However, what happened today made Joseph feel like he was meeting Ai Hayasaka for the first time. He never imagined that the person he trusted the most would betray him.
"...Why, Ms. Hayasaka."
"...Would you like to hear a story, Mr. Joseph?"
Finally, Ai Hayasaka spoke, but without the same ruthlessness as usual, this time, Joseph heard her undisguised crying.
However, when Joseph saw the blond head maid who was always calm in the past, but now she was tearful and helpless like a baby, his mood that was a little angry just now was very helpless. Depressed.
"……what story?"
"...A story about a girl who was originally born in a big family but fell into poverty and was sold as a tool to another big family."
Chapter 66: Ai Hayasaka Confids Her Heart
Perhaps, for ordinary civilians, they are constantly running around for their livelihood, their stomachs, and the rent of the small house they live in every day. Worry-free, accepting that they can't catch up with them for several lifetimes, the so-called "big family" people are enviable existences.
However, what the common people don't know is that the rise of a big family is like them. Without the efforts of several generations, or even a dozen generations, it would not be possible to achieve today's scene.
Therefore... What ordinary people can't imagine is that the rise and fall of a so-called big family, sometimes, is just such a short moment.
At that time, Ai Hayasaka, who was only 2 years old, had no idea why she suddenly had to move out of her home to another strange place and live with another strange girl. Ai Hayasaka, who was still young back then, only I thought I was going to stay at a strange friend's house for a few days, and I had a great time.
However, living for too long made Ai Hayasaka, who was young at the time, discovered something different. At that time, she seemed to have no other way to vent her dissatisfaction except crying. However, when she faced her parents for the first time When she proposed "I want to go back to my own home", her father slapped her at that time.
Hayasaka Ai never mentioned going home again.
It wasn't until later that Hayasaka Ai seemed to understand something, and then she suddenly realized what her situation was like.
She is just a down-and-out young lady who lost in the family battle and can only become a subsidiary of the Shinomiya family.
And it was none other than Kaguya Shinomiya's elder brother, that nasty man, who made Ai Hayasaka realize all this.
"Arranging you next to my useless sister is not just for you to be her head maid...Miss Hayasaka."
Hayasaka Ai will always remember in her life that she was cornered by this man and several other people at that time. The man's fingers grabbed her chin. The threat was mixed with some other tone. I can't even do anything other than my fear.
"Tell me her daily itinerary. I think, with your ability, Ms. Hayasaka, you should be able to leave no trace and not be discovered by Kaguya. Tell me this information?"
"You don't have the right to refuse, otherwise - think about your two parents who rely on our support to barely survive."
"Also, I can tell you that even if you are really loyal to Kaguya, it will only make this girl's death worse."
——So, Hayasaka Ai compromised.All her escape routes were completely blocked, as the other party said, she had no right to refuse.That year, Ai Hayasaka was 14 years old, but she had already become a tool for family members to hurt each other.
Moreover, the object of harm was still her dearest young lady—Kaguya Shinomiya.
That night, when she sent all the big and small things about Shinomiya Kaguya's day to the other party, Hayasaka Ai felt extremely painful. She felt guilty for Shinomiya Kaguya, hated her own weakness, and her own powerlessness .
She would cry every night because of such torture, however, whenever she returned to Shinomiya Kaguya, she had to pretend to be okay.
Ever since, she learned to disguise herself with a poker face to hide her true thoughts.
Because her heart was so fragile and ugly that she couldn't bear to look directly at it. Every time she wanted to look directly at her heart, she would actually have a nauseating reaction.
Hayasaka Ai originally thought that her life would be spent forever like this, living under the torment of guilt, until one day she had a nervous breakdown and could no longer bear such heavy pressure.
"—Until I met you, Joseph Joestar."
Hayasaka Ai's blue eyes looked at the silent Joseph. At this time, Hayasaka Ai was no longer the three-none and indifferent in the past. Today, she has shed all the pretense. Fear has surrounded my heart for three full years, and the frail girl who confides everything.
"I saw you, your rebelliousness, your self-confidence that is not afraid of any challenge, you let me see hope."
"——a hope that the eldest lady...no, Kaguya, can be rescued from the abyss!"
For the first time, Hayasaka Ai changed the name of Shinomiya Kaguya. In Hayasaka Ai's heart, Shinomiya Kaguya was not only her eldest lady, but also a sister who made her worry, a girl who seemed to understand the world. Sinister, but actually an innocent little girl who is still living in her fantasy.
Saying this, Hayasaka Ai bowed deeply to Joseph, the head maid who had exhausted all her strength and was about to be crushed by invisible pressure, finally at this moment, she could no longer bear the burden silently by herself That's all.
She bowed her head, not to her own fear back then, but to her incomparably hopeful hope.
Who can save people who do not save themselves?Hayasaka Ai, she wanted to save Shinomiya Kaguya, and she also wanted to save herself.
"Please... please... save her."
"Miss Hayasaka..."
Joseph opened his mouth, the corners of his mouth were a bit bitter, he wanted to say something, but at this moment, he didn't know what to say.
Can he refuse?Of course, as long as he says "what does this have to do with me", everything can be completely dismissed, and the same peaceful life as before will return, and everyone will continue to act as if nothing happened. Live like this.
But...is it possible?
Gently grabbing the shoulders of Hayasaka Ai, Joseph silently helped the bent back of the girl in front of him slowly. This burly man of 195 had a serious and solemn expression at this time.
Hayasaka Ai's pupils trembled uncontrollably, she hoped that the other party could give her even a small response, even if it was just a tiny bit of expectation, as long as it wasn't the despair that was strangling in the bud, she could accept it.
Finally, under the expectant eyes of the girl, all the thousands of words that came to Joseph's mouth turned into one sentence, a sentence he wanted to say to Hayasaka Ai a long time ago:
"...You did a great job, thank you, Ms. Hayasaka."
"—Leave the next thing to me."
"..."
It's strange that the man in front of him didn't say any righteous words, and he didn't take advantage of the situation to say "I'll protect you forever".
However, it was just such an ordinary greeting that made this girl who had endured all this burst into tears.
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