However, Malvolio also knew that if he did not leave, this woman certainly would kill herself. Then that would truly be a waste of that woman's kind intentions.
"I will come again," Malvolio told that woman. After that, he jumped the window bare-chested and escaped.
"After him!" yelled Alex resentfully.
That night, the sound of the police pursuing the criminal resounded through the sky of the entire Kidon City. Malvolio was also truly considered to be a reckless criminal on the loose. Also, he knew the map of the entire Kidon City like the back of his hand. He scrambled through all the small alleys everywhere until he came to the place that his mother and sister were staying at. His mother and sister had already been awakened by the sound of the sirens outside. When she saw the bare-chested Malvolio enter in a panic, Isadora, who was also known as Eira Stevens back then, immediately panicked.
"Malvolio, are they trying to catch you?" asked Isadora.
"Let's go! Follow me!" said Malvolio, and he bent over t o carry his mother on his back.
Isadora nodded firmly. She knew that once her brother escaped this time, they certainly had to run away to the end of the world again. However, as long a s their family of three were together, even if they had t o live very poorly, they also would not be afraid.
Malvolio carried his mother on his back, took his mother and sister with him, and drove on to escape. They had fled to the checkpoint at the border of the city before he realized that the entire city was already on alert. In a resigned manner, he could only abandon the car and escape into the forest on the mountains. While carrying his elderly mother on his back, he walked on a path that was absolutely not meant for walking at all for two days and two nights in the dense forest deep in the mountains. They did not eat o r drink, and Malvolio did not even know when his mother died on his back. With incomparable sorrow, the brother and sister buried their mother in the dense forest deep in the mountains, then continued their long journey.
After they had gotten out of the forest, they could not distinguish which small county where they were in, but they also did not dare to ask. Both the siblings did not have any identity documents, so they did not dare t o show their faces. That was particularly so for Malvolio. He did not even dare to get out during the day. They could only live their life, depending on Isadora to make money by working odd jobs. They just kept making stops along the way, and whenever Isadora made a few hundred dollars by working odd jobs, they would take that moment and continue moving forward. They did their best to try to go in the direction of a more secluded area.
Sometimes, Malvolio would tell her sister, "Isadora, I don't plan to live anymore. I want to turn myself in." "Malvolio!" Isadora instantly burst out in tears." Malvolio, you are my only family. If you die, then I would be living alone in this world. What can I do? Malvolio, just do it for my sake. If you're alive, I can support you. We'll slowly walk, and we will be able to walk to the border of the country one day. It'll be fine once we leave the country." Isadora already knew about everything. 1
She also knew if it was not for her matters back then, her brother would not have become like this. As long a s she was around, she absolutely could not let her brother die. If her brother really died, then Isadora certainly would not be able to live anymore.
Seeing his sister had such resolute determination, Malvolio did not insist on turning himself in anymore. He just cowered in some unknown corner during the day and relied on Isadora to be a temporary worker with the lowest pay to make ends meet. During that period, Isadora did the dirtiest and the most tiresome work in order to take care of her brother. It was during that time that Isadora had worked in an unlicensed cannery as a temporary worker for a very long time. Her feet were soaked in acidic water every day, and later on, her feet were all messed up.
Slowly, Isadora's feet healed but developed a complication. It was that kind of foot fungus that was more severe than Athlete's foot and could make the gap between the toes rot into the bones. The condition would relapse twice every spring and autumn. Every time it relapsed, Isadora's feet would practically be disabled, and it would be itchy and painful. She would have a limp whenever she walked.
However, a year later, the siblings truly got the opportunity to go abroad.
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