It was morning where the classes of the new school year began.
I won't lie, I feel a bit weird and happy to enter classes again.
I woke up early to do something I hadn't done in a while.
Train.
I was on the floor of my room doing push-ups, I set a low number at first since I hadn't trained since I entered the academy last year.
But after various beatings I received throughout a year, it made me see that I am very fragile. I must not allow that. Even more so now that I have fiancées, I must make this thin body a very masculine one for them and for the idiots who want to hit me.
Ixion was preparing breakfast, seems to have also finished having my uniform ready.
It's similar to the academy's, the only difference is the color.
On the chair near the desk I placed a towel beforehand, upon getting up I grabbed it to dry the sweat from my body, obviously I'll take a bath, but my body was very sweaty.
"Master, everything is ready."
"Good. How are those idiots?"
I asked curiously about Erselica and the idiots.
"Starting with Warren and Clovis, they are fine, preparing to leave. As for Erselica..."
He showed me a live recording of what was happening in her mansion. Finally, this piece of junk developed the technology for live streams, but he uses it when it suits him.
"Erselica I'm hungry!"
"How do I put this thing on?"
"Huh, why did it break?"
The three were in the dining room of their mansion, they should be having breakfast, but it seems there are no servants to prepare breakfast.
I could see how she, Cana, and Allen battled in the kitchen to make both breakfast and lunches.
"Isn't breakfast ready yet?"
Chlust was throwing a tantrum like a small child while his chin touched the table.
Frey was looking at himself in a hand mirror looking for the type of style he has today.
Liam was sitting at the table, the weird thing is that he wasn't moving.
"If you're so hungry then help!"
Allen shouted at Chlust while cooking bacon in a frying pan.
"I am. I'm waiting for the food."
"How the hell do you think that's helping?!"
Allen was very annoyed, he seemed to want to hit the red ape who for some reason was in his underwear.
Cana approached to place plates and asked Liam his reason for looking like a mummy.
"Your Highness, it will soon be time to leave. Why haven't you dressed yet?"
"I know."
"If you know, why don't you hurry up?"
"It's just that, no one has dressed me."
Cana was in shock upon hearing that.
"Both at the academy and at the palace, they always dressed me to go to ceremonies and other activities."
Cana gave him a look that seemed to think. "Is this guy serious?"
"Your Highness... you dressed yourself when we were on the Count's aircraft."
"That's different, it was informal clothing and also the guys helped me."
Cana's face totally deformed upon hearing how lamentable the future king was, I also made the same expression.
Will this guy be my king?
Better I flee before he destroys the kingdom.
I also watched Erselica who wore an apron while beating eggs at great speed.
"Damn it, we'll be lateee!"
I told Ixion to turn it off since it was very disappointing to see that the future king is as useless as his father and that my cousin from my previous life is an even more lamentable woman for having him as a partner.
"This makes me feel pity. Ixion, how's what you found out?"
I asked while going down to first have breakfast. Yesterday I entrusted him to find out about the heroine and the future allies or, rather, her future almost boyfriends.
Ensuring the world's well-being through the romance of some boys.
"I have information collected from almost all of them. Some don't appear since I can't find them, the rest needs verification from Erselica."
"I understand, and what about her?"
"I did an exhaustive search and after eliminating possible candidates based on the information given to me, and searching how many people had that surname..."
Ixion stayed quiet for some reason.
"What's wrong?"
"There's a problem."
It scares me that you say that.
"Is it bad?"
"Not really, just problematic."
"Say it."
"They are twins. The Algrand sisters are."
"I see there are two..."
"Huh?"
I was very surprised by that revelation.
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Erselica's mansion was a chaos so early in the morning.
"Hurry up, damn it!"
Erselica struggled to get the three of them dressed.
Chlust wanted to make adjustments to his uniform like when he was at the kingdom's academy.
Frey was looking for which personal care items to take while still in a towel.
Liam was the most problematic since he put his pants on wrong.
They were all young heirs. It was natural they were pampered, the problem is they were too spoiled to the point of making them useless.
Erselica shouted from the bottom of her heart.
"How the hell did your mother turn you into something like this!"
It wasn't the queen's fault, she took care of Liam until he was 5 years old, then the royal nannies took charge. The problem is, none let Liam fend for himself leaving this result.
"Erselica, I tore the shirt."
From the bottom of her heart, Erselica cursed Liam.
"Stupid crown princeee!"
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Meanwhile at the palace of the Kingdom of Altfode.
The room of their majesties to be exact. There were two people.
One of them was looking out a window while drinking imported tea.
"What a great day today is. A splendid day to work."
While the other person...
"You are a shameless piece of garbage, you know that? How can you say that without doing anything!?"
Insulted him while signing documents at the desk corresponding to the highest authority of the kingdom, the king.
"Is that so? Maybe I am. But, it's a king's duty to watch over the safety of his citizens from the highest while getting comfortable!"
"Do you really have no shame saying that?"
"None."
The older-looking man wore luxurious clothes, gold rings on each finger, and a scepter rested beside his chair, he used it to scratch his back.
He had gray hair, it's not known if it was natural or due to age, with good muscles visible in the light clothes he wore. A thin mustache he took great care of and his eyes were purple.
That person was the current king of the kingdom. Leonis von Altfode, Liam's father.
In the game, he was a kind and friendly person with Airi whenever he appeared on screen. But it might have been because perhaps he wanted to seduce her since this man was a womanizer.
The person who was signing important documents that were the king's work, glared at him with a sharp and deeply hateful gaze. That person was his wife, the queen, Liam's mother also was.
Lecia von Altfode, in the game she never appeared, only her voice appeared and she always showed contempt for Airi due to her commoner origin. This was because in the Otome game version, she was developed that way, the same for Alisa. Both were despicable villainesses who didn't want the prince to unite with a commoner.
The developers liked it, the players too. They even thought her appearance was that of a bitter and ugly old woman. Which is the complete opposite in reality.
Since she looks very young both for her age and for being a mother.
Her hair was ash blonde, it was very straight since it seemed like violin strings moving with a celestial melody.
Normally, for meetings or celebrations she leaves her hairstyle gathered on her right shoulder, but since she was in work mode her hair was tied in a ponytail.
Her eyes were navy blue, they were so beautiful it seemed like the sky and sea reflected in them.
Her face was one that made you think this woman just entered youth due to how young she is. Her features are so detailed she could be considered a work of art. Her skin was as smooth as velvet.
Her limbs were long like her body, making her look taller than her husband.
But the most surprising detail wasn't her teenage appearance, but her woman's body.
A body that Rudel himself praised and even desired to monopolize.
That body, that slender and curvaceous waist in the shape of a swan makes you think it's impossible she gave birth. Hips so wide, proof of having given birth to a healthy boy and that, if she wanted, she could have more. But more than anything, the detail that captivated Rudel was her chest.
Her chest was so large it made Alisa's exuberant chest seem small.
Two large watermelons rested there. Probably they grew from eating many sweets or because Liam stopped drinking her breast milk at an early age.
It's not known, what is known is that this elegant and educated woman was a victim of various verbal and disrespectful harassment towards her body.
For almost a whole year she received carnal declarations about wanting to put a hand on her or wanting to do this and that with her body. All those comments deserving of the gallows came from the same person.
There were various people, more than anything trusted maids, who asked for Rudel's head more than once.
But she said it must have been just a cruel joke from a teenager.
The maids didn't know what to say since they were present in many of those declarations and even more so, the day he shouted to the whole world that he wanted to have the prince's mother, the king's wife, and above all, the queen of the kingdom as his wife.
Lecia always received hurtful comments from her husband about being too fat from eating a lot, and she also thought that until that disrespectful boy. Showed his evident lust towards a married woman.
Lecia didn't like that, she didn't like being mocked, but more than anything. She didn't like being made to see she had problems about her innocent fetish for novels about adultery.
But she left that behind since Rudel himself asked to start from zero and she was delighted to start a friendship with the Hero of the Kingdom.
Right now she was reading and signing documents about the economic problems there were due to the war. The traitors who looted the treasure vault and public funds.
Her long bangs covered her glasses, delicately as if brushing her long hair, she placed that bang behind her ear and then exhaled.
"Really the situation is bad. We have gathered funds from this month's taxes and it's still low. At this rate, the kingdom will enter an economic crisis much worse than the previous ones."
Lecia bit her lips seeing that the money problem was very serious. She reviewed other documents looking for a way to solve this as soon as possible.
"The purchase of magical stones from Aster is very expensive for us. Even if we negotiate a lower price in exchange for the lordless lands there are. We will still have severe losses."
Lecia placed her elbows on the desk and grabbed her head due to a strong pain from just thinking about the consequences of the war.
They won it, but the loss was worse.
Upon raising her gaze, she observed her husband picking his nose while reading an Aster magazine about erotic lingerie models.
She observed the coffee maker that Rudel gave her, she thanked him very much for facilitating the ministers' work with items never seen before. But she wanted to grab it and smash it on her husband's head.
In fact, she imagined doing it. A small mocking laugh showed on her face.
At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Lecia said, "Come in". And her gaze darkened at the people who entered.
"Good morning, Your Majesties."
Three beautiful young women entered, wearing revealing clothes.
Lecia made a terrifying face while observing her husband who realized who had entered.
With a smile on his face he shouted their names.
"Oh, my dear girls have finally arrived!"
"Doris-chan, you look charming in the clothes I bought you."
"Merce-chan, you also look very beautiful with those earrings I gave you for your birthday."
More and more comments came out of his mouth, Lecia listened to that.
"... Seriously, so early in the morning?"
Leonis turned to see her and in a sarcastic tone said.
"That's because I am the king, I must do the best for this country. That includes siring heirs in case something happens to Liam."
(Saying that your own son might have something happen to him, is not something a father should say.) Lecia thought seeing how her husband hugged those young women and showed a perverted smile.
"Have fun." She said while her husband and those women entered the bedroom that was supposedly their matrimonial room.
Lecia looked at the documents, her gaze no longer showed anger, just an emptiness of no longer caring about anything.
(Since I gave birth, he hasn't touched me again.)
She could hear very loud playful laughter.
(And I gave up many years ago that he would at least invite me, either to participate or be present at least.)
The laughter turned into sounds of pleasure.
(My side as a woman is already dead. Now only the queen side remains. He can have fun for all I care, after all, he says I'm too fat and it disgusts him to see me naked.)
She stood up and left the room heading to her private room.
Inside, there were various things she liked. There were frames of her and her family.
She sat on a recliner that Rudel gave her.
It also had a massage option.
She pressed the button. And could feel relaxation in its maximum splendor.
Her serious face began to change to one of happiness. It was almost like seeing a girl smiling. The vibration made her body seem like jelly, including her enormous breasts which also enjoyed the vibration.
Beside her was a small table. She opened the drawer and took out a letter.
It was from Rudel, when he was still traveling on his aircraft to Aster.
While relaxing, she read the content.
One part focused on how Liam got on his nerves and he wanted to throw him overboard, she laughed a lot at his details, they seemed like two small children playing.
(I would have liked both to have been childhood friends. Perhaps... things would have been different? No, probably Liam would have ended up beaten by him and Alisa would have been even more spoiled.)
An image of her daughter, Alisa, and how Rudel would look as children appeared in her mind.
The second part of the letter focused on her.
"How is my queen, I hope well? Today is a beautiful day, watching the light reflected on the sea reminds me a lot of your beauty. I'm not bothering you! I'm just being honest."
The letters only seemed like shameless, non-malicious flirtations towards her.
Her eyes stopped on a certain line.
"If there is any danger. Don't hesitate to tell Bell. I'll go directly to the kingdom to help you with anything, you can always count on me."
Lecia's eyes showed warmth due to her cheeks red as tomatoes.
She put the letter aside and closed her eyes.
"Alisa is fortunate, I would have also liked to have a man who cares so much about me and tells me every day that he loves me."
Then, Lecia's hands moved.
The right one slowly headed to her left breast, while the left one headed in the same manner to her abdomen.
She touched her navel and then her fingertips ran over her dress.
Lecia's breathing became very intense.
(How many years passed since the last time I felt this heat?)
Her fingers reached towards the fabric of her underwear.
While her other hand gently squeezed the area around the breast.
A face appeared in her head... it was, Rudel.
At that instant her hands stopped and she got up very quickly from the recliner.
Her breathing was still heavy, her body felt warm.
She grabbed her shoulders with her crossed hands.
She was trembling.
"Wha— What was that?"
She didn't notice that her legs were trembling and a bit of moisture could be observed on them.
"No. It can't be, I... am a married woman. I have a husband, family, I am the queen and above all..."
Her cheeks became red again and she hit herself very hard so her head would stop having weird ideas.
"He is a boy compared to me, and even more. He is my daughter's fiancé. What kind of mentor and example would I be if I think about strange things?"
Lecia grabbed the letter and seemed like she was going to tear it, but stopped and before keeping it she read it one last time.
"Just... one last time I want to read that part. Then to work."
While reading the letter. Her hips began to move in a strange way and her breathing became heavy again.
Then she collapsed on the bed.
"... Just once and that's it. I'm stressed and, this is a way to relieve stress."
The queen's personal room was occupied by someone for at least two hours. The maids wanted to enter since a strange smell and sounds were heard inside there, the sounds came accompanied by a name. A man's name, a name that didn't belong to the highest authority but to another.
After those two hours. The maids observed Lecia coming out of there relaxed, although with disheveled hair and sweat on her body.
She told them she was fine and was heading to the bathroom. Although she seemed weak in her legs since she held onto the walls.
The maids opened the door to see what was happening and then closed it.
On that day, no one commented on what they saw.
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I was at Aster Academy.
I was sitting on a sofa in the reception room. I checked the time with my pocket watch.
In this room, the furniture is uselessly extravagant.
This showed how rich they were.
The welcome ceremony for the new students had concluded.
Erselica and her group weren't arriving. Rather, Ixion showed me a video where they were just leaving the mansion running at full speed.
What lamentable subjects.
A professor had summoned me here. He left the room for some reason.
"These guys are disappointing. First day and they're late, they should learn from me. I'm an exemplary student haha."
I relaxed like a cat on the sofa until the door opened and surprised me.
I got into an educated position.
It was the professor, he arrived with a female student.
I was very surprised to see her, since this girl.
"Yoho!"
Was the one I was supposed to look for.
"I'm Lucy Algrand, your guide during your stay at the academy! Nice to meet you!"
This girl who introduced herself cheerfully.
Was the possible heroine of this game.
She is just as described. She is cheerful, her hair is platinum blonde with pigtails, amber eyes and above all, large breasts!
What's with this strange luck I have about finding beautiful women with large busts?
She looked at me surprised.
"Isn't there anyone else here? And, do you understand me?"
"How do you say 'hello' in the kingdom's language?"
I was surprised, I didn't even have to look for her. She came directly to me.
Is this luck, isn't it?
"Yes, I understand you! Nice to meet you, I'm Rudel von Bradford from the Kingdom of Altfode."
I introduced myself since I was acting very weird.
"Professor, sorry, but my other classmates seem to be arriving late."
I apologized for Erselica and the others. But what was impressive was this girl.
The heroine's name was supposed to be Diana and, now Ixion tells me they are sisters and twins!?
How terrifying the world of games is.
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We were separated into classes in groups of two.
It seems there are various classes from A to E, which is where we are.
I introduced myself normally, but it seemed no one cared. I felt very sad, but at least it was better than in the kingdom where they mocked me.
The atmosphere was pleasant, it really seemed like a youthful school. The weird thing was the diversity of colorful heads in this place.
I sat in the center since I don't like to stand out, if I were the first in the row or the last it would be something very cliché.
It feels good not to stand out, I don't want to have problems like last year.
The professor in charge of my class is the same one who introduced me to the guide.
It's really a school in every sense, very different from the kingdom. I felt at peace having a second normal school experience like any young person.
It would be if I weren't here under a mission, and it's related to this girl.
The girl in front of me turned to talk to me.
She had a candy in her mouth, the chewy type.
"Hey, hey, Bradford-kun. Are you really a knight?"
"Yes, I am."
This girl, Lucy, was an anomaly I never saw neither in my past life nor in the current one.
Her attitude is as carefree as it is pleasant.
When we entered the classroom, everyone greeted her, and then she introduced us.
Her mouth opened due to the surprise of hearing I am a knight.
"The kingdom is incredible! You can become one being so young."
"In my case it's a special circumstance."
"Even so. It's really surprising that a boy my age is a knight. Pupupu, it's interesting."
She laughed in a strange way, but it was still a pleasant conversation with her.
We spoke in Aster's language, she seems not to understand the kingdom's language very well. I also find hers difficult; the reason I speak so casually with her is because Ixion is translating what she says to my ear and then I respond in my normal language which he translates into Aster's language. No doubt he'll be annoyed for making him do this.
But I don't care.
She asked me things since when I introduced myself I said I was a noble and a knight, everyone was surprised. Did they think I was a commoner? How discouraging.
"It's barely the first day and half the morning. But how's the school?"
Her question was so normal it made you see she was a simple girl.
"It's really pleasant to be here. Unlike the academy in my country, here no one judges me for being from the countryside."
Just remembering how they treated me badly at home was unpleasant.
She blew a bubble gum bubble which popped in her face.
A bit fell on my face, but she wiped it with her sleeve.
Is this girl really the heroine?
"Sorry." She said.
I asked her why, and with her eyes she reminded me of my kingdom classmate.
"Are you really a prince, Liam?"
"Being so young and being able to inherit a kingdom in the future is amazing!"
"Hey, and do you already have a candidate for queen?"
"I..."
It was Liam, the worst option.
It didn't matter if it was Erselica, the ape, the narcissist, or even the grape head. But Liam, seriously?
I didn't need to see him to know he was scared. From Ixion's reflection I could see he looked like a lost child. From time to time he gave looks towards me to save him.
Deal with it yourself.
"I-I'm sorry, but I already love someone. That woman owns my heart and I will fight for my family to accept her."
The girls started to scream making everyone in the classroom surprised.
The boys gave envious and deadly looks at the protagonist.
I responded to Lucy. "Don't worry, even though he doesn't look like it, this guy is very disappointing as a human being once you get to know him."
She seemed to want to say something, but better stayed quiet.
Now then, I should also gather information.
"By the way, do you have sisters, Lucy?"
"Yes. I have a younger sister. Actually, we are twins."
She started talking cheerfully about her little sister. I would also do it since I have a sweet angel waiting at home for the gifts I bring her.
"She's not rude like me, should I say she's a lady and very educated? She's smart unlike me who is a bit dumb, if you saw my grades you'd laugh, hahaha, and also a reliable younger sister she is. Also, it's a pity, but she has a boyfriend, so don't try to go after her, okay?"
"What about you?"
"Even though it may not seem like it I am a man who has two fiancées." I would say it with all the confidence in the world if it weren't for sure she would laugh thinking I'm lying, and that would be very painful.
She was supposed to fall in love with Liam or one of the game's boys. So it would be problematic if she had one.
"I don't. As you can see, I'm a simple man with a terrifying face. No girl would approach a guy like me who is also poor."
"And you, do you have a boyfriend?"
She kept looking at me fixedly for some reason.
"Don't say that again." She said very seriously.
"I'll get annoyed with you if you say a horrible thing like that again. Appearance isn't everything, I'm sure, that one day you'll find a girl who loves you for how you really are."
Her words were honest and serious, that made my heart beat in a way it hadn't beaten since the girls confessed to me. Is this the power of love this game was inspired by?
"Answering your question. No, I'm currently looking for one. But due to a certain problematic classmate, it's difficult for me to even socialize normally."
"Problematic classmate?"
Her cheerful expression became one of anger.
"She's a hateful girl who has bothered me since last year. You don't know her, but she is the daughter of the interim head. The so-called princess of Rosenberg Household."
My eyes opened since the surname of the final boss came out in this normal conversation.
(The princess of the final boss's house bothers her? This feels too familiar to me.)
With this, now I no longer know who the heroine really is.
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I was behind the school. There were no people around since it was an uninhabited zone because they were building. Since the workers also went out to lunch, it was better for us.
I told Erselica what happened and her face was of astonishment.
"What do you mean twins? I never heard something like this!"
Ixion showed her a photo taken of both entering the school.
"That's why I have problems. Anyway, there's no doubt that one of them must be the heroine. Based on personality, I had the feeling that Lucy is more likely to be the right one, but it's Diana who has a boyfriend at the moment."
Erselica looked at the photos of both with panic.
"T-They really are twins! But in the game her name was Diana, that was her hairstyle, but... she was a girl without breasts! This is weird, this isn't how it was supposed to be!"
I am the one who really doesn't understand the situation, but I remembered something.
"Perhaps it's like Klein's case? In the game he was a nice boy, wasn't he? But in reality he was a piece of trash trying to take over the kingdom."
Erselica remained confused.
"P-Perhaps it's as you say and something like this is a similar case. That said, we must watch both and ensure the love events occur, but without involving Liam or us."
"I think it's fine."
Erselica brought her hand to her mouth.
"Wait! The younger sister, Diana, has a boyfriend, but isn't it strange to already be going out with a conquest target in this phase?"
"I wouldn't know what to tell you."
"In the game, the events of meeting the possible romantic targets happened in the first year. While in the second is where everything developed."
"The real event begins when Liam gets involved in problems with Derrick. A duel occurs and that's where everything develops."
"Derrick?" I asked curiously.
"He's a problematic boy that if we move well. We won't need to get into trouble with him."
"By the way, is there a photo of Diana's boyfriend?"
Ixion played a video taken today a few minutes ago.
A boy with turquoise hair and brown eyes was the one shown.
"Ahh!"
She suddenly shouted scaring me.
"It's the smiling Lugh!"
"What's with that weird name?"
"That's one of the targets. Lugh Eliol Lunor. The heir of Lunor Household. His background is very sad, he had an older brother being him, the second son, but he died when he was little."
"I don't care about his past. Tell me about him."
After jumping from how excited she was, Erselica took a seat.
"He's a super easy character to conquer. Even if you made a mistake in the game up to a certain point and couldn't get a boyfriend, you can complete the conquest if you choose Lugh in the intermediate stage."
I looked at the two in the video.
You can hear the conversation of the two clearly.
"Ana-chan, about next weeks' vacation, well... D-Do you want to go on a date?"
Lugh invited Diana on a date with a red face. It was an innocent and warm scene for a boy who does it.
She was the one who seemed accustomed to this type of scene.
"Okay. But, enough with the art museum visit. I'd prefer more if we go shopping afterwards."
"Huh, isn't the art museum good?"
"... The date before that and even the one before were all art museum visits, weren't they? Let's have a different date sometimes."
"Y-Yes. You're right."
We listened attentively. I asked Erselica a concern.
"Am I the only one who feels weird seeing them? I mean, she doesn't give me the impression of being as you describe. She reminds me of a certain cheat object you can't make jokes to."
Ixion cut the transmission and looked at me.
"I-In the game she was very closed since she didn't trust us to tell us about her private life. But, that event I feel is very rushed, it should have occurred later in June."
"Are you saying the events are moving fast? Does that mean she is the heroine?"
"... I think so. In any case, we must pay attention to their movements."
I nodded at her response. Then I remembered something else.
"Now that I think about it, Lucy said she had problems with the princess of Rosenberg Household."
"Princess?"
"Yes. She said she bothered her since a year ago."
Her mouth opened at what I told her.
"Wait, what do you mean the princess... the villainess bothers her?!"
"Villainess? Something like what Alisa's role was?"
"Yes! The villainess is supposed to hate the heroine because she tried to get close to her younger brother! Only in Romeo's capture, does she tell you why she harassed her, but in the others and even if she was with Liam, she only made jokes about being a ruined house or something like that."
"W-Wait... are you saying the story progresses in two ways?"
"I-I don't know."
Both of us grabbed our heads since this was becoming more and more confusing.
Two heroines.
A villainess who bothers the heroine.
A boyfriend for the heroine in a short time.
Exactly what was happening here?
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It was already getting dark.
Lucy was cooking cheerfully for herself and her sister.
Diana was sitting at the table doing her homework for tomorrow.
Suddenly, Diana stopped moving her pen and spoke to her sister.
"Nee-san."
"Yes?"
"You went to meet the students from the kingdom today, didn't you?"
"Yes! Because you refused to do it! You have better grades than me, so you should have gone."
"I was busy and you had nothing better to do, right?"
"Even if it was true. You didn't have to pass your obligation to me."
Lucy made a pout while cooking.
"Is something wrong with them?"
Lucy asked curiously about her sister's sudden question.
"Nothing in particular. Just curiosity."
Diana's tone was cold like her attitude.
She played with her pen as if having a conversation too normal.
"By the way, in your classroom is there a silver-haired boy?"
"Yes. His name is Liam."
"I see."
Diana was writing again when Lucy seemed to remember something.
"Oh yes, there was also another boy. He's very weird, the weirdest of all. He seems to act normal, but that makes him stand out more."
"Another boy? And what's his name?"
Lucy was cooking noodles and while stirring the pot to make a soup, she said his name.
"His name is Rudel. Rudel von Bradford."
"If you knew him you'd laugh at how he expresses himself, huh. Diana!?"
Lucy turned around since she heard a commotion. She observed Diana who stood up hitting the table violently.
"Rudel... you say?"
Diana looked with her eyes wide open at the table, she was trembling.
Her sister approached her and observed that her gaze showed panic.
"Is something wrong?"
"... Nothing, I remembered I left a book at school. Tomorrow I'll pick it up."
Lucy went back to cooking after insisting to her sister if nothing was wrong.
But instead Diana, showed sweat and her hands trembled.
"Rudel... it can't be."