Chapter 141 – Ice Crystal -3-

Her sister’s bedroom, which she saw for the first time in the capital’s mansion, was not much different from the room in Chloe’s memory as a child.

There are no luxuries, plain color wallpaper and neatly arranged furniture.

The condition of the angled bedding was completely different from that of her own room.

“Sit comfortably here.”

My sister greeted herself at a small round table in her bedroom.

On the table, there was a gorgeous wooden box that seemed to have nothing to do with her, and white smoke flowed through the slightly opened crack.

‘…What is that?’

I wondered what it was, but at the words of her sister, her group sat down on the chair across from her with her buttocks.

And in the cool air she felt, Chloe spoke her words first, which was rare.

“Isn’t your room a bit cold…? Even sister can catch a cold.”

The older sister, smiling at her own concern, pointed to her wooden box on her table.

“This is why I feel chilly, and I am usually warm.

“That’s right. Hehe…”

She is grateful that in that short span of time, she is able to kill the awkwardness and have a natural conversation again.

Chloe waited for Éclair to bring out the business that had called her while looking at the wooden box that was pointed out as the cause of the coolness.

My sister put her hand on her neck and tapped it with her fingers and started talking.

“The reason I asked Chloe to come to her room today… Is because of this thing, you see.”

Queek-

Inside the wooden box with the top tilted back, there was something that looked like an unknown block of ice.

Although it was like an unrefined gemstone.

The moment the wooden chest was opened, the chill in the air became stronger, so the first thought was that it was a block of ice.

‘Ice··? Or a jewel…?’

However, with Chloe’s knowledge and experience, it was impossible to predict what this object enshrined in the wooden chest would be.

“Sister…? I don’t know what this is…”

She showed me something that looked great, but I was embarrassed because I didn’t know what it was, and it was hard to react.

She said honestly that she didn’t know, and she had a face that made her feel good rather than her sister.

“It’s not a common thing, so there’s no shame in not knowing. It’s rare to see someone who has an opinion that’s enough to know right away.”

“Yes··!”

Chloe let out a sigh of relief inside her and listened.

“This is an elixir called ice crystal. It’s a gift from Roman to Chloe.”

“… Uh, huh…?! Le- Yes?”

An honorific word came out of my brother’s name, and a snarky word in an alien language came out when I didn’t understand.

My sister raised the corner of her mouth and smiled at my reaction, then continued her explanation.

“There are also books and papers in the study that shouldn’t get wet, so this is the only space that comes to mind.”

Chloe, who held her breath for a moment at the word study, somehow managed to find her composure and asked again.

“Sister…! Now, wait a minute…! Why did my older brother give me the elixir…?”

I don’t know the exact value of the elixir.

However, in terms of value, he knew that elixirs could never be obtained even if he collected them until he died with his pocket money.

Even in famous aristocratic families, it is an elixir that is bestowed only on those who have talent in the direct line and who have the potential for a promising future.

In Chloe’s mind, she and the elixir were completely unrelated.

“I want to score points with my future sister-in-law… I’m dumbfounded, but I actually said it. That’s not the only thing I said…”

Her older sister’s smile deepened, as if she were filled with energy just by looking back at her memories.

“But I, I’m fine…! Unnie eats!”

The elixir was too much for himself.

He is not yet a knight, and he has no feats or achievements. Besides, he’s not a great cadet who stands out in the Knights Faculty.

It is unacceptable to waste valuable items on yourself.

It occurred to me that it was also not the case that I received these things just because I was my sister’s younger sister.

“This elixir is an elixir that has no effect on those who have already taken it. Both Roman and I have taken it a long time ago.”

Although Chloe’s mouth was briefly closed at Eclair’s words. Shaking her head, Chloe once again refused.

“But I don’t think so…! Something as great as an elixir for me… This is the same as throwing away the elixir—-“

“Chloe.”

“Huh··?”

Then, while trying to say something, the older sister paused and made her face look complicated with various emotions, and then she opened her mouth again.

“Listen to me for now.”

“Uh, I see…”

“What Roman said… They said that our sisters look very similar.

“My sister and I…?”

Up to this point, there have been no exceptions.

All those who looked at the Dritna sisters and said they resembled them only talked about their looks.

Being full of shortcomings to become a great knight, she couldn’t deny it because she was herself, and she thought so too.

It’s the same now.

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t think of a resemblance between the older sister I admired and her face other than a certain part.

She was just grateful that there was a resemblance, even in appearance.

The older sister, who was staring at herself as she was busy turning her head, turned her gaze slightly into the air and gave her answer in a slightly lower voice.

She added, “The only resemblance she felt was that she didn’t love and value herself.”

“…”

As soon as she heard it, her mouth hardened like stone and she could not say anything.

“Hearing that, I really couldn’t say anything. I thought that my thoughts and values ​​were read, but… I can’t stand it if Chloe has thoughts similar to mine.”

“Sister···.”

Éclair, who turned her gaze to the ceiling, continued with a voice that was rarely moist with emotions.

“I always thought it shouldn’t be like that… I thought it wouldn’t be the only one.

It was a loss and a waste for Chloe to hold herself infinitely low and use her elixir on herself.

Éclair sensed that she was truly thinking about it.

Éclair felt that this was a serious matter that could not be laughed off by pretending that her younger brother was polite and decrepit, or that he was thinking too much as usual.

It was still a short time for the Dritna sisters to restore their relationship to the way it was before.

Even if we show only good things to each other and share only positive and enjoyable experiences, we are spending insufficient time.

While it is a joy for a sister who shares her blood to share and get to know a depth that cannot be expressed in words, she unintentionally showed this difficult thing to face.

It broke her heart that Chloe held herself below the value of her elixir.

“…It’s okay for me to have these values ​​and thoughts. It must be selfish to think that Chloe can’t do it.”

“…”

“Chloe. What do you think of yourself?”

If someone asks her Chloe if she values ​​herself, she will first look back at her own history.

Half-way grades, an ambiguous talent that has blossomed aura, but can’t get lost on its own, a lot of tears and a low voice.

Sometimes when she gets excited, she is busy making mistakes because she can’t control herself, and sometimes she thinks about things that others wouldn’t consider worrying for days and days.

She was flawed everywhere she looked, and it was hard to love herself with her self-esteem.

If she is sick, she avoids it because she hates it, not because her own body is precious.

She thinks it’s natural, but she also feels selfish.

As her older sister said, her own sister, her older sister, did not have these kinds of thoughts, and she did.

As her eyes turned hazy with water, she opened her trembling lips, trying to convey her feelings properly.

“I don’t know if I love and care for myself… But she hates her sister not caring for herself…! I hope her sister doesn’t, her sister…”

Reaching between the small tables, Éclair took her restless Chloe’s hand.

“I don’t think it will reach me even if I say it, having lived this way my whole life.”

“…”

After biting her lip and pondering for a while, Éclair decided to spit out the words in her head without embellishment.

“Chloe. Love and cherish yourself. Our sisters need to change their thoughts and values ​​together.”

When she heard her older sister’s words, her heart jumped and shook with emotions that quickly surged up.

Look- A crybaby who can’t even control his emotions properly, doesn’t he try to shed tears like this again at that word?

Also, the thought that she would buy her sister’s worries and the thought that she was pitiful for her tearful self came to me.

Tears that I couldn’t hold back while holding his hand ran down my cheeks.

“Huh…Sister Mi, I’m sorry… I don’t want to cry… Breathe…! But…”

Her older sister got up from her seat with a smile as warm as the warmth from the hand she was holding and wiped her wet eyes with her handkerchief.

“Chloe. Even if this ice crystal is a precious elixir, how can I compare its value to you?

As if she had read the negative parts I didn’t say, she comforted me.

The meaning of ‘understanding’ that her friend Rike said might be in this direction.

If I don’t affirm me, she doesn’t affirm her sister either.

‘We are sisters who are more precious to each other…’

This was something far beyond the realm of understanding that I thought I had accomplished so far.

…
…

When her crying calmed down and she said that she would consume her elixir, she finally wiped her worry from her face.

Smart-

‘…?’

My sister got up from her seat and began to unbutton the shirt she was wearing.

As she stared blankly at the sudden action, she stood up and looked at the ice crystals on her table and explained why.

“Chloe. To get ready, take off all your clothes, including your underwear.”

“Yes?”