Cinderella's Brother

The first person to speak was Elysia. The beautiful priest opened his mouth quietly with an inexplicable smile on his face.

 

“It’s been a long time, Prince Eugene. Has it been two years?”

 

Two? Years? What do you mean by that? Have you ever met my brother? Could it be that my brother has been wandering around here?! I can’t believe it?! The older brother glanced at Elysia, who greeted her warmly, and answered in an extremely blunt tone.

 

“Thank you for contacting us.”

 

“Oh my, not much to say.”

 

What, what? Wait a minute, so you’re saying that the person who told that bloody person about my whereabouts was none other than that beautiful priest?! This is ridiculous! When?! how?! Did you use a messenger phrase while I wasn’t looking?! Sister, why are you saying this! There wasn’t much time to wallow in feelings of betrayal. This was because the bastard, with a face more terrifying than that of a lurking wild beast, was glaring straight at me.

 

“What on earth are you doing here?”

 

It was a voice that sounded like it was about to explode at any moment. Ian stepped forward to replace me, who froze on the spot. Ian walked up to his older brother and started making fun of him, as if wondering what was the problem.

 

“Hahaha! This is all because you are not good enough! How upset the child must be…”

 

“Shut up.”

 

“I’m sorry.”

 

“Ray. Come on.”

 

This is truly an order that will send shivers down your spine. Huh. I held on to my pounding heart and looked at the priest with the most sorrowful eyes, but the beautiful priest only responded with a dazzling smile. Huh, sister, why are you doing this?

 

“Why don’t you come here?”

 

“Hey, hey, why are you so cruel? Just calm down first…”

 

“Do I look like shit right now?!!!”

 

Even Ian flinched and kept his mouth shut due to the eerie sound that made him worry that the gorgeous dome ceiling might collapse. Tsk tsk, I knew you still had a long way to go before you could beat my brother. Sobbing. You’re such a useless brat. I felt like I would get hit if I went along obediently like he told me to, but I felt like I would get hit more if I continued to do so, so I moved my steady feet and approached my brother. Oooh, Goddess Pros, take care of her girl. Aesthetic… As I approach, my brother’s face, glaring at me, somehow seems to become more and more cruel. Oh, why again?! You told me to come, so I came! Please stop glaring at me with that scary look that makes people bleed!

 

“Why are you walking like that?”

 

You mean that? Hehehe, I’m really curious too.. Sigh! Are you asking this on purpose?! I’m already scared to death, but you keep insisting! It was then that my older brother, who was glaring at me as if he was going to eat me as I rolled my head, swallowing bitter tears, suddenly stretched out his arm. Then, before I had time to escape, he suddenly grabbed me by the waist with his enormous grip, lifted me up, and set me down as if I was throwing him onto a chapel chair! There was no time to question what was happening. My brother pushed down my shoulder with one hand as I struggled to get up, and then lifted up the hem of my skirt with his other hand! Wow! Brother! What is this! Anyway, it’s really out of line to lift a woman’s skirt in front of others! You idiot, you have no sense of form, I guess you’re not a very ignorant person! …But why is everyone suddenly quiet?

 

Someone made a sound like they were taking a deep breath. When I looked, it was both Elysia and Ian. Chorang is a bastard, Ian. Even so, the priest who has gone through many hardships before birth is asking you to play around with something like this. Sniff. Even when I look at the article below, I find the appearance of my calves quite repulsive. There are a lot of dark red flowers blooming on legs that look like firewood cigarettes.

 

“Ra-Ray. Is this because of that teddy bear you mentioned earlier?”

 

As Ian asked in an unusually serious tone, my brother, who had been staring at my exposed legs with his head down, slowly raised his head and stared at my face. Ugh, from the looks of it, it looks like he only vaguely heard the whole story of the incident, but he didn’t even know that I had been beaten up. I don’t know why that story was left out.

 

“You…”

 

Why, why again?! Is this your first time seeing me hit?! Sobbing. Please, don’t tell me you deserved it here. If my brother said that, I would be completely overcome with despair, and I might even abandon him in my heart. And that seems kind of sad. It seems a bit sad, doesn’t it already seem like my brother’s face is blurry?

 

“Hwaaaaaaa! Brother!”

 

In the end, I cried out in sorrow and hung on my brother’s neck. My brother stumbled as if he would fall backwards due to the sudden weight, but he soon regained his balance and picked me up.

 

“Ahhhh, I didn’t do that, I really didn’t do that, I really didn’t do that! Nooo…”

 

“Ray.”

 

“Kuhuhuhuhuh, I didn’t do that, so why doesn’t anyone believe me? Hi! Bwak bwak bwak…”

 

Now I can’t even tell if it’s an act or sincerity, but hey, let’s just Whoosh whoosh

I’m dying of sadness! The world is dirty and adults are rotten! I’ll let you loose and wail! Let us shed the tears of a warrior in the center of many worlds, O king of the empire! It was then that my brother, who was holding my body stiffly, suddenly tightened his arms and buried his face in my head. I couldn’t even say I was in pain, so I just cried and fell into my brother’s shoulder as I died.

 

“Uuu brother… I don’t want to stay at home, I don’t want to be without you! Ugh! You are so scary! Hi! I’m lonely and bored, whimpering!”

 

“Yes, I understand.”

 

“Me too, me too.. hey! I want to study with you like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, hi! I want to ride horses and do various things together..! Hwaaaaaaa!”

 

“Yes, yes.”

 

Ian and Elysia just looked at us with mesmerized faces. After wailing for a long time, when he had finally calmed down, Elysia, who had been watching quietly until now, cautiously intervened.

 

“Prince, I will cut your leg…”

 

“Please.”

 

My older brother, who answered in a slightly less blunt tone than before, tried to put me down, but I held on tighter, trembling and shaking. Then, suddenly, I felt a strange energy, so I glanced up and saw that Ian was making an unexpected, tearful face, as if he had infected me.

 

“Me too, my little sister…”

 

God, save that helpless idiot. You bastard, survival is at stake for me now! Anyway, in the end, I received treatment while clinging closely to my brother. It’s hard to call it a cure, but anyway, Elysia put her hand on my leg and muttered something, and a blue light seemed to come up from under her, and her pain disappeared! Those ugly scars disappeared as if they had never happened before. Thank you, beautiful sister. With her beauty and sexual power, do you live alone in the world?

 

“I didn’t know you were in this condition. If you had told me in advance…”

 

“Thank you.”

 

“It was nothing. Anyway, Confucius is still the same.”

 

Perhaps because I cried so much, my body felt heavy and weak, like a cloth soaked in water. It’s not that I don’t like the awkward and rough hand patting my back. Thank you, brother. For coming to find me. And most of all, for believing in me. I will cherish you from now on, so should you continue to cherish me like this?

 

“… He might not remember things at that time?”

 

“I guess so.”

 

“Well, that’s how I see it too.. I mean, the kid is so bright. To the point where I’m worried.”

 

I woke up from my sleep to the sound of a loud commotion. Judging from the rattling feeling, I guess it must be a carriage. But where am I sitting..? Oh, I fell asleep just like before, hugged by my brother. When I slightly opened my eyes, I saw two men sitting across from each other in the carriage with their long legs stretched out. One is our elegant brother and the other is Ian. And I was lying on my brother’s lap. As if they didn’t notice that I was awake, the two continued to talk in a low voice. Even if that’s the case for you, it’s kind of funny how Ian and I talk so seriously, don’t you think?

 

“Your father is also amazing in many ways. No, even if the kid did that, there is nowhere else to hit that little guy… Wasn’t it like that back then? I think it will get more serious in the future.”

 

“…”

 

“That girl, I don’t know because I’ve never experienced it, but just like what happened last time, I feel really uncomfortable. I heard she started talking all of a sudden after that kid came?”

 

“I didn’t know you had such a great understanding of children’s affairs.”

 

“I have always had sky-high understanding and consideration.. To be honest, isn’t it strange for you to see it? Just look at the way he clings to you as if he’s the only one he can trust. I’m instinctively feeling a sense of crisis. It’s obvious how I’m spending the whole day at home without you. Tsk tsk.”

 

My brother was silent for a moment. I feel a rough hand playing with my head. Mhehehe, yum, it tickles!

 

“Eugene. What do you want to do next? What do you plan to do?”

 

“Well.”

 

“Anyway, you stupid bastard. Okay, I wonder if you can handle it pretty well…”

 

“By the way, Ian.”

 

“Why?”

 

“You guy. If you talk about adoption to my younger brother one more time, I will kill you that day.”

 

…Ian’s dumbfounded expression is obvious even without looking at it. Even I was speechless. Did that really come out of this human’s mouth? That too seriously?

 

“Wow… hey, you unlucky bastard! “How he loved me when Ray was little!”

 

“Why don’t you lower your voice? And not now.”

 

“Ugh, why didn’t my parents give me a younger sister?”

 

“It’s not me.”

 

I couldn’t get used to it at all and I’m dying. Brother, did you hurt your head? Why this sudden, childish reaction that doesn’t suit me? I wanted to take a nap again. I think I heard it. When I opened my eyes again, I was no longer in the carriage. To be more precise, I woke up to a loud noise that sounded like something was smashing.

 

“Oh my, miss…”

 

Confused, she raises her head and sees Emma’s completely drenched face? Eh? Why am I being held by her aunt and not my brother? At some point… Only then did the surrounding scenery come into view as I looked up in confusion. In the middle of the hall on the first floor of our house, my brother and father were standing face to face, glaring at each other as if they were going to eat each other. The rosewood coffee table between them was shattered, and blood was dripping from my brother’s right hand. My eyes suddenly widened. Was that the loud sound you heard earlier? That wasn’t all. Our mansion’s butler, the old man, was also there with a very nervous look on his face, and even that meant Cecile was there, and she was shaking so much that her brazen behavior from earlier during the day was put to shame. What on earth is going on?

 

“Brother…?”

 

My brother turned his eyes and looked at me when I called without realizing it. To be exact, I saw Emma holding me. The overwhelming feeling that presses down on the air almost takes my breath away.

 

“Didn’t you hear me tell you to take me up there?”

 

“S-sorry, master.”

 

My heart was pounding rapidly and I felt a strange sense of déjà vu that was difficult to explain in words. What is this feeling? I feel like I’ve seen this scene before, but it can’t be…? More than that, my brother’s hand is injured, and I shouldn’t leave it like that… Apparently, my father had the same thoughts as me.

 

“Take care of your hands first.”

 

“Is my hand the problem now?”

 

“Are you out of your mind right now?”

 

“I just wanted to ask you something?”

 

Although they are not raising their voices and shouting like last time, the feeling of intimidation seems to have been doubled. Trembling like an aspen tree, I was carried by Emma like a piece of luggage.

 

“Miss, don’t ever, ever again leave without saying a word, yes?”

 

Auntie Ahyu, it looks like you’re crying again. If you keep doing this, I’ll feel sorry, won’t I? All I can do is nod my head calmly. Even though Emma was sniffling, like a professional nanny, she scooped up my wash and gave me her nightgown. Fortunately, he seemed to think I would fall asleep right away. But as soon as I was left alone, I slipped out and crept up to the railing of the stairs overlooking the hall on the first floor. Did the liver come out of the stomach? I guess so. Hehehe. But what if I’m curious even though I’m scared? As I sat flat on the floor and looked down through the railing, I saw the scene from before at a glance. The deacon’s grandfather was speaking.

 

“Cecil, didn’t you claim earlier that you saw it with your own eyes? Please tell me the situation again. “Isn’t the master asking?”

 

“Well, that’s definitely…”

 

Cecil was so trembling that she could hardly speak properly. Oh my, are you that scary? Well, I guess it would be abnormal to be calm in this situation. My older brother let out a laugh at the sight of Cecil shaking and shaking in exhaustion.

 

“Say it straight. If there is any contradiction in your claims, I will personally hold you accountable, so you must think carefully before answering.”

 

“Sigh!”

 

Hwiyu, my hamstrings are going numb? He seems like a scary person. Brother, no matter how angry you are, you break the table! I guess someone is not a ruthless bastard. As for the father, he seemed displeased with the situation, but he did not stop his brother. Haha, once that murderous older brother starts to cause trouble, it is impossible to stop him, no matter how much he is my father. In that sense, the world is unfair. Sniff.

 

“Do, Master… I just…”

 

“Father! Brother!”

 

It was then that Levina, dressed in a flowing chemise, suddenly appeared. She immediately clung to her father in tears.

 

“Father, Cecil did nothing wrong. Please don’t kick me out. Brother, please don’t punish Cecil! She is like my mother! I did everything wrong. I was greedy for her sister’s doll from the beginning… Please, please don’t punish Cecil. Sigh..!”

 

Yes, well, Cecile was definitely just doing what you told her to do, so it could be said that she is less guilty than you. Sheesh. Rather than that, aren’t you doing this because you’re afraid of being exposed as is?

 

While Levina was crying desperately and clinging desperately, her father looked a little perplexed. On the other hand, my brother still had an eerily expressionless expression.

 

“Brother, please…”

 

“Levina de Tidis. This is not your problem.”

 

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