Volume 5 Chapter 5 (2/2)
As a result of hesitating in letting El do the test of courage alone, they decided to let everyone do it over
“nobody can possibly expect him to taan to rage, I thoughtto stop when he went alone”
“Now that I think about it, he looked confident at that time”
Rent thought that the reason why El ignored the advice to run at the edge was that he’s sure about winning over that strange bird
” El didn’t only tame it but also commanded it, that’s too out of standard… For hiic is ridiculous”
That aninizes to be stronger than itself
The First Generation is a race fros to it is now almost nonexistent
It is said that they are beyond the category of the understanding of the general beings alive today, but Rent thought that the oth it perceived from El
Rent saw those eyes El threatened to use that strange bird against Carl Vuelshi+na He did not hear the conversation, but he can iine the contents of it Most likely, he made rash rery Carl will leave El just as it is
There should have been an unusual economic problem in El’s family any time soon
Rent became worried and pondered anxiously about it for a while
He thought about El for a while, there was day when Elreported that the house was littered with fireworks, or there was also that time when the house was partly set on fire, and there’s also a day when El said that a kitchen had exploded when he returned home
El had a serious look, as if it’s so natural
Fire seems like a daily occurence in El’s house
“I don’t knohat it means…”
He cannot investigate it deeply, so he doesn’t knohether it was just El’s joke
I’ sination
But it deepened his interest on El It was at that ether further with El
The town leads to the Aristocrat District, commonly called as nobles’ avenue It’s wide and paved so that a carriage has a plenty of leeway, and several of them can pass by each other
Separating from Shuu who returns to his house at that direction, Rent walked from the plaza towards his house
“Rent! Is school over?”
While he wandered around the noisy shopping street, he heard a wo the road
“Nee-chan! That’s right I’ home now”
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The nearby older sister, who childhood, waves a hand at him
Rent calls her as ‘nee-chan’ affectionately He ran and ca tiely crowded, and Rent’s shoulder was hit several times on the way
“Good job for today”
“Thank you Why is it so crowded today?”
There’s no event in the shopping district particularly
Rent thrust his hands on the stand, and leaned his body closer to ask
“That’s because…”
The woman referred to as ‘nee-chan’ looked around the street as if to look for somebody then lowered her voice
“I think he’s not here anykid came to our shop”
Rent dropped eyes to the products on the stand where his hands are placed Female ornaments are placed
There are daily necessities sold inside the store but the pins and rubber bands marketed outside appears to be popular these days
“What do you ’?”
It has been ens differ, but everything looks same to Rent
Still, the girls in his class see
“I think it’s a child sold coin for payment!My hand trembled when I received it Dad collects all clan’s coins so when he pulled that out, I thought ‘it’s an eency’!”
Her cheeks faintly blushed, she was also talkative more than usual, she was that much excited
“Gold coin! I never saw someone shop with a coin like that! I want to see it, too!”
“Too bad I already gave it to Dad for safe-keeping so it’s not here anymore”
“Che, what!?”
Rent clicked his tongue in frustration
“But why did a Young Master like hiuard’s face… he may be a prince in some country”
“No way, a prince will never come to this area”
Rent waved his hands and said, ‘no way, no way,’ with an astonished look
“Right”
A, there is the country’s First Princess A from another country, then First Prince Ricardo-sama, Second Prince Sveri-sa powerful abilities, they were existences above the clouds that everyone wishes to see even a glance
Rent wants to enter the Knight Order
His yearning towards the royal fah
“By the way, did you pick up Torca-chan?
“Is it that time already?”
It seeer than usual
He carried bis backpack on his back again and began to run to the destination while hearing words his nee-chan‘s reminder not to run too much
The place Rent stopped in was the front of the church that was built properly to adapt itself to the town
“Excuse me~”
He passed through the fas first at the deserted entrance
“Rent-nii!”
“Ugh… agh…”
His groan leaked instinctively with the iainst his abdomen
“You’re late!”
“Sorry, sorry”
Rent peels off his younger sister clinging to hi one hand
She clung to her older brother’s body while being peeled off, and that gave off a tearing sound In addition, to express ed
“Ara, Rent-kun came”
“Sister, I’ home now”
“Yes, yes Bye then, Torca-chan”
“I’ll coain~!”
The younger sister waved towards the Sister while saying ‘bye-bye’, Rent also bowed
The Sister saw them off with a smile
“You know, today~”
Rent’s younger sister seems to intend to tell about the people she met today one by one
Even if they go home, both their mother and father wouldn’t be there, yet
So Rent always goes on behalf of his parents who are busy ork, and picks up his little sister His young little sister cannot be left alone at ho the day
“An then I saw an injured kid~!”
“Injured…? Where did you meet?”
“Uhmmm… in a slope…”
Torca, who started saying she found the child in the slope, suddenly had a panicked expression and covered her mouth with both hands
The people who looks after Torca works at the church
Rather, saying that Torca is allowed to play in the pre after is more accurate The Sister also takes care of her but she has no free time
“Did you slipped out again?!”
Torca shook her head repeatedly to Rent’s question
He grabbed her head and then crouched down, forciblyeye contact with her However, Torca still avoided eye contact When she tells a lie, Torca always turns her eyes away Rent was convinced that sheout the church
In the Imperial Capital, the vicinity of the church is relatively safe Because they lived there for a long time, there are also a lot of residents who know Torca and hierous if she wanders about
Rent re it instead of his busy mother
“I’ain!”
Torca felt despondent when Rent just stared ahead with a grim expression
It s, too
The truth is, he was supposed to look after her It is a fact that he feels responsible for leaving his young sister alone, as a result of hi primary school
“Can you proain?”
“Yeah”
“The I’ll forgive you today So? Is the child with injury alright?”
“Blood flowed from his foot, he fell doooow~n”
“There’s still so down these days?”
What a cluhed
Froe where it’s not strange for hi the academy
He realized that there are really various types of people in this world
A his class type and there’s also Carl who can’t accept anyone that didn’t please him
How about El?
He has a oes of so, but that is not the truth He’s often absentminded, but unexpectedly listen to Rent’s stories… it’s fun being together with him…
“Hey, Torca Should I go to middle school? Or how about military academy?”
It’s not Torca’s concern, but Rent called out to her and asked that
Their Mother works as a physician at the royal palace, and both the brother and sister ere brought up in a household with a military officer as a father, have no doubt about their future dreams
For the elder brother Rent, to be a knight like his father and the younger sister Torca, to be a pharmacist like her mother
Should he graduate froh school in the academy then beco the ed him to choose which he prefers the most He must enter a dormitory, but the dormitory of the military academy is in the Imperial Capital so he can come back on holidays But if he enters middle school, his little sister will beco time
“If I’ll go aill you dislike it?”
He’ll enter the aro to rades are bad and he thinks that the military academy is more suitable for him
“Not~at~all! If Rent-nii isn’t here I’ll have more sweets~ I~don’t~mind~at~all~!”
“How cruel…”
He let go of their clasp hands as the surroundings is previously crowded, and then pulled on Torca’s cheeks sideways She retaliated and both of the children now had funny faces Torca striked Rent’s aro
“It hurts!!”
He released a Torca after rolling around His little sister glared at hi cheeks It’s the usual spectacle
Their Mother will return hoht Their father is on a duty away from the Imperial Capital but he had to report today, and so they at dinner together… As expected, abandoning this daily life… He, himself…
“That’s why, I’ether with your friends? You look happy these days”
“Is… that so…”
Rent had his eyes wide opened with his little sister’s reh he spent his days at ho’s different at all, his little sister seems to feel it
“That’s right You’re grinning when you come back You always talk about school”
“I see Then I’ve decided!”
Rent’s heart had decided In the first place, it’s not in his personality to worry about so Didin’t the answer came out by itself?
“I’ll attend middle school”
He’ll spend another two years carefully with his little sister and family
If he ad about it was a lie since the beginning
“Hmmm Then you better study”
“I’ll study from tomorrow on!”
He took the hand of his younger sister, who nodded in satisfaction
“Should we play today until mom comes back?”
He began running while inviting his little sister who gladly agreed
Two long shadows is silhouetted on the road in the Imperial Capital
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