“sister. “I guess I’m feeling low these days.”
“… … yes?”
I looked blankly at Leon, who was suddenly discussing ki in front of me.
He winced, pulling at his white hair as if he was in pain.
“Why do you look at me like that? “Are you saying I’m not trustworthy?”
“What are my eyes like?”
“It looks like rotten winter snow.”
Just… … .
“Now it looks like a roaring black bear.”
“… … .”
It’s all annoying.
I had just come to the warehouse to look at the seedlings that had been planted the previous day.
Leon, who suddenly appeared and expressed his suffering, was truly strange.
I asked helplessly, looking at Leon, who had started to writhe his body as if asking me to quickly ask him why.
“is it so. why? Why do you feel dispirited? Is something going on these days? “My ancestor suddenly appeared in my dream and asked me to go with him?”
“… … Yeah, like that. Are there people who have such scary dreams? “I still have a long way to go.”
As I watched Leon say that from afar, I noticed something a little different from before.
‘hmm. ‘The dark circles have come down quite a bit.’
Because the entire body is so white, the dark circles appear even more prominent.
“Then I don’t think I was dreaming of my ancestors. “What is it?”
Then Leon looked tearful and grumbled.
“I call them emo because they are cute. “You mean, you used to sneak over every night without your sister knowing and sing a song for me?”
“A song… … ?”
“yes! To grow well, you must first sleep well. So I sang him a lullaby.”
Someone please stop this shit.
The fact that he was my favorite when I read the original in the past bothered me greatly. As I stumbled and grabbed my head for a moment, Leon caught me with a surprised look on his face.
“oh! sister! “The person who dreamed of our ancestors was your sister!”
… … Should I just kill him?
Then, I think I can silence him from saying anything.
While I was deep in thought, Leon started babbling and pointing somewhere.
His long index finger was pointing at the seedlings he had planted.
“Look, those babies started sparkling when I sang to them!”
“… … ?”
What is he talking about now? You have to stop talking nonsense.
I looked at Leon with a sullen expression and opened my mouth.
“Does that make sense? “I guess Leon was looking at something.”
“That’s exactly what I’m saying. “No matter how crazy I am, I know that it’s strange for a plant to suddenly emit light on its own!”
aha. That’s amazing.
I was impressed by Leon’s extraordinary level of common sense. Did you know that he was a fool? It’s really amazing. I decided to raise my evaluation of Leon a little.
Leon must have seen the admiring look in my eyes as he slightly straightened his shoulders and continued speaking.
“That’s why I was wondering if my energy was low these days. sister.”
Phew. He took a deep breath and tapped my shoulder.
“For some reason, I feel like I’m having trouble sleeping. “I’m seeing strange things.”
Phew.
He took another deep breath, cleared his throat slightly, and made a serious face.
“So, Sister.”
It was a face that reminded me of a general about to face the war of his life.
I also became serious and focused on him.
“yes. “What is it?”
“I’ve been thinking about it. The reason I was so discouraged was… … .”
He glanced around and whispered in a very low voice as if he was telling a secret.
“I think it’s because I haven’t been able to eat rice cakes these days. Right? So, hurry up and give me phlegm before the others come… … !”
As if he couldn’t even see my face, which had suddenly turned into a freshly picked radish, he excitedly shouted “Garaetteok”.
But at some point, he fell into the distance.
Kueh! While screaming loudly.
“Hey, you leader. Do you think I didn’t know until now that you came here without us knowing and were fawning over you? We watched it all. ok?”
“that’s right. That cowardly leader. Are you trying to ostracize us and secretly get all the rice cake for yourself?”
“Die, die!”
Puk puk. Puk puk puk.
The black hawks that suddenly appeared swarmed around and started stepping on Leon.
I looked at them with liberated eyes for a moment and then pretended not to notice and left.
As I left the warehouse shaking my head, no one stopped me.
Whew. You shouldn’t talk to anyone at all.
“I have to go see Vanilla, who is leaving soon.”
Thinking that the twinkling light that Leon had seen must have been a false pretext for eating rice cakes, I stopped by the room, picked up Axion, and quickly walked away.
“Axion, shall we go say hello to my sister?”
“Ugh?”
It was to say goodbye to Vanilla, who had decided to attend the ‘Place of Rest’ for the first time with Dazar.
‘Because we decided not to go.’
‘We’ here are the people of Evanroir. Me, Axion, and Cal.
Didn’t you know through your last meeting with Letsey that ‘Reuben’s followers’ appear in the ‘Place of Rest’?
While I was thinking that Axion might be Ruben, the ‘place of rest’.
‘Plus, they say they’re trying to attract people who look similar to me to their side.’
It was judged to be dangerous in many ways.
So, I had already told Dazar that I would not attend. Dazar also willingly agreed to do so.
however.
“Sooooooo! “If you go, you’ll have to go!”
“vanilla… … .”
“Wow!”
I never thought I would face the barrier of vanilla. I looked blankly at Vanilla, who was lying on the floor, shaking her limbs and crying.
“If you and Shion go together, then go for it!”
Dazar, who was standing next to me, had a look of confusion on his face. My face will be similar too.
“This is the first time I’ve seen him get this upset.”
“is it so… … ?”
If that’s the case with Dazar, then that’s probably it.
“Boo… … Wow… … ”
“Ah, Axion.”
As Vanilla cried, Axion also began to cry. Ugh. no! don’t cry!
“Wow… … Wow… … .”
“Uhhhhhh!”
“Guys, wait, okay? Snap, let’s do it. Pop!”
I desperately tried to stop the children from crying, but the crying that had already started showed no signs of stopping. As they left the mansion, I saw Dazaar slightly raise his hands as they cried.
It was a sign of surrender from the loser.
His face spoke.
Do something!
Ugh. In the midst of the chaos, I quickly washed my face and picked up Vanilla.
“Wow… … “Sobbing!”
When Vanilla was suddenly lifted up, she was startled and stopped crying for a moment. Without missing that opportunity, I held her tightly in my arms and spoke to her in the sweetest voice possible.
“Why is our pretty Vanilla crying? “It breaks Zion’s heart when you cry so sadly.”
“Wow, Zion… … ?”
“huh. “When Vanilla cries, Zion cries along with her.”
“right… … . “Sobbing.”
Vanilla seemed to have realized that Axion was crying then, so she pursed her lips and started trying to hold back her tears.
Tears formed sadly on his reddened cheeks. He asked while gently stroking Vanilla’s face and wiping away her tears.
“Can you tell Shion why our Vanilla is so sad?”
“That… … .”
Vanilla lowered her head and hesitated, then paused and opened her mouth.
“Read it from the book. “If you go there, you’ll be fine.”
“I can’t go if I don’t go? why?”
“If you go there, you won’t be family.”
They’re not family. What does that mean?
I blinked because I couldn’t understand Vanilla’s meaning, but Dazar joined in next to me as if he knew what I meant.
“It seems to be referring to the common belief nobles have about the place of rest.”
“Conventional opinion?”
“okay.”
Dazar answered, shaking his head as if he were embarrassed.
“The Place of Rest is the biggest event of the year, attended by all nobles of the empire semi-mandatorily. “The reason it is semi-obligatory here is because of the nobles’ thoughts about the place of rest.”
Strangely enough, even Celia, who was so absorbed in farming that she had little interest in outside work, would attend the Sabbath every year.
Every year, the scene where Silvestein took Celia, who did not want to go, for some reason, remained in my mind.
‘Little brother. If you don’t even attend the ceremony of rest, they will think you have been kicked out of our Viscount Evanroir.’
‘Think like that.’
‘Celia. Are you abandoning your brother like this? Are we going to stop being family like this? huh?’
Still, as an older brother, Celia seems to have been quite weak towards Sylvester. She did, after all, attend the retreat together every year.
And let us not recall the incidents and accidents that occur every year.
“As most nobles attend the resting place, those who do not attend… … “I came to think of them as flawed people who were not accepted by their families.”
Then why are you glancing at me? I looked at Dazar with a sullen face.
“Oh, we are family. Let’s go together. Celia, Sion, Dazar, and I, we’re all family! “Really?”
At that time, Vanilla let out a loud whimper.
yes? Family? Me and Dazar?
Dazar’s and my eyes met at the same time.
