episode_0020

The next morning.

After finishing the meal, I ordered Sarah to run an errand and went out to the garden to check if the dried drugs were in good condition.

It’s been a while since I came to this garden. For a while, all I could do was watch from the balcony as I spent my time harassing Mel and Sarah or researching curses on my own.

As I was walking leisurely, looking at the simple flowers that bloom in September, I felt like someone was walking behind me. As I took a step, I heard another footsteps half a beat later.

Again, trudge–

The sky was high and there was no wind. Footsteps that are not mine can be heard in a very quiet garden.

I grinned, pulled up the hem of my dress, and started running. Then, naturally, I heard footsteps that weren’t mine a little more clearly. Footsteps sound lighter than expected.

It would have to be a child smaller than me to be able to make footsteps this light. First of all, no Sarah. Because I gave Sarah some work to do. Then there is only one person left.

I suddenly stopped running and stood still.

“So. Why did my cute little brother follow me?”

“――”

I put my back and looked back. Of course, my younger brother was nowhere to be seen. of course. I gave you time to hide, but if you keep standing there, you’re not a fool.

I chuckled, thinking of my younger brother who must have been hiding in his own way. I heard breathing from behind the tree, but I deliberately avoided the area and circled around.

“Are you here? Well, not here either. It’s strange――I definitely thought I heard footsteps.”

Did I hear it wrong?

He mumbled so loudly that he could be heard behind the tree, then pretended to go somewhere else and took a step back, looking towards the tree.

Eventually, when we got a little further away, my younger brother came out from behind the tree with a sigh. I smiled and stopped in place, and my younger brother and I faced each other about 20 steps away.

“You were there?”

“Inhale!”

I smiled and approached my younger brother, who was startled and took a step back.

“Don’t come closer!”

“You’re a strange little brother. You were the one who followed me first. But don’t come closer. Is my younger brother self-indulgent?”

I felt like he would run away if I got closer, so I stopped and smiled quietly and looked at my younger brother. My younger brother looked at me with some fear in his eyes.

weird. I didn’t do anything to my younger brother. Why are you so afraid of me? if? I thought so, but no. If that were the case, my younger brother would not have stayed still due to his personality.

Then why? Where are the fears and doubts in those eyes directed? When I tilted my head and smiled, my younger brother swallowed his saliva once and glared at me with his eyes wide open.

“What made Sarah strange. Is it you?”

“Huh? What does that mean all of a sudden? Sarah was ‘originally’ like that?”

“Don’t be funny! I also have eyes and ears! I heard people in the mansion saying that Sera had changed, and I saw with my own eyes that she was different from before, but are you going to turn away!?”

for a moment. What did I just hear?

“What happened to Sarah?”

“Sera was a child who laughed while looking at the flowers blooming in the garden. That kind of girl stopped smiling at flowers in less than two years after becoming your maid. And now I don’t laugh at anything! That’s strange!”

“You have grown up. look at me You smile except when absolutely necessary, right?”

“No… … . different. That kid hasn’t lost his smile. It was stolen.”

My younger brother said that and glared at me. I tilted my head with a face that said I really had no idea what was going on.

“Stolen… … . That statement sounds as if I was saying that I stole Sarah’s smile. Is it an illusion?”

“No, it’s not an illusion. From the moment Sarah became strange, a strange energy began to circulate in the house. There are more than one strange thing. Did you deliberately make Sarah choose green decorations for my 10th birthday party?”

“No, I recommended red at that time.”

“Then you should have told me to make it red. Why did you choose the green color? No, when I think about it, it was strange even back then. Sarah was a person with a clear opinion. He was such a confident person that he brought me food and told me that it wasn’t good for me to stay in my room too much! Do you think it makes sense that a person like that couldn’t even choose a moon decoration for the banquet!?”

no way… … . No way, no way… … !! Probably not? Please say no. please!

Every time Sarah’s story was brought up, even if it was only for a moment, I could feel the affection in my younger brother’s voice.

“People sometimes hesitate to make a choice. Isn’t that what Sarah did too?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. When Sarah asked me to choose a snack to eat, she was the one who chose the menu on the spot without hesitation.”

Aaaaa!!!!!

I want to laugh. I want to laugh. I want to roll around on the floor, hold my stomach, and laugh right now. My heart is beating so hard that my eyes are spinning. Oh my gosh? I remember so vividly what happened a few episodes ago.

It reminds me of that time. The voice of Sarah muttering that if she kills me, she can become the duke’s wife, lingers in my ears. The fact that the child who I thought would kill me and destroy me at the time would have actually become the duke’s wife if she hadn’t regressed is so crazy and funny!

“Our cute and lovely younger brother. People change. And that’s how you grow.”

“What?”

I feel so sorry! I feel so bad! The fact is that no matter how hard I tried, everyone except me would have been happy in the end! So funny!

This fucking trash game. If I die, everyone will be happy, right? Do not be ridiculous. Don’t be a jerk.

It doesn’t stop anymore. I will do whatever my heart tells me.

“Sera stopped smiling in front of you? Oh my, the other maids and maids don’t smile at you either. People see that and say you’re professional?”

“What does that have to do with Sarah not smiling!”

Everything, nothing left. I’ll drag you all down to the bottom of the mud. The citizens of the kingdom and the duchy, all of whom are already stuck in the mud, I will pull them all out.

I felt my twisted heart growing in a strange direction once again, so I took a step forward with a deep smile.

“No. Sarah was neither deprived nor lost her smile.”

“What is that… … .”

I turn around when I hear Sarah’s footsteps coming from afar. I saw Sarah running with a smile as bright as the sun.

“Lady! I came back after doing what the lady told me to do!”

“Sera… … . I’m smiling… … ?”

“I told you so. Sarah said she hasn’t lost her smile.”

I turned my back and faced Sarah. Sarah came straight in front of me and knelt down, not caring about the dirt getting on her clothes.

“Please praise me!”

“Hehe, yes. Our Sarah. You were really nice.”

I stroked Sarah’s head as if praising a pet, then pulled out the red string of curses from the choke around her neck and held it in my hand.

Sarah said, looking at me with sparkling eyes.

“Is it a walk? great! I want to go for a walk!”

“Sera… … ?”

When I glanced back, I saw my younger brother’s confused face. Yeah, it might be confusing. Because the person you like acts like the pet of the person you hate the most. It must be confusing.

However, I am not satisfied with this much. I slowly turned my body and pulled Sarah’s leash. Sarah immediately got up from her seat and smiled brightly, then looked in the direction I was looking at and blinked.

“Sera. Should I say hello?”

“Ah, yes! Hello――”

“Smile.”

“Hello!”

My younger brother’s eyes began to shake when he saw Sarah’s face suddenly change from a blank expression to a smile at my words. Oh yeah. Would it be better to just break my heart at this point?

I smiled and looked at Sarah.

“Sera. Since Arsien likes you, I’m planning to make you her exclusive maid for a while. Is it okay?”

“Yes… … ?”

“What… … ?”

I raised the corners of my mouth and approached my younger brother. Sarah grabbed the leash that was pulling her, but did not resist. No, holding the line like that must be enough resistance to Sarah and others.

Anyway, I came up to my younger brother without any difficulty at all. I handed over the handle of the leash I was holding to my younger brother.

“Now, take it. It’s Sarah you like.”

“Master! Master, master!! Please, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!! Please don’t throw it away, please!!”

“I… … . I am… … .”

I smiled as I looked back and forth between Sera, who was almost going crazy, and my younger brother, who was confused in front of Sera.

“What’s wrong? From what you said earlier, didn’t you like Sarah? That’s what I heard. That’s why I’m giving it to you. Now.”

receive.

“Ugh, wow!!”

My younger brother ran out of the garden screaming like that. I looked at that for a moment and then hugged Sarah tightly.

Sarah finally stopped crying and cried bitterly into my chest. He said he was scared and thought he was really going to throw it away.

I whispered in Sarah’s ear.

“I’m sorry Sarah… … . I really didn’t want to let you go either, but… … . Arsien threatened me to hand you over… … . Sorry… … . I’m sorry Sarah… … . I was very scared… … ?”

It’s okay now. I kicked out the bad people. So it’s okay now.

Until Sarah calmed down, I whispered to her that her younger brother had done something wrong and reminded her that I had kicked him out.

She whispered like that until the hatred she had for her younger brother, which had been planted in Sarah’s heart, sprouted.

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“Sera… … .”

I returned to the room as if running away, and pulled out my hair as I remembered Sarah going crazy, unable to resist at all, with the leash held in Charlotte’s hand.

Helpless. sorry. Feeling betrayed. Shame. Nevertheless, the affection that still remained in a corner of my heart mixed and mixed again, making my head pound.

If I were Sera’s owner, if Sera were my dedicated maid. That’s not how you treat it like a pet. One person… … .

‘Master—I don’t like it! please–‘

They hate me so much, what does that mean… … ?

“No. no no… … .”

Wake. You can’t collapse here. Sarah’s reaction was clearly strange… … .

That woman is all bad. no. Let’s calm down. Let’s not collapse. If we can save Sarah from that woman’s hands, we will definitely be able to put her back to normal.

“Please wait a moment. I will definitely save you Sarah… … .”

that day.

Arsien’s love for Sarah sprouted his will.

“That bastard tried to take my place. I tried to get me away from the lady. That bastard is bad. I’m not bad. The lady chased me away. Thank you. I’m sorry. I don’t like it. I hate that bastard. I want to kill it. It’s annoying. Why did you try to take my position from me? Doing it――”

Serah’s anger toward Arsien sprouted hatred.

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“Oh, I couldn’t check again.”

Why does it always seem to get delayed?

Well, whatever. With that in mind, I grabbed Sarah’s leash and took a walk around the garden.