I didn’t understand anything, but it was clear that Maximilian was calling . I had no choice but to leave Selene with Eira and get up.
"Maximilian, don’t you think doing it this way is inappropriate?"
"Don’t get involved in this, Celes. I know what I’m doing. There are things I must do as a brother, and this is one of them."
I approached and listened to their exchange. I didn’t understand anything, but this ti it was impossible to ignore: Maximilian was looking at with clear and direct animosity.
Before, I thought it was my imagination. Now it was very clear.
And the worst part was that I didn’t rember doing anything to deserve that look... a look as if he wanted to kill .
As far as I knew, even though in my mories he acted like a rabid dog with the exception of my alternate self, deep down he was a good person and it wasn’t easy to really make him angry, unless, of course, it was my fault that his sister died.
’Wait!, did that Celestine accuse to her brother?’
Now that I think about it, if what I said that day reached his ears, he might have reacted like that.
I an, he may not like Celestine as much as he likes Aurora and have so reservations about her, since she’s competing for the throne, but deep down he loves her too.
’If that bastard is capable of doing sothing like that, if she definitely—’
"Sr. Christian, I would appreciate it if you didn’t look at that way. I think you’re having so kind of misunderstanding. If you’re thinking about the reason for my older brother’s obvious rivalry, your attention towards is misplaced; instead, I would recomnd that you look back."
At that mont, because I looked at her with suspicion and mistrust, which I obviously did not hide, she spoke to .
I wasn’t going to believe anything she said, but I had nothing to lose anyway, so I turned to the group.
"..."
There was a montary peculiar movent that did not escape my attention: Aurora seed to have been smiling until she saw turn around.
She is obviously happy about the situation. As far as I know, Aurora doesn’t like Maximilian very much, or rather, since she is a tsundere in the making, she pretends that she doesn’t like him on the outside; on the other hand, Maximilian towards her...
"Ooh! (⊙ｏ⊙)"
That’s when I realized, sotis I forgot because we were just pretending, but it’s true that I’m publicly in a relationship with Aurora.
I never thought about what that would do when we t the "supre siscon" known as Maximilian, but now it all made more sense.
’Now the question is, why is Aurora happy?’
I really don’t understand what Aurora is thinking, but I won’t overthink it. Sotis won are petty for inexplicable reasons.
I don’t think it has anything to do with what happened last night, and it was Seraphina who said she would lick her flat chest in the morning, so I’m completely clueless.
’Yes, won are a real enigma.’
"Stop distracting yourself and take out your weapon."
Well, it wasn’t the ti to think about anything else, and Maximilian seed to be staring at aggressively, with a dangerous aura; I could even feel as if there was a golden lion behind him, looking at like prey.
He was obviously not going to be easy on , as a siscon he definitely wanted to test to see if I was worthy of his sister.
Now I’m a little hesitant as to whether Celestine was the one who rigged the groups, since it’s possible that if it’s for his beloved sister, Maximilian would do sothing like that, but the fact that she’s here too ans she had sothing to do with it. Maybe that’s what she wanted, she wanted Maximilian and to clash.
’That princess, as always, doing things this way.’
Yes, it was most likely, but regardless of whether it was the truth, one thing was obvious: I wasn’t going to let them beat up unilaterally just because of so test or a siscon’s jealousy.
So I lunged forward with great montum; I was unard, so Maximilian didn’t react.
Maybe he thinks I’m not a threat no matter what I do, especially if I’m unard; he, being one of the strongest in his generation, isn’t wrong to think that way.
Even so, I didn’t back down. I got within striking distance without worrying about the aura of aggression he was giving off.
"Maximilian, right?"
Once I was right in front of him, I spoke to him informally, not as an senior, not as a crown prince, but simply as an equal, which was highly inappropriate from any point of view.
Anyone could deduce that I was deliberately looking for a fight.
"Oh! Well, well!, I see you’re at least soone with guts, huh?"
He responded with even more aggression. Although he seed calm, his eyes definitely seed to burn. He definitely wanted to put in my place, which I wasn’t going to let happen easily.
The tension began to rise and silence reigned over the area; it was so intense that even out of the corner of my eye I could see Celestine holding her breath a little and hesitating whether to interfere or not.
Maybe he was just pretending and inside he was rejoicing at turning his enemies against each other, but that wasn’t important; I had to deal with Maximilian, I had to make my position clear to him and how his sisconery should stay in check when it ca to , so I made the first move.
Click!
*****
’I knew this would happen hahaha~’
That’s what Aurora thought as she waited for the fight to unfold.
She was eagerly waiting for her older brother Maximilian to teach Christian a lesson.
The reason?
The reason is that just last night, as usual, she was one of the guests at the gentlen’s night, even though she wasn’t one of them.
It’s not that she didn’t like it at all; although from her perspective most of them are hopeless fools, it’s fun to spend ti with them.
Spending ti with them made any complicated thoughts simply vanish, and last night she really needed it because of the events that occurred regarding her older sister Celestine.
And it did help, but everyone drank sothing they shouldn’t have, which isn’t that unusual, and things quickly got out of hand.
But luckily, when she went through her demonic growth phase, she had gained more stamina and was able to find a mont of clarity to escape from there.
The problem was that by that ti, they had already set her clothes on fire.
Aurora still rembered how it felt to walk back half-naked, both when she passed through the crowded streets and when she passed through the dark and mostly cold streets that were still unknown to her, covered only by an illusion that who knows who it might not affect; and when it might fail because of how drunk she was.
Although seeing what happened before with the rest, it seems that she was saved from an even worse fate.
Still, she couldn’t help but feel a little angry at Christian, who was the one who always dragged her along and was therefore the main cause of that bad experience.
That’s why she was happy when she realized that the person instructing them was her own brother. Although she hadn’t seen him in years, if her brother’s personality hadn’t changed, Christian would be in trouble.
Originally, she planned to intervene and clear things up, but with the resentnt still present, she hoped her brother would put him in his place and then she would clarify things.
No matter how monstrous Christian was, he definitely couldn’t handle her brother.
A lesson was about to befall him definitively, and with the tension at its peak, it seed inevitable, but the next mont Christian—
Click!
"What’s going on!?"
Just when everything seed about to explode, sothing happened that left Aurora bewildered. Instead of attacking, he put up a barrier, and then...
There was no then, there was no blow. Instead of fighting, they started talking. Christian seed to have taken the initiative, saying sothing to Maximilian, who looked at him doubtfully for a while.
From ti to ti, Maximilian’s gaze would shift to Aurora, which made her feel nervous, as if she had been caught doing sothing mischievous.
Maximilian’s gaze not only fell on the nervous Aurora but also seed to be directed behind her for so reason.
"What’s wrong, Aurora, do I have sothing on my face?"
Aurora looked back, following her brother’s gaze, and there was Seraphina, along with Alice and Lys, the latter looking a little anxious as she looked where Christian and Maximilian were.
"Ah!, Lys, you don’t have to worry, nothing will happen."
Seraphina, noticing Eirlys’ state, turned her attention to her and tried to calm her down.
"B-but he’s an Veteran, and for a while now he’s been looking at him as if he hates him."
"Well, it’s not that serious. I guess at most he wants to test his brother-in-law or sothing."
"Brother-in-law?"
"Huh? Lys, didn’t you notice from his introduction? He’s Aurora’s brother, and the one next to him is her other sister."
"Eh? Oh! Right, I forgot."
"See, so there’s no need to worry, nothing bad will happen, right, Aurora?"
"Um... I don’t think so. Maximilian should know that he’s my boyfriend."
Aurora had to say that, but internally she thought that was specifically why she believed this could escalate, and she hoped Christian would learn a lesson.
"You heard her, hmm, oh! Think of it as a situation like in the books I gave you. Have you read the one about the brothers yet?"
"Ah! I haven’t read that one yet. Are you talking about the one titled ’You are not worthy of my sister, only I am worthy of her’?"
"N-no, not that one—"
"No? Then the only one left is the one titled ’Your older sister will teach you your place, forbidden love.’"
"N-no, wait! Why do you have those books? Have you read them?"
"No, the covers and titles seed a little weird, so I left them for last."
"Ugh, looks like I gave you the wrong books. I’ll give you the right ones later."
"Big sister, What’s that last book? I don’t rember reading it."
"Well, that book..."
Seraphina didn’t know how to explain that those books were from the collection she shared with Astrid, which is very different from the collection she shared with Alice. The genres covered by both collections are very different.
It was a mistake that occurred when Lys asked her for a recomndation for a novel to read, an interest that was born when she saw Alice and Seraphina or even Elena talking about these topics.
Seraphina, seeing an opportunity to pass on her taste, recomnded many novels to Lys, in which it seems that more than one had slipped in from the wrong collection.
But luckily, she hadn’t been contaminated yet; she hadn’t read those books, and Seraphina didn’t need to explain why at that mont...
Plack!
A loud impact sound ca from where Christian and Maximilian were standing, catching everyone’s attention.
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