After dinner was over, I took a look on my sister, called my father, and moved to the back of the house.
âItâs unusual for you Abel to want to have a talk. What, is it about the incense leaf?â
âŚâŚ Lately father has only been talking about the incense leaf.
Heâs very happy that I hit it and the Berek family has become a bit rich.
Since then, Iâve been visiting the Chief frequently.
I know thereâs a lot to talk about in relation to incense leaf, but itâs still very frequent.
I feel like Iâm rubbing up against the Chief and itâs complicated for me. I hope it doesnât continue to grow and become a second Karlco family.
âNo, itâs about GIzel.â
âWell, itâs about time for you to think about that kind of stuff. If you didnât begin to talk about it, I would have used this opportunity to talk about it.â
Hm? Father wants to talk about Gizel?
Well, thatâs to be expected. She didnât say it out loud, but Iâm sure our parents know about Gizelâs Brocon manners.
âSo, when will the ceremony be held?ăIt is preferable to do it within the year after the coming of age ceremony. Thereâs no point in procrastinating, and the next month doesnât bode well. Maybe next weekâŚâŚâ
Isnât there something wrong with that?
âPle-, please wait a minute! What are you talking about, that is!â
âHuh? Wasnât this about Gizel and your wedding?â
ââŚâŚâŚâŚyes? Eh, please wait a minute. Why would I and Gizel get married?â
My father frowns here.
No, Iâm the one who wants to frown.
âWhat, you donât like it?â
âNo, thatâs not a problem before you donât want to! Itâs crazy!â
As I spoke out my doubts, the sense of discomfort I had been feeling in this village was connecting at the same time.
When Gizel was a newborn, her parents wanted me to take care of her as much as possible.
That Shibi misunderstood the relationship between me and Gizel.
Noswell says, âIâll marry your sisterâ in a meaningful way.
Other value gaps Iâve felt in my life.
Come to think of it, there was a strange fairy tale at home.
The story was simple: a knight goes to the rescue of a princess who has been kidnapped by a dragon.
In the end, the princess shakes off the knight who helped her and ends up marrying her brother, whom she hadnât seen a piece of before.
I feel like Gizel was crying when she read that.
I thought she was pitying the knightâs pity for being played with by Princess Brocon, but I wonder if that was something of a moving kind.
Is it possible that family marriage is encouraged in this village?
Come to think of it, it seems to me that there were religions where family marriage was considered a virtue even in my previous lives.
âNo, no, Iâm kind of⌠well, I donât think I can look at Gizel like that.â
âHmm, well, you never know.â
Good, itâs not like weâre not talking at all.
I guess so. Thatâs my dad, he knows what heâs talking about.
âHaving a household means you have that much responsibility. Does it feel heavy on the free-spirited Abel? But youâre still a Marren adult. Take this opportunity to be a little more mature.â
Itâs not like that at all!
âIâm sorry, I thought marriages were usually done between other familiesâŚâ
âWhat are you talking about? Iâm married to my sister too, arenât I?â
My father said, âItâs only natural.â
âEhhhâŚâŚâ
A startling fact that I didnât want to know.
Was my mother my fatherâs sister?
No, no, no, no.
Up until now, I was sure that I had gone off on a tangent or thought that something was wrong, but I believed that this was not the case.
But now that Iâve been told, it certainly seems like there have been a number of exchanges suggesting such things.
âWhatâs the matter, Abel, youâre sweating so much.â
âFor, for what! Why canât it just be with another house!â
âWhatâs the matter with you, really? By that reasoning, there would be no problem even among our own people. Listen, itâs said that the closer you are to one another, the stronger the magical power of your descendantsâŚâŚâŚâ
âYou usually say bow bow bow bow, but now youâre dwelling on such a place?! I thought you didnât care about magic anymore?!â
âWhat do you mean I didnât care! Itâs a very important Marren culture! Rather, you usually say magic, magic, so whatâs the matter with you?â
âYes, but! But!â
No, letâs calm down for now.
Iâm a little panicked.
If we talk slowly and calmly, my father will understand.
âListen, Father, please calm down and listen. There is a risk that harmful recessive genes will combine to cause genetic diseases when people who are closely related to each other have children. If you repeat it for generations, the risk increases rapidly. Weâre throwing away the benefits of sexual reproduction, so naturally, the bodyâs tolerance drops as well.â
âCalm down, Abel, I donât know what youâre talking about.â
âEven a little cold can be a big dealâŚâ
Having said that, I was reminded of the intense cold symptoms within the Marren tribe.
Itâs having a negative effect after all. No, but I can handle it with magic, so itâs not a problem.
No, even without that, I canât seem to mentally accept it.
âWhat, you werenât in the mood for it? You said you were very good to GizelâŚâ
It is only as a sister.
Iâm not willing to cross the line. Absolutely not.
âHowever, according to the rules of the village, if a brother or sister is born, the man will marry if the difference in age is less than five years if the man has come of age. Itâs also a traditionâŚâ
âNo, itâs a bitâŚâ
âMmm, mmm. I didnât expect you to say something like this, even though you are an eccentric personâŚâ
My father said so and then fell silent.
I didnât know what to say, either. A silence ensues.
âBrother! Brother! Mother, have you seen my brother? I havenât seen him since a while ago. He wasnât even in the front yard, you havenât heard anything about him? I was so worried and worried that he might have run out of power without knowing and fallen downâŚ
Gizelâs voice comes from the house.
Hearing this, my father walks out to the front door of the house.
âWait a minute, wait a minute, Father! We havenât finished our talk yetâŚâŚâ
âItâs a good idea to get ready for the ceremony before Abel starts doing something redundant again. He gets swept up in the flow pretty easily, so as long as the ceremony is over, Heâll settle downâŚâ
My father said in a whisper.
I stopped in my tracks.
Hey Old man, what did you just say.
âFa-, father? Youâre just joking, right?â
âHuh? Wha, did I just hear something?â
My father is clearly shaken.
No doubt about it. Heâs going to strengthen the surroundings so that I will be forced to go with the flow.
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