Vol 1 Chapter 52 (1/2)
I was cryingLike always, I was crying
I can’t recall what I was crying for Maybe I was scolded by one of the caretakers in the mansion, I accidently broke one of my toys that I treasured, or perhaps I lost my precious doll that I always kept close by me
“Please don’t cry, Dorothy”
If it ever happened, I always had my older sister by my side
Back then she was only a little girl stuck somewhere in childhood, but even back then her eyes seematic power that froze anybody she happened to looked at
“There, there, you’re a good girl, right? Your sister will always be by Dorothy’s side”
Like ic
Just a word from my sister would stop my tears in an instant
My wounds would stop hurting, people that dislikedness
My older sister could do anything
So by my side
Someone that treasured me more than anyone else would
These sier ht tears to my eyes—
—
“Ah”
Snapping back to reality, the cold embrace of the busy Braşov streets co on a bench I think I fell asleep when I decided to sit down for a while to rest a bit
I get up hastily and made my mind to move somewhere else that was less crowded, away from everyone else’s attention
With no particular ailance at the shops by the side through the s
Why does the boundary between inside the shop and the outside world feel so solid? Why do those cheap trinkets inside the , that’s probably worth nothing more than a few coins, feel so distant from me?
“I’ry”
I mutter such words helplessly
I want to go back
To where my sister is To thesofa awaited me
But it’s too much for me to ask now
There is not the place where I should be at
—Drip
Though I was unaware, a drop of water slips down
It’s not a teardrop
「Plip plip……」
The drops of water that fell onmy head quickly turns into a torrential rainfall to batter down the ground It’s a rain shower
People on the streets scramble in panic to find cover under the street banners, and for some lucky few, they open up their umbrella
Only I’ alone in the rain, separated froaze hollowly into the void around me
“…It’s cold”
But there’s nowhere for o
A wave of sorrow suddenly hitsand give up on everything there is in my life
Even though I’h I’ out for someone to look after me
Why won’t anyone stay by me?
Why won’t you look after me like you used to before?
—Just when I was thinking such things
A shadow descends on top ofon my head cease
An umbrella
“Onee-sama…?”
I’ave me such confidence that it was her
I thought that there was no one else that would be caring enough towards
With that hope inan oasis, I raised my head to…
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“Onii-sama, just what kind of talk did you have with Dorothy the last time you saw her?”
Perhaps it was only natural? The situation is continuing to take a turn for the worse
It’s been exactly two days since Dorothy has run away
Maria is beginning to realize the severity of this situation, and she dogspersistence
“W, who knows?”
It’s driving me mad here
Do I just come out with it or not?
If I did and Dorothy happened to come back, she could just as well be inclined to tear me to pieces when she hears what I’ve told them It’s possible Since this much amount of misfortune just seems to be a part of my everyday life
“Er, well the thing is, that…”
So in the end, I have no choice but to avoid the s in a nice perspective Not that I’ to do
“You could say that we had a small quarrel”
“Quarrel, you say?”
“I don’t think that girl understands the position I have in this house”
I don’t know if I have enough position in this house to even talk about the issue of having a place or not, but the point I’ one in a sense
“That’s to say, it felt like there were two suns in the sky”
An anecdote of critical validity, compared to none in the world
“I know you’re vaguely aware of it How Dorothy’s really unhappy withhere”
“Then, does Onii-sama not feel the same way about Dorothy?”
“…Whatever”
To be honest, I can’t say I’ hell
“But family is still family”
I’ about a simple relation And it certainly isn’t about whether we like each other or not Going beyond all that, it’s about so that can’t be defined nor categorized
“In that case, Onii-sama…”
“Hmm?”
“Let’s say that…”
In a slightly wavering tone, Maria speaks:
“Dorothy isn’t Onii-sama’s sister What would you do then?”
“What are you talking about?”
We’re not related?
Hold up there, you idiot You and Dorothy look the same like a pair of taiyaki Except enetic uys don’t look alike just because your eyes are different
“You guys are twins Identical ones at that”
“That is not what I’ past the relation and responsibilities, Onii-sairl named Dorothy”
“Why are you asking so like that?”
Are you trying to tell raver than I think it is?
“…You’re getting me worried all of a sudden”
Watchingizes
“I am sorry if I had you worried”
But we’re talking about her one-and-only sister running away froh one’s called older just because of a few second difference
“But it’s because there was so worrisome on my mind”
“Worrisome?”