Fukushuu Kansuisha no Jinsei Nishuume Isekaitan
251 ◇ A sibling story
Lucius was a good friend to Yusuke. It was Lucius who stopped me with Quinn when he developed into a personal fight with 'Dawn Hero' Lyke on the occasion of his heroic inauguration. Since then, he has been helped in various ways.
This is also true when saving Twa from wrongdoing, and it was he who took over peace with Giborne, home of Econa, from the late Ligal.
He who is calm and settled, yet thick and constantly righteous in his emotions.
Perhaps it was no wonder that Lucius lamented the recent move of Daltra here and decided to disobey him. But Yusuke still didn't think Lucius or Elfi would be on the enemy's side.
Friends who stood before Kosuke in such a way as to shelter enemy general Jeanne uttered the most apologetic words of the opening.
In contrast, Kosuke.
"Lucius, you made your own decision."
Throw the word of confirmation.
If it is not forced, but that this is his own choice. Denial is no good.
As in Quinn's time, deep down in my heart, I can save you if you want to save me.
But if you say you wanted that position.
Just respect it and smash it.
"Yes, Cro"
Lucius nodded.
"This is my decision."
There is no falsehood in the colour of his determination to seep into his words.
"Okay, okay."
Then no further questions are required.
Start the fight again.
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That was in the past.
"Brother."
She was a pretty sister.
Fi really cares about her sister and if she had time, she would have gone to the place.
Fi.
He was reincarnated into Arclair, and since he became a hero in Daltra, his name has been - Luciuseus Lucius Refi (,,) Ka-Gramlunate.
Fi's family is an aristocrat entrusted with the Borderline Lord. Fi, a man of honor, was educated enough to become depressed every day as an heir.
In that world at the time, twins and other multiple fetuses were considered abominations.
Psychology that makes you feel uneasy about something that is not 'normal' or 'common with the vast majority of cases' and considers it a bad one.
In the case of aristocracy, there would have been further problems such as inheritance disputes.
The officially recognized twin did not exist as far as Fi heard.
It was said that measures had been taken to decide that stillbirths were to take place and that they were not born in the first place.
But the baby is actually born. What to do.
There are several options.
Kill and throw away. Put him up for adoption with a contract that lays down all the truth about birth.
Or - shut it down.
Neither my father nor my mother did anything to confront the world, but they were not completely ruled either.
The twin sister was trapped in a vault a little further from the mansion without being killed.
Fi realized about it when six times. When I got out of tutoring class and went exploring at the end of my time.
Fi, who persevered in remembering the place where the people of the house had said, 'Do not approach', and went there out of curiosity, finds Zao.
"Who?"
I heard a voice.
The zoo has one window and one double-open door used for entry and exit. The latter key was unlikely to be removed.
Fi skilfully climbed up and looked inside through the window.
There was a girl with the same color of hair as herself.
Same as myself, even the shade of my eyes looking up at this one.
They also noticed that for the girl.
"Who?"
The word was uttered simultaneously by both of us.
Fi was then found by those in the house, and his father received a sermon immediately.
I asked. I wondered who the girl in the collection was.
The men of the house held their mouths in a bloody manner, and my father distorted his expression in agony.
I was lost for quite a while, but eventually he told me. Because it must be that Fi will take care of him sooner or later.
She's an unnamed Fi's real sister. One crack in the twins.
Fi is a man, he was born first, so he's allowed to live like this now.
My sister, alone in the zoo, lives only by the little light she gets from outside the window.
The wise Fi showed understanding in his father's explanation and also knew that the world was more unequal than it was before.
Still.
I really couldn't leave the girl in the collection alone.
Then Fi perfectly does what needs to be done and ensures free time. I used all of that to spend time with her.
It was forbidden to the people of the house, but if they hid from those who brought their meals, they had to find out because no one else had ever approached them.
Or maybe my father, he silenced me.
Think of it now, Father. Mother, you did not dispose of both twins or one crack as other nobles would.
My sister didn't know a lot of words. The minimal conversation, he said, was worn during his previous interactions with the diner. He was a smart kid.
I'm sure Fi could be immersed in a sense of superiority. It's not dark. It's an innocent thing that kids have, like, 'I know, I'll tell you'. By then, in everything, I was in a position to be taught.
Over the course of several trips, she also became more open to conversation. At first it's roughly, gradually for fun.
"I am."
"Me."
"Oh, you're fine with me."
"Me."
"Hmm, well, come on"
"Can I?
"Yeah."
"Uncle"
My sister laughed as she broke. When she laughed, Fi was happy too.
"I'm called Fi. I've told you before."
"Huh."
"Yeah, yeah. But I didn't hear your name, did I? I don't know what to call it."
When I first named him, Fi asks me again what he didn't tell me.
"Nah..."
The girl turned into a troubled, sad face.
Point to the wall that traps you, "Kabe," and then say "Sara," "Shara," "Tora," "Madu."
"Nah."
"Huh? Oh, yeah. That's right, that's the name of what's out there."
My sister points to herself.
"Me."
"... it 's-"
No, is there? It hasn't been given.
If you do say you don't need it, I guess so.
But Fi is sad.
That's not a name, your voice trembles.
"Hey, no?
"... yeah"
Then I said, "What?
The crushed eyes are shaking anxiously.
I can't answer that.
"Name what you like, what you like."
I managed to say so, but Fi will soon regret it.
Is there anything I like enough for her to spend her days in the zoo? I get depressed by my carelessness.
"Suki......"
My sister was moving her lips against each other as she thought, but eventually she pointed to one of the finished dishes.
"Soup, Suki"
Indeed, the plate was filled with warm soup until earlier.
"... I don't know about that"
"No?"
"I don't know, uh..."
Fi was in trouble.
"Huh."
They call me by name.
Look, his fingers were pointed at him, too.
"Suki"
Something.
Something fills her chest with her smile and words. What's being poured is something hot.
It was getting hot to the face and Fi had the best of her dressed smile.
"... well, that's awesome, I'm glad"
We are brothers and sisters born on the same day, similarly colored in hair and eyes, and separated in blood.
I'm the successor, she's the bird in the cage. What separates it is the order of birth and gender.
If they weren't twins, they would have been able to grow up like normal siblings.
When I think about it, it doesn't get painful.
Even boys who meet a few times are a favorite for their sister. Even if it's fresh and interesting, to such an extent.
"Fine, let's do that - Fi"
"Uncle"
I look at my sister (Fi) laughing happily, and my brother (Fi) laughs too.
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"Brother."
When the years passed enough for a girl to turn into a girl.
My sister looked different compared to when I first met her.
She lived in the same building, but the living space improved to the fullest as her brother.
Confirming that his brother was here, Fi approached him with a full grin.
"Well, my brother gave it to me last time. I tried it on. What do you say?"
She twirled around on the spot and the hem of the piece flickered.
"You look great."
"No, because I'm cute. Everything will look good on you."
My sister was stretching her hair and that was forbidden to cut for some reason. My brother asked the maid to teach her, and at least she was just trying to take care of it, and the girl's hair was very bright.
My brother was also my brother, and he was stretching his hair. I didn't like the fact that I was the only one who would do something my sister wouldn't be allowed to do. Even though, she's not allowed to go outside.
"Yeah, I think so."
"My brother always looks good."
"Thanks"
Brothers and sisters, I think, were good.
"Dear brother, you haven't been here much lately. I'm free."
Plump and swell cheeks, my sister shows dissatisfaction.
"I'm sorry. I'd like to see Fi as much as I can."
"... Banzok's fault?
Banzok. Barbarian. The Borderline Lord, to whom my brothers and sisters' father are entrusted, was bordered by a certain country. Some of them were unconvinced by the borders of the land, and they were constantly awake.
From what Fi has learned, the land once acquired by his country in the war. From the other party, does that mean the land that was taken? But they lost it because they lost. If they were winners and this one made a similar claim, they wouldn't accept it.
That's why it's hard.
"Don't tell me you're a barbarian. They're rational people, too."
If you ask, he remembered the words that the lady carrying the meal leaked in a puffy.
When my brother gets embarrassed, my sister honestly replies yes.
"But you do, because I'm fifteen, too, so I have to help my father. I don't really get to see Fi about that. I'm sorry I missed you."
Fifteen are adults in the kingdom of Fies. As the son of my father, the commander, I had already finished my first battle.
I don't like to fight, but I could work hard if I thought we could defend the people's daily routine by fighting.
More importantly, for the days my sister can laugh at.
"I'm very worried, and I miss you very much, but if your brother's going to fight, you'll be safe here."
My sister with a complicated look manages to say it in a bright voice.
"Oh, I won't let you hurt me"
"Yeah!"
Fi couldn't keep that promise.
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It was a red night.
Hot, I woke up thinking the room was burning. When I pop out of the room without knowing why, I run into the butler. He seems to have come to pick himself up. Run along holding down your mouth. Take it off the fire by the underground corridor provided for just in case, not the usual entrance and exit. Apparently it was the work of someone from another country for him to speak where he no longer had to worry about smoke. A small number of covert actions burned down enemy mansions.
My father wasn't at the mansion around that time, so Fi asks about the safety of my mother and sister.
He said he didn't have to worry about the butler. My mother said she was on the same route first and my sister was evacuated on a different route.
Why did you believe me?
It was a lie.
My mother has taken refuge outside, as many servants have done, and she has been killed.
And my sister...
"What are you talking about?!?
After the escape.
I was supposed to be dead myself.
Fi understood what that meant. But I didn't want to understand. It was unacceptable.
My sister had the same hair color as herself and had eyes color. I was forbidden to cut my hair so that I could have the same hairstyle as my brother when I needed to. Twins, they were alike. Sometimes it's still fifteen, and it's still hard to spot men and women with only their faces left young.
Even if a soldier from another country knows Fi, it's on the battlefield.
So, yeah.
If my sister dressed as Fi, I wouldn't know it in the long run. If it's just the neck, all the more so. My sister doesn't exist publicly, so I wouldn't bother testing her flesh. I don't doubt it.
There is no chase. Fi can escape.
of several uses envisaged, one. Was it? Is that what happened?
Somewhere to protect my sister.
At the cost of my sister's life, I ran away.
It's not where my brother disqualifies.
Fi then joined his father, and the rhetoric developed into a full-scale war.
A year later, Fi lost his life in the fight. I don't even remember the face of the person who killed me.
I've just been thinking about it.
Just that I want to apologize to my sister.
"Thou, seek redemption"
Thus, Fi was reincarnated into Arclair.
At first, I looked for my sister. But it can't be that easy to find. I don't even know if he's reincarnated in the first place. What's more, my sister might not want that in the first place.
I may resent myself.
Fi, who also knew how to fight in order to lay the foundation for life, challenged the evil territory offense. After some understanding of Arclair, he moved his stronghold from the city where the reincarnated temple was located to the capital.
I can't find my sister.
Speaking of what I understand, that I am more apt for magic than the others. At one point, there was an invitation to a hero. If I had the privilege of not being compared to a single adventurer, I might be able to approach my sister's discovery. Fi acknowledges this. "Heroes of the Pale" was born. A fake hero without a 'pale'.
The boy changed his name to Lucius. I also left Fi's name without erasing it.
But I couldn't find my sister. On the contrary, less and less time could be spent searching for her.
The position of hero entails great responsibility. I got a job. My men are ready. I've got company.
Gradually, little by little, surely, less time was spent thinking about my sister.
So when I found out what Crowe was up to, I was happy.
What am I doing?
So I was amazed at him for not even loathing to turn the country against the enemy in my sister's crisis.
What would I have done?
My sister will be reincarnated into this world.
And whosoever appeared unto Arksbaona that he would not pull Lucius out, he said so.
I thought it was so strong to be sure.
Myself and Crowe probably have the same regrets.
Regret that I couldn't save my sister's family.
But Crowe was able to save my sister in this world.
What about yourself?
It is sincere that Daltra couldn't forgive what she was doing.
I just wanted to talk to my sister about being on the Arksbaona side.
In the carriage.
Lucius, who was held in disobedience, was being transferred to his home country. It seems to have developed into a battle along the way, and I feel my surroundings squirm.
The carriage stopped abruptly. Horse hissing, the agitation of your Lord.
"... that damned woman, she did something that sees people through."
Voice.
The door opens.
What came in.
"Long time no see, brother. Lovely, I'm here to pick you up."
Pale hair, pale eyes.
My hair got shorter.
The age doesn't seem to have changed since the last time I saw it.
Has the tone changed slightly?
"The Ethereal Hero" Sapphire (,,) Ahollo-Abyssal Down
Color attribute holder for 'Pale'.
Lucius' sister.
"... Fi"
"It's a sapphire, brother. Why are you here? I was killed in the corner instead."
――――
"Nah, I'm kidding. But we can't have a touching reunion, so thank you."
Sapphire unties Lucius with an emotionally invisible smile.
"Fi...... no, sapphire"
Lucius thought long after he found out the facts.
It seems to me that color attribute holders have feelings that have led them to gain that power.
What emotion did my sister get 'interrupted' by 'pale'?
To Lucius, I thought I knew.
Why does she remain what she was when she was fifteen?
You won't admit it, but I'm sure.
I swore I wouldn't let you hurt me.
I don't want to lie, isn't it because I had the feeling?
"Is this hair? I was cut before they killed me. I stayed short when I was reincarnated, so, well, I was wondering. Your brother is as long as ever, depressing ~"
"I am."
"You chose me, right? Now (,,), that means you'll keep your word, right?
"Sapphire"
"I'll tell you what, I won't betray my people. Whatever they say, it doesn't get to Daltra. So, brother, make up your mind. I'm going to kill Chrono. Because he also has a grudge. Because they're killing my friends. But I don't know, which one do you think he or I would win?
One-on-one, it would be Chro.
After spotting Lucius' stray, Sapphire is pressing for an answer.
"I won't be angry if you run away again. I just can't stop believing that my brother was a fantasy."
I didn't know it was a substitute. They asked me after I ran away. There is no excuse for that. I believed my mother and sister were safe even though I wasn't sure with my own eyes.
- Jeanne, take this...?
Lucius has already made contact with the sapphire once and has failed. I looked for her in the Imperial City, but I didn't see her. I guess we didn't want to meet face to face.
But did Jeanne think that if she came across a situation where she was being sent home after being held captive that she would be such a brother, she could not be left alone? In fact, the sapphire came into contact with the brother he was avoiding, so I can say as I thought.
And the diagram she drew is not complete with this.
She reads until Lucius' decisions and actions, and thereby the impact on the battlefield.
"Chrono and I were friends, weren't we? But what was I? I wonder what it was like for your brother."
It's my sister.
Her expression was cold, but her eyes were brittle.
If you get lost here, if you poke it out here, Lucius understood that this time you will lose your sister.
Neither would she have imagined seeing her brother again in Arclair.
I would have imagined what it was like. I don't know.
"I won't let anyone hurt you."
Still, the answer had been decided.
By Crowe, he reasserted the purpose for which he had been distracted.
I didn't know you were going to be reunited with your sister and hostile with Crowe.
Still, I'm sure he would. Whether you are going to fight your friends or not, you will try to protect those you love.
"Heh. Show me in action, please."
And Lucius reunites with his sister.
to confront friends.