The next day, the second day of the Descending Festival, the afternoon of Ashes.

Cecilia, who took the carriage instead of Ain, was walking along the boulevard with Lean, who had finished his job yesterday.Cecilia remains in black uniform, but Lean is already dressed and dressed like a black dress.

Lean opens her mouth with her index finger up.

"Ash Week basically represents the days that the devil ruled, and before the Harvest Festival, it was perceived as a period in which we strive to make a simple promise once a year."

Hee.

"They used to quit smoking and fast.By losing many desires, you get back to the time of suffering.Besides, it was a festival to thank the goddess who gave me happiness now... "

Hmm.

"It seems like things have changed since we joined the Harvest Festival.Ash Weeks are shapes only, and bright Weeks are bigger.The aristocrats used to dress up like they did at the masked ball. "

"That's right...."

……

……

"... it feels like you're not here."

"Eh!?"

With her confident index finger in her pocket, Lean raised her eyebrows.And I said, "What happened?" and he looked up at me.Cecilia jumped out on such a sharp girl.

"Nothing!"

"Even when I was riding in the carriage, it looked like I was blurry....."

"I wonder if it's your fault.Maybe you're tired! "

"... really?"

"... yeah"

Cecilia turns away from her eyes as she stares.No matter how many best friends I had, "I was worried about what Oscar confessed" was stupid and honest.Simply embarrassing, and probably bad for Oscar.

Since then, Cecilia has been thinking 'properly' about Oscar so much that she can't eat satisfactorily.I couldn't even sleep because I was thinking too much at night, and I had a lot of time to blur.However, no matter how much I thought about it, I still didn't get a proper answer for Oscar.

(I'm sorry to worry about Lean, but just a little more alone....)

"Maybe it was a confession of love?"

Gong. My head hits the pillars of the building.

When she saw Lean with an incredible face, she put her arm around her smile and said, "You're easy to understand."

"No, this is it! You know!!"

"I'm surprised you said that.I thought I'd bury it a little bit later. "

"That's right, the outer moat..."

Cecilia feels as if she knew how Oscar feels.Of course I didn't tell anyone about the confession before it was made in the infirmary.

"Lean, did you know?"

"If you knew, you'd know."

Really?

"No matter where you look!From me. Instead, why haven't you noticed? "

To her, Cecilia drops her gaze and says, "Yes, what..."Cecilia realized how he felt after he confessed to treating me so easily.I always thought Oscar was blunt, blunt, not aware of Cecil's identity, but now I can't tell you about people.

Lean lifts her lips with a clean face.

"But I was surprised. Gilbert, you're such an unexpected one."

Huh?

Hmm?

Cecilia blinks.

"Why does Gil's name come up there?"

"Why? You finally got a confession, Gilbert?"

Heh?

At that moment, time and breathing stopped.

Cecilia slowly turned her gaze towards Lean.Then, after consolidating for about three minutes, he looked up at the sky and tilted his neck.

Now what?

"That's why Gilbert confessed, right?"

"Haaaaahh!?"

People walking around look back too loudly.But you thought it was crazy, so you quickly lost interest in him.

"No, I don't understand.Gil confessed! "

"Oh, no?"

"Chi, no! I'm talking about Oscar!"

Ah, that way?

"That way...."

Cecilia holds her forehead. An unexpected name came up and I got a headache.

"In the first place, Gil comes out on the subject of confession....."

"You really suck."

Huh?

"No matter how I look at it, I like you as a woman, don't I?"

When confusion passes, nothing comes to mind.

Cecilia now knows the fact for the first time.

"It's obvious, isn't it? I don't know if you're a woman, Jade or Professor Modered, but I'm sure Dante or Grace would have noticed!"

"I don't know what it means! I saw it from Gil and it was my sister!?"

Cecilia keeps her voice hidden from the audience, yet desperately repeats her words.

"But you're my stepsister, aren't you, Gilbert? You're just a relative's sister living with me!"

"Well, that might be true, but...."

If you say so, it's over.In the first place, Cecilia and Gilbert are in the midst of being queens and the bastards of the nobles who support them.Basically, both of us have been busy enough to look around since we were kids, and I don't remember playing together... very much.

"... no, but..."

"I mean, have you ever been a bit excited about Gilbert's behavior?"

"That's...."

Cecilia is distracted. Lean stuck on her face like that.

"I won't let you say no.Because it was Gilbert from your last life! "

Cecilia choked on the words.And while dyeing her cheeks, she affirmed, "Well, yes..."But this keeps going.

"No, but I'm not like Lean."

What?

"Lean may have liked me, but that's not what I'm talking about..."

I'm not saying that?

Lean puts a question mark in her head.

"Come on, Gil. In the game, you were like Cecilia's second only encounter character."

Gilbert appeared in the game as a pulling character because of his unhappy boyhood.Because of him, he rarely appeared outside his own route, and he ended up completely unhappy without being able to overcome his trauma.

"That's why I'd be so happy if you'd stick with Lean.That's what I thought.But this is the real heroin.... "

"Don't say that!"

Lean looks half-eyed at the rude words.

"So you were kind to Gilbert, trying to make him as happy as possible?"

"Well, I wonder if that's going to happen...."

"Is that really all?"

"That's all, isn't it?"

Though I try to be clear by sharpening my mouth, I didn't even know if it was really that much.I can't believe Gilbert liked himself in the first place.I think it was Lean's mistake.

Lean slaps Cecilia in the back.

"Well, let's live each other's second life without regret!I don't know if it's the third time! "

"... I think Lean lives too much without regret."

"Oh, but if I don't do what I like here, will you be sad?"

That's my best friend from my previous life.She says "I don't like it" and "don't do it" when she's swinging around, but if she can't do what she likes, she doesn't like it.

Cecilia smiled bitterly and nodded, "Well..." Lean smiled and said, "I love what you say."