I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess - I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess chapter 16

16 – Ariel Loveheim (1)

Ariel was born as the only daughter of the Loveheim family, which is said to be the three most powerful of the empire.

By the time she started walking and talking in earnest, her surroundings were already quite different from those experienced by children of her age.

Adults two to three times taller than her were busy bowing their heads, and her breakfast always started at a long and wide table that was burdensome.

Her mother, Helen, was a caring woman who was interested in her daughter, but she was often unable to see her daughter due to family matters.

Sometimes, without having breakfast together, she would go far away to support her husband in his official duties and return the next day.

Every time that happened, Maetel, the nanny, stood by her, but that was all.

He sits alone at the lonely and wide table, dragging his small body, and slices the meat according to the ceremony he learned from childhood and puts it in his mouth.

“Mum mum… … .”

It was certain that it would be a high-class meat that ordinary people would not be able to talk about in their lifetime.

Why can’t I feel any taste in my mouth?

As she continued her meal with an expression as if she was chewing on paper, she looked around.

All of the servants stood up with their heads bowed, unable to meet her eyes.

In Ariel’s eyes, it looked like a puppet deprived of emotions.

After finishing her meal, Ariel went back to her room and threw herself onto the soft bed.

She was intelligent from a young age and had been away from her mother’s arms early on, but that didn’t mean she didn’t miss them.

Rather, I missed them more than other ordinary children.

Because her mother’s arms were not something she could always embrace.

“I want to see Ed… … .”

Even she had one person whom she could call a friend.

The opponent is the only son of the Billhark family, who has a master-servant relationship with her family.

According to what her mother told her, she thought she was the right person to be her daughter’s friend since she was two years old, and she became friends with the child she should have brought as an attendant.

The result could be said to be a great success.

Ariel had always been like this in her room ever since she broke up with her friend Edgar.

There was a part of her longing for him that much, but above all, he was a man who showed Ariel that he was the first color in this pure white world.

For example, even if she broke a precious ornament displayed in the house or acted somewhat over the line, the people around her did not say anything.

No, you’d be right to say that you can’t.

There was no person who could do that except her parents.

Even the nanny who took care of her never blamed her mistakes, and she always had a lot to say, but there were many times when she moved her neck as if she was going overboard.

It was about two years ago that she was scolded for the first time by anyone other than her father or mother.

The day I was led by the social world for the first time while holding my mother’s hand.

There, she met a young lady from another family, and the item the child had was the first time she had ever seen it in her life.

– What are you holding in your hand?

– this? It’s my favorite toy. Wanna see it?

When the girl took Ariel to a corner and covered it with her hand and her skirt to keep the light from coming in, the toy mysteriously glowed.

Ariel’s eyes lit up like a toy at a strange object she had never seen before.

It was also a rare experience for her, who had all the slightest things to do in front of her.

How would normal children react at such moments?

It’s probably all about begging the mother to save her later, or asking the child to touch him just once.

But that was the story of a child with a normal mindset.

– Can you give it to me?

– no. I mean, I love it.

I don’t know why.

Even though she was only eight years old, Ariel was no fool.

Stealing other people’s property without permission. I knew that it was the wrong thing to do.

Even so, an involuntarily outstretched hand grabbed the child’s belongings, and as he pulled it towards himself, the child lost his balance and fell and burst into tears.

– Mom… !

– … … .

A child desperately seeking his mother.

Not long after, the girl’s mother heard her crying and came to visit her.

Ariel calmed her beating heart when the girl complained that the child had stolen her things.

That moment,

– You must have been surprised by my child. The toy is fine, so just keep it. Well, you too.

Her eyes looked at Ariel as she wiped away her daughter’s tears, as if telling her to go away with it.

I don’t want to be involved with you, but I don’t want to make unnecessary noise from this incident.

If you’ve got what you need, go back and don’t escalate things for nothing.

Ariel felt something thump in her chest.

why don’t you blame me

Anyone can see that this is my fault. Why does it give off a nuance of blaming my daughter?

– Mom, that’s my favorite… … !

-Come on, mom will get you a new one. Understand?

So the mother and daughter left.

Soon, Ariel returned to Helene’s side with a glowing toy in her hand.

My heart beat again violently at the soft voice of my mother asking where I got it from when I saw something I had never seen before.

– Uh, someone gave it to me!

– yes? You are a good boy. Did you say thank you?

– Yes!

say thank you? can it be

What I couldn’t even hand over an apology that I’m sorry.

But even in the midst of this, I was looking forward to meeting my friend next week.

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Looking at this mysterious toy, the child will surely light up his eyes just like himself.

With that alone, this sense of shame would be as good as washing one’s eyes. I believed so.

After a week like that, Ariel visited her friend Edgar’s home.

Although he was always annoying, he always did his request.

Even if you ask them to play with you, even if you ask them to bring you fruit that grows in a place that a child’s height can’t even imagine, and ask you to get rid of the creepy spiders.

Today, in order to repay him, I was going to give him a favorite toy.

Even though she had been obtained through extortion, he thought that he would surely forgive her.

There were very few people who hadn’t forgiven her behavior until now.

– Ed! look at this!

– Oh, what? Does it shine when you turn off the light?

– Isn’t it amazing?

As expected of her, Edgar showed interest.

Ariel shrugged, saying that her thoughts were not wrong.

To her, Edgar asked where the object came from and where it came from.

– I followed my mom somewhere before, but then I got it from a kid!

– You brought it, do you mean it was stolen?

– Yes… … ?

His voice suddenly became cold.

Ariel sensed something was wrong.

It was literally. it was stolen It was ruthless and cold enough to feel like violence from the girl’s point of view.

– say. did you steal it?

– The fact is… yes. Ed is right.

– Sigh. did you tell your mother?

The look of a friend who sighed deeply and asked what was going on.

Ariel carefully put the toy down and shook her head slightly.

could you have said Even if I told the truth, I would not have been able to do it.

When I told her the truth, he took the toy in his hand without saying anything and put it in her hand.

Then,

– If you meet that friend later, be sure to return it.

– I-I want to give this to Ed… … .

– I don’t even want to take anything that was stolen from me.

It was the coldest, most emotionless, most painful voice Ariel had ever heard.

It feels like cutting through the skin with words.

Ariel felt like she was about to burst into tears.

– don’t cry. I won’t even watch you cry

– hehehe… I’m sorry, Ed… Because I won’t do it again… hig. do not do that. huh?

Ariel clung to her with tears streaming down her face as if she would never see her again.

He said he was wrong, and even though he knew that, he took it away at will.

As soon as he confessed his honest feelings, Edgar’s expression softened a bit.

– First of all, give it back to that friend and apologize. in any way.

– yes… okay. hig.

how? didn’t ask the question.

If that happened, it would have seemed like he would jump out of his seat and leave forever.

– And tell Madame Helen the truth. Then maybe you’ll find that friend.

– yes… … .

That meant revealing the truth to her mother, receiving an admonition, and lending a hand to meet the girl.

Perhaps this boy wants to confess all the sins he has committed so far in order to wash them away.

That’s why I’ve been telling you this solution on purpose.

– I won’t be friends with you until you apologize to him. okay?

– Now, wait! I’ll go to my mother soon!

Ariel hurriedly got up from her seat and picked up her toy to find her mother.

When Helene, who found her crying daughter, asked what was going on, Ariel revealed everything she had been hiding until now.

A while ago, a girl’s toy was stolen without permission.

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Lying to my mother in exchange for a stolen item as a gift.

And even the current situation that resulted in the loss of a friend.

Hearing all this, Helen neither scolded nor blamed her.

No matter what you say from now on, the story that this child’s friend told you will become more fertilized and sprouted.

You have really good friends.

– Mom will find that child, so let’s go find it together next time. Understand?

– Yes, Mom… … .

– Come on, hurry up and let’s go to Ed together. It’ll take some time until we find him, so until then, we’ll ask him not to insulate.

– Wouldn’t that make Ed angry?

foot.

In a childishly innocent concern, Helen stroked her lovely daughter’s head.

I’m pretty sure, the child probably had this precipitation on purpose.

I was afraid that Ariel would somehow show signs of trying to pass the time and somehow smooth it out.

If it came out like this, at least Ariel would tell the truth to her mother.

– It’s fine. Has your mother ever lied to you?

– Yes… doesn’t exist.

– Well then, shall we go together?

Returning to the room like that, Ariel was able to get Edgar’s declaration of suspension with Helene’s help.

It was about three days later that the girl whose toy had been stolen was found after searching.

Along with the stolen toy, Ariel took another toy she loved and held it out as a token of apology.

Thanks to that friend, I realized a lesson that I will never have again in life.

Even if everyone around her forgave her, sometimes there was someone who could scold her.

In the girl’s heart, who realized this belatedly, the name of a boy named Edgar grew bigger and bigger.