I Don’t Trust My Twin Sister

Strangely, what was collapsing was part of the area where the temple was located. Fortunately, the rest of the place was fine, so we were able to get out without any major problems. When Ian came out through the passage he had opened, he was able to confirm that most of the people trapped inside, including the unconscious grandfather, had been saved.

People thanked me and Ian for saving their families. At the same time, he asked about the whereabouts of the Crown Prince and the Marquis of Akpensia who had gone inside. Should I tell him what happened inside? The death of the crown prince was a huge deal. It wasn’t a story that could be ignored, so I hesitated and Ian received my silence.

“Both of them, including His Highness the Crown Prince, were dead. They probably hit a trap on their way back.”

There was a sigh in his response. People who looked as if the world was broken were probably the forces led by Akpensia Gabun, and people who looked sad were the opposite or people who had no affiliation. Ian left it to people to properly clean up after him. We wanted to leave right away, so we put my grandfather on the wagon, called a priest to treat him, and then left the camp right away.

I was traveling with my grandfather, and after he came to his senses and regained his strength, we traveled in a carriage like this one. As I moved according to my grandfather’s physical strength, it took me over a week to cover the distance that should have taken about three days, and only then was I able to return to Ajstain territory.

The moment I saw Ersia crying while hugging her grandfather who had returned safely, I realized that she had really returned. Ian, who held me as I stumbled, slowly walked towards the room, leaving his family behind. He closed his eyes slightly in his arms. Although some time has passed, the unforgettable voices and screams still linger in my ears. The thought that such a future might unfold tormented me.

He laid his head on Ian’s shoulder and opened his mouth quietly.

“Ian.”

“Huh.”

“He’s talked a lot less since that day. Aren’t you curious about what happened?”

He rolled his eyes and looked at me. I met his eyes and smiled. Ian looked at me quietly and nodded his head.

“I’m curious. To be honest, from the carriage that day to this moment, I wanted to keep asking what was going on. I wanted to ask you to tell me everything from start to finish.”

“But why don’t you ask?”

“Because there’s no need to ask.”

“Why?”

Why? Ian cut his sentence short. He opened my door, entered the room, laid me down on the bed, and then climbed on top of me. I really liked the feeling of the bed pressing against me.

His strong legs lightly touched my clothes. He looked down at me gently from above.

“It’s no fun if you know everything.”

His hand lightly brushed my cheek. I closed my eyes slightly in the warmth. When he opened his eyes again, Ian’s breath touched his nose. I closed my eyes once again at the feeling of his lips pressing against mine. Even if I could say ten words, it was extremely difficult to express any emotion. Communicating your true feelings to others can be difficult even if you try your whole life. However, Ian always conveyed his feelings to me honestly. I am growing up through all of this as a son. We move forward that way as we respond to each other.

I followed his slightly separated lips with my eyes. When I raised my gaze vertically, I saw Ian smiling softly.

“Besides, there’s a character who didn’t appear in the future he showed me.”

“Who?”

“Who would it be?”

Ian’s hand and mine interlocked. His eyes slowly sank. Cook, a small laugh escaped. His lips touched my cheek.

“Born in the future…”

I felt his lips moving. I closed my eyes.

“My child.”

I was happy with everything about him, his soft breathing and warm body temperature, wrapping around me. He lowered his hand and hugged me tightly once again, putting more of his weight on top of me. He smiled, feeling a pleasant weight. All my life, I have been in a position of deciding something at a crossroads of choice. I tried to change my future, which was filled with uncertain outcomes from an incomplete and unstable state. But there was a limit to what I could change on my own.

Twenty-eight-year-old Lawrence, who believed that she was an adult, realized that she was still immature only when she turned eighteen. Who would have imagined that such a pink future would unfold in my life, which had been buried in documents for so many years?

Ian wasn’t just my other half with me. They connected each other with the word trust. It is probably not just a coincidence that a relationship that started with a simple contract has reached this point. Not all choices made in life can be considered right. But one thing was very certain.

“Ian.”

“why?”

“You know what? I’m really good at investing.”

“I know. But why all of a sudden?”

I giggled, held his cheek in my hand, and kissed him lightly. He glanced at the man with lovely ruby ​​colored eyes and grinned.

“Guess what?”

* * *

I put down the document I was reading and raised my eyebrows. Ercia rolling her eyes with a restless expression in front of her made me shake my eyes. What did you hear just now?

She pushed her papers aside and leaned her upper body forward.

“What?”

“Therefore…”

“So does that mean you’re going on a trip alone now?”

Her head jerked up. No matter how open the world is and how romantic relationships between men and women were, I couldn’t help but be shocked by these words that my sister, and her twin sister, spoke mercilessly. A trip, just the two of us! What are you going to do?

Her eyes were slit horizontally.

“When I say travel, it doesn’t mean I want to travel, it means I want to go to my parents’ resting place.”

“That’s it. It’s not a distance that can be covered in one day, so you two can go there… really?”

She slightly covered her mouth and glanced down at Ercia’s stomach. Ercia’s eyes, following her gaze, wavered and then grew infinitely larger.

“Sister! You say it’s not true?”

She didn’t have an accident, did she? Her older sister is getting married, and it wouldn’t be good for you to have a baby sooner than me since you’re not even engaged. Besides, Elsia, it’s a bit awkward to have a child without being married or engaged.”

“It’s not like that! I just wanted to ask for forgiveness.”

“Forgiveness?”

She lowered her head at an angle. Ercia looked at the ground, slightly avoiding my gaze, and tapped the toe of her shoe a few times on the ground. Her Ercia’s mouth slowly opened as she watched her actions with still narrow eyes.

“Sister, before I get married, I want to talk about the past events in person and apologize for my mistakes. Moreover, I want to get engaged to Benson. Before that, I need to get permission from my grandfather, and to do that, I think I need to go and say hello to my mom and dad’s grave.”

Compared to being straightforward, it has quite an emotional side. Come to think of it, I had never thought of introducing her to her parents, so Ercia’s words were strangely persuasive. Moreover, the last time I went to see her, she had a huge fight with Le Sia, so I felt a little uncomfortable. Leaning her upper body back, she leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms. Should I go there with Ian sometime soon? While tapping her chin with the tip of her finger and contemplating, she raised her eyes and looked at her carefully. Clear, unwavering eyes were staring at me.

“Ershia, you’re not going to go and do something strange, are you?”

“What a strange thing to do…”

“For example, building an insurmountable wall faster than your sister…”

“Oh, no?!”

Or maybe not, why are you so angry and why do you stutter? It’s suspicious.

I wanted to say absolutely no, let’s go together, but Ercia is an adult and it’s past time to ask for my permission one by one. Moreover, now that Prince Deoreden and Beralt were dead and gone, balancing the shaky empire was a more urgent matter. I didn’t have any direct involvement, but I was helping Ian with his work, so I was short on time.

Ian said yes, but as the person who would soon become the mistress of the Berdian family, he couldn’t just ignore them, so he was helping one by one. Hmm, she cracked her chin and got up from her seat and opened the desk drawer. Then she took out a small box, placed it on the desk, and pushed it. Ercia glanced at her box, which was pushed right in front of her and she touched it slightly.

“What is this?”

“Open it.”

As she grinned, Ercia studied me with her ominous eyes. This guy, I wonder if I put a bomb in it.

Ercia pushed open the lid of her birch box and opened her eyes.

“Sister. This…”

“This is the Ajstain family’s journeyman that you will use from now on. You have only used mine so far, but from now on, as a member of the Ajstain family, you will also have to make numerous decisions, enter into contracts, and manage. Each time, you can’t ask me to gve you the seal.”

Ercia looked at her journeyman with a blank expression on her face, then she quickly turned her head and looked at me. Her eyes looked quite urgent.

“Sister, what are you thinking? You said you made a journeyman…”

She stretched out her arm and covered Ercia’s warm cheek with her palm. As she smiled, Ercia’s eyes became even more impatient.

“This means that the Aztain family’s successor is now Ercia.”

“But…”

“As you know, there are many forces that are wary of the Ajstain family’s wealth increasing within the Berdian branch. The imperial family and even the Senate want a family that can be controlled to some extent, and do not want a power that has no means of control. There is truth in their opinion, so it’s right for me to leave this position.”

“Sister, but there is no need to suddenly change the successor like this. You have been doing something for so long…”

“Besides, I’m tired.”

She placed her butt back on her chair and leaned back. As she sat back and looked at her ceiling, many things somehow passed through her mind. Starting from the betrayal in the past to what happened with Theses.

She pushed away the fleeting fragments of memory with her hands and exhaled.

“Of course, that doesn’t mean I’m giving up this position right now. Ercia, if you don’t meet the qualifications for the position, I’ll take that job back, and just because you’ve settled into the position of successor, I won’t get out of all Ajstain family business. I’m not saying I will, but I will continue to manage the things I have done and managed.”

She lowered her head again and looked at the seal in Elsia’s hand. I knew very well what that little ring and seal meant. Around this time 10 years ago, I also received a seal and carried Gabun on my back. 18-year-old Lawrence, who was constantly trying to protect her family in a twisted situation, turned around and found herself back in this position again.

Considering the years of hard work to maintain this position, it seems like it would be too easy to let go. But I wasn’t giving up on myself. There is something I want even more than being the owner of Gaboon.

“I think it’s putting a burden on you. There may be times when it’s hard and you want to break down. There will be times when things don’t go your way, and there will be many times when you’ll be upset because people don’t follow you as much as you thought. But if it piles up one by one, you’ll find yourself in the position of the head of the family. You will lead the family well.”

It is the embrace of family that I can embrace when I am tired and want to return to rest.

Even though I said this, the family was no longer worried. From what I’ve seen from the side, Ercia’s abilities are better than I thought, and she could surpass me in the next two to three years. So it wasn’t a waste to give up this position.

I turned my chair around and looked at the blue sky outside the large window and closed my eyes slightly. It felt like the blue sky was spreading across my eyelids. He pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled.

“The decades that Lawrence Ajstain spent trying to protect her family are over. So now I want to live for myself. I want to get the things I want and be with the person I love, so, Ercia.”

She looked at her sister’s shaking eyes and smiled thoughtfully. After the red sunset, the night with the morning star visible and the pitch-black darkness, dawn was finally coming.

My story wasn’t over.

“Sister, I’m getting married.”

Now I felt like Lawrence’s true story was beginning.

-End-

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Translator Note:

FINAL CHAPTER HERE!!
There are several aditional chapters, but sadly I won’t be able to translate them. Thank you so so much for following the story until this point. See you in another novel!