Chapter 20 Themisia
The light in the elevator was still so bright, and the underground living floor after walking out was still so dim. The chaotic graffiti and rust made it difficult to associate it with beautiful things, but Heshia was still very happy.
Because life is no longer static.
Walking among the stagnant water and garbage, she jumped lightly, just like the hopscotch game she learned in her childhood.
Her body jumped lightly, spun slightly in the air, and her skirt swayed in the wind, and then fell again.
People always use the dirty and messy environment and the dilapidated ruins to set off the sadness and cruelty of the world, but this is wrong.
People who really live in such an environment will not think so. They know that the owner of the smoky restaurant actually cooks good food. Although there is garbage and stagnant water on the ground, it is still so stable without mud pits and collapses. The pedestrians on the street that make outsiders feel uneasy are indeed acquaintances who have known each other for a long time in their eyes, and they can talk at any time.
Those who have really experienced these for a long time have long been accustomed to it. They don’t think this is suffering, but just a part of life.
Perhaps this is also a kind of numbness and mistake, but at least this mistake will allow them to live in such an environment without too much sadness.
Rabbits that are too sensitive will die early.
Heshia inexplicably remembered this sentence. The original meaning was probably not like this, but it was not a big problem to think so.
She has long been accustomed to being inconspicuous in life. Being bullied and ridiculed are very common daily lives. The worse the environment, the more violent people are. Her classmates can't be said to be very good, but she understands that if everyone has a very good family environment, they may also be elegant and polite.
She has seen such a world when she was a child.
The place where her sister went to school was the legendary aristocratic school, where all kinds of young ladies and rich children gathered. When she was a child, she was taken by her sister to participate in some activities and saw such an environment.
It is precisely because of such memories and cognition that she can draw some conclusions from the comparison.
Family anxiety can be passed on. Because of the hardship of life and the scarcity of resources, parents are more likely to argue over trivial matters, and this impatience will also be passed on to their children.
If a child does not study well or performs poorly, he will be scolded. This is the most labor-saving way of education. He does not need to patiently analyze and understand the reasons, nor does he need to understand the fragile and troubled spiritual world of the child. It is simple and rough.
After a day of hard work, people's emotions and energy are seriously exhausted. Don't expect such parents to have a lot of energy to educate their children. Even if they do, they are probably irritable and desperate.
Because she is introverted and timid, Heshia always tries to learn and think, or licks her wounds slowly in the corner, and then constantly looks for ways to understand this chaotic world, because only after understanding the reasons, the uneasiness in her heart will slowly dissipate a little.
The unknown is always scary, and after knowing it, even if it cannot be changed, at least some calmness can be gained, and the direction to solve the problem can be obtained.
Thinking about the things that happened during the day, Heshia has returned to the door of her house unknowingly.
Oh no, I forgot about things when I was walking today.
She looked at the narrow door in front of her, and then she remembered that she was going to Grandma He's house.
However, since she was here, she might as well go in and take a look. It had been almost a month since she had lived here.
She brushed open the dusty door and called out softly, "I'm back."
But of course, no one responded. She took off her shoes, found her slippers, walked into the dark room, and turned on the light.
There were some sundries in the small living room, just like when she left, and there was a little dust on the floor and table.
She walked all the way into the innermost room, which used to be the bedroom where her parents lived, but now it was her room. After everyone in the family left, she became the only owner of the house.
Pushing open the door, the layout inside was still the same as before. On the wall hung photos of the family. The mother smiled gently, the father hesitated a little, and the sister looked to the side, seeming a little cold, while she was at a loss in her mother's arms.
Turning over and groping on the bed, she found a small box under the mattress.
Heshia sat at the head of the bed and opened the small box. There was a small lamp holder inside.
Input magic power to activate it, the lamp holder lit up, and then automatically projected a realistic image, in which a family was laughing and talking on the grass, and then aimed at the camera.
The whole process took only 30 seconds, but the laughter and joy in it seemed to be something very far away, which made people feel strange.
After watching silently for a while, Heshia turned off the lamp holder. She no longer cried like she did when she was a child.
There is also a diary at the bottom of the box, which was left to her by her mother. It records the growth of her and her sister in bits and pieces. Her sister occupies three-quarters of the space, while she only occupies one-quarter.
Compared with her dazzling sister, she was still young at that time, and there was not much to say.
[Themisia went to Saint Ingo Academy today, the number one high school on Emerald Skirt Planet. I am very worried about whether she can adapt to the environment there, because most of the students there are born extremely excellent, or are rare geniuses.]
[The half-term academy activities have begun, and I can finally enter this academy for a visit. To my surprise, Themisia is very popular in school. She commands the classmates in the class like a big sister. That kind of pride is a trait I don't have.]
[The teacher called me and said that Themisia is extremely talented and may become a big figure in the future, so he wants me to restrain her more because some parents complained that Themisia is too strong in school and hurt their children. ]
[I asked Themisia, she said that the other party provoked her first, she just fought back. After knowing that the teacher called me, Themisia seemed very unhappy. ]
[The matter was resolved. The other party's parents apologized to me on the phone, saying that they did not educate their children well. ]
[I don't know what happened. Themisia said that the other party might have let it go. Although this reason is far-fetched, I also vaguely realized that this child is no longer under my control. ]
[Themisia's growth rate is far beyond the expectations of me and her father. At the winter festival party in her second year of enrollment, I saw her win the first place in the stadium and the center of the stage. The whole school was full of cheers, and the teachers and the principal also congratulated us, saying that she would become a legend, a rising star. ]
[As graduation approached, Themisia went to the Feather Star Region in the central federation with the group to participate in the admissions examination of the top universities in the federation there. ]
[The admissions examination was over, but Themisia was not happy after returning. She asked about Heshia's situation for the first time, and then looked at Heshia's bed for a long time. ]
[Themisia locked herself in her room for several days. After she came out, she began to say some strange things to us, as if she was going to a distant world soon. Perhaps she knew that the prosperous Central Star Region was far away and she would not be able to be with us in the future. ]
[Themisia is gone...]
Heshia closed the diary and put it back in the box.
Since her sister's death, her mother has been ill and spent most of the family's property. In order to leave the place that made her mother sad, they also moved to the lower residential area of Arpeggio City.
The image of her sister has gone through several stages in her mind. When she was a child, she was a reliable sister and a reassuring family member. She would take her out to play and buy her some small gifts. But as her sister entered junior high school and high school, she gradually became indifferent, as if she had a kind of pity and impatience for her own character.
However, during her sister's last time, she suddenly changed her temperament and became extremely gentle. She told her a lot of things about school, taught her how to deal with bullying from others, and how to use the power of various adults, etc., but it was a pity that Heshia didn't learn these.
In the end, her sister ended her life at home without leaving any suicide note.
After she left, everything in the family began to change dramatically, until it became what it is today.
"I didn't encounter any misfortune or bad things, it's just because my birth was an accident... I'm sure Heshia doesn't understand this, but you are different from me, you will have a more brilliant life." This is the last words left to her by her sister Themisia.
Lying on the bed and recalling the past, Heshia fell asleep unconsciously and didn't wake up until half an hour later.
She got up and went to the bathroom, ready to pour cold water on her face to make herself sober, and then go to Grandma He's house, otherwise it would be too late and people would worry.
The clear water moistened her face and fell again. In the dim room, Heshia turned off the faucet, then raised her head. The other Heshia in the mirror smiled at her, with a light purple glow in her eyes.
This is!
Heshia's heart was shocked and she blinked desperately, but the scene in the mirror was normal at this time. Even if she used her own magic to show her talent, only blue eyes and long black hair appeared.
The scene just now was like an illusion in her mind. After more than ten minutes of trying to verify it in front of the mirror without any results, Heshia gave up trying.
Perhaps she missed those people in her memory too much.
(End of this chapter)
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