Chapter 7

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‘At midnight, when everyone is asleep, you come to my room and asked to sleep together.’

‘Are you testing me?’

He said he wasn’t bringing it for the night service, but he was constantly suspicious of me without taking off guard.

If not, there’s no way to talk about sleeping together. Maybe he noticed that I approached himself with a purpose.

I think it has a different purpose, so it must be so shameless. Making a nonsense excuse to say that you can’t sleep because of anxiety.

I was willing to be fooled by Casadine’s words. If he was testing me, I had to prove that he didn’t need to.

“If you want to. Come here.”

Casadine, sitting on the edge of the bed, came close to me as if waiting.

“You can’t sleep on the first day. You must be very anxious because your bed has changed.”

I personally covered him with the blanket.

“It was one of them, but above all…”

Casadine slowly lowered his eyelids, blurring his words. The moonlight, perhaps, came out of my face.

“Above all?”

“The people I had to kill to live come to my dreams every day. They crawled towards me and whispered to me with a body covered in blood. Why did they have to die.”

“……”

“Actually, I slept before and I had that dream again, so I came to sister’s room.”

Is what he says is true or a lie? However, it was foolish to think about this. I can wear the mask of a sweet sister on Casadine. So that he can rely on me, and to be completely open to me.

“It must have been very difficult. It’s not your fault that people died. You know that best, right?”

“… Still, if you kill a person, you kill it.”

“Casadine.”

I finally called his name. As I stared at his face lying next to me, he also stared at me without avoiding my gaze.

“You are really nice.”

“Me?”

“Yes, guilt is also felt by good people. At least you have feelings of regret for the dead. And, you don’t wield your sword for slaughter, you’re just wielding it to protect yourself.”

Damian stabbed me to escape from me without any hesitation. I will never appear in his dreams.

“I’ve never heard good words in my life.”

“What kind of life have you been living?”

“… It’s just a common life. It won’t be fun to listen to.”

Casadine cut off the topic while saying so. When referring to the past, he naturally turned away. Just like someone who hides something. There was no need to dig up something he hated to mention. He don’t seem to have any intention of telling the truth. Anyway, if I investigate it, everything will be discovered.

“Still, I wish you weren’t too tied up in the past.”

This was also what I was saying to myself. It’s funny to say that I, who are most tied to the past, say this.

“I don’t want you to endure old wounds alone anymore. There will only be good days in the future.”

The addition was my wish. I reached out and gently stroked Casadine’s hair. He looked at me like that and said with a gentle smile on his lips.

“In the stadium, only one person, my sister alone, shone brightly.”

“…”

“But you are much brighter, seen up close.”

Casadine laughed brightly. It was a dazzlingly smile.

“Thank you, sister. For bringing me.”

I said, laughing at him while he was smiling at me.

“Sleep well and have good dreams. My little brother.”

After swiping Casadine’s hair several times, I regained my touch and closed my eyes. And pretend to be asleep.

To pretend to be a foolish sister who has no intention of harming him and can sleep comfortably even if we’re in the same bed.

I felt a persistent gaze watching me over my closed eyes. I opened my eyes slightly so that Casadine couldn’t notice.

‘Then it is. Everything was a lie.’

Casadine’s face, reflected in the faint moonlight, was cold. The face that had just been smiling brightly, now looked at me with indifferent eyes. Like a beast with his prey in front of him, he was watching me without blinking his eyes. Observing my breathing, face, and gesture quietly.

When his eyes glance completely at the nape of my neck, momentarily goosebumps appeared on my whole body. How long has it been so far? After a while, he opened his lips.

“Sister.”

A small voice and cold fingertips touched my hair. He began to sweep my hair gently, just like I swiped his hair earlier.

Contrary to his chilly eyes, he was kind enough to swipe my hair. Thanks to that, I almost flinched several times.

“Please have a good dream.”

There was no affection in the low and dry voice. After speaking, Casadine woke up with a rustling sound. He suddenly stopped his footsteps, approached the doorway, turned his head and looked at me. He leaned on the door and stared at me for a few minutes, then he turned the doorknob and left the room.

I opened my eyes completely only after the door was completely closed with the sound of tak-.

‘You’re a liar.’

It’s quite natural that you can’t trust people because you have suffered a lot of tough life in the gladiator arena. Just as I wear the mask of sweet sister, Casadine hides his true intentions and wears a mask in front of me.

Besides, how can you trust someone who buys you for 5 billion gold? And that’s the daughter of the Count, for the first time ever. From the start, I didn’t expect him to trust me. I just wait for time when Casadine naturally permeates our family.

‘There’s only one month left.’

A month later, if I attend the Prince’s birthday party, I will inevitably meet Damian. Until then, I will formally enroll Casadine as my younger brother and tame him well. If there’s anything I can do, I’ll do anything, and if he wants, I’ll get him.

Just as I got Casadine, shouldn’t he have what he wants? It wasn’t bad to investigate the past that Casadine was trying to hide. I didn’t really know anything about him. Looking back at my memories from my previous life, I never had a conversation with Casadine. All I remember was making eye contact with him, who stood silently next to the Prince.

‘Even if I ask, I don’t think he would tell me, so I have to order Sasha to covertly investigate Casadine’s past.’

When I fell asleep with my thoughts organized, it was already about the time of dawn in the sky.

*****

“Miss! Miss!”

I woke up because of Sasha’s noisy voice. As I managed to get up my tired body, a pleasant breeze blew from the slightly open window. I rubbed my sleepy eyes and asked Sasha.

“What is it, Sasha? Usually you don’t wake me up at this time.”

“… Well, miss. The master calls you.”

“So early?”

Sasha nodded at me.

“Okay. I’ll be going soon.”

With the help of the maids, I quickly finished preparing myself and moved to my father’s office. Before going down to the office, I glanced at the next room, but I don’t feel anyone inside.

“Did you call me, father?”

“You are here.”

My father put the papers to the side and opened his mouth with a serious face. I also wondering if my father couldn’t sleep properly last night.

“I thought about it all night. Aren, the slave you brought, did you say his name is Casadine? About that guy.”

“… Yeah.”

“I thought a lot. And I made one decision.”

“What have you made up, father?”

My father suddenly hit the desk with his hand at my question. When I was startled, my father smiled and said.

“I decided to test him.”

“A test?”

“Yeah, if he pass my exams, I will allow him to be registered as your younger brother.”

“What test are you talking about?”

“If I tell you in advance, isn’t it fun?

You’ll find out soon.”

And the identity of the ‘test’ that my father said wasn’t known until about noon that day.

“There is a large cave in our region. Also, it’s said that there are herbs that are only passed down as legends in that cave. It’s called hawthorn, and you can bring a very good scented herb with red fruits.”

My father sat on a chair in the parlor and began explaining to Casadine.

“Father, maybe that cave… You mean a cave on a steep cliff that goes straight to the west?”

“Yes.”

I sighed. In the first place, it was difficult for people to climb, and there are rumors about terrifying monster living there.

“Then I will go back.”

However, Casadine bowed his head in a casual look and left. I said to my father as I looked behind him as he moved away.

“Father, you didn’t have any intention of enlisting Casadine from the beginning.”

“Aren, slaves are just slaves. You are my only precious daughter. In the future, the day will come to you to understand your father.”

My father patted my shoulder and said. If this is my father’s test, it’s up to Casadine to pass it or not.

[I will definitely prove my worth.]

And he really kept what he said.

“I’m home.”

It was less than half a day when Casadine returned with the herb that my father questioned.

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