The twins, belatedly returning to the mansion after their knightly work, had just been informed that Lydia De Flon was visiting them. If the two had known beforehand, obviously the twins would have made a fuss before Lydia arrived, so Yurina hadn’t said it on purpose.
However, she could no longer hide the story that Lydia and Karion would visit the Carthia House in a few days. After hearing the news from Riggs, the twins broke into Yurina’s room without even changing with their Knights’ uniforms.
“Yurina!”
“What were you thinking?!”
Yurina, who was sipping tea with Betsy, smiled at the sight of the two brothers invading like a herd of angry bulls.
“Are the brothers here?”
It was a nonchalant reaction that could have been shown because she had already expected this kind of reaction. The twins were embarrassed by her reaction and stopped at the same time.
However, they immediately came to the senses and approached Yurina. No matter how quickly they ran, even though it wasn’t a hot day, their cheeks were slightly red.
Yurina looked at their red faces and smiled before gestured Betsy. She hurried away under the pretense of bringing more tea.
“Sit down for a minute.”
There were only two chairs behind Yurina’s tea table. Then she reluctantly got up and moved to the sofa in the center of the living room. The twins followed her and sat on the couch opposite her.
Yurina yawned and leaned back lazily. It’s been two hours since everyone had dinner. It was the end of the day, but Yurina was even more tired than usual. Probably, because of nerves from the meeting with Lydia.
She wanted to end this conversation as soon as possible and be alone. But judging from the atmosphere, the two did not seem to be going to back down easily.
“What are you so dissatisfied with?”
Yurina asked, pretending not to understand. Justin and Edwin didn’t answer right away, as if trying to figure out what she was thinking.
For a moment, there was a strange tension between Yurina and the twins. Yurina was surprised by this situation.
‘There are times when older brothers are like this.’
From a young age, after Yurina was on the verge of death, the twins always stood by her side no matter what. Even though Yurina had never done anything villainous, even if she had done something, most likely those two would have helped to cover the tracks without further ado.
If the Marquis and the Marchioness scolded Yurina, then it was the twins who stood up in front of her as a shield and declared that they would talk to her themselves.
But everything ended differently. Never before had these two men treated her so harshly. So Yurina, who was previously light-hearted, was now honestly embarrassed.
‘Is this really that serious?’
If it were she and Reynard who knew the contents of the original story, there was no reason for the twins to react so exaggeratedly. Even the Marquis and Riggs didn’t say much. Of course, he reacted somewhat surprised and asked if she had to meet with Lydia.
In order to break this awkward atmosphere Yurina purposely bulged her eyes and smiled. The twins’ expressions softened slightly.
Edwin and Justin looked at each other silently. The two seemed to have something in common on their minds, so they silently looked at each other and nodded. After this Edwin spoke as the representative.
“Yurina, do you remember what your older brothers told you to stay away from De Flon and Lydia De Flon?”
“Yeah, remember.”
“Are you doing this even though you remember?”
Justin interrupted. When Edwin looked at him, he closed his mouth again.
Yurina covered her mouth and yawned softly, pondering for a moment what to answer.
Looks like Marquis De Flon is doing something fishy, so wouldn’t it be better to figure out the situation through Lydia?
If that was the case, when the twins asked how they knew Marquis De Flon was plotting something suspicious, she had nothing to say. Besides, if there were two of them, there was a high possibility that they would tell her to stay aside.
Then there was only one way.
“When we talked, she didn’t seem like a bad person.”
“What?”
“I know our family is not on good terms with De Flon. And yet, there was no reason for me not to get along with Lydia and Karion. If we communicate more often, won’t relations between our houses improve?”
“It’s not that simple.”
Yurina straightened up and met Edwin’s gaze.
“But my father also said he had no feelings other than politics with De Flon. Doesn’t that work?”
“You can’t know for sure what Marquis De Flon is up to!”
Edwin suddenly screamed. Yurina shrugged in surprise. But what surprised her more was his overreaction, as he, who had always been friendly, suddenly screamed.
“Hey, hey. What’s the matter.” Yurina was surprised.
Justin quickly grabbed Edwin’s arm and stopped him. Yurina leaned back on the sofa and crossed her arms.
“Are you two hiding something from me?”
“No!”
“That’s impossible!”
Yurina’s eyes narrowed as she watched the two of them.
‘There’s something strange.’
Knowing them, when she asks questions like ‘What’s my brothers hiding from their sister?’ or ‘Why do you think that? Have I ever offended my brothers?’ By saying the same thing, they would have calmed her down to try to figure out her reason for saying this.
But now, no matter how you look at them, it seemed as if they had something to hide.
‘Come to think of it, they were very wary of De Flon at the party.’
At the time, she thought it was from the enmity of their houses. Now, when she looks at it, it seems that the reason isn’t so simple.
Yurina changed her strategy, hid her smile and frowned.
“What are you hiding from me? Is it something related to De Flon?”
“Even if there is no such thing.”
“If you’re desperately hiding it from me, it must have something to do with me as well as the De Flon family. Right?”
“As if…”
“Brothers.”
She only said one word, but there was firmness in her voice. Confused, Edwin and Justin straightened up and looked at her.