The Escape of Layla

"Onee-sama!

In the spacious garden of the Duke of Ashbury, I summoned onee-sama to the back of her gracefully tied linen hair.

Onee-sama looks back in a relaxed manner.The dress that onee-sama likes to wear today is elegant yellow.It looks very good on onee-sama with a calm atmosphere.

"Rose"

Onee-sama smiled so pitifully that she gently hugged me as she rushed to her.It smells sweet. It may be because you are near the flowerbed, but it is as if onee-sama herself sent it.

"Did you see Anemone again?You could have picked it and decorated it in your room. "

"Fufu, that's fine, but it's so hard to bloom, so it's pathetic to pick it."

With such a pathetic voice as the sound of a bell, onee-sama pitied even a very small life.He is a truly loving and wonderful man.The girls nod to call onee-sama "goddess."

Not only is my sister beautiful and pathetic, but her manners and upbringing are perfect, not only for me, but also for many daughters.Is there anyone more worthy of Princess Wang than onee-sama?

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not honest, but he seems to love onee-sama anymore.I was proud of my sister, who was born blessed by God.

"You really like anemones.Onee-sama's wedding must be decorated with anemones from all over the kingdom. "

"It would be bad for His Highness to decorate it as much as I like."

"Of course, Your Highness is obsessed with onee-sama!If onee-sama asks, she will give you everything, not just anemones, but territory and mines!

"Well, then I'll be the infamous princess and princess."

Together with onee-sama laughing jokingly, I shook my shoulders as I put my arms together with onee-sama.It's a happy time for the sisters.

"Onee-sama, even when you become Princess Wang, please meet me like this sometimes."

"Of course. You're always welcome to visit.Someday, I'd like to have tea with you and your fiancée. "

It was a wonderful sight just to imagine.Your Highness will surely initially look unscrupulous when you and your sister interrupt your time alone, but as you watch your sister making tea with pleasure, you should gradually relax your cheeks.

My cheeks naturally relax when I imagine my happy sister and wife.The two of you are definitely cute.Because it must be a beauty that resembles either.

"That's right! Let me marry my sister's child and my child one day!

I put the unexpected into my mouth.If this were a public place, your mother would scold you, but there is nothing wrong with onee-sama and me.

Onee-sama rounded her flax-colored eyes in surprise, but she smiled as if they were spraying small.

Well, you're feeling pretty fast, Rose.

"But if that happens, it'll be fun!Onee-sama!

There is no problem in terms of identity.It's not a bad idea, is it?

"Fufu, sure, if that happens, it'll be fun."

Smart onee-sama didn't return a clear answer as to whether she thought it was a balance of power or a political gesture, but still smiled at the future I painted.

"I have to find a nice gentleman and do my best!

"There's nothing you can do, Rose.It doesn't make any difference that you're my sister. "

Thank you, onee-sama.

Surrounded by anemone flowers, the two giggled again and laughed together.I just prayed that such a modest happiness would continue into the future.

Meanwhile, unexpectedly, the dark clouds began to fall into the clear sky.Looking at the sky as it stood, Onee-sama, who was supposed to have been next door, was moving away sometime.

The flax-colored dress that was worn without gaps was loose and torn everywhere, and the flax-colored hair that should have tied up beautifully was also disturbed.

"... onee-sama?

Poppy, cold rainfall falls.While listening to the sound of a heartbeat that somehow speeds up the movement without meaning, I slowly tried to approach onee-sama.

"... there was supposed to be a future like this, Rose"

Huh?

"You broke it.Because you make me suffer such self-inflicted jealousy and desire..... "

"Onee-sama?

Before seeing my unusual sister, I didn't feel like I had forgotten something important.Cold sweat spreads through your spine.

"Now everything is what you want, Rose."

Onee-sama raised her face slowly.From the white forehead, there was some bright blood.

"What was the taste of happiness that I got instead of my life?

In front of onee-sama, who smiled so frightened, I felt so breathless that I was about to die that I collapsed on the spot.

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I noticed that I was opening my eyes in a dim room with a smell of rash.

As a matter of fact, I don't know where this is, but I can clearly understand that the sight I saw earlier was a dream.Much more vivid, vibrant and somehow painful than this darkness in front of me.

Ah, but sometimes, onee-sama's dream of getting along with onee-sama.

It doesn't seem like I wanted to get along with onee-sama that way.... I'm not kidding.

"... you really look stupid."

My voice that murmured seemed to be crying somewhere, and my eyes became hot just for a moment.

I hate onee-sama.And there are no lies. I always wanted to distort that good man's face into chaos.

However, depending on my attitude, it wasn't impossible to have a relationship like that in a dream.No, rather, onee-sama was always kind to me when I was a little girl, to become such a friendly sister.

But no matter how you do it, there's no way to start over.Because I've already done something I can't take back.Because the person everyone loved was the one I ended up dying for.

... I didn't want you to die.Is that all, onee-sama?

Onee-sama is not from this world anymore.I didn't hear anything obvious, but I can tell by watching the prince as if something had blown out.

... onee-sama fell asleep with everyone's heart.

Your Majesty's heart, your father's and mother's thoughts, and my tireless love have all been lost.

"Onee-sama... what a mean thing to do"

Murmuring with a laugh, tears fell down like the remnants of a dream.

I couldn't be a good daughter, a good sister, a good wife, or a good mother.I was given a great status as Princess of the King, but I couldn't be anyone.I can be sure of that.

Oh, it's painful, it's painful.This emptiness can't be filled anymore.

I know you deserve it.I'm sure I won't even be allowed to cry.

"... is onee-sama living happily with that angel?

Looking up at the starry sky from a small window with an iron lattice.I'm sure it was a dream, but onee-sama came to this filthy dungeon once with a very beautiful angel.

... I wonder if you and that beautiful angel can finally laugh and live somewhere else in the world.

Feel free to put your hand on your abdomen.I wonder if that little life that certainly lived here someday will be as warm and clean as onee-sama's.

I'm sure I'm even glad to hear that.All I'm allowed to do is repeat the lullabies that she couldn't hear again.

The only time I'm singing this song is when my mind calms down a little.I just keep singing in this darkness that I can't escape until I die.

Tonight, for that sad prince, who is still asking for the voice of the thoughtful man he killed with his own hands.