29 Lesson 29: Goodbye (2/2)

Lord Grants, who was listening, touched him to stroke his jaw before sharpening his intimidating eyes even clearer and zeroing his groan.

”Let's hit the hands. Just now, we have also heard that Master Anisphere worked a wolf when he was distracted. Including a blow to Prince Algard would be enough to cut your house off.”

”... Regardless of the blow to Algard, isn't Anispheric distraction the usual thing?

”Father!? That's where you shouldn't go!?”

I'm not distracted! Extremely sane!

”Has anyone else been involved besides the Count Chartreuse family?

”No, only me and Mauritz are the very backbone of the plan. The other endorsers didn't know about the plan, and... after Raini got hold of it, they were going to remain corrupt as well.”

”Oh no, this brother is thinking so scary...!

Instead, Al's the one who's upset. I knew it! I'm still decent!

”And Count Chartreuse in this matter?

”You've given me a lot of support back there.... My mother said if I vampired her, she could use it for diplomacy.”

”... what?

Whoa, my father's clean. Uh, you make your mother a vampire. That's too dangerous in many ways. It's such a glimpse of the future. I'm too golden for the power of charm and ghosts to my originally diplomatic mother.

My mother, who was counted in the calculations of the conspiracy, is also grinning like a lion. Oh, this is the Count Chartreuse house, it's over. Terror, horror.

”... or you kept taking that poison a lot”

”That's what I thought it was. He just needs to kill his mind and keep weighing in on the balance of profits. And then it's not too late.”

”... it's just a little bit like Ufi to say that”

”Maybe there were some similarities.... I knew Uphilia would hold me dear. But maybe that's why I was unnecessarily neglected.”

Al Kun then turned to Ufi again. Yufi stays silent, but Al turns his gaze and turns back.

”... again, should I apologize”

”No. I'll hit you again if I apologize”

”Right.... I feel like I let some fish get away with it.”

”It wasn't until I left my hands that I became a big fish. … it is I who apologize for not comforting you. Dear Algard,”

”Then let's pour it into the water. As it is, please flow to the sea. The vessel named me was too small for you.”

”... hehe, that's why it's too deep to say sea. Dear Algard,”

”Must be.”

What the hell is this, looking at me and exchanging words like that? What does that mean?

Or you're close.... I'm sure that if the buttons didn't hang differently, there would have been a future for these two to lead the country.

Then Al Kun turns back to Ilia. Ilia remains as faceless as usual.

”Apologize again, Viscount Coral.”

”... Ilia, call me as you used to”

”It's ironic.”

”Really?”

”... I'm sorry”

”Yes.”

”My sister is a happy man. As long as I'm jealous.”

”It's an unbearable word. … me too, unfortunately”

Ilia has been face-to-face with Al for a long time. The interaction felt just a little cheerful.

The next time al-kun turned his gaze was Raini. Raini turns to Al with a look that looks complicated.

”... Dear Algard”

”Raini. Apologize from the bottom of my heart.... and I appreciate it”

”... why thank you?

”Whatever the outcome, I... took the liberty of being satisfied. I wouldn't have lived if I hadn't. He must have stayed dead. You... breathed into my life. Please don't forgive the man who avenged that good fortune.”

”... Yes, I will not tolerate it. It hurt.”

”Oh. I'm sorry.”

”Really... that hurt”

Softly, Raini took Al's hands. Pushing his forehead against that removed hand, Raini closes his eyes.

”That hurt...... all the time, all the time. That really hurt...”

Al Kun shook his shoulder at Raini's words, which he was told to repeat.

He gently shook Raini's hand back with the hand taken by Raini and pressed his forehead against his hand just like Raini did. In a gesture of prayer to each other, they silenced themselves, and when they left, they just smiled at each other and left.

”... sister”

And it's me. Al, who turned to me, was laughing.

That smile reminded me. What was at the bottom of my memory comes to mind.

I can't help but think that Al's voice color sounds like the voice of that day.

”Do you remember that?

Staring at Al Kun's hand offering his hand. I lay my hands on that hand so that I could gently touch the broken object.

”... a handshake to make up,”

Vision seeps through. I wanted to forget.

This kid was my brother. He was my brother who took me out to play with him out of hand. Sometimes I fought and this is what I always did when I made him cry. I laughed when I took his hand and shook his hand and cried.

Laugh, I was there. What do I look like now? I don't have a voice like my throat is cramped.

”... sorry,”

If I could just live like the people who normally live in this world. If I could bend myself. Such ”no choice” regrets are on my chest.

I'm sure I'll repeat the same choice back in time. Even if that thoroughly drives Al Kun. I can't give up magic. I can't put a lid on this longing.

No matter how many times I'm sure I've been reborn. As many times as this soul can't erase its longing for magic.

”Sister.”

Tears fall and Al Kun has a calm expression at the end of his clearer vision. Always with a glare, he looks abominable when you look at me. He's not there anymore.

- Goodbye.

Yeah. Goodbye, Al.

Goodbye, my brother. Someone I couldn't take my hand from, someone I let go of.

And at the end of the day I did not face Al Kun, and he left the royal castle.

Think back to the upside of things. First, Al-Kun's formal abandonment was declared, and the Chartreuse family, who had taken a hand in this case, destroyed your home. Of course, the execution of Count Chartreuse, including his son Mauritz, and his relatives, was handed down by his father.

Al-Kun was to be flown to a remote area. It's a land on the border where people can hardly lean either. There he crossed with those whose fathers believed, and with the researchers who believed as well.

Al won't be able to come out of there anymore. So it provides information on the ecology of vampires, which will form the basis of the country. There's no freedom, you can't choose to die on your own, you're just going to be kept and killed.

And the other party, Raini...

”... Raini, I didn't.”

”Yes! Sorry!

With Ilia's guidance, he brews tea in the way Raini, wrapped in samurai clothes, was frightened.

Since then, Raini has been offered to the royal castle as my exclusive maid. Although Baron Cyan, who found out about the upside of the matter and who his daughter was, looked terribly shocked, he said that he did not cut off the edge of his parents and children and wanted to continue to treat them as fathers.

But he wants me to wait to talk to Raini's stepmother. Or Baron Cyan said he might not be able to talk like this.

'I think this was a good idea. I really feel like we can start trying to be family. ”

That was also accepted by Raini. Raini also feared that if her charm was broken, she might lose her mother-in-law, who had been nice to her.

Then the dream stays the dream. I can't tell you about the vampires. He wants to put aside time to tell her.

With that happening, Raini continued my protection, but became a dropping point to become a samurai apprentice as a superficial position. Isn't he full of himself, now he seems to be joyfully following around behind Ilia? Hopefully this will ease Illia's burden as well.

- Yes, when it comes to Ilia's burden, Ilia offered to provide blood to Raini herself.

There's no way you're gonna let me or Yuffi drink their blood. Then he thinks he's a good fit to have a low profile in this. Still, from Raini's point of view, he's up there. I was very nervous at first.

My father and mother are busy with Lord Grants encouraging me in my affairs. This is because there has been an increase in processing at once due to the abolition of Al-Kun and the destruction of the Chartreuse family. For a while, my mother won't be diplomacy either, she'll be putting in her strength as an assistant in internal affairs.

Though I hear you have more time with your father and more private time, it is your father and mother who are deeply hurt in this case. Slowly, though I cannot say, I only pray that we may comfort each other and rest in peace.

And when I say......

”... aren't you going to be able to move yet?

”Hmm, it's a lot easier...”

As I lay down in bed I look back at Yufi sitting in a chair.

The influence of the dragon's magic through his body is not immediately removed. When I saw it, I couldn't do it, but I went, but then I repeated my life on the bed. I wasn't just sleeping, I was focused on it because I needed to put my magic back through my body.

lazy as this had a severe cold. Thoughts are dull, flimsy, and bodies are lazy and scattered. Fortunately, if you don't have a cough, you don't have a runny nose.

”Ha-... much. I want to get back to my body.”

”Then make yourself comfortable”

Yufi has made my care worthwhile. Ilia also has Reini's guidance, and Yufi has generally taken care of me because of Yufi's offer.

While I was sorry, I laughed bitterly that Yufi had nothing to do either. And if you haven't done something, you won't be able to calm down.... I honestly know how you feel.

”... Al, I wonder if you've got it already”

”What do you think”

Uffi's gaze at returning the gavel is distant.... Yes, if you keep your mouth shut, you'll think about Al.

Even though I would definitely do the same if I regretted it. Even though there is no specification that I felt guilty, my heart will stare when I feel guilty over and over again.

”... go to sleep, Master Anis. My heart and body are tired now.”

”... yeah”

Yufi's hands seem limp. With such hands on my forehead, I closed my eyes with great care. It is true that your body is tired, as soon as you close your eyes, you will be drowsy.

... I heard a song. A babysitter. Yufi is singing me a babysitting song. Though I'm not that old. Feel beautiful at the same time. That was comforting, and my consciousness fell asleep inviting.

”Good night, Master Anis. Now, slow down and have a good dream.”