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"How's your condition, Felicia? Do you feel anything bad in your body? Like cold or feel like burning?" I asked Felicia who's hugging my neck.

"Uhm. I don't feel anything. You know, big bro, I felt like I was in a dream. I don't feel anything there, I don't have to trouble grandpa with my illness. But... it felt lonely there. I want to see grandpa but I don't know where I can find him." She said and I listened to her story.

"Then suddenly, a door appeared in front of me and saw that I'm not in my home anymore. I cried because I can't see my grandpa. Then there's an aunty that I don't know who came in and said that Grandpa is working and I will see him later so I stopped crying... but its been so long and I still can't see him. Then the aunty told me that we should wait for him to come home, and he did! I finally saw grandpa! I am so happy! Not only did I see grandpa, I now have a big bro too!" She said to me and I could feel her emotions changing as she goes on with the story. At the end of her story, I could feel her bubbling happiness.

"I see. Then Felicia should be a good little sis and don't trouble your grandpa anymore, alright?" I said which made Felicia smile meekly.

"Hehe. Then I should trouble big bro." She said as if she already planned on how to do it.

"What a troublesome little sister I have." I said with a smile.

"You don't want little sister anymore?" She asked me with puppy eyes.

"No, even if my little sister is troublesome, my little sister is still my family." I said to her which made her smile cutely.

"Then play with me, big bro." She said to me.

"Alright, alright. Big bro will play with you tomorrow, okay? Its already night and you need to sleep to grow up." I said which made her pout.

"I've slept already..." She murmured by I could still hear her.

"Alright, what does my little sister want to play?" I asked and waited for her answer but I didn't hear any.

I felt her arms that are hugging me, slightly loosened up. Her head fell on my shoulders and I already knew what happened.

"She fell asleep. Looks like you got tired waiting for us, huh." I said as I fixed my posture and carried her until we reached my manor.

Wilhelm was watching us in the distance and saw that his granddaughter had fallen asleep. He was about to take Felicia from me but he saw me adjust my posture to make Felicia more comfortable while sleeping. He stopped in his tracks and continued watching from the distance.

Wilhelm can't help but smile after looking at my face, Wilhelm knew me all too well, and he knew that there were only a few times where I expressed my emotions genuinely.

Wilhelm followed them to the manor as he held the spear covered in linen tightly.

*

When we reached the manor, I laid down Felicia in her room and came out of the room. Wilhelm was standing there with the spear in his hands.

"Thank you, Uncle Wilhelm for holding that for me." I took it from him and returned to my room. I felt exhausted and changed into my pajamas. I then jumped on my bed and it only took me a few seconds before closing my eyes and slept soundly.

*

"...ro ... ay ... th ... me..." I heard the sound of something and the feeling of earthquake.

"Ig... ro ...play... th... me." I continued hearing the words. and the world continued shaking.

"Big... bro... play ...th... me." I opened my eyes and saw Felicia jumping around my bed.

"Big bro! The sun is out! Come play with me!" Felicia was happy when she saw me open my eyes.

I sat down and rubbed my eyes. I could feel Felicia tugging my arm to go out and urged me to play with her.

"My little sister is so naughty, I will punish her." I said and caught her by the waist and gently laid her down and started tickling her.

"Pfff... pfff... stop... tickling... pffhehe." Felicia was holding back her laughter as I tickled her.

"Are you still going to be naughty?" I raised her little foot and tickled it, making her unable to hold back and started laughing.

"Grandpa...! Save me! Big bro is... pffff... tickling me!" She looked at me with pleading eyes. But I didn't stop in tickling her.

"I... wont... pfff... be naughty... pff... anymore...!" She shouted and I let her go.

She pouted at me and I cupped her cheeks with my hands.

"Now that my little sister isn't naughty anymore, let's go eat some food." I said to her as I jumped out of bed. I held her hand and we walked down to the kitchen where Melissa is cleaning the dining table.

"Young Lord, good timing. I was just about to wake you up. Food will be served soon." Melissa said and bowed to me before leaving.

"Why is Aunty calling you, Young Lord?" Asked the innocent Felicia.

"Because big bro owns a big place and I'm their ruler." I said to her which made her confused.

"Alright, don't worry about it. Just eat and fill your stomach. Look, you're so thin." I said to her and she didn't ask me anymore but looked at her thin arms.

"Eh? Big bro how did I become like this?" She asked me in confusion.

"Because you're so naughty. You're always sleeping and you're not eating properly." I said and pinched her nose.

'Did she survive long time coma by receiving a healing spell everyday?' I thought to myself before staring at Felicia.

"Hehe. Then I'll eat." Felicia said pouting about my remarks.

"Yes, but don't push yourself too much. You don't want to get sick because you ate too much, okay?" I said and she nodded like a chick listening to the mother hen. I patted her head and sat down at the head of the table while Felicia sat down on the side nearest to me.

The food came in one by one and Melissa placed the plates filled with food on the table. Melissa already knew what I like and dislike when it comes to eating so she didn't help me pick out my food. Instead, I had her take care of Felicia's meal.

"Let Auntie feed you, is that okay?" Melissa asked Felicia softly and she nodded.

"Big bro, there's so many food, I don't know what to pick." She said to me while I just laughed lightly.

"Then pick the food that you want and let Aunty feed you." I said to her and she looked at the plates of food, drooling.

"Aunt Melissa, don't let her eat too much. Her body might not be able to withstand huge amounts of food at the moment. Let her body adapt to eating food again." I said to her in a whisper only she could hear. She nodded and started feeding Felicia.

After meal time, I took Felicia into the garden to digest the food we just ate. We sat down on the patio and Felicia started talking non-stop. She kept telling me everything that she saw in her dream world and I listened to her story.

"Big bro, tell me a story." She said to me and I chuckled.

"Alright." I said and I carried her and placed her beside me.

"What stories do you want?" I asked her while she went into deep thinking.

"Stories about princess!" She said to me while I patted her head.

"Alrighty then. Once upon a time, an Enchantress turned a handsome prince into a terrible beast when she discovered his selfishness. She left behind an enchanted rose. If the prince did not find true love before the last rose petal fell, he would remain a beast forever. Meanwhile, in a village nearby, Belle lived with her father. More than anything, Belle wanted an adventure like those she read about in her beloved books...." I started telling her the story and she was so engrossed with it. Unfortunately, at the middle of the story, Felicia fell down on my lap and slept soundly.

"Looks like she's still weak but she will force herself to be happy so that no one will worry about her. What a troublesome sister I have." I sighed as I played with her hair. I picked her up and brought back into her room. I took one last look at Felicia sleeping soundly before closing the door.