Sister, Don’t Marry That Guy – Chapter 18

Chapter 18

After looking around for a while, it was lunchtime, and we shared the food I had packed—the knights carried the basket—together.

Today, the head chef’s skills were amazing as always. Ruben’s face was practically filled with emotion.

If I told him that he could eat this every day, I felt like he would declare his loyalty for life.

After eating, it was time to start training again.

……Even if those guys are knights, even Roy.

Everyone had monstrous stamina. I was envious.

I wish I had just a little more stamina.

“It’s over.”

When I looked up, I could see the sun setting.

Against the sunset, there was one pretty boy, one aloof and prickly handsome man, and a bear.

I smiled gently.

“You all worked hard.”

I quickly handed Roy some water. Roy, who was soaked in sweat, looked delighted and quickly drank the water.

“Then, see you again tomorrow, Oppa!”

After training, I parted ways with Roy. I wasn’t sad since I would see him again tomorrow.

Just as I was waving my hand, I saw black fur in the distance.

Oh, that cat is…….

It was the baby cat I had rescued on a rainy day. I hadn’t seen it for a while, but it seemed to have been wary because there were more people around.

I should give it something tasty tomorrow.

The two knights were sweating, though not as much as Roy.

While one of them went to wash up first, the other would escort me to the mansion, and then they would switch so the other could wash up.

It was the same today. Roinante was walking behind me.

I playfully covered my nose and grinned.

“Roinante, you smell, so don’t come near me.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“What, you’re not supposed to say that at a time like this.”

“Then, how would you like me to respond?”

Having somewhat grasped his personality over the past week, I tilted my head and smiled brightly.

“Say, ‘Even when a handsome man sweats, he smells good,’ okay?”

“……..”

As expected, the aloof and prickly handsome knight’s face contorted.

Ah, he frowned. He frowned. I chuckled.

“Where did you learn such words?”

“A novel? It wasn’t written that the male lead smelled even when he was sweating.”

“That’s… because it’s a novel.”

“I thought Roinante would be like that since he’s handsome.”

Ah, he’s flustered. He’s flustered.

“I am sorry, but I am not pleased to hear such things from you, Young Lady.”

“Why? I’m like, um…….”

I wanted to say pretty, but there are so many handsome and beautiful people in my family.

First of all, my mother is a great beauty, but I must have only gotten half of it. I couldn’t bring myself to praise my own face, so I shut my mouth.

“I would be happy to hear such words from a woman my age.”

“……You’re honest.”

Honestly, I admit that. And this person was a knight at the prime of his marriageable age.

We were exchanging such trivial words when we entered the hallway of the building.

A large shadow fell over me.

A shadow? Why didn’t Rainante stop it? I could understand when I looked up.

“Hey.”

Before my eyes stood my second older brother, Stefan Blackwinter.

“……Oppa?”

It was the first time I had seen his face since I saw him stealing a book from the Head of Family’s office.

For some reason, Stefan’s face was scrunched up. He seemed annoyed.

However, this second older brother usually had this expression, so I tilted my head.

Why is he bothering me again because he’s in a bad mood?

“Where are you coming from?”

“Uh, um, the 3rd Training Ground?”

“Yeah, the 3rd Training Ground.”

It feels like he asked even though he knew. And he has a look on his face as if he did a good job asking.

What’s wrong with him?

“You’ve only been hanging out with him these days?”

“Him?”

“That gloomy guy.”

I immediately realized who he was talking about. Has this guy’s tongue gone crazy?

“What kind of way is that to talk to your younger sibling?”

“Huh? Younger-sibling?”

Stefan severely contorted his handsome face.

The setting sun, shining through the pillars, dyed the only silver hair in this family crimson.

It was quite a beautiful sight, but his face was full of annoyance, as if possessed by a demon.

When I flinched, his expression softened slightly.

“What about you, what about what you’re doing to me?”

“Me? What about me?”

“Tsk…….”

Stefan roughly swept back his silver hair. His handsome forehead was revealed and then disappeared.

He was definitely a pretty boy with a cold aura overall. And like my father, first older brother, and me, he had blue eyes.

“It’s nothing!”

No, if he’s going to get angry, he should get angry, and if he’s going to start talking, he should finish it. I stared at my second older brother, feeling dumbfounded.

For some reason, my second older brother, who had been huffing and puffing by himself, suddenly glared at me. This time, I almost flinched and backed away.

“Here!”

It was because my second older brother had extended his hand. But soon, I relaxed my shoulders when I saw what was in his hand.

“Why aren’t you taking it?”

“Huh? Uh, uh. I, I took it.”

I stuttered without realizing it at his explosive momentum. What is this? As I read it, my eyes widened.

This is a library access pass, isn’t it?

“This is a library access pass, right?”

“Can’t you tell by looking? Your eyes are open, aren’t they?”

“That way of speaking…….”

“What?”

At that moment, a memory came to mind.

“Eek, what, what is this? This handprint?”

“What do you mean, you left it.”

The day I couldn’t speak because of my parents’ fight and fell while bumping into Stefan on my way back.

I got hurt because Stefan helped me up.

“Wow, I’m going to get a bruise tomorrow.”

And the topic of the library came up at that time.

“Yeah. I was trying to get permission to use the library.”

“Why do you need permission for that?”

After thinking this far, I raised my head.

“Hey, with this, we’re even.”

I could see his face, dyed crimson by the sunset. His expression still had a hint of annoyance. But it didn’t look the same as before.

“Th, that arm, what’s with it. I’ll grant you one favor later. Let’s call it even with that! Put some medicine on it!”

I fiddled with the access pass in my hand. It was a slightly unfamiliar feeling.

What should I call this?

“But why don’t you… come to my room?”

“Why would I go there?”

I answered with a pure sense of curiosity to his question filled with pure bewilderment.

“Ugh…… Ah, that. Ah, d*mn it! Never mind! Don’t come!”

No, I never said I would go, but putting that aside, why is he getting angry? Did I ever say I would visit him? I seriously thought about it, but I hadn’t.

Or does he want me to visit him now?

“……Never mind. I’m going!”

But why now?

Before I could say anything, I saw his back already moving away. I stared at his shaking shoulders and swaying silver hair for a while.

And then I lowered my gaze.

‘The library, huh.’

Suddenly, another thing came to mind.

“Aira, you have a talent for magic.”

There must be things about magic in the library.

Let’s go check it out.

* * *

“Were you close with the Second Young Master?”

I looked at Rainante with a dumbfounded expression.

As if to say, how could you come to that conclusion after seeing our conversation just now.

“Is annoyance a form of affection?”

“……..”

I looked at his face, his lips tightly shut like someone who had eaten honey, and laughed out loud.

Because the expression that appeared on his stoic face, not knowing what to do, was funny.

“Seeing you say that, Sir, you’re really blind.”

“That’s not true.”

“Or do you not have any friends?”

At my playful voice, Rainante shut his mouth tightly once again.

This is kind of fun. This guy, it turns out, is someone who is easily teased.

“I have friends.”

“Who, Ruben?”

“Ruben is a comrade.”

I shrugged. It was because Ruben and Rainante seemed very close.

“Hehe. You’re good friends.”

I felt a slight dissatisfaction in the gaze that was steadily looking at me, but I subtly ignored it.

The hallway was filled with a deep sunset. It was a scene I had been seeing every day recently.

It’s the most peaceful day since I realized I had reincarnated.

From the day I made Ruben and Rainante the teachers of our black puppy.

“Sir, how is teaching? Is it manageable?”

I slightly raised my head.

“I don’t think it’s something you’ve done often.”

“That’s not true.”

Just as the sunset was on me, a deep sunset light was covering Rainante’s face like a blanket.

“I have some experience teaching trainee knights and pages.”

The Blackwinter family, a family of swordsmanship and knights.

This huge family, befitting its size, traditionally boasted a systematic training system.

If you were to compare it to Korea, it’s like a national athlete training center, where everything is analyzed and better swordsmanship training and development is prepared.

“Well, Sir, you must have a lot of experience. Looking at your age, you must have gone through a special promotion once in the middle, right?”

“……How do you know all that?”

“It’s just that, I was very interested in swords.”

It wasn’t a complete lie. It was when I was a little younger than now, when I couldn’t remember my past life.

I was scared and lonely in this house where everyone seemed to ignore me, so I held a sword.

But the result was disastrous.

The sword, which was too heavy for me, made my hands bleed profusely,

and since that day, not even a small pair of scissors was placed in my room.

“I only heard that I would never be able to do it.”

A moment of silence passed. When I looked up, Rainante’s expression seemed complicated.

Hmm, I smiled brightly.

“Don’t pity me, Sir.”

“……I didn’t.”

I smiled, folding my eyes prettily.

“It’s okay. I think that the only sword you can hold isn’t the one in your hand.”

I reached out a hand toward the sunset and gently grasped the sun.

I’m really okay. It can’t be helped that my body is weak, but the things in my head aren’t going anywhere.

I have to survive.

And I also heard from Theodore that I have a talent for magic.

In many ways, the situation wasn’t bad.

“How is my older brother?”

I changed the subject for Rainante, who had become overly serious.

Rainante still had a strange expression, but he answered diligently.

“He is amazing.”

It was a short and concise answer. He seemed to ponder for a bit longer, then parted his lips.

“Sir?”

“Young Lady.”

Rainante’s steps stopped. I stopped as well and tilted my head. Why is he like this?

“The Third Young Master seems to be a genius……”