Chapter 135 – Ep.8 – A Sister’s Story (3)
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Their love for each other started to diverge from the day Eva returned after enduring subtle neglect and persecution that lasted all day.
On that day, Neva was waiting for her at the door of her mansion.
Eva quickly regained her smile as she was greeted by her beloved sister, but Neva’s smile did not ease her expression.
“Eva. Why didn’t you tell her sister.”
Neva said in a slightly stiff voice. Eva did not understand her meaning of her Neva, and she asked what she was talking about.
“… Her sister took care of it all. Don’t worry. Because I will protect you.”
Neva pulled her into a hug, leaving her with only meaningful words.
The next day, when Eva goes back to school,
Strangely, there was a rigid atmosphere in the school.
She didn’t have friends who laughed and chatted as usual, and even her teachers seemed to be watching Eva.
At first she just felt that something was wrong, but
The three students who were particularly gossip about her Eva walked over in a frightened state,
“Eva, Mi, I’m sorry… I think we’ve done too much. Can I accept your apology… ?”
As she trembled and bowed her head, Eva realized what had happened.
As Neva caught those of her who cursed at her, she firmly punished her.
“Yes? Ah… “
Eva accepted their apology, scratching her head as if in trouble. They bowed their backs and sobbed and disappeared, and from that day on, no one dared to speak ill of Eva.
Honestly, Eva felt better inside her.
She was happy that her sister had taken care of her, and that she was no longer ridiculed because of her wonderful sister.
With no more of her students to chew on her, she naturally had some friends of hers,
Teachers also stopped comparing Eva to Neva.
Her going to school started to be quite enjoyable unlike her before.
Little by little, in her better life than before, Eva regained her stability.
The more she got along with her peers, the more she smiled.
But,
Something started to change little by little…
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“Eva, why are you late again today? Huh?”
“Ah, sister… It’s not like that, I was wandering around wanting to plant some flowers in the garden… “
“I told you to come on time. Do you know how worried my sister was?”
Neva became strict little by little.
She was always kind and laid-back Neva became more and more strange.
“Put away the flowers and come in quickly. Hurry.”
“That, though. Sister. Can you smell this flower? I like it very much. Huh?”
“… Okay. Nice It’s over now, so come in.”
She seldom laughed.
Not even the flowers Eva had picked could bring back a smile on Neva’s lips.
As the days passed, Neva began to take full control of Eva’s life, and if she didn’t follow it even a little bit, she punished her.
“Go into your room. Hurry.”
“No, sister… ! Really. A butterfly was sitting on a flower, so I waited for a while… “
“I told you to come in. Hurry. Don’t talk back.”
The punishment was simple.
Staying in your room until you reflect.
“Tomorrow, don’t go to school, just stay at home. My sister will tell you.”
“Uh… ? Why?”
“Eva, you didn’t listen to your sister.”
Originally, it was unreasonable for a single student to be involved in the number of days of attendance, but Neva’s words, which had already begun to be favored by the [Princess] Who would rule the country in the future, were absolutely absolute.
“Sister! I’m going to my friend’s house tomorrow after school… “
“No. I will be at home tomorrow.”
And, her words were absolute even at home. Neva’s words to take the place of her parents were not something Eva could dare to defy.
“… Huh.”
“Let’s wash up quickly and go to bed. And, is that friend a proper kid? Aren’t you going to bully me?”
“Don’t bother. Just friends… “
“What is your name?”
“Why is your name… ?”
“Hurry. What is your name.”
“Pi, pione.”
“… Okay. Okay.”
Neva began managing Eva’s entire life.
Unlike the happy and leisurely days of the past,
For Neva, who has no room anymore,
Because she was the last treasure to protect as much as the last remaining precious family.
Through all of her arduous training, Neva never let her go.
Her Neva eyes were always fixed on her brother,
She cared for her brother, pushing that strict standard if anything bothered her in the slightest.
No one dared to speak to Eva.
No one
However, Eva could feel it.
“All the students who got failing grades are allowed to stay. There are supplementary classes.”
Her own talent was lousy, though she was still crawling on her bottom.
“I’m failing again. If mom gets failed one more time, she sells it in the family register… “
“Which of us is not a failure!”
And, beside her, she had friends who, like her, were underachievers who crawled on the floor.
“… Oh, Eva students can go.”
She herself did not receive the rigorous supplemental classes or supplemental training that her other friends did.
She doesn’t get scolded, she doesn’t nag,
“… Yes.”
She just knew that she was receiving special treatment under the professors who were looking out for Neva, who was likely to become [The Queen’s next escort knight]…
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“Eva. Her sister apparently told her professors to drop her make-up class. Why is it late? Did the professors teach the class? Can you tell me Even now, my sister… “
“… It’s not like that. I just wanted to go with the other kids, so I waited… “
“Okay, then you didn’t keep your promise again. Go into your room.”
“By the way, sister! Me, I know that unnie thinks of me too, but now that I’m like this, I’m more aware… “
“Go into your room.”
“… “
“I told you to go into your room.”
Eva always got special treatment.
She is also exempt from swordsmanship training.
Exemption from wooden sword practice.
Supplementary classes are also exempted.
Even if you get a failing grade, everything is exempted.
“No. You could get hurt. Eva, you’re weak, so skip all those classes.”
“Huh… “
None of her even dared to teach her, and she flickered over, glancing at her neva.
“Where are you going?”
“Yes! Playing flowers with the kids… “
“No. Dangerous.”
“But you said you were going together… !”
“No. If you’re going to go, do you go with your sister?”
Even when she went somewhere, Neva always followed,
So when she is followed by Neva, Eva is called from school the next day to her principal’s office…
“That, Miss Eva? Miss Eva knows very well, but her sister does, right? This is a very important time. It’s an important time when you shouldn’t miss school or training. You know what I mean?”
“… Yes.”
I listened to the admonition quietly. Very quietly
Sitting on a chair in the principal’s office, being treated as respectfully as possible while being treated so well that I didn’t even think of it as an admonition.
Please don’t get in my sister’s way and quietly listen to her sister’s words.
“Yes. It’s good for Eva-san to become an older sister. Isn’t it true that sisters should take care of each other? You have a really good older sister, right? Let’s put up with Eva-san a little bit for her sister.”
“Yes…”
Eva’s life was orchestrated by Neva.
Unlike her parents, who left Neva helpless,
Because Eva was an existence that Neva could fully control.
Unlike her parents,
To protect Eva, Neva did her best.
“Sister, we are all dispatched to the field at school… “
“Where did you say you were going?”
“That, towards Misriksha Hill… “
“Okay. We should go there too.”
“… Oh, no. I said I was going, but I just wanted to stay home… “
“Oh, I see? Okay. Good job.”
Eva still loved Neva, but she couldn’t help getting tired of it.
Still.
Still, she was able to bear it.
Eva couldn’t keep up with her sister and she just felt shabby as she had to stay in the shadows.
Unlike those days when I tenaciously participated in training despite being ridiculed and persecuted by everyone,
It was more shabby now that everyone was looking at themselves and trying to please her with Neva.
No one compared herself to her sister,
It sounded like a voice that could no longer even be compared.
Eva, in the arms of Neva, where she could no longer grow or change, she was getting tired little by little.
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“Sister! What did you tell the kids!”
Then one day,
When even her barely-acquainted friends looked at Eva and laughed awkwardly,
Eva eventually couldn’t stand it and she was the first to take her anger out on Neva.
“Stop it now! I’ll live on my own, so please do it in moderation! Am I a sister doll? Should she just do what her sister tells her to do!”
Her innermost heart, which she had endured, burst out.
However, from Neva’s point of view, dedicated to her younger sister,
With her high-pitched voice, she sees her brother angry with herself…
“… “
It has taken on a different meaning.
“Go into your room.”
“No! Did your sister come in? From now on, just use a separate room! I’m tired of sleeping with you now!”
That day,
Neva took her Eva by her arm and dragged her to her room,
She’s stuck in it
She locked the door outside.
