Chapter 87 (1/2)

Chapter 87

A Young Lady’s Recollection

Bianca’s point of view

The house had been bustling, but noas quiet, as if the liveliness from earlier was a lie

The treated and the sick were all resting peacefully together Several crew their lives in the city

Though I felt tired, I wasn’t that keen on sleeping just yet

I rinsed my face and wandered about inside the house, and before I knew it, I had arrived at a certain room

“…”

I finally knocked on the door after a short hesitation

A humble voice replied from within the room shortly after

I rested my hand on the door knob, but I couldn’t turn it It wasn’t because it was rusted, but because ofa deep breath, I poured th into it and the door opened with a creak

The e of death was peacefully sleeping in the creased bed A young figure on a chair sat by his bedside with a thick book on his knees Perhaps that’s his way to pass the time

The young man raised his face and called out to me with a steady voice

“Sister”

“Can I talk to you for a minute?”

I asked after a short silence My brother, Michael von Diebold, returned a humble smile

I entered and closed the door behind ave me a troubled look when I sat down at the end of the bed

“Sis”

The voice was a bit craesture

“It’s fine He’s not going wake up that easily”

That guy was drained at the end of the day, in both the mental and physical sense I would be surprised if he even wakes up today

Whether I had convinced Michael or not, I didn’t bother to find out

Looking at Michael’s face, a co welled up inside me Was he happy? Was he lonely? I couldn’t tell

Back then, he used to grow his hair long enough to cover his face, as if hiding behind it Now, that frightened gaze of his had completely disappeared Those dark azure eyes were now

filled with gentle compassion

“You’ve grown quite a bit”

I said Michael acknowledged my words with a bitter smile

“That’s not true I haven’t changed at all”

After hearing his reply I answered him with my ory smile

You have changed Tremendously

You’ve started to voice your opinionseye contact Don’t you realise it?

Michael was different now Not only on the outside, but on the inside as well

But let’s not dwindle too much into it Because there’s the other half of e I didn’t like the thought that he was turning into so, like I was a child throwing a fit

“Lettime, Michael”

“Yes It’s been a while, sis I’m sorry we couldn’t meet more often”

“Having such a heartless brother makes me sad, you know?”

Teasing him a little, Michael returned a troubled face

Ever since Michael ran away froone back even once It all started after he had earned an apprenticeshi+p to become a priest of the Great Temple

After that, he becaician in the castle I understood that because of his position, there would be various restrictions on hiree It wouldn’t be out of the question if he wasn’t allowed to coht under the Great Temple, he definitely still had the time to visit at least once a year Simply put, Michael didn’t want to return home

I understood that it couldn’t be helped

After all, my parents didn’t have any room for Michael in their hearts

Children with innate ical poere often dismissed by their own parents

Although our parents didn’t neglect him completely, they weren’t attentive either Ultimately, it wasn’t a simple situation

Our father had a mistress

It was not justaround either They were in love since they were little If given the chance, he would have married her, and not Mother

That mistress lived under the sairl,

girl, loved by father and everyone around her

Mother, however, didn’t live in the Diebold household

Her strength dwindled day by day She was jealous of the s bottled up inside to breaking point In the end, her ave in

A handful of ned to look after her in her bedridden condition She had to survive day after day in that bedroo point canant

The h my Mother was the laife, she didn’t have any son of her own Because of that, the mistress’ son was adopted by the household, but he was still a bastard child Many of Father’s relatives raised an eyebrohen the mistress’ child elcomed as the official heir and eldest son

Several of Father’s acquaintances distanced themselves from the family and he became restless because of it

And in the nancy

Father now cared for her once again

Even though she gave birth to the baby girl that was me, Father caht way to put it It was as if Mother had became the laife she was supposed to be

Michael was born the following year To this long-awaited eldest son, everyone was happy, especially my Father

It was probably Mother’s happiest moments

But that happiness didn’t last long