Chapter 3.2

I am sixteen years old now, so my brother Soleil is twenty.

After graduating from the Royal Academy, he should have been looking for a marriage partner with the right family background while working as the heir to the duke’s family.

He is my older brother, so he is a perfectly handsome man. His hair is silver like mine, and his eyes are a deep blue like his mother’s. He is a tall, slender, and impeccably noble man with a kind impression, but I have never heard of him being in a relationship.

It was all because I, his younger sister, is too lovely and beautiful; and as a result, my presence distorted my brother’s sexuality.

“Good morning, my Liddy. You are as adorable as an angel today!”

He put his hands under my armpits, gradually picking me up in his arms and spun me around. Since it is as natural to say that I am adorable as the sky is blue, I accept the compliment with a smile and let my brother do as he pleases.

It is the fate and duty of those who are beautifully born to accept heavy love that conflicts with your brother’s sense of ethics.

“Good morning, brother. And Clive, what’s the matter with you two?”

Clive is a young but capable man, just over twenty-five years old, who serves as the head butler and assists my brother Soleil.

He wears his black hair slicked back and the butler’s uniform provided by the Anne-Maria family without a stitch of disruption.

He is not as handsome as my older brother, but he has a well-defined face. He is not very affectionate, but that is his flaw.

In the kingdom where it is allowed to get married at the age of 15, both of them are a little late, but Clive says, “I can’t have a family before Soleil and Lydith. He always says, “It is not good to have our priorities change”. He is a serious man.

“Today, too, you are as beautiful and lovely as a goddess. I must thank God that I am able to see you again today.”

Clive takes my hand, which has been lowered from my brother’s hand, and reverently bows to me.

I have been told many times that I am as beautiful and lovely as a goddess, and it is as natural as the winter being cold, so it doesn’t matter if it isn’t repeated every day. Clive wants to say it, and I accept it with a smile, but sometimes I feel like it’s too much trouble to keep repeating it.

I’m only human, so there are days like that.

“So, what’s going on?”

“Oh, Liddy. Today is the day to enter the Royal Academy. Your brother will miss you. You’re all grown up and ready to go.”

My brother looked at the departure bag I had left in my room and said so.

Ah, yes.

Today was that day, wasn’t it? Cami-sama must have turned back the clock at the very last minute. Women have a lot of preparations to do, so if possible, he should have turned the date back one month before the start of the school year. He is so inconsiderate.

I was a little angry, but I decided to forgive him because I am a kind person. I guess Camisile is still a child, so he doesn’t understand what a woman is like.

“Lydith-sama, in a few more hours, Rafael-sama will come to get you. Let us finish our meal. After that, please give me permission to do the goddess’s hair. In fact, I would like to stay by your side and take care of you, but only female maids are allowed in and out of the residence of the Royal Academy. Now I curse the fact that I was born a man.”

“Clive, I’ll leave the hair to you. And I like the way you look, please be just as you are, Clive.”

I know how Clive feels, but he is so capable that he must remain the head butler of our house or my brother will be in trouble.

I grabbed his hands and smiled at him, and Clive burst into tears, his face expressionless. Next to him, my elder brother said something like, “How sweet Liddy is, you should hold your brother’s hand too.”

I am not one to withhold  love, so I made sure to hold my brother’s hand as well.

Come to think of it, I had originally died, but I wondered if these people were alright after that. I could say that they are fine now that time has rewound, but I wonder if they would kill themselves if they lost me.

After all, I must obtain the highest level of happiness for my brother and Clive.

In order to do so, I must go to the country where the demon tribe lives, not to the Royal Academy. It is only polite to say goodbye to those I love.

I was led into the hall and sat on a chair at the long table, enjoying the breakfast served one by one, while I decided to talk to my brother who was sitting in front of me and looking at me with a beaming smile.

“Brother, I need to talk to you about something.”

“It is an honor to be able to consult with the lovely Lydith”

“I am thinking of marrying the king of the demon tribe.”

My brother froze with a smile on his face.

He’s very dexterous.

“…… what’s wrong, all of a sudden? What about Rafael, Liddy?”

“Yes, I’ve given it a lot of thought. The duke’s family has a long tradition of living in fear of the demon tribe, although they don’t say so. It’s because they are a much bigger threat than other nations fighting on our borders. What you cannot see is more frightening than what you can see, and what you cannot understand is more frightening than what you can understand. That is why I want to serve as a bridge between the demons and people.”

I can’t say that because I died once.

If I were to say such a thing, my brother might do something to Rafael and Orchis, who were still innocent.

I am a smart and beautiful girl, so I am well aware of that.

“There is no need for Liddy to do such a thing. Besides, it’s been a thousand years since the last time there was a conflict, so who knows if it’s true or false.”

“My brother is the next head of the family, so I know that. You know it’s true.”

“Even if it is ……, that is not Lydith’s role.”

“Brother, your Lydith is very wise, beautiful, and lovely, isn’t she? I’m sure I can love the demons deeply and open their hearts. This is the role of Lydith Annemaria, born as beautiful as a goddess to the Duke Annemaria. It is her destiny.”

When I said it clearly, my brother held his head in his hands.

He knows very well that I have the character to finish what I start.