Chapter 192 – Past: Leticia (1)
“Something like worms.”
Chew!
Hot liquid washing my head. Black water droplets dripping down her golden hair, down her face and down her jawline…
When I look up, I see a woman pushing a teacup at me with a ferocious face.
It’s a pretty face
Even the distorted face is seen as an attractive element.
She is my mother reincarnated as Scarlett Tepesh in the previous game 〈Blue Rose Garden〉.
“A talent that will never be seen again in history? Funny sound… ! You can’t even do one thing properly!”
To do
Characteristics of my sister, Leticia Chepes… The opposite point of her emptiness, mine, and her emptiness, is to overwork her in order to utilize the power of her older brother.
Unlike me who has matured to a certain extent, the young girl has not yet been able to use her characteristics properly.
By overworking it, my parents entrusted the role to me, her younger brother, so that I could use my talents to bloom and use them for the good of the family.
“With her strength, we can revive Chepesch’s family name. Are you listening, Scarlett?”
“Ugh. Madam, though, that’s not too much to say. Leticia is still a child.”
A man by her side, helping her mother. So, my father.
Head of Cepes.
He chimed in with his mother’s words from the side.
It’s not that he’s powerless, but he’s indecisive to bury himself by his mother’s side. Even when he had just woken up, he had thought that he was just being swayed by his fierce mother.
It’s different now.
Now I know that indecisive attitude is a mask that burrows into our hearts and makes us dependable when I or my sister need someone to put their hearts to.
‘What would have happened if I hadn’t been there.’
There is no need to think too long.
“Hmm. Scarlett, though, your mother is not entirely wrong. Leticia’s power will be of great help now that Chepesch’s fortune has declined a lot.”
Yes, yes. It wasn’t because of any cause or any kind of earnestness that they wanted their sister’s power.
It’s just that they’re trying to exploit their young daughter’s power, not their own efforts, in order to restore the family they’ve ruined to their former glory.
How could such a surprisingly disgusting group of humans be my newly born parents?
All I can think of is that.
“Done. Go!”
The congratulatory order fell.
I bowed down and left the room. A rather annoyed voice comes from behind.
At least, maybe because of the perception that he is a guy who pays for his food, and no matter what he says in words, it hasn’t been often recently that he’s openly insulting me.
Seeing as if he was quite impatient today, he said things he wouldn’t normally say, so I wonder if something happened.
‘They ruined everything.’
I know. What a great family the original ‘Cepesh’ was.
At first, I didn’t know because it wasn’t very different from the Chepes in my memory.
In 〈Blue Rose Garden〉, Chepeshu’s position is subtle. Considering that the heroine, ‘Luna Taylor’, is from a viscount family, it is a family in an unapproachable position as a duke.
Maybe that’s because my older sister, Leticia, who is a villainous daughter, doesn’t get enough attention within her family.
Or, I don’t know if it’s because Chepeshu’s power is weak compared to the imperial family or other ducal families.
Even though he tries to bully the heroine in every case, he always loses strength in the decisive part and withdraws… To put it simply, the family is nothing more than a device to connect the heroine and the other male characters.
I originally thought it was like that.
‘But it wasn’t.’
The real Chepes is different from the ones in 〈 Blue Rose Garden 〉.
Exactly, it was different.
One of the greatest families on the continent. One of the rulers who divide the empire into two halves…
All of that is a thing of the past.
Even before I was born, Chepesch had rotted away.
My father, Gram Chepes, made it.
Chepesch is no longer the greatest family nor the ruler who divides the continent. All that remains is the nominal status.
At least, it is this much thanks to the fact that ‘crows’ are secretly working all over the continent.
In the empire, the Arcadian royal family and Kroychev keep in check, and Friedrich gradually withdraws.
Among the forces of the night, Nosferatu and Draculea, who noticed that Chepeshu’s power was waning, are gradually revealing their ambitions.
It wouldn’t be strange to remove the name from the position of the three imperial families and the night.
The person who created such a situation is none other than my parents…
In my mind, I want to cut off the kite altogether.
“Scarlett, are you okay… ?”
… I am reincarnated
To me, who was born again, the concept of a “New family” Was something that was inevitably unfamiliar to me.
Especially if your parents are like that.
My older sister, who always gave me strength. And, as far as I can remember, this world—Leticia, the villainous daughter of 〈 Blue Rose Garden 〉.
She put her hand on my cheek carefully and wept her tears.
“Are you okay. With just a splash of coffee.”
“That’s all.”
Leticia hesitated for a moment as if her throat had been strangled.
“It’s because of me…”
It’s a sad voice. It seems that even the person listening to it will become depressed.
“It’s okay.”
Saying that, he removed her hand from caressing her cheek, and the shadow on Leticia’s face darkened even more.
“… It’s not just because of my sister.”
Watching that scene made me feel stuffy, so I added something I didn’t need to say.
“… It’s a talent that can’t even keep up with my sister’s toes in the first place, both of them. Don’t worry too much about inferiority. Because I can eat the swearing.”
“… He-don’t say that!”
It’s cute to see you startled. Is it because I was young? I don’t know if it was because what I said was a burden, or if it was because I was afraid that my words would leak out to my parents.
“What are you going to do if you two hear it? … That, and, it’s my job, but I hate Scarlett getting scolded!”
Is it both
Anyway, he seems like a good-natured kid. How did this kind of guy later become a heinous villain girl?
“Sister.”
“Seriously, Scarlett is smart and great, but this needs a sister to take care of… Huh? Why?”
“I will protect you.”
“… Uh huh uh?”
I don’t know how it happened, but Leticia was my older sister. My only family, at least in this world.
So, I have to be by her side to take good care of her so that she doesn’t go astray. But no matter what I do, if it is her inevitable fate to become a ‘villain’.
“No matter what. Do you believe me?”
“… That, yes, uh Believe! Huh!”
Whatever the storm, I will stand by her side, just as she did to me.
“… So, Scarlett. Are you doing that today?”
“Huh? I have to, then.”
Leticia grabbed my sleeve and asked carefully. If it’s ‘that’, it’s probably talking about what we do together in her room every day.
Perspiration formed on Leticia’s forehead as she saw my head shaking up and down.
*
The tightly closed door, the blackout curtains blocking the sunlight… And even the lights that went out. From within the dark room, a groaning sound could be heard.
“Heh, heh, Scarlett, stop it…”
“What are you talking about. Don’t be rude.”
“Nuna, this is the limit now, really…”
“Little bit more. Can you?”
“Oh really…”
Pop… Drops of sweat dripping down your jawline. Her fine arms ran across her neck and jawline, wiping away the sweat.
A tired face looks tired. As I removed her wet hair that was clinging to my cheeks, my sister glared at me with sharp eyes.
“Let’s take care of it like this.”
“Why.”
“My sister said it was difficult, but she forced her to do more.”
“It can’t be helped. Apart from your parents’ desires, your sister needs to make better use of her attributes.”
“Ugh, nagging.”
Even though he’s flustered, he moves the [Form]’S mana according to my instructions.
Yes.
I used to take time like this to guide my sister. Not to fulfill the demands of the parents of this body, for which the word parent does not fit, but for none other than Leticia herself.
It’s not as good as my 「Emptiness」, But Leticia’s 「Form」 Is also a dangerous power.
So stick to her side like this and give her one-on-one close tutoring in her room.
“──Sister. Let’s do it one more time.”
“Nuna, I really can’t anymore… !”
Leticia, who had abused her talent to the limit, cried out, but I knew that this was cruel.
Not kidding, for real.
It wasn’t long ago that she despised Leticia after being told to get something out of her by overworking Leticia from her parents, so she couldn’t really abuse her to the limit.
It was just that Leticia pushed herself to the point where she felt, ‘This is the limit!’
So, what I do is the gym trainer says, ‘One more member! Just one more! Look at that, can you do it?’ It’s similar to that.
What my parents told me to do was to literally suck the bone marrow and make me collapse from dehydration while working out.
There is a big difference.
Knowing that, Leticia followed suit even while whining.
“… I think it could be a bit more.”
“Is it too much?!”
Hmm.
Is it. Is it a crowd
“… Funny? Noona is dying this hard, but Scarlett is laughing at this right now?!”
“Oh sorry.”
But it’s really funny
Nothing else, it just made me laugh because I felt like I was with my family.
… Family.
How is your sister Her younger brother jumped in to save him, but did he survive?
Then you must have been very shocked that your brother died instead. Even if I pretend not to, my heart is very weak.
… Still, I wish I could live. Even if I die, I’m reincarnated like this, but anyway, rolling in this world is a hundred times better than dying.
… I miss you.
