Chapter 6 (1/2)

Chapter 6

Alicia sobbed uncontrollably as she repeatedly said, “Scarthere’s going to be a scar on Sister’s face”

Only then did I re around earlier, Katie had scratched ernails

“Ha”

This tih

You’re crying that much just because of a small scratch?

You have much worse wounds, but you continue to cry for me?

I know you’re kind, but it’s al this child’s overblown reaction, anyone couldon sarcas too et some medicine for me”

“But”

I raised a hand to stroke Alicia’s cheek As soon as I did, more tears flowed down

“So don’t cry”

What a crybaby this child was I’d already seen what kind of future awaited her, so she really ought to save her tears for later

Alicia looked at , even as I withdrew my hand But, the rabbed the end of my sleeve

“Sister!” Alicia exclaimed in an uncharacteristically loud voice Even as I directed a pointed stare towards the sleeve that she clenched, she continued, “DinnerLet’s have dinner together”

A meal

It was a sih to stopof the meal itself I knew very well how tedious it would just be

But there was so I wanted to confirm

“Sure”

At the short answer, I turned away and strode forward However, the hand holding onto o

I slowed my pace at this, but before I knew it, the footsteps behind me stopped This was because there was another person quickly approaching us

Today ether

“Alicia”

It was a friendly tone, but as soon as the voice’s owner saw me, his expression hardened

A tall olden eyes just like mine, the distinctive traits of this family’s descendants

Damian Valentine, heir apparent of the Valentine Dukedom

He was Alicia’s real brother, and lance, anyone would be struck by the resemblance between Rosetta and Damian

It could be their similarly cold exterior, or because they were both tall, or perhaps it was due to their si eyes would er sister

This reseh There was a limit to superficial appearances Rather, it was because we looked so much like each other that it made the situation even worse

No matter how much we looked the part, we could never be a real faan to set As the bright orange orb sank down the horizon, light from the red and blue sky intertwined with our shadows

Standing as if he was rooted to the ground, Dalinted in the sunset

Shallow animosity rather than hostility—

Unsaid aardness and discouilt and resenth

How Da that could not be encapsulated in such terms

Dear Damian, I am your family, we are brother and sister However, with me, I carry hter, a descendant of such a heinous woitiical mother was a maid who the duchess treated like a dear friend She took advantage of the ducal couple’s trust in her, and so it was possible to stealthily slip so pills for the duchess and hallucinogens for the Duke

The Duke would have nor a banquet And since he was already quite drunk at the tiht froens, he took theshe was his wife

The ht with the Duke, quickly fled the estate thereafter Without telling anyone about what happened, she tightly held within her heart the truth of that night

‘The chance of this happening in reality is slim, but’

Oh well

By nature, these kinds of flukes and coincidences were the foundation of such novels

After a few years, not long after the fourth birthday of Alicia, the Duke’s precious youngest daughter, the olden-eyed and silver-haired Rosetta

And then she brazenly deed as the second wife