Carsenâs face burned brightly.
He was belatedly aware that Ellie had deliberately lured into the warehouse.
âEllie, youâ¦!â
Carsen and his crowd approached Ellie.
âHow do you tell meâ¦!â
Carsen reached out and grabbed Ellieâs shoulder, when Damian reflexively woke up.
âWhat is the fuss?â
In a sharp voice, the childrenâs gaze turned toward the door.
Last night, he was the teacher who captured Carsen and his crowd in the warehouse.
It was because of the children who did not come down after a long time after the bell rang.
âWhat are you doing!â
When he saw Carsen holding onto Ellie, his face hardened.
âYou still havenât fixed your habit!â
âOh, no, sir! Ellie first made a dispute!â
âYou told us I was stupid! Itâs Ellie who was wrong!â
They shouted in embarrassment, but the teacher did not believe.
The quiet Ellie and the children who always think.
It was self-evident which of the two was more reliable.
âHey! You guys all heard it! Come on and tell him!
Embarrassed Carsen urged the children for an answer.
However, the children shrugged with their mouths shut.
The attitude not to answer.
Eli always pretended to be alone, but when she approached the children, she was kind.
When she was being bullied by Carsen and the crowd, she came first and even grabbed her attention.
The children loved that Ellie. So, there was no way for Ellie to give an unfavorable answer.
âThese children â¦â¦!â
Cried Carsen. The teacher, who noticed his bloody momentum, became angry and pulled Carsen away.
âSounds that make sense! Your fists go out every day, so even the nobles donât pay attention to you!â
âPlease believe me!â
This time, they were really unfair too, so the voice got wet.
Then the teacher frowned at her and looked at Ellie.
âEllir, are you really?â
ââ¦â¦â¦. .â
Silent Ellie slowly opened her mouth.
ââ¦â¦.Itâs just that Carsen keeps saying strange things and refuting it.â
Like a hurt child, with a sad face, carefully.
âWhat are you talking about?â
âDamian was very sick yesterday. he got a little fever.â
Damian?
Teacherâs eyes narrowed, and when he found the boy in the back, he faced convincingly.
âBy the way? â
âSo I was going to get the medicine, but⦠Carsen keeps saying that the teachers went to the casino.â
Then the teacher asked all the mouths.
It was because it was true that he went to the casino.
âTeachers canât go to the casino late at night, leaving their kids alone.â
âthatâsâ¦.â
âIs that right?â
Ellie lowered her gaze and cried out.
The eyes of the children turned to the teacher. His face was stained with embarrassment.
Now it was time to put the wedge. Ellie said.
âBy the way, sir. Did you have the warehouse door open yesterday evening?â
âWhat?â
âI locked the warehouse door the last time because there was something the director ordered during the day. I certainly put the key in the directorâs office, but it couldnât have been open.â
âWell, thatâs â¦â¦.â
The teacher shut his mouth.
It was he who brought the key to the warehouse secretly. He was to enjoy a secret meeting with another teacher.
Read his embarrassment, Ellie said with a bleak face.
âI guess I lost my keys. Iâm sorry.â
âOh, no. Itâs okay. you blame youeself too much -â
âNo. Itâs my careless fault. Iâll go to Mr. Jang with Carsen.â
Ellie stepped forward. If this fact got into the directorâs ears, it was a big deal.
âNo!â
he hurriedly shouted, and he said all of his mouth to the shout that came out without his knowledge.
âThatâs, soâ¦â¦.â
Confused, he rebuked Carsen to turn her around.
âCarsen, are you true to Ellie?â
âYes?â
âCasino! Why did you lie like that? You almost made Damian wrong.â
âNo, Iâve never done that! Ellie lied!â
âYouâll get a punishment for lying. Follow this way.â
âNo. Not really! â
As if the teacher didnât even need to listen, he led Carsen and his crowd to go outside.
The door closed and the surroundings became quiet.
Ellie changed her face as if when he did it.
Her gaze, which was filled with her sadness, turned to contempt, and she then gradually became expressionless.
âWhat are you doing, letâs go down quickly,â
she said, then she smiled, as if when she did, she said to the children.
âIf you donât, Iâll be scolded by the director. Letâs wash it and go down.â
The atmosphere that was frozen by tension at Ellirâs words quickly relieved.
âWhat about your sister?â
âIâll go down soon.â
As Bettyâs ass was playfully tapped, the child laughed.
âOkay, come down soon!â
âYeah.â
Last Betty, the only people left in the room were Ellie and Damian.
Until then, Damian had a blank face.
Theyâve been together all yesterday, but Ellie never found a teacher.
She rather secretly opened the door and went in, and she did not take a bath as if to look.
She knew that the teachers were away best, Ellie.
âBut why.â
At that moment, she turned her body around. Damian fluttered his body as her eyes met.
Eli said with a smile.
âDid you tell me? When you take revenge for sleeping, you have to give it back at least twice as much.â
ââ¦â¦. .â
âI paid it for you,â
Ellie laughed.
âYou, on my behalf?â
â Yes â
ââ¦â¦..Why?â
âBecause itâs the price of your life.â
I didnât know what it meant.
âAnd, originally, grown-ups have to help children,â
She said, although she herself is a similar age of mine.
âOf course, no one of the grown-ups youâve seen yet,â
Ellie laughed softly.
âDamian, thereâs someone to help you, obviously. â
ââ¦â¦â¦. .â
âYou can trust them.â
At that moment, the sunlight crossed the window. Came into the room.
Ellieâs hair shimmered following the gleaming sunlight. Desorry blindly blinked her eyes.
âDamian, if you believeâ¦â¦â
At that appearance, Damian touched his lips without knowing it.
âWhat if I believe?â
Ellie stopped at the first question asked.
She was worried for a while. Ellie said with a wide smile.
âIâll be happy,â
the moment I saw that smile, my heart sat down.
Again.
Again, my heart was weird.
Even though she couldnât see his expression because of his hair, Damian bowed his head. She just seemed to have to.
As Damianâs ears turned red, Ellie made her anxious face.
âYes again.â
Do you really have a cold?
Ellie bowed her head to catch Damianâs gaze. She said,
âArenât you hot too?â
âThis, itâs just hotâ¦.â
Damian, who stuttered, suddenly stopped talking.
âNot reallyâ
âHuh?â
âIt doesnât hurt very much.â
âSo you mean it hurts?â
Also. Ellie sighed and swept her bushy bangs up.
âLook at it.â
White face, clear eyes, and long eyelashes were revealed.
A red face. It seems a little embarrassing, but his gaze is looking straight ahead.
âItâs harmful to the heart,â
Ellie repressed her desire to prick her cheeks.
âYou also have some fever. Letâs eat and take some medicine. All right?â
It was the moment Damian nodded.
I thought I could hear the footsteps, but Tommy came into the room.
âEllie, come down quickly! Director Wake up!â
âUgh. Already?â
She raised her hand to her tired face.
Ah. A small voice of regret came out of Damianâs mouth, but Ellie couldnât hear it.
It was clear that he would hear a voice made to the procrastination director.
âLetâs go, Damian.â
Ellie grabbed Damianâs hand and dragged him.
Damian hesitated to hold her hand tightly.
The heat from his cheeks was as hot as if it had moved her hand.
Eli. Eli.
Damian quietly chewed the childâs name in her heart.
Just putting the name in his mouth was a big courage for Damian, but Elli couldnât even notice it.
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âDonât let it go, that bastardâ¦â
Carsene muttered with clenched teeth.
Carsen, who was trapped in the room as a punishment, crushed him.
Following yesterday, I was scolded by the teacher again today.
Without that child, this would not have happened.
Carsen glared at the tightly closed door, holding his white fingertips tightly rolled up.
âWhy the hell is Ellie taking the side of that child?â
The orphanage children here are usually divided into two categories.
Children who want to be adopted and children who have nothing to do with adoption.
Ellie wasnât either.
She wasnât, to be sure, she was a child who wasnât interested in adoption.
Even when the nobles came to the orphanage to adopt a child, they did not try to see well.
Carsen was such a miracle of Ellie.
It was to get Ellieâs attention even more that bothered the children.
At times like that, Ellie used to look at me.
But this time something was different.
Ellie took the child. Sheâs like being my little Sister.
ââ¦â¦But it wonât be too long.â
Because no matter what, it will make Ellie cut her attention.
Carsen grinds it, recalling Damian standing behind Ellie.