Volume 4 Chapter 44 (1/2)

Chapter 44 - Miranda Circry

──Acaderound dungeon Aruhout the continent There was also the acadeinally it was a place for scholars to gather, but when anyone realized it also gathered students to educate

Right now it boasted a popularity that gathered the young nobles of the royal capital Centralle and the regions to it

A girl as attending such acadehter of Circry House, a capital noble

Her light green wavy hair was cut at even length around her shoulder The color of her eyes was the green of fresh verdure with a tinge of blue rather than norreen And then her well ordered face and body style that was char even from the view point of the same sex were the object of adoration of the acadeh, Miranda's popularity didn't come only from her beauty as female

Circry House had no son, only three sisters

In other words, if sohter Miranda, it would be possible for the men ere unable to inherit their house approached Miranda with such ulterior e classroom with the seats placed in a stair shape

When the class was over, Miranda put all her things like her textbook and so on into her bag and stood up The girls iathered around her

「Mirandsan, how about drop by soo shopping with o with athered around her when she was at the acadeue smile and refused their invitation with her usual excuse

「I' at honed so I'll have to do the housework I have to go hoirls went 「Ee~」 with a disappointed expression

There, it was the boys who gathered around this ti shopping you will need soht?」

「Me, ht now Mirandchan!」

「You just shut up Here it should be sotheir appeal

Miranda responded with a smile even toward those men

「Thank you But, I will be fine by myself」

Miranda said that and left the classroo in the corridor

(Oh no I have to return to get it back)

She returned through the path she passed Then she heard voices from inside the classroom when she approached the entrance The men and wo in irritation

「What's with that woh I've taken the trouble to invite her」

The girl who approached her with a sruntled voice

「Even though I'et close to her because of the authority her Circry House has Without that there is no way I'll call out to that kind of woue

「Chih, you all are getting in the way I need that woman in order to rise in the world! Circry House is a proper house that holds a wonderful position If I can marry into that house, then even I」

There was only the six people who approached Miranda just now re inside the classroom

「But you know, that woman's little sister, her eyes cannot see isn't it? They said that it was because of accident but, it seems the truth is she cannot see since she was born you know? Isn't that a probleed into Miranda's little sister──Shannon

One person, a po while he started talking with a know-it-all air

「The third daughter huh The house where the two are living is originally a house to lock up the third daughter there It's a truth that the Circry House wants to hide」

Miranda bit her lower lip when the topic of Shannon came out

(Even that child……that child hasn't done anything wrong)

noble, and then status, position All those things becaet chased out from Centralle to Arumsaas But, if she wasn't born in Circry House, it would also be doubtful whether Shannon would be able to grow until this age safely

It could also be said that Shannon was able to survive because of the power of the house she was born into If she was born in a poor house, she ht away after she was born

「Aren't you knowledgeable?」

「I asked ed that it will be also beneficial for ive up Actually I also have a plan──」

「Stop jesting! A third son like me needs to marry into her house in order to prove myself to my house!」

The reason why the men approached Miranda was clear It was simply because they wanted to marry into her house

Their ai more than an extra

(Well, I'm already aware of it──)

In the academy there was also a lot of students who didn't coround, but fundamentally the majority of them ealthy Because of that many of the men who approached Miranda had similar reason with them

But, perhaps they didn't think that they would be able to marry into a viscount house so suddenly that soet introduced to her little sister

Their objective was to ht position as noble or raising their prestige toward their house

(Well, just that is still cute co ruckus were still in the cute category compared to the men from that kind of wealthy house Previously there was even a son of a e proposal to her little sister as though he was talking about business discussion

Besides, Miranda was also a daughter as born to a noble house

(noble can be as they are exactly because of their house I can't criticize them)

She had no intention to reproach the six people inside the classroouessed their circu anything──

──The house of Circry sisters

Waiting for her big sister's return was the third daughter of Circry House, Shannon Circry

She earing red clothes Her wavy light purple long hair had been cared really well It was beautiful

Her norht now

Shannon was alone inside the house She was hu at the sa The teapot that was placed on a s by itself and pouring tea into a cup

With her hands that rapped in arloves, Shannon rhyth on with her fingertip She had slender body and fair skin, but the figure of an epheer of her right hand touched her lips She stopped hu after tea was poured into the cup and took a deep breath She see to the ceiling lost its shi+ne and returned to the yellow color

Inside the dily for the cup She then grabbed it with both her hands and brought it to her ht」

She drank tea while reirl called Shannon couldn't see by birth

But, due to a certain incident as the impetus, she obtained eyes that could see ”the flow of mana” that huo

「……It's already three years since that day」

A really bitter emotion could be felt from her low voice Shannon who harbored such deep frustration remembered what happened that day really clearly even now

「Soon……it'll be soon」

At that ti in the o

Shannon was passing the time in her room like usual

She couldn't see by birth, but they told everyone that it was caused by an accident in order to hide the fact

Shannon's mother ihter Doris thought that Shannon stole their ainst her Because of that her attitude toward Shannon was extremely bad even when theythat could excuse Doris, at the ti and at the peak of the period when she wanted to be spoiled by her parents

Her mother was also kind and the household could be said as har birth to Shannon Because of losing the h the fire had vanished from Circry House

The current head of house, Miranda and Shannon's father deeply loved their mother Because of that he was co a neife

Only the eldest daughter Miranda as being kind to Shannon For Shannon, Miranda was a big sister who could do anything that she was proud of She was also like a mother to her

One day it happened

At the tiht that the constant daily life would continue forever

「An iuest will come soon You have to attend the party too」

Her father told her that

An iuest would come to the mansion of Circry House Shannon who usually wouldn't be allowed to come out from her room was told to come out in front of everyone only for that day

Shannon was feeling embarrassed but happy of that

(Wha, what to do? I cannot see, so won't Iup will be……)

From the perspective of Shannon as usually put at distance by her fanized by her fauest would be someone important She asked Miranda many times what she should do so that she wouldn't blunder

「Onee-saht even if I show up?」

Miranda wared Shannon

「It's fine, Shannon Besides, I'll also help you out」

Doris seemed to be dissatisfied, but it was their father who decided to make Shannon attended, so she couldn't say any co forward to participate at the party to welcouest into their o outside after this? Not just to the garden inside the mansion, but outside……)

For Shannon as half forced into a life of house arrest, it was a really ful day

It happened at the day of the party

「Welco the hall of the h preparation was conveyed even to the blind Shannon through the atmosphere The servants inside the uest elcomed──

「Wonderful I'm really pleased to receive the invitation」

「Truly If it's the invitation of Circry House that has tie to us, then there is no reason to refuse Now, ”Celes” too, give your greeting」

──It was the count house Walt House

「Nice to meet you, I am Celes Walt I have heard from my parents about my lord viscount It's a pleasure toHer father replied to it with a gentle voice that he had never directed to even his daughters Shannon felt slightly jealous at his father's reaction

「What a pri about, so perhaps it will be better to call her a princess then」

Shannon couldn't really understand what her father said about princess

While she was thinking about the reeted Count Walt, his wife, and Celes in turn

And then Shannon's turn cairl is?」

Celes interrupted when Shannon was going to give her greeting And then she approached Shannon and brought her face closer The scent of stranger that she wasn't used to sht in front of her

(Wha, what!?)

She didn't knohat she should do to deal with the sudden occurrence Celes sighed while she was feeling bewildered

「──What, this is boring She is just a garbage」

Shannon was shocked Shannon as shut inside the mansion until now had never really came into contact with other people, but this was the first tiht to her face

「……Eh? Ga, garbage?」

When Shannon tried to look for help from the people around her, she felt the presence of Miranda approaching

But, the people other than her agreed with Celes's words and showered Shannon with scorning laugh

「Shannon, it's alright Let's leave this place with me」

Miranda whispered to her ear and pushed her wheelchair They left the venue like that When her back was turned to the venue, she could hear various voices froood」

「Yes, Otou-sah she was scolded for a save her

「Well, it's fine then」

「That's right Besides what she said is the truth」

「However, the house head too, why did he show that kind of child in front of everyone?」

Her relatives and others, her fareed with Celes and speaking ill of Shannon

(Why……why!)

Miranda pushed the wheelchair as fast as she could to retreat from that place in a hurry

At the end, she could hear her father's voice

「No, I apologize for ……I a in order to raved into Shannon's chest

Tears were falling out in large drops

「Shannon? Are you okay? Let's return right away to your room」

Shannon forcefully stopped the wheelchair, then she inally could walk by herself But she was sitting on a wheelchair simply because she was told to do that

「Shannon, it's dangerous!」

Miranda talked to her in panic with her hand reaching out, but even that felt irritating to her Tears were overflowing in large drop and then frustration welled up inside her

The treater and sadness

(I……in order to receive this kind of treatment I……if only, someone like me, wasn't born!)

After that she didn't kno she ed to somehow return to her room

But, her body remembered the structure of the mansion After she entered the room and closed the door, she buried her face into the bed and bawled

She cried, and cried……and then, Shannon lifted her face

「……What?」