Chapter 37 (1/2)

You don’t want to go with me?

At that time, Ares smiled softly and reached out to me.

“Should I?”

Calmly, the touch of petting my hair was sweet.

But why?

I shook my head, hiding my hands behind my back.

“N, no, if Ares is busy, it’s okay.”

“Nothing is more important than having tea time with my sister.”

Ares gently bent his eyes and tapped me on the tip of my nose.

It was Ares, who was as sweet as usual.

“…”

I swept my arm with my eyes down for no reason.

“Then should we eat in the greenhouse?”

Ares smiled and reached out to me.

The afternoon sun was coming down on him.

The nice black hair shone smoothly like the crow’s, and the sunlight broke on the smiling cheeks.

It was midwinter, but Ares was like a warm spring sun.

‘Why did I do that?’

Ares didn’t even frown when he looked back at me.

It was just Ares.

Why did I think of that?

I stretched my arm toward Ares’ hand.

‘He’s such a sweet and warm person that I can’t believe he’s my brother—’

“Weak bone.”

The voice that fell over my head cut off my thoughts.

When I raised my head, a boy with an uneven expression was looking down at me.

“Ixion?”

Exion pulled my hand.

Thanks to this, I couldn’t join hands with Ares.

“I’m coming, too.”

Ixion, who said so, was frowning as if he didn’t like it.

“….You don’t look like you want to go with me.”

“Oh, I don’t want to.”

“Then why do you want to go with me?”

I asked Ares to eat together.

“What? You should be grateful if you go with me, a bunch of weak cotton.”

Tch, someone would think I was hanging on to Ikxion to ask him to go with me.

When I pouted my lips, Ixion pinched my cheek.

“Hmm, Luatisha is amazing. You thought about drinking tea with me,”

Ares muttered and smiled.

‘Come to think of it, Ixion was impatient because he couldn’t run away every time he saw Ares.’

Didn’t they almost have a big fight last time?

‘I told you not to fight over me, you are so fussy.’

Really…

It was inevitable for family peace, but I’m ashamed to think about it again.

“Shall we go then?”

I nodded at Ares’ words and shouted,

“Oh!”

“Ixion, give me a piggyback ride.”

“What?”

Ixion looked at me as if he was dumbfounded.

“Really, stop it.”

“Come on, come on!”

I reached out with my feet stamping, and eventually, Ixion lowered his posture.

I didn’t hesitate to piggyback.

“Why am I listening to everything?”

I heard Ixion whining.

Hehe.

“Ixion, because it’s just the surface.”

“What?”

“There’s something like that.”

I was in a good mood and swayed my legs.

Whenever Ixion moved, it shook happily.

Is this the cradle where babies lie down?

My stomach swelled warmly, so I closed my eyes.

Ixion, you have a wide back. I’m still young.

Perhaps we arrived at the greenhouse, but a warm wind brushed my forehead.

I feel good.

I think I’m going to fall asleep.

“Hey, weak bone.”

At that time, I heard Ixion’s quiet voice.

I lifted my dimming eyelids.

“Don’t trust him too much.”

“…”

It was clear who Ixion was talking about.

Ares.

If it was like last time, I would have ignored what he said.

Ares was sweet and friendly like a boy made of sugar, and most of all—

‘Because I didn’t know much about Ixion.’

Now I know what kind of person Ixion is.

He’s my brother.

So I opened my eyes and asked.

“Why?”

But Ixion didn’t answer me.

However, the shaking slowed down.

* * *

When asked by Duke Paeraton, Chedwork, the chief butler of the Duke, bowed his head.

“She went to the greenhouse with Young Master Ares. Young Master Ixion has joined them.”

The Duke of Paeraton frowned and nodded after.

“It’d be okay if she was with Ixion.”

At that, Viscount Erkel raised his head.

“Isn’t Ares’ condition pretty good so far?”

“He must have been quite stimulated at today’s conference.”

“But it’s still different from before. His attitude toward the youngest lady was really soft.”

“Yes, I wondered if he was still the young master of Ares.”

The three sons of Duke Paeraton.

All of them were cold and ruthless, just like Paeraton’s veins.

Among them, Ares Paeraton had the most brutal and belligerent personality.

The appearance of a young child slaughtering Monsters at random times remained terrifying even for the Duchy’s people familiar with Paeraton.

“These days, I feel relieved to see young master Ares with the youngest lady.”

“She’s so lovely. Wasn’t Ares also melted by his youngest baby?”

Duke Paeraton, who was still listening to his aides, smiled.

“Do you really think so?”

“What?”

“The way he treats Luatisha is soft and affectionate?”

I wanted to nod, but when I saw the reaction of Duke Paeraton, I thought it wasn’t at all.

“B, but…”

“For Ares, everyone but himself is an enemy.”

“Of course, you think so, but isn’t it a little different when you treat her?”

“What did he do when he learned how to hide his hostility?”

“He laughed.”

“Right, and what about whenever he sees Luatisha?”

“… smiling.”

The assistants were silent for a moment at the fact that they didn’t want to realize.

“B, but you’re not something to be wary of, are you? There was no magic…”

“Did you feel that way?”

Said Duke Paeraton, leaning his back against his chair.

“Ares will be more wary of Luatisha than other brothers.”

“Why did he choose the weakest one?…”

“He has never dealt with it before.”

Never dealt with it before?

Does it mean that she’s a person who doesn’t have magic?

However, all humans other than Paeraton’s direct bloodline had no magic.

Isn’t the largest percentage of Ares’ enemies ordinary people without magic?

“What do you mean…”

At those words, Duke Paeraton turned his head.

His eyes turned out of the window.

Midwinter.

There was white snow piled up in the garden.

Among them, a snowman made by Luatisha by coloring the tip of her nose red stood.

It is probably the first time in history that there is a snowman in the Paeraton Duchy Garden.

The silent Duke’s lips slowly opened.

“Self-······ enemy.”

The lips of the assistants, who heard the whisper to themselves, opened slightly.

“Depending on how you overcome the enemy, Ares could grow,”

He said indifferently, lifting the documents that Duke Paeraton had been looking at.

“Or lose the possibility forever.”

* * *

I felt very, very good.

Outside, white snow was piled up, and inside the glass greenhouse was full of flowers as if spring had come.

On top of that, two handsome boys next to me!

‘Is this the flower of both hands?’

*sigh, so nice.

“It must be really delicious, my sister.”

“Huh?”