Chapter Four - A peaceful family life is the best

Are you asking if they ever got mad at me? No, they aren't. Not at me, but for me yes. I was around twelve years old when I got a marriage proposal from someone. He was 25 years old. 

I don't think there is any problem with a little bit of age difference as long as it is between consenting adults. 13 years is not the end of the world if the younger one at least I don't know maybe 20 years old. I was basically a child and even though it wasn't impossible to happen, my parents weren't your typical noble who would sell their children for the highest bid, especially because we were wealthy enough.

So my father was furious and my mother felt insulted. Please, put away your sword. You can't kill someone already dead. No, it wasn't my father. He indeed made that family situation and social standing much harder but he is not a bloodthirsty murderer. Well, the main reason is probably that he didn't want to make me feel like his death was my fault or something.

It's a pretty cliché story. He was disowned by his parents because of this incident and his game addiction. In the end, he was finished off by debt collectors. Pretty boring, right?

So back to the main point, no, but once they got mad at my brother. He pushed me and I fell. He wanted my strawberry cake but I didn't want to give it to him, so he got a little angry. It didn't even hurt but he wouldn't stop apologizing. After some time my mother got annoyed and told him to stop it in an annoyed voice.

I wasn't angry. We were always bickering and fooling around. He didn't do it on purpose, he just didn't realize yet that he had become stronger than me. After that, his behaviour changed. I was a bit sad because I felt like my baby brother had grown up. Since then Rihian has always been careful with me. He was always worried that he could hurt me.

He started training hard to be able to control his physical strength. Hm? He was around 8 years old. No, he is not a monster. Rihian is just a bit strong and look at yourself. You killed single-handedly all these monsters the last time. You are much stronger than him. No, it's not because you are older. I am proud of my brother and know him well, but I have eyes and can be objective, so even if you were the same age you still won.

Don't look so smug. It doesn't mean you are better than him. He is still such a sweet child. He is a boy but I always thought he was prettier than me. He inherited our mother's violet hair colour and I was envious of him all the time because of it. And pairing it with our father's blue eyes made him outstanding. Do you think I am more beautiful? That's good because I wouldn't give him to you. Haha, just joking. Besides you never even met him so how would you know?

But maybe I was a bit mean to him when he was little. I liked to dress him up in my old clothes because he looked like a doll. I hope I didn't cause any trauma. Well, he turned out just fine...

Anyway. He was a docile child who followed me around anywhere. I often take care of him and sing him lullabies. I wanted to be the best sibling for him and I guess I kinda succeed. We raised him into a fine young boy and he will be a splendid man. No, I am not looking at him through rose-coloured glasses. The girl he will choose will be very lucky. Or the boy, whatever floats in his boat. Yeah, it's still early but I hope he will find the love of his life.

Of course, things are not the same anymore. We still get along very well, but he is more independent. Well, I never wanted for us to be attached at the hips all our life. He tried to avoid swordsmanship lessons before the incident but after it, he became serious about it and spent less and less time with me. I was busy with my lessons as well so we had fewer opportunities. But no matter how busy we were we always made time for tea and ate dinner together.

Not just him and me, but our parents too. They were busy managing our properties and attending social events but always made time to listen to our problems and eat with us, celebrating big events and going on holidays. They were incredibly good to us so I wanted be be good to them.

I thought I would spend all my life with them. Sharing our burdens, going shopping together, drinking tea and eating sweets, going on walks in the garden and such. Just cherishing each other and the moments we have in this lifetime. I have never wanted to leave my home, I was prepared and perfectly happy to take care of them when they turned old and frail.

I believed there was only happiness without obstacles in our future. They were the main characters, the story was over and they got their happily ever after... Right? What could happen? After all the trial and error only good things happen with them, don't they?

But we don't actually know what happens to them after the lights go out on that so-called stage. But the main character never dies in a romance genre, right?