[ā¦ā¦Huh?] ā Said Leena, in a tone of confusion and disbelief. Her brown eyes staring deeply into Leoās purple eyes.
[You donāt have to be that surprised. Iām just investing in your business, thatās all.]
One gold coin was a lot of money, and Leo was using āhisā own money to help Leena achieve her objective.
[Are you crazy!? Youāre giving me a gold coin, you know!? A! GOLD! COIN!]
[Hey, thatās rude! Thatās MY money and Iām investing it on what I want! Besidesā¦ you need the money, right?]
Leena thought that Leo was just a money hungry beast, but in reality, he didnāt mind spending money to earn more moneyā¦ even more so if that money would help other people.
[Fufufu, and even if I donāt get my body back, I can live just fine with the interest of the money I invested on MY* business.] ā Said Leo, with a mischievous grin.
( *Tl/n: The literal translation for that is: āMy bodyās business.ā Meaning that, when they go back to their bodies, heāll be the owner of that business)
Now Leena could finally understand why his close friends could tell right away that she wasnāt the real Leo. HeĀ was definitively the worst kind of money hungry beastā¦ but he was a kind one that would help other people when they neededā
(Maybe I was wrong about himā¦ thereās no way the kids would be so attached to Leo if he was just a greedy bastardā¦)
āAnd when she realized that, Leena felt a subtle ache in her heart. She was jealous of how much everyone trusted him, jealous of how much everyone loved himā¦ jealous of his way of lifeā¦ to the point were she even wanted to become him. Or maybe that feeling was something elseā¦ who knows.
[ā¦*Whisper*ā¦Thatās unfairā¦ I want to go to the spirit festival with everyone tooā¦]
[ā¦Huh?]
[I want to go to the spirit festival with everyone too! As Leo, not Leenaā!]
But regardless of what that feeling truly was, Leena didnāt want to give up on this new life full of adventuresā¦ at least not yet.
[āIf you want money, I can give you as many gold coins as you want! But I donāt want to return to that boring life!]
Now Leena had friends, she had an evil granny (Hanna) that was always nagging in her ear and a place she could call home. And for the first time, she wasnāt all alone in a room filled with books, for the first time, she was living her lifeā¦ but at what price? By stealing the body of someone completely unrelated to her familyās circumstances?
Leena was acting like a spoiled kid, she herself knew thatā
[Wellā¦ itās true that we can wait until the spirit festival is overā¦]
[Thenā!]
[āBut what about your parents? Everyone knows that the spirit festival is all about spending time with your loved ones and praying to the spirits of light. I donāt have parentsā¦ but you have, so you should spend the festival with them. I bet they want to spend the festival with you.] ā Said Leo, with a sad smile.
āBut Leo had a point. Greedy as he may be, Leo was still a orphan. True, he had many friendsā¦ a lot of them actuallyā¦ but no ārealā family. Maybe, like her, Leo was jealous of the things that she had. But instead of acting like a spoiled kid, he was doing his best to ease her troublesā¦ like any kind big brother would.
[W-well, I know you have a lot of things to do, so we can change again after the spirit festiā]
āāNoā¦ you can have your body back by the start of the spirit festivalā¦ . ā ā Said Leena, with a sad grin, as she turned around to leave the place.
Leo was a bit confused. He didnāt know why Leena was making that sad expression all of a sudden, but he still wanted to ask her something.
[Hey, Leena, canāt you at least turn off that Polite Speech spell? That thing is a pain to deal with!]
But Leena just looked over her shoulder, before sayingā
āāYou can deal with that for two more weeksā¦*Whisper*ā¦right, Leo Onii-chan?ā