03 - Polaroid

"Eri, are you interested in magic?" Ariadne, who was picking flowers in the garden with Eriu, suddenly had a question in her mind.

"Hm, magic... not really." Hearing his answer, Ariadne felt a little surprised and confused, "Really? Aren't kids really into magic these days?" Eriu, seeing Ariadne struggling to express her thoughts, helped her, "Mom asked that because Eros can use magic, right?"

"Yes, I thought you would like to use magic too..." From the conversation alone, Eriu was sure of Ariadne's intentions. Thanks to 001's help, I am, who transmigrated into the body of 'Eriu Grith', knew a little bit about his background, otherwise he himself would be confused as to why the character 'Eriu Grith', who became the protagonist's best friend and first love, did not have a single bit of mana, or even why he was not chosen by the 14 Deus.

Because Eriu Grith is a child born of two different races.

They would be considered a disgrace and even a curse by their own race. Because these children will never gain mana from nature, they are actually rejected by the world.

My own situation is similar to one of the candidate characters, but unlike him, I was not created.

"Of course I want to try magic, but now that I think about it, magic isn't cool." Ariadne, hearing this, immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "If magic isn't cool to you, what is cool to you?"

"My face!" Eriu smiled broadly and pointed to his cheek with his hand. Ariadne smiled as well and pinched her son's cheek. "Haha, my son is really handsome!" There was a mixture of relief and happiness.

Louise, who had finished his flower arranging, was about to tell Ariadne and Eriu. But before the sound of the stick could be heard, Louise heard them talking.

Not wanting to disturb the family atmosphere, Louise picked up the cane in his hand and walked with slow steps so that no one would notice Louise's presence leaning against the door.

"I think when I grow up, my face will be similar to Mom's, but with a male version!" Unfortunately, being a player myself, I was not sure about the face of 'Eriu Grith'.

'Eriu Grith' had always been shown as a quiet character, so I think the developer created a young man with a fringe that covered all of his eyes.

Ariadne, who held a purple rose in her hand, gently tucked the flower into Eriu's ear, "But for Mom, when you grow up, you will look a lot like your father."

Ariadne smiled softly and stroked Eriu's wavy brown hair, "Although our hair and eye color are similar, your features and mine are different. Just looking at you now makes me confident that when you grow up you will look very much like your father when he was younger."

Ariadne, seeing Eriu getting more and more confused, chuckled, really similar.

"But in my opinion, when I grow up, my face will look like a kind and gentle young man, similar to mother."

Convinced that Eriu would say this, she quickly reached into her shirt pocket and took out the two polaroids she always carried with her, as she herself considered these polaroids to be good luck charms.

"Take a look at these." Ariadne showed the polaroid, which had visible creases. From the condition of the polaroid itself, it appeared that the photo had been taken the year before he appeared, no, longer than that, perhaps 100 years ago (?).

"In this photo, Mom and Dad have known each other for over 7 years and we decided to get together!" Ariadne's face blushed and her eyes glazed over with old memories that only she and her husband could remember.

The old polaroid showed two people standing close together, one smiling broadly and the other covering his face, just from this photo you could guess their personalities.

"Since your dad is a shy person, mom took him out on a date. Well, look at that, your dad looks handsome, doesn't he?"

The other polaroid showed the young man's face more clearly. His cat-like yellow eyes and a plait tucked into his earlobe with various hair ornaments attached to his short white hair.

"Woah... so handsome." Just admitting that someone looked so different from the photo was enough to amaze him. To him, Louise was someone who looked calm and would never look like a photo-shy young man like in that photo.

Now, without the help of 001, he could guess where his father lived. The clothes were similar to those of people from eastern countries, but the clothes Louise wore looked more elegant than the capture target.

"Judging from your current face, I'm sure you'll look a lot like your handsome and elegant father!"

Louise, who could not bear to hear this, interrupted the conversation, "Honey..."

Seeing the blush all over Louise's face, Ariadne approached him with a mischievous smile, "You see, your father is a shy person."

"Honey, please stop..." His voice got smaller the more he spoke. "Hehe, alright." Eriu, who was now the son of these two people, just stood there confused, not knowing what to say. Probably because this was a new experience for him.

Snif.

"Ah, Eros is back."

Louise, who heard this, was a little surprised. There was a knock at the door, "Auntie, Uncle, I'm back." Ariadne naturally rushed off to open the door, leaving Louise and Eriu alone, "Eri, since when has your sense of smell improved?" Louise asked suddenly.

"?" A little confused by the question, Eriu frowned and answered honestly, "2 years ago, after Eros came."

Hesitating, Eriu asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Louise shook his head. The sound of footsteps could be heard, even the sweet tone that often called to me, "Eri!" Eros, seeing me, quickly approached me with his trademark smile. My heart was pounding just hearing him speak. 001 must have sent my soul by mistake, and instead I was attached to the body of 'Eriu Grith', who seemed to be still alive.

Louise walked up to Ariadne and whispered, Eriu was a little curious about the conversation between the two, because Ariadne's face suddenly turned pale. Ariadne immediately turned to see Eriu.

"Children, we'll go first." Louise waited behind Ariadne, Eriu just nodded and Eros replied with a big smile, "Okay, Auntie, Uncle."

"Ah, Mom, Dad, wait a minute." Eriu remembered something and stopped them before he forgot his request. "I'd like to take Eros out to play, but it looks like we'll be home pretty late..."

Louise picked up his cane to wait for Ariadne, who was a little resistant to her son's request, but the more Eriu insisted, the more Ariadne finally relented and allowed the two to 'go play' as long as they returned by 4 p.m.

Eriu immediately put on his shoes without saying anything to Eros, "You're not going to take me to the playground, are you?" Eros really is a protagonist, his instincts are very sharp.

Eriu approached and whispered to Eros, "To my secret place!"

Eriu, who had put on his shoes, turned his head toward Eros, who was standing next to him. Since Eros only paid attention to Eriu, Eriu, who turned his head to look at Eros, immediately met Eros' gaze.

His pretty doll-like face with shoulder-length wheat hair gives the impression of a sweet and gentle. Unfortunately, Eros is a boy. After Eros was introduced to the villagers, he immediately became the villagers' favorite son after all the mess they made.

Every day gifts came for him, and there were even children, from girls to boys, who confessed their feelings for him, but unfortunately they were all rejected, and because of this my enemies grew more without me realizing it.

Bathump!

Eriu looked away and covered his face, "W-why are you looking at me?"

"Cause Eri's handsome!" Eros came closer and tried to see Eriu's face that was covered by his hands. Eros smiled and held Eriu's hand that covered his face, "Let's walk before the afternoon comes."

Eriu nodded and tried to release his grip, "..." This sadistic protagonist was already being kind by holding him. If he tried to let go, it was likely that the protagonist would get suspicious.

Because in the game [You Are My Ramiel], the character 'Eriu Grith' is someone who will do whatever the protagonist asks, no matter what.

Really annoying...

- Doesn't that character look like you? When this character was introduced, I immediately thought of you! You look alike, don't you?

The woman laughed while pointing at the character on her phone, her smile full of colors that made me want to be close to her.

Ah, I think I like you...