Chapter 139 - 139. The Family

Due to the thrilling reunion between Ray and Obert, the forest has become a mess despite Obert's barrier.

Oberthe took out a bottle of wine from a leather barrel and sipped it while repairing the forest with his free hand.

Ray, who was drinking a glass of fresh milk that Thea bought in haste, glanced at her and opened her mouth.

"I heard you're weak, so you're good at using other magic?"

"It's impossible to use destructive or even slightly aggressive magic. He's a sage, but he's become a half-penny who can only do simple defenses and useless things like this."

"It's a restriction... But where are you still alive?"

"That's right. After living for a long time, I met a colleague who became such a cute girl, haha!"

After drinking a glass of wine, Oberthe giggled.

When Ray raises his hand, Aubert's body instinctively shrinks.

Oberth had just been beaten badly by the little girl's little fist.

Soon, Ray smiled.

Should I say I'm glad I didn't change?

Ray was thinking that way.

However, in order to be considerate of her in her own way, Oberth was having a conversation with her, recalling what she was like in her youth as much as possible.

In front of them, the holy sword Durandal was stuck on the floor.

Ray opens her mouth first.

"When will the holy sword be usable?"

This time the holy sword was in her hand, but it didn't strike.

"Hmm, it's probably not lack of strength... It definitely feels like an unknown force is blocking it right now."

Oberthe added, feeling the sharp pain in her ribs from where he had been beaten.

He goes on with his words again.

After all, Obert was a 'wise man'.

I was able to grasp Ray's condition more closely and objectively.

"My guess is that it has a lot to do with your growth and the resurrection of the Demon King."

"I can roughly understand the growth. A demon lord?"

"The closer the demon king's resurrection period approaches, the stronger his strength as a hero..."

"If it's really like that, I'd be a little annoyed."

Ray frowned.

"That's what a bridle is."

"Bridle..."

"I've dug up something about the bridle since you died like that. Would you like to hear it?"

At Aubert's question, Ray lightly nodded her head.

"It may come as a bit shocking to the author, but there is not a single hero who survived the battle with the demon king."

"...Is it inevitable death?"

"It's fortunate that the Demon King is the same."

"And does it mean that all the warriors who died were all 'me'..."

"There's a high probability of that. This time, I don't know why, but I had memories of my previous life right after I was reincarnated..."

"Do you have any guesses?"

Ray, who was squatting down against a tree, asked Oberth, who was gulping down his drink.

In response, Aubert, who wiped the alcohol from his mouth with his arm, spat out words in a low voice.

"Ludwig."

They were people Ray knew.

"...Certainly if it's the Ludwig clan..."

"There's no such thing as a clan. I'm guessing there's only one left now."

"What?"

"You must know that there was a war about 10 years ago. Right before that war broke out... The Ludwig clan was completely annihilated by demons. This is what I know. There are still people left, but we still don't know if she really belongs to the Ludwig clan. But looking at you now, the possibility seems high."

The clan was annihilated by the demons.

Ray's eyes become quite serious at the sad moves of the demons.

Ray, unable to speak, ruminates on Aubert's explanation and comes to her conclusion.

"No way..."

"... That the 'curse' known as the vision of her clan may be hanging over her. You know that those we know can do that, right?"

"Yes, so the flow of time was distorted."

"I don't know when the curse was first activated, but it's likely to be an opportunity for you to be reincarnated with your memories."

"Last survivor of the Ludwig clan. Where are they now?"

"Right here, Innocence Academy."

"Hmm...?"

"Looks like you're close with Jeto, who brought you here."

"Ah...?"

Ray makes a dumbfounded expression at the conversation that has become difficult to follow in an instant.

"Wait a minute... Then why didn't you do anything when you had all this information?"

"Well, it's because of restrictions. The Goddess won't take your life, so don't affect the world too much. I didn't mean to."

"That's not the answer. It's changed, but it's changed."

"Get older by hundreds of years. I've never been in a relationship. You'll die before me."

"Are you still a virgin at that age?"

"..."

At Ray's question, Obert silently stroked his long beard.

Judging by the look on her face, that seems to be the case.

"...I don't know if this deserves the title of 'Great Sage'."

Ray eats and laughs and drinks the milk.

"Still, I think I'm better than you, who seems to be concerned about her virginity rather than virginity."

Ray, who was drinking milk at Oberth's sharp words, spits it out.

ㅡPooh!!!

The milk that gushed from Ray's mouth poured down directly onto Oberth's face.

Drops of pure white milk dripped down his long beard.

""...""

In silence, each other's eyes cross each other.

Soon Ray opens her mouth first.

"...G-I'm not sorry."

"I agree."

Aubert wipes the milk off his face.

A muddy fight was about to begin that no one could benefit from, but the cool breeze from the forest washed away the uncomfortable air currents flowing between them.

"By the way, what happened to Jeto?"

"Hmm..."

Ray drools before drinking milk at Oberth's question.

Jeto.

He is a mysterious man who has known himself as a prophet.

"...A peculiar guy."

"I was already interested in it, but I never thought I'd bring you..."

"Puhaha, sure if it's Zeto, it must be so unusual that you, the sage, will be interested in it."

"There's something I'd like to ask you about Zeto."

"I don't know very well yet... But I'll try my best to answer."

"Did Zeto not seem to mind killing? It's cruel..."

"Hmm..."

After emptying his glass before he knew it, Ray rolled his eyes upward and looked back at Zeto's actions he had watched.

"At least it was like that against demons. Although I wonder if a human would be reluctant to kill demons... He seemed quite familiar. He was overly calm and calm. It made me wonder if it was something a 20-year-old kid could do."

"Huh..."

"Why, is something going on?"

"No. Just a personal curiosity."

Ray said, 'Ask all sorts of strange things.' Grumbled and lay down on the bottom of her pool.

"...So, do you think you'll like your life from now on? Like it or not, I think you'll be living with them. Well, if you're uncomfortable with it, maybe you can find a way to live separately."

She found out that she was a fake sister anyway, so she couldn't play her little sister anymore.

There was nothing that could not be done by using the authority of Chairman Hubert Graham.

"Um... I don't think that's necessary."

However, the answer that came out of Ray's mouth as she drool was an answer that could be said to be unexpected considering the reactions she has shown so far.

"Why?"

"Well..."

Since her reincarnation, Ray has a sense of freedom he has never felt before.

She heard that there was still time until the Demon King's resurrection, so she slowly created an environment where she could focus only on her growth. Thanks to that, the impatience of being in her orphanage has gone to some extent.

The troubles that had been giving me headaches for years were resolved neatly after meeting a man named Jeto.

Ray also acknowledged it and decided to accept it.

She now realizes that she is 'Zeto's sister, Ray'.

She wasn't particularly determined.

She still feels a bit pressured to have to play the younger sister, but she can't change her gender just because of that.

Above all, it was the first 'family' she had in her life, even if her blood was not connected.

Ray has already fallen in love with Zeto and Petty even though it hasn't been a few days.

Even if she says acting.

Even if it's a lie

It was clearly in the form of a family.

It was the first time she felt secure.

Not the hero Leon, but her sister Ray.

There was a big difference in that.

Furthermore...

'...Being the youngest is a very comfortable position.'

Rey, who continued to think about it while smelling her grass, nodded her head.

On the other hand, Oberth, who had not reached that point, had a rather wild idea.

Oberth found it a bit odd that he was okay with his co-workers engaging in infantile regressive behavior.

'Are your tastes like that...?'

She held back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.

This time it was because I really thought that her ribs might be crushed.

Soon, Ray lifted her body up and peered at Gene Aubert, whose eyes were wide.

There was one story that she hadn't shared yet, and as Ray, who had become her reincarnation, she wanted to hear.

It was also one of the most curious things that might have happened after her death.

"Obert."

"Hmm?"

"How was my funeral?"

***

The story of the funeral of the hero Leon was a story that could not be heard without tears.

She couldn't cry either.

It is because I, the culprit of the funeral, was still alive here, and an unknown feeling of guilt came over me.

No, it's true that he died once.

Still, I didn't do 'resurrection', which is known as an act you shouldn't do at a funeral.

You don't have to feel guilty.

I decided to think so.

It is said that they honored me who passed away in their own way. I felt strange.

The saintess cried a lot.

She said that she had been crying all night for several days. When I replied that he had a lot of tears in her eyes, Aubert looked at me with ugly eyes as if he were looking at an insect.

You bastard scolded me for not changing even after death.

'What the hell are you talking about...'

After a long talk with Oberth, I was on my way back to the dormitory.

It was this place, the Innocence Academy, that Oberth adopted as a way to honor me.

As the sun went down, the red sunset was setting over the city.

On the streets, the appearance of cadets could also be seen sparsely. Are classes over by this time?

Soon, my legs as I walked down the street come to a halt.

I dazedly captured the beautiful scenery of the city with the sunset in my eyes.

The destination is a dormitory.

Even so, the reason why the feet stopped is not different.

'...I don't know the way.'

The academy, that is, the city, was quite large. At least it felt that way to me, who was small and had a narrow stride.

Moreover, beating Oberth consumed a lot of stamina.

They were completely exhausted by Oberth's futile resistance.

'I have to ask around for directions...'

...It was annoying.

So it was when I was squatting on the sidewalk and watching the people passing by indifferently.

Soon, my eyes meet with a woman with finely braided red hair.

As I stare at her, she tilts her head and approaches me.

"Are you lost?"

Bend her knees and put her at eye level with me, she asked her me. Judging from the uniform, he looked like an academy cadet.

"..."

Inadvertently, I tried to spit out flat words, but I swallowed the words in a hurry, and I missed the timing to answer.

From now on, even when I talk to other people, I will have to pretend to be Zeto's sister.

If I had my petty or my tora next to me, it would be easier to act because I could feel it, but pretending to be her sister by myself... It was still very difficult.

Petty said she would arrange and organize her furniture, and she went back to her dorm early.

No matter where you pass, you will not run into each other.

As she thought about that, she was staring at the red-haired woman bluntly.

"Ummm..."

The woman ponders something, and then she turns her head to look across her and opens her mouth.

"Zetto, Aisel! There's a lost child here?"

"Zetto?"

As soon as the name Jeto jumped out of her mouth, I also turned her head to check.

Zeto could be seen from the other side of her.

Silky hair with pure white bandages.

Jetto, who was exceptionally striking, was walking towards this place with a platinum-haired girl whose name she did not know.

"Ah?"

The red-haired woman is surprised by my reaction.

I lightly ignored her reaction and ran to Jetto.

"Brother Zeto...!"

"Brother?"

Immediately, a mysterious voice of a red-haired woman is heard from behind.

As I approached him in a month while singing Jeto, he tilted his head.

"Ray, why are you here...?"

"Ah... That's because I was talking to a 'friend'..."

"Have you made friends already?"

"Uh... Uh..."

As Jeto and I were having such a conversation, a red-haired woman jumped from behind and joined us.

A platinum-haired woman and a red-haired woman glance at Jeto at the same time and ask.

""Brother...?""

"Yes, this is my sister Ray."

Suddenly, each other's introduction continued.

The platinum-haired woman's name is Eisel Ludwig.

He was the only surviving member of the Lüdwig clan, as he had been told by Oberth.

I was a little surprised, but I heard that they are friendly.

The red-haired woman is called Yuri Clementine. Somehow, I thought that her hair and her eyes were exceptionally red, so she was that Clementine of the 4 elemental families on the continent.

So, does Clementine, whom I met before, become this child's ancestor?

On the one hand, that thought crossed my mind.

"...So she ended up staying with me from now on."

Jeto, who was sorting out the situation, finished his explanation.

Yuri, with a bewildered face, asks him a question.

"Why didn't she tell me she had sisters?"

That was a bit of a difficult question.

Because Zeppetti and I are fake sisters who unexpectedly appeared.

What kind of excuse would Jeto make?

Soon, Jeto's calm voice continues.

"Because you didn't ask?"

"That's not wrong..."

Yuri's eyebrows rise.

Yeah, it's not wrong, but it's weird.

It seemed so to me.

Then, the eyes of the girls, who cannot distinguish whether they are suspicious or curious, are shot at Jeto.

"..."

Eisel, in particular, looked at me and Jeto without saying anything, but her pupils were vibrating so violently that she could see them.

Why?

Shouldn't Jetto be without her sister?

'If that's not the case...'

...Can not help it.

It seemed good to me to go out.

I needed a 'younger sister' to make this situation very natural.

"Brother Zeto..."

"Why?"

"My leg hurts... I want to go home..."

"..."

Jetto, who was scratching his cheek, soon turns his back on me and bends his knees.

Carefully climbed onto his back.

Soon I wrap my arms around Zeto's neck and he grabs my leg.

Okay.

This is a 'bubba'.

Something she would never do unless she was her sister.

It was the perfect 'little sister' thing to avoid their suspicions.

I immediately buried my face in Jetto's back.

I didn't want to see what the reaction would be.

The road to becoming a younger sister was, of course, arduous.

***

I was wondering when to introduce Ray and Zeppetti, but the class ended before I knew it.

I couldn't get it out in the end.

However...

'...I never thought I'd run into Ray.'

Although the explanation was sufficient, it seemed that it was difficult for Yuri and Eisel to accept it because it was so sudden.

At that time, Ray managed to understand my difficult meaning.

After all, is a warrior a warrior?

She had a knack for escaping her crises.

Thanks to this, I was able to clear away the suspicions of Eisel and Yuri.

'I don't know how they will take it...'

After that was the key.

I just said that's how it is now and just walked away.

"Thank you, Ray."

I thanked Ray for being on my back on a deserted road.

"..."

No answer comes back

No matter how much she was, she was a woman who had a reluctance to be put on her back, so she must have been very ashamed.

Soon, Sierra's voice resounds as she examines Ray's condition.

[You are already asleep. It seemed that he was tired. ]

It seemed to me that I could hear some kind of whispering sound.

It was a day in which many things happened.

Seeing Ray on his back, Zeppetti might pour out compliments.

He said he was like a sister.

Thinking about it brings a smile to my face.

"It feels like I have a real family. I'm going to be the eldest son and the head of the family, so I'm going to be a father? Haha."

[Even if your father is, where is your mother going? Is it Zepeti? ]

"My Petty is a bit like that... Her mother must be Master after all, right?"

I didn't want to leave Sierra out of the frame of her family.

[No, that's too much of a joke... A disciple would take her master as her wife...]

She stopped her legs at her words.

Then I asked her softly as I gazed at Sierra, who was covering her blushing face with the hem of her sleeve.

"...Even if it's fake, do you hate my wife?"

[ Oops... ]

Sierra flinches at her body.

Since she is clearly pointing her head at her Sierra, she continues her words as if she can't help it.

[It's fake, so it's accepted. It's fake anyway...]

Sierra, who hurriedly turned her gaze away from me, blurring the end of her words, was silent for a while.