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 45
Translated by: ShinigamiTori
Chapter 45 ? Beginning and Dissonance
“Therese, I’ll send you a letter! See you soon!”
“Yes, I’ll be waiting.”
On the final day of school before summer vacation, I hugged Therese for one last time and then picked up my bag.
The plan to visit her territory is set for the latter part of the summer vacation. My brother and Arnold-san will also be joining me.
“Oh, Rene. See you later!”
“Yes! I’m looking forward to getting together with everyone.”
I give Willy a high five and leave the classroom. I decided to say goodbye to Yoshida, the prince, and Reinhardt before leaving, so I headed straight to their classroom.
First, I peeked inside Yoshida’s classroom, and to my surprise, I found him surrounded by high-ranking girls. While feeling a tinge of jealousy at his popularity, I reminded myself not to interfere, but then someone tapped me on the shoulder.
I turned around and saw Prince Theodore.
“Hello! I just came by to say my farewell since it’s before summer vacation.”
“…..”
“I know you must be busy, but if you’d like, let’s spend time together during the summer vacation. I’ll write you a letter.”
The prince nodded in agreement to my words. Although he doesn’t talk much as usual, his lips curl just a little, and I feel like we’ve gotten quite close compared to before.
I waved goodbye and asked him to send my regards to Yoshida before making my way to Reinhardt’s classroom next door.
“What’s up, Rene-chan?”
He immediately notices my presence and rushes over to me. With his exceptionally handsome face, he wore a charming smile that could make one’s heart flutter.
“I wanted to invite you to hang out during the summer vacation.”
“Sure! Are you heading home already? Let’s walk to the school gate together.”
“Okay.”
As I watched Reinhardt go back into the classroom to fetch his bag, I felt the sharp gazes of the female students from his class. It seems that he is also quite popular.
After coming back and saying, “Sorry for the wait,” Reinhard took my hand casually and started walking away. Because of that, the stares from those around me hurt even more, but I can’t bring myself to shake off his hand as he smiles happily at me.
For some reason, I have a soft spot for him.
“Reinhardt, you must be very popular.”
“Do you like that kind of guy, Rene-chan?”
“Huh? Um, well, maybe?”
I was confused by the sudden question, but I thought it was better to be well-liked than hated, so I answered positively. Then, Reinhardt murmured, “I see, that’s good.”
“I’m very popular. I’ve been getting called out every day lately.”
“T-That’s great….!”
In fact, the girls in my class have been talking about Reinhardt these days. It’s only natural, given that he’s extremely good-looking, kind, and gentle, and his rank is rapidly rising.
It’s hard to believe that he was subjected to severe bullying until just the other day. Anyway, I’m glad to see him smiling more.
“But that doesn’t matter now. What’s important is that I’ll do my best to become someone worthy of you, Rene-chan.”
“Yes….?”
No matter how I looked at it, I felt like I was the one inferior to him. Yet, Reinhardt seemed genuinely serious about what he said.
“I’m looking forward to seeing you during the summer vacation.”
“Yeah. Until then, I need to study hard.”
“Can I write you lots of letters? I’d love to visit the Wainwright estate and go to various places together with you.”
“Of course. I’ll be waiting.”
“Thank you. I’m genuinely feeling motivated now.”
We eventually arrive in front of my family’s carriage and stop. When Reinhardt touched my cheek, he furrowed his eyebrows and smiled in an embarrassed manner.
“…. I really like you, Rene-chan.”
“T-Thank you.”
In response to those straightforward words, even someone like me can’t help but feel my heart race. And so, with his farewell, I boarded the carriage.
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“Wow, you’re really going all out from the first day of summer vacation, huh?”
“I’m doing it now so that I could have a good time later.”
On the first day of summer vacation, I woke up in the morning, had breakfast, and immediately started to work on my summer vacation assignments. Time is limited during summer vacation, after all. I want to finish them quickly and have a carefree time to play.
Seeing me like that, Julius said, “That’s great,” and then added, “I should also work hard for my time with Rene, too,” and started working on his own assignments in my room. What a dedicated pair of siblings, I thought.
“Hey, Julius, I don’t understand this part.”
“Ah, this is how you do it.”
Since we are in the same room, I sometimes ask my brother about the parts I don’t understand.
“…. Um, do we need to be this close?”
“Of course.”
For some reason, every time I asked him something, it would result in him hugging me from behind. He would casually answer me while placing his left hand on my stomach and resting his chin on my shoulder.
His right hand was overlaid on my hand holding the pen, which was undoubtedly peculiar.
“If anything, I’m the one who needs you.”
“Why?”
“I’m tired from doing homework all this time, so I’m replenishing myself with Rene.”
The atmosphere is too sweet to be very much like that between a brother and sister, and his words make my face heat up involuntarily. Lately, whenever Julius got all clingy like this, I found myself feeling increasingly restless.
I guess the reason for my defeat is that I have had too few relationships with men in my past life, and even though I know we’re siblings, I’ve spent too little time with him as a brother and sister.
Even a siscon brother who is suffering from a lack of knowledge for personal space must be confused when his sister blushes and gets flustered. I smacked my cheeks, telling myself to pull myself together.
“What are you doing?”
“Mental composure.”
“Hahaha, Rene, you’re really funny.”
Julius laughed and gently ruffled my hair.
And so, with the help of my brother, I spent the entire first three days of summer vacation on my assignments, and after completing all of them, I faced the morning of the fourth day feeling refreshed.
I was scheduled to head to the territory from noon today, so I started packing my belongings into a large suitcase. The maids offered to help, but I declined and decided to proceed on my own, decluttering as I went.
I don’t like to throw things away so easily, but Rene’s belongings are just too tasteless. As I dug through the closet, I came across a small box.
“Letters?”
I opened the box and found several letters inside. I know it’s not a good idea to look at other people’s letters without permission, but I was curious about Rene’s personality and relationships, so I decided to read a few of the ones at the top.
“…..”
The name on the letter was unfamiliar, but it seemed to be from Rene’s mother. I had heard that her mother had passed away due to an illness, but this letter appeared to have been written during her time in the hospital.
She wrote that she did not have long to live and that she was sorry to have to leave Rene all alone. I couldn’t help but get a little teary-eyed when I read my mother’s wishes that I should learn magic well because it would definitely help me, and that I should not be picky about what I eat.
“….. Alone?”
For some reason, the only person my mother is worried about is Rene, and almost nothing is written about Julius.
“’Julius-sama is a kind person, so if you ever face any troubles, please rely on him first’…?”
And the sentence at the end, where she treats my brother as if he were a stranger, makes me feel uncomfortable.
I couldn’t help but be curious, but there was no way I could ask him, “I happened to find a letter from Mother, but she only talks about me and treats Julius like a stranger. Why is that?”
“Rene? It’s time to go.”
“Ah, yes.”
I heard Julius’s voice from behind the door, and despite my lingering confusion, I put the letter back in its place and closed the closet.
After that, I hurriedly packed the rest of my belongings, left my bag with the servants, and got into the carriage bound for the territory.
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