Chapter 26 (1/2)
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It
was Al who reacted to the dry knocking sound that resounded several times I
guessed he had sensed soazed
atme what should be done, but I had no other choice but
to nod I didn’t knoho it was but they had probably co I was
inside the room But for a short while Al didn’t move from his spot As there
weren’t anylike he
wanted to say soh before
speaking in a low voice, “We will continue this later” He probably wanted to make
sure his voice wouldn’t reach the other side of the door Then he suddenly
closed the book and quietly returned it to ht with you?” He
asked toInstead I directed aze
at the door to urge him to show the visitor in For a moment, Al’s looked
displeased, but he didn’t say anything and followed my instructions
“Please, wait a moment” I followed his back withhis voice
He
probably had sensed I would no longer talk about this matter If I was only
able to e once, it could be said it would have been at that one
moment But I did not do so If I was to borrow someone’s help, that person
would surely be Al Now that I had lost the absolute existence that was Crow,
speaking of a person I could trust from the bottom of my heart, it was that
escort knight That’s why, I knew Ibackheart that was about to tumble and fall at Al’s feet
“… … Big sister…”
The
voice of hts I was
i behind the
door opened by Al I immediately realized she had a fever Silvia entered
inside the roo The short
distance fro in disorder
“Silvia, you should be resting right
now”
When
I propelled uous words as she threw a fleeting glance toward Al, “It’s the sa
sister I heard you had drown in the bath…” Then she suddenly fell silent It
seeht to talk about this here Drowning
in the bath was due to my own blunder, and if people heard about it, it could
become a drawback for ht
that child too see properly “Al knows so it is fine to speak
about it,” when I told her that with a sh
and sile face somewhat made my chest ache
She
was truly concerned aboutherself
despite her poor condition to visit her sick older sister
“Huht with you…”
Al
supported Silvia’s wavering body until she reached my bed My little sister who
hanged her head, saying “I’m sorry” with her cheek dyed red, was so lovely
people couldn’t help but see her in a favorable light She aroused the desire
to protect her in every ht
leading such a feeble girl by the hand was extremely natural and didn’t have
the slightest sense of incongruity But so a
kind of disco appealed to my
intuition that the proble of Silvia and
Al wrong? I probably had this feeling because the person beside Silvia wasn’t
Soleil I suddenly realized I was surprised atsuch a
thought, and I heaved out the breath I had hold unconsciously Surprised by how
conspicuoussounded was inside the room that had fallen silent
again, I shrunk my shoulders The pain and distress I felt weren’t from my
iination
“Big sister, are you alright?”
My
little sister who had approached within a reaching distance when I wasn’t paying
attention took entle actionthe larasp that hand
“Yes I am fine, do not worry”
I
answered while shaking my head, but my own voice sounded like those of a
stranger It felt like a voice without emotion However, Silvia didn’t seem to
notice and shtly
“… This, it's a decoction mother
had infused for me”
She
gently presentedit out like it was a treasure Then putting
on airs like she was very satisfied of herself, she placed it in ht brown leaves were jammed to the fill
inside the glass bottle “It doesn’t… taste very good though” She laughed and
s “keep it a secret from mother, ok?”
while she put her index finger on her lips “It’s supposed to have the effect
of war up the body” As she explained the effects she tenderly stroked my
ar it with the softness of feathers
“Silvia?”
My
little sister whose gaze had dropped on her own fingers suddenly rose her head
“Ah, sorry You seemed cold, that’s why…” She distanced her hands I lost that
warmth too abruptly and alers
Perhaps I didn’t want to lose this gentleness that was offered with
unselfishness Opening her eyes wide, Silvia grabbed back my hand without
hesitation
I
knew that it was these hands that would robBut at the same
time, I remembered, in the past, it was the same hands that had protected me
…
… That’s all?
I felt that Croas laughing
Laughing that I would tolerate and excuse her fro, just because of
that
The
next day, by some kind of fate, I happened to meet with Soleil in the corridor
of the academy
“… Once in a while, wouldn’t you eat
together with me?”
Even
if he invitedhis stiff expression, as ere in front of
outsiders I couldn’t decline Because he was the heir of a marquis house, as
his fiancé there was no way I could say “I don’t want to” If we had been alone
it wouldn’t have been eht noere
in the middle of the corridor Several students happened to be passing by us
and they were straining their ears to hearAs
thefixedly at me, I couldn’t show
the slightest carelessness He wasn’t the friend as always around Soleil It was quite unusual and I also shouldn't have cross path with them Yetfor me
unexpectedly Usually, I lowered by gaze and concealed my presence to not
be found out by him, yet for some reason today I saw him And it wasn’t only
Soleil who noticed me despite my cautions
“… Is she your rumored fiancé?”
Stepping
forith a big smile on his face, Saion approached us He pretended it was
the first ti his head
obliquely In those dark colored pupils of his, a light was glowing and he was
co I didn’t know
what the conversation between Saion and me would look like in the eyes of a third
party Would someone notice ere already acquainted with each other? If erefor the first time here, then like
anyone as froive my
greetings No htly bend my knees, Scion
imperceptibly raised his eyebrow and curved his lips as if what he was seeing
seeh escape his mouth
and was enduring it
“It is a pleasure to make your
acquaintance I am called Ilya Il Marchisse”
From
the standpoint of the fiancé of Soleil, eldest child of the marquis house, it
wasn’t appropriate to assu people for the
first ti out your name first showed you were of a lower
social status, there was no need to abase myself more than that I had to pay
the greatest caution so as to not bring shame on Soleil’s family name With
just this, uessed
that Saion was a higher aristocrat from another country, I intended to be
especially careful Meanwhile, Soleil was silently watching over what I did,
not answering Saion question “is she your fiancé?” nor supple my
self-introduction by confir that it was indeed me It probably meant he had
no intention to introduce me as his fiancé Or because it was a well-known
fact, did he thought there was no need to expressly explain it here?
“Nice tolady My
name is Saion Topias”
There
weren’t anylady” was a
boorishdown on me
It was an expression used by a man in the prime of his life to address a
younger woed between a man
and a wo party, it would be a sign of showing contempt for someone However, he was someone from another
country Heyet … It was probably
better to think this way It wasn’t like I had alluded to this topic here, but it
was a fact he had revealed himself previously In such a case, I wondered what kind of
attitude was the correct answer
But
then at that aze was directed at me
“… Soleil-sama?”
Because
I had unintentionally whispered, I quickly sed my breath Soleil as