第03章 旅途與自動手記人偶（5/8）
薇爾莉特·伊芙加登 ever after
「Hey, don』t clam up.」
What was being thrust at Hodgins now was something that he did not want to look straight at, despite thinking about and readying himself for it. That was what he was being told.
「Hodgins – hey, Old Man.」
It was something that Benedict Blue had the right to say, exactly because they had been doing everything together from the start.
「Hey, don』t take it in a weird way. I ain』t saying this to be malicious. You left the Auto-Memories Doll department in the head office 『cause your wish to watch over V is a big deal, right? I get it. She』s special to you.」
「That』s not it; I—」
「But she won』t be a kid forever. She』s different from back when she started working, with you teaching her everything. She』s someone who』s gonna let go of your hand one day. She ain』t your real daughter or your girlfriend. Then, if you had to say what she is, at the end of the day, she』s your employee. You』ll part ways one day. If you don』t get ready for that now, will you manage to get over it if she marries into that bastard』s family and he makes her leave the company?」
「Will you manage to get over it?」 The question ruminated in Hodgins』s heart.
Benedict had shot him where it hurt without mercy. He was a gun expert. His aim was precise and the bleeding made Hodgins want to hold his own chest down.
——Will I recover if I ever have to be separated from Violet Evergarden? Hodgins pondered earnestly over the question. ——I don』t know.
He truly did not know.
Bonds were things that could not easily break off once they had connected, yet reality, time and busyness unpityingly caused the existence of 「friends」 to grow far apart.
——To the point that I don』t know, I…
Surely, a day like this would not happen five years from now. Their place to return to amidst the rain would be somewhere else.
——It』s not just her, but also you and everyone else.
To begin with, they might n……（內容加載失敗！請重載或更換瀏覽器）