Chapter 4: Chapter 4

Before long, the boy touched his lips.

“…….Why?”

The questioning voice was full of pure curiosity.

“Why, me…….. .”

As if I interest in you it’s doesn’t make sense.

“I want to,”

I replied briefly.

Literally, I really wanted to.

To me, Damian was still hesitant.  In this case, he had no choice but to leave precipitation.

“And because of you, Carsen took the bread.”

“…….. .”

Then Damian’s body stopped standing tall.

Five.  It seemed to be something.

I was watching the reaction.

“So, I’m very hungry right now.”

Damian’s mouth opened slightly.

He…… breaded and muttered, digging his gaze.

Hesitation.

At this time, everything.  I was quick to say.

“It’s easy to say we’re in the same situation. But I saw you here with my own eyes, how can I get you in alone.”

“……… .”

“So stop and get up.”

Let’s eat.

I reached out to Damian.

“…….. .”

As I gazed over his face and darkness, the light of the lamp was littered, I was sorry to reach out his hand.

I trembled without knowing.  Damian’s hands were colder than ice.

Is it frostbite?  If he had been here before mealtime, the possibility was sufficient.

First, I’ll don’t have to melt myself.

I gave power to my hands and caused Damian.  Fortunately Damian didn’t resist.

Before leaving the forest completely, I looked at the clock tower.

By now, both the director and teachers will have left for the casino.

What, Carsen doesn’t know… .

“Damian. You have to be quiet from now on. Shh. All right?”

“……… .”

As I whispered, even touching my index finger to my lips, Damian just watched my actions silently.

The forest was closer to the director’s office, so no one could come into contact with it.

I looked at the firmly closed door of the ledger’s office and pulled out a pin that I had put on the shirt collar.

Someone might think it was a simple hairpin, but it was actually a wire.

After turning it several times in line with the hole, the door opened with a click, a familiar sound.

“Come here.”

I led Damian into the director’s office.

Instead of using the bathroom in the orphanage, the director put a private bathroom in his room.

Unlike us, who have to wash out quickly as if washing a cat because of limited water, the director enjoyed a bath with hot water to his heart’s content.

So I used to use this bathroom whenever the director was away.

I put the lamp down on the floor and said,

“Now, let’s take off our clothes.”

“………What?”

“Take off your clothes. You can’t take a bath while wearing clothes.”

I crackled my hand, but Damian seemed stiff and not even fine.

I said as if putting my hand on my waist.

“Do you know that your body is cold like ice?”

“……… .”

“If you keep staying like this, you’ll have to cut one of your hands or feet. Or both.”

“………. .”

Damian, strikingly flinched, looked down at his hand.

He had been holding it all the time, but his blue-tinted fingertips didn’t come back.

“……… .”

Damian bite all over her mouth.  It seemed like my exaggeration went through.

Only then he looked like a boy of my age.

I said, putting up with my bloody laughter.

“You don’t like being next to me, so I can go out?”

” But……. ”

“Huh?  what?  ”

Damian’s rumbling voice was too low.  I bowed my head toward him.

“My body is disgusting….”

“Do you mean disgusting?”

“……… .”

Damian lowered his head again.  He seemed hesitant to answer.

I was belatedly sorry.

Before Damian came to the orphanage, he lived as a slave.

‘I was too comfortable.’

I took a step back in reflection.

“……sorry.”

But Damian suddenly apologized.

It seemed that he had misunderstood me for my retreat.

“That’s why I don’t want to show-”

“It’s not terrible.”

“……. .”

“Just, I……. .”

I couldn’t connect and shut up.

No matter what I say, I can only be comforted.

If there was a heroine who wasn’t me here, wouldn’t she have spoken more kindly?

The first time I was a bit resentful that I was an extra.

But even the time to think about it was a luxury.

I stepped back from Damian.

“…….Can you wash yourself ? ”

Damian nodded at my question.

I was fortunate that he did not refuse to wash.

“Then I’ll go out and wait. When you’re done, call me. You can wipe yourself with a towel here.”

“…….. .”

“Understand?”

Damian nodded my head, with his lips smudged.

The bathroom door was closed.Damian’s depressed expression gleamed in my eyes.

‘……it’s annoying.’

I shook my head and pushed the child’s wound at first glance out of my head.

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Did you wash everything?”

He poked his head out into the bathroom.

Damian nodded his head in an awkward posture.

His expression was hard to see because of his drooping hair soaked in her water, but only the blush on his cheek was clear.

“How is it? Did you take a good bath?”

“……..Yes,”

Damian replied slowly.  It seemed a little awkward to wear his original uniform.

The embarrassing figure was like a child of that age, and a bloody laugh came out.

“Come on, this.”

I smiled satisfactorily and pushed out what I brought to Damian in advance.

When Damian was bathing, I sneaked ham and cheese from a grocery store that was only available to nursery teachers.

Teachers with advanced tastes because they resemble directors do not eat this kind of bread, so it did not matter if I stole it.

Thanks to this, I was able to make a sandwich that was crude but still enough to fill the inside.

“Why are you doing this to me….”

Damian asked with a confused face.

“Hey you, you didn’t even have dinner before.”

“……. .”

“If you don’t take good care of it, tomorrow will be hard. If tomorrow is hard, the future will be hard.”

“…….. .”

“Eat quickly, so I can eat too.”

I waved my hand as if rushing again, but Damian murmured.

surely.

“Have you ever eaten?”

“…….. .”

Damian nodded.  His ears blushed as if  he was embarrassed.

I can’t.  He heard what I brought to my share.

“Look at it. It’s called a sandwich, but it’s so delicious. I eat it like this.”

I picked up the sandwich and put it in my mouth as if I was looking forward to it.

The savory taste of ham and cheese, which are the ingredients of ang and sesame seeds, quickly spread in my mouth.

“Like this,”

“…….. .”

I glanced as if to try it out.  Damian, who was hesitant, asked after joining the sand position.

Damian stopped after a few wells.  Then he began to feel hungry about the sand position he had in his hand.

Seeing how he eats better than his stupid look, I felt happy.

Now that hr’ve filled his stomach, it’s time to dry his hair.

The water was dripping from the single hair that reached his shoulder.

And if he wasn’t dry properly in this cold weather, it was obvious that he would catch a cold.

“I’ll excuse you for a minute.”

I lifted the towel I was holding.

Damian tilted his head as if he didn’t understand my behavior, and slowly lowered his head, making a sound of “Ah.”

I wasn’t used to it, but it seemed to be quick to notice.

I gently dried Damian’s hair.  I took it because it wasn’t managed, but the hair itself looked troublesome.

At that time, there was a bite mark on Damian’s nape, which was slightly revealed.

‘It looks like a beast bitten……’

As I stood still, Damian lifted his head quietly.

“…….Why?”

“this…….”

I shut up while trying to speak. I didn’t want to hold Damian’s wound anymore.

However, as I already noticed, Damian was a little filthy.

“It’s been hurt since you picked it up.”

“……… .”

“That’s why the owner…..”

Damian blurs his words, and I only buzz with his mouth blankly.

‘ That’s why he grew his hair ‘

As a child, there was a description that he was short-haired, but…. .

Damian, which is about a span smaller than me, who is late in development, looked very small.

Even though I brought the smallest shirt by my age, I had a long shoulder left.

I touched Sorry’s hair, although it was somewhat dry, and asked carefully.

“Can you excuse me for a minute?”

“…….. .”

” I have to dry your hair.  Otherwise, you will catch a cold.”

Damian nodded silently.

After gently dryinghisi hair, I lifted his bangs slightly.  It was because I wondered if he had sweat on his forehead.

The covered face was completely exposed.

Long eyelashes and white, clean skin were pretty like a doll.

Besides, since he had just finished taking a bath, he had a slight blush on my cheek.

My lips were wide open without my knowledge.

‘More than I thought, much….. .’

Isn’t it pretty?

I forgot the situation and looked at him blankly.

At that moment, Damian and my eyes met.

Transparent blue eyes, like fragile glass balls, fluttered.

“Oh…….”

But Damian’s face began to burn red.

Then I woke up my sense, I put my hand on Demian’s forehead.  Then he trembled.

“I think you have a little fever.”

If you have a cold, it’s a big deal.  Damian hurriedly lowered his head as he was wondering if he should take medicine in advance.

“I, I’m fine.”

“But it’s still hot. Look here.”

“It’s just, more, hot…..”

Damian groaned in a creeping voice and lowered his head.

After the flushed cheeks, it was stained all the way to the tip of the new ear.

‘Is it too burdensome?’

“Okay. Instead, if it hurts, you have to tell it right away.”

Damian nodded without a word.

“Come on, let’s go now.”

“……Where are we?”

” It’s late.  Now we have to go to bed.  ”

I replied indifferently as I picked up the lamp on the floor.

“Is there a place to sleep?”

“What is that……”

I stopped and looked at Damian and laughed.

“There’s a separate place to sleep. I’ll sleep there all the time.”

Damian was a face he didn’t understand.

Instead of continuing the explanation, I took Damian’s hand to lead him, and he quietly followed me.

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After brushing and washing our faces neatly, we entered the bedroom.  The children were quiet, as if they were already in a dreamland.

“Well… Ellie? Who’s behind you?”

‘Shh.’

As if awakening from the light of the lamp, Tommy whispered a little.

Tommy closed his eyes again as he put his index finger on his lips as if to be quiet.

Turned off the lamp and went inside.

I didn’t see Carsen and his crowd, but it wasn’t my knowledge.

“Come here,”

I whispered small and led Damian.

There is Damian’s bedding at the end, but if Carsen find Demian’s return, things will get complicated.

First, I climbed onto the bed and patted the seat next to me.

“Let’s sleep with me here today.”

“…….here?”

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“Yeah”

“……… .”

I nodded and Damian puffed his mouth.