Chapter 5: 5

We’re ten and eight, but Louis always treated me like a baby because he was only two years older. 

Still, one of his strengths was that Louis was the only one among us who resembled our grandmother, so he had the same black hair as Clara. 

So despite not being our biological sister, thanks to Louis, who has the same black hair, Clara was able to melt{1} between us quite naturally. 

Come to think of it, it’s time to start talking. 

“You know what?” 

“What?” 

“Isn’t Clara, your favorite sister, actually not our parents’ biological child?” 

Look at this, he really likes to talk. I’m sorry, but your sister already knew. 

However, if I made it obvious that I knew it, he would say, “How did you know?” So I intentionally overreacted as if I didn’t know. 

“What do you mean? Clara is Ciel’s sister.” 

“Tch, you know one thing, but you don’t know the other. Clara is an adoptee. An adopted child.” 

Seeing how many times you’ve repeated it, I think you want to tease me. I knew that one thing for sure from Louis’s usual attitude. 

“Adopted?”

“So she’s not our mother and father’s biological child.”

Louis didn’t say this to screw{2} Clara. It seemed clear that he was upset because Ciel, who liked her sister very much, sincerely followed her.

I can’t go easy on you. My lethal move was pretending I don’t understand what you’re saying. In fact, I was aware of the truth, but I pretended not to by looking at him like he was saying something in another language.

“What’s a non-biological child?” 

“She’s not our mother’s child.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about” keep barking. I don’t know. When I was acting frustrating on purpose, Louis slapped his chest and whispered once again.

“Oh, it’s so frustrating. I mean, Clara has different parents, unlike our brothers and me.” 

“Of course she’s not a brother. My sister and I are sisters. Brothers are brothers.” 

What do you think? My surprise attack. Louis’s face turned red with my brazen words. 

At this time, I giggled and stepped on Louis’s feet. 

“Ahhhhh!” 

“Oh, I’m sorry. Brother.”

It was intentional. If Dad and my second brother caught him, Louis would be scolded, so he can’t scream even if it hurts. 

It was actually one of my fun hobbies to bother my youngest brother who tried so hard to swallow his tears. 

In the meantime, my sister was dancing with another guy, but I couldn’t even see where the male lead went. 

“What are you looking for?” 

“No, just. Oppa{3}, I’m going to stop dancing now.” 

“Thanks, brother.” 

Louis, who I stepped on without mercy, was willing to let me go, saying, “Finally, I’m free.” I looked around and searched for the male lead’s whereabouts, leaving the bunny behind. 

Where the hell did he go? I’m going to check where Alex is, and then I’m going to bring Clara and make them talk. 

I ran excited all over the house at the thought of tying the two together. 

But where the hell is he? 

The Dukedom of Valentine was too wide to search with the body of an eight-year-old child, and Levanate was confiscated for scattering piles of flowers until my magic skills improved. 

Running around in shoes, I suffered from a sudden drop in physical strength. If I get caught by my second brother, I’ll have to wait for a few more years because I’ll have missed this perfect opportunity. 

“Ciel! Where are you!” 

There are times when Isaac’s thoughts about me are annoying. Just like now. The handsome and popular brother didn’t care about the pretty ladies and only took care of me.

I’ve been hiding around and looking for Alex who must be somewhere. 

There’s no one here. He’s nowhere to be found. 

The only place I haven’t checked yet is the garden. It’s dangerous at night, so I’ll get scolded if I get caught coming out alone, but now I can’t do much. 

“Should I do this?” 

Taking advantage of the absence of the maids, I went to the open terrace. Then tied up the curtain to a terrace pillar. 

After several times of fixing the knot and checking the tightness, I went down to the garden carefully, holding the self-made rope. 

“Ahhhhhhhh! 

Oh. I’m not good at this. My spirit didn’t follow my will{4}. My hand slipped and I fell on the floor with a thump. My hip hurts. I didn’t expect to do this but I really wanted to live. I just pray that Clara will recognize this hardship. 

“Who’s there?” 

A well-known voice reached me. 

I finally found him. The future Crown Prince. 

In fact, Prince Alex’s voice was quite low to say that it belonged to a boy. 

Alex, who has a male lead buff{5}, had a fairly mature atmosphere despite his young age, although he was too young for his voice to change. 

It’s hard to look too immature, so I brushed off my skirt and proudly gave him a greeting. 

“Hello, Your Highness. It’s Ciel Valentine.” 

“What’s the young lady doing alone in the garden at this hour?” 

I was stunned by his way of speaking. 

What the hell is with that old man speech? 

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Alex exudes cold charisma after becoming an adult, but he’s still a kid, so I don’t have to be scared. 

I don’t want to get into a fight, so I rolled my eyes and looked for excuses. 

“I accidentally fell off the terrace. I’m lost, can you take me to my sister?” 

“You’re lost in your own house?” 

As soon as Alex heard my suspicious answer, he stared at the long rope of curtains. 

Oh, I forgot to clean that up. I think I got caught, but I can’t help what’s already happened. I pretended to be innocent and made a brazen excuse. 

“Well, that’s what it is. Actually, I wanted to go to my sister without my second brother’s knowledge. But I thought I’d get caught, so I messed up.” 

“You must really like her.”

Yes, that’s it. I really like my sister. So please don’t kill me. 

Now that this has happened, I decided to sell my present favorite to my past favorite{6}. 

“My sister is really nice. As you saw before, she’s really pretty. I bet that in the future she’ll be a wise wife.” 

“I heard she’s adopted, but you treat her well.” 

I can’t believe you suddenly revealed a huge secret. You don’t have a heart. You’re such a great man. Let’s give him a round of applause. Luckily, I already know everything. 

Judging from his sarcastic way of speaking, he seems to hate me. I don’t know what I’ve done already, but if it’s my fate to be hated, it wouldn’t be good to go against it.

I have to take this opportunity to make sure Alex is well aware. I don’t hate her, so please save my life. 

“But I still like my sister the most. I’m going to marry her when I grow up.” 

A child’s privilege is that they could say anything they want. 

Rather than thinking I was cute, Alex laughed at me with a cold face.

“Marrying your sister would be difficult.” 

“I know that I can’t.” 

My plan of looking cute was a failure. I quickly lowered my tail. 

Honestly, what matters is not that I found you, but rather the gathering of both you and my sister. 

So let’s appeal to Clara’s strengths. 

That’s the only way I’ll live. 

“Still, I like her the most. No man will be as cool as my sister.” 

What I just said was half-joking, half-sincere. In fact, no one has caught my eyes. 

Even if there are many beautiful men in the novel, Duke Valentine and his two sons are set as the most handsome men. Louis was just cute. So three of the greatest beauties of the Empire were related by blood to me. And the other one was Alex, but he is the male lead, so he’s an exception. 

I’d rather live alone. Even if I don’t get married, I’m rich and pretty, and I have magical powers. 

When my sister gives birth to a pretty nephew, if I live a leisurely life while loving her, my perfect life plan will be completed. 

“I want my sister to be happy.” 

Is he listening to me or not? What should I do with this iron wall that doesn’t have a single change in expression? Alex heard all the bragging about my sister and suddenly caught me off guard. 

“That means your sister isn’t happy right now?” 

Well, I don’t know. I don’t know what’s inside of Clara, but I don’t think she’ll be very happy. 

The family only loved me, who was their own daughter, and the older sister honestly didn’t seem to have a problem. My head hurts when this kid suddenly asks such a sharp question. 

In times of difficulties, I decided to exercise my right to remain silent. I didn’t answer on purpose, but I just tapped my legs because I was tired of wandering around. 

“What’s wrong with you?” 

“My legs hurt. I can’t walk.” My Mary Jane shoes for the party had quite a heel, even though they were for children. I meant to change the subject on purpose, but that wasn’t a lie. 

“So?” 

“Can’t you just give me a piggyback?” 

I can’t help it. I gotta put this guy in front of my sister somehow. I don’t think it’ll be today, so let’s do it next time.

I think this will be something memorable to remember when we see each other again. 

“You want me to carry you?” 

With Alex in front of me, who was blatantly dissatisfied, I made my best to put an act. 

“Oh, my legs. I can’t take a step.” 

“You’re a nuisance.”

I was so annoyed that I was speechless. Don’t do it if you don’t like it. I’m not doing this because I like you. Unlike my brothers who lost to me no matter how much they refused, seeing Alex, who hates it so blatantly, made me very upset. 

“If you don’t like it, don’t do it.”

I was about to walk limping because I had a cramp, but Alex came to me and knelt down. 

“Your Highness?” 

“Get on my back.” 

Speechless, I willingly climbed on his back. Somehow, things are working out well.

Notes:

{1} fit in

{2} Basically, create trouble for Clara

{3} Brother

{4} Things didn’t go how she wanted them to

{5} Qualities of male leads that others don’t have that make the male lead stand out

{6} Alex used to be her favourite character but now that she’s in the book, Clara’s her favourite

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