Cinderella's Brother

I could feel the energy of sunlight gently tickling my eyelids. The storm that threatened to end the world last night seems like a lie.

 

‘Hmm, it’s soft. Why does the bed feel softer than usual? I hardly want to wake up. More than anything, I had trouble sleeping last night because of so-and-so …But I was a faithful fire fox of the new country who never misses what needs to be done, so I should get up, right?’

 

Sobbing. 

 

I didn’t have to see off anyone who made me lose sleep. This dirty world… Ugh, whose cold finger is touching my cheek? Was it Emma? Emma was surprisingly a late sleeper. Why did she wake up early today? I pushed up my heavy eyelids, which showed no signs of opening, with all my might, and the next thing that came into my field of vision was a strangely unfamiliar ornate ceiling, a huge window with dazzling morning sunlight pouring in, and a muscular body shining brilliantly under that sunlight. It was my older brother looking down at me. What?! Brother, what on earth is this?!

 

“Are you awake?”

 

…Oh right. I crawled into my brother’s bed last night. Wow, I almost made a huge misunderstanding, right? Hehehe. While I was scratching my head out of embarrassment, the situation around me came into perspective. To be more precise, I realized that I was stretched out in the middle of the bed, and my brother was sitting with one of his thighs pressed against my head. I’m very embarrassed. But brother, it looked like it’s been a while since he woke up. How could he not take off his upper body? Aside from being jealous, I also think it would be quite dangerous if others saw it. Sheesh, even the messy look when he woke up was gorgeous and messy. But why did my arm hurt so much? Could it be that that bloody person…

 

‘Ah, that’s right!’

 

I jumped up. At the same time, with a quickness that was surprising even to me, I pulled down the sleeve of my right arm. It’s a shame that it’s a pajama that covers even the wrists, if it weren’t so… It was then that my brother, who had been silently watching what I was doing, opened his mouth in a slightly quiet voice.

 

“Ray.”

 

“Yes? What, brother?”

 

“By any chance, what did I do to you last night?”

 

…Brother, do you know that the tone of that question was very mysterious? If someone heard it, they might misunderstand it! 

 

Khemhem! 

 

Anyway, I was glad that he seemed to be aware of what he did.

 

“No? You didn’t do anything? Why?”

 

“…”

 

Would you please stop glaring at people’s faces like that? It’s as if I’ve done something seriously wrong and are acting like a fool! Sobbing. It was my brother who was at fault. In the end, I had no choice but to start blowing as loud as I could. I really feel like I did something wrong. It’s unfair!

 

“My brother… um, I mean, it seemed like he was having a nightmare.”

 

“…”

 

“I thought he was in pain, so I tried to wake him up… but then, my brother suddenly grabbed my arm. That’s it.”

 

My brother, who was staring at my face, slowly lowered his gaze and looked at my arm. Thank you for my quick wit…

 

“Look where you are.”

 

“No, that’s not a good idea…”

 

“Let’s see.”

 

…SEE. I was trying to hide it for my own sake, but are you going to keep coming out in such a cruel way, you heartless bastard? I’m scared of you. 

 

Sobbing. 

 

Swallowing bitterly, I had no choice but to roll up my right sleeve. Hmm, well, it’s not that shocking. There is no way that this delicate forearm could be okay since it was grabbed with such incredible human grip strength. I didn’t expect there to be such black bruises. My brother held my hand with one hand and looked at my swollen wrist without saying a word for a moment. Just as I was about to look carefully to see what he was thinking, I heard a heavy sigh.

 

“How did it become like this?”

 

That’s what I’m going to say, you damn brother! Huh. What dream did you have that you tried to break my arm! Why did you call my name! Damn it, what kind of dream was it that you were calling someone else’s name in such an out-of-place, mournful tone? It makes people’s hearts weak.

 

“Brother, don’t you remember what you dreamed about?”

 

“…”

 

If this person didn’t answer right away when asked, he acted like he’s going to eat him, but why didn’t he have an answer? Anyway, it’s as arbitrary as it got until the end. I swallowed my resignation and pulled down my sleeves, but my brother, who had been quietly glaring at my wrist, suddenly blurted out,

 

“I don’t really remember.”

 

“Oh yeah. I guess so…”

 

“I remember it was a very unpleasant dream, though.”

 

The low mumbling voice was strange for some reason, so I looked up at Il-soon’s face blankly. In his cool sea-colored eyes, waves were so strong that they made him feel disoriented.

 

“Brother?”

 

“It was a dream that I would become a worldless idiot.”

 

Aha, my brother is basically an idiot, right? Did he finally realize that? I wanted to say… but I held back because it was obvious that I would be beaten to death if I did so. Instead, I innocently rolled my eyes.

 

“What on earth was that dream?”

 

“…I, you…”

 

“Huh?”

 

“…no. Because it’s just a dream. Anyway, I’m sorry.”

 

Oh, what with something like this? In the past, the person who hit my ass was talking a little too much in his sleep. You know how to apologize and you have come a long way, right? Contrary to my newly happy mood, my brother looked extremely depressed for some reason. Why did this person keep acting like this since last night?

 

“Ahem, I’m fine, brother. He’s not really sick.”

 

In fact, it hurt like hell. Sniff.

 

“Are you really okay? It’s like that in a dream.”

 

I shouted bravely and clenched my fists, but my brother, who was staring at me with an expression that was not only depressed but eerie, suddenly stretched out a hand and cupped my face. Well, what was it? For a moment, I thought he was going to hit me and got scared! What are those eyes again?! Am I even your first mother in 10 years? …Mother … Sorry.

 

“Brother?”

 

“…Oh, sorry.”

 

“Ahaha, it’s okay. But aren’t you going to be late for work?”

 

“What? Oh yeah.”

 

If there’s a way to get my inhumane brother to move faster, it’s probably to mention work. Hehe, you seem like such a workaholic. Then I guess I should try to prepare for the day energetically.

 

“Have a nice trip, brother!”

 

I smile brightly and wave his hand, but our elegant older brother just stares at me in silence again. Oh, boy! Why are you doing this? I’m getting embarrassed!

 

“…I will be back.”

 

“Huh! Come in early!”

 

Then, after stopping several times and looking back at me, my brother finally got into the carriage. Phew, I feel like I’ve been exhausted since morning. Anyway, my wrist is throbbing to death. 

 

Sobbing.

 

Wow, I had a hard time sleeping and my whole body aches. Should we go sledding for a long time? Get on the polished stair railing and slide down. Are you excited to do the same things you did when you were younger? My recent routine was to read or draw all day after seeing my brother off early in the morning, before rushing out to greet him on his way home in the evening (don’t laugh at me), or occasionally catching up with Emma to learn how to do terrible embroidery. Or sometimes he gets caught by Levina and plays hide-and-seek, which is extremely boring. Shit. I guess I’ll have to pester my brother to find a way to escape this boring daily life. Yes, that’s it! I need to pester my brother to learn horseback riding or find something more active to do. It’s not like there aren’t any young girls learning horseback riding, so it’ll be okay if we try to persuade them somehow, right? I guess so? I was spending a peaceful time rolling around, making elaborate plans, but I couldn’t overcome the drowsiness that came over me, probably because I didn’t sleep well the night before, and decided to take a quick nap. To be more precise, I fell asleep with my legs stretched out in an armchair on the sunny balcony where I was painting.

 

“…huh… sniff…”

 

I woke up from a leisurely nap to the sound of something loud. It looks like he fell into a fairly deep sleep in a short period of time. I even had a dream about the time when I had just enlisted in the regular army. It was a dream so vivid that the reality of me being in the body of a girl felt unfamiliar. But who is sobbing? Is that you, Levina? What’s going on again? Judging by the clear sky, it looks like he didn’t fall asleep very long. I was sleepily stumbling down from the armchair, but one of my legs was numb and I had to flop around for a while. Aaaah..!

 

“What on earth happened?”

 

…Hmm, this is the voice of our mean father? Why did you come home so early? As soon as I left the balcony, tapping my tingling leg with my fist, everyone there’s eyes were fixed on me at the same time, as if we had made a promise. Hehehe, okay, these gazes, something like worship… Oh, this isn’t it. Wake up, wake up!

 

I was shaking my head trying to come to my senses, but then I felt something was a little strange. The scene of Levina crying, clinging to her father was not that unfamiliar, but why was my father staring at me with such a strange, indescribable look in his eyes, and why were all the employees there? Hey, is it really because I took a nap that this evil started? People can take a nap and sleep at night. Why are you looking at me with such wonder? While scratching her head and looking around, her eyes suddenly met Levina’s. As soon as that happened,

 

“…Hwaaaaa!”

 

…No, this bitch? What’s the reaction that makes you feel like you’ve seen that monster? What did I do! I soon found out why this mysterious phenomenon was occurring in the large joint. To be more precise, I should say that something extremely inhuman rolling around among the frozen humans caught my eye. So… what was there was a teddy bear. From Ian to me, and from me to Levina. This is the strange teddy bear that was passed down. It was a bit embarrassing to call him a teddy bear now. I don’t know who did it, but the beaded eyeball had fallen out and the neck was torn in half, with all the contents sticking out. The stomach was also split open. I felt sorry for that sight and also felt a little creepy, so I asked curiously.

 

“Why is he like that?”

 

There was silence for a moment. My voice just sounded a little funny, but it’s still very embarrassing to see everyone looking at me with such blank faces. Even if they are our new-breasted employees, if even my father looks at me like that… Then, finally, my father opened his mouth. My father said with a stern look in his eyes, as if he was insisting that he would no longer be able to control himself.

 

“Ray.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“What on earth were you thinking?”

 

That’s right. But what is this feeling of déjà vu that comes like a wave? I shook my head once again and looked at the poor Gomtaeng who was lying on the floor and being horribly mutilated. Wait, wait, this isn’t what I’m thinking right now, is it? …I guess that’s right?!

 

“I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about?”

 

“You don’t know? “re you saying I don’t know what you were thinking when you did such a… terrible thing?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“I’m asking what they were thinking when they made something that was once a gift into such a state. “If you didn’t want to give it to me in the first place, you shouldn’t have given it to me. What were you thinking…”

 

Only then did I fall asleep as if cold water had been poured on my head. At the same time, my heart was pounding rapidly and a freezing sensation gripped me from my toes to my head. No, why is this body like this? Surprisingly, I’m not that scared right now? Why do you keep giving random automatic reactions and making a fuss? Am I the dog that some wizard experimented with?

 

“I didn’t do that?”

 

Levina cries became louder. At the same time, the sound of her maids whispering can be heard. What kind of new ensemble is this? Contrary to the dumbfounded me, my father’s expression was becoming increasingly hard. Wow, at times like this, I think I understand why my brother is my father’s son. The bloody eyes that make people bleed are exactly the same, right?

 

“You said you didn’t do that…? Even though someone said they saw you do that?”

 

Was I sleepwalking without even realizing it? I don’t remember anything like that. Cecile, who was standing on one side and glaring at the floor with a blank expression on her face, came into my field of vision, as I was completely stunned and stunned. That woman who was Levina’s nanny. As I continued to stare, Cecil reluctantly opened her mouth. Specifically, she spoke to her father.

 

“Apparently, Lady Ray gave that doll to Lady Levina this morning. But a few hours later, while Lady Levina was taking class, Lady Ray came in…”

 

Cecile was shaking her shoulders and covering her mouth with her hand, as if she couldn’t bear to continue speaking. And for the first time in a long time, I felt blood reaching to the tips of my head.

 

“What are you talking about? What is that…”

 

“I saw it clearly. The lady…”

 

“This crazy woman? Did you dream?! Even the bullshit is cool…”

 

“Stop!”

 

At my father’s thunderous words, the surrounding area suddenly became quiet. Cecile flinched, but her eyes were haughtily lowered as if she were innocent, and Levina was crying even louder now. The owner doesn’t have her nanny, right? My father fixed his scorching gaze on me again. And I thought that it would be nice if my heart stopped beating so wildly.

 

“Ray!”

 

“Yes?”

 

“..Whew. Even now, honestly explain why you did that and apologize to your brother.”

 

If you do that, are you saying you’ll make it like it never happened, father? I felt strange. When I glanced at the employees, most of the maids and servants, including Emma, were looking at me with eyes that seemed so pitiful that they felt like they were going to die. What I mean is, with the exception of that mean-spirited Cecil, our solid employees seem to think that I can’t do that. Shit. Of course, why would I do that? Of course, I thought that the doll was Ian and beat it up a bit…

 

“Father.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“I’m not interested in anatomy.”

 

“…”

 

I don’t know how to express the look in my father’s eyes when he looks at me right now. I feel like a knight facing a hungry dragon bare-handed. Sniff.

 

“Are you trying to play with this father?”

 

“No. I am very serious.”

 

A ‘hissing’ sound came out from among the employees who had gathered in a huddle. Ahem, I’m a bit sorry, new-breasted servants.

 

“Ray Genovan de Tidis. Are you claiming that you didn’t do it when there are witnesses who saw you do it?”

 

I felt confident. My father has no intention of believing what I say from the beginning, no matter what I say here or whether there are witnesses or not! Ugh… no! Holy shit! Now that I think about it, why on earth is my father doing this to me? In the past and even now, why don’t you even think about listening to me even once? Dear Father, is that Baekyeo poem so good?! It might have been better to control my mind and faithfully fulfill my current duty (that is, my duty). Maybe it would have been better to just say I did it, apologize roughly, and be done with it. But I didn’t like either one. I didn’t want to lie about something I didn’t do, and I didn’t want to act pitiful to my father, who didn’t even care about the possibility, even if it was to brother.

 

“I am…”

 

“I’ll say it again, I cannot forgive lies.”

 

Right there, perhaps because of a dream I had a while ago about my time as a knight, the blood of the Seventeen Empires boiling inside me went one step ahead of my survival instinct. In addition, I was irritated by the way my body stiffened and convulsed arbitrarily whenever I faced my father. What on earth happened to her and her father that she is causing such a fuss against my will? Therefore, the next words that came out of my mouth could be said to be the most outrageous words that even I could have imagined.

 

“What the fuck… I said I didn’t do that, so why are you all talking shit about me!”

 

…And it would have been better if the world had perished.

 

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Translator Note:

This week we will release extra chapters of this novel. I hope you enjoy them!!

That said, in the original work the author asked the readers t chose the person who did the most wrong and we would like to as you the same 😀

So…

Wo did the most wrong?
1. Ray
2. Levina
3. Eugene
4. The Duke
5. The Writer
6. The translators (we added this his one lol)