Ore no Isekai Shimai ga Jichou Shinai!

One day, a few days after I came to the grave, I had a dream I missed for a long time. That was my dream to spend time with Alice, who was still a slave at the time, when I was still living apart.

"I miss you......"

Still dreaming, I think back to the time as I buried my face in my pillow.

Back then, I often slept with Alice to deceive the watchman Marie's eyes. So it wasn't uncommon to be Alice's pillow when I woke up in the morning.

I hadn't even started secondary growth back then, and I wasn't too nervous about sleeping with you... but now that I think about it, I was doing amazing things.

I mean, I really miss it.

I slept with a pillow in my arms, so I guess I dreamed about it back then...... that? I don't remember bringing a pillow into bed, do I?

... Huh? No way - no, no. Such a nasty development, there should be... I open my fearful eyes, thinking about it.

What was in his arms was not a pillow, but Alice's limb, which slept easily.

"Oooh...... what a betta"

Unexpectedly one sigh and look at Alice's sleep face.

Long eyelashes, long chiseled brows. I can't see my eye lid closed, but I know that I have pale eyes whose eyes are going to be sucked in and iridescent heterochromatosis with golden eyes.

And the cherry blossom long hair that spreads across the bed glitters in the morning sun......

"Hey, come on, get up."

I stuck Alice's cheek when I accidentally got angry.

"... fumiyu? Oh, Lion. Oh, my God."

"Good morning."

With a finger that was stuck to Alice's cheek, he clutches his cheek relentlessly as it is.

"Yikes, Yikes.... Oh, what are you angry about?

"You've decided that! Hair, hair. Why are you sleeping without binding your hair? Don't bind your long hair. It'll hurt if you go to sleep."

"Oh...... I came to wake up Lion and I think I accidentally fell asleep. I'm sorry...... is that where you get angry?

"If you were sneaking into bed, you wouldn't be mad at me."

Because we're dating - and I whine without speaking up. I guess Alice figured that out. My cheeks are loose.

"Eh, eh. Well, I guess I'll sleep with Lyon every day next time."

"That's gonna be a sleep deprivation, so stop it."

"... lion's eh no"

"Chin. I can't fall asleep when someone's sleeping next door. That's about all you know, right? So don't be silly forever. We're gonna wake up."

I sigh away and wake up. That's how I pulled Alice's body back from falling asleep.

"Why? You said you were here to wake me, but you have something to do?

"Yeah. Things have been weird with Lion the last few days, so I was wondering if something's happened."

"... hmm? Oh, it's no big deal."

"Still, if there's anything I want you to tell me,"

"No, I think he went to the grave and got a little sentimental"

"So something went wrong?

"I guess. I didn't mean to bother you."

Oh, my God, I really do.

I've overcome the grief of losing my family, but I'm still caught up in what my father thought. But think about it. I know very well if you're a cousin.

So I lied that I was fine, and I didn't tell Alice to worry.

"... I can't believe it has nothing to do with how Sophia is doing"

"... is Sophia doing something wrong too?

"Yeah. I'm thinking just like Lion, so I thought something was happening to both of us..."

"Isn't it because of me and Alice?

The day I graduated from Mullet School, I confessed to Alice to go out with her. I told Sophia and Claire that, so I thought that might be the cause...

"That's okay. 'Cause Lion made a public statement that he's not just gonna think about me, he's gonna think about both of us, right? There's no reason for those two to grieve."

"... well, maybe so"

Or when they say it again, it sounds like I'm an amazing woman.

No, I decided to hang out with Alice, but at the time I said I'd think about the other two, too, it's like there's no excuse.

But what else is wrong with Sophia?

I have an idea.

The mastermind in the Granchez family raid was Sofia's father. And it was Sophia herself who killed that Carlos.

"If there's something wrong with Sophia, I think it's because of your visit to the grave."

I guess I just guessed with that one word. Alice gave a lonely look, "Oh my..."

"Hey... Alice. You think Sophia's still dragging on the past?

"That's right. I think it's an indelible memory."

Really? Right. That innocent Sophia roared like crazy, raining blood. Even I can't forget the sight of that time.

Can't we forget the party Sophia?

"Thanks for letting me know. I'm just gonna go see Sophia."

"Yeah, there you go. I'll sleep like this three times."

"Don't, no, you can, but at least tie your hair off?

I fall asleep in bed. One sigh toward Alice. I left my room behind to go see Sophia.

That's how I came to Sofia's room. I knocked on the door modestly considering the possibility of sleeping, but luckily I got an immediate response.

"Lion, can I come in"

"Lion, brother? I'll be fine."

In the room with permission. Sophia sat down in the window seat and gracefully drank tea. Fluffy blonde is brilliant in the wake of the morning sun slipping through the window.

The way it always is, I can't see a shade in my smile.

But...

"Oh, my God, Lion, brother. It's unusual for you to ask me in the morning. What's wrong with you?

"Alice told me there was something wrong with Sophia. Something's happening."

I guess I had an idea. The moment I said that, Sophia's gaze swam.

"... nothing."

"Liar. I can't believe you gave me that look and said nothing. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to... but you don't have to hesitate, do you?

"... Lion, brother"

Sophia looks at me with a slightly lost gesture. So I walked over to Sophia's side sitting down and gently stroked her fluffy blonde hair.

Sophia, who was tickling at first, but eventually deposited her head in my chest.

"So, what are you worried about?

"... Actually, yeah. When I went to the grave, I heard about your brothers, Lion, and I was wondering how Sophia's father and mother were."

Mr. Carlos and Mr. Elise.

- Is this finally the time?

That was the first thought I had.

Sophia assumes that she is hated by her parents. I thought that was a misunderstanding, but I didn't tell Sophia that.

Because Sophia killed her own father.

Of course there was a good reason... but Sophia was still frustrated by the guilt of killing her father. To Sofia like that, Mr. Carlos should have taken care of Sofia - I can't believe he couldn't have said that.

But... not now.

Sophia is trying to get past the past and face the thoughts of her parents.

"I didn't tell you then... but Mr. Carlos was worried about Sophia, who had passed out that day"

"... your father?

"That's right. So I don't think I could have hated Sophia. Even if you were afraid of Sophia at that moment."

"Yes, it is. Dad, I didn't hate Sophia. Yet Sophia took your father..."

Sophia shook herself to withstand something. I couldn't watch Sophia like that, and I held her luxurious body all the time.

How long would you have done that?

Sophia took herself away from me and looked up at me quietly.

"Hey, Lion, brother. So, is your mother the same? Doesn't your mother hate Sophia, either?

"Right..."

Back then, I'm sure, I cherished Sophia just as much as Mr. Carlos did.

But five and a half years after that, I haven't seen Mr. Elise since that day.

Sophia killed her husband and nearly killed herself. After being able to survive that way, he was closed and still lives away from the Spiel family.

After all, I can't imagine what Elise thinks right now. But if you care about Sophia, if you're ready to face it...

"Would you like to come home to the Spiel family for the first time in a long time to see Mr. Elise?

"That's, but... Lion, your brother's with you, right?

"Of course."

If Sophia's going to face her parents, of course she's decided to follow along. That's what I thought I said, but Sophia frowned like she was in trouble.

"I'm glad you noticed about Sophia. But... for your brother Lion, Sophia's mother..."

He's the one who killed my family - and you want to say it. Surely you can't break that off as an unfortunate mistake.

But...

If Mr. Carlos hadn't made the case, me or Claire. Hey, it would have been an instrument of political marriage, and even Alice could have been sold somewhere.

What we have now, for better or worse, is the result of Mr. Carlos' actions.

"... maybe it's time to face it"

"Lion, brother?

"I can't forgive you... but it wasn't all bad. Let's face the Spiel family together."

To face the past, to get over it.