Princess Reincarnation

"Have Passed"

Three days have passed since then.

I was told that Hilde's injury wasn't too serious, and she was already moving. It seemed like they started interrogating him, with a doctor close by.

Niklas has been placed under house arrest, but there is still no evidence that he is related to any other kingdom. Even when it came to handing down the punishment for the destruction of the evidence in Hilde's matter, all they had was the testimony of the girl, who was not strong enough to punish her.

The problem is quite capable of turning into an endless argument, especially when it is very possible that he was not told about the most important part of their plan — how they intended to kidnap Lutz.

The system was not "innocent until proven guilty", but without evidence, it was difficult to judge the son of an earl.

Because of this, Niklas may have become anxious about failing to deal the blow of killing Hilde.

Because he was unbelievable, he was placed under surveillance, which made it difficult to move. Meanwhile, the Kingdom of Sckellz might abandon it, and everything could go in an unwanted direction for the Order.

The knights did not wait this long just to have the culprit get away.

If I don't interfere with their operation, will the case be smoother? I wondered, but no answer came to me.

I wanted to help after all the trouble I caused, but what could I do?

Depressed, I lay in the middle of the bed and sighed.

I was locked up inside again, and now the day is over. Since I barely moved, I did not feel sleepy at all. I tried to read books to pass the time, but nothing was processed.

It's past midnight now.

I just finished telling myself that I had to sleep when a sound came from my bedroom door.

——KNOCK KNOCK.

“……?”

It was an unreasonable hour for anyone to visit the room of an unmarried girl, let alone the princess.

Who'sis that? I wondered carefully, when an unexpected voice entered through the door.

“Rose, it's me. Can I come in? "

"…brother?"

Nervously, I put on a thin scarf and got out of bed. I opened the door and found Christof standing there with her expressionless self.

He looked exactly like he had been working to date.

"…please enter . ”

Who visits a girl's room in the middle of the night, even if she is her 10-year-old sister? I thought that didn't apply to my serious brother, but I still let him in. He is my brother. What else can I do?

"Should I prepare tea?"

"Not needed . ”

He threw himself onto the sofa with a pride, and gestured me closer to the hand.

Lost, I approached him. When I got close enough, he grabbed my hand and led me to the sofa. Unable to run in the opposite direction, I sat right next to him.

What is in the world?

Question marks danced over my head as I faced him. We were closer than I expected, and I looked at my sister's pretty face in shock.

Even if I'm not surprised, this might be our first very close one. I could see the texture on his skin, and the iris of his eyes.

His icy blue eyes looked gray from an angle.

Seemingly not offended by my surprise on his face, he grabbed my shoulder and pulled me towards him.

"Br-brother …?"

Giving up on the pressure, I found myself lying on the sofa, my head on his lap.

Tu-wait a moment .. he wants me to use his lap as a pillow …?

"How about we talk a little?"

"I don't mind, but .. why is it like this?"

Shaken, I found his actions even stranger than I thought, but he behaved exactly the same. His tone was balanced, and there was no expression that damaged his face.

Is this how siblings act? Now that I think about it, I have done this for Johan before, but this is the first time I have someone offering me the same thing.

“The hours are too late. If you are tired, you can sleep like that. ”

"Mr …"

How am I gonna do that?

I can't possibly sleep with my head on my sister's lap! I was so aware of him that I couldn't calm down, and well, it was very uncomfortable. Chris did not smell body odor, but his body was quite muscular. He's a man, all right.

There's obviously a lot I want to say. His eyes narrowed slightly, and the corner of his mouth soared amusedly.

"Let me do something fraternal once in a while" he said.

“……”

Unable to look into his eyes, I could hear his soft laughter when I suddenly turned around.

"Since I can't even offer a single word of indulgence, I'll just be strict for you and Johan. ”

"That's not true . ”

He's done a lot for me.

I really believed that, but her smile turned bitter.

"It . At your age, you still have to sit on your mother's lap, asking to be pampered. However, because of me, and our parents, you must obediently hold onto all your worries, anger, and sadness. ”

“……”

"You were there for Johan, but no one was there for you. You have no choice but to grow up to protect her. However, when it comes to yourself, you insist that you are OK and cannot even make yourself complain or rely on others. Not for me, or for the people around you. ”

"Brothers…"

"Even though you're still a ten-year-old girl" Chris said, patting my head.

Unaccustomed to the action, his hand movements felt awkward, but sincere. Even the gentleness of her voice and gaze made me feel loved, and my eyes started burning for some reason.

"Brothers…"

As energy flowed from my stiff body, the sound of glass shattering could be heard from afar.

"… ?!"

I jumped straight as if I was surprised. But, before I could get off the sofa, I was stopped by his hand.

"It's okay" said Chris very calmly.

He should also have known from the voice that something was out of place. Nothing should disturb the tranquility, but the palace became noisy.

"A-what ... how is everything okay ?!" I replied angrily as the sound of a few footsteps ran. Obviously something happened, what is “ alright”?

"Stay here . It's okay . ”

“……”

He looked straight into my eyes, there was no sense of hesitation to look at. Just my reflection.

"Rose. ”

"Brothers…"

He pulled me into his arms and hugged me tightly, as if he was trying to keep up the commotion. Wrapping her arms around my head, she gently covered the ears that were not pushing against her chest.

I can no longer hear. There was nothing but my inner voice, and my brother's voice.

Right now, even when I'm protected in my brother's arms, "something" is going on.

It may have something to do with the plan to kidnap Lutz in motion.

From the calm way Chris reacted, things might go as he expected.

This meant that no reports would come to him, and the Order also hoped that this would happen.

As targets, Lutz and Theo may have been alerted as well.

The only one who doesn't know, the only one who is in the dark .. is me.

Rosemarie is useless.

“……”

I want to do something, anything. But there's nothing I can do.

I have no power, but because I have memories from my previous life, because I know what can happen in the future, I think I can do something on my own.

Who am I kidding?

This is the response I got — protection by others.

I am powerless.

"Don't cry. ”

The sad sound of Chris's voice reached me, his hands sliding down from my ears to wipe away my tears.

“Even if I encourage you to trust me, or protect you without your knowledge, in the end, I still let you cry. I'm a desperate brother to you. ”

"That's not true…"

It wasn't his fault; it was mine.

I just have to believe in others, but I don't even have the strength to do that. I just have to put all my trust in others when the situation arises, but I can't do it either. It was my fault for being so worried.

I want to be stronger.

Great impatience and hunger filled me from the bottom of my heart.