“Did you just try to force yourself on Findenai?”
No matter what Deia said as she stood beside , I remained indifferent, my mouth refusing to budge.
However, this ti, I unconsciously turned my head towards and fixed my gaze on her.
“No.”
It was a perplexing question, but surprisingly, I answered calmly.
Perhaps I subconsciously figured out that if it were Findenai, it was possible that she could have spread such rumors.
“You hesitated for a bit, didn’t you?”
But she was still my younger sister.
Although we hadn’t grown up together, she was one of the few people who knew the best within the family frawork.
“I did not.”
Once again, I denied it firmly, but Deia’s suspicious gaze didn’t waver.
“You know Findenai tends to speak nonsense a lot, right?”
Deia leaned in slightly, looking down at sitting at the desk.
Her fingers twitched under her crossed arms, making her look like a sheriff itching to draw a gun.
“But she has never spoken in such detail before.”
“…”
What kind of situation was this?
It seed insane that I had to present evidence to my younger sister that I hadn’t engaged in any relations with my maid.
“You ca right up to her.”
Grab!
Deia grabbed my wrist, which was holding a pen. She wedged herself between the desk and chair, placing her knee between my legs.
“Grabbed her by the wrist and pinned her against the wall so she couldn’t escape.”
She positioned herself in a way that seed to corner in my chair. Her scent tickled my nose, and her slightly longer hair cascaded down.
“You also declared that you’d catch and eat her up, didn’t you?”
I looked at Deia, who was staring at with her mouth wide open, as if to devour , and replied gruffly.
“Back off.”
“That’s rather detailed for her, isn’t it? Just tell honestly, is it true or not?”
“Sigh, I just warned her. Findenai has crossed the line occasionally.”
“So you did?”
“…”
“It seems like old habits die hard, huh?”
Despite saying that, Deia still didn’t move and continued staring down at . Feeling that we might bump foreheads if I wasn’t careful, I took a deep breath and said again.
“Back off.”
“I’m warning you to be careful. Don’t beco like that bastard.”
I could understand why Deia was worried since she had nurous unpleasant encounters with the original Deus.
At that ti, Deus was flirting with the household’s maidservants almost on a daily basis, and the maid uniform worn by Findenai was also Deus’ work.
“But hearing what Findenai said, I was suddenly reminded of those days.”
“…First, just take a step back before we continue.”
I could feel her breath brush against . However, no matter what I said, Deia didn’t budge and continued speaking.
“In the end, you’re using the body of that bastard of a second older brother of mine, right?”
“You could say that.”
“Then can it be that your preferences are now mirroring my asshole brother’s? Sothing like that is usually inscribed into the body, isn’t it?”
“…”
It was a rather refreshing deduction.
I hadn’t considered that aspect before, but my tastes in food or music had indeed beco similar to Deus without even realizing it.
“Findenai’s maid uniform was originally created based on my asshole brother’s preferences. So, I was wondering why you, who usually showed no reaction at all, suddenly started behaving like that.”
“But then again, I should have greedily requested things like drugs or alcohol.”
Because Deus liked those things.
However, Deia shook her head with a subtle expression.
“Isn’t addiction different from preferences? You know, even you could get addicted if you sniffed so drugs.”
“That makes sense.”
It was a concern that served as a brief distraction from my research.
“But for now.”
“Please, step aside.”
I was starting to feel suffocated.
However, instead of backing off, Deia narrowed the distance even more and whispered.
“Are you feeling flustered?”
“…What?”
“Or maybe excited?”
“Nonsense!”
How did she get the idea that I was attracted to her, my younger sister? I snapped, genuinely angry now. Only then did Deia finally step back, nodding her head.
“So, it seems like the physical body doesn’t completely influence preferences and desires.”
“…”
“You know, that asshole brother of mine used to get sexually excited whenever he got close to .”
“Did you get that close to just to confirm that?”
“Isn’t it a natural thing to do? You can never be certain, right? What if you suddenly go crazy and jump on ?”
“Huff.”
My head throbbed with irritation. First, it seed that I needed to make a few things clear to Deia.
“We are siblings. I will never see you in that way.”
“…I know it’s a natural thing to say, but given the shitty things I’ve experienced in the past, it makes it hard for to believe you just like that.”
Deus Verdi—I never thought there would co a day when I would dislike you this much.
The pit he had dug was so deep that I sighed in resignation and tried to convince Deia that I understood what she was trying to tell .
However, I realized there was a contradiction in her words. To be precise, it felt like what she said and the context didn’t exactly match.
“But, regardless, you still call him brother.”
Even though she still added ‘asshole’ before the word, she no longer cursed at him and instead called him ‘brother.’
“…”
Hearing my words, Deia crossed her arms and turned her head abruptly. Feeling sowhat embarrassed, she answered with a subtle mutter.
“Uh, well… He’s an asshole, but still, in the end, he sacrificed himself for the family.”
“…”
“Well, I still hate him to the point of disgust. And I hope that he never appears before again.”
It was obvious that she would still feel that way.
So wounds might not heal easily.
“Still… I can at least call him brother now. After all, there must be many siblings whose relationship is as shitty as ours, right?”
“Sure.”
A gentle smile appeared on my lips. There was only one thing I could say to her.
“You sure have put in a lot of effort this ti.”
“I still haven’t forgiven him!”
“I do not expect you to forgive him completely.”
Even though their relationship hadn’t changed and Deia still disliked him, the simple fact that she now called him ‘brother’ showed that she had overco a lot.
A brief silence ensued.
Deia, who seed like she wanted to say sothing, eventually thanked after swallowing her saliva.
“It’s all thanks to you. Because I have gotten sowhat used to that bastard’s face, I was able to get through like this.”
“I’m glad.”
I felt satisfied knowing that I was able to be of help to her.
However…
“But will you still address as ‘you’?”
“…”
“Even though we are more like step-siblings, I am still your older brother. I am not really fond of the way you address .”
No, honestly speaking.
I didn’t quite like being addressed as ‘you’ when she called Darius and Deus ‘brother.’
And it was not like I was a worse brother than either of them.
Deia’s lips started twitching again, as if she was about to say sothing but held back.
“Ah, whatever!”
Irritated, she turned around sharply, and went outside.
It was pretty similar to a scene I’d see in a movie, where an annoyed younger sister storms off and locks herself in her room.
I unconsciously watched her go up the stairs for a mont before turning my attention back to my research.
[Are you busy?]
However, not long after, a gentle voice ca from beside .
It was Stella, the Saintess with dull blonde hair and turquoise eyes.
“I thought you said you had beco an evil spirit.”
When I asked Stella, she covered her mouth with her hand and giggled mischievously.
[That is right. I beca an evil spirit and caused a lot of trouble in the royal palace.]
“What did you do?”
[Shall I tell you?]
I still didn’t put down my pen.
I listened to Stella’s story while calculating magic formulas.
[A cat entered the royal palace. So, Senior and I secretly brought the cat in and fed it.]
[We cleaned the rooms before the maids could arrive, leaving them with nothing to do.]
[We also surprised Tyren and ran away after tapping Lucia on the shoulder.]
[We even picked a flower from the garden.]
A flower popped up in her hand as she smiled brightly. Since she had been materialized by my magic, it must have been difficult for her to move around unnoticed, yet she managed to do quite a lot.
After her story of her childlike mischief ca to an end, I, still calculating the formula, asked her.
“Was it fun?”
In response to my question, Stella smiled brightly, her atmosphere different than usual—an innocent and sunny expression.
[It was so much fun. And I especially enjoyed it because I did it with Senior.]
I didn’t know where the Dark Spiritualist was right now, but I could tell that Stella had quite a pleasant ti.
[Do you know what my lingering attachnt was?]
“I wasn’t completely sure. I simply helped you because I thought it might be sothing like this.”
Stella’s lingering attachnt that I assud—When I watched her, red-faced, flipping off and cursing despite her embarrassnt, I could only vaguely guess what was going on.
“It’s all about living for your own enjoynt.”
[Fufu.]
Stella had grown up in a convent from a young age and lived under the teachings of God.
As a Saintess, she had to adjust herself to the doctrine even more and lived a life for others.
[I don’t regret that life. Rather, I’m proud and satisfied with it.]
Even if she were to go back in ti, Stella would undoubtedly choose to live the sa life.
She would love everyone she t, pray for them, and comfort them through their tears.
Even though she would eventually lose all her Holy Power and et a tragic end at the hands of demons.
[But after traveling around with you, I realized that such tis were also necessary in my life.]
Even if it were just small and playful jokes, Stella had never done anything like that before, and these things now beca great spices in her life.
[Thanks to Senior, I have learned a lot.]
Stella giggled softly.
Going around with the Dark Spiritualist seed to have a positive influence on her.
If I were to define their relationship with words, I could say they were friends.
[And now, I no longer have any lingering attachnts, Kim Shinwoo.]
Stella, who approached gently, carefully hugged from behind. It was natural that I felt no sensation at all. However…
Could it be because of the mana she held?
Or was it an illusion due to visual effects?
I felt warmth and a soft sensation.
[Thank you. It is enough now.]
She thanked .
And as if comforting …
[Until the ti your efforts for the deceased bear fruit.]
Stella whispered that everything was okay.
[I will close my eyes for now.]
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