episode_0133

“Hmm.”

After sending Adele and Diane home, Amelia was lost in thought for a while.

Amelia usually spent a lot of time silently lost in thought, but that time seemed to last longer today.

I didn’t need to interfere.

Amelia was definitely smarter than me. Well, I was a little annoyed to think that I was older, but in fact, since I graduated from college, it’s not completely strange for someone younger than me to know more than me. Because the things you do and the things you learn while coming are all different.

Now that I think about it, what did Amelia do in her past life?

I know that he was an office worker. I didn’t hear it directly, but it was said that way in the novel.

Although there have been novels that describe life before possession in detail, in fact there are not that many novels. Usually, life before possession is made vague to make it easier for readers to immerse themselves in it.

However, the Amelia in front of me right now does not exist simply for immersion.

He was a real person with a clear past and his own life. That’s why I like him.

“Strange as expected.”

“What?”

Amelia finally broke the silence and asked that question.

Amelia said, resting her elbows on the table and her chin on her hands.

“Diane looked a little strange today, didn’t she? It didn’t seem like she was just jealous of Neo-Bunny, right?”

“I think it was like that?”

If he had, he wouldn’t have turned so pale and he might not have apologized. Of course, if he hadn’t, Adele and Diane’s relationship would have completely fallen apart.

“Have you been thinking about that?”

“Yes. We’ve become close friends, but it’s a bit like that if the relationship breaks down. Besides, Diane is the daughter of a high-ranking nobleman.”

“Ah… … .”

“Why?”

Amelia blinked and said in response to my exclamation.

“No, I thought you wouldn’t really care about that.”

“Are you disappointed?”

“No, it’s not like that, but… … .”

When I answered hesitantly, Amelia laughed.

“Basically, I don’t care that much.”

Amelia said with a smile, folding her hands and resting her chin on the back of her hands.

“Have I ever been overbearing towards you or Adele?”

“No, that has never happened.”

In response to my answer, Amelia nodded.

“You and Adele do that because they are capable of that. Even if I treat them without much class consciousness, they naturally accept that attitude, and they treat me the same without prejudice or targeting.”

“That’s… … Right?”

If you are conscious of class for no reason, your relationship will grow distant.

I didn’t like that. No, if the worst was the worst, I would want to be by her side, but that was the lesser evil choice to avoid the worst. All I wanted was to always be by Amelia’s side.

“But Diane isn’t like that yet. It’s the same when she approached us in the first place, and she’s not honest when dealing with Adele, whom she became close with right away. She puts her position on the forefront every time. She can’t even talk to Adele carelessly in front of people. ”

“That’s… … Is that so?”

I didn’t want to repeat the same thing, so I changed the ending a little, but Amelia smiled as if she sensed what I was thinking.

I’m embarrassed for no reason.

“Anyway, so. Diane probably acted like that this time to hide her emotions. But she chose the wrong word and ended up going in a strange direction.”

“It makes sense because you definitely say that.”

I was convinced.

I’ve always seen that Diane is a dishonest child. If she tried to hide her feelings in front of Adele this time, it wouldn’t make sense.

But then, what about the feelings you were trying to hide?

Oh, were you trying to hide your feelings for your brother in front of me? If I had no relationship with you, Diane would have chatted freely, but I am your younger brother.

I may have thought that if I showed that I liked my older brother in front of me, I would be in trouble in many ways.

… … Thinking like that makes me feel depressed.

It would have been nice for Diane to have ended up with Adele.

“… … .”

Amelia looked at me as I was disappointed for no reason,

“You know that there are women who like women, right? I mean, people who like them sexually.”

Suddenly, he asked a question that made my heart sink.

“… … Ah, uh, yes. Homosexual?”

“That’s right.homosexual.”

“I know it exists, but why?”

“I think I like Diane and Adele. So, sexually.”

Amelia said that with a bright smile.

“… … Huh?”

I reacted a little slowly.

“Diane?”

“Yes.”

“Adele?”

“Yes.”

“… … How?”

“I can make a few guesses.”

Amelia said as if she was really happy for the first time in a long time.

“First of all, despite having a personality that puts class at the forefront, Diane cannot control her emotions when she is in front of Adele.”

“I know that… … I liked that, it wasn’t a reaction like dying.”

“You’re a tsundere.”

“Tsunder—”

I froze while answering.

No, aren’t you talking too roughly?

If you think about it, it’s plausible, but there’s a distance of a hundred million light years between what’s plausible and what’s real!

“… … I think Diane is quite honest with us.”

“Yes. But it was in front of Adele first rather than us. Think about it, Diane first approached us because of me, and she first tried to disparage Adele. She deliberately brought in cool words to discourage her. Even while teaching, you tried to make Adele feel as bad as possible.”

“Yes, but… … .”

“ Maintaining that attitude, little by little, we got closer and the wall collapsed. You saw it today too. Diane still finds it a bit difficult with me. Although we usually talk normally, she gets scared when I show off her rank. And to Diane, Have you ever been openly rude?”

No.

I’m not as scared as I am of Amelia, but I’m not as outspoken or swayed by my emotions as I am of Adele. There are times when I seem that way, but even then, I’m not as scared of Adele as I am by my emotions.

uh?

“Is that so?”

“That’s it.”

Is that so?

After listening to it, it actually makes sense.

But I’m not sure if that’s the case. Maybe I just think they’re extremely close.

“I’m not sure either. So I’ll have to check.”

“Confirmation? To whom?”

It’s not like you can ask Diane directly.

“To myself.”

“I—”

When I couldn’t finish my sentence and opened my mouth, Amelia smiled and said.

“Well, I’m not going to ask you outright. But, isn’t there such a thing? Sometimes it’s better to send a letter than to ask in person, right? It’s good for organizing your thoughts.”

“Ah… … ”

“ That’s right. Now that we can send and receive letters privately, it would be nice to be able to utilize them 100%. ”

Amelia seemed to be thinking of sending a letter as a sparrow.

“Is it okay though?”

“What about you? If you really like Diane and Adele, do you hope they get along well?”

My heart sank again.

Of course, I hope it goes well, but… … It wasn’t such a pure feeling. I also hoped that Adele would end up with someone else and the possibility of him and Amelia would disappear.

“… … Yes.”

When I nodded, Amelia smiled the most gorgeous and wonderful smile I had seen today.

“I also agree. Especially in a world like this, when you see such forbidden love, wouldn’t you naturally want to continue it? That’s a cliché, right?”

Amelia looked very happy as she said that.

*

Elsie was so cute as she looked at me quietly and waited like a puppy, so I pretended to think about it and took my time.

Well, it’s not like I didn’t worry about it.

I wasn’t sure yet whether Diane would like Adele or not. If she did, it would have prevented the number of competitors from increasing in the future, but the variable was that Diane had not yet said yes or no openly.

But still, there was only one reason why I brought up the idea that Diane might like Adele.

It tells me that I don’t think anything of ‘a situation where a woman likes a woman’.

So, I’m telling you that it’s okay for you to like me.

… … Actually, if I confess that I like Elsie, it might all be over—

As expected, I’m scared of this too.

It would be nice if it were a world where we could connect just by liking each other, but Elsie could also say, ‘Let’s put our feelings aside and choose a different path.’

And I didn’t want to force Elsie like that, because I didn’t want her to become unhappy.

But, still, I wish Elsie would say clearly that she likes me.

“I don’t know what the result will be.”

I told Elsie.

Elsie was looking straight at me with those pretty colored eyes. I liked that straight gaze.

“But, even if we don’t end up together, it’s so sad not being able to tell the person you like that you like them.”

Dear Elsie, I was just saying this about Diane and Adele—

That was also something he said to me.