Envy over Someone Else's Siblinghood

[Rebecca's POV]

What the hell? Did lord Sauros just barged in to the room and demands me to become Eris's little sister?

I wanted to deny the request because the only one who has the rights to call me little sister was onii-chan and I chose that decision.

I asked lord Sauros on why did he decide to instruct me in becoming Eris's little sister. He snorted at my question and arrogantly proclaims his answer.

"Eris told me that she was envious when she saw you being quite affectionate towards your brother and she wanted to experience that same affection!" lord Sauros explained to me, making baffled at the statement.

What the heck is this? Eris being envious? Since when? How can a tough headed lady like her becomes jealous of me and onii-chan? Wait! Did she really take my teasing earlier very seriously?!

"I beg your pardon, lord Sauros? Why would Eris become envious of me and onii-chan just because I was affectionate towards him?" just in case, I questioned the reason for Eris's jealousy over my affection towards onii-chan.

"It's because she hasn't experienced that same sibling bond from her two brothers" Philip instead answered my question, telling me that she never experience being bond with her siblings.

'What? I never knew that Eris had siblings'

'(I would be more surprise if she doesn't. A rich family with a large mansion but only one child is an impossible tale. There's something fishy about this story. Just to be sure, go ask them on the brothers' whereabouts)'

'Okay then'

I asked Philip who Eris's brothers are and where were they. He told me that Eris has an older brother and younger brother. They were taken by Philip's elder brother when they were born.

Philip's elder brother lives in the capital of the Asura kingdom and was the successor of the Boreas family. It was declared by his brother that men from their lineage must be raised in the current household, which is total baloney in my opinion.

Like... excuse me?! What kind of shenanigans was Philip's elder brother playing at? Stealing someone's children so that he would remain in control of the successor of the lineage? That's the worse bullshit I ever heard!

"Eris didn't bother about the matter of not seeing her brothers in most of her life. Well... not until she met you two and saw that close bond that you two were having. With that being said, she started reconsidering her view on her brothers because of the envy she feels" Philip explains further, saying that me and onii-chan's close siblinghood was the catalyst for her sudden change in mind.

I was surprised that our existence change how Eris feel about her siblings. Hearing all of this made me feel somewhat strange. As if I somehow understood the envy that Eris was feeling.

But why though? Why do I understand the envy she is feeling?!

{You will never be going to have a very cool brother like me, loser!}

Ah, I see. I remember now.

I had been through in this kind of situation before

In the previous life that is.

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I remembered that in my previous life, one of the bullies that framed me before, had a very cool brother that was always close to her.

{Kyaa~ He is so cool}

{Yeah, and he's handsome too}

{Please be my girlfriend, senpai!!}

He looks handsome and was popular in school. He was a genius and athletic person in our campus. Many girls had fallen for him and admittedly, so was I.

{Hey Senpai, can you help me with the notes. I seem to not understand the lecture earlier}

{Sure, let me see them}

One day, I approached the bully's brother one day to ask him something about notes of our last subject in the class.

{HEY! What do you think you're doing, loser! Get away from my brother, you bitch!}

{ARGH! Stop! It hurts! Please don't pull my hair!}

When the bully saw this, she snaps at me and bullied me badly, pulling my hair so hard that it hurts so bad.

{You don't have the rights to get near my brother, you worthless loser!}

{Let go of me, please! Senpai, help me! Make her stop!}

{I'm very sorry, but I couldn't do that}

{Huh?}

I begged for her brother to stop her bullying. However, I was shocked that he did nothing and averted his eyes from me, not helping in stopping his little sister's bullying.

{See! My brother supports my actions. You will never be going to have a very cool brother like me, loser!}

{Why you!}

*slap*

{That's enough, leave}

The bully taunts me for not having a very cool brother like hers, which spikes up my jealousy and tried to retaliate. However, the brother protected her and slaps me across the face, which really hurts by the way.

I ran away from the classroom after that and went somewhere in the campus to cry for hours.

I thought to myself that if only I had a brother to protect me from those bullies or even from my step parents, then I won't be in this much pain and suffering during those time.

But I knew that would never come true as my original parent didn't have the time to make me a sibling when they were still alive and they died before they could make one. Even when my step parents took me to their home, they didn't even have any step siblings to show and I was the only one in their house.

I could only suffer in my lonesome as I watch the bully being affectionate with her brother in the classroom. There was no one in my life that I could call a sibling in my previous life, well, that is... when I met onii-chan's previous self.

I know that he was obese and his background was somewhat deplorable, but I understood the pain and suffering he was dealing that time. Because of my desperation of wanting a sibling that would protect me, I declared to him that he will be my big brother from now on.

That is when we both died together and reincarnated as legitimate siblings. when I realized that, I was so happy in my life that I had a brother that would support and protect me in my next life.

I cherish my brother so much, even though I beat him up and reprimand him in several occasion. But don't worry about those minor details, those were just my pent-up aggression I got from the abuse of my step parents. Besides, my violent tendencies were just another form of sibling love that I definitely haven't made up.

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Anyway, back to the current predicament. I could accept the request here and now, but something is preventing me from doing so. I'm just wondering if there was a catch or something in this request, so I asked Philip just in case.

"Philip-sama, I just want to know that if I were to accept lord Sauros request and become Eris's little sister, would that mean I will become part of the Boreas family or will I still stay in the same family as onii-chan?"

"Well, the request was just to be Eris's little sister anyway, there was no need for you to change family" he said to me with reassurance, making me relieved from my worries.

"Ah, is that so?"

Phew, what a relief. For second there, I thought I have to separate myself from onii-chan. That would be a disaster for my own sanity and well-being.

"Or if you are willing to be part of the Boreas family, you could marry one of Eris's bro..."

"No thank you, I would rather choose the former choice instead"

I instinctively stop Philip's second option short by choosing the first choice, which also surprised myself.

"Oh.... Was that your decision?"

"Yes"

"Are you sure you don't want the latter choi-"

"No"

"Darn it...."

Philip slumps his shoulder in disappointment when I refused his arrange marriage proposal with Eris's brothers. I mean seriously, I am seven years old right now. Get a grip, will you?

'(You know, the latter choice wasn't that bad)'

'Nope, that's not the choice I was hoping for'

'(In fact, it might be beneficial to you)'

'Kiana, when a woman denies a marriage proposal, she really means it'

'(Think about it, Rebecca. If you marry a Boreas, you will have power to...)'

'I SAID DON'T WANT TO, OKAY! THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE FOR ME'

'(.....)'

'Sorry.... I didn't know where that came from'

'(Y-yeah)'

What was that? Why did I say those things? Even Kiana was surprised on what I said to her. Were these like impulses that I subconsciously say without me realizing it? If so, why does it occurred randomly? Is this something to do with me being experimented by Otto or something?

I hope these impulses won't affect my life too much. These impulses I had were scaring me and I don't know where they are coming from.