The cursed one

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"Keep pushing!" A voice is heard.

Suddenly, the doctors wore a surprised expression, but not in a good way.

—"An... albino...!?"

"And so, it all began."

—"Albino!? It's the curse of the Snow God! Ignore it! Ignore it!" whispered the children in the background

"For them, it was like a curse, and like a natural cycle; I was constantly ignored. Well, that's human nature when they encounter something unknown, the first reaction is to push away."

"But... there were two people who went against the tide."

—"Welcome, Tel!" His mother says happily.

"My parents were indifferent to everyone, saying it didn't make sense to judge someone based solely on their color. But... due to the shock of being treated so differently, I didn't know how to react, I didn't know what to do."

"I wanted... I wanted to show everyone that I was someone, that I was a person, just like them. But even with the highest grades in the class, even being the best in sports and improving more and more, they just made up some excuse about me being albino and belittled me again."

"I wanted... I wanted to show everyone that I wasn't cursed, but in the end, they just distanced themselves from me. I wanted, I just wanted to be seen as a human."

"Then... an opportunity came to me."

—"Love... what are we going to do with him?"

—"We'll take him too."

—"But... won't that just make it worse for him?"

—"People already prevent him from even thinking he's human, I don't want to see him like that."

"So, I found out that my parents planned to escape from the box, they couldn't stand living there anymore, and they couldn't stand seeing me suffer like that. But..."

—"Yes? Servrosk Services. What do you want?"

—"..."

—"Sir?"

—"...I... want to make a report..."

"I turned in my parents. Anyway, I wanted attention, even if it meant turning them in. But..."

As they were taken away, Tel stayed hidden in a corner, just peeking, but then his parents noticed him hiding there, as if they already knew he was hiding, so they stared at each other, and his parents smiled at him. At that moment, Tel felt something strange...

"I thought that if I turned them in, I would get the attention I so desired..."

"Yes, I got it, and I was hailed as a 'loyal member'. But that was it, nothing changed except people stopped bullying me. So, when I went to watch their executions, all I could do was cry with regret."

"Then I realized; in the end, I was still who I was, a nuisance."

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In the present day, Rejto watched Tel finish telling that story, he didn't know what to feel, what to say.

—"But... why did you tell me all of this?"

—"... Even though I spent part of my life here, honestly, I'd rather spend the rest of my life with those I love, even if it means risking my life," Tel says with a determined look at Rejto.

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