Sister, Don’t Marry That Guy – Chapter 51

Chapter 51

“No, it isn’t.”

“So, are you here to give me a warning about what you’ll be doing from now on?”

“……I don’t know why you see me as such a heinous person, but that’s not it either.”

“Well, rather than heinous, it’s more like you’re doing your job, Sir.”

“It’s not my job.”

“Huh?”

I blinked my eyes wide. Rainante took a step closer.

Then, I saw two large backs in front of me. No, two young boys’ backs, still small to be called large.

I felt strange looking at Roy and Stefan’s backs.

“It’s okay. Roy, Stefan Oppa. What are you talking about, Sir?”

Roy and Stefan slightly stepped back, not letting their guard down towards Rainante.

Rainante took another step forward.

“Reporting today’s events, I mean to say that it has become no longer my job from a little while ago.”

“I don’t know what that means. Can’t you explain it in an easy way? I’m still young.”

“Of course. I’ll explain it very briefly and easily.”

Rainante knelt down on one knee. At the same time, our second meeting came to mind.

The feeling when I met an adult who didn’t avoid my eyes for the first time.

“I’m saying that I want to entrust my life to you.”

My eyes widened. My mouth opened on its own.

“……At this moment? No, isn’t that too brief?!”

“I see. Then, I’ll tell you again.”

I was clearly looking up at him, but somehow, I felt like I was looking down at him.

It was because of his excessively polite and reverent attitude.

“You said that even if my position, everything I’ve built up, might collapse, you can’t ask me to go with you.”

A calm voice.

“So, if I am now prepared to throw everything away, will you take me in?”

At this moment, my eyes trembled slightly.

I was always composed, but even at this moment, I couldn’t be composed.

……Why?

“I will unconditionally follow Young Lady, I will be by your side even if my life ends.”

His vow towards me, while supporting his sword on the floor, was the vow of a knight that I knew, even if the place was like this.

I moved my lips.

Let’s think rationally. This man is a capable knight.

‘In a situation where even one person is lacking, it’s good if I can gather people on my side.’

But thinking about the path I have to take, I also wanted to give him a chance.

Roy, that annoying Stefan, and I, we had to go down a difficult path because our destruction was predetermined.

It was to survive and live a better future.

But it bothers me to bring in someone whose bright future is already promised…….

This is honestly because I liked this knight’s kindness and gentleness.

“Sir, you say you’ll throw it away, but are you really okay with the possibility of your path to success being blocked for life?”

“It’s okay.”

“You could die.”

“It’s okay.”

“Really? Even if you die, I, who gave that order, might live. I’m a direct descendant, and you’re a knight.”

“Yes, it’s okay. It’s a vow that even if I die, I will die by Young Lady’s sword.”

“…….”

I raised my gaze. Rainante’s eyes were unwavering.

Come to think of it, this knight was quite stubborn.

“Come to think of it, while giving my vow, I should also tell you this. Usually, when joining the Black Knights, it is customary to hide or abandon one’s surname, but in this case, since it’s the point where I’m reintroducing myself as Young Lady’s person, I have something to say.”

“……What is it?”

I asked Ice for the time in my mind. There was still time left until the escape time.

“My name is Rainante Schvasthein.”

“Uh…… Names aren’t important in this situation, uh? What did you say?”

Wait a minute, wait a minute, what did you say? I froze in place.

What, did he just say Schvasthein?

Wait a minute. Why is this name coming up here?

Whether I said anything or not, Rainante nodded.

“That’s right. My name may not be important, but when you accept me, there are things related to my surname that I need to tell you.”

His voice became even more serious.

“I am one of the two survivors from the village that protects the 8 legendary swords of the ancient era. Among them, I protect the Schvasthein of the waves.”

“…….”

“In other words, I have a legendary sword that this empire and the continent are desperately searching for.”

……I know it very well. Because the protagonist travels around the continent to find it!

‘What should I say about this…….’

Rainante calmly revealed that the other of the two survivors was his younger brother.

I know who that person is. Because he’s a character that appears in the book.

Schvasthein. As this knight said, it’s one of the eight ancient swords spread across this continent.

But the village that protected this sword was not a place famous for swordsmanship.

Rather…….

‘It was a blacksmith village there.’

And if my guess is correct, this man’s younger brother is the outstanding blacksmith who appears in this book.

I quickly realized why this man didn’t appear in the book.

In the book, the Schvasthein is shown to be possessed by this man’s younger brother.

And this man confesses that his older brother died fighting a Count-level demon alone to save civilians.

Saying that his older brother was an extremely skilled knight.

‘He doesn’t give that legendary sword to the protagonist’s companion……?’

Huh, my mouth opened without me realizing it.

If it’s a Baron or Count, they are an existence difficult to catch alone, so if he was alive, he was a great knight.

Only if he was alive in the original work.

‘Huh, this is something, why do people I need to save keep appearing in my life…….’

There’s no reason to refuse.

With this, this man had fulfilled even the part that I was most uncomfortable about until the end.

Rainante was a kind of hidden character in a game!

‘Ugh, this is crazy. I feel like I’ve gotten a windfall.’

……I won’t choke while swallowing it, will I?

No, I won’t be afraid of the future.

After all, I expected that the path I would take would be difficult as many things changed, right?

“Sir, I’m really sorry but…….”

I looked at him and slowly opened my mouth to speak. A brief tension entered his eyes.

“We don’t have time.”

Even this stoic knight gets tense. I smiled brightly.

“So, let’s make the vow in a simplified way. I’ll make a place for you to do it formally someday.”

“……..”

“……You don’t like it?”

“……How could that be, absolutely not.”

“Okay, make the vow here.”

Rainante seemed to look towards the direction where Grandfather was for a moment.

He had a cautious expression for a moment.

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah. It’s okay. I think it would be good to show this scene to Grandfather.”

Well, even though he can’t see it, there’s a chance, right?

“Even if, by any chance, Grandfather is listening, wouldn’t I be a proud granddaughter?”

I looked at the floor and then smiled again.

“Because no one liked me, when he wakes up later, it would be good to ask him to like me a little.”

Although it’s a story for when he remembers the present.

“……..”

Rainante bowed deeply.

Soon, he draws his sword from its sheath. He raises the handle of the sword towards me.

I accepted the sword.

‘It’s heavy.’

The sword was heavy for me to lift.

But it’s okay. It won’t be heavier than my life.

I willingly, lifted this sword and welcomed a new subordinate.

“This is a big deal, Sir. Now you’ve mortgaged your life.”

“……..”

“So, never die as you please.”

For the first time, I saw a gentle smile blooming on his stoic face.

“Yes, my liege.”

* * *

A noisy outdoor banquet hall.

As expected of a place boasted by the great Blackwinter Family, this place was very large and magnificent.

The statue in the center looked as if it would move and come to life at any moment.

“Hahaha, ahahaha! Seeing that they’re still in that state, the Luspen Family has a long way to go.”

“Well, how could they ever catch up with our traditional swordsmanship?”

Someone who participates here would know.

That this grand assembly, where all vassals, branch families, and even the Imperial Family gather, is no longer as solemn as its peak days.

In the center of the banquet hall was a huge training ground.

A man lay tattered in the center of the training ground, the one who had been the entertainment of this grand assembly until just a moment ago.

The place where they pick out a promising knight or a young member from a lower vassal family to have a b*oody fight and call it ‘sparring’ was no different from a dogfight arena that commoners were enthusiastic about.

Some wondered how the acting head of the family, Titan Blackwinter, who had detested such things during his Young Master days, could just stand by and watch this happen.

One of those sitting in the upper seats turned his head and stared into the distance.

“Hehehe, Young Master, so I mean to say……. Young Master?”

Kyle Blackwinter. His blue eyes were fixed on one spot.

Because of that, even though he ignored them whether he heard them or not, the vassals who were talking instinctively became aware and stepped back.

Soon, the owner of this place, Titan Blackwinter, who reigned as the absolute authority in this family, turned his head towards his son.

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah, Father.”

Kyle finally turned his head.

“It’s nothing.”

Kyle shook his head slightly with a very beautiful but sculpturally cold face.

It was an emotionless expression.

“I just thought it was the movement of a fly.”

Titan Blackwinter’s gaze briefly turned to where Kyle was looking.

That place was where his father, the dying head of the family Cronos Blackwinter’s room was.

Titan, who had given a short glance, soon turned his head back.

“I guess so.”

But after his father left his seat, Kyle’s eyes turned back to the same building.

First, he looked at the top, then one floor below, then another floor below…….

Kyle’s eyes shone very coldly.