Genius Warlock-Episode 582
582. Wendy (1)
“Wow wow wow wow-!!!”
“Wow wow wow wow-!!”
“Wow! Wow! Wow!”
The Hanged Forest in Neverland. A high and loud sound echoed there..
The people making this loud noise are none other than Fan's children wearing animal capes.,
The children each shouted in victory, waving their sticks, wooden guns, toy swords, blowguns, and slingshots..
The reason I scream is because I won a great victory in the war game played at the red man camp..
Jane, who heard the sound from afar, put both hands on her hips and sighed in relief..
“Phew... I barely made it late..”
In front of Jane as she said that, there was a table, to be exact, a table filled with various foods..
Chicken, ham pie, potato salad, various types of grilled sausages, black pudding, sardine pie, roast beef, roast lamb, grilled bacon, haggis, hot cakes, toast sandwiches, eel jelly, gravy sauce, corn grilled in butter, vegetable salad, etc..
There was so much food that my upper legs broke. Surprisingly, all of this food was made by Jane alone..
It's just that she didn't have a chance to brag, Jane's specialty was cooking..
As proof, the children who smelled the scent from afar stopped bragging about their achievements in the war game and ran towards the table..
“Still, I was the one who made the biggest splash this time! Otherwise - yeah?”
“delicious smell!”
“i am the first!!”
“no! i am the first!!”
As the sounds of the children approached, Jane stood with the table on her back, and soon after, Pan's children came in through the emergency exit..
There were six of them: Kirby, Slightly, Nibbs, Twins, and Tootles, each wearing a bear, fox, rabbit, raccoon, and skunk animal cape..
I profit!
The children who were running with their mouths dripping were blocked by Jane, who was wearing an apron and had one hand out, and they bumped into each other..
“ouch! why stop!”
“You fell!”
“shut up. I didn't stop on purpose!”
“why are you angry!”
“that's right! that's right!”
After hitting a sudden stop, the children got angry at each other, and thanks to this, the children started talking noisily again..
match! match!
At that time, Jane clapped her hands twice and said firmly:.
“What should I do when I come back??”
“wash your hands!”
“Okay, then you should wash your hands.?”
Jane placed one hand on her waist and raised her index finger with the other hand to attract the children's concentration..
The children asked as they looked at the food placed behind Jane's back..
“Can’t I just eat and wash? I'm hungry?”
“that's right! that's right!”
“I think that if you eat, your hands will get dirty anyway, but I think it's more efficient to eat and wash..”
The fan's children got into a group, started fighting, and acted like children were smart and insisted on eating their food right away..
They literally look like children. However, Jane did not back down..
“no. never. The first rule in this house is to wash your hands when you come home..”
“But you can do anything in Neverland? The captain decided so..”
“So, you should wash your hands first. Because I made it a rule to wash my hands..”
Jane made a pun. If you look closely, you could see that the words were strange, but like children, the children were embarrassed and couldn't say anything..
Jane continued the momentum and took out a carrot..
“If I don't wash, I won't be able to eat the chocolate cake I specially prepared today..”
“chocolate cake?!”
“Yes, chocolate cake. This cake is so sweet that your teeth will rot after just one bite. If you don't want to eat, don't wash your hands. It's so disappointing. It's so delicious.”
“no! no! I'll take a shower!”
“me too! me too!”
“If you think about it, eating before eating is more hygienic.-”
“-Get out of the way, wash your hands.!”
Pan's children ran to wash their hands to eat the chocolate cake and came back, and Jane looked at their hands and said,.
“great. Well then, let’s eat now..”
“Yaaaaaa!”
As soon as permission was given, the children climbed onto the chairs and started gobbling up their food..
He held the chicken leg in both hands and tore it apart, picked up the whole pie, ate it, and even drank the gravy..
No matter how good I say it, I can't say that my dining etiquette was good..
But Jane didn't say anything about it..
Because that's a lot better too.
‘At least now we don't throw food at each other while eating.?’
Jane closed her eyes and remembered the first time the food throwing game was banned. Even though it hasn't been that long, it feels like it was a long time ago, it was quite difficult..
When I first saw Wendy here, I could understand why she looked so tired..
widely. widely.
Someone pulled Jane's clothes out of her thoughts and called out to her..
It was Tootles wearing a skunk cape..
“Same thing with Weddie..”
“that's right! Let’s eat Wendy together too.!”
“Eating has long been a culture that is shared with many people.-”
“-It's noisy.”
Children looking at themselves. Wendy smiled..
“If I eat vegetable salad, I will eat it too..”
“to?”
“Eh. No. A truly brave child can even eat vegetables. Are you all cowards??”
It was an obvious lie, but when Jane smiled and tapped the children's noses, they believed it, and to be the bravest children, they started emptying their salad..
Jane, who saw that, sat down at the table as promised, and the children looked at Jane and started talking about what happened today..
How did you perform in this Red Man Camp and who did something stupid?.
“I finished the forehead with a slingshot.!”
“What are you talking about! Before that, I hit the horse the chief was riding! So I'm the best!”
“Hehe! It would be a shame if you left me out-”
“-shut up!”
“This is really!”
Kids fighting again. Jane, who sat with her at the table, skillfully calmed her children down, then allowed them to speak one by one..
Each of the children talked about the war game they had played today, and Jane listened carefully and praised them for being great..
What the children truly needed was this kind of attention. Thinking of oneself as worthy of attention.
Jane, who grew up in the Sisterhood, knew that better than anyone else..
‘This is also a means of obtaining information..’
Like panning for gold in the dirt, Jane filtered out information from the children's long stories, listened carefully, and responded..
The children talked more about whether they were satisfied with Jane's attitude..
Not only the war games that happened today, but places like the place where the delicious chocolate gold coins are buried, the lagoon where mermaids live, and the bay where the man-eaters live. He also told me about the stupid pirates who sometimes try to find this place..
Every time Jane heard the story, she reacted in surprise as if she was hearing it for the first time, and collected the information here, piece by piece..
I may not be able to escape on my own, but it doesn't suit my temper to just let go..
While the children were talking about what they wanted to say and Jane was gathering information, all the food on the table disappeared..
“cake! cake! cake!”
“cake! cake! cake!”
“cake! cake! cake!”
When the meal was over, the children chanted for dessert, chocolate cake, and Jane brought a large cake she had prepared in advance and lit candles on it..
“I'm going to blow it!”
“It's not your birthday?!”
“It's not your birthday either!”
“no! It's my birthday today!!”
“Don't go all the way!”
“Why is it called Gura?!”
The children started fighting to blow out the candles on the chocolate cake..
Jane is my mate again! match! hit his palm twice.
“Let's all blow out the candles together, so don't fight. Because fighting over cake is really mean..”
It was a story that made no logical sense, but the children who saw the large chocolate cake nodded solemnly as if they understood what was meant..
“I'm going to drag Wendy along too.?”
“of course. If we blow out the candles together, we'll talk while eating cake. What story do you want to hear today??”
Jane asked at eye level with the children, and the children whispered to each other as if asking when they had fought, and then spoke in one voice..
“tell me about mom!”
Children talking with wide eyes.
Jane responded to the request after a brief silence that no one noticed..
“Of course I will. Now let’s all blow out the candles together.”
***
After a loud dinner, while everyone was asleep, Jane made a sandwich using food she had stolen from the kitchen..
The number of sandwiches is thirty-seven..
Jane wrapped thirty-seven sandwiches with the same contents, wrapped them in a tablecloth, and took them outside along with drinks..
Spooky······.
As the dark night fell, a chilling sound rang out in the hanging forest..
I couldn't tell if it was the sound of the wind, the sounds of the fairies the children were talking about, or the sounds of people hanging from the trees.,
Jane headed to the 'Forgotten Warehouse', remembering that it was only creepy and could not cause direct damage..
Fortunately, the forgotten warehouse was not far away..
Because it was at the very edge of the Hanging Forest, the apex of the spade-shaped Neverland..
As if to prove this, as we left the forest a little, we found a shabby warehouse sitting on a cliff..
An unsightly warehouse overgrown with dust and weeds that appears to have been neglected for decades..
Jane walked towards there and knocked on the door..
The warehouse was originally supposed to be able to be opened from the outside, but the Forgotten Warehouse was the opposite due to the confidence of fans..
After a while, a rustling sound was heard inside the warehouse and someone opened the door..
They were neglected children whose bodies were covered in scum..
‘Forgotten children. Candidates to immediately replace the current Kirby, Slightly, Nibbs, Twins, and Tootles if they die..’
Jane thought as she looked at the thirty-seven children who had similar appearances and body types to Fan's children..
It was like the children raised in the Sisterhood..
Two-legged livestock raised according to needs and purposes.
As Jane looked at these children, she saw herself and her friends from the past. Even though I don't want to see it that way.
“······.”
“It's okay, it's okay?”
When Jane, lost in thought, said nothing, the children anxiously asked if they had done something wrong..
Jane, who came to her senses, calmed the scared children that it was okay, went into the warehouse, and handed out sandwiches to them one by one..
The children, who were not given a role in Neverland and were only given a minimal amount of oatmeal, which was more like feed than food, happily accepted the sandwich and began to munch on it..
“Now, drink this. I'm choking.”
Jane personally poured drinks for the kids who were choking on their sandwiches..
The children smiled and thanked Jane. Jane felt guilt rather than joy and reward in that smile..
Because Jane's kindness wasn't pure kindness..
As if to say this, after eating a sandwich and a drink, the child went to a dust pit on one side of the warehouse and brought something back..
It was none other than a discolored and dried piece of paper..
There was blurry writing left on the scrap of paper..
Jane read what was written on the paper..
「······My mother hit me again. Even though I was born as a noble and chosen royal, I don't carry myself properly. It is unfair. It's inevitable that your body will get dirty when you clean the chimney... Even though it was cold because it was winter, my mother sprinkled water for me to wash.······.」
「My mother slapped me. She said she fought against mean things. But I was hit one-sidedly. When I cried and told this, my mother hit me again. How could she be born into royalty and get beaten by lowly people? I really······.」
「My mother got angry. She says she's lazy. I'm not being lazy······.」
「My mother got angry again······.」
「Mother again······.」
「mother······.」
「I really like that woman······.」
Jane stopped reading the diary written on the paper, folded it, and closed her eyes..
It's like experiencing the emotions of the diary owner directly. The ink on the paper seemed to have been written not with ink, but with the author's emotions..
“Phew······.”
However, you can't continue to indulge in sentimentality when you're kidnapped..
Jane took a breath, gathered her turbulent emotions, took out the box hidden in the corner of the forgotten warehouse, and opened it..
There were other pieces of paper in the box, and Jane stuffed them with the paper she had just read into the box and closed it..
A wooden box that is loud and closed.
Jane discreetly placed the box among the other miscellaneous items in the warehouse and looked back..
There, the children who had finished eating their sandwiches were standing there, wiggling their fingers. Looks like you're hoping for something.
Jane reassured the children with the smile she learned from Sisterhood..
‘A smile, appearance, and courtesy are a woman's weapons. it will protect you’
Sisterhood's teachings come to mind again.
Jane opened her mouth as instructed..
“Why is everyone like that??”
Extremely kind. One of the children appeared as a representative with a gentle voice, at least to the ears..
“Ho, ho, maybe us too... I can eat cake······?”
“ah······.”
Jane sighed inwardly..
The only entertainment for the forgotten children here was watching the fans' children play outside..
That way, even if there is a hole in the existing staff, other Kirbys, Slightly, Nibs, Twins, and Tootles will be able to imitate well..
Strangely enough, this was also similar to the way children were raised in Sisterhood..
They make each other envious by giving them different positions, and encourage them to be faithful to their roles..
Jane smiled on the outside, even though she felt repulsed and offended by this obvious yet effective method..
“of course. Next time, I'll bring sandwiches and cake as well. promise.”
Jane squatted down, was at eye level with the children, and made a promise with her little finger as if she were sharing secrets one by one..
The children smiled happily at that small movement, and Jane guessed the time by feeling it and then spoke..
“Today I will tell you a story instead. What do you want to hear??”
“Uh, about mom. What I did to other kids earlier······.”
Forgotten children who speak shyly.
This time, Jane hesitated so briefly that others could not notice, and then answered..
“Okay, everyone gather around. I'll tell you about my mom.”
***
Jane, who told the story of her beautiful mother full of smiles and lies, put the children to bed one by one, then carefully got up, opened the warehouse door, and went out..
When I told him about the pretty and kind mother I didn't even know, I felt a sense of self-destruction..
I thought this feeling had disappeared long ago, but.
However, before she could fall into these sentiments, someone spoke and brought Jane back to reality..
“I would have said I shouldn't have come here.?”
I was a fan forever.
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