Episode 144 [Sister 3]
After that, I sorted things out in my head and took a deep breath.
“Um, so does that mean that my sister and I aren’t actually siblings?”
"It's because my mother and father don't have the same blood flowing through my veins. But I think of Jin as my younger brother, right?"
“…Even though you weren’t really involved?”
Jin and Helena, the two really had no relationship.
Even so, where did the words that I consider him my younger brother come from?
"It's true that I had nothing to do with Jin at all. Still, I've lived my life thinking of Jin as my younger brother. Jin might think I'm sorry for my habit of not being able to help him, but this... It’s my true feelings, and it’s also my promise to Nora-san.”
“Eh, are you with your mother?”
When I heard the word Helena, she took out a slightly damaged letter from her bag.
"This is a letter that Nora-san left behind. She asked me to give it to Jin in case she was gone. I actually wanted to give it to her sooner, but I didn't have the right timing to give it to her, so it took a while. Tawa”
“A letter?”
Wait, was there such a thing? In the game, there shouldn't have been anything, but...
With that in mind, I opened the letter that Jin's mother Nora had left and read the contents.
Inside was an apology to Jin and a wish from her mother for her to live her life freely from now on.
There was another important thing written in that letter.
"...Until now, it was a mystery why I had a fiancée named Flora, but maybe my mother gave me a fiancée to protect me."
Inside the letter was written about the relationship between Flora's mother, Lerina von Rufios, and her mother.
It seems that Flora's mother and Gin's mother, Nora, have been friends since childhood and were even invited to tea parties.
That's why my mother knew she couldn't protect him on her own, so she relied on her friends and arranged for me to have a high-ranking fiancée called Flora, so that I could protect Jin.
It seems that the mothers acted because they thought that if there was an engagement story with a high-ranking member of the Rufios family, they wouldn't be able to mess with Jin.
Also, it seems that there was a suggestion that the Rufios family solve the problems of the Rajinia family, but my mother apparently declined that idea.
If he behaved strangely, there was a possibility that even his current life would be in jeopardy.
That's why my mother didn't solve the problem, but only found someone who would protect me.
It seems that the only two people who know about this are my mother and Flora's mother, and it says that Novel and Flora and the others don't know about it.
``I've only talked to Nora a few times, but she really cares about Jin.''
"...Yes, I know. I have received a lot of love from my mother."
Jin's mother, Nora, raised him in such a closed space, caring deeply for him.
However, I had no idea that my mother and Flora's mother knew each other.
Now that I think about it, when I went to Flora's house, Flora's mother hugged me for some reason.
Flora's mother, like Helena, is the type of person who doesn't show her emotions much.
That's why I was confused when he hugged me, but everything was normal after that, so I decided not to worry about it.
“Nowadays, heroes often come to the Rufios family, so I think it would be a good idea to go and talk to the Rufios family once when a hero goes to the front lines...”
"I think that's good. I think she knows more about Nora than we do."
When Helena told me that, my mind was pounded by all the surprising content, and I said that I didn't want to hear any more surprising content.
"Hehe, it's okay. I said everything I wanted to say in the letter earlier, so now it's time to say goodbye."
“Are you saying goodbye, where are you going?”
"Yeah, I've finished what I needed to do in the past two years. So, I decided to move on with my life. You don't have to look so worried. I have some strong allies, and this... But he’s a bronze-class adventurer.”
Helena's face looked refreshing.
For her, the battle since she was three years old is finally over and she can move on with her life.
"My sister was also an adventurer. That's surprising."
“I signed up because being an adventurer was the best way to travel.Also, from what I see, my magic skills are average, right?”
Helena said this with no expression on her face, but with a hint of herself in her voice. She got up from her chair and said, ``Then, let's meet again somewhere,'' and left the room.
…….
“Sister, wait a minute!”
I grabbed Helena's arm and stopped her from leaving the room.
"what happened?"
"It seems like my sister has given me a lot of things that I don't know about, so I'm going to buy her dinner with her as a token of gratitude. I don't think this is the right way to say goodbye to my sister, who is my only family."
“Oh!”
Helena was surprised when I heard the word "family" and had tears in her eyes.
To be honest, I don't know much about Helena, but I felt that her efforts were truly amazing.
I felt that it was different to break up with a girl like that when it was just one-sided because she thought of me as her younger brother.
So from now on, I wanted to do my best to think of her as my sister, and I thought I'd start by inviting her out to dinner.
After that, I continued to hug Helena and pat her head until she stopped crying.
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