Chapter 9

When Aiden said my brother wanted my face, I visited my brother’s room. There are only three hours left until the engagement ceremony.

“Selina.”

“Brother.”

The appearance of my brother looking at me with a bright smile was clearer than ever.

He neatly put his hair back, and he was equipped with a formal wedding gown.

I can’t believe he is just a sub-male lead. This doesn’t make sense.

“You’re really pretty today.”

‘He said so and stared at me. I knew why. It was always written in the book.

Aaron is itching to see Selina in blue dress.

Pretty, cute.

Words for his beloved sister hung around his mouth, but he couldn’t say because he was worried that she would tear her dress up if he spoke so much.’

Man, you’re a badass.

Selina, control your temper. Tearing the dress. How much money and effort must have been spent making this one dress.

I opened my mouth as refreshingly as possible for today’s protagonist . And surprisingly, my voice was so much the same as usual.

“Thank you. You are cool today, too. Congratulations on your engagement.”

“Ah…! Thank you, Selina.”

His face smiled brightly. He was happy and his smile was beautiful. I could see a dimple that fits right into the tip of his mouth.

Selina, did you know that your brother has a dimple? Didn’t you know? You didn’t know.

You get mad like fire when you see your brother smile, so why would your brother laugh with heart in front of you?

Oh my,  such a baby.

I wanted to smile at Confucius. However, I just nodded because I can’t find a way to smile naturally.

“So why did you want to see me?”

“Oh, that’s… I’m just too nervous… So I want to see your face…”

How does the tension of the engagement ceremony have to do with seeing my face?

Just be honest and say that you just want to see my face.

My brother looked in the air as if he given a ridiculous reason to my question.

My brother, who had been scratching his face with a face that looked so hesitant, glanced at me again.

“I’m sorry.”

Another apology. Whenever I talk to my brother, I always hear that. Maybe it was because Selina still seems to be harassing her brother.

This is a bit unfair.

Besides, that’s not what it looks like at the engagement ceremony.

“Brother. Are you going to say sorry to me in front of others?”

“Huh?”

“You always say I’m sorry, even if I don’t know what you are sorry for…. I’m wondering if you’re going to say sorry to me in front of others as well. In that case, in the eyes of others, I will look like a younger sister who is still sane, but I have given excuses in advance.”

My brother looked at me with a blank expression. It was an expression that looked too innocent and too stupid.

Why? Is it wrong? I thought I said the right thing.

He nodded once, meaning that my words was not wrong.

It doesn’t matter if the others are mocking behind the scenes, but I have to think about the excuses for the honor of the author and Selina, whom I am owe now.

I’m not shameless.

“That’s… Sorry.”

“Brother”

Again and again. I think this is his habit.

I stood with one leg crooked and folded arms. This attitude is the best for complaining.

It’s like a representative of a large corporation who came to our company to hunt.

“You have nothing to be sorry for me. You know? It’s not a sin to like, to love and to think. I know you love me very much so stop saying sorry.”

I stretched out one hand and showed my hands to emphasize more and more firmness. It was an obvious rejection.

Beep. Sorry. Banned.

My brother was amazed at the words of truth, such my straightforward and blatant pride.

“If you’re going to say sorry to me again..”

“…If I say so?”

“I’m going to kneel and beg that I’m more sorry. Wherever it is, no matter what.”

My brother’s mouth was wide open. The passionate reaction is shameful.

Oh, by the way, his mouth is bigger than I thought.

However, no matter how he reacts, nothing will change.

It will be very difficult and tiring to point out to you, so take care of your habits.

“I’m going to rub my hands too.”

I showed a demonstration on how to rub my hands in advance.

“Hey…. That, uh…. Selina? You’re feeling okay, right?”

With trembling hands, my brother touched my forehead. However, my forehead was keeping the right temperature.

I carefully held my brother’s hand down.

“Of course. It’s not long until the engagement ceremony. I’m going now, Brother. I’m going to greet the princess in advance and also say hello to our parents…”

“Oh, yeah….. I’ve kept you quite a bit. Bec…”

My brother rolled his eyes. Fortunately, the ‘an’ has not yet been pronounced. I looked up.

Bec what?

“Be… Be careful not to get lost.”

What the hell are you talking about?

But it was a good reflex. With the thought that if my brother does well, he may have a talent for acrostic poems. The honorable title of a senior academy came to mind.

As expected, top ranks are different.

“Yes. I’ll be careful. Then rest.”

“Uh. uh. Yes. See you later.”

My brother flinched and then carefully patted my shoulder.

I looked at the stiff hand movements to somehow express intimacy, and then I saw that the hand was going down to take it away just like when it was raised, and I looked down and turned my body.

While walking towards the door, I felt  a hot gaze was stuck behind my back.

I ignored what the teachers said that I had eyes on the back of my head, but my brother’s face was so good to my eyes that I wondered if there were eyes on my back.

Surprisingly, as I turned around, I met my brother, who looked at me with an anxious and confused face.

You seem to think that I’m sick.

“But did you relieve your tension for engagement?”

Squeak.

I smiled for today’s main character.

When I saw my brother’s face suddenly pale, I looked forward again. It was a little weird to me before.

It’s all alright.

If you look at the original scary thing, the long chapter on the other side will be loosened, so it would have worked more. In many ways, it was a meeting with good results against time.

After leaving my brother’s room, I went to see the princess.

The wedding will be held in the Imperial Palace, so the engagement ceremony will be held in the Duke’s Banquet Hall.

Therefore, since this morning, the princess was spending time in the best guest room of this duke’s residence.

“Princess.”

“Oh my~ Selina.”

Our kind, beautiful, dignified and cheerful positive loved female protagonist accepted me so easily and quickly that I thought she had never been bullied by Selina.

I wondered if Ariel might be my hidden real sister. I knocked on the back of her dress while holding her arms open and hugging.

“I’m glad you came to my waiting room.”

“Of course. I have to come to see you and say hello. You’re beautiful today.”

The princess was dazzlingly beautiful, wearing a cream-colored dress with her golden hair and countless diamonds.

The princess, whose cheeks were blushing as if she was embarrassed by my compliments, looked nicely into the air and clashed her palms.

“I think Selina is more beautiful!”

Oh, she’s just like my brother. You two look so good together.

After the time of praise was over, I spent time sharing useless stories. Standing up.

The positive heroine held onto me while standing and continued the story because she was very happy with me.

My legs hurt slowly.

Although I tried to build up my stamina through walking, I still have weak legs like a baby Bambi.

If this was a highly revenge strategy, I was willing to applaud it for being successful. bravo.

After some time had passed, Ariel was embarrassed and suggested to sit down.

But looking at the time, it seemed that there wasn’t enough room left to sit. Besides, there were no more reactions and answers to squeeze.

“Thank you for the invitation, but I want to greet my parents and check the condition of the dress once more.”

“Is that so…? I’m so sorry.”

Ariel grabbed my hands and blinked her eyes. The real Bambi is here.

“We can talk slowly later. We are going to be a family soon.”

A lovely pink blush on Ariel’s face came to my soulless excuse.

When the heroine is embarrassed, she gets a pretty blush as she touched her cheeks….

This was a common protagonist stuff.

“Then we can’t help it! Let’s talk again next time! Go carefully, Princess!”

Are you telling me to be careful on the way to the duke and duchess here? Women’s main artificial intelligence is very cautious. My brother told me not to be lost.

The main characters, especially the female protagonist of this third-class novel, they should be  careful inside the house as there is a walking bombs that causes accidents wherever they go.

Wait, then, maybe my brother has become a lost child at home. Maybe the advice to be careful not to be lost was sincere.

Our female protagonist, who can’t even dream of what thoughts wander in my head, hugged me like before and then fell.

“Yes. I’ll be careful. See you at the engagement ceremony later.”

As the second visit ended, I stretched out.

These two were still very comfortable to deal with.

Maybe it’s because they are very similar to each other, or it feels like dealing with one person.

Heading towards the last place, I walked through the empty corridor alone, and Aiden was walking from afar.

Ithink he came to my brother’s room to find me who was not coming back.

“Lady!”

“Uh. Aiden.”

“Do you wander around without a word?”

Aiden asked me with a lot of worries on his face.

Apparently, when I first saw him, he lowered his head as if the crown was a face. I’m a little grumpy now.

“It’s been a long time since I had my own freedom.”

“Yes. So, have you taken enough freedom now?”

“No.”

At my answer, Aiden looked at a distant mountain, then went behind me and walked along. It seems that he gave up on answering.

I wondered if it was time for him to ask where I was going, so I turned back and he looked at me wonderingly.

“What’s wrong?”

“You won’t ask me where I was going?”

“You’re not going to the Duke and the Duchess?”

“How did you know? Is it magic?”

Aiden coughed loudly, and his face suddenly turned pale. Like the day I first met him.

When the word magic came out, his face turned pale like that… Maybe, it is magic.

“… Magic? I don’t know that. I just guessed that the direction you were going to was in the Duke’s office…”

No, he’s still hiding it. You know I’ve already caught you… You’re working so hard.

It’s a problem that after a child asks to play hide-and-seek, he hides with all his might even though he was already found.

Then I’ll let it pass.

This person wanted to hide it, but there was no intention of breaking it. I just asked if I really figured it out by magic, and I have no intention of killing hide-and-seek with a child.

“Nevermind. Oh, I’ll just say it again instead.”

Aiden’s neck moved greatly. Only a gulp in the silence rang out loud.

“If you take out the magical ‘ma’, it will cut your tongue.”

It is a complete specification to die at the hands of others. It surpassed the level of misery, and especially the magic seemed to hurt a little.

Right, Selina? Even if it’s fire magic. Okay, let’s just imagine that.

I turned my head looking at Aiden and went on my way again. The sound that was following stopped, but soon followed by me.

Only the footsteps of our feet trembled in an empty corridor were ringing.