Chapter 16

Outaishihi ni Nante Naritakunai!! Chapter 16

Older Brother and Goddamn Idiots

My little sister is an idiot.

It’s very unfortunate, but it’s an established fact.

Although I say that, she isn’t particularly unintelligent.

She’s received proper education as a duke’s daughter, and her memory is astonishing.

That’s not it… At any rate, she’s extremely dull to matters of love… Or perhaps I should say stupid.

The Royal Prince, Lord Garay, was in this room just until now. Thinking that features from the same family line as Freed would be to my little sister’s liking, I tried testing her response, but how should I put it, the result was… roughly as one could imagine.

“My heart doesn’t flutter to Lord Garay”

My little sister, who clearly declared that, was curiously tilting her head, but I could only say that it’s as expected.

My little sister loves her fiancé, Freed, so much she can’t help it.

It’s a world where political marriage is natural.

And in it, what’s between my little sister, a duke’s daughter, and Freed, the Crown Prince, is very unusually not a one-sided thing; they are lovebirds deeply in love with each other… However, my little sister isn’t conscious of that.

It seems recently she’s become self-conscious that she more or less loves him, but she still says it might be a temporary thing and calls it something incomprehensible like (provisional).

… Really, it’s so stupid I won’t even sigh at it.

My little sister is very easy to understand. It’s on the level where everybody except the person herself has noticed my little sister’s feelings.

From court ladies working in the Royal Palace down to rank and file soldiers, everybody watches over the lovebirds who flirt anywhere they go with warm eyes. Everybody blesses them that it’s wonderful if they are happy. Despite that, even now my little sister can’t understand her feelings.

I knew well my little sister is dull regarding love, but now it’s come this far it makes me want to say, “That’s enough, idiot”.

But – recently I’ve noticed her partner, Freed, is also mostly stupid.

His once composed figure that earned him names like ‘the flawless Crown Prince’ completely disappears when my little sister is involved.

To please my little sister who he’s lost his heart to, that guy will do anything.

―――― As a proof… Just look at this.

“Uwaa! Freed, cool!”

“Are you pleased? I’m glad then”

“…”

I could only fall silent.

The reason is, when Freed returned from seeing Lord Garay off to a transfer gate, for some reason that guy (who I was thinking was a little late) came back wearing the uniform, despite there being no need to.

You! Are you being jealous of Lord Garay!!

I think I did well to stop myself from shouting.

He probably noticed Lidi fixedly observing Lord Garay.

Although he didn’t say anything back then, he changed his clothes as if to compete, honestly speaking I was amazed.

Moreover, Freed changed his clothes to those Lidi likes more… That is, the ceremonial formal wear.

With his beloved fiancée clinging to him with her eyes sparkling, since a while ago Freed’s expression has been loosening. Ah, enough, I’m exhausted.

Seriously, these lovebirds should go somewhere my eyes can’t reach.

But, as usual, I can’t afford to let Freed go today.

To keep him here from returning to his room with my little sister, I carefully called out to my little sister.

“Oi, Lidi. The head chef was looking for you before, no?”

“Eh…”

In an instant the look in my little sister’s eyes changed.

Her bewitched expression she was directing at Freed suddenly tightened.

My little sister is extraordinarily determined when it comes to cooking and allows no compromise in that area. Having heard the head chef is looking for her, my little sister silently separated from Freed and turned towards me.

“I see… Was he in a hurry?”

“I wonder? I only caught sight of him. If you like, go”

“… Is it about the yesterday’s talk… Perhaps I should go quickly. Yup, got it. Sorry, Freed. I have to go”

“Eh… Lidi!?”

Freed panicked from the unexpected development.

Without allowing him to open his mouth to stop her, I pressed him.

“Freed, you are working here with me. We still have work left, do you understand”

“… I understand that”

As Freed, frustrated from the bottom of his heart, nodded, my little sister said Well then and waving her hand left.

The moment she did, Freed’s gaze pierced me.

“That talk was a lie, right? Alex”

“… I wonder”

Feeling a chill from his words, I made distant eyes.

Freed let out a large breath. Then he groaned to me.

“… It’s underhanded to bring up cooking”

“It ain’t a line somebody who specially changed to the ceremonial formal wear to compete with Lord Garay should say”

“…”

Perhaps conscious of it, Freed sunk into silence.

… Really, these lovebirds.

Seeing Freed blatantly lose his motivation, I reluctantly suggested.

I thought that If I don’t say this, there’ll be no end to it.

“… You just have to quickly finish and go pick her up… I’ll cooperate”

“… Yeah”

With my words Freed recovered just a little.

Looking at his easy-to-understand expression that’s unlike him, I smiled wryly.

Well. If I can see him like this, it’s not bad to be led around by the nose a little.

Thinking so, I noticed.

―――― I see.

In other words, before I noticed I’ve also become quite an idiot to seriously think things like that.

Even so, if I can see the two of them happily smiling, it really can’t be helped.

I gallantly admitted to being the same idiot as them and decided to quickly finish work.