I Can’t Run Away From the Girl Who Saved Me

109 – Secret Talk (1)

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“Forgive Sister Sylvia.”

“…”

Alice looked embarrassed at my earnest request, bowing her head, and just opened her lips without saying anything.

I didn’t miss that gap and repeatedly pleaded with my sister Alice, who was hesitating, in a desperate voice as if I was driving a wedge into her.

I know she’s been through a terrible thing, and I can understand why she hates Sylvia, but she has a lot to talk to and hear from me since we haven’t seen each other in a long time, and she even said that if she didn’t quickly return to the lakeside because of the magic that was all around, her body would gradually deteriorate.

When I raised my head slightly to check the reaction of Alice, who had her mouth tightly shut without saying anything, she sighed with a trembling expression and slowly nodded her head.

“thank you.”

“…I endure it because I see Ash.”

“huh,”

I bowed deeply once more to express my gratitude for his consideration.

Of course, my sister still looked dissatisfied, but isn’t the important thing that she was persuaded anyway?

I decided to focus on the fact that I had stopped the fight for now.

After giving a small smile to Sister Alice, I slowly turned my head towards Miss Sylvia and said.

“Now, let’s go back to the cabin together. Sister Sylvia and Sister Alice.”

“uh?”

Sylvia looked very surprised at my suggestion.

She took a step towards me and said.

“No! That place is for me and Ash…!”

“Sister.”

I firmly cut off Sylvia’s protest.

She looked at me with her mouth wide open, perhaps because she was unfamiliar with my harsh attitude, which she had never seen before.

I slowly lifted my wrist in front of her eyes and shook it slowly.

A sharp knife wound was clearly visible on his wrist.

Sylvia’s eyes shook greatly.

“…Do you have anything to say?”

“Ash… Are you, are you angry?”

“…”

“… Uh, ah.”

Actually, I wasn’t that angry, but in order to subdue the rampaging Sylvia, I needed to provoke her guilt, so I lowered the corners of my mouth and made a somewhat serious expression.

I felt a little guilty when I saw Sylvia’s expression shaking anxiously, but when I thought about what had happened to Alice, I realized that getting angry would have been a quicker way to resolve the conflict between the two of us.

I tried to keep my expression firm and slowly opened my mouth.

“Did you know that Sister Alice is Sister Maria’s childhood friend?”

“…”

“Sister Sylvia. Answer me.”

“Uh, yeah.”

“Then, didn’t you think that Sister Alice might have been close to me too?”

“…”

“… Sister Sylvia.”

“I knew it…”

Sister Alice looked at me questioning Sylvia as if she found it ridiculous.

Well, it’s amazing that the legendary warrior who had been crushing me until just a moment ago was now helpless against my friend’s younger brother.

It was only natural that even I would find it absurd.

It had a strange appearance to begin with.

Why is she, who is obviously much stronger than me in terms of force, and who even knocked me unconscious and restrained me this morning, still unable to do anything to me?

When I sleep with her, Sylvia likes it when I treat her roughly and push hard. Is this an extension of that?

The sight of her looking down at the floor and scraping the sand with her toes while listening to me nag created an atmosphere similar to watching a wild beast being trained by a human.

I honestly found that sight a little cute, so I continued speaking, holding back the laughter that threatened to escape.

“Then didn’t you think you should have told me?”

“… Sorry.”

“Why did you do that?”

“…”

“Why did you do that?”

“that…”

Ms. Sylvia looked at me with a puzzled look.

Her face turned bright red.

The fact that she was being scolded in front of her older sister Alice seemed to be stimulating her sense of shame.

As I snapped my fingers and urged her to answer, she lowered her head and trembled.

“…Because I’m single.”

“yes?”

“Because she’s your fiancée… Ash, that woman, Alice, was engaged to you… so…”

oh my god.

When I heard an answer from Sylvia that I had never imagined, I opened my mouth wide and dropped my jaw.

Sister Alice was also clicking her tongue as if she was amazed.

Fiancee… Now that I think about it, there was that kind of story.

The story of my engagement that the Count subtly brought up while expressing his admiration for me working hard under him.

Although things had progressed quite a bit verbally, at that time, Sister Alice had not returned from school, and soon after, news came that Sister Maria had died, so things were left to fizzle out.

To be honest, even at the moment when I first met Alice, the fact that there had been talk of an engagement between Alice and me had gradually faded from my mind.

Because I had a woman I wanted to marry.

But, I found it absurd that he, of all people, did this to me without telling me because Alice was my fiancée.

To be honest, until just a moment ago I had been pretending to be angry, but now, at this moment, I was feeling a little bit truly annoyed.

Even though I said so, even though I showed it to you.

Why is Sister Sylvia still…

“Sister Sylvia.”

“huh…?”

“I… did that, ha…”

I tried to say something, but the words were stuck in my mouth.

To be honest, if I let those words out, they would only be insults or disappointments towards Sylvia, so I tried to swallow the words that were rising to my throat and kept my mouth shut.

I shook my head and slowly turned around and said.

“… Let’s go back. I haven’t eaten anything all day and I’m hungry. Sister Alice, too.”

“but,”

“…”

“Okay… Okay.”

Finally, leaving Sylvia behind, who had given up on her opinion, I silently picked up her sword that had fallen on the floor.

“Whoa!”

“Ash? What’s wrong?”

“Oh, no… it’s nothing.”

Sylvia’s sword was much heavier than I thought.

I tried to grab it normally, but it didn’t lift at all, so I screamed without realizing it.

“profit,”

I kept my lips tightly shut and slowly raised the sword with both hands.

Fortunately, it wasn’t so bad that I couldn’t lift it if I applied force, but the tip of the sword swung around wildly because I couldn’t keep my center of gravity.

Although I am not a swordsman, I have never held a sword before, and Sylvia’s sword seemed several times heavier than a normal sword.

By the way, Sylvia once said that her sword was a special order that was made much heavier than usual.

It looks like an ordinary longsword, but judging by its weight, it seems to be as thick as a greatsword.

“Ash, give it to me, I’ll carry it.”

“no,”

When Sylvia realized that I was struggling, she approached me and tried to take my sword, but I shook my head and refused.

For now, the fight had barely stopped thanks to Pia’s help, but the animosity between Sister Alice and Lady Sylvia had not been resolved.

The situation was still tense, as if a fight could break out again at any moment if I wasn’t there.

Of course, both of them would be much stronger than the average soldier even with their bare hands, but it would still be less damaging to fight with my bare hands than to have such a weapon in the hands of Sylvia or Alice, so I slowly and barely placed the heavy sword on my shoulder and slowly walked forward.

My shoulder felt like it was going to fall off because of the sword shaking slightly with every step I took.

Is this something you swing around with one hand?

As always, I knew it, but I realized once again what a monster Sylvia is.

I clenched my teeth and walked slowly towards the lakeside, leading the two people.

Sylvia and Alice walked slowly behind me.

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A dark night where both the sky and the shadows of the trees are pitch black and indistinguishable.

I had woken up from a faint and there was no moon in the sky, so I had no idea what time it was, but I could tell for sure that it wasn’t a proper meal time.

However, I starved all day, and Sylvia starved all day too.

Even Sister Alice was starved for weeks and subjected to Sylvia’s brutal torture.

Was it because I was hungry, or was it because I insisted on it so firmly?

No one opposed my suggestion to hurry up and eat.

Since Sylvia had decided to go fishing and Alice had gone to get firewood, I was left alone in the cabin and quietly opened my mouth.

“Pia.”

“huh,”

As soon as I called, Pia appeared on the floor, stretching.

Perhaps because I was stuck between the two people who were still in a suffocating state of tension, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud when I saw Pia rolling around innocently on the floor.

“Thank you for earlier.”

“Is it Ash magic?”

“I couldn’t have done it without Pia.”

Pia laughed, then sat up, crossed her arms, and raised her chin.

“Ahem, okay, I know.”

“haha,”

“Ash more than that.”

Pia looked at me and pointed to a corner of the room.

“Th, th… Alice? Shouldn’t we clean that up before that woman comes?”

“huh?”

I followed Pia’s fingertips with my gaze.

There lay a bent, broken blade in two.

It was the blade that bound my wrist.

“ah,”

I nodded.

If Sister Alice saw something like that, she would definitely pick a fight with Sister Sylvia again, and the already suffocating atmosphere would become even more miserable and heavy.

I looked at Pia with a hint of admiration.

Pia looked at me as if to say, “Why aren’t you cleaning up quickly?”

It was a little surprising that Pia, who looked like a child, was quite intelligent and understood her surroundings.

Well, this kid is a spirit, so it might be natural.

Pia only appears when I call her, but just because I can’t see her doesn’t mean she’s away from me.

My guardian spirit, Pia, is basically always by my side…

Oh, wait a minute.

Then, while I was sleeping with Sylvia…

“What are you doing?”

I slowly put away the broken blade, avoiding Pia’s gaze that was staring at me with an innocent face.

Feeling embarrassed for no reason because of my strange thoughts, I opened my mouth to try to change the subject.

“Uh… What does Pia think when she sees it?”

“what?”

“Sister Sylvia and Sister Alice.”

“scared,”

“… me too.”

Pia laughed like an idiot, hehe.

I also smiled and said this at Pia’s cuteness that seemed to melt my heart.

“Aside from their impressions, what do you think their relationship is like?”

“Uh… is it bad?”

I burst out laughing at the simple and clear answer.

“Haha, that’s right. That’s why I forced myself to eat.”

“…?”

Pia tilted her head as if she didn’t understand.

I explained it kindly.

“Just sitting together and eating together builds a certain level of affection, and once you’re full, you don’t tend to have bad thoughts.”

Pia asked, her ears perking up as if she was curious.

“Um… what about Ash?”

“All humans are like that.”

“…hmm,”

Pia frowned for a moment, then shook her head and said.

“no.”

“huh?”

“Those two will never become close.”

Pia spoke with a firm expression that was unusual for a child.

The moment I was about to ask Pia why she thought that way,

The door to the cabin flew open, and Pia disappeared in an instant.

“Ash, why are you talking to yourself like that?”

“ah…”

It was Sister Alice holding firewood in her arms.

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