[The Twilight Saga·Carlyle] Hidden God

Just as Carlyle feared——

Edmund had a bit of wind the night before, and he caught a cold in the morning.

The boy and Emmett, who thought it was "a small cold so it will be better in a few days", played wildly in the snow for a few days, their head was so hot that they were dizzy and exhausted, and they almost couldn't even get out of bed.

"Warm water, Ed." Alice bouncing to Edmund's side with a beautiful glass in hand. (Surprisingly, not a drop of water has been spilled.) — Carlisle is taking his temperature.

"Thanks, Alice." The boy still looked uninspired.However, he still tried his best to put on a look of "I'm not uncomfortable at all", reached out and took his own cup smoothly.

"Look at you, your nose is as red as a carrot." Alice bent down and touched Edmund's hair, showing a somewhat regretful expression, "We originally wanted to take you to play in the snow, but now it seems that You just have to stay in bed for a while longer."

"Well, it's okay. It's winter."

"You're right, Ed. — rest well, I have to go downstairs to help Jasper. — he can't hold off Emmett, Rosalie, and Edward on his own."

"Have fun, Alice."

"Thank you!" The dark-haired girl blinked at Edmund, turned and left Carlisle's room.

As a result, the atmosphere became tense again.

"Still burning." Carlisle looked at the white thermometer in his hand, and then put it on the bedside table, "Does your throat hurt?"

"Ah."

"It's not a good sign. Wait a minute, I'll get you the medicine." The handsome vampire doctor took the glass from the boy's hand, disappeared for two seconds, and then reappeared in the room.

Edmund lay on the pillow and watched Carlisle tear open the packaging bag, and took out a few slightly yellow round pills.

"Can I not take the medicine?"

"I wouldn't give it to you if I could.—After all, medicine is not a good thing."

"Oh……"

"Wait another day. If the fever still persists, intravenous infusion must be given."

"Ah."

There was another awkward silence.

"Carlisle." The boy spoke first. ——He has been in a (unilateral) cold war with Carlisle for almost a week, and if this continues, he will definitely be driven crazy.Now that there are only two of them left at home, this is an excellent opportunity to communicate.

"...I see you're calling me 'Carlisle' again."

"..."

"Does that mean—you'd like to hear me explain?"

A cold hand reached out to Edmund's cheek, stroked it lightly, and then retracted it immediately.

"I haven't said why I'm angry, how do you explain it?" the boy puffed his cheeks and said.

"I've lived for more than 300 years, Ed.—Just give me a look, an expression, or a movement, and I can guess most of your thoughts."

"……Cheating."

Carlisle laughed.

"You don't see why I praise Gail Algernon instead of blaming him?—you think I like him more than you?"

"Yes.—You are very powerful." Edmund lowered his head and muttered. ——In a sense, Carlisle, who has super insight and analysis ability, is no different from having mind reading skills.

"Believe me, you are unique." Carlisle hugged Edmund, who was wrapped in a quilt, and leaned against him. "The reason why I did that was for your own good."

"For me?" The boy said he couldn't understand. ——For his own good, shouldn't he give that guy a hard lesson?

"As far as I know, there has been a conflict between you and that boy."

"Yes."

"Have you thought about the reason?"

"……No."

"Because from the day we met, you will treat him as he treats you."

"Isn't it right? - 'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth', that's what the Code of Hammurabi says."

"If you want to avoid friction forever, this sentence is wrong. - He is a child, and you are also a child. There is no interest relationship between you, so the conflict between you can be resolved with a simple smile It dissolves. Even, if you will, Gail Algernon will be your best friend."

"...I don't like him. There's nothing good about him except he's better at football."

"This is your fault, Ed." Carlisle shook his head, "You have a big prejudice against him, so that you can't see the advantages of the other party at all. ——As I said the other day, he is a very enthusiastic , and a straightforward child."

"I can't see it."

"He was the first to 'declare war' on you after you entered school - he said what was on his mind. So I think he is straight... after you 'bullied' that girl, he was also the first A child who jumped out to fight for her, so he is also very enthusiastic at the same time. —— Such a person, it would be great to be friends with him." Carlisle's fingers slid gently on the spine of the boy's back, feeling It was trying to appease a restless little animal, "That's why I chose to use you to send a friendly invitation that day."

"You said I mentioned him to you, and—all the good things."

"That's right.—Think about it, if you heard from Gail's father that his son often praised you in front of him... what would you think?"

"Well—that's definitely not true."

"That's right. And then--I have to say--you pick it up very cleverly. You're worried about me, and that's why you don't say what you meant to say.—You know if I did that, I might feel Very embarrassing."

"...I was going to deny that I ever said that."

"I saw it, but he didn't.—I believe there must have been a tsunami in Gail's mind at that time. This tsunami was enough to destroy all his previous impressions of you."

"And then you asked me to say goodbye to him friendly." The boy thought seriously, "In order to make a good impression in his mind again?"

"At the same time, it will also make him feel guilty and regretful: he treated you like that, but you have been maintaining his image. —— I believe that after that day, subconsciously, he has classified you as a 'good person' ’ It went in that column. If you don’t believe me, you can open Twitter and send a message saying that you are very sick. — I guess, within a day, you will get a condolence call from him.”

The boy stared at Carlisle dumbfounded. ——He had no idea that this handsome vampire would change his hostile relationship with Gale forever in less than 3 minutes.You know, the teachers in the school have had a headache for this semester.

"You...you are too powerful." Edmund felt that his admiration for Carlisle had risen to another level. "No wonder the Volturi family worked so hard to win you over."

"Thanks for the compliment, my boy."

Edmund blinked, then suddenly changed his previous excitement and became depressed. ——Everything Carlisle did was for him, but he lost his temper mercilessly, even broke his body to increase his workload, and worried his family for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Carlisle asked knowingly.

"I'm sorry...I, I'm too willful."

"Every child will go through this kind of thing, even the current Edward. From my personal point of view-children who are not self-willed have certain character flaws." Carlisle smiled meaningfully, "And You, always forcing yourself not to bother us, so you keep your behavior locked in. - which means you haven't really considered us as family. So I have to prod you. Yes, You heard me right.——I deliberately didn’t explain to you the reason why I did it in time, and deliberately left you there alone. Just to see your "willful" side.——To be honest, I'm actually glad to see you throwing a tantrum at us, and glad to see you feel guilty--it makes me feel like you've really gotten into us. So I've achieved my goal now...but I'm really I didn't expect you to be so...well-disgusted with my actions."

Edmund sniffed, then quickly rushed forward and hugged Carlisle's neck.

"Thank you—I love you, Carlisle."

The vampire's heart that hadn't beat for a long time seemed to be alive again, expressing the joy of its master at this time with a "thumping" sound. ——Carlisle knew that the boy's words didn't have the meaning he expected, but he still felt very satisfied and——happiness.

"I love you too, Ed."

[No matter what kind of love there is. 】

Edmund lay in Carlisle's arms for a long time. ——The other party's cold body temperature made his overheated forehead no longer uncomfortable.

Knowing this, Carlisle didn't suggest putting the boy back to bed.

The room was incredibly quiet.

until--

"Although I know that everything you do is for my own good, but I still want to hit you, what should I do?"

"Oh? Then please do whatever you want. ——You can hit anywhere."

Edmund looked at Carlisle's dazzling golden pupils, and then showed a sly smile.

"Is it okay to pull out hair? Vampires don't have metabolism, so it won't grow back if you pull it out?"

“…our hairs are just like normal people except that they don’t fall out on their own. Whether you pull them out or burn them, they grow back.”

"Oh... so it hurts to pull out your hair?"

"meeting."

Way to hurt a vampire, Get!

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Oh, forgot the major premise. — as long as it can be pulled out.

The author has something to say: This is today's update~~~

How many people think that Katie accidentally annoyed Ed? ——After reading this chapter, I know that Kaddy actually did it on purpose, yes it was on purpose~~~ Guessed wrong?Guess wrong?Ha ha ha ha! 【discussion】

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In short, everything Carlisle does is for little Edmund to grow up happily, even if he bears the other party's anger by himself. (I really love deeply.)

By the way, Edmund, you have such a guardian, why don't you marry soon? !

PS: I remember that Ribera said in the original book that the most human-like part of Edward is his hair, so I suddenly wondered if I could find a razor to shave Edward's bald head... Anyway, the result of brain supplementation is unbearable look straight at.Of course, if such a scene is placed on Kaddy's head, it will be even more... I'm not a high-end black...

PPS: It’s almost the end~~~ Let’s spread flowers~~~