manynovel The 281st one can help me.
The 281st one can help me.
If I hadn't gone, would "Roman" still be alive?
Looking at Roland in the photo, Romain recalled the scene of the first time he met Roland.
The real "Romain" was terrifying to Roland.
Although at the time, I couldn't fully grasp how terrifying Roland was.
But Roland was very interested in her from the first time they met.
Roland was so interested that he even forgot his criticism of "Romain Rolland".
“Your background seems unusual.” That was Roland’s first reaction when he saw what Romain was holding.
"The exposure of information is two-way. If you can see that this thing is unusual, doesn't that mean that you are not an ordinary person?"
Roland didn't have much fighting ability, so Roman wasn't too afraid of her.
You figured it out, but you didn't suppress my strength. Even if you did, what can you do about it?
Threatening me?
No, you can't do it.
But at that moment, Roland looked like he knew what was going on.
Of course, Romain didn't indulge Roland; she simply exuded her own aura.
That's the aura of someone who's killed.
Of course, the frail Roland was no match for this force; she almost had to hold onto the table to steady herself.
Roland had also harmed people, but she didn't do it herself, so she found it hard to bear this blatant killing intent.
Although he was much weaker back then than he is now, speaking only of Roland himself, Romain felt that even he, at seven years old, could beat ten Rolands to the point of being unable to get up.
Meanwhile, "Roman" was so frightened that he started sobbing.
"Alright, I was just warning you, I didn't mean to hurt you. You get the goods and I get the money, it's a fair trade, and we shouldn't know too much about each other beyond that."
In the end, Roman got the money he wanted and left Butterfly Valley.
But he didn't expect that "Roman" would find her again.
"Um, Mom wants to see you again."
"No, how did you find me?"
"Because you need to dye your hair. The hair dye in the town next to Butterfly Valley is very famous. If you continue to dye your hair and don't leave the country, you'll most likely stay here."
"Okay, okay, so what does your mother want to see me about?"
She said she hoped you could take a picture with her.
Roman: "..."
I always felt that the woman named Roland had something wrong with her head.
She was no ordinary person, and Roman knew she knew he had a problem.
However, this is not a problem at all given the gap in strength.
"I……"
She said she would give you money if you took a photo with her.
"Then I'll reluctantly go."
Sigh, after being a wage earner for so many years, I still find it hard to resist the thought of money.
If you can get a six-figure sum just by taking a photo, that's definitely a great deal.
Even if Roland had her own ideas, was she afraid?
As a result, something unexpected happened on the way to Butterfly Valley.
After the photograph was taken, Roland killed "Romain".
Roman was not unfamiliar with dead people, nor was he unfamiliar with witnessing murder.
Even a toddler of a few years old could be devoured by her older siblings without batting an eye.
If we're talking about mothers killing their own children, her mother is capable of doing it too.
So this can't really be considered something unheard of.
But Roman never expected it to happen so suddenly.
The eeriness lies in its abruptness.
It's like the abruptness of a family peacefully eating bread for breakfast, only to have the mother suddenly erupt and slit the child's throat with a knife and fork.
"Although I'm not a particularly curious person, I'd like to know what your motive was for killing your own child?"
"Because I want you to be my daughter. Although I don't know your name, I hope that from today onwards you will be Roman."
Even now, looking back, Roman felt that the woman had a kind of madness about her.
Whitebeard loves to adopt sons and daughters, so you're following suit, aren't you?
"Are you crazy?"
Even if Whitebeard recognizes a new son, he wouldn't kill his original son.
"Yes," Roland readily admitted.
Roman: "..."
It's fair to say that Roland's answer left her speechless.
You could say she's crazy, because she seems to have a very clear understanding of herself; but you could also say she's clear-headed, because the things she does are quite crazy.
In summary, he's a rational madman?
"You don't need to be so wary, I'm trying to help you."
"Help me? How?" Roman frowned.
“You need a new identity, right? After all, something like that shouldn’t be something a little girl can pull out.”
"So what? Are you threatening me? If you're going to threaten someone, you should first figure out the difference in our strength. You can't control me."
"No, no, no, I told you, I want to help you. If you become my daughter, you'll have a legal status, won't you?"
"Why would someone who cruelly murdered their own daughter help me?"
Roman glanced at the "Roman" lying in a pool of blood, still finding it somewhat unbelievable.
“Strictly speaking, she can’t be considered my daughter; she is my creation. I originally thought that a child like her was good enough, but when you unleashed that aura, I knew that you were the better child. You have a talent that most people can’t match, which determines that your future is destined to be unattainable by ordinary people.”
"I still don't understand you, or rather, what's your purpose? Just be honest!"
Romain knew that Roland had his own reasons for doing this.
"Of course, why not listen to my story?"
Roland then told Roman everything he had done.
"So you think that putting me, who has no royal blood, on that throne is your greatest revenge? Roland, you are too arrogant. Even if I accept your help, what makes you think I will act according to your wishes? Even now, it would be easier for me to kill you than for you to kill your own daughter."
She wasn't her daughter, and even if she were, she had no obligation to obey Roland.
Just as she never listened to Charlotte.
But Roland only let out a silvery laugh, as if Romain's answer was not what she expected.
"How can everything in this world go according to your wishes? I'm just gambling, and I can't live much longer. Even if you really want to kill me, I won't resist. It's just not worth it for you. Accepting the identity I'm giving you will make things easier for you, won't it?"
……
I eventually accepted her proposal.
And by using the name Roman, he reached out to others to obtain proof of his existence.
However, shortly after Romain's death, Romain also left the Flower Country to continue his own journey.
And in the end, almost as if possessed, she placed that photo under the ruins.
Perhaps it can help me when it sees the light of day again.