When Flora gave a response with a troubled look, Alexei smiled faintly. And, standing up, he slowly offered his hand to Flora.
Floraâs eyes widened, but she took Alexeiâs hand and slowly stood up assisted.
Ahh, big brother, youâre wonderful! The two of you are as beautiful as a painting!
But⌠does this meanâŚ
A flag has been raised?
I wonder⌠Whatâs going to happen from now onâŚ
Even though I donât think there was a route that allowed you to capture my big brotherâŚBut he didnât show up for this event in the game, either. Since he came running in like this, is this the start of a new route?
I was a disappointing girl whose love life was her dark history, so Iâve got no hope if the story diverges from the gameâs flow.
If thatâs the case, as happy as I am for my brother, Iâll feel a bit lonely⌠even though I was happy to be reincarnated as my brotherâs sister, I wish I had at least tried to capture him in my previous life.
âThatâs good.â
Huh?!
My heart almost jumped out of my throat at the voice that came out of nowhere. At some point, it seemed that Mikhail had arrived and had ever since been standing by my side.
Ahh, Iâm sorry, prince! I completely forgot about your existence!
Thereâs no way I can let him find out about this!
While I was thinking that, I noticed Mikhailâs eyes had a glimmer in them.
It didnât seem that he was angry but rather amused⌠Why does it feel like he knows what Iâm thinking right nowâŚ
âWhen people find out that the Yurinovas are officially the shield of the Lady of the Cerny Family, her school life should become peaceful. Even if you donât always keep an eye on her, sheâll be safe.â
Prince⌠So you knew that Flora was being bullied. Even though youâre the royal prince, youâre truly a down-to-earth person.
That reminds me, even when he talked to me before, I did think of him as a sharp-eyed person.
While I mused on that, I realized. The princeâs uniform was caked with dust.
Oh no⌠itâs from the wall of earth from earlier! I was trying to protect my brother and the prince from the demonic beast, but I ended up not being able to control it and it collapsedâŚ
âYour Highness, I truly apologize.â
Ekaterina anxiously tried to dust off Mikhailâs uniform.
If I think about it now, that wall was completely unnecessary huhâŚ
My brother and the prince couldâve probably handled it better on their own.
If anything, it only helped the beast by giving it a leverage to leap from, and because I lost control of it, it collapsed on top of them, rendering it impossible for them to release their magicâŚ
I just put myself in trouble, thatâs all. How absolutely uselessâŚ
âYour Highness, I am truly grateful that someone of your stature came to help. But even so, I ended up doing something so impoliteâŚâ
I mumbled despondently. And then, Mikhail began to grin.
âWell, I had received something delicious from you prior to this incident after all. Your cooking is truly something precious.â
⌠So this is the power of feeding someone.
Well, even though itâs actually probably due to the rules of the game. In the game, itâs scripted that the prince would come and save the heroine, so thatâs probably why.
âAdditionally, Alexei and I are currently training for magic battles. We also have experience of engaging with magical beasts in battles. Since you donât have that kind of training yourself, of course youâd run out of magic at that point.â
Uu⌠I donât know if youâre covering for me or attacking meâŚ
Say, hold on a second. Whaddaya think youâre doinâ, takinâ care of magical beasts when youâre first in line for succession ân all!