I arrived at the plaza as I contemplated on what I’ll do from this mont forward. I searched for my brother, but he was nowhere to be found. I sighed, I felt tired.
There was a spot outside of the pavent, a grassy spot. I wanted to sit down for a while, so I walked over and plopped down on the ground. I embraced my knees as I lowered my head.
Damn interlopers.
That stranger from before... He was speaking and saying as though he was my ally or so shit. Protect ? Bullshit. As if I would rely and trust them. His words implied he wanted to implant into my mind that he was my friend and was not a threat. But those kinds of people had their own motives.
I would never rely on them. I only had myself to rely on, to handle everything, to make everything go well.
… What if my old allies, from my forr world, could I have relied on them if they were also here? I don’t know, perhaps. The man who killed hesitated, he didn’t want to do it. But I fucked up, I ssed up, I failed. It was given that I would be disposed of, and not everyone would hesitate to fulfill the mission and put the rules above all else, even if it violates what they wanted inside their heart.
In this world, I have no accomplices.
What was this I was feeling? lancholy? Heh, been awhile since I felt sothing like this. But this is ridiculous. What a botherso emotion.
It’s pointless to feel this way. I must first think of the future. First, I need to get stronger. I am weak, not in skills of course, I have confidence in that. But what I was wary of was magic. How annoying. I can imagine people with the weakest body could be the strongest with the help of magic. Talk about unfairness. As soone who in the past worked hard, went through hell, I can only say that about it.
How unfair.
No, what am I saying? I’m not like this…
My mind was in disarray. I guess everything that happened is getting into .
Tch, snap out of it, !
Alright! Dammit.
Plan one, get stronger. I must learn magic. Plan two, information. I don’t know how I could learn about what was happening around , but I should learn first about the geography of this country at least. I must know the area I was operating.
Plan three, find out who could be of threat. One of the knights could be one of the traitors, should take that into consideration. But I wonder, if they wanted dead, one of them could have already killed .
Was it one of the soldiers? Perhaps, among them, one could be a spy. Could be tasked to only watch over my movents for the ti being. But it’s possible they may be ordered to kill at so point.
The palace staff? They could have killed already.
But nothing was assured.
Then, what about nobles? Highly possible, people of power always have motives, mostly for themselves.
That said, what does everyone even want from ? I know completely nothing, fuck.
Was I the only one who was told about this predicant? It seems so. The man said not to tell anyone else if I want those close to to remain safe. But, was I really the only target? The other royal family could be targets, too. I an, executing them had more rits than killing a princess like , who had no influence whatsoever.
But, what if rits and benefits, financial, or anything tangible, were not the only motives to this? Personal grudges? Might be. But, why was it that who ca to et seed powerful? Was this not as simple as I first thought it would be? Sothing of a greater scale. It couldn’t be. Why would that be? I don’t get it.
Perhaps I’m wrong. But still, I have no knowledge of anything. First, I must find a way to nd the situation even for just a little.
I heard soone panting close to , followed by a familiar voice.
“E-Estel?”
I instantly looked up and saw my brother. His eyes opened wide, he seed like he was panicking just a mont ago, but now there was a bit of relief. He was also profusely sweating indicating he was running all over the place.
I smiled brightly as I jolted up.
“Brother!” I already had one foot forward as though intending to hold him in joy. However, I stepped back with an apologetic expression. “I… I-Im so sorry.”
I lowered my head with regretful eyes while often sneaking a glance at my dear brother.
“I’m sorry for what I did… I shouldn’t have done that,” I sincerely said to him with a slightly trembling voice. I averted my gaze instantly after speaking.
“Where were you?”
I looked at Estevan, he still had that sowhat stressed look.
“I’m sorry. I saw sothing which caught my attention… I was only to take a look for a mont, but… I also went to another place close to it… I was so caught up that I didn’t notice how long I was away.”
I lowered my head even more. I have to be careful of my movents, I have a bag full of daggers under my cloak. I decided to keep the reason simple so it wouldn’t get worse or anything. I already have a lot of things on my mind.
“I kept searching all around for you, but I couldn’t find you. D-Did we miss each other?”
I blinked my eyes, pretending to think about it. “I… don’t know. I’m sorry for what I did, brother! I troubled you imnsely.”
I had a face that was on the verge of crying. My eyes were a bit damp at the corners, and my lips pursed tightly. He sighed and the next I felt was his hand patting my head. I ford a bewildered expression.
“The most important thing is that I found you, and you’re safe. That’s all that matters.” His eyes were full of fondness, and his smile filled with warmth.
“... Okay.”
“But don’t do that again, understand?”
“Y-Yes.”
He nodded. “So, how was your loneso touring?”
“I-It was great. But… that was a mistake. There are just too many new things that I saw.”
“I see. By the way, you looked so lancholic when I found you, are you alright?”
He must have seen while I was contemplating. I may indeed have looked so sad… Perhaps I was. But that was not what I was intending to convey. It was just comfortable to be in that position.
“... Um—”
“Could it be that you’re scared because I wasn’t there by your side?”
He had a teasing smile on his face. I furrowed my brows as a blush ca to my cheeks.
“N-No! It’s not that at all, brother!” I looked away with a pout.
“Hahaha! There, there…” He patted my head again. “Your big brother will alway help you if you need help. If you need saving, I’ll be there.”
He spoke as though talking to a child. I’m not a child, okay? I don’t even look as young as a child. Mmmmmmm.
“Brother stop that, it’s embarrassing…”
He chuckled. “You look cute if you act that way.”
“... By the way, brother, where are the souvenirs that you bought?”
I changed the subject to show my embarrassnt.
“Aaah, about that. You see, I panicked when I saw you gone, so I dropped them.”
“Brother… we can still search for them, right?”
“I guess we can try. Co.”
I followed him, and we arrived in front of the shop which was selling figurines.
“It’s supposed to be sowhere here.”
We looked around, on the floor and everywhere, but there was nothing.
“It’s gone…” my brother muttered.
“And it seems we can’t buy another one.”
The shop was closed. They must have sold out already. How very successful that business was. Likely they had pretty limited stocks.
“That’s alright brother, there’s always a next ti.”
“I guess... Anyhow, where do you want to go next?”
During the exchange, I have thought of what I would do. I was alone in this endeavor. So what do you think I need?
Manpower. Allies. Soone to use. Soone that can be trusted.
“Let’s go ho…”
Estevan looked at with confusion the mont I said those words. It was still about midday, we were planning to at least spend the ti in the city until afternoon. However, with how things turned out, I was no longer in the mood for a leisure stroll. I didn’t feel comfortable here anymore. I needed to think first. So the best option was to return to the palace, where it was the safest.
“Why?”
I looked away, appearing to hesitate.
“I just want to go ho.”
“... Is that so? Then that’s fine if that’s what you want... Let’s go?”
I nodded my head. “But let’s pass by the flower shop from earlier.”
“Alright.”
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