your constitution.”
“I see……”
“But there was almost no information available, so that’s all I know.”
Although he said it modestly, Violet was certain that Cyril was an incredible person. He even knew such advanced information.
‘If I hadn’t followed Ash’s advice today and read books at the café, and if I hadn’t gained inspiration and gathered the courage to act, what would have happened?’
These were truths she absolutely needed to know.
Kindness she needed to remember.
“Thank you so much for telling me that I’m not a bastard, Uncle. And for protecting my mother during her final moments…… I don’t even know how I could ever repay you.”
Violet said this sincerely.
“Normally, wouldn’t you resent me?”
“Resent…… you?”
“Yes. The reason I was the only one who knew until now that you weren’t a bastard. Wouldn’t you resent me for something like that?”
Violet widened her eyes.
“Why would you say that? I also can’t help everyone when I see the injustice and unfairness that others experience. When I think about the hardships you must have gone through bringing me to the capital back then, even kneeling down and thanking you again would not be enough.”
“……”
This time, Cyril fell silent.
Violet was sincere.
Her younger sister, Marigold, was an unparalleled beauty whose name was famous throughout the capital.
Her admirers surrounded her, trying everything they could to gain her favor.
Among them were members of the imperial family and sons of great noble houses.
Those with power often committed unfair acts, whether at the academy or on the streets.
For example, even when they were the ones who provoked commoners first and started fights, only the commoners would be punished.
Violet had watched such things happen beside Marigold, but she could not step forward.
Rather……
There were more days when she pretended not to notice.
Because of that, she could not blame Cyril for not telling her sooner.
‘I was going to ask if he could help me even a little if I left home. But I can’t burden my uncle any more.’
Violet even felt a little ashamed of the thoughts she had just had.
“You don’t resemble your father, Violet.”
“My father always said that too. That I don’t resemble him at all because I’m a bastard. But now I know it was all a lie.”
At the same time, Violet thought:
‘If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have been hurt so much.’
The days when she envied Marigold’s new shoes and clothes while repeatedly sewing and repairing her own worn-out clothes.
The day she became so sick with a cold that she nearly died, and gathered her courage to reach out and ask someone to hold her hand, only to be pushed away by her stepmother.
‘Instead of thinking that I deserved such treatment because I was a bastard, I wish I had known back then that those people were simply bad people.’
Still, she was fortunate to know now.
“I’ll carve this into my heart and live my life well from now on. Thank you so much.”
Violet smiled as she looked at Cyril. Her nose kept stinging with emotion, but she held it back.
“……Even if I had gone around telling people, no one would have believed me. That you weren’t a bastard, and that your stepmother came from being a tavern waitress.”
“……”
“It happened too long ago, there’s no evidence. And even if there were, the dead cannot speak. Unless it was revealed in a place where all the nobles gathered, there would have been no way to do anything.”
Violet nodded. It was something she could fully understand.
“Uncle, I’m sorry for suddenly coming here and taking up your time.”
Cyril seemed to think for a moment with his handsome face before nodding.
“Do not suddenly come here like this again. I told you already, but I do not want to become involved with your family. It has been a long time since I left the family registry.”
“Yes…… But I want to ask just one more thing. Really, this is the last one.”
“……Go ahead.”
“Was my mother a good person?”
Cyril lowered his eyes.
“She had a good reputation among the villagers. Even after Giphrid abandoned Deborah and left, everyone still helped her little by little. I heard she was kind and someone who helped others often.”
“……I see. That answer alone is more than enough for me.”
Violet stood up and politely bowed.
“There will be no farewell.”
“I’ll leave quietly. I won’t cause any trouble.”
Violet walked down the hallway.
‘Leaving the family registry……’
The only path left now was running away from home…… no, leaving home.
Now that she knew the truth, she could no longer live together with her family. She hated them. She resented them.
‘There won’t be relatives who help me like Lady Rosnis did. Perhaps I won’t have a family in this life.’
But she now knew that her mother had loved her.
‘Anyway, I’ll leave home and find work. It would be nice if I could work as a mercenary, but I’ve heard there are jobs that provide lodging too.’
Violet placed her hand on the doorknob.
‘I should have said that I wanted to at least send letters to check on him from time to time.’
Still, it would have been nice to have a family member she could contact occasionally.
It was at that moment.
‘Huh?’
Tingling, ting.
Clang.
A clear, beautiful sound rang in her ears.
Once again, the vision of the future began.
