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 96
Translated by: ShinigamiTori
Chapter 96 ─ Inevitable Change 2
“What did you say?”
Jenny’s meticulously polished face is gradually becoming flushed with anger.
It’s understandable, considering I’ve often said things like, “I think you’d be a good match,” and “Do your best.”
──But now I understand. After I disclosed my amnesia, Julius, who apparently hadn’t even spoken to me until then, started saying things like “Should I help you from now on?” just to take advantage of me.
“You, don’t fall for anyone other than me, okay?”
“On the contrary, it’s more of a problem for Rene.”
Because he intended to get married eventually, it’s obvious that if I were to fall in love and like someone else, it would cause trouble and make things harder for him.
Even during the spring rank exams, he came to help me without considering his own grades, because if I got expelled, his marriage to Jenny would be confirmed at that point.
Everything connects, and my heart pounds rapidly.
Everything he did to help me, to be kind to me, it was all just to use me. When I think of that, I can’t help but feel a bit lonely, sad, and hurt. Still…
I know that Julius cares about me now.
That’s why I don’t care about the past anymore, and I want to be of help to Julius. Judging from his behavior so far, it seems like my brother has some serious circumstances.
Most importantly, for my own sake, I must achieve S-rank to avoid the “Death Bad Ending.”
Julius probably doesn’t seriously want to marry me, and I’m sure it would be inconvenient for him to be with Jenny, who is closer to our parents.
Knowing my brother, he’ll likely handle it well in due time. But for now, my priority is to win against Jenny.
“I’ll definitely become an S-rank.”
“Hmph, keep dreaming.”
Jenny snorted and swept her bangs aside.
“But what’s with the sudden change? You’ve probably fallen for Brother, haven’t you?”
“Eh… No, that’s, um…”
“There’s no other man as perfect as him.”
Jenny appears to have come to terms with it on her own, but that’s not the case at all. Please wait a moment.
But saying I wanted to be of help to Julius might disrupt his future plans, and since I couldn’t come up with any other excuses, I decided to play it off casually.
“W-Well, uh…. Something like that…”
“If your past self knew about this, she’d probably faint.”
“… Why were Julius and I on bad terms?”
“Who knows? But I did see you crying and saying that it was Brother’s fault that your mother died.”
“Eh…”
Once again, an unbelievably heavy plot twist emerged. The Wainwright family seriously needs to tone it down. This is surpassing soap opera levels.
Although I’m quite curious, it seems Jenny doesn’t know anything more, and there’s no way I can ask Julius about this kind of thing directly. It’s probably just a misunderstanding of the original Rene, so I’ll forget about it for now.
Soon, Jenny wore a somewhat irritated expression and sighed.
“If that’s all, please leave now.”
“Oh, yes. Thank you for telling me all that. And thanks for the tea.”
Even though there was no response, I said “I’m sorry for intruding,” left Jenny’s room, and returned to my own room, collapsing onto the bed.
Maybe because of the fatigue from traveling and hearing too much overwhelming information, I felt mentally and physically exhausted, and drowsiness started to creep in. As I closed my eyes, I fell into a dream.
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“By boiling Nucia grass and Limamu together… you can create a liquid with strong magic resistance… L-Limamu… Limamu…”
The next morning, I woke up early and immediately headed to my desk. I had to study without delay; otherwise, nothing would progress. In fact, it wouldn’t even start; it would come to an end.
There are three days left until Julius comes back. I thought I would just stay in my room and study hard.
“I’m home, Rene-chan.”
For some reason, my brother returned home earlier than planned, sporting a cheerful smile as he made his way to my room.
“W-Why?”
“Arnold got a message saying his favorite horse was about to give birth, so he decided to go back home. So, I tagged along.”
In the Arnold Kingdom, where there are many animals, I suppose that’s to be expected.
Somehow, my brother looks more radiant than usual, so I tilt my head and rub my eyes.
“I wanted to see Rene as soon as possible, so it worked out perfectly.”
“Uh, w-well then…”
“You were studying, that’s great.”
Julius’ hair softly touched my neck as he peeked out from behind me, and my heart jumped.
My face gets hot, and I can’t move a single finger. I’ve never felt this way before.
“… C-Close…”
“Oh? That’s such a cute reaction. Usually, you’d say something like ‘You’re invading my personal space’ and push me away.”
Julius chuckled and said, “I’ll go change,” then left my room. Feeling relieved and completely drained of energy, I collapsed onto the desk.
“It’s bad, bad, bad! No way! It’s just a mistake. As usual, as usual, as usual…”
The difficulty level of “as usual” is higher than I imagined.
In the end, even though I’ve been thinking of Julius as my brother, that period was only a little less than five months. Maybe there was a limit from the beginning.
Julius Wainwright is unbelievably handsome, smart, and capable of using any kind of magic like a cheat. He’s already so popular.
Yet, he’s only sweet and kind to me, which is impossible not to be conscious of.
I thought Julius was cooler than anyone else, and even when I thought he was my real brother I couldn’t help but feel flustered many times.
“What would you do if we weren’t actually siblings?”
“…Hmm, I might have actually fallen for you in a typical manner.”
“Really? If we weren’t siblings, would you have fallen for me?”
“Yeah. But it’s just a hypothetical situation.”
“Hahaha, yeah. It’s all ‘what if’ scenarios.”
These past conversations came back to me, and I held my head in my hands, thinking that it wasn’t going to be possible to continue as before.
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