CH 25

Suddenly a girl with light blue hair appears in front of me, and staring provocatively at my face.

I’m sure she knows me, but I don’t know her. …… No, the stuffed bear gives me a deep impression, but Luciel’s hair was also light blue!

“Are you Luciel?”

“Yes, that’s right! I’ve been looking for you for a long time!”

I knew it ……!? But I think the girl in front of me is a bundle of energy and has a winning personality, even though she was so quiet when she was a child.

Even if she doesn’t have a stuffed bear with her, I thought she was a girl with a fragile smile, and I can hear something rattling inside me, something crumbling.

“Time is cruel, isn’t it ……?”

“What? What are you talking about?”

“N-No, it’s nothing.”

“Really. ……? Didn’t you just make a very disappointed face?”

Sharp.

But I didn’t need to say that, so I answered with an amiable smile. Then Nora spoke up from behind me.

“Do you know Lars-kun? Oh, she’s so cute!”

“! You are ……?”

“My name is Nora! A-And I’d love it if you’d be my friend.”

“…… hmmm, she’s cute. …… What are you to Lars?”

“What?”

“Oh, I don’t know if you’re misunderstanding something, but Nora is different, okay? If I say Nora is my girlfriend, my brother will be very angry with me.”

“Brother …… Dedite-kun, huh …… now that I think about it, didn’t he mention that he already have a fiancée?”

“What? You just said ……”

I felt something strange when Luciel mentioned brother’s name, and the moment I was about to ask her about it, I can hear my brother’s voice. 

“Lars, Nora, I didn’t know you were here. Mom and Dad are waiting for you over there, you know?”

“Oh, brother. I was just stopped by this girl.”

“That girl is …… Luciela, isn’t she? Why are you together with Lars ……?”

“Luciela? Not Luciel?”

Then a figure appeared behind Luciela, tugging at her sleeve, and she spoke up.

“…… sister, don’t lie.”

“Oh!”

I was surprised by the figure.

The Luciela in front of me is taller, and the one behind her has the same face, but is about a head shorter and has longer hair. The pink ribbon swaying in the air convinced me that this was the real Luciel.

“Luciel?”

“Yes. Thank you for that time.”

“It’s been five years now. I almost forgot because I never saw you. ……”

“Actually …… me too …….”

Well, that’s true. This is how it is with people who have only seen each other once. If I say I actually liked her, it probably won’t ring a bell.

As I was thinking about this, Luciela was walking around me, putting her finger on my chin and observing me.

“Hmm, his face is passable, he’s taller than me and seems to have more strength. I was curious to see what you looked like because this girl kept saying she wanted to thank you one more time for helping her when she was accepting her skills, you’re not bad! I’ll introduce myself again. I’m Luciela. Luciel’s sister, and I’m in the same class as Dedite. Nice to meet you.”

“Oh, so you’re a senior? I’m Nora. It’s nice to meet you.”

“You may know me, but I’m Lars. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. – Nice to meet you too, Luciel.”

“Yeah ……!”

She don’t have a stuffed bear, but apparently, she grew up with that personality. But still, Luciela, huh. Her personality is the complete opposite. If you look closely, you can see that her hair is shorter than Luciel’s and her eyes are different.

Still, if the real Luciel hadn’t come along, I might have believed that it was just a suspicious memory from five years ago. The fact that she could bluff her way out of a first meeting makes me feel like she is someone to watch out for.

“Hey, what are you two doing? Let’s go to class.”

“Oh, my dad’s calling me. Let’s go, Luciel …… I hope we’ll be in the same class.”

“Sis, stop telling everything I want to ……”

“Hahaha, sorry, sorry! See you later, Dedite, Lars!”

Then Luciel and Luciela went to Luciel’s dad who was avoiding me at that time. I don’t want to see that sister, but Luciel was cute, is what I thought as we walked back to Dad.

“So brother knew Luciela.”

“We’re in the same class, after all. Her grades are normal, but she’s a good swordswoman. She’s almost as good as me.”

“Wow ……”

So she’s on par with brother, that’s impressive …… Thanks to my [Super Jack-of-all-Trades], my physical strength and swordsmanship abilities have increased dramatically, so in terms of simple strength, I’m capable of winning hands down. However, my brother who is a skilled swordsman is good at taking advantage of gaps, so in actual combat, it’s 7:3.

“They were both so cute. I’ll take them as my friend.”

“Luciel is the same age as us, so that might be great. You’ve never been friends with a girl before, right?”

“Yes! I’m the big sister in the orphanage.”

Nora clenched her fist and walked beside my brother, smiling. We found father Dad and Mom right away, and as we approach them, we encountered the one I don’t want to meet. No, he’s just poking me one-sided.

“Hahahaha! So you were able to get your second son into the academy after your first son? Poor guy, don’t push yourself too much? Hmm? Did you hire another maid besides Nina? She’s quite a nice woman, isn’t she? Why don’t you come to me instead of this poor man’s place?”

That’s right, it was Brao.

Nina paled and turned her head, and now he seemed to be approaching Verna-sensei. And next to her…

“Oh, It’s been a while! Lars-kun who have the Failure skill [Jack-of-all-Trades]? Hahahaha!”

One of the targets, Ryuuze, was there.

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Now, the fucking father and son, appearing the third time. Let’s start with the preliminaries.

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Sleepy ……”

Get a grip! You’ll die if you sleep!

“I’m not going to die …… I’m an eye candy ……”

(T/N: I don’t know if the part is “I’m an eye candy” is correct, “Watashi hame ga mi”, is what the raw says.)

Aren’t you becoming a little cold!?