Chapter 346 – Forgiveness Is Easier Than Permission. -5-

“I have something else to tell you.”

“Huh?”

“Hoy!”

The effect of the potion worked smoothly.

Ceria, who had been lying on Lily’s soft thighs as a pillow, bounced her waist and her legs to raise her body.

“···.”

Stare-

The sisters’ eyes met.

What on earth is Seria taking so long to say?

She began to secretly become nervous, wondering if there was something else to her besides her relationship with Roman.

“I think she knew.”

“Me? What are you talking about?”

A sentence missing the most important part.

Lily, embarrassed as nothing came to mind as soon as she heard it, rubbed the back of her neck.

As an adventurer and an older sister who does difficult things, her reactions and cuteness are rare.

Ceria, who watched the action and smiled mischievously, showed her core in a time lag.

Do this as lightly as possible.

I wanted to mention it lightly, like a blowing wind.

“I have no intention of becoming an adventurer.”

“···Uh, huh?!”

Seria said it in an off-handed manner, but from her perspective, it was something that made her eyes light up.

No matter how well the sisters knew each other, from Lily’s perspective, that family was something she could only guess about.

Even if her sister’s inner thoughts are not clearly known, perhaps it is possible. It was something I had only guessed.

It was the sincerity I had been waiting for so long.

“I’ve made up my mind. There’s something I want to do, so I’m not going to become an adventurer.”

“I want to know what Ceria wants to do, but can I ask why she wanted to become an adventurer?”

Even though she had touched her mood so lightly before, Lilly asked in an extremely serious and serious voice.

Ceria quivered her lips and cleared her throat.

“It’s not that great of a reason. Still?”

“I want to hear it.”

“I think it would be a particularly boring story for you…”

“It doesn’t matter, by all means!”

It felt like a stake had been pulled out from inside her body.

Although I haven’t heard the exact reason yet, Lily’s stomach was already feeling refreshed.

“How should I start… Just! The conversation I had with the adventurer outside made my decision.”

“Yes. You must be Roman.”

That light attitude is probably intentional.

Celia, who was trying not to catch her serious mood, listened to her.

“Her sister said it was okay, but I wasn’t going to ignore the time she sacrificed and the hardships she went through.”

“···.”

“How can I, who escaped a small baron not on my own but with help, do my part and protect my precious people?”

It is simple, logical, and in line with the principles of the empire.

Force. Authority. Wealth.

There was no need to worry about the answer to that question.

“So, that’s the only reason you decided to become an adventurer…?”

“That’s right. I just chose the fastest route.”

“···You!”

Even though she said she would no longer dream of becoming an adventurer, Lily felt sorry for her sister’s intentions and her plans.

She has to live as an adventurer for which she is not suited, and it is just a vicious cycle.

“You’re like that!”

It is inevitable that your voice will rise slightly depending on your emotions.

Ceria also expected that, so she moved her hands quickly.

“Stop. I knew your sister would react like this.”

“Town!”

Her sister flopped onto her bed, her brother’s hand covering her sister’s mouth.

“Calm down and listen to what’s going on. That’s why her sister and I are the only ones left in the room, right?”

“···Ha.”

Lily laid back on her bed, closed her eyes tightly and placed her hand on her forehead.

For an instant, she suppressed the emotions that rose to the top of her head.

After giving her some time to relax.

Ceria, who was lying down next to him, turned her body towards Lily and continued her explanation.

“This is a story that inevitably puts her in her place. What if it had gone the other way and I had taken her sister out of her mansion? What if she knew that she was forcing herself to do something that horrified her? What if you knew?”

“···.”

Rather than perhaps, he would have taken the same step as a matter of course.

So I couldn’t refute anything.

“Actually, I thought I would never let go of this promise in my lifetime. That’s why I discussed this with the adventurer.”

Even if I give a quick answer here, Lily will understand.

Ceria decided to first bring out the sentence that came to her mind and deepen the color of her answer.

“I think that when my sister and I look at each other, our gaze becomes narrow. Because we know each other’s tastes and colors, we are unable to see broadly and become buried and limited.”

“···I understand what you mean. So?”

A little reminder and empathy.

The meaning I wanted to convey was conveyed properly.

“After hearing my concerns, the adventurer bent his eyebrows like this and said, ‘How do you want Lily to look at that?'”

“Phew.”

Ceria clumsily imitates Roman by flexing her eyebrows with her fingers.

Liline laughed.

“These are really simple words… But my mind, which was rationalizing that it was a reward for my sacrifice, was instantly broken.”

“I really need to thank Roman.”

An obvious statement that anyone can think of. However, it is something that does not come to mind easily if you only look ahead.

It is very difficult to give enlightenment in direct and clear words without being vague.

“She will take responsibility for her sister’s life. Even if she is her sister, don’t get involved in it. She said that. She is no different from a threat, but I feel at ease with her.”

“···.”

Ceria giggled as she looked at Lilly, who was embarrassed and clutching her blanket.

“I talked about a lot more than this~ Those are secrets!”

“I want to know everything, but it’s a shame. So what does Ceria want to do?”

Seria smiled innocently at her awaited question and raised her head and moved her gaze around.

And.

She lifted herself out of bed and headed to her desk.

“Wait here for a moment!”

“Huh···?”

Because I couldn’t easily guess what she was doing.

She watched in a daze as Ceria sat down with her butt pressed against her chair.

Square-Square-

The red-haired girl busily played with her pen with her tongue slightly sticking out.

‘Am I writing down a list of things I want to do?’

Lillie watched her sister’s joyful appearance from her bed with a happy smile.

Widely!

“Done!”

Ceria put down her pen, jumped up from her seat, grabbed one of her papers, and returned to her bed.

“What did you write?”

“It’s not a little!”

“Then?”

“I drew my sister.”

Sarah.

“Uh, huh?!”

What Ceria draws with her single pen, she herself lives within her paper.

“There is no title, but let me explain her work. She is an older sister who is forced to become an adventurer and suffers from heartache.”

“···.”

Her own image, wearing an adventurer’s outfit and a crying face.

The moment she saw her, emotions surged in her heart and her vision became blurry.

Blankly.

Seeing Liline crying while looking at her own drawing, Ceria was the first to show Liline her true feelings, which she did not even tell Roman.

“I like drawing. I don’t know about the difficult drawings that nobles like, but I like just moving my hands and drawing out something in my head and expressing it.”

“···I see.”

She had no idea that Ceria was interested in her paintings.

But when I look back, there are memories that come to mind.

When he went to see Seria, who was waiting for him at her mansion, he saw drawings that seemed too elaborate to be her scribblings to kill time.

“Chloe likes reading novels, but she’s also been studying writing lately. Alice wants to raise awareness of the discrimination and misunderstandings experienced by mixed race people, right? She’s writing a novel to improve awareness of mixed race people. That’s Chloe’s goal.”

“Everyone is cool…”

“I want to draw the cover and illustrations for the novel. Rike is looking into the distribution side, which we don’t know about, and what needs to be done to sell the real novel.”

It would be fun to do that.

It was a short conversation in passing, but the clarity of the goal was increasing as the topic was mentioned every now and then in the bedroom.

“Eclair was busy, so I couldn’t ask her to do something together. Wouldn’t it be great if she got advice on the lines of the article and even asked me to write a letter of recommendation? It would be great if her sister helped too!”

“Yes… I’ll help you with anything I can.”

Seria’s vitality as she dreamed of her future was dazzling.

‘This was a dream I really hoped for…’

Unlike Seria, who mentioned adventurers, she did not feel any foreignness at all.

“For the last bit of excitement! If the novel is successful, I want to do a play as well.”

What family would allow a noblewoman’s daughter to act in plays?

The same goes for pictures.

There is a considerable distance between the painting preferred by nobles and the painting Seria wants.

These were things that the original Baron Electra family would not have dared to say, let alone allow.

But now there is freedom like wings.

Sisters are freer than anyone else.

Now that Ceria had broken her bonds and was free, she had a dream.

‘There are so many things I want to do, but I decided to become an adventurer.’

As for Lily herself, don’t you think that meeting Seriadoroman was truly a stroke of luck for her?

“Ah! But since I desperately need military force to live in the empire, I have no intention of neglecting training. For my future, I will also diligently attend the academy sent by her older sister.”

Not only does she have military power, but she also knows that her academy diploma will be of great help somewhere in the empire.

It’s like a dream.

Lily smiled at Ceria’s inner thoughts and choices, wiping her moist eyes with her sleeve.

“Thank you for telling me today…”

“Your real sister is a crybaby!! Why are you crying again…!”

*****

It was an eventful time in many ways for some.

When the funeral was completed and we all returned to the mansion in the capital.

Rikke came out right away to continue his training, which was on track.

Roman and Eclair also unpacked their bags, wore comfortable clothes, and sat down in the yard.

Rike’s skills, which he honed day and night to sort out bad relationships, were sharpened to a level comparable to the cutting edge of an awl.

It’s not about waiting vaguely.

Enough to pull an opportunity right in front of one’s nose with one’s own power.

Ricke’s condition was excellent.