Big Brother was someone who loved me earnestly. I hoped that he would find someone who would love him as much as I do.
Alexei smiled.
“I don’t care. I never cared about winged insects in the first place. So let go of this hand because it’s going to be hard for me to hear your voice.”
Then he gently shifted his sister’s hand, which had been covering his ear, and placed it on his cheek. His neon blue eyes softened gently.
“Your voice is like that of a strange sounding bird that is said to dwell in the flower gardens of the heavenly realm. They say that your voice is as sweet as the nectar of the gods and intoxicates the soul. Moreover, the words you speak are always gentle. Your voice is the most delightful music to me.”
“Oh my, Big Brother.”
Also equipped for hearing. The Siscon filter has no blind spot!
“That’s awful!”
Keira glared at Ekaterina with eyes brimming with hatred.
“Why are those words not for me? That’s where I belong! Those are the words I’m supposed to hear!”
In her dream, Alexei would have thanked Keira and whispered kind words by her side.
And Keira would have become a duchess, living a life of luxury and splendor surrounded by the highest honor.
“It’s all your fault! You stole my place!”
With a maniacal cry, Keira pounced on Ekaterina.
Ekaterina could not react at all. All she could think about was how Keira’s face, with its upturned eyes, looked just like a hannya mask.
But then…
Suddenly, Keira flew into the air, spun around, and slammed into the balcony floor.
(What?)
Why did she suddenly become a light magician? Was it because she was the daughter of a countess, or was it because she was a light producer?
After a flurry of “weird thoughts” ran through her brain, Ekaterina finally noticed that Mina, the maid, and Ivan, the servant, were standing on either side of Keira.
She couldn’t see them before, but one of them must have grabbed Keira’s arm and tossed her away with a foot swipe. Perhaps.
“Young Lady. I apologize for giving you a scare.”
With her usual blank expression, Mina apologized to Ekaterina.
“…I didn’t have the time to be scared. You handled it so quickly and brilliantly.”
The corners of Mina’s mouth turned up just a little as Ekaterina praised her, slightly stunned.
“She’s an outsider who tried to harm Yurinova’s Lady. Make sure she is treated accordingly.”
Alexei ordered, not looking surprised. Unlike Ekaterina, he was aware that Mina and Ivan were escorting them and must have seen their movements.
Mina and Ivan bowed, took Keira by both arms, who was passed out on the floor, and carried her away.
She was a countess, but she was being dragged along with her toes on the floor. Ekaterina felt sorry for her.
As a fellow villainess, she recalled the scene in the game where she was condemned, and was horrified. But then I remembered what she’d done. Ekaterina in the game was better than this, she thought.
Big Brother was there to hug me, after all.
Goodbye, local villainess.
She hoped that neither she nor her Big Brother would have to deal with it again, but she hoped that there would be some sort of redemption for her in the future. After all, she was only fifteen years old.
“Come on, look at the sky.”
Alexei turned his sister’s gaze to the night sky, placing a gentle hand on her shoulder as they turned away from Keira.
“Don’t worry about those people. Enjoy yourself.”
Just then, the first fireworks went off.
“Oh, my, it’s beautiful!”
Ekaterina exclaimed.
She heard that fireworks in the Edo period did not have colors. They were just golden flowers of light, not multicolored like modern fireworks.
But now, the fireworks blooming in the night sky were large blue flowers.
They may not be able to change colors like they did in her previous life, but they seem more developed than they were in the Edo period.
