I Want to Fall in Love After Getting Reincarnated as the Heroine on the Verge of a Bad Ending, but My OP Older Brother Won’t Leave Me Alone!? - Chapter 145
Translated by: ShinigamiTori
Chapter 145 ? Little by Little 1
I made plans for a girls’ night with Yutte-chan and the girls from the class, and then I welcomed my first winter break.
Today, I started the day by working on my winter break homework, and in the afternoon, I practiced archery, making for an overly serious day.
Archery practice was so much fun that I lost all sense of time, and I could feel my connection with TKG growing stronger and stronger.
“Phew! …Wow, that felt great!”
Though it may sound like I’m bragging, I feel like I’ve got quite a knack for archery. I can now easily shoot the snow rabbit that Julius made for me.Julius has also given me his seal of approval, saying there should be no problem with the hunting competition. I can hardly wait for the day to arrive!The competition is a week from now, and in five days, the five of us are scheduled to dine at a super high-end restaurant in the city.
“Arnold-san, what kind of weapon do you use?”
“I use a whip.”
“I’m sorry, I must have misheard… I thought I heard you say whip.”
“No, you heard right. It has a lot of spikes on it.”
“…..”
Recently, I had a conversation like that with Arnold-san.
When I imagine him wielding a spike-covered whip with that sweet smile, it’s almost terrifying how perfectly it fits—like it’s absolutely meant to be. There’s no doubt it suits him.
I can’t help but wonder though, out of all the weapons in the world, why did he choose a whip?
“Okay, I think I’ll stop here for today.”
I thank TKG and head back to the mansion.
On my way to my room, I realize that I haven’t seen Julius at all today. I then decided to invite him to have a 3 o’clock snack with me while we chatted.
“Ah, Rene. Is something wrong?”
“Uh, um….”
When I visited Julius’s room, to my surprise, there was a beautiful woman with milk tea-colored hair whom I had never seen before.
She looks about five years older than me. Dressed in an exotic black gown with gold embroidery, the beautiful woman crossed her long legs and relaxed as if she were at home.
I think this is the first time I’ve seen Julius invite someone, especially a woman, over to our house.
The beauty noticed me standing frozen at the doorway and blinked her eyes, which were framed by long eyelashes.
“Huh? Who’s this?”
“My sister.”
Hearing Julius say that so decisively caused a sharp pain in my chest for some reason.
Meanwhile, the beautiful woman nodded in understanding, saying, “Ah, I see.”
“There are two of them, right? You don’t look alike at all.”
“Yeah, I guess.”
“But she’s cute.”
Her voice is husky and rustic, and she has a completely opposite vibe to Mylene-sama. She doesn’t seem like a noble young lady, which makes me wonder what kind of relationship they have.
“Sorry. I’ll come to your room later.”
“O-Okay.”
I bowed slightly to the beautiful woman, and she waved at me with a smile and said, and she waved goodbye with a smile, saying, “See you again!” I felt a bit flustered and quickly scurried back to my room.
I flopped onto the bed and hugged the bear plushie I got during summer vacation when I rode that super lame boat with Yoshida.
“…. What is this feeling?”
My chest feels all fuzzy and prickly, and I can’t calm down. Did I push myself too hard with the archery practice and end up feeling ill?
I decided to just take a nap and rest my body a little, so I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Feeling the warmth of a gentle hand, my consciousness slowly rose. I open my eyelids and find my gaze locked with Julius, who is sitting on the bed, reaching out to me.
He sat by my side and seemed to be stroking my head.
“Sorry, did I wake you up?”
“No.”
“Your sleeping face is so cute, I just can’t help but want to touch you.”
How can you say such a thing so effortlessly, I thought, but I couldn’t help but smile. I always tell him he’s welcome to come in if there’s no response when he calls from outside the door.
The light coming through the window had an orange hue, suggesting that I had been asleep for a considerable amount of time.
“What about that woman earlier?”
“She already left.”
There are so many questions I want to ask, like who that beautiful woman is and what kind of relationship they have, but I feel a strange awkwardness and resistance, and I can’t get the words out.
Even though I should have slept soundly, the earlier discomfort and prickly feeling haven’t gone away.
Before I knew it, I was clutching the hem of Julius’s shirt tightly, and Julius looked at me with a puzzled expression.
“Rene? Is something wrong?”
“…. I-It’s nothing.”
“You look like you have something on your mind. Did I do anything wrong?”
With a concerned expression, Julius gently asked, “If something unpleasant happened, please tell me.”
Only when he said that did I realize that everything that had occurred earlier was, in fact, “something unpleasant” for me.
“I guess, I just didn’t like the whole thing that happened earlier.”
“Earlier?”
“I didn’t like that you invited a woman to your room, or that you called me your sister. I didn’t like any of it.”
When I honestly expressed how I felt, Julius’s ice-blue eyes widened in surprise.
Julius eventually covered his mouth with one hand and murmured, “Really?” It was clear that he was visibly shaken.
As I nodded, I realized the reason why, just as Julius opened his mouth again.
“….Were you jealous?”
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