I Became the Male Lead who was Clinging onto the Female Leads

48 – This doesn’t sound like much(2)

After Viscount Hobart left, a deep silence fell over the table.

Dallas, who tried hard to smile, broke the silence.

“Everyone had a hard time seeing the rough side. Erica, go to bed and get some sleep.”

“…… Father.”

“Don’t worry. Phillip and I will try to find a way.”

Dallas smiled softly.

Erica’s face contorted at the smile she didn’t want her children to worry about.

“Father. I’m OK. Even if I become the concubine of such a person, I…….”

“Don’t say that. It is to drive a nail into my father’s heart.”

“That… ….”

“Stop worrying and everyone go to rest.”

“My lord. I will wait in front of the office.”

As soon as Viscount Hobart left, Philip entered the dining room and bowed his head.

“Let’s go together now.”

Dallas got up and left the restaurant with Philip. He felt sorry for his shoulders, which had been lifted too heavy.

At some point, only Eugene and Erica were left at the table.

Erica lowered her head with her sad face as if Dallas’s pitying back was lingering in her eyes.

“…… I feel sorry for your father.”

Dallas has always been the head of a family who has always put the people of his family first.

His own body took a back seat.

Looking at the face that had aged like an old man at the age of less than 60 years old, I could see how severe the heartache was.

‘I can’t do anything for a father like that.’

Erika felt resentful of herself.

She didn’t know if she was good at something, but she had nothing but a needlessly pretty face.

‘Isn’t it the best thing for my father to not worry like he said?’

It didn’t sound like the best, but I couldn’t think of a better way.

It seemed like the best thing he could do was to show a smiling face as he said, so that Dallas’ shoulders, which were already heavy, would feel a little lighter.

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She tried to erase the sadness from her face and looked up.

I see Eugene with a calm face.

‘My brother still looks fine.’

Eugene was worried over and over how to save her family. From the perspective of others, she just seemed normal.

Erika smiled lightly and called out to Eugene.

“Brother.”

“Hmm?”

“Let’s go rest as Father said.”

“Go first. I’ll think about it some more.”

“No. We haven’t seen each other in half a year, so you need to talk to me.”

“…… ?”

Erika’s relationship with the body’s former owner from memory was very close.

Perhaps that’s why, Erica approached without hesitation and grabbed Eugene and raised him up.

“Let’s go to my room and talk. Huh?”

“…… Okay.”

Eugene, who knew her only from her memories, was a little taken aback, but nodded her head and walked with her.

Entering the thrifty Erica’s room, Erica pointed to her bed.

“Sit over there.”

He looked like he wanted to sit on the bed and talk.

‘The former owner of the body and the boy… …. They’re brother and sister right?’

How does such an intimate relationship exist between blood relatives?

Even before the body’s former owner became an idiot, he could not help but be surprised that he was a brother who deeply cared for her younger sister.

‘For now, it would be better to act as Erica said.’

It shouldn’t show that the owner of the body has changed.

Yujin naturally walked over and sat down on the bed.

Then Erica sat down next to him.

She had a comfortable face, as if she was used to this situation.

“Then, would you like to talk about the past?”

“No big deal.”

“Nonsense..”

She’s been at the Royal School for half a year, and how can she be anything?

“Anything is fine, so tell me.”

“…… Okay.”

If you don’t talk to me, I feel like I’ll keep holding on to it. Eugene started talking about the past.

‘Except for the story of the heroines.’

He told the story except for those related to the heroines. The dark history created by the previous owner of the body…… I didn’t really want to take it out.

“So that night, a thousand horizontal cuts and vertical cuts… ….”

“…… Wait for a sec.”

After interrupting Eugene, Erica sent her suspicious eyes.

“Why don’t you talk about those unnies? You did a lot when we met half a year ago.”

“Me?”

“Yes. I’ve never met them, but I know what they look like.”

Erica rides her rhythm as if she were memorizing her multiplication table.

“Tina has blonde hair and red eyes, Silin has silver hair and green eyes, and Yerina has pink hair and dark eyes… ….”

“That, stop.”

“Why?”

“I don’t follow them anymore.”

“Really? I thought I was fine for some reason, so I stopped following you around.”

Good. Great. Somehow, he didn’t talk about the unnies and just talked a lot about swords.

Erika smiled and held Eugene’s hand.

“Then did you keep your head up and train for half a year?”

“That’s how it is.”

“I’m so happy that my brother is back to normal~”

Erika smiled brightly.

“Then, aside from training… ….”

In this way, the conversation between the two flowed naturally like water.

Erika asked a lot of questions about Eugene’s school life, and Eugene answered as diligently as possible to the best of his knowledge.

With many of her questions answered, Erica told her story, and Eugene agreed and listened.

‘This isn’t easy either.’

Since talking and acting like the body’s former owner, a lot of concentration was consumed.

As expected, nothing was easy in the world.

‘Brother, something has changed a lot from before.’

Although that didn’t work out right either.

‘It’s hard to pinpoint something, but it’s changed a lot.’

Although Eugene was copying her body’s former owner as much as possible, subtle changes were found in Erica’s eyes, who had seen him all her life.

‘They have different eyes.’

The thing that stood out the most was Eugene’s eyes.

‘The affection is gone.’

Eugene was a person who cared deeply for Erica, and when she saw her, she couldn’t hide her affection for her from the depths of her heart.

However, in those eyes, I could not see the light of affection that always overflowed.

Her shoulders are wide open and her body is hardened. ….

It’s true that there are many good changes…….

‘I lost my affection!’

A very important emotion has disappeared.

‘Did my brother become more mature as he got older?’

It is a family that is not far from Myolmun, but if a miracle happens and avoids Myolmon, it is Eugene who will become the head of the family in the distant future and take responsibility for the family.

If he’s changing to prepare for that future, it’s understandable that he’s losing the feelings he harbored as a child.

I understand, but…….

‘It’s a bit disappointing.’

As expected, I couldn’t help but feel sad.

He doesn’t even remember what he said the night before he left for the Royal School…….

‘I was really moved, but why can’t I remember?’

Should I ask again?

She opened her mouth with her face full of determination.

“Brother.”

“Huh?”

“You really don’t remember?”

“What?”

“The words you told me the night before entering the Royal School.”

“Oh that… ….”

Seeing Erica’s eyes burning with flames, she couldn’t deny it.

‘But…… I really don’t remember.’

What the hell did her body’s former owner say?

No matter how much she searched her head, nothing came to mind.

Boo.

The wind entered Erica’s cheeks in real time. If he said he didn’t know, his cheeks would swell up.

Yujin opened her mouth with a nervous face.

“How are you?”

“… ….”

Erika’s lips pouted.

“No!”

She turned her head.

“Sorry. I can’t remember, can you tell me what I said that day?”

“No!”

“Why not?”

“No way!”

She shook her face and crossed her arms. It’s a tight-knit look.

‘Why can’t I remember?’

Silence came naturally.

After a little time has passed.

Erika, her emotions softened, puffed her cheeks and looked at her Eugene.

Her eyes are full of sad feelings.

“Is your brother wrong?”

“…… It seems so.”

Seeing that look in her eyes, she couldn’t help but admit her fault.

“Since I did something wrong, I should relieve my feelings, right?”

“Huh?”

Suddenly, the conversation went strangely.

“Will you accept me even if I smoke?”

“Huh?”

“What did you say?”

“No, that… ….”

“I don’t know!”

Erica smiled brightly and laid her head on Eugene’s lap.

“… ….”

The appearance of siblings who do not seem to exist in reality.

Erika, who was past fifteen, was lying on Eugene’s lap as a pillow.

‘Does this make sense?’

Looking back at her memories, Erica and the former owner of the body were really doing these things. It’s also very common.

“I’m going to sleep like this for the first time in a while.”

Erica smiled lightly and closed her eyes, as if it just felt good to be fooled by her older brother.

She really meant to go to sleep.

“… ….”

It was a sight that was not easy to accept realistically, but Eugene decided to accept it as it was.

He stroked Erica’s shoulder without questioning her.

If I stroked her hair, she would feel better and fall asleep quickly, but from Eugene’s point of view, this was the limit since she was close to a stranger.

“… ….”

Erika slept soundly and breathed lightly.

‘If I fall asleep a little deeper, I’ll lay him down and leave.’

As Eugene thought, she looked at Erica’s sleeping face.

She was of the same blood, so her hair color was the same brown, and her eye color was similar, but the level of her face was literally different.

‘Is it a gene bug?’

He didn’t have an ugly face either, but it was clear that if she stood next to Erica, she would be scolded if she belonged to her family.

‘Pretty is pretty.’

Looking at Erica’s face like that, scenes from the past that had been hidden in her head naturally began to emerge.

-Brother! Show me the magic!

-… ….

-Very awesome! Why can’t I use magic!

When Eugene mastered magic.

-Ellis! These are the cookies I just baked. Let’s eat together!

-I’m a maid, so you don’t have to give it to me…….

-What do you mean by that? We are a family living in the same house!

When Erica learned to cook.

-Sama Erika is hurt because of me. What should I do with this…….

-It’s okay, it’ll get better if you put some medicine on it.

-It can’t be…….

-If I am, that’s it. Don’t worry!

When Erica is injured by a soldier’s mistake.

Many scenes appeared, but none of them were bad.

Erica was literally a child born with her good heart.

As the family’s circumstances worsened, most of the attendants and maids left, but without Erica’s accumulated merits, there wouldn’t have been enough left to maintain the family’s role.

‘A boy like this is in danger of being sold as her concubine.’

It’s a good word. She had no choice but to be sold if she wanted to prevent her family from going extinct.

‘If things really go like that… ….’

I didn’t even want to imagine what would happen after that.

‘I can’t let it go like that.’

Eugene laid down Erica, who was fast asleep, and left the room.