[Bungo Stray Dogs] Bless the world

Among the gentlemen in the upper class, Yayoi has a rather elegant but ruthless code name—Ms. Yellow Rose.

The reason why she is called this is because every time she appeared at the banquets of the rich and powerful in the upper class, the ordinary tall and tall figure in a decent dress, holding a cane, and that moving and warm smile, always It will attract the attention of the young gentlemen present—and the slightly older middle-aged and elderly people will think that such a virtuous woman is really a suitable candidate for a daughter-in-law.

Yayoi's love letters are almost uninterrupted. Even if she moved to the port city of Yokohama, courtship letters from afar expressing affection have never been reduced.

Yayoi, who was born in the old Chinese family and the only daughter of a rich man, and she is such a lady with impeccable appearance and temperament, is naturally the target of many people.

However, this gentle and fickle woman never just returned the love letter and pinned a delicate yellow rose, either fresh or made by hand-made origami-the flower representing apology is also decorated with perfume, full of A love letter with a luxurious scent, telling Yayoi's determination to reject a relationship.

After coming and going, everyone called her "Yellow Rose" instead. For these young people, love affairs in their youth always come and go quickly. Although there are a few people who are depressed and sad after receiving rejection, most of them Most go after women who are easier to get.

But to everyone's surprise, Yayoi has been replying to people recently.

If those young people who had sent letters to her knew about it, they would surely be shocked, and then they would become annoyed.

The man who was able to exchange letters with Yayoi was surnamed Fukuyama, and it is said that he was a young entrepreneur who started his own business.

Speaking of the encounter between Yayoi and Fukuyama, it was actually a coincidence. When she leaned on a cane and was admiring works that were said to be Picasso's Blue Age in an art museum in Yokohama, she happened to meet Mr. Fukuyama.

At the beginning, he didn’t talk about love and other things, but just talked about some things like art and literature. Fukuyama was modest and gentle. Although his accomplishments in art and literature were not very good, he was willing to chat with Yayoi about these things .

"Mr. Fukuyama," Yayoi's pen tip rustled on the letter paper with a faint grassy scent, "I have been a little confused recently, just like I once told you, I adopted some in my home. My child, just recently, this not-so-small family has ushered in two new members, the younger sister is just shy, but she is an extremely cute child, but her elder brother..." The tip of the pen paused on the paper, and Yayoi thought for a moment After several sentences, I continued to write, "My brother is an extremely stubborn child, so I don't know what is wrong with me, but he always frowns, unwilling to talk to me, and unwilling to talk to other children. Make friends, but even so, he is a very studious and literary and artistic boy..."

Even though Akutagawa never gave Yayoi a good look, after living here for a period of time, he never only referred to Yayoi as "you", unlike other children who called Yayoi sister. Yayoi mentioned Akutagawa in the letter to Fukuyama But he always tells his strengths and calls him "stubborn but gifted kid".

Two days later, when Yayoi couldn't wait to open the mailbox, she didn't see a reply letter from Fukuyama. When she looked up, she saw Akutagawa leaning against a fence not far away, with her arms folded and a letter in her hand.

"Ah, Akutagawa-kun, that's my letter." Yayoi said to him with a smile, the boy suddenly raised his head, his rather fierce eyes stared straight at Yayoi's face, making the other person look dazed, and then——

Unexpectedly, the boy showed a mocking smile, walked past Yayoi, and stuffed the letter into her hand.

The letter has already been opened.

Yayoi's mood suddenly fell to the bottom.

When Akutagawa was walking up the stairs, he looked up and saw a small figure standing at the top of the stairs. Sunako stood quietly at the top of the stairs with his head lowered. The child said, "The child who can cry will have milk."

"What?" The boy paused, looking over his shoulder at Su Naiko.

"But I won't cry." Sunako ignored him, but continued with a small trill, "If you cry because of me, because of us, if you cry and hope that my sister will love me more, my sister will also cry." It will be very troublesome... If you don't like my sister, then leave, you who are so cared for and loved by my sister - get out of this house quickly, why do people like you turn a blind eye to this kind of happiness , Keep making my sister show that sad expression!" Later, the whispered, gnashing of teeth to himself had almost turned into a growl.

Akutagawa stared blankly at Sunako with a ferocious expression, "So?"

"...Why..." Sunako's eyes widened in shock.

"What's the point of what you're saying to me?" The boy looked at Sunako with those eyes that seemed to be staring into nothingness with a cold face, "Can yelling at me make that woman like you more?"

Sunako took a step back.

Yes, it is useless to yell at the boy named Akutagawa, who has no heart and does not know what emotions are, about his pain and jealousy.

Yelling at him doesn't make my sister like me any more, it just makes her face more sad.

Sunako, be a good boy who won't make your sister sad.

— just as it was written in that letter.

"Sunako, Akutagawa-kun." When Yayoi opened the door and came in, she happened to see two children standing at the stairs, her gaze fell across Akutagawa to Sunako's face, and the boy turned his face away and leaned against the stairs on the armrest.

"This letter has already been opened. Before I read it." Yayoi said softly.

The boy still folded his arms in silence, waiting for her to scold him.

"It wasn't Akutagawa-kun who opened the envelope, but you, Sunako."

Sunako's eyes widened, and Akutagawa stood up slightly when she heard Yayoi's conclusion.

"Sister, sister..." Sunako bit her lip and almost cried.

"Akutagawa-kun, who is indifferent to me, won't care what is written in this letter, and who is exchanging letters with me, and...Sunako, you forgot this under the mailbox." Yayoi opened her eyes. There was a little bear button lying quietly in the palm of his hand, "I probably saw Akutagawa-kun approaching, so I ran away in a hurry, hooked it and fell off the fence. I hoped that I would see Akutagawa-kun open my letter, so I put Did he get out?"

"I, sister, I..." Sunako was a child after all, when Yayoi said this, she felt ashamed and flustered.

"Don't lie to me." Yayoi no longer had a smile on her face, she just looked at Sunako quietly, who burst into tears, "But, but he is a bad boy, he always makes my sister look sad His expression... I don't want him to stay here, I don't want him..."

Yayoi walked in front of Sunako, raised her hand, and Sunako closed her eyes subconsciously, but finally that warm hand fell on her head, stroked it lightly, and finally held her tenderly The back of her head, letting her forehead stick to her body, "I'm sorry, Sunako, it's my fault for not noticing how painful you are."

Sunako's eyes widened, as if a century had passed, she hugged Yayoi's waist, and burst into tears.

Akutagawa lowered his hands, snorted softly, turned and went back to his room, closed the door, and blocked the dazzling picture from the door.

——"My beloved Yamato Nadeko, the beautiful Miss Yayoi, please forgive me, if 14-year-old boys are born in slums, most of them have already participated in crimes, and it is the most difficult to educate , because mistakes and bad upbringing have run deep into their bones, you have mentioned that boy to me too often lately, as if all your attention, all your time, all your energy had been given to him, It makes me sad, and the best advice I can give you is: send him to teenage school, you're just a stubborn, careless kid who's got the best woman in the world and doesn't know it It's just a waste of time. You should spend more time on those well-behaved and sensible children, not on the wild dogs."

In the evening, after dinner, Yayoi picked up the pen and took a long time to write on it, "Dear Mr. Fukuyama, I think this is the end of our correspondence. You are a 'gentle and sincere' person, and I am very grateful. Thanks for the advice, but sorry I can't follow it... If you want to ask why - I took that stubborn kid out of the world he was used to, he just needs time and guidance, tenderness and patience - I am Those who are willing to wait, I have the obligation to wait, I hope that one day he can let go of the grudges in his heart..."

"As I said, there is no greater joy in this world than serving the Lord, and these children, how close they are to the Lord, I will not give up on any of them."

Just like asking Sunako herself during the day.

——"The matter of blaming Akutagawa-kun must not be something you can think of alone, tell me who taught you."

"Also please 'gentle and sincere', don't fool me for being a fool."

She stopped writing, and finally crumpled up the letter paper as if she had vented her rare bad temper.

——What should I do?

That kid Akutagawa is really a headache.