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 175
Translated by: ShinigamiTori
Chapter 175 ? Musings of a Younger Brother (Lukas’ POV)
“Lukas-kun, have you eaten lunch already?”
“Yes, I have.”
“Oh, I see. Let’s eat together next time, okay?”
“Of course, I’m looking forward to it.”
In the hallway, a female student whose name I don’t even remember cheerfully calls out to me, and I respond with a smile.
Though it was terribly bothersome, I had learned through life that someone like me was better off putting on a friendly face.
After all, women only ever see the surface of who I am.
“…. I guess it’s about time.”
I move to a secluded spot, and when I hear footsteps approaching, I reach into the trash can.
Pressing my lips together, I lifted my face with a sorrowful expression just as Maximilian Steiner and Theodore Lindgren, walking toward me, met my gaze.
“You’re… from Rene’s….”
I knew the two of them passed through here at this time every day. That’s precisely why I timed this meeting.
Their gaze eventually shifted to the awkward-looking blue doll in my hand.
??It’s what I swiped from my sister after school yesterday.
“Earlier, I saw Rene-senpai throw this away….”
Lowering my gaze to the doll, I spun that lie while feigning confusion.
No one would want such an ugly doll, but the very act of discarding something a friend gave would certainly be looked down upon. Or so I thought.
“It must be some kind of mistake.”
“?Huh?”
Without any hesitation or doubt, it was swiftly denied.
Those golden eyes seemed to peer into my very soul, and my heart skipped a small beat.
“How can you be so sure?”
“Because she would never do such a thing.”
His firm declaration clearly showed his strong trust in my sister.
They have probably only been acquainted with my sister for about a year.
I’ve heard they were in different classes. So, why is it that they can trust each other so much? I just can’t understand.
But if I keep pushing here, I’ll just make myself look suspicious. I reluctantly flashed a smile and shrugged my shoulders in a helpless manner.
“… I see, then it seems like I was mistaken.”
“Yeah.”
Maximilian Steiner extends his right hand towards me.
“I’ll give it back to her.”
“Okay.”
The way he accepts the doll and strokes it with his fingertips as if to brush off any dirt shows how much he cares for my sister.
Feeling a strong sense of irritation bubbling up inside me, I clenched my hands tightly.
“Thank you very much. Please tell Rene-senpai that I’ll come to see her again today.”
“Sure.”
“…..”
As the two returned to their classroom, the Third Prince cast me a sharp glance as he passed.
It was as though he were warning me not to do anything unnecessary.
Though he was silent and unreadable, he might be an even more troublesome opponent than I imagined.
“… Ahhh, how boring.”
Once they were out of sight, I kicked the trash can hard and clicked my tongue.
Whether it’s from memory loss or something else, she seems to have turned into a completely different person. It was hard to believe that she was really my sister, surrounded by friends and seemingly thriving.
Seeing how deeply she was cared for now, I couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.
??Even when I tried feeding rumors while she was absent the other day, no one showed any signs of believing me.
“No way. Rena would never say something bad about someone.”
“Yeah, you must’ve misheard, Lukas-kun.”
“Exactly. She’s such an idiotically good person.”
They trusted her to a sickening degree.
Even though the real Rene was nothing like that.
“Wow, thank you! Luka, you’re such a good kid.”
Every time I see that carefree smile, it drives me crazy with frustration.
I want to strip everything away from her quickly. I want to see her in tears, crying and wailing after losing it all. The thought of her living happily, forgetting everything, is something I can never forgive.
She should lament her past actions in despair and endlessly beg for forgiveness.
That is the revenge she deserved for abandoning us.
TN: Now, here comes the villain arc ( ?°?°) !! I think…..
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