Chapter 11

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“Sister.”

Casadine called out to me in a low voice. His tone was soft as if it was soothe a newborn baby. Do you not want to admit if you are surprised?

“To test my sister. I just….”

“Just?”

“Because it was the first time I felt the warmth. I didn’t do that because I liked my sister.”

He lied casually.

Casadine lowered his head slightly and stared at me with sad eyes. It was an act that could deceive everyone.

“You’re not testing me because you liked me?”

“I didn’t test you, sister. Not even once.”

Soon I laughed bitterly at the words that came out from his mouth, for someone who has been testing me from the first day.

“Then why did you steal the book?”

“….”

“The book that disappeared three weeks ago. I know you stole it and put it back on the bookshelf.”

Casadine, who was silent for a moment, raised his head and looked at me. He was smiling with his lips curled up, but his eyes were cold. Maybe this is the real him. But he still lied to me.

“I didn’t steal it.”

“Casadine, the only person who entered my room that night was you. I remember what books were on the shelves, but, are you sure you’re not the culprit?”

His eyes shook visibly as if he really thought I didn’t know. I smiled and added at Casadine.

“So tell me what really happened.”

“….”

“It’s doesn’t matter to me that you stole the book. What’s important is that you lied to me.”

I gently stroked Casadine’s cheek, like caressing something very precious. Casadine’s eyes narrowed for an instant, but he didn’t refuse when I touched him. He just asked me.

“Why don’t you angry with me when you know everything?”

“…”

Do you want me to be angry with you? Or I’m the weird one, because I didn’t react much?

His slightly trembling voice was like a wicked child hoping that the joke he made was acknowledged.

“Because you are my precious family.”

I touched Casadine’s cheek again, my younger brother who wasn’t related by blood with me.

Then he hastily grabbed my hand away from his cheek and said nothing.

After a while, he released my hand, and he returned to being a polite younger brother.

Casadine, the man in front of me who is wearing a mask of a younger brother who has been polite, elegant, and kind.

“My sister is like a light that illuminates everything to me. A ray of light that saved me from the darkness. Such a dazzling light that you wouldn’t dare to see it.”

“…”

“I won’t lie to my sister in the future. The only reason I stole the book was wondering what kind of book my sister was reading. If I had known it would be like this, I would have told the truth.”

“I can lend you any books. And if you want, you can get a book from the Imperial Palace.”

“Thank you for saying so. Sister, I want to know…”

He asked me with a smile. It was a fake smile.

“Where is the Imperial Palace?”

“It’s not too far from here. But why?”

The Imperial Palace was located quite close to our estate. When the Imperial family needs our family’s healing power, we should be able to go straight to the Imperial Palace.

“Obviously, it was said that the Crown Prince’s birthday party was a week later.”

“Yes.”

“I was very curious about what the Imperial Palace looks like. When I go with you, I’m afraid I’ll make a mistakes.”

Remembering the courtesy Casadine showed me, he didn’t need any fear of making such a mistake.

“I’m the one who’s a little afraid that I’ll make a mistake instead of you.”

If I meet Damian at the party, will I be able to maintain my composure?

His laughter with a sword that pierced my heart still vividly remains in my memory.

However, even if I acted with a smile, I wouldn’t be able to erase the disgust for him.

If Damian was sensitive, he might notice my hostility towards him.

For the rest of the week, I tried to learn how to hide my hostility towards Damian.

It was Casadine’s voice that erased the thoughts that came to my mind.

“Have you ever been to the Imperial Palace?”

“I rarely participate in the events held at the Imperial Palace every year.”

“I see. But, is the Crown Prince’s birthday party held at the Prince’s palace?”

“No. It’s not held at the Crown Prince’s palace, but in the Crystal Hall. It’s only open for big events.”

“I see.”

Casadine nodded his head.

“… I hope that day will come soon.”

Afterwards, I went around the square with Casadine. When I asked what he wanted, he shook his head and only smiled.

“You need to tell me what you want.”

Casadine, staring at the sky as if he was thought about something, suddenly turned his gaze towards me.

“There is one thing.”

“Yes, what is it?”

It was Casadine who laughed and his gaze was entangled with mine in the air.

“It’s you, sister.”

It’s wrong to expect a correct answer from this guy. And we returned to the mansion. Every day, Casadine knocked on my room door at midnight, to avoid other people’s eyes.

However, for some reason, since that day, Casadine hasn’t been looking for me in my room late at night.

*****

The Crown Prince’s birthday was only one day away. I was reading a newspaper article that night, which told about Damian.

<The winner of the Swordsmanship Competition in 829 Imperial Year – Grand Duke Damian Keane Deers.>

Beside the title, there was a small portrait of Damian.

His raised eyes and his calm smile made the impression that looked sharp, even though it’s wasn’t.

‘You are suffering from heart disease but still able to win the swordsmanship contest. Anyway, a monsters are monsters.’

Seeing a monster like that, I guess who would believe that he had heart disease.

In my previous life, when I fell in love with Damian, I didn’t even think that he was sick. After chasing him tirelessly for a year, I noticed when he suddenly fell in front of my eyes and grabbed his chest.

At the sound of a sudden knock, I put the newspaper I was reading and turned off the light.

“Sister, it’s me.”

“Come in.”

The door opened and now I can see the image of my younger brother, who is used to this.

“Why didn’t you come here the night before?”

“… Have you been waiting for me to come?”

Casadine, who asked with a gentle smile on his lips, was like a foolish fox.

“Yes.”

“I’m happy my sister was waiting for me.”

“Because you can’t sleep at night. Has your anxious mind gone now?”

“… Yes. Thanks to you sister.”

He nodded and crawled up to my bed. Lying down next to me as if it’s natural. When I met his eyes, Casadine’s eyes bent like a crescent moon.

“It best when I’m like this with my sister.”

“You go back to your room at dawn anyway.”

“When other people know we’re doing this, it makes you in trouble. So all I have to do is go back to my room before morning comes.”

“If you really hoped I didn’t get into trouble, you wouldn’t come here at night like this.”

At my words, Casadine chuckled. Refreshing laughter filled the room.

“I did it because I liked it. I like to see my sister during the day, but I also like to see my sister at night.”

“…”

“Shining platinum hair and blue eyes like a calm sea. It’s good to see my sister reflected in the soft moonlight.”

I wondered if he had applied honey on his lips, because he was spiiting sweet words from his mouth. He might even become a leader in the social world with such speech.

I replied casually to Casadine’s words.

“I also have a lot of thoughts when I see your shining silver hair and dark purple eyes. Especially your expression when you think about something.”

“…”

“What on earth do you think of with your expression stares into the air and a slight frown on your eyebrows? It makes me curious in many ways”

“Sister, I’m only thinking about you.”

“… Someone saw you left the mansion in the middle of the night a few days ago.”

It was strange that for a few days, Casadine didn’t look for me in my room at night, so I ordered Sasha to watch him.

Sasha told me that after Casadine left the mansion the night before, he came back just before dawn. At that moment, his movements touching my hair stopped completely.

“…”

“What have you been doing outside?”

At my question, he slowly blinked his eyes a few times, then opened his lips.

“… I went out to get some fresh air.”

‘Are you sure about that?’

“Is that true?”

“Yes.”

He didn’t want me to ask anymore. Going outside may have something to do with the past that he’s trying to hide. And, I’ve been aware of his past to some extent.

‘You may be a noble or royals from a country that has been trampled by the Empire. And Casadine’s origin is probably….’

He may be related to the Kingdom of Hailan, which has now disappeared even from the map.

It was that time when I gave the sword as a gift, Casadine who was reckless, expressed his feelings of longing and resentment.

‘The first time the slave trader found him, it was said that he was lying on the street alone in expensive clothes. So, they thought he was the son of a prestigious family.’

What Sasha said to me also passed through my mind.

“If it’s true, it must be.”

I pretended not to know, and said as if I believed Casadine. There was no need to force the person to tell the truth from their mouth.

Then Casadine laughed brightly. It was a dazzlingly bright smile, but to me it was just a laugh full of lies. Such a false night passed, and before long the day of the Crown Prince’s birthday party came.

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