Beware of the Brothers - chapter 7

“Ooh, Wah-a! Oh, oh, oh, I am faster than Penny!”

“Woof!”

I kicked my tongue while watching Cabel running far away today. Oh, it’s hard to play. Come and stay away for as long as possible!

However, because of my lack in arms, the ball flew in a parabola and began to fall closer than before.

“Good job!”

“Wow!”

Oh, but this time the second brother’s hand touched the ball first, but instead of being caught by Cabel, the ball hit his finger and bounced off.

“Woof woof!”

“Penny, well done. Good child, pretty.”

The ball bouncing over the grass. It was Penny again this time. I complimented

Penny’s wonderful golden hair with sloppyness.

“Oh, um! This time, I could really win!”

Second brother. Oh, no matter how hard you tried, we already have the end game.

“Throw one more!”

“You just decided to do it ten times.”

“I haven’t done it ten times yet!”

Did you know that I gave you five more times because older brother started yelling?

“Oh, I don’t know, I don’t know! I don’t know ah!”

The second beother tried to swarm. Not this one!

You’re a couple of years old now, and you’re lying on the floor, like struggling with toys to mom! Can’t you see they’re staring and looking around at us!

“I didn’t fill it ten times. Alas!”

“Woof!”

The second brother then thought it was a new game. People’s attention was more focused now. Ugh, why on earth is this shame on me!

“What did I say if my brother kept crying so much?”

I whispered at the two dogs lying on the

grass.

Then Cabel, who was struggling, scratched himself for a moment, and after a while, he stood up without saying anything.

“Oh, okay! Okay, I’m not crying right now. So you can’t say you’re not playing with

me!”

“Why would I say that? I’m having such a wonderful with brother Cabel!”

“Hung, I was great!”

My compliment without a soul, but the second brother accept it well. I stroked Cabel’s head just like I did to Penny.

Then I pretended not to be younger than the second brother, and I shook my head

inward. Oooh ooh. So, did you want to be praised, our second brother?

Now, listen to me like this and I’ll pat your head like a penny. Seeing that I pushed the barrel directly to me, I wanted to make a significant change in the past year.

Then I should give him more praise.

“Wow. What kind of brother is a brother who does not bother his sister and listens

to his sister? and doesn’t this brother is really well?”

“Right.”

“And brother Cabel is the coolest brother I know!”

“Yes, yes, I’m cooler than that han-han”

No, you’re not. No matter how nice you are than Johannes. Still, I decided not to break the illusion of the second brother.

“Penny, why are you doing this on the floor!”

When I was training the second brother, the voice of the third brother came from not far away.

“I want to stand up, support me.”

Cabel said, still lying on the floor, Erich panting and running towards the penny looking up at us. Penny, who saw Erich, woke up on the spot.

Hmm, shake your tail like that and then going to the third brother, I also see Penny’s true love to Erich.

What’s more, Erich’s true love is also a penny, when he sees her, he’s holding onto the floor and hugging Penny without hesitation.

He said with caution, as if the second brother and I had stolen Penny.

“Now I’m going to give Penny’s food.”

Hey, that third brother. Oh, I’m trying to stop playing now even if you don’t hide Penny in your arms.

My wrist would be more small if I played more ball here.

“You guys, come and have lunch.”

said Eugene, who came to find us with Erich.

“Wa! I’m hungry!”

The second brother, as soon as he heard it, jumped as if he was excited. We moved

towards where the Ernst couple was waiting.

Where we are now was the scenic field of La Sousse, where the annual flower festival is held.

And Ernst’s family decide to all came here today to spring outing together.

In Arlanta this is a fairly large flower festival, so there are many other tourists here.

Bam! Ugh, I was terrified at the end of my word as I bumped into the person passing by. Oh, it’s only a shoulder. But my

where’s my manner!

“Are you okay?”

“There are too many people here.”

I used to play here. And they weren’t many people in this place, different from right here under the flowering trees.

“Yeah?”

But right then, I had a warmth in my hand. I looked down and found Eugene’s hand holding my hand. Shortly after that, I was a bit embarrassed.

“Erich, Give Penny to me. I will hold her.

Cabel, because there are a lot of people, hold your hand to Erich. And come here, hold another one of Hari’s hand to your hand, and don’t let go until we get there.”

“Okay!”

That’s how we got into. Eugene led, then me, then Cabel, and finally Erich, and we started to walk hand in hand with

each other.

So, why I am feeling so embarrassed? The other brothers seem to have no idea, but why am I in this situation right now?

“Yeah? Why are you fidgeting? You don’t like this? Hold, don’t be picky.”

As I was uncomfortable, my second hand shook my hands again, and this time Eugene made an unnoticed side talk.

“If you lose one another, it’s hard to find,

so if you feel uncomfortable, just bear a little.”

I looked up at him with a slightly strange eye as he hold my one hand.

Another winter that I spent in Ernst has passed, and the sun has suddenly changed and it has become spring.

I am now 9 years old, Eugene is 14 years old, Cabel is 11 years old, and Erich is the same with me. Together we became

9 years old.

Eugene, who had left my hand on a cold street on a winter’s in my seven-year-old, was looming in my head, but the after image disappeared by the pink petals spreading in front of my eyes.

“We almost there.”

I looked up at Eugene’s side with a penny in one arm. Then he looked down and at our forehanded hands, and after a while he grasped his hand very gently.

“Hey, did you guys worry about being late?”

That new person is growing like this. From now on, we should make sure that there

is no scattering.

A little more walking, we were able to find our destination not too difficult.

The Ernst couples who were seated under

the flowering trees welcomed us. We ate the 7-tier lunch box prepared in advance, and sucked the dessert lemonade all the way.

“Say it honestly, did you want it too?”

“Hah, don’t be funny. You’re bothering me too much, so I’m holding on to it now.”

After a while, Erich and I were sharing the balloons I bought from the merchants one by one.

It is a balloon with magical power, and, surprisingly, it floated in the sky by itself, unlike a balloon that usually blows air.

So, I had to hold the balloon’s entrance part tightly with a thread, but since it was

a very expensive balloon, if I pulled the thread down, it even flashed brightly from the face.

So all the children who came to the flower

festival could not take their eyes off the peddler selling magic balloons.

“I can’t believe that you’re this childish. I’m 9 years old and you still like this or that.”

Ha. He pretend not to be interested. This

Erich.

“Look at the fire that coming out of my deer horns.”

Of course it’s funny to be like this at this age, but… What should I do, though?

Ugh, actually, when I was a child, I also wanted this balloon, It feel good that I can only fulfill my wish after sucking my finger every time.

“Try it too! I want to see your bear’s nose light up!”

Then Erich pulled the thread held in his hand a couple of times under the expression, ‘This childish thing is not my taste, but I can’t help it because I don’t want you to bother me.’

Flash!

“Wow!”

Then Erich’s brown bear, floating on the

wire while connected to the thread, glowed in his nose. After that, the

thread in my hand was pulled down.

My balloon was long, so it was shaped

like a sad-approved deer, but it started to glow in the horns of the deer when I pulled the thread. Wow, cool!

It’s thrilling the day comes when I have this magic balloon like this!

But maybe it was because I was so absorbed in the light of the balloon. At some point, my deer did not shine from the horns anymore.

“Eh?”

“It haven’t been in thirty minutes, but you already use up all your horsepower. Are you stupid?”

Is the horsepower already exhausted?! On the side, Erich laughed at me whom feeling frustrated.

Indeed, as he said, it seemed that my balloon consumed magical power at a high rate and did not shine anymore.

Ew, you can only stay calm before your balloon falls after the horsepower is

completely exhausted…

“Why are you staring like that?”

And I started to aim at Erich’s balloon. Of course, it wasn’t even worth a thing, but the magic balloon was the thing that aroused my greed like that.

“Did you not say that you don’t like that balloon?”

The third brother began to avoid me with a bit of caution in my greedy eyes.

“No!”

As he heard the words of Erich and me, the Duke of Ernst, who looked at us warmly, politely and replied,

“Would you want to buy one more?”

I hear this is quite expensive. It was a waste.

“I don’t need another deer.”

“So how about a rabbit or a cat?”

“I don’t need any other animals.”

When I look at the sky and firmly said that I couldn’t betray my deer either, Duke Ernst only can looked at me. As I stood, I shook my ass along Erich, who had just moved away from me.

“Hari, would you like pudding too?”

“Oh, did you have pudding too?”

Mrs. Ernst pull something out of the basket and it was pudding! I answered Eugene’s call and approached him.

“What taste Hari want to have?”

Mrs. Ernst smiled at me like that.

“The grape taste is mine!”

“Cabel, there’s another grape flavor, so you don’t have to rush like that.”

Erich,who was on guard for me, came over to eat pudding.

“My brother likes the orange flavor, too.”

In my words, Eugene opened his eyes slightly wide and looked at me. No, what are you so surprised at?

You know that I like the orange flavour and you give it to me instead.

“You eat it.”

Since Eugene was born as the eldest son and used to making concessions, the orange flavored pudding finally came into my hands.

I stared at him with a little pout. Just then, Mrs. Ernst smiled softly and was in front of

Eugene. She changed her own.

“Mother likes both.”

I looked up at Eugene. And soon I pressed the corner of my mouth, which I didn’t even know showing slight smile.

“I’m fine.”

“That’s alright.”

Eugene’s face expressing embarrassment seemed like for the first time. Of course, it disappeared quickly, but I just felt a little more thrilled than before.

Originally, the Ernst couple died in a wreck over half a year ago. The same peaceful

day would never have come.

In the fall of the year I was eight years old,

they went on a road trip to meet a relative, the Marquis of Lenoard, and had an accident.

They suddenly tried to avoid a child who jumped into a wagon, and that accident happened, and later the news told to us by Ernst’s relatives.

Ugh, so do you know how much I used my tantrum last year?

I remembered when the Ernst couple’s date was due, so I made a tremendous

effort to prevent the two from going out that day.

I forgot my own face and tried to imitate Cabel and did my best! Ernst’s give up after the couple watched me hitting the floor like a crazy person.

Ugh, but what can I do? Even if I make all kinds of excuses, they must go to the

Marquis of Lenoard!

Still, when I cried and seizures, I was glad that the Ernst couple, who were surprised, eventually ended up not going out.

Of course, they had to call the doctor of Ernst’s house called that day. Ugh, it’s embarrassing to think again.

“By the way, the weather is so good, so I won’t worry about the outdoor event tomorrow.”

Anyway, so I succeeded in preventing the Ernst’s death.

It was a delight that no one would notice, I was proud, but in fact, there is a possibility that everything now does not flow according to my memory, so even if I failed to stop the Ernst couple on that day, the tragedy like that might have

happened again.

“Cabel, go take sleep earlier so you don’t bother tomorrow and stay calm, or I’ll do it.”

“I’ve always been quiet!”

Cabel innocent answer prompted the Ernst couple to remain silent for a while.

Tomorrow, on the birthday of the crown prince, the emperor’s son, there was to be an outdoor event hosted by the imperial family.

As it was a major event attended by almost all aristocrats, it didn’t make sense for Ernst, the imperial ally of the imperial family, to not going there.

But Cabel went to the event instead of Eugene.

He swarmed throughout the month saying he wanted to, and eventually he got the approval of Ernst’s couple under the condition that he would not have to get any trouble.

Hearing said that there was a hunting competition in the outdoor event schedule, it seems that Cabel has had fun in hunting since he visited with Vastia in

Ernst.

Originally, Eugene, who had returned from school for the weekend, was supposed to attend with Ernst and his wife, but he was

willing to give up the opportunity to Cabel.

Well, Eugene’s words that he probably doesn’t like hunting very much is sincere, so it was a win and win condition.

“The flowers are so pretty.”

Mrs Ernst said, and I looked up. The bright pink flowers flying in the sky were gorgeous and pretty.

“Shall we walk together?”

“Let’s do it.”

Oh, it’s peaceful. I thought as I looked at the spring scenery in full bloom.

“Oh, baby.”

That evening I came out of the room to drink water and met Mrs Ernst.

“Where are you going, baby?”

But because of my feelings, I thought she looked a little different than usual.

I realized that I smelled alcohol from Mrs. Ernst who came up close and realized that she was drunk right now. The smiling face got a little closer.

“Did you come to see your mother?”

Mrs Ernst looked very happy. It was the first time I saw her drunk, but I liked the title from her mouth rather than usual.

As she was looking at my eyes without an answer, Mrs Ernst gazed as if puzzled.

Her face was so bright that I didn’t want to say this, but I opened my mouth impulsively. Immediately after I said,

“I’m not Arina.”

I regretted it without my knowledge, but in fact, because Mrs. Ernst was drunk, I didn’t even know if she was able to put it in her head.

After a while, a quiet voice was leaking from her mouth just before the telegram.

“Oh, I’m sorry, Hari.”

But again, the soft voice of her neck followed me again.

“But Hari is our baby too.”

“Our pretty baby girl.”

She whispered so much and hugged me. The person who touched my head and back was so sweet that it feel weird.

It was a little embarrassed that I had just reacted like a little child, jealous of Arina for a moment.

“Mom?”

Right then, Erich, who had just finished taking a bath, saw us and approached us. He’s still a little jealous for Ernst’s wife.

It looked like that, but it didn’t seem like he was a year ago, as he wasn’t trying to reveal his hatred to me, or trying to separate her from me somehow.

“Erich! Come here. Erich is also our pretty child.”

“Well, mom?”

Mrs. Ernst smiled broadly towards Erich

and hugged him. Erich was embarrassed by the sudden affectionate attack, but he still did not want to escape from Mrs. Ernst’s arms.

“Mother, what drink did you drink to make you like this?”

Eugene seemed to come out of his room after hearing the voices in the hallway.

“I feel good today and have a drink without thinking.”

Mrs Ernst replied with a laugh, and she

was a pleasantly drunk face. The moment she turned to him, her eyes trembled.

“Eugene, you’re still a little child we need to take care of…”

“I’m sorry. I guess I’m drunk. I keep looking at you guys…”

Mrs. Ernst’s hand stroked Eugene’s face. Eugene seemed unfamiliar and shy to

be treated as a child by her from day to day. I was curious about his face.

Ah, this is the first time this person has such an expression on his face.

“No, Melissa. Did you get drunk?”

“Father, you are here.”

As soon as he returned from the spring outing, Duke Ernst who was out for a while

returned home. Then the hallway became more complex than before. Eh? When did we get together like this?

“Why did drink alone to be like this? You have to go out tomorrow, what if your body is overwhelmed.”

“I feel so good now.”

“Then let’s get into the room now.”

The Duke of Ernst, who is looking at her patiently, took his wife and led her to the room.

“Oh? What are you doing except me?”

Yes, I’m sorry Cabel if you’re out of licorice. I was thinking it was strange because there wasn’t just you.

“Brother Cabel, wait! Isn’t that my toy?”

“Oh!”

When Erich caught the eyes of Cabel in the eyes of the falcon, the second brother only boiled his anger by hiding his hands back.

“Cabel, if you’re planning to come along at tomorrow’s event, you should go in early to sleep. If you sleep late, we’ll leave without you.”

“Ah! I’m never going to sleep late!”

At the request of Duke Ernst, Cabel quickly denied it, but….

Only because tomorrow event would he agree that he couldn’t sleep late and attend the event.

“We’ll go in first, so you guys go to your room and rest.”

“Yes, I will.”

“Would you please let me kiss all of you?”

Mrs. Ernst seems to be exhausted without

expressing her affection in her heart when she is drunk.

However, there are some people whose personality deteriorates when she is drunk. Could be said that she got a good drinking habit.

We take turn to kissed Mrs. Ernst’s cheek. Duke Ernst from the side said, ‘me too…’

I heard a grumble, but we all ignored it.

“Everybody dreams a good dream.”

I was forced to feel a little embarrassed when I heard her funny greeting. Another day was so sweet. And the red sun going down in all over the world.

******

In the late evening of the day after the ominous color, the news was delivered to Ernst.

They said, there was an unexpected assault on the hunting grounds of an outdoor event hosted by the imperial family, and the news that Cabel, who was accompanied by the death and

accompanying Ernst’s couple, was in critical condition.

“Lie.”

I couldn’t believe the news at all, so I muttered utterly. I’m wearing a look that’s just as blank as Erich. He seem like that he was not listening.

Tak.

The book in Eugene’s hand fell to the floor without a care the next moment.

It was the last spring for all of us together.