第03章 旅途與自動手記人偶（7/8）
薇爾莉特·伊芙加登 ever after
「I cannot make clothes. You told me that you did not need me, President Hodgins, if I could not make clothes…」
「That』s horrible of me, huh.」
「Even when I said I could polish the shoes, clean up or do anything, you did not listen…」
Unlike the real one, the dream version of Hodgins had apparently chosen to part ways with Violet.
「Little Violet, what did you do about that?」
「I asked countless times. However, you rejected it countless times. I thought about standing in front of the shop until you allowed me in, but it started raining like yesterday.」
「Hm. And then?」
「Major Gilbert came to pick me up and told me to come home with him, but…」
「Hm.」
「I waited for President to come out of the store even as the lights went out.」
「Hm.」
「Despite waiting and waiting, President Hodgins did not come out, and at some point, a passerby told me, 『This shop has moved』.」
「Even though it was open until just a moment ago?」
「It was a dream, after all… And then – and then, I asked where it was and went after it. Benedict and Cattleya also appeared in-between, but they seemed to have other things to do, saying they would come after me later… As for Lux, she was the only one who had been hired by you from the very beginning, so she also asked you to hire me again, but in the end, you said no could do.」
「Hm…」 Suddenly, Hodgins felt so pained about everything that it was hard to breathe. 「And then, Little Violet, what did you do…?」 His hand reached out to Violet.
「I kept looking at the interior of the store beyond the shop window from outside.」
Not towards her head, but towards her eyes, where her golden lashes fluttered like the wings of a fairy.
「Inside it, many people – people that I know and do not know – came and left… showing how lively the shop was.」
A sea had silently formed in them, which dissolved and disappeared once Hodgins』s index finger touched it.
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