episode_0289

Arina suddenly blinked in surprise.

Although she was momentarily flustered, she soon calmed down.

“Flora. You shouldn’t take sides in this. You have to separate public and private matters.”

From the moment she heard the sounds of fighting and saw Karsene standing there, Arina had already come to her conclusion.

Yeah. Honestly, isn’t it too obvious?

Given the circumstances, who would be at fault?

‘He must be the kind of kid who can’t get rid of his habit of throwing punches no matter where he goes.’

It was clear that Karsene, a true and illustrious scoundrel, was at it again.

Although I didn’t get to see the whole situation because I arrived late, I got the feel of it just by listening to the general conversation.

Arina explained her feelings to Flora again and again.

“Even if it were me, I would have stepped forward if my brother had been beaten up for no reason. The same goes for that article. Right?”

Arina, bending down, strokes Flora’s head.

“Flora, go back first. I’ll take care of everything and then go back.”

If I had said this much, the smart youngest would have understood.

No matter how young he is, he is different from Karcein.

however.

“No!”

Contrary to expectations, Flora screamed again.

“Carcein… really didn’t do anything wrong. He just got beaten up unilaterally…! It wasn’t my sister’s fault!”

“…”

“It looks like they’re hitting each other, but… that’s not true. That guy was the one who tried to use his mana first in the end!”

Arina’s eyes closed tightly at the sight of Flora earnestly pleading.

‘Flora never acts this way. If she wants something, she’ll just throw tantrums at Nana, Claire, and her mother.’

And yet, Flora is acting like this.

“Carcein. You’d better answer straight.”

His sharp eyes turned towards Karsine.

The blue eyes shone brightly.

“What did you say to Flora?”

“Big sister!”

“If you tried to use the problem you created to lie by dragging Flora into it, I won’t forgive you.”

At that moment, Flora’s breath was caught in her throat.

‘What the heck, what the heck are you talking about, big sister!’

The other person is lying.

Carcein was just hit unilaterally.

I’m just a victim.

If I say something like that… it’ll just end up being Karsin using me to lie…

“Ah. I got caught.”

what…?

“Oh. Right. I was going to lie. I told Flora to say that too.”

“No, no…! Cough! Cough, Cough!”

Flora shook her head desperately in place of the voice that wouldn’t come out.

What does that mean?

You never did that. You never asked me to do anything!

‘But… what if I say something like that? Then, then you really…!’

At that moment.

Flora ended up looking at Karsine’s face.

On his face was that eerie smile I had seen before.

***

“Whether it’s probation or whatever, you decide for yourself.”

“…what?”

“You won’t listen to me anyway, right?”

After saying those words, Karsain threw something at Arina and left.

It was none other than the gloves worn by the opposing knight’s younger brother.

“Gloves…? They’re not Carcein’s.”

“That, that! That’s what I asked for the sparring in the first place.”

“You asked for a sparring match?”

“Yes! I… I thought I had to follow him because he was a knight…”

“That story. Tell me in detail.”

The knight’s younger brother, who had a bad feeling, stepped forward and began to explain, and from this point on, the conversation suddenly began to take a strange turn.

“So that’s what you’re saying? My brother also went to Karsain to ask for his teachings, but you responded too harshly?”

“Ma, that’s right. Otherwise, why would my gloves be in Confucius’s hands? Ha, haha…”

“…That kid, really. He doesn’t know how to control his strength at all. Even if it’s a duel, if someone is less skilled than you, you have to keep a straight line.”

“That’s right! Anyway, that…! There was a misunderstanding. My brother only saw me get hurt. T-True, brother?”

“Oh, oh, oh! Right. Ahem. I got angry for no reason because my little brother got hurt…”

Still, perhaps because she thought it was strange, Arina looked at the two people and the gloves and continued asking a few more questions.

Then, eventually, the question arose whether it was not mutual fault.

This incident is clear, even though Karsine is the victim.

Flora, unable to bear it any longer, shouts again in a hoarse voice.

“I told you it was a lie!”

“…”

“Why don’t you believe me? Those two people are both lying. They’re the ones who harassed and beat Karsene!”

“Flora. As I said before, you have to separate public and private life.”

As Arina sighed and repeated the same words, something inside Flora felt a surge of anger.

“I hate you, big sister! I don’t even want to look at you!”

The older sister I followed so closely.

It was the most hated moment in the world.

Flora, who left the place sobbing, could not hold back her anger.

This guilt was so bitter, because she was the one who falsely accused Karsain more than anyone else and lied to him.

In front of such Flora.

Someone is coming.

“Flora? What’s wrong? What happened?”

Another family came looking for her with nicely groomed pink hair.

No. He was the only person I could confide in about how I was feeling right now.

“Little sister. Help me…”

With tears streaming down her face, Flora asked Claire.

***

Claire calmly reassured Flora.

After he seemed to have calmed down a bit, I approached him cautiously and started to ask what had happened.

“I see. My sister is Karcein…”

I have a rough idea of how things are going.

Karsine was beaten unilaterally by the knight.

Just as I was about to show up and ask about the crime, Arina showed up.

Originally, I should have been able to convict Arina at this time…

Rather, as if they had been waiting, they made the mistake worse and covered up the truth.

If Claire had been in the same situation right now, she would have shouted like Flora.

‘Sister… Yeah. She was weird back then too.’

Clearly, it was not Carcein who should have been suspected first, but the other party.

Even if you readily admit to having done something wrong, you still have to check and move on if there are any strange parts.

But at the time, the truth was almost covered up by focusing only on Karsain’s mistakes.

Perhaps this time it will be the same.

It was clear that my sister didn’t even try to listen to Karsine.

Claire, trying hard to suppress something boiling inside her, let out a deep sigh and asked.

“Flora. Can I speak a little more calmly?”

Flora hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

“I don’t understand why Karsin did that. However, if you just keep saying that the other person was wrong, it will only be more toxic. It seems like you’re assuming that Karsin was wrong.”

“Then what should I do…?”

“We need to find evidence. That Karsin was unilaterally attacked.”

“Evidence…?”

“Yeah. You have to calmly prove with your own hands that Karsene did nothing wrong.”

I know it’s impossible.

If you ask a fourteen-year-old girl to find it, there’s no way she’ll be able to figure it out.

Even Claire had to send out several people to investigate the authors of the insults directed at Harnier within the company.

But even something small is fine.

If I wanted to clear Carcein’s name, I had to catch that.

“Even if it’s something small. Think of something─”

“…Little sister. I think I know.”

“Huh?”

Claire tilted her head, still seeming suspicious.

Soon she got the hang of it too.

Flora is currently studying medicine and pharmacy with Shayden.

If Flora, who had to find and uncover each and every minor symptom among the numerous diseases, discovered something…

That would have been irrefutable evidence.

“Should we go catch the criminals?”

“Yeah!”

It was time for the truth that Carcein had hidden to be revealed.

-Tiring!

▶Claire develops a crush on Arina.◀

▶Flora develops a crush on Arina.◀

▶Episode VI. Perfect Clear Conditions Satisfied.◀

***

“I wish we could just let it go since there is a reason for mutual negligence. You would agree, right?”

“Yes, yes!”

“Thank you, Princess Arina, for lending me the current issue.”

The brother answered briskly and politely.

But their true feelings were different. While Arina was away dealing with the case, the two brothers whispered to each other.

‘Ugh. Bro. It’s a shame, but does that Karsain have to pay for our treatment?’

‘That’s right. Your Highness said the same thing. She said she would have Karsain pay the bill directly.’

‘Brother. Then shouldn’t we charge a little more? I feel like this is a loss for us.’

‘Oh my, are you really full? That money alone is enough to spend at the casino! Besides, considering what almost happened because of Princess Flora earlier, it’s right to withdraw now, huh!’

The two are barely holding on to the family name that is in decline.

He had to pay off his debt somehow, and to do that he had to settle for a quick splurge at the casino.

“Let’s run away slowly. Okay?”

“Okay, bro.”

But at this time.

An unexpected situation occurs.

-Wow!

“Ugh, eww?!”

“Flame magic…?!”

“Where are you running away to, you motherfuckers.”

Claire grabbed both brothers tightly.

After that, the body is fixed by using a magical tool to bind the body.

“Claire. What are you doing?”

“…Sister.”

“Let those people go. I don’t know what Karsain said, but it’s over.”

Arina’s arrangement would be like that.

So, Claire responds directly.

“Look straight ahead, Sister. Is this Carcein’s fault?”

“Claire. You too…!”

“Flora! Check it out.”

“Hi, Eek?!”

“K, Princess Claire?”

“Yeah!”

Flora begins to diagnose the wounds of both people.

In those lively eyes, not even a single dot was missed.

“As expected, you came here to harass Karsine…!”

The time of proof has begun.

***

The results came out soon after.

The result was a one-sided assault, not mutual negligence. And it was Karsine who was at fault.

The blood scattered here and there from the fight only belongs to two people.

Based on that, by using a magic tool to analyze the blood and bleeding amount of the person who had been frozen first, it was revealed that Karsine had initially been one-sidedly assaulted.

“Since Flora said so, I can’t just ignore it. If you unilaterally fanned me for a few minutes, it’s just you venting your anger, right?”

“Oh, Princess Claire!”

“Now we all see a single knight from a humble family climbing up to the Bagrand Duke’s house. Do you think we looked really funny?”

“Oh, Princess! I was wrong. Just once, just once, please show mercy…!”

“Take me away! Tell Mom that I will never compromise!”

““Yes!””

Now, the families of the two brothers may even have their names erased.

The two brothers were taken away by the soldiers. Only the three sisters of the Bagrand Dukes remained.

Arina, with her eyes blank, remained silent for a while.

Claire asks Arina another direct question.

“Why does Sister hate Carcein so much?”

“…what?”

“I know this for sure because of this incident. It was the same when I released someone and heard Karsene badmouthing his fiancée. Whenever something happens, you always assume Karsene is at fault. Am I wrong?”

“…”

“And about those gloves. Actually, they were the ones that Karsane used to wear back in the day. They didn’t fit, so I thought they were his, but they actually took one of his gloves away.”

Arina’s heart sank when she heard those words.

“I… don’t know anymore. I don’t know why my sister is like that. I don’t know why she hates Karcein so much. He’s the one who saved our family, so is it right to hate him so much?”

-Sabak, sabak.

“Or is there another reason to hate me?”

Claire, who was turning around, leaves after saying one more thing in a tone that seems to show that she doesn’t understand.

Flora also looked at Arina with a puzzled look and then left, holding her sister’s hand.

Now, she is left alone.

The Crown Prince’s words play again in my head.

-A sister who feels inferior to her younger brother.

“I… really…”

-Tiring!

▶Episode VI. Cleared the price of those who stand on the high peak.◀

▶All conditions are met, so it is judged as a perfect clear.◀

▶This reward will not be disclosed to the player!◀

■Reward

[ We do not pay for medical expenses . ]

[ Correct arrest will fully recover penalties and greatly increase free action time . ]

[ Arina’s character-exclusive hidden episode has been automatically cleared . ]

▶Arina Bagrand’s intimacy setting has been changed due to clearing the exclusive episode.◀

[ Inferiority complex → ??? ]

[ Current figure: 80% ]

▶Perfect Clear Reward!◀

[ Harnie Theresia will soon learn your secret . ]

***

“…”

In a quiet place, Veneris stares into space.

In fact, he wasn’t staring into space.

I was looking at something exactly.

-Tiring!

“The next prophecy is… that side.”

prophecy?

There is no such thing.

The prophecy that the imperial people speak of is, in fact, nothing more than the contents of the status window.