Now the Lilly Moon members were in Eager Brünn, because a lot was happening in Prussia due to the Heitelheimer War... and Eager Brünn was more pleasant too.
Siegfried: "mmm.."Sophie: "Hehehe... there you are, Siegfried."Fiona: "Long time no see."Siegfried: "Yeah... Ms Valentine said I can now join Lilly Moon..."Sophie: "Oh... and your sister?"Siegfried: "Oh... she won't have anything to do with this for now... hehehe..."Lina: "Oh."Fiona: "A wise decision... better that way."Sophie: "Good... your room is next to Suspenders' room, by the way."Fiona: "Suspenders is the boy over there... next to him is Chloe Edilnson... and in the middle is Sternlicht, but you can't talk to him for now... because they're taking an exam."Sophie: "Hmm.."Chloe: "Ohh... I don't understand anything."Fiona: "Quiet."Sophie: "Don't get distracted!"Siegfried: "Oh."Sternlicht: "Done."Chloe: "What?... Me too... hehehe... only the last question was weird... did you also do the back side?"Sternlicht: "Fuck... there's a back side?!"Sophie: "Too late... you already said you were done."
She took the papers.
Sternlicht: "Nooo... mmm.. (pouting).."Suspenders: "I... um... I'm done too..."Fiona: "Let me see... Hmm."
She took it and looked at it.
Suspenders: "hmm."Fiona: "Well... enough to pass... you passed."Sophie: "Sternlicht... even though you didn't do the back side... you got the whole front side correct... that's enough to pass... Chloe... you passed too... but since both of you only did half... you'll probably have to take another test... and what about Suspenders?"Fiona: "He... got a little more than half right... about... thirty-five out of sixty points."Sophie: "Hahh... then you'll also have to take another test... my goodness!.."Suspenders: "Sorry..."Sophie: "Hah.. whatever."
(Meanwhile)
(In the cinema)
Visitor: "Hahaha... isn't this cool?"Female Visitor: "Hehehe... yeah... hey... what are we doing afterwards?"Visitor: "How about a date?"Female Visitor: "Isn't that obvious or what... hehehe..."Visitor: "We're watching a movie here, could you be quiet?"Female Visitor: "Hmph."Visitor: "Shut up..."Female Visitor: "Hehe... what are you saying?... How should we waste the time?"Visitor: "Hmmm... hehe... how about fun.. he... Urk."
(Splach!)
His whole head was pierced through... and another head appeared... it was Zantanel.
Zantanel: "Excuse me... we are watching a movie here... it would really be very nice if you stayed quiet... would you be so kind, dear?"Female Visitor: "Hahh..."
The visitors screamed.
Zantanel: "Oh dear... I just wanted to watch a movie... can't you keep your mouths shut for once?"
(A few minutes later)
Everyone lay dead.
Zantanel: "Hahh... what a movie... (tears).."Ruslana: "Boss... there you are... did you kill these people?"Zantanel: "Yes... they disturbed me."Ruslana: "Hahh... and you're crying during the movie?"Zantanel: "Yes... (tears).. isn't it adorable how humans actually do good things sometimes... well whatever... time to work again."
She stood up.
Zantanel: "Hmmm..."Ruslana: "Hmmm... look at that... this one is still alive."Zantanel: "Hmm... she didn't disturb me while I was watching... no reason to kill her... or maybe there is."Female Visitor: "Please..."Zantanel: "Hmmm..."Female Visitor: "Would... you maybe want... my... bag..."Zantanel: "Huh?... Huh?"Ruslana: "Desperate. I'll kill her."Zantanel: "Wait, wait... what's on it?"Ruslana: "Huh?... Um... those are artificial plants... not real plants... just plastic..."Zantanel: "Ohh... may I have them, dear lady?"Female Visitor: "...You won't kill me then?"Zantanel: "Ohh... right... that would be heartless... alright then... I'll let you survive."
She took it.
Female Visitor: "Hahh."Zantanel: "Good... Ruslana... tear out her eyes and tongue... that way she can't tell anyone anything... oh... her fingers too... she could use signs."Female Visitor: "No... no please..."Zantanel: "I'm sorry."
She walked toward the door.
Female Visitor: "AAAAAAAAAARGHHH.. AAAARGH."
(Splach!)
Zantanel: "hmmm... artificial flowers... well, better than nothing..."Ruslana: "Puhhh... she was annoying."Zantanel: "I hope you didn't kill her."Ruslana: "No... I cut off some fingers... is that ok?... with only two fingers on each hand she can't point us out either."Zantanel: "Hmmm.. yes... that's fine too."Ruslana: "What should I do with the eyes and the tongue?"Zantanel: "Throw them away... but not in the street... children walk there, we don't want to traumatize them, right?"
(Meanwhile)
Sophie: "Hahh... no.. no.. no.. wrong.. wrong... again... again!"Fiona: "Hey, no reason to yell at them like that... that was just a small mistake."Sophie: "So what..."Fiona: "They're still children... no reason to be like that... maybe they need a break, give them one."Chloe: "I wouldn't have thought Fiona of all people would say something like that... she's usually strict."Sophie: "Stop dawdling and work."Fiona: "Hahhh... Sophie... stop it... even I'm getting scared, what's wrong with you..."Chloe: "mm.."
Chloe looked around... Sternlicht accidentally dropped the pen, and right then Sophie hit her hand with a stick.
Sternlicht: "Ow!"Fiona: "Huh... oh good grief."Sophie: "Pay attention..."Sternlicht: "That hurts."Sophie: "That was nothing yet... now pick it up."
(Klatsch!)
She did it again.
Fiona: "That's enough now."
She grabbed her hand.
Sophie: "Stay out of it, Fiona."Fiona: "She's bleeding, damn it!… she's bleeding!"Sophie: "What nonsense are you talking about... ugh."
Her hand really was bleeding.
Sophie: "ohh…"Fiona: "Calm down..."Sophie: "Sternlicht... I'm... sorry..."Sternlicht: "Ghhh... how am I supposed to write the exam now?... you almost broke my finger... and I thought Fiona would do something like that, but you."Fiona: "(sweating).. why me?... huh?.. whatever.. Sophie... what's wrong with you..."Sophie: "mmm."Sternlicht: "Hah."
She tried to pick it up but dropped it again because her hand hurt.
Sophie: "ughh…"Sternlicht: "mmm…"Fiona: "Wait... come here, little one... I'll take care of your hand..."Sternlicht: "mmm."
She got a bandage.
Fiona: "Hahh…"Lina: "What... was that supposed to be, Miss Sophie?"Sophie: "ugh.. sorry... I... need some fresh air for a moment..."Fiona: "You two... Suspenders and Chloe... take a break."Chloe: "Oh.. ok."Sternlicht: "I hate her!... why did she hit me... that hurts... do people always enjoy hitting me?... I was treated horribly in the orphanage too..."Fiona: "Hey... she didn't mean it."Sternlicht: "Oh really?... why am I not allowed to make mistakes but she is!?... I drop a pen and suddenly I did something terrible so she hits me... and that wasn't on purpose?..."Chloe: "Sternlicht."Suspenders: "Oh dear..."Fiona: "Hey..."Sternlicht: "mmm... just look... I can't even move... the finger anymore..."Fiona: "Hahh..."Lina: "oh no.."Siegfried: "...why does something always happen on my first day."Lina: "(sweating).. I have to say... you really don't have good luck."
(Meanwhile on the balcony)
Sophie sat there.
Sophie: "Hahh......."
(Memory)
Unknown: "No mistakes!... you must not make mistakes."Howgarts: "Mistakes... mistakes... mistakes... you only make mistakes... again... you must not make mistakes... one mistake and someone dies!"Sophie: "ahhh."Howgarts: "I'll teach you another way... every time you make a mistake... one of these cute rabbits falls into the acid... do it wrong and they die."Sophie: "uh... but..."Howgarts: "Wrong."
(Splach!)
Rabbit: "Hhhhrrrrr."Sophie: "huhhh..."Howgarts: "Do... what I tell you."
Ever since she was little, she was not allowed to make mistakes.
Sophie: "Hahh... I grew up in a simple family... not a rich one... I wanted to make my parents happy... that's why I studied hard... they were kind to me... but they had debts... one day... there was a competition... for... a school exam... the winner would get ten thousand coins... that would get rid of the debt... I entered it... I wanted... to help... but... then... things only got worse."
(Memory)
Sophie: "hahh... no... only... fifty-eight points?"
The other participant... named Miya... won the title... with fifty-nine points... after that... there was no hope anymore for the money... the debt... was there... and they weren't... normal businessmen... it was someone from a mafia group.
Mafia Guy: "Kill them."Sophie's Mother: "No... no!"
(Peng.. Peng.. Peng..)
Sophie: "Hahh... hahhh.."Mafia Guy: "Hehe... no... no... let the child survive... hehe... she shall live with it... one mistake... one mistake caused her parents' death... hehehe... that is something even worse than death itself... hahahahahaha."Mafia Member: "Hahahahahahaha…"
(Sophie's perspective)
Faces laughing... and several ropes carrying the dead bodies of her parents... and then they looked at her.
Sophie's Mother: "All your fault..."Sophie's Father: "You naughty brat!..."
That's how Sophie saw it... but she forgot that her parents never blamed her... still, she grew up with that trauma.
Sophie: "Hahhh... hahhh... no mistakes... no mistakes... I must not make mistakes... otherwise... people die... or someone gets hurt... or sad... just because of me... hahh…"
It sounded like several hands were blocking her path...
(End of memory)
Sophie: "hmmm.."
Suddenly someone placed a jacket over her shoulders.
Sophie: "huh."Fiona: "What are you doing out here... you'll catch another cold."Sophie: "oh... thanks... Fiona..."Fiona: "Hahhh... are you sure you're alright?"Sophie: "hmmm..."Fiona: "I know how you feel... I found out what happened to your parents... Meliodas told me once... none of it was your fault, Sophie... everyone makes mistakes."Sophie: "...I know that already!"
She shouted loudly and clutched the jacket.
Sophie: "But... but... every mistake... I made... terrible things happened... my parents died... animals died... hhhhh... comrades died... hhhhh..."Fiona: "Hahhh..."Sophie: "I must not make mistakes!"Fiona: "Forget that..."Sophie: "Huh."Fiona: "Everyone makes mistakes... and everyone is allowed to... we are human... we are human... okay..."Sophie: "But Fiona... why... do you think it's okay to make mistakes?"Fiona: "What matters... isn't that you make mistakes... but that you learn from them... without mistakes... there's no effort... without effort... life has no meaning..."Sophie: "huh."Fiona: "Tom Fog once told me that."Sophie: "ohh... have you ever made a mistake too?"Fiona: "Yeah... I... forgot to ring the bell... because of that... some people almost died..."Sophie: "Hmmm."Fiona: "Hmm... you stopped me from smoking back then... but... you did that because you care about others... you always worry... that'll make you old fast... got it?... just like you helped me back then... I'm helping you now..."Sophie: "Hey..."Fiona: "You helped me many times... one time I wore my pants backwards."
(Memory)
Sophie: "Oh... what are you doing, Fiona... your pants are backwards."Fiona: "Huh?"
(End of memory)
Fiona: "Another time you warned me not to put ink cartridges into the washing machine."
(Memory)
Sophie: "ughh.. no.. no.. Fiona.. do you want to ruin the clothes?"Fiona: "Why? I thought that cleans them."Sophie: "Not that... that's something else... it's an ink cartridge... it's even green... go over there, you'll find the detergent there."
(End of memory)
Sophie: "Hahh..."Fiona: "You already help more than enough..."Sophie: "I didn't want to hurt Sternlicht."Fiona: "I know... I know... you would never hurt someone just like that... even now... you haven't killed a single person in your life."Sophie: "My parents though."Fiona: "You didn't."Sophie: "But because of my mistakes... they're dead... understand that already... (sob)... I loved them so much... they trusted me... and I... useless daughter... abandoned them and they died because of me..."Fiona: "Huhh... oh dear... you're crying... now I'm overwhelmed... Lina... come here for a second... this is too much for me..."Sophie: "(sob)"Fiona: "Hahhh... whatever... I'll try... hey... um... don't cry... um... there are probably days where crying is more worth it..."Siegfried: "(sweating).. totally screwed that up."Lina: "Mhm."Fiona: "Oh..."Sophie: "Then I'll cry on those days too."Fiona: "Um... when you cry... salty drops come out and they don't even taste good."Siegfried: "This is getting worse and worse... damn."Lina: "Shhh.."Sophie: "mmm.."Fiona: "Ah... then I'll just do this."Sophie: "huh."
She hugged Sophie... pulled her close and hugged her tightly.
Sophie: "Um."Fiona: "Shhh... don't expect words from me... when it comes to this I don't know how to motivate people... I'm unmotivated myself..."Sophie: "mmm... what's this... since when do you care so much about others..."Fiona: "But one thing I can tell you... mistakes... are okay... we are human... and everyone... is allowed to make mistakes... otherwise we don't learn... and without learning... things are too easy..."Sophie: "mmm.."Fiona: "Sophie... you think your parents are angry at you... but you know your parents... they loved you... and they would never burden their child with something like that..."Sophie: "hmmm..."Fiona: "It's okay..."Sophie: "hahh…"Fiona: "Um... you can let go now... you're dripping snot."Sophie: "Huh!?"Siegfried: "Why now... it was going so well."Lina: "Oh dear... Miss Fiona really isn't good at motivating people."Sophie: "Hehehehe... you can actually be funny... only... only for a short time."Fiona: "Hmmm... well then..."Sophie: "mmm.. thanks... Fiona... you're really a good friend."Fiona: "I didn't even do anything... I only hugged you to take the cookie you grabbed."Sophie: "(sweating).. huh?"
She looked down.
Sophie: "Huh?... but I already ate that one."Fiona: "...Oh... that explains why I still can't find anything."Sophie: "Huh?"
She looked downward and saw Fiona's hand trying to reach into her jacket.
Sophie: "(sweating).. um... that's definitely the wrong place..."Fiona: "Damn..."Sophie: "Hehe... well whatever... you can really be mean and nice."Fiona: "Only little kids say mean... don't say it..."Sophie: "mmm... always so serious."Fiona: "Of course... it's my job."Sophie: "Aha... I'll bake you cookies once I apologize to Sternlicht."Fiona: "Put lots of sugar on them."Siegfried: "(sweating).. seriously... now?"Lina: "Pfff."Sophie: "Hehehehe... okay."Fiona: "Well then... settled."Sophie: "Then I'll go now."Fiona: "Okay."Sophie: "(cough)..."
She went back inside.
Siegfried: "hmm."Fiona: "Ohh... damn it... now she wiped snot on my jacket... no wonder she moved so strangely... that was on purpose, you brat."Sophie: "That's for calling me a child... brat!"
She smiled and fully went inside.
Sophie: "Hehe."Fiona: "Hahh..."Siegfried: "Huh... oops."
He stumbled into Lina.
Fiona: "hmm... were you listening to us?"Lina: "what... um."Siegfried: "We... um... also wanted the cookie."Lina: "She won't believe that."Fiona: "Ohh... guess I wasn't the only one."Siegfried: "(sweating).. she... believed us."Lina: "Okay... that is... not how I thought this would go."
(Meanwhile)
Sophie: "Sternlicht."Sternlicht: "Huh?... what do you want..."Sophie: "I'm sorry... really... I didn't want to hurt you..."Sternlicht: "...um... yeah... sure..."Sophie: "Huh.. are you still crying?... why... does it hurt that much?"Sternlicht: "Um."Suspenders: "Hmm."Chloe: "(sob)"Sophie: "Why are you crying too?"Suspenders: "They... listened to you... and heard what happened to your parents..."Sophie: "ohh..."Sternlicht: "I'm sorry... that I was so mean."Sophie: "What... huh?... I... I was the one who hurt you though... ah... just come here, you three."
She hugged them.
Sophie: "...Rest for now... tomorrow we'll continue, okay?"Sternlicht: "Mhm."Chloe: "Hhehe."Suspenders: "mmm…"
Siegfried, Fiona, and Lina watched them.
Siegfried: "Isn't that adorable?"Fiona: "Mhm."Lina: "Hehe yes... it's adorable."