Tower of Karma

William was walking alone in Arcas, the capital of Arcadia. I have no idea in particular, I just shake the street and walk. Unusual time that is rare as William does not like so much waste. There are too many issues to consider, and the mind has not worked at all temporarily.

(Kyle works in the arena, and Favela is a guild member’s misfortunes.

“It sounds like it’s a tough thing, but that’s not something that can be taught by someone. You can do it, you can’t do it forever. You can’t do it forever. Talent, sense, etc.”

“… Well, Teme, I have no talent?”

“I don’t say that. Rather, I think you are too much, I think. If you can perceive it normally you should be able to use it right away. Well, can it be used or not?”

“Don’t know why. Explain me to understand.”

“It’s impossible. You don’t know everything about me. The opposite is also true.”

“…… Ketch”

“I’m sorry. Well, if I give one advice … accept me, … … No, forget it. You are too bad.”

“I do not understand what you mean”

William remembered his conversation with Kyle the other day. The fact that he could not grasp anything in the end still leaves a lump in William.

“Oh, can’t you be quick and strong?”

For the first time in a sense for William a jam. There was a lot of bottom, but if you put your thought over, you could break through most things if you made an effort. If you don’t have academics, you get an environment where you can get it, and if the lines are thin, you just need to take something nutritious and train appropriately, acquire knowledge and practice. That’s enough.

“What will we do from now?”

I can not help being troubled with the Taylor family forever. Even if you can not afford a house, you should naturally consider the option of renting a house. If it is a foreigner, it will be commensurate with the poor people and the rent will be cheap.

(No, I have a business trip even in small disputes, and now I live in a room … but in the end it’s not expensive? Even a really cheap shack hut … In this case … it’s just a slave and you’re a world body-)

Even such a simple thing, I can not come up with an answer because I can not go around.

(What’s that stupid thing? Stir-baking has been in earnest. If you don’t cool quickly, you know what kind of mistakes you make.)

William scratches his head. It was my own strength to be able to take the trick at any time. Now that strength is dead. No matter what you decide to do as soon as you think, thinking will come to “that”. Unbelievable difference in power, and the ugly my nephew in my eyes.

(Dam, forget it now! There should be a lot to think about!)

Still, I can not get away from my head.

William was in distress.

“Sorry, I’m sorry. I’ll make it hard for you to tell me about the product … If you want it cheap, I would like you to say so honestly.”

“No, that, that”

“How can I take responsibility if my reputation falls?”

William raises his eyes. A person who was ready before the eyes. Open-air that handles cloth at its center. Probably a compliment with the customer. Naturally, William will not plunge into the neck. However–

“What is the situation?”

William was frustrated now.

“Oh, this is a customer. I have complained about our products. This cloth is not from Nederlux. Such a beautiful silk fabric, from Nederlux, isn’t it? Brother? ”

William who walks to the street owner. I glanced at the guests who complained about the cloth, but they turned downward and could not know the faces. William is not interested either.

All in all-it’s stress emanation.

“Oh, it’s a beautiful fabric. You may touch it a bit?”

The shopkeeper hesitates for a moment. At this moment, William found out which side there was non.

“What I am not doubting. I do not know the quality of the cloth. I just want to touch things that are beautiful and valuable.”

“Oh, of course I do not mind”

The rest just crush and diverge.

“Oh, this is a good silk fabric. By the way, the shopkeeper, this is … how do you weave it? No, it is for reference.”

At that moment, the complexion of the shopkeeper changes. The customer who put the claim behind also showed a reaction prickly.

“That’s not too bad! You’re not related. Quickly leave it and go somewhere!”

William smiled. It looks like a good young man at first glance,

“The Nedelx silk fabric is satin and satin. This fabric is the same silk fabric but it is plain weave, which one is not good or bad, but I do not intend to talk about good or bad here, but the slogan of Nederlux is a lie” You will not get

It is full of black emotions. The devil’s smile.

The shopkeeper’s face becomes pale.

“Oh, I do not know the quality of your cloth …”

“Yeah, I don’t know. The goodness and badness is just not knowledgeable. However, I have only knowledge. Nederlux’s product is satin woven satin, and the silk fabric produced in the northwestern part of Alcus is plain woven. The market The price is … even the same silk fabric will be different, not to mention which one is higher. ”

A shopkeeper who doesn’t hear any noise. People around him all turned aggressively at the shopkeeper. If this happens, you will not be able to do business here anymore.

“Well, I think plain weave is strong and things themselves are good.

That’s why William walked out with his back to the open-air. The shopkeepers who kneel and kneel are crawled and handed over to the sense that dark desires are being fulfilled.

(Oh clear)

A thought that turned around somewhat more than before. Take down others, kick them off and take a part of your life. Recognizing the goodness of winning, William was slightly upset.

(But the middle and lower stream people who came to such an open-air street were often able to identify the truth)

There are different types of silk fabrics in satin and plain weave, but there is no difference that they are the same silk fabric. It will be a problem if it is handled at a specialty store visited by first-class citizens, but it may be unexpected that there was a person who understood differences in silk fabrics in an open-air street that visits second-, third-, and even non-civilities.

(It is wrong to point out in such a place in the first place. There is no reason to have luxury goods)

Even though there are gifts for sale, there is no reason for such open-air items to have such luxury items. I can not read the air because I purposely point it out. The shopkeeper should be giving up.

“… Well, my head has been around and I will try to fish even at one property”

William stretches up one bit and amplifies the feeling a little cleaner.

“… Ann”

(First of all, rent a room. Let’s do what you can do)

“Ah, the wolf”

William’s sleeves move and move.

“Hmm?”

William’s gaze reached a person by following the moving cuff, then the thin, clean fingers that grabbed it, and the delicate arms. that moment–

“Well!”

William’s face got stiff.

“Oh, thank you for your help earlier.”

Ruthgard von Taylor talks in a sloppy voice. A daughter of Lauren von Taylor, and now a sister of Carl von Taylor who works with William in the military.

“No, no. I just said the truth. Yes.”

William makes his cheeks squeaky and makes a funny makeover. To my surprise, I could not control myself in any other way than before.

(Oh, I saw a bad place. No, I see, this is the person who put a claim. Is it too much, I?)

William sees Rutgard without excuse. Seeing Rutgarde again, I feel stunned by the lack of aura. If you get lost in the crowd, you can not feel the atmosphere as a person, even though you are beautiful.

(The probability of encountering a noble and acquaintance woman in a large city of Arcass and at the end of a street street like this is how much it is!) Fucking!

It is something that is tempting to get rid of it internally.

“Ah, did you hear a word saying that you were looking for a property a while ago?”

If it appeared suddenly, there would be no surprise.

“Yeah, yes. I’m not going to be indebted to the Taylor family for a long time, and now I am able to get paid as a regular soldier as well as Carl, so I’m thinking of thinking about a place to live in the near future.”

As I listened to the story, Rutgard’s expression became overcast. William looked at her face and said something crap, William was in vain.

“No nuisance … nobody thinks of the house stuff, maybe”

An ending that seems to disappear. It’s a very small voice, so it’s all about listening.

“Oh, it is better to save money until you can afford to some extent. If you can afford it, you should change it to land or things, but I don’t think you need to get stuck now, Yes”

“No, but …”

“……”

Rutgarde silently grabs his sleeve. William can not understand what on earth causes her to do this. In the first place, I can not grasp the intention of the act.

“And, by the way, Rutgard-sama for what purpose?”

In order to overcome this mysterious situation, William gives an uninteresting topic. Rutgard raised his face with a crack.

“… I’m shopping. That’s because the house is putting together a clothing-related company, so I can do some sewing and design, and I’m asked to have my friends coordinate for a party, so that’s why shopping I have not been able to buy a cloth yet. ”

For the act of buying cloth, Rutgard is probably going to make clothes from scratch. Naturally, looking at clothes is different from making clothes. Guessing, my friend probably asked for the former. However, it was judged that Rutgarde was the latter, and he came to shopping alone to such a place while being a noble daughter.

By the way, this guess turns out to be a big mistake later. It is a story of the beginning.

(Don’t be foolish)

William was tempted to hold his head. Rutgard was floating in a different dimension from William’s nobious lady. William is the weakest in this arrangement. Because I can not predict or calculate-

(And still do not release the sleeves. I do not know why)

If it is this way, the sun will end only if it is this way. Think of a way to let this finger go away somehow how to move Rutgard. The answer to be derived is

“Shopping, are you going to get along if you are in the way?”

compromise. For the time being, I leave a lot of things and get on the other party’s business. There was also a chance to run away, William figured it out, and made a compromise.

“Not in the way, I really appreciate it.”

Rutgard smiles softly. It is Ehime that a finger holds a sleeve firmly as ever.

“Let’s go then. By the way … Is it hard to walk?”

I intended to say that I let go of my finger but

“Is that so?”

It does not seem to be transmitted at all.

Strange shopping for the leading youth and the girl who walks with its sleeves started.

○

There was a wide variety of shopping. Rutgarde intended to do everything other than metal work by himself, bought many types of cloth alone, and also prepared necessary stones etc. that could be used for yarn and hair decoration. When the luggage had grown and they could not be carried by the noble daughter, William gave up running away and concentrated on carrying the luggage.

“It’s a huge amount. Is Rutgard also going to the party?”

William has a large package alone. Rutgarde proposed to have a couple of times, but in the end it was fixed. There is a worldly body and pride as a man.

“No, I had an invitation, but I refused. I am not good at being able to appear in a party or on the front … but I think I should come out soon.”

Then the quantity of this package is strange. Rutgard added that he noticed some strange William.

“I’m going to make some clothes, not just one, and have them pick them up”

Rutgard, who briefly said that, has no choice but to make a bitter smile at that much effort. I do not know how important my friend is, but it is too busy. If this is free of charge, then the fool is in full swing.

“Oh, can I see that over there?”

The destination where Rutgarde walks with me is the Masker.

(It’s creepy. Or maybe it was a masquerade party.)

There are many masks hanging on the street, and the abyss comes from the open part of the eyes and mouth. What is a mask for William is far from being, and I have never tried to put it on.

“The mask is a wood carving, and there are various materials such as pottery and metal. It is difficult to machine other materials from scratch, so I would like to work after buying things.”

From what I think earlier, William thinks that Rutgard, who is usually silent, is a little vague about things related to clothing. Apparently I really like this kind of thing.

“Masked, hey”

While Rutgard is unscrupulously crafting the mask, William sees the mask as he has no hand in hand. As Rutgarde said, there are various materials such as wood carving and pottery. And all have some weirdness.

(It is for concealing your own habit. I can not read the expression, I can not be disliked by the other party. It is convenient but convenient.)

However, putting a mask is like saying that there is a secret.

(It is not necessary for me. There is no need to create an element to be suspicious.)

William was convinced of his conclusions and took a look off the mask.

The sky is heavy and cloudy. The surrounding area is swaying that it may rain. Streets without roofs can be seen as early as the day.

The rain drops hit William’s cheek. It seems to be coming down.

“The mask is also a thing of concealing oneself and is also a thing that looks at one’s inner side”

William looks at Rutgard who started talking. Rutgard’s expression turned away is not visible from William.

“A mask is a piece of paper. That thin skin is a border. But with that you can objectively view yourself and get a third-party perspective. It’s only to recognize your existence, I think there is a mask. ”

In the mind of William, a selfish figure of a runaway, a jealousy of a selfish, floating moth is floating.

The rain gets stronger.

“I don’t understand myself. I don’t know, I’m sure you don’t. I think it would be nice to be the help of such mischief.”

Rutgard turns around. A lustrous smile as to where you were hiding up to now. William slams and throats. Looking at Rutgard’s unbelievable smile, which I thought I understood.

“Please. I think it looks good.”

Ruthgard handed “it” is a white mask. The “it” covering the eyes had a unique shape. At first glance it looks close to the knight’s helm, but somehow it has a spooky whiteness and shape like a skull. The red lines, painted in a mask-like fashion, reminiscent of the battlefield flames and the lonesome flesh.

“This to me?”

“Yes, to you. Thank you for shopping today.”

For a mere person, I will imagine a knight looking at this mask. “It” that combines beauty and strength is truly worthy for the knight.

However, the impression of the mask seen from William is completely different. The king of the dead, the king who controls the spirits, a mirror of “self”. It was a feeling of jealousy. Have you had such a good thing for yourself?

The rain gets stronger. Most of the street stalls were rushed to the store, and the mask shop in front of us was gone. It is only two people who stand wet that stand in this place.

William was wearing the mask he had noticed. A ruby ​​that should have been hidden inside the clothes sways in the chest. Both are ugly things from Rutgarde. And both are goods that match the man named William. It’s both the outside and the inside-

Cold thinking comes back. By being separated from the outside world, it is possible to capture oneself more clearly and objectively. You can feel the coldness of the rain more sharply than usual. The feeler feels like raindrops, the smell smells like rain, the sound that the raindrops crawl through the ground, and the taste of rain that taste exudes-

I see a girl whose eyes are wet in the rain in front of her eyes.

“Be careful with your father”

Rutgard speaks to the masked William.

“Father is a human being who can do anything for the sake of the house. The Taylor family built many goods in his father’s house. There are so many men and women in the baron that do not have a line. My father, Laurent von Taylor, has not yet been filled yet, no matter how much money he has, after all he is a man, and his father really wants it. I told you that it was necessary to

William’s impression of Rutgard has changed a lot. A girl who is just an ukiyo-e, a silent, confusing, fool who can not read the air. They were all crushed.

“For the father, human beings are usable or not. I, Einhart brother and Carl brother are classified as the latter. Although they are loved on the surface, being that Einhard brother was not expected Einhard’s brother who understood it wanted to go the path of a scholar, and his father was happy to accept it …. because, he made the judgment I think my brother was not interested in it, so I think I was too early to die, and as a noble daughter, she lacks flowers, and it is impossible to marry her in a high-class house.

The contents of the story are disastrous, but Rutgard’s look has no dark atmosphere at all. On the contrary, even the joy is blurred. I felt like that.

“But, knowing your existence, my father changed his brother’s price tag. If it was possible to get a martial arts with the help of William, it would also be possible to raise the Taylor family’s status, Father thinks because he expects you, so I want you to be careful, because he decides that you are the one who can use you, he is also vigilant. After that, my father will decide what to do with you

Rutgard got muddy words, but the answers were clear. There is a fixed number of “upper” chairs. In order for the Taylor family to go “on” they have to take a seat on the chair. And we have to exclude those who are going to sit in the chair from now on. It is hard to imagine that the Taylor family will leave William after sitting in a chair.

“I will order to the liver”

I do not know why Rutgardo told William that. Even that may be the habit of Laurent. Still, you need to keep it in your chest. Lauren von Taylor is more awkward than William thinks.

“By the way, why is this for me now?”

At the question of William, Rutgard smiles with a different, innocent girl,

“Thank you for your help.”

I answered with smile. Although it was William who had a slight sense of vision in the expression, he did not remember anything.

“Oh, you are both wet. Let’s go home, right?”

“Yeah, you are right”

Rutgard holds William’s sleeves tight. William scorned under the mask, in a way that felt that the sense of incongruity and discomfort was gone, and in the end it was pushed through the Taylor family to become embarrassing.

(I see, this is useful)

William had liked this mask, and the girl named Rutgard.

(Well, how do you use it?)

The mask hides and hides the inferior expression that William is floating now. If you even take care of your mouth, no one will be distracted. William had two weapons. Masked and Rutgard. There is no desire to trust, but there is value in use.

○

The family members warmly welcomed the two who came back to the Taylor family after getting wet. Wipe your wet body with a soft cloth and warm it in front of the blazing fire. Have a glass of warm stew. And the two separated.

One person went to his room to make clothes for a friend.

Another one goes to the room for rent.

“Hello William. Can I talk a little?”

“Yes, of course”

The room that William rents. Outside the door, Laurent von Taylor stood. I do not want to go into the room, I’m on the door.

“I thank you for helping Rutgard today. Thank you”

“No, it’s natural to think that you are indebted”

“Ahaha, that’s right.”

“Yes”

A silence went down between the two for a while. In this case you should not open your mouth. Silence is not good for money, and the ‘weaker’ is better in front of you.

“Will Rutgard be wise? That’s why a man would also be useful.”

The atmosphere of Laurent suddenly changed.

“What the girl said is roughly predictable, and I have no intention to deny them. You use the Taylor family. The Taylor family uses you. It is a very easy-to-understand win-win. Excellent honeymoon. I’ll leave you on this occasion, etc. This is a business, and as long as this doesn’t break, I’m expecting you, I hope you’ll meet your expectations. ”

Gentle and gentle Laurent is also this if peeled off. There is no need to hide more than you know. Barefoot Laurent was larger and distorted than William had imagined.

“Keep in mind”

William has no choice but to answer. In many ways, I can not win now. Don’t set up a game that you can not win. You can not lose unless you fight.

William follows the mask. Astonishingly calmly, I was able to suppress my desire and avoid the unsettled battle. Calmly, I was able to judge the situation objectively. The cold thinking that has been crazy recently is coming back without knowing.

(I hope I will win someday. If I win last, I will win.)

William smiles with a black smile. And probably also the Laurent headed to the door has a similar look. A relationship in which the interests of each other are shared.

Which one will you ask for in the end?

○

The first night I got a mask. William had a dream.

A little black-haired boy is crying with a knee. A group of deceased men who throw a voice of jealousy to a boy around them and try to kill them with their hands. Hatred swells and hatred burns himself. In the evil of perpetrators, the boy just screams crying.

Only one, one dead man was protecting it.

“Okay, you’re not bad. It’s not your fault.”

A lady who throws kind words. Have the same hair as the boy and have the same eyes as the boy.

“Is it true? Is it my fault?”

The dead smile and smile. An angry number dances from the surroundings. Even though her voice was about to swell and crush, a black-haired maiden was protecting the boy from all.

Masked William just watched the sight. At first glance it looks like a beautiful act of affectionate play-

“… Gilli”

Which sight do you save for William Liwius and Al? Which scene is appropriate? Lost or maiden? Perish or salvation? Bad faith or love?

“No fun!”

William reaches for. A black-haired maiden glances at it and smiles. The surrounding dead people notice it and rush to William just as a boy’s substitute.

“Oh, I am!”

William is scolded by the wave of the dead. By the time the consciousness flies, a black-haired maiden embraces William at the end. Try to protect William in the same way as a boy, from a group of hatred to burn themselves, from a group of irresistible evils.

“……”

The maiden does not speak anything. I can not say a word that would cheer the boy. I really want you to say that I want to talk, but there is no word from the maiden’s mouth to William. There is only a smile.

“Hey san!”

At that moment, William’s world flipped.

“Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha”

nightmare. A strange dream that doesn’t know if it is a nightmare.

When William got up, the whole body was sweaty and the eyelids in the mirror were too deep.

“Oh”

William rings his throat. I can not understand what happened or what it means. However, discomfort and irresistible happiness were intertwined in a complex way.

“… it’s a bad thing.”

William reaches for the mask. I can not afford to expose this expression to the public. It was not good at all to play William Liwius.

“……”

William sees the world through the mask. William’s thinking returns to normal, with its limited vision, a border that is bordered by darkness and a thin frame.

“… Fuu”

William who has calmed down. I have to complete my daily routine. Raise a heavy waist and stand up.

“Oh, I’m doing something recent”

In fear of his insecurity, William shook his head and left his room to do routine training.

Beyond this, he does not know that William must do this nightmare and perpetuity.