c7 (1/2)

07. Little Brother Became Weird

[Leichel]

Before a month, Yuan who was injured in the war with Roland Kingdom came back to the castle at last. He lost his muscles as expected, but he carried the same dignified presence that made me astonished.

“Oh, Yuan. You are safe above all. When I heard the state of your injuries, I thought you collapsed so I had the forest searched but you were not found. How were you able to return?”

“A G.o.ddess&h.e.l.lip;”

“G.o.ddess?”

“A G.o.ddess saved me. A beautiful G.o.ddess living in the forest.”

Yuan proclaimed as if spellbound, and I became concerned whether he became crazy. Yuan is a straight-laced person so he practically never says anything untrue. And a G.o.ddess, he said? It’s enough that only that idiot becomes weird.

“Then that is a relief. Dinner is ready. Father will also be joining us. Prepare yourself.”

“Yes!”

I turned back to my own room after saying that, with a bowing Yuan behind me.

And when we were chatting about national politics during dinner like always, I noticed that Yuan barely touched his food.

“What’s wrong, Yuan? You barely touched your food. It’s your favorite steak.”

“I’ve been eating meals mainly consisting vegetables for a while, so I became somewhat surprised.”

I said so and Yuan reached the steak, but he did not eat everything in the end.

Father and Carl did not look like they are worried but this is strange. I visited Yuan’s room with a liquor at hand.

However, Yuan was not there. When I asked his retainer where Yuan went, he said that Yuan went somewhere on a horse.

This late at night!?

After suffering injuries, Yuan’s head really became strange. I held my forehead and returned to my own room.

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[Aine]

Dodododo~

I heard the sound of a horse shaking the ground at midnight. But I’m sleepy. I

couldn’t get up from the bed and just turned over and slept.

“Brother&h.e.l.lip;”

There’s a voice from the sky, huh~ just as I thought that, I felt my forehead get wet. I opened my eyes slightly, wondering what was that.

Isn’t this my little brother Yuan who just left last night!?

“Yu-yuan! I thought you went back to the castle.”

“I wanted to meet Aine-niisama. Ah, Niisama, it’s the smell ofNiisama&h.e.l.lip;”

He said so and buried his face on my nape, sniffing my scent.

It was ticklish so I pushed aside Yuan’s face by force and move my body to get up.