[Net King_Echizen] Backtracking

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[Princess Rules No. 40 Two Articles: Be your own hero. ]

It turns out that summer never passed.

——Excerpt from "Little Princess Observation Diary"

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It hurts.

I can't move my fingers, and I can't open my eyes.My throat felt like it had been burnt, it was so painful and uncomfortable.The knocking of iron chains came from her ears, and the sound of small conversations flooded into her mind.

Atobe Himezuki remembered that the last time she felt this way was when she was ten years old.

The enemies of the Atobe family kidnapped her and asked them for shares in the Atobe chaebol.That time she was locked up for three full days, and those people were so frantic that they didn't give her food and just poured water into her mouth. After she was rescued, half of her skin peeled off.

Later, Akihiko Atobe became angry and took action to wipe out a huge group overnight, which shocked the entire business world.

Since then, Atobe Feiyue has followed her bodyguard every step of the way. At that time, she was studying in elementary school in a noble college in England. Although there were many famous young masters there, none of them had bodyguards like her.I don't know since when, close friends began to respect her at arm's length.

For Hizuki Atobe that summer, there was only the sound of cicadas that seemed to never stop, and the dull and hot air.

Until he got older, the bodyguard who followed him like a little tail disappeared.The long and hot summer finally passed quietly under her silent protest.

"Hey, she's really the little princess from the Atobe family, you didn't catch the wrong person, right?"

"It can be fake, look at this skinny and tender meat, it looks like a rich man's child."

...Don't touch me.

"Tsk tsk, look carefully, she looks really juicy."

...Go away.

"Don't touch our chips. After all, she is the little princess of the Atobe family who was born in an ivory tower. She can't lose a hair, otherwise what will be used to threaten the Atobe family."

...No, not the little princess of the Atobe family.

Atobe Himezuki opened her eyes amid such sharp pain.Her toes curled up in pain, and she saw the situation in front of her in light or dark vision.

The abandoned warehouse was piled up with a lot of iron boxes, so dark that only a little bit of light seeped in, and it was dyed blood red.There were several people standing in front of them, their faces shrouded in mist, hazy and blurred.

The man in the center twitched the corners of his mouth, his smile slowly becoming bloodthirsty, his hoarse voice echoed in the dilapidated warehouse, like a devil crawling up from hell.

"Yo, wake up."

Cold fingers touched her plain cheeks, and the cool touch made her shudder.Atobe Feiyue concealed the fright in her eyes, her hands were tied behind her back, she was forced to move back uncontrollably, her wrists were bleeding.

His fingers that were as cold as a zombie slid onto her slender neck. He moved closer to her, pressed against her ear, and smiled a long-lost smile.

"You have grown up, little princess."

Atobe Himezuki remembered that person.

Since she was ten years old, she has been entangled in her nightmares. When she closes her eyes, she will think of him holding a flashlight and approaching her step by step, that lustful and greedy face.

It turns out that summer never passed.

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"...Fei Yue was kidnapped when she was ten years old."

On the private jet of the Atobe family, Keigo Atobe looked solemn, and his heart was as heavy as Echizen Ryoma behind him.The uneasiness in my heart became more and more intense from the moment I found out the location of Atobe Feiyue. She was in an abandoned warehouse by the sea.

I sent a message to the Atobe couple who were doing business far away in France, but they couldn't make it in a while.

The Atobe chaebol has stood at the top of the business world for so many years, and has many friends in the interest chain, and even more enemies.But that person was the first one who dared to use a member of the Atobe family as a bargaining chip. Of course, what he attracted was only the monstrous anger of Akihiko Atobe later.

Keigo Atobe still remembers that he was still in England that year, but he was only twelve.

Atobe Feiyue lost half her life when she was rescued. Her father destroyed the foundation that the man had worked so hard to build, and sent him to prison with his own hands.

The victim stepped into a nightmare from then on, to the point where he could only fall asleep by holding him.He had asked his father to let her go back to Japan with him, but his father refused.Atobe Keigo still remembers what Atobe Akihiko said.

My father said, "That's the way she must go, if she still wants to be named the Ministry of Tracts."

Sometimes Atobe Keigo would feel in a daze that his father was a contradictory person. He pampered Atobe Scarlet to lawlessness, but he would also break her wings and force her to grow up overnight.He said that the little princess of the Atobe family did not need to be a victim of that family's marriage, but he tried to prevent her from interacting with Echizen Ryoma.

He was the one who brought Feiyue back from the orphanage.

It was he who gave her a home.

Atobe Keigo tightened his grip on the steering wheel, but the heavy burden behind the name "Atobe" had nothing to do with her.

"The man is out of prison."

Echizen Ryoma's expression was determined, and his calm eyes finally showed waves, "That's why you made people follow her every step of the way a while ago."

"what."

It's just that Feiyue went around several streets to get rid of those bodyguards in order to know the so-called "truth", but let the caring people take advantage of the loophole.

Atobe Keigo's eyes sank, as expected, he should have cut the grass and rooted it out.

"If it were me, I wouldn't have given that person a chance to make a comeback before." The young man behind him mocked, "Using the method of the Atobe family to kill a person silently in prison, it shouldn't be a problem."

"……To shut up."

Atobe Keigo looked at him coolly.

It is true that what he said is absolutely correct, although he does not know why his father was not ruthless enough to kill the weeds and roots.

Turning his face to see the turbulent waves in the young man's eyes, he clenched his hands on the seat into fists, and after a moment of silence, Keigo Atobe looked away and lowered his voice: "I'm as scared as you now, Echizen."

That is, his sister.

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This is an abandoned warehouse on the coast, sparsely populated, the sea breeze at night is so cold that people can't see it, and there is a death-like silence in the darkness that can't be seen.

It was the first time for Echizen Ryoma to go to such a place.In theory it shouldn't be just the two of them, but they couldn't wait.

The practice match between Hyotei and Seigaku was forced to stop. When Tezuka Kunimitsu stated in a calm tone that they should wait for the police to arrive first, Keigo Atobe had already arrogantly called the private jet of the Atobe family, and Echizen Ryoma got in one step ahead of him.Although he didn't want to be with the monkey mountain king, only by following him could he find Atobe Feiyue as quickly as possible.

It turns out he was right.

Atobe Keigo found his way in the darkness with ease, and Echizen Ryoma followed him, "Hey, Monkey Mountain King, isn't this your place too?"

"This is how you speak to your brother-in-law, ah." Keigo Atobe kept his eyes fixed.

Echizen Ryoma wanted to go back, but found that he was blocked and speechless.He hummed a few times and turned his head away.

The stagnant atmosphere finally stopped a lot.

Two people who have been at odds since junior high school always have quarrels when they meet, and with Atobe Hitsuki separated in the middle, the two who already disliked each other are even more disgusted by each other.

But now Keigo Atobe suddenly discovered that he has another way to stop Echizen Ryoma's mouth. If that kid wants to continue with Atobe Feiyue, he will not be able to avoid calling him "brother-in-law" one day, and then he will be forever. No turning over.

The relief was only for a moment, and the current situation did not allow them to think about anything else. Keigo Atobe's eyes, which were extremely similar to Atobe Himezuki, flickered and darkened like gems.

"It would be great if it was really my place."

That man can't be that stupid.

It's time for the father to receive the news. That man still wants to use Feiyue as a bargaining chip, and he won't hurt her for the time being.It's just that the longer the time dragged on, the more dangerous she would be.

Speaking of which, since the day Hizuki Atobe walked into Atobe's house when she was five years old, she has only encountered difficulties twice.

A catastrophe brought on by the same man.

That being the case, the person who brought the disaster should take over the wrath of the Atobe family.

Atobe Keigo's face was terribly gloomy, Echizen Ryoma's nerves were tense, and he had no intention of talking to Atobe Keigo.

Nearly.

Echizen Ryoma felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest, which he had never experienced before in a competition. If he had to say, it was only twice in his previous life and this life combined.The last time when she learned of her death in her previous life, the blood in her chest cooled down, and her heart stopped beating suddenly, like a machine that would not work.

"Someone is here."

Keigo Atobe stopped Echizen Ryoma with a slightly stern expression.

There was the sound of creaking footsteps, and they stepped on the debris and stones all over the ground like weightless. The bright moonlight fell on the man's face, and when they all saw it clearly, they were all shocked.

It's Scarlet Moon.

Before Keigo Atobe could react, the person behind him disappeared in the blink of an eye. He rushed over and hugged her tightly in his arms. For the first time, there was the emotion of lost and found in his eyes, and more panic .

Atobe Feiyue struggled vigorously, waving her arms, staggered and fell to the ground, her fair face was covered with blood stains, both on her hands and on her clothes.

She trembled.

"Don't, don't come here."

Echizen Ryoma was stunned for a moment, and stretched out his hand to hug her.She couldn't help but backed away, her face full of horror.Sighing lightly, he hugged her by the waist, resting his chin on her neck, his voice soft.

"Don't be afraid, it's me."

"...Ryoma."

She slowly calmed down and recognized the boy.

Hot tears poured out, and the blood on his hands smeared on his blue and white sportswear, which irritated her severely.She hugged the boy tightly and said in a panic, "What should I do, Ryoma, I seem to have killed someone."

"I didn't, I didn't do it on purpose. I'm very good. I escaped by my own ability according to my brother's method. But I seem to have killed Ryoma. Am I going to jail? I won't be able to see you when I'm in jail."

Echizen Ryoma covered her eyes, "No, Feiyue, nothing happened."

"...This is a dream."

"Crimson Moon, be obedient."

"Forget about it."

He let go.

Atobe Feiyue gradually calmed down under his cold voice, her little raised face was stained blood red, it was unbearable to look at, her eye sockets became more and more red, and her absent-minded pupils dimmed.She tugged at the hem of his shirt, tears slid down his neck, the broken choked sound was like a kitten whimpering, the boy trembled as if he had been scalded.

She whispered and said aggrievedly: "I have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Why did you come here..."

The author has something to say:

In fact, I have hinted at the kidnapping of Feiyue before.

By the way, I buried a big foreshadowing and it was only revealed at the end.

Today is another day when the Echizen boy was "brother-in-law", so the boy who was "brother-in-law" went to the next door to embarrass the master.