episode_0007

There was a one-year-old boy in the girl’s family.

The girl was young and ignorant, but she knew what to call the boy.

“Oppa. Risir oppa. I played with Risir oppa today.”

The mother, who had the girl sitting on her lap, looked at her with surprise.

“No? Roera. That kid is not your older brother.”

“Not you, oppa? Why?”

“That child is different from us.”

“Why? Why? Lisir… Oppa, aren’t you part of our family too?”

“Resir…””

The mother trailed off and lowered her head.

A heavy monologue flowed from her mouth.

That’s our family?

Another woman’s child, even-

It was a side of me that I didn’t want to show to my beloved daughter.

“Mom? Are you crying? Don’t cry. I was wrong.”

The mother quickly raised her head and played a joke on her daughter as she cried.

“King!”

Although his insides were still seething, he spoke to his laughing daughter, showing only the side of himself he wanted to show her.

“Resir-”

bastard.

It was too difficult a word for my young daughter to understand.

Either in the literal sense or in the meaning contained in the words.

“Rishir is actually a worse child than Roera thinks.”

“Is Risir Oppa bad? No~ He’s really good to me? He even made this for me.”

The girl smiled bashfully and took out of her bosom a ring made of woven grass.

It was so rough that anyone could tell it was made by the hands of a young child, but the girl was so happy to have it on her finger.

“Isn’t it pretty?”

“…”

The mother, with a dangerous smile, caressed her daughter’s ringed finger.

“Yeah. It’s so pretty. Our Loera. Even Mom would like to try it on?”

The girl hid her hands with a face like she had made a big mistake.

“Uh, if Mom gets involved… Uh… Uh… Ah, that won’t work…? Since Risir Oppa gave it to me…? ”

Finally, the corners of my mother’s mouth formed a pure smile without any worries.

The mother, who loved her daughter so much, stroked her head.

And then, as if remembering something, she took off the necklace around her own neck and put it around her daughter’s neck.

“Wow… so sparkly…”

Even to a child’s eyes, the necklace was more ornate than the ring.

No, especially since I saw it through the eyes of a child.

“Then shall we do this? It’s a necklace that my mom treasures. Let’s trade it for this.”

“… Okay!”

The mother held the ring given to her by her daughter in her hand so tightly that it almost broke.

“Roera. Should I make a promise with Mom? From now on, I won’t play with Risir.”

“Why?”

“I just wish it were so. It’s a request from my mom, so can I do it?”

“…”

The girl looked at her fingers.

Only the faint smell of grass remained.

“Okay. Okay. Because it’s a favor for Mom.”

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“Miss Loera!!!”

“Really- where did you go when you were supposed to be studying etiquette…!”

“No. She disappeared because it was time to study manners. So we have to find the young lady.”

“…!”

What is a walgadak?

It is a synonym for Bendel Loera.

Even those who don’t know the exact definition of Walgadak are the first to think of those three letters when they see eleven-year-old Loera.

Etiquette that every young woman must know.

Loera was disgusted.

Let’s say that it’s possible to do that.

The Bendels were a family that worshipped the gods.

As long as she was good at handling the sword, it wouldn’t be a problem even if Youngae’s dignity was somewhat lacking.

The problem was that Loera was disgusted by even the most basic manners that any ordinary noble should be familiar with.

“Hey, Risir~”

Today too, Roera sneaked out of etiquette class and came here.

Risir’s room located in the main building of Bendel.

The boy was sitting at his desk, absorbed in his studies.

His mother told him to keep his distance from Risir, but he refused.

Risir was Loera’s best friend.

His desk was piled high with books.

These were etiquette books that Roera had thrown away.

“Wow~”

Loera pretended to vomit as she looked at the mountain of books.

Indeed, Yeong-ae’s dignity was like a nightmare for etiquette teachers.

“Rishir~ Let’s do this later and go play with me~”

Loera swung the wooden stick in her hand.

Get back, you villains. Bam bam. Eww.

Books of wicked etiquette rolled across the floor.

The boy sighed and picked up his books again.

I dusted off the paper, carefully folded it, and laid it back out on the desk.

“I’m busy right now.”

“I’m busy too, but I took the time to come~ So, Risir, take the time too~”

“Call me oppa.”

“You don’t like it? Hehe. That’s what the adults said. They said that Rishir was an illegitimate child. I don’t know what it is, but they say that’s why I’m stronger than Rishir? So I guess I’m the older sister. Ahem!”

“…”

silence.

And the sound of a pencil.

The boy tried his best to ignore his sister.

tooth.

Loera sat on the bed in the corner, pouting.

Rolling here and there, swinging the wooden stick around-

The bed was too small a world to contain Miss Loera.

She quickly got tired of it and got out of bed again. Then she lay down on her stomach.

Slowly and stealthily, I sneak up behind my brother.

“I let my guard down!”

Loera’s stick struck the books once again.

Heheheehe.

The younger sister was very excited and waited for her brother’s reaction.

Thud! That was when her body was roughly pushed backwards.

Risir jumped up from his seat and pushed her.

“Oh, you jumped in!?”

It was at that moment that Loera’s eyes sparkled and she was about to take revenge.

“Hey. Go away.”

Risir glared at Loera.

It was a serious look, without even a hint of playfulness.

“…”

Loera hid the invincible holy sword, Tree Branch, behind her body while keeping an eye on the situation.

Then he approached Risir and tapped his shoulder.

“What, what is it? It’s a joke~ Don’t be mad~ Is something bothering you?”

“You. Isn’t it time you learned manners?”

“I ran away to play with Risir~ Three of us. I beat three adults? Hehe. Risir should have seen my manly appearance.”

Risir’s eyes were cold as he looked at Loera proudly telling tales of her bravery.

“Hey Loera.”

“Huh? Should I tell you? Should I tell you?”

“What’s so funny?”

“Huh?”

“These are the etiquette teachers that the Lord invited for you. What are you so excited about? You just smeared the Lord’s face.”

“Why are you suddenly saying something difficult? I don’t think Dad would get mad at something like this.”

puck!

It was a sudden thing.

Risir pushed Loera with all his might. It was a push that was almost like a punch.

“Ouch!”

Loera covered the arm that had been hit and looked at Risir.

By this point, I could tell that this was not a situation where I could joke around no matter how much I said.

“What, what is it… Why are you hitting me… ”

Even though Loera was sobbing, Rishiri didn’t even blink an eye.

Why are you so angry?

There was just one part that I could guess.

“Mi, I’m sorry, Risir oppa… I spoke to you informally… I was wrong, so please calm down…”

Risir tried to aim at Loera until the end.

I was going to instill a hierarchy in him as threateningly as possible, so that he would never mess with me again.

Who is above? Who is a better person.

However, children’s crying is easily contagious.

Ugh. Ugh.

“Rishir said, starting to sob along with me.

“What the heck… why do you like people like me more…”

“Brother…?”

“If I listen better, study better, and teach you swordsmanship, I can learn better. Why do you only like people like me!!!”

“Brother…”

“Get out of here!!!”

Risir pushed his approaching sister.

“Who, who knew that someone wanted to be born as an illegitimate child!?”

“Mi, I’m sorry… I won’t tease you again… I didn’t know that illegitimate child was such a bad word…”

“What are you sorry about!!! What do you know! Get out! Get out!!! I don’t even want to see someone like you!”

Risir threw everything he could get his hands on.

“Ouch!”

As luck would have it, the corner of the book hit Loera on the forehead.

A red line was drawn on the smooth forehead of the girl who was talking nonsense.

Drop. Drop. Blood flowing down the face.

“…!”

Risir’s face turned pale.

“Are you okay, Roera?”

“Ewww!!! I hate you, oppa!!!”

Loera ran out of the room crying.

“I found the lady!”

“I found it! Can’t you see the young lady’s face!?”

“What the heck!!!”

The mansion was turned upside down when the servants discovered Loera crying with blood streaming from her forehead.

A little later.

Risir received a call for the first time in a long while and headed to his father’s office.

A mother cries while hugging Loera, who has a bandage on her forehead.

In front of her, the Bendel family punished Risir.

“From today onwards, you will be staying in the annex, Risir.”

“…Yes, my lord.”

The illegitimate child ended up staying in the annex of the Bendel Manor where the servants stayed.

One day.

Loera came to Risir’s room with a letter.

“Oppa… I’m sorry… Are you okay…?”

“…”

“This…”

Risir tore up the letter that Loera had carefully handed him.

“Didn’t you hear what the master said? You can’t play with a bastard like me anymore.”

“…”

Loera left the room crying.

Since then, the illegitimate child and the young lady have never been together.

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The little girl grew up and became a young lady.

A girl with hair roughly tied back and a rough, cynical smile.

Youngae Loera Bendel.

She was standing at some distance, with her arms crossed, glaring at Risir.

Risir swinging his sword without any sense of shame.

Now his whole body was soaked with sweat.

His sword grip was covered in blood and sap from his swollen hands.

One hundred and ninety-four.

One hundred ninety-five.

Every time the sword moved, a dry, cracked voice followed.

It was about a month ago.

Risir took his place in the parade grounds located in the backyard of the Bendel Mansion Annex and began training.

It starts with those training at the main training ground.

The end is later than those training at the main training ground.

It was excessive training that fit the expression “overworked” perfectly.

Still, Risir was not satisfied.

He increased the duration of his training and the intensity of his training as the days went by.

And so it comes to this day.

If you go to the parade ground of the annex, you can see the figure of Risir who has taken root there.

They spend all their waking hours training and even the time they spend resting when they are exhausted is kept to a minimum.

-As expected. Even if he’s an illegitimate child, is Bendel still Bendel?

At first, Bendel’s disciples laughed at Risir, but in the end, they learned from him.

“Sigh…”

two hundred.

After finishing his training, Risir finally stopped swinging his sword and caught his breath.

“Huh…?”

Risir, who discovered Loera late, approached her.

“Roera. What’s going on here?”

His exhaled breath smelled of blood and sweat, and there was not a single spot on his body that was not soaked with sweat.

But those blue eyes remain bright and look straight ahead.

under.

This was Roera’s reaction to Risir’s appearance.

Loera, who had been watching his series of actions with dry eyes, gave a short snort.

“I just can’t stand to look at it.”

“…”

Risir flinched for a moment at Loera’s blatantly mocking attitude, but tried to maintain his composure.

“What’s going on, Roera? Do you have something to do with me?”

“…”

Roera looks at Risir without saying anything.

A heavy silence flowed between them for a moment.

Just then, when Risir’s eyes seemed to tremble slightly, he opened his mouth.

“If you don’t have anything to do, I’ll excuse myself now. I want to focus on resting. I still have a long way to go before I can complete my training schedule.”

“You want to train more here? Are you in your right mind?”

The corners of Risir’s mouth trembled slightly.

Loera didn’t miss it.

“If you say it like that, how can you be satisfied?”

“…What?”

“This is such a ridiculous performance. How long do you plan on doing this?”

“Roera. Calm down. What the hell are you talking about-”

ha.

Loera let out a deep sigh.

“Are you stupid? No. That’s not it. You’re stupid. You think you’re smart, but you are. Do you really think that person will be interested in you just because you say this?”

“…!”

Risir’s expression hardened.

As if someone had hit the nail on the head.

“Do you know what you’re thinking when you do this? Training? Forget it. The trainees said that you swing your sword all day long in a state of no-mind. But when I came here and saw, what was no-mind? I’ve never seen anyone swing their sword with such distracting thoughts as you. Be thankful that that human didn’t pay any attention to you. No. Maybe he’s already completely indifferent after seeing your mess? ”

“Hey Loera-”

“Oh, you should’ve swung your sword towards me? When I came, your ears were perked up? All your attention was focused on me. Did you think I wouldn’t notice that?”

“…”

“I’m working so hard~ I’m such a good son~ So, Dad, please look at me~ My head hurts from screaming all day long.”

It was just as Rodera said.

Risir knew that his training methods were ineffective.

The main purpose, if not the only purpose, of this training was to attract people’s attention and interest.

Risir’s struggle to gain his father’s approval has been carried out in such a misguided way since some time ago.

“Yes, what do you know!!!”

Risir, whose true intentions were revealed, shouted with a red face.

“I don’t want to know either.”

The atmosphere in Loera, who had been raising her voice, instead becomes cold and somber.

“A guy like you. I don’t even want to care.”

“Then just ignore it!!! In the first place, you- what’s so great about you!?”

“What?”

“If you were in my shoes, would things be different!?”

“…”

Loera’s expression hardened.

Risir, who was very excited about how to interpret that, pressed on.

“I too – If I weren’t an illegitimate child – If only my father had acknowledged me – I could have done much better than you!!! On the other hand, if you were an illegitimate child, what do you think you would have become!? Have you ever thought about my situation of not being acknowledged by my father even once!!!”

“Is it that important?”

“What?”

Loera smiled again.

A smile that retains a bitter taste, different from the cynicism of the past.

“Do you want to be recognized by that person that much?”

“…What?”

“Do you want to be recognized like that by someone who doesn’t think of you as a son?”

“You, you-”

“Isn’t that funny? You’re the one who made the fight. You’re the one who got that person pregnant. You’re the one who left the child’s mother to die. You’re covering your ears and eyes and blaming the child?”

“You- You dare to talk to the Lord like that…!”

“You’re a filial son. Just be your biological daughter. I said I’d be your illegitimate child.”

Loera looked away with an expression on her face, as if she didn’t want to talk anymore.

It was the same with Risirdo.

“…”

At that moment, Loera’s gaze lingered on Risir’s hand for a moment.

A hand that has been swung countless times with a sword.

“Hey, Risir. Stop wasting your time and beg me.”

“What-”

“ni. Try doing that for a hundred days. Will that person even care? Will his swordsmanship skills improve even a little? You’re doing that to learn swordsmanship, right? Okay? That’s why I suggest you take a more certain path.”

The grown sister was still shorter than her older brother.

However, despite being a woman, her physique, which allows her to be on the same level as Risir, exudes a certain sense of intimidation and dignity.

Loera came right up to Risir and gestured.

“You’re good at it, right? Beg. Just like you did to that human. Who knows? Maybe your pretty sister, who isn’t as stingy as that human, will teach you herself? Of course, it won’t be the Bendel-style swordsmanship you so desperately wanted.”

For some reason, Loera did not inherit the Bendel style of swordsmanship.

He rejected all support from his family and followed his own path.

To Risir, who was dominated by a victim mentality, it seemed like a luxury he could afford because he was not an illegitimate child.

“…Go.”

Risir avoided the eyes of his younger sister, who was looking down at him from a lower eye level than him.

“Because break time is over.”

“Oh. I see.”

Loera shrugged her shoulders and turned away without any regrets.

“…Fuck.”

Risir did not hear Loera’s voice, which seemed to be reproaching herself.

From the next day onwards, Risir no longer appeared at the parade ground.

***

“Rishir.”

It was a warm voice welcoming me back to the annex after parting ways with my teacher.

“Oh, Maya~”

Loera’s maid.

Maya was an impressive young lady with neat short hair that looked as if it had been cut with a ruler.

“What are you doing at this late hour?”

“What are you doing at this late hour?”

When I waved happily, she opened her eyes wide and was astonished.

I can’t believe it!

The expression on your face when you hear that voice.

“This morning. Didn’t I tell you clearly?”

“This morning?”

“Since Miss Loera requested a meeting, I clearly told you to visit the front yard of the Loera main building at lunchtime. Am I wrong?”

“Ah. You definitely did.”

“But why-”

Maya looked up at the sky.

It was already well past lunchtime, and the sky was covered in the setting sun.

Maya said nothing more from there.

Is it like when rappers drop their mics during a rap battle?

Maya was torn apart.

“Have you been waiting until now?”

“Then?”

“Oh my… I told you. I have something to do, so I might not be able to go. So don’t wait for me.”

“…How is your business going?”

“Of course.”

Because the purpose of the business was to spend time separately so as not to run into Loera.

“Are you talking about business that took priority over meeting Miss Loera?”

This guy is really angry.

It’s no joke that my eyes are getting bigger and bigger.

I think it would be right to back down at this point.

It would be no good for Maya, who was clearly a noble of higher social status than an illegitimate child, to be disliked as she was building her career in the Bendel family and advancing into central aristocratic society.

But how can you keep your tail down?

“… Huh, huh, huh!”

I suddenly feel out of breath.

Why?

Oh, right. That’s right.

The illegitimate child ran with his heart pounding to keep his promise to his beloved younger sister and to his respected maid.

“No, I’m sorry for being late…! Because my business took a long time – Are you still waiting for Roera!? Let’s go right now!”

“Ah.”

Maya closed her eyes and was moved, as if my sincerity had been conveyed.

“Follow me.”

The place we arrived at after following Maya was the garden located in the front yard of the main building.

There was a woman there, with her long legs propped up on the tea table, reading an open book with one hand.

Long blonde hair tied back carelessly, yet still looking guilty-

It was my sister, Loera.

I sat down right across from Loera.

“Hey.”

My younger sister greeted me warmly.

“What is it?”

“What?”

“…Okay. I don’t want to waste any more time because of you, so I’ll get to the point. Tell them you refuse. ”

“Reject.”

“AAAHHH!!! Not to me!”

Loera couldn’t stand it anymore and started the engine, making an explosion.

***

Loera’s story was like this.

There is a marriage proposal between me and a certain girl from above right now, but you must absolutely not accept it.

“What.”

Marriage? Why marriage all of a sudden?

The military?

Are you implying through the metaphorical expression of marriage that you will force me to join the military?

If that’s true, I’m not just saying no, I’m saying I’ll take a shit and roll around in it.

Still, you’re going to send the army? Then I’ll accept it.

For your kindness, I will add a deserter to the Bendel family tree.

“I said it clearly. If that wedding goes ahead? I know I won’t stay still.”

“… As expected, the only one who worries about me is Roera.”

“What the hell are you talking about all of a sudden?”

If someone saw Loera’s expression right now, they would say something about our sibling relationship.

Your sister isn’t embarrassed, she’s really disgusted.

In another sense, it could be said that it is a true brother and sister relationship.

Originally, siblings were genetically programmed to detest each other.

Could this be an expression of the great enlightenment God gained through Adam and Eve?

“Ah. Weren’t you talking about enlistment?”

“…What the hell are you talking about?”

“Was I mistaken? That’s fortunate. By the way, marriage? What the hell are you talking about?”

“Ahhh-”

What would be an appropriate reaction for a brother to show when he sees his sister on the verge of throwing a tantrum?

Taking pictures with a smartphone? Eating popcorn? Today, I miss modern civilization more than ever.

“Politics!”

“Politics?”

“Two families who live close together and fight whenever they meet each other, but instead of fighting, let’s get along and be friends from now on – that’s a common political story. You will be adopted into that family as a son-in-law.”

“I haven’t heard of this story?”

“Your opinion doesn’t matter to that person.”

Is it because I’m feeling down?

Loera, who said that, looked somewhat uncomfortable.

“Then what’s the point of me objecting? In the first place, what’s the big deal about you meddling in my business? What’s the matter with you?”

“I don’t know.”

“No way. You don’t want your brother to be stolen by another woman?”

It was just nonsense, expecting a reaction like that just now.

“…What are you talking about?”

Loera left the place as if running away.

“?”

This is an unexpected reaction.

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▶Another Tale◀

This is another story.

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[It was all noisy]

[How should a noble young lady behave?]

[How should a lady of Bendel act?]

[What should I do if she is my daughter?]

[I am just me]

[There was only one person]

[A person who sees you as you are]

[“… ”]

[I just wanted to go back to the old days]

[He was his best friend-]

[He was his best friend back then]

[I tried my best]

[no]

[I did everything I could]

[Maybe he will tell me he is grateful]

[Maybe our relationship can go back to the way it used to be]

[That was also why I married Dintal instead]

[I hoped he would find his own life]

[So he hoped that he would realize that he was not just an illegitimate child abandoned by his father]

[But what came back was the news that he had enlisted in the army for the honor of his family]

[And news of missing from the unit]

[and-]

[“You idiot… ”]

[The body of the man who had regained warmth after paradoxically meeting death was carefully placed on the ground]

[How did it turn out like this?]

[“… ”]

[I know for a fact]

[I’m the fool]

[There might have been a much better way]

[There might have been a much easier way]

[But it was you who didn’t choose that path]

[I wanted to believe that this would definitely be resolved someday]

[I turned my head away and went the long way around]

[This is the result]

[All due to my own fault-]

[“… ”]

[The woman’s mouth opened]

[In the end, the mouth did not open]

[Because now, whatever I say doesn’t make sense]

[“Roera my sister.”]

[At that moment, a longing voice was heard in the woman’s ear]

[The woman noticed immediately]

[It’s not his voice and it’s not him]

[But the woman makes a mistake that she doesn’t answer]

[The woman listened to the voice full of cold air]

[The light disappeared from the woman’s eyes]

[▶Fate 13: Unsaid Words]

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