envy {★}

Well, I'm going to have lunch with my friends.

　Saying that cheerfully, Frau disappeared before my eyes.

　Apparently, there was no option to eat with me.

"...Well, that's fine though."

　Alone, holding my lunch box in my hands, I muttered to myself.

　I was planning to eat alone anyway, so this is fine.

"So, where should I eat?"

　The moment I took a step forward to go find a place to eat.

"arc?"

　I hear a woman's voice calling my name in my ears.

"Big sis. You're in your third year, so you're in a different tower, right? Why are you here?"

　It was a voice I had heard many times in this life.

　I knew exactly who was speaking to me, so without even turning around, I opened my mouth.

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"The courtyard is close to our tower. Anyway..."

"yeah?"

"Who's that girl? You seemed to be getting along really well... Hey, who is she?"

　The girl standing behind me put her slender, white arms around my neck.

"...Isn't that like you're about to strangle me?"

　If she put just a little, just a little, more strength into her arms, she'd have my neck strangled in an instant.

　That was the situation.

　That's scary.

"What I want to know is who that girl is."

"You know her, right? She's a princess."

"Of course I know that. But I'm curious as to why you're getting along with that girl, You're supposed to be a big sister's boy, Arc, right? You've always followed me around, and that was only natural, right? Hey, so why are you getting along with another girl? It's strange, Arc. When did you become like that? We talked about surviving together in this cruel world...that's what you were talking about, right? Hey, who exactly is that girl to you, Arc? Hey, can you tell me, your Onee-chan?"

"Ugaaah! I'm going to go eat! I'm gonna!"

　My sister's lazy behavior is a normal thing... but the more I try to be her emotional support and keep her from falling into the dark side, the more she starts to become attached to me, and we're caught in a vicious cycle.

　I also have the feeling that my sister's social circle hasn't expanded at all, which is a bit worrying...well, I'm a loner so it's not really something I can say.

　Hmm, maybe it was a bit too much to be hounding my sister around the clock at a time when my mother in this life was assassinated.

　…The truth is, it would have been best to prevent my mother from being assassinated.

　I tried my best in many ways, but I was too young and it was no use.

"Ah! Wait a moment!"

"Bye then."

　I try to run away from my sister and go to find a place where I can start earning my own living.

　Even if someone has their arms around your neck, it's not that difficult to escape.

　But I still have confidence in my martial arts.

　However.

"I won't let you get away. I absolutely won't let you get away."

"Ah, I got caught."

　Even if I ran away, my older sister would immediately catch me and give me away.

"Isn't it weird that you're coming at me for real? I'd be surprised. You even used magic and came at me with all your might. I was really surprised by your force."

"You can run away as fast as you can, Arc, okay?"

"...Well, that's..."

"Hehe, you can't do that to your beloved big sister. I know that."

"Did you hate me?"

"There's no way Ark could be hurt by something like that."

"Wow, what incredible trust."

　I want to make an excuse that it's inevitable that I can't run away when my older sister is chasing me and catching me with all her might.

　It was because I wasn't serious about my sister that I was captured so easily. Yeah.

　Such were my thoughts as I lay in my sister's arms.