Beware of the Brothers Chapter 23.5

BOTB Chapter 23.5 (1) The Brothers

Erich's POV

It was unfair for Erich.

He swear the book wasn't his, and it wasn't even that he wanted it in his hands.

As evidence, Erich had already forgotten the existence of the book from the first day of vacation.

That was the case.

“Hey, I got something interesting from my sister. Would you like to see it?”

The starting point was when one male student in the same department with him pulled a strange book out of his bag one day.

Erich was able to see the book without difficulty, as the two people in the conversation sat in his diagonal direction.

“The sweet contract dating of Yozo Lady Dvory.”

Erich sees the title of the book at first glance and he laughed.

“What is this, what the girls see?”

“Oh idiot, Is there the a gender division for this? And that's because you don't know. Why would girls like this book?”

The male student who was recommended the book opened his mouth in awkward manner, and the answer that came back was imposing.

“Isn't this a book that sells like a fire because it's all brought by women? Then you can see what women like about.”

It was a subtle voice, as if he were teaching his own secret, but it was enough to hear by Erich as he sitting in the back seat.

“If you just write down here, you're over nine in ten. My brother also used it when he fought with his fiancée, and when I was dating, I saw this and used it for reference.”

The male student who heard the sound was tempted. Students from middle school to high school are interested in this aspect from the west.

This was an increasing trend.

If it was a natural phenomenon, it was a natural phenomenon, but Erich laughed at the guys who were eager to try to flirt with girls.

What's more, it's not that important, isn't it stupid?

However, like he knew he had just accepted Erich's ridicule, a male student sitting in front of him suddenly turned to him.

“Well, are you interested? Do you want to see another one?”

“Nope. It wasn't I laughed because I was interested, but because it was funny.”

Erich declined in return.

The male student who usually knows Erich's personality did not recommend twice and shrugged and turned his head again.

“Give me one.”

Erich stared secretly in front of him and shook his tongue.

However, unexpectedly, the romance book that wasn't funny was spreading like a fashion among male students.

It was only when rumors began to circulate that a male student confessed to someone as written in the book, and unexpectedly, the reaction was good.

「A Lady's Secret Confession」

「The Secret Sword of the Empire's First Sword」

「Why Did Yozo Lady De Barry Feed Meat Only to the Wanderer?」

Daytime, all kinds of books with hot titles wandered in the classroom.

Erich laughed because he was excited to see that it was treated like a love textbook among male students.

“Erich, don't you want to look at this one too? This effect is secretly good!”

Since Erich's rejection of the book last time, a male student who has begun to pretend to be a good friend with him has ask him again.

Did he say his name is Jay Kim Bulson?

“I don't need it.”

“Aey, will you change your mind after you see it?”

Despite Erich's annoying reaction, he wasn't back off at once, and consistently bothered Erich.

And on the long-awaited vacation day, Erich returned to Ernst and found an unidentified book in his bag.

“Danish's dire and dangerous education for a master.”

“Ha?”

Erich's face was crumpled. That's because the title of the book makes it clear who had this book.

When the hell did he put this book on his bag?

“Woof!”

At that time, Penny ran into the open door.

“Penny.”

“Woof woof!”

“Why? Do you want to go for a walk? Should we go now?”

Erich hugged the golden-haired puppy and said in a tumultuous voice.

The students of the academy who knew Erich's appearance, or others, couldn't have believe it if they saw him now.

“Erich!”

At that time, Hari's voice was heard at the door. Erich was shocked and threw the book he had on his lap under the bed.

“Penny, are you there?”

“What?”

“No, today, let me walk Penny. I think I want to go with her.”

Fortunately, Hari seemed unable to notice his suspicious behavior.

“Why, I'll go too.”

“Yeah? Do you want to go for a walk with me?”

“What! It's not that I'm telling this at you because I want to be with you!”

“Yes yeah, if you really want that, I'll go with you.”

“No!”

Erich took Penny out of the room with Hari.

And after that, he was completely forgotten about the books he had left under his bed until his vacation was over and he was going back to the academy.

After Erich left the mansion, the cleaning day of his room began.

Erich didn't know that the maid in charge of the day found a book hidden under the bed and shook her pupils suddenly, and put the book on the table…

“Erich! Did you see what I put in your bag?”

However, after seeing the face of Jay Kim Bulson's entangled friend who was close to him again after school, he only just remembered the existence of a book he had forgotten.

So suddenly, when he heard about the book from Hari's mouth who had contacted him via correspondent, he was surprised and jump.

“What?! Have you seen the book?!”

Erich asked in amazement.

“Obviously, it's not mine!”

And he hurriedly made an excuse to Hari, over the communications sphere.

No, it was a fact. Not an excuse.

He swears, he has never read a poor book like that!

However, Hari's reaction that followed was unexpected.

[Oh yeah? Then bring me another one.]

“What? Another one?”

[Yeah, hmm. The book was quite deserving.]

Dadum.

At that moment, Erich felt shocked like being hit in his back.

What? That book was worth reading?

Suddenly he remembered what Jay Kim Bulson said to their friend.

'Why do girls like this book? There's a part that is loved by the women, so this book sells like a fire.”

He can't believe it, was that right?

No, but it's amazing that Hari liked the book with that title as well, and even now, what?

“You, are you asking me to get a book like that right now?”

[I can get it too, but if I do that, aren't it better if you're the one selling your face. You guys say there aren't any kids you can't see anyway?]

Hari's attitude was so strong that Erich couldn't speak out and refused.

“Hey, give me another book.”

And the next day, he went to Jay Kim Bulson.

He fluttered alone in the dorm room and saw Erich and opened his eyes.

“Hey, finally you've opened your eyes! Yeah, what do you want? What kind of servant you can want? Sexy? Cute? Older sister? Some of the things that other kids just saw and returned to me, killing them…”

“Oh, give me something rough.”

Erich washes his face with annoying shame and annoys his brain, but Jay Kim Bulson thinks Erich is so embarrassed and nervous.

He didn't say any more, as he took out the books hidden under his table.

And Erich shook him off after the visit.

“So have a good time!”

…How did this happen?

Erich suddenly felt skeptical and was upset with the book.

Something was very unfortunate, but there was no place to resolve that feeling.

He'd rather not be so unhappy if he was really looking at this book himself!

And at that moment, Erich decided.

Yes, let's see. He'd rather see it and make it less chaotic. It's not such a big deal to read the book!

Erich's step toward the room was combative.

That night, he stayed up all night to read the painted books. And after Hari, Erich also entered a new world.

Of course, it was a secret of his own.

Cabel's POV

The new knights were still dying in the haze of the 2nd division.

Originally, it was the role of the commander to lead the newly recruited newcomers.

By the way, what was wrong with this human being is that he has been holding the knights under his control like a mouse.

“Oh, it's going to be difficult.”

“Hyuk, Heo, I feel like my muscles are popping.”

Newbies, who had no break, were scattered in the haze. All of them are swordsmen and had marching forces that have continued since five o'clock.

They became an imperial knight at best, and from now on, they thought they could only open a flower path in front of their eyes!

What was waiting for them was the dust in the haze and the sweat that pervaded the day.

“Eh? Is it so hard? I just can do it?”

Only one person was staring at the regrettable knights.

He is Cabel Ernst, who was famous for his mad dogs during the academic year.

But he seemed not tired of this hard training under the sun, as he had a vivid face by himself.

Like a salted spinach, it was a completely different look from the others.

A lot of astonished gazes flew at him.

This monster! How is he so good even after the troubled training?! After all, they didn't hear the sound of crazy dogs during his academic year!

Unlike the knights who stretched out their legs, Cabel casually standing on both his legs and drinking water.

“Oh, the water tastes good!”

In that easy-going look, the knights just gave up thinking about putting Cabel on the same line as themselves.

“Why are we doing this lately? Isn't this not humanity?”

“I mean. It wasn't long before I fled my heart saying I'm in love.”

“It's the right answer, guys.”

“Heoah!”

They said for a long time that they were speaking about the vice commander of the 2nd knight division.

Then they stopped because the shimmering voice that came from behind their back penetrated their eardrum.

“These things gave you a break at best, but look like you're not want to live with your mouth closed?”

“No, vice commander!”

Commander Boogie opened his eyes as if he were worried about 'How to eat these guys' and shook his tongue as if he's only seeing this soon.

“Newcomers, if you have a beautiful sister, tell me. I will take her out.”

Was it real? It was real. Not long ago, the commander is the one who loves this world, fluttering like he's alone.

The knights glanced at each other, gazing at each other, and again receiving the bloody gaze of the vice-commander.

“I am the only son.”

“There are only three older brothers.”

“Oh, Cabel has a very pretty little sister!”

The knights and other new knights said to each other.

Cabel, who was yawning freely without worrying about what they said, heard his name and the sound,

“Hey!”

They made a sound like picking pigs. Soon he turned his eyes and turned his head.

No, these bastards? Why do they mention his younger sister's name? Is she his sister or their sister?!

However, they seemed to be more frightened by the Vice commander-in-chief Boogie, who tortures them than Cabel, who may have been a separate trouble later.

The knights are sick with the vice commander Boogie and makes an interesting voice arrite like a chorus.

“Is she pretty?”

“Never have you ever seen her, vice commander? Lady Ernst sometimes comes to the Imperial Palace.”

“So she's really pretty.”

“She's very pretty, very very pretty, she's like an angel from heaven, it's God!”

They had all seen Hari Ernst at academic institutions, the Imperial Palace, and banquet halls during the time of Cabel's welcome.

So, like the meat they met with water, they became so excited and exclaimed.

Then Cabel's shoulders shook as if dancing. He felt a sense of pride like a mother and puffed his nose.

Whoa, children. He know his sister is pretty. Of course, if they run their eyes, of course, they must know!

“Yeah? Then, except for Cabel, you're going to run fifty more.”

“Oh, we really are doing it!”

“It's noisy, dude. Go back a hundred?”

The vice commander of the 2nd division began again. In the words of a haze with hundred wheels, the knights had to wake up and shed their bloody tears.

Upon giving orders, the vice commander of the 2nd division approached Cabel, who was left alone.

“Is your sister really so pretty?”

“Yes.”

Cabel replied immediately, without hesitation. The vice commander, who would have said that his tone of speech was rude, seemed tolerant this time.

“Then how, look at the bridge.”

What? Bridge? What bridge? No way now? Does he mean to sleep with his sister?

As soon as he realized, Cabel's face was crumpled like a sheet of paper.

“I'm doing this because I can't go to marry her at her age?”

What is this noisy old-fashioned bachelor? Who dare him to ask Cabel to bring his sister now? Shall Cabel rub his legs off the river?

Vice commander, does he like bread? Or Porridge?

Even if Cabel try to restran, sometimes the habit of his academy was trying to pop out.

It was true he tried, but it was just, just! Oh, he's been a boss so far, and he've been putting up in occasional occasions.

Damn it, but Hari told him not to cause trouble in the knights, and to get along with all of them….

Eventually, Cabel endured the temptation of bamboo bread and took a step.

“From now on, I'm going to run fifty wheels.”

“Yeah? If I catch you, you will do it?”

“Don't refuse ah! My sister's warning is going to be wasteful ah ah ah ah!”

“Is that kid…?!”

The sound of Cabel running and shouting in the haze was spread.

Afterwards, a bloody race reminiscent of 'take me ~' happen in the haze of the 2nd division.

They watched the two of them, and both enamored with the scenery drawn by the division vice commander and Cabel.

However, the blood-popping race had to end with a declaration of surrender by the boogie, vice commander, because the Cabel, who had a monster-like stamina, was not caught in the end.

Of course, Cabel then went to for the reason of the lower extremity, the two was more fought than other knights.

And on that day, it was hard for anyone to know that Cabel plowed his heart deeply into the words, 'If you get dirty, get ahead!'

That was the real reason that Cabel Ernst later won the title of the youngest vice-commander.

Eugene's POV

“Did the conversation gone well?”

Rowengreen discover Eugene coming out of the building and approach him.

The place where they are now was in front of the residence of the crown prince. Rowengreen drew a curious look as he followed Eugene walking ahead.

“You must have had a very close conversation with His highness the crown prince.”

“Are you curious?”

“Would you let me know if I say I am?”

“I might think if your mouth is not heavy enough to use.”

Dang, then he have no intention to tell Rowengreen.

Rowengreen faded away with tears.

He don't know how much he was in trouble when Eugene heard that he had spoken to Cabel about Eugene's fiancee the other day.

After that, Eugene seemed to have drastically changed his confidence in Rowengreen.

But Eugene was unfair, and Rowengreen don't even know that this is his lean mind, hoping that everything is going well!

Rowengreen stared at Eugene walking ahead with a savage face. Of course, Eugene just looked forward and walked as if he didn't care.

As they arrive at the place in outer palace as usual, they were people sitting in the table and working.

Rowengreen felt as if he is looking at his future in the near time.

However, the words that Eugene took out from his mouth after skimming them once were truly touching and beautiful like heavenly harmony.

“I just finish what I was doing, so go home.”

Then, the faces of those who had been killed, all of them so far were bright. Hah, Eugene moved back, leaving those who had fallen behind.

On that day, Eugene, too, was earlier than usual and climbed his wagon heading for his home.

“Lady Hari is out.”

When he entered the mansion, Hubert announced Hari's absence.

After the news that Ethan and her was out with Louise Vastia, Eugene climbed the stairs after nodding once.

'Everything is fine, so do whatever you want. If you have something you want, you can take anything you like.'

Sometimes in his head, the memories of that time came to his mind.

'You can be more greedy. Now I live only for you.'

A small body that hugged him with all her might, a good voice whispered to his ear, a red shadow that fluttered like a haze in his sight, the air of that time.

'Be as happy as you can.'

Eugene's steps as he climbed the stairs suddenly stopped.

Inside the mansion, where only the servants were coming and going, there was a dark silence in the afternoon.

Among them, Eugene stared at one of the hallways.

Soon, his steps, which had been stopped in place, moved slowly. His heading place was a place that had never visit for a while.

Great.

Eugene grabbed and turned the doorknob in front of him.

Although it was the room where the owner was lost, it is still periodically cleaned as the door and doorknob went smoothly as if it were oiled.

As soon as he take one step inside, a cozy atmosphere wrapped him up.

'Eugene.'

The two people who smiled and greet him spread out of his sight for a moment and then disappeared like a smoke.

Eugene slowly looked around.

As if comparing the scenery of his dead parents' vanity in the van room and the remains of his memories.

Then, suddenly, his black eyes were fixed to a picture frame on one wall.

Inside were portraits of parents who portrayed their youthful appearances when they were newly married.

The former Duke Ernst's, holding his wife's shoulders tenderly with one hand, resembled Eugene's present.

Eugene was sometimes curious to know what his father's age and life would be like.

And if his parents were alive right now, what life would he have been living by now?

But that assumption was meaningless. Because something like the ability to change the past, it wasn't on him to decide.

So, looking at him now, he decided not to imagine what his parents would think.

When he was a little younger, he sometimes wanted to be praised by them, but now he wasn't a little kid waiting to be acknowledged by someone.

Still.… Still, He thought his parents would have said to him, “Well done.”

'You did well by yourself until today, and you are my son.'

And to the child they accepted as their daughter…

Even if the dead were silent, it didn't matter if the only survivors were somehow interpreting and rationalizing their own way. Because he had to live this way.

Eugene turned back and escaped from his parents' room.

This time, he went straight to his room, threw off his stuffy outerwear and shook his neck and untie his tie.

And he put his gaze outside the window for a while in a light shirt.

He came home early without a schedule today.

Because of this, there was a free time. Then, thinking about what to do, Eugene headed for the study.

When he think about it, he haven't had any memories of sitting in the library and reading a book since he was older.

When he was young, he was stuck in it all day.

Eugene, who entered the study, glanced through the bookshelf, which was markedly different from his childhood, and pulled out a book that caught his hand.

Soon his eyes slipped to the desk located in the middle of the study.

Eugene went stepped forward. Then, as he was in his boyhood, he took the chair off and settled on it.

The servant who came in for cleaning in the morning seems to have left the window open.

As the wind blows out from the outside, the book he unfolds randomly turns over the paper at it will.

…It was relaxing, calming and peaceful.

He can adapt now, but Eugene still feels the 'Ernst' at this time, and he didn't like this feeling.

Rather, he would not know the opposite.

Eugene released his strength and leaned over his desk.

With one arm stretched forward and lying halfway, looking at the window, the dazzling sunshine over the desk tickled his face.

His eyelids sat down slowly, then slowly lifted up.

There was a lot of time passing from the time when everything had been rushed as if someone were following him.

Now, when he think about it, he thought it was really easy to look ahead and run.

He doesn't even have time to hesitate and worry, so he can never stop even once. He couldn't even look around.

Shoot ah.

The sound of vegetation leaves strangling their body has been heard from outside.

The surroundings were very quiet except for that sound. It was a stillness that felt as if he had entered another world.

Isn't it strange?

It is the same when the surroundings were filled with silence several years ago or now, but the feeling of silence was different for some reason.

Eugene slowly closed his eyes in the calm.

Great.

How much more time has passed from that? Suddenly, the sound of knocking on the door of the study was heard.

When Eugene did not answer, the person outside was carefully opening the door and stepping inside.

“Ah… Are you sleeping?”

A small voice, like a self-talk, was blown away by the wind.

After hearing that Eugene was in the study room, it was Hari who returned from going out.

With her back to the door, she saw Eugene lying on his desk and move her foot.

Although it seemed like a nap, it was the first time to see Eugene in his chair as it is now. Because it's Eugene who could not be seen in such a defenseless figure.

Hari approached quietly and looked down at Eugene's face, closing his eyes.

Whether the sunlight wasn't warm, he was making a comfortable expression.

Still, she felt like the sun was a little strong, so she thought she would close the curtain, and she wondered if Eugene would sleep.

Hari is in front of him now. As she stood at her shadow, Eugene's face was draped.

She pulled out the book that was still in his hands. At that moment, his hand seemed to have jumped for a moment.

But as she did, Hari ended up doing what she was doing again, looking at Eugene without any movement.

Eugene's hand, which was holding the book uncomfortably, seemed comfortable just now, so she was satisfied.

Then, suddenly, she wondered what Eugene was reading, and checked the title on the cover.

“Thinking human beings, the reason for existence.”

At that moment, her eyes suddenly felt damp.

Oh god, it's really look like Eugene too.

The book he read is completely different from her.

Cabel even say that he doesn't like to read in the first place, so don't put him in comparison……

Ha, but can she see any number of books like this? So far, it's just that she's not been interested, so she only just seen it now.

Hari sits across the corner of the desk.

Until now, she opened a book that was in Eugene's hand.

After that, Eugene's eyelids gradually lifted.

Inside the black pupil is the back of the person in front him.

The cream-colored dress was colored darker by sunlight. At the window, her body shining brightly in front of the sun and shined white.

Her eyes were swollen. Like what he felt today.

Hari's long hair that came down to her waist as the wind wandered around the room tickled her face.

Shaaa.

It flies lightly like a butterfly and then sits down gently over her waist again.

Eugene's hand, which had been placed still on the desk, was soon lifted up after the movement.

It seemed as if the silvery reverberation shook in front of his eyes.

She allowed him to be greedy with whatever he wanted.

Of course, it must have been a caring ignorance to what his wish was. Hari doesn't even know what Eugene's wish was.

But she clearly told him that he could do whatever he wanted…

From now on, he would.

Eugene's eyes are darker than before.

Even if it was a sympathy, it was okay to say that he was reluctant to hold her hand at first. But now it's different.

If she still do not leave, then she should stay next to him.

Shoot ah.

In the wind, which waved like a wave, shiny silver hair flew right before his eyes.

Eugene's hand moved in pursuit of light in

his sight.

He let the dazzling light shed and flowed out, and eventually he held it in his hand.

Soon, Eugene's lips rippled through her hair. His pupils had a serious thirst that felt dangerous at first glance.

“Uh, did you wake up?”

He never fell asleep in the first place, but Hari now turned to see as she realized he had opened his eyes.

As she twisted her body, the sunlight came through the gap. Eugene is reflective by the light halfway down his eyelids and opened his mouth.

“When did you come?”

“Just now.”

One of her friendliness was not to speak about the time of her waiting directly. Eugene blinked slowly without pretending that he knew it.

Hari's gaze fell over Eugene's drowsy face.

Seeing this defenseless look, she think he must have returned to Eugene as a boy, she wanted to stroke his hair.

So she reached out and unconsciously stopped.

However, it seems that it is unnatural to suddenly stop her hand like this, and Eugene also slowly moved her hand again, feeling that she was refusing.

Soft, brown hair splattered between her fingers. Eugene kept an eye on her face, leaving her hand alone.

“I went out with Louise today, have you heard from Hubert?”

“Hm.”

Both seemed not want to break the stillness, and they whispered in a small voice.

“Was it fun?”

“It was fun. Oh, it was pretty when the flowers bloomed. Should we go to see the flowers with the others when cherry blossoms bloom next time?”

“Yeah. Let's do it.”

A soft voice stood on the sunlight floating around.

“Oh, I did buy this today.”

As if Hari suddenly remembered, she asked with her hand over his head.

What was there was a flower-shaped corsage decorated with white pearls and a veil.

“It's not my usual hair ornament, but it's spring, so I thought I should wear it. How do you like it?”

Honestly, if she ask like this, he will have to tell her that if even it didn't suit her, it will fit just fine.

Thinking so, Hari laughed playfully.

“Suited.”

After all, Eugene replied as she thought, but she was forced to stop by the short voice that soon followed.

“Whatever you wear, you have never been not pretty, you are.”

She couldn't even think of digging into the meaning of his word as she is looking at his face from the front. The lips were small, but no sound leaked out of them.

Where the light, wind, and silence shine, the two just met each other's eyes.

“Hari, are you here?! I have something to tell you…”

At that time, someone opened the door of the study room and came inside. The disturbance, It was none other than Cabel.

“Huh? Was brother here?”

He was still dressed as if he had go to Hari as soon as he returned home from the Imperial Palace.

“What's going on so you're looking for Hari?”

Eugene asked, raising his upper body, which was leaning on his desk.

The strange air that had just wandered around disappeared after leaving a subtle trace, but Eugene and Hari treated Cabel as casually like nothing had happened.

“Well, even if you're going to be in the Imperial Palace, never come to our knights!”

After hearing that, Hari became puzzled.

It was only yesterday that the 2nd division asked her to come to play to see him.

What kind of wind suddenly caused this?

“Why? Last time I came to see you.”

“No, no! There's an incredibly unscrupulous guy in our knights! If you see something dirty, throw away your eyes, No!”

She doesn't know what he mean, but Cabel replied that she would know once, by dispersing the vicious energy as if he was shaking.

“Wait okay?! I'll quickly clean up all the shit and create a pleasant and clean environment for 1 water supply!”

“Yes, yes….”

Also, his eyes turned because of something. He couldn't find out how to express his anxiety.

Eugene and Hari looked side by side with a mysterious glance to each other as they are looking at Cabel.

“Okay, let's talk outside. Brother Eugene, we'll go out first.”

Eventually, Hari suggested that she would take Cabel and go out from the library.

“Yes. Rest well both of you.”

Eugene did not catch her.

After a while, the reddish sunlight suddenly filled the place where someone had just been.

The noisy surroundings became quiet again. However, the silence around him didn't feel heavy as before.

Also, the fact that one day is passing is no longer frustrating or anxious as it was. How terrifying it is for him, perhaps no one would know.

Eugene was sitting there and staring out the window until the red sun was almost gone.

A little more time passed until his family came to call him to start eat the dinner.

Chapter end