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Julia opened her eyes.

“Huh…?”

What came into her sight was a ceiling that looked familiar.

That’s right, the ceiling she always saw when she stayed at Dustin’s mansion greeted her.

She instinctively sat up in bed and looked around blankly.

Just like before, a room that seemed to have been copied from the very familiar Dustin mansion came into her sight.

However, the only thing that was strange was that the entire room was decorated with cute little props that I couldn’t tell who they belonged to.

Because her room, which she had ended up using as her older brother Julian’s room, had a dreary appearance.

“… What the hell is going on?”

Julia muttered as she got up from the bed she was sitting on.

‘Wait, bed? Did I fall asleep in bed last night? No, I definitely did… .’

I felt a sense of discomfort and tried to think of something, but nothing came to mind, as if my mind was covered in fog.

At that time, I was feeling anxious because I felt like I had forgotten something crucial and I was trying to recall my memories but it was not working.

Knock knock.

“Julia, are you awake? You want to come in?”

There was a knock on the door, followed by a familiar yet unfamiliar voice.

It was as if her voice had been lowered on purpose to avoid being discovered as a woman, but it was much more natural… .

Yes, I mean, a voice that’s close to the deep voice of a real man who’s gone through puberty, not the one she’s acting.

Squeak-

Soon, the door opened.

“What, you’re up? Then, what if you answer me?”

She has grown to the point where I can no longer say that she resembles me.

But you can still find traces similar to her.

There was a future that would never come, and a person I thought I would never see again.

In a situation where she couldn’t even tell if it was a dream or reality, she called his name with trembling lips.

“Julian… ?”

“Oh my, am I supposed to call my heavenly brother by his name?”

“Really, it’s Julian…?”

“Again? This isn’t puberty, it’s just creeping up these days… .”

Julian, who was trying to say something with a pretended stern expression, couldn’t continue talking.

Bam-!!

Because Julia ran to Julian as if she was running and hugged him tightly.

“Sorry, sorry, oppaaa… .”

“Hey, why are you acting so disgusting!? Wait, are you crying?”

“Because I was greedy, my brother… Huuung-!!!”

“No, seriously, what did he eat wrong… He’s been sitting there all morning, out of his mind.”

As he said that, Julian slowly bent his arm inward and patted her head.

In keeping with that beat, Julia’s mind had to figure out what the discomfort was.

Even the fact that I had felt uncomfortable in the first place gradually faded and disappeared.

***

The dining room at Dustin’s mansion.

“Do you know how creepy it was when she grabbed me and cried all morning? Did she really take some kind of strange drug?”

“… Ah, stop it, I don’t know why I did that! Why of all people, why next to this guy.”

“Hey? Did you just call me a kid? Do you want to get some mental education after a long time?”

The twins were bickering about what had happened since morning.

A beautiful middle-aged woman, Ailee Dustin, who had been watching the scene with pleasure, asked worriedly, placing one hand on her cheek.

“Oh my, did my daughter have a scary dream?”

“Oh, Mom! How old am I? I had a scary dream and I’m crying!”

Julia was embarrassed and immediately denied it, but Julian, who had been waiting for the right moment, struck the trigger.

“But you cried? You cried so hard? You cried out loud, saying, “I’m sorry, oppa,” right?”

“Ugh! You’re really going to die!”

“Oh… Dying? That’s so scary? Should I just start crying? Ugh!”

As always, the noisy and lively atmosphere continued at the table.

Since the twins were born, that scene has been a regular part of the Dustin family’s daily life.

“Ahem! You’re not really sick, are you?”

At that moment, a middle-aged man who was struggling to find a way to join the conversation… Jace Dustin coughed and spoke up.

“Oh, yes.”

But he could not help but become depressed at his daughter’s dry response, which was short and contained a hint of indifference.

This is because his daughter, who used to be so cute, started to look at him like a piece of laundry that had been left out while going through puberty.

“… In the past, I used to gossip all over the place about marrying my dad, but time really flies.”

“I never said anything like that… ?”

“I never said anything like that, you.”

“I never said that, Father.”

“Ku …

Unable to bear the cold reaction of his family towards him, Jace pushed aside the plate of food he was eating and slumped down on the table.

One, it was such a cliché reaction for a wife and two children that they started talking amongst themselves again.

“Ahahaha!” “Hahaha!” “Hoohoohoo?” “Keuheuk!”

It was a harmonious family that would never be inferior to any family in the world.

And this was all possible because of the bold decisions made by the Dustin family.

When Dustin and his wife first became pregnant with twins and gave birth to them, they proudly announced their children despite the dissuasion of those around them.

Naturally, the world’s gaze was cold as they watched this, but the more it was like that, the more love they gave to their children.

There may have been an easier way, and it certainly wasn’t an easy one.

The Dustins were wonderful people who deserved to be respected.

Twins who grew up under such parents were also able to grow up without being ashamed of showing off their talents.

That’s why Julia couldn’t help but love her family so much.

“By the way, Julia. Didn’t you say your fiancé was coming to visit today? He said if you take it easy, you won’t have time to get dressed up.”

It was probably around the time we finished eating.

A completely incomprehensible sound came out of my mother’s mouth.

Naturally, Julia couldn’t help but tilt her head and ask back.

“Fiancee? Who’s fiancee?”

“Why is my daughter like this? Isn’t it obvious that she’s your fiancée?”

“… I’m engaged? To whom?”

Just as she was about to feel uncomfortable with the story that she had no recollection of at all.

Her brother, Julian, who was next to her, looked at her with a mysterious expression that was a mixture of pity and disgust.

“You cried and complained and insisted on everything so much that the engagement came to fruition, but have you forgotten who the other person is? If it’s true, it seems like you need to get your head back in order?”

“Ah, come on! Stop talking nonsense and tell me who it is!”

“Oh, right! They say the person who farted gets angry… Who is that! My close friend who introduced me to you a long time ago, and now I feel so sorry about that.”

Eugene Eberhart.

“… … What?”

A frozen sound came from Julia’s mouth.

***

The unidentified gentleman wearing a black bowler hat and monocle looked at the ‘something’ in front of him with interest.

“I felt his aura vaguely nearby, so I went to check it out… and I found something quite interesting.”

A black thing that is stuck to the wall of the alley, and has a shape like a cocoon, and is constantly pulsating.

“The dark spirits that are said to have been influenced by him still exist in this land. And they are accompanied by excellent spirit masters who can assimilate.”

The gentleman began to think for a moment.

Should I just split that gochi in half and secure the spirit sorcerer to offer it as a sacrifice to him?

Or should I protect the birth of a being influenced by Him who will tear off that cocoon on his own?

“Hmm… It’s a long-standing truth that choosing the rare and possible in times like these always brings about dramatic changes in the world.”

Finally, the gentleman decided to protect the newly born being and lightly tapped the ground with the cane he was holding.

Knock- knock-

Then, several crimson circles appeared around him.

One by one, pale-skinned people came out of it.

They appeared to be kneeling before the gentleman as if swearing allegiance.

And the gentleman, as if their reaction was natural, showed no reaction and pointed at Gochi with the tip of his cane.

“Defend this worm here until it hatches. Kill anyone who approaches.”

◦Receive the order of %◦.”

A perfectly straight answer came back, but the gentleman frowned as if he was uncomfortable.

“I’m sure you asked me to give you a title?”

Do you plan on continuing to display the same stupidity you had as a lowly human in front of me?

At this, the pale-faced people who were in a situation where they could not escape from him bowed their heads and opened their mouths.

“I’m sorry.”

Archbishop of Greed.