Chapter 06 “A New Family”
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Part 1
I thought if I ran away to space, it would be the end of the story.
If I disappear from the kingdom of Horfalt, the Empire, which has lost its objective, will lay down its arms, I thought.
But apparently, it is not that simple.
I had not even anticipated that there was such a deeper and more troubling problem in that otome game.
—— What is it with the old humans and the new humans?
I wanted it to be set in a gentler world.
“Uncle, you look pale, are you okay?”
The room where Erika is being treated is the hospital room provided in Licorne.
It seems that Luxion and Creare have been particular about this place, and a variety of equipment is available.
It is a room where you can feel their strong will not to let Erika die no matter what.
I was sitting in a chair next to the bed where Erika was lying down.
I am smiling, but I am not sure if I am smiling properly.
“I’m just a little sleep-deprived. Don’t worry, I’ll take a nap when I get back. I just want to confirm one thing with Erika.”
“Me?”
Erika, who is sitting with her upper body up, is tilting her head.
“You’ve been keeping secrets from us, haven’t you?”
Her condition improved and worsened —— Erika seemed calm for someone who had undergone so many changes in her own body in such a short period of time.
Even if she has a previous life, it is too unnatural.
After hearing what Creare said, one possibility popped into my head.
Seeing that reaction, it seems I am right.
Erika looks down and apologetic.
“——I’m sorry.”
“Let’s hear the details. It’s an important matter that’s going to affect the future.”
As far as I know, Erika is the only one who has played through the third game of that otome game.
Marie was half-heartedly playing and leaving it alone, and when it came to Finn, he just watched from the side as his little sister was playing.
I’ve only completed the first work and have no knowledge of the third work.
I heard a lot of things from Erika beforehand, but the premise was different to begin with.
Since the third scenario of that otome game has already broken down, we chose the policy of trying to act appropriately at the time.
So I missed it.
—— The possibility that Erika is not telling us all the information she knows.
Erika talks bit by bit.
“When I was little, my mom was so busy with work that I hardly got to play with her. I missed her a lot, but I don’t blame her. But I wanted to play with her, so I decided to at least play the same games.”
It seems that when she started up the game console at home, she found that she could play the third work of that otome game.
In her spare time, when she was lonely, Erika seemed to play the game.
“I cleared it over and over again. Not that I liked it, but I think I enjoyed the feeling that I was playing with something my mom liked.”
Rather than being interested in the otome game, she was more interested in the game that Marie was playing.
I scratch my head and apologize for my incompetent sister.
“That idiot, she could have gotten more other toys. ——I’m sorry, it’s apologies from your uncle, too.”
“I don’t mind.”
Erika smiles gently and continues.
“I had read about the strategy on my mom’s phone. So, you see, Erika, the villain princess, was actually set up to be really sickly. In the game, she was treated as a liar.”
Smiling bitterly, Erika says that the villain princess has lost the trust of those around her because of her lies so far. —— As a result, people thought she was lying about being sick and suffering from her illness, a pitiful existence.
I ask for a detailed explanation of the disease.
“What was the cause of the villain princess’s illness?”
“I don’t know that much about it. But —— it was getting worse at the time Mia-chan was awakened, so I think that’s the trigger.”
Erika turned her head away from me and looked down.
In other words, Erika knew that if Mia-chan’s condition improved, her own condition could worsen.
If Erika gets better, Mia-chan will suffer.
If Mia-chan gets better, Erika’s condition will worsen.
—— I felt like I was being told that the descendants of old humans and new humans could not live in the same world.
“So you thought you could suffer for Mia-chan’s sake.”
I let out a small sigh and Erika looked apologetic to me.
“It’s okay because I’ve lived enough, including in my previous life. Besides, I’ve made memories with my mom and uncle.”
She smiles at me, a troubled, happy, kind of smile.
Is it because she has a previous life that she gives up so easily? Or is this Erika’s human nature?
As an uncle, part of me was proud of her, but I didn’t want her to do anything that would cost her own life.
“——You’re a bad girl. Didn’t you ever learn that you have no filial piety if you die before your parents? If I weren’t here, you’d really be dead.”
Would you be willing to die and leave Marie behind? Erika was troubled by my words.
“I don’t think that’s something appropriate for oji-san to say, though?”
“Yes, indeed!”
When I put my right hand to my forehead and laughed and agreed, Erika smiled as well.
I tell Erika with a fake smile on my face.
“If anything happens in the future, please let me know in advance.”
“Yes. But it’s a very old memory, so there are many things I can’t remember. If I remember, I’ll let Uncle know.”
Erika said it with a smile, unaware of what would happen as a result of her actions.
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