104. Disbelief (1)

Shion, who left the Count’s house when the cold was ending, returned only when the cold winter began in earnest.

Shione and I haven’t heard anything about Zion until this morning. Where the hell did you suddenly appear from?

Behind me, he had a familiar exclusive attendant. In front of him, he was facing his attendant and talking about something.

The appearance of the attendant was not very good. The brown hardened bloodstains were coming out from the end of their uniforms. Judging by the faint smell of blood at the tip of his nose, it seems that there was a fight.

You can’t even get rid of the smell of blood, and you can see the tiredness they are showing off little by little. As expected, they seem to have just set foot here.

‘… Will Shione be okay?’

Shione in her old school days, when it was hard to see her as a human child. As much as I remember the past with Shion at that time. I had no choice but to look into my master’s eyes.

The relationship between the two was definitely to the point where it would be more appropriate to see them as enemies rather than blood relatives. I can still see Shion, who hated his sister, and Shion, who growled endlessly at him.

And as expected.

“Looks like you’re back from the academy. It’s been almost a year. After all, nothing seems to have changed.”

Shione murmured in a low tone as cold as frost.

Her inside, which contains the image of her brother, begins to sink calmly and calmly. The smile that spread cutely while talking with me until now also disappeared.

I know very well that the relationship between the two siblings is not good.

After I checked the attendants of Zion, who bowed their heads and moved to the other side. It was in the middle of carefully attracting Shione’s attention.

Trembling.

In contrast to Shione’s increasingly hardened expression, I heard her leisurely footsteps approaching.

If you’re not ready to meet Shion yet, she was going to tell you to go back. Unfortunately, I missed the timing to speak.

Before I knew it, Zion came out and stood in front of me with his personal attendant, keeping his eyes on us. If it had been a year ago, Shion would have said everything to discredit my master.

However, today’s Zion showed a different reaction than in the past.

“Hmm?”

Where is the calm expression that looked down on Shione? His face conveyed a subtle emotion that was difficult to describe in words.

It was a natural reaction.

‘Because I made Shione her person while Shion was gone.’

The image of my sister he remembers was around the time of spring. It was a time when I was still working hard to burn my weight.

If you see your current sister, who has changed from being a bipedal bear to being like a winning lottery ticket, you can’t help but react like that.

“Sister Sione… Are you?”

At Shion’s complicated and subtle voice, Shion silently nodded his head.

There is only a terrible awkwardness and silence that even tightens my breath. After Shione’s small gesture, nothing was said between them.

Shione was still showing a cold side to the point of feeling unemotional. Let’s look at the expression of disbelief of Shion and his attendants. He opened his mouth and I could see him speak first.

“… It has changed so much that it is hard to recognize.”

“Because a year has passed. It would be weirder if nothing changes.”

“But, hasn’t your sister always been the same in all four seasons over the past few years?”

Kwak.

Shione clenched her fists tightly.

Originally, Shion would keep an eye on each and every trivial reaction of Shione. He must have made a bad laugh.

This time, Zion was different. He didn’t really laugh. Rather, he faced Sione with a more serious expression.

“The news from the royal castle spread all over the kingdom. Even if it’s the territory of the Margrave… Sooner or later, the story will reach you, and the bard in the bar will be talking about it every day.”

Shion’s eyes suddenly start to sharpen.

“Not Sister Siabelle, known as a promising knight, but the incompetent second son of Countess Cianella. Sister Sione protected the princess.”

“… ….”

“How did you do it?”

Twisted expression and frowning eyes. For some reason, his emotions, which have always been calm, start to grow stronger than necessary.

“It’s been a long time since you lost your sword, and you don’t have any talent for magic. Even a soul to the devil—”

And finally, at his words, Shione glared at him fiercely.

“Zion. Shut up.”

“… ….”

Her sharply sharpened words cooled the atmosphere that was about to become overheated.

Countess Cianella is a family of those who hate and are wary of demons more than anyone else. The words Shion spat at my sister, who was a member of such a county family, were not a level of abusive language that could be easily forgiven.

What the hell did that guy say after a long absence? Fortunately, he is also clearly aware of his mistakes. He bit his mouth shut.

“Shion, you must be well aware of the weight of what you said.”

“… ….”

“No matter how incompetent a country is, if a commoner dared to boast of a devil in front of me, his throat would have been blown off. The same goes for the children of other aristocratic families. Even if you can’t slit his throat, it’ll be pretty annoying.”

“That’s-“

“No matter how much you lash out at me, no matter how uncomfortable you may be… Do you know why I didn’t get angry and just listened?”

“… ….”

“… ….”

Shion shook her head gently.

Shione said she knew that, but she exhaled quietly, but enough for everyone sitting here to hear.

The atmosphere changed in an instant.

Only then did Shion have no choice but to give up on pursuing Shion any longer. Sione walked straight to him.

“… Be careful in the future.”

“…… I will be careful.”

After talking with Shion, my master turned halfway around to look at me.

After making eye contact once. As if to ask her to follow her, she turned her head around.

I’m passing by her, quietly following her. I looked at Shion’s complexion.

With a hard face, he was thinking more deeply about Sione’s words than anyone else.

* *

“Haa… ….”

As soon as she returned to her room, Shione let out a deep sigh.

As if Shione had spent too much energy talking with her brother, she sat down on her bed.

Looks like he’s staring blankly in front of me with a tired expression and sighing heavily.

Why don’t you just watch it, I said without going into her room.

“… I will bring you sweet refreshments.”

I delayed my half words a little later. The situation was the situation, so it’s a little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of

Because Shione likes sweets. Just bring something a little sweeter than usual. The sweet taste that spreads on her tongue will be able to relieve her stress little by little.

With that thought in mind, the moment I opened the door again and was about to leave.

“… Don’t go.”

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Shione stopped my actions.

Hearing Shione’s voice from behind, she turned around. I saw her pounding the seat next to her with her hand.

I think she wants to sit next to her….

This time, he obediently sat next to her.

As soon as she sat down next to her, I felt a soft comfort that was incomparable to the bed I received.

That’s why you’re trying not to get out of bed. No matter how much I say it, I understand a little bit how she feels while eating cookies on the bed.

Then.

Pook─

Shione slipped into my arms.

“… What are you doing?”

“Stress relief.”

“Are cookies okay?”

“I like this better.”

Rather than going back and forth to get sweets, it’s more comfortable to sit like this and stroke her hair as usual. I spent my time stroking her hair as usual.

After a certain amount of time passed, Shione smiled brightly as if she had had enough. Got up from the seat

She then sat down in front of the table, holding an arrow that she had brought to her room to practice mana condensation.

Ugh….

Mana that accumulates in the arrowhead and then fades.

My master, who was silently dealing with mana and deeply troubled, starts looking at me secretly. Soon she opened her small mouth and let out a low voice.

“… What should I do?”

“That means… ….”

“My little brother, Shion. In the future, even if you don’t want to, you will encounter many things in the mansion. Siabelle is fine, but… Shion just doesn’t know how to treat her.”

Although they are family, Zion is a family that is worse than acquaintances.

Shione was thinking deeply about how to face him from now on.

The moment I tried to organize my thoughts for a while at her words.

[The quest has been formed.]

「Like the past」

「From the moment they locked themselves in their room and didn’t come out, the relationship between the siblings gradually drifted apart, and even if it is said that now they have become enemies. Your master, Cione Cianella, misses the times when she was most intimate with my brother. Please help her and improve the relationship between the two of her.」

「Reward: Shione Cianella’s Power Bloom, Shion Cianella’s growth limit exceeded, Seed of the Power of Extermination」

Without hesitation, I cut off all of the 50,000 thoughts that had come out.