The Hero Proposed to Me - Chapter 6

Have you already fallen in love with her? My master plan, where I was trying so hard to connect you with my sister, is working excellently, so you should already love her, right?

I hesitated for a moment and got on Alex’s back.

“So, should I take you to your sister?”

“Yes! We have to go to her.”

Alex held me up lightly and headed for the party. I could have sworn that I was heavy, but Alex took me without hesitation and walked softly.

I thought things were going smoothly. But when Alex came back to the party with me on his back, people’s eyes were on me.

“Ciel!”

Maybe she heard I was gone and rushed at us with a concerned look.

Yes, my sister has a pretty worried face. Mission accomplished. After having them meet, I hopped off Alex’s back without looking back.

“Sister!”

“Where have you been? I was worried.”

“I was lost, but his Majesty the Prince took me all the way here. Isn’t he a really good person?”

“You’re lost?”

Knowing that my absurd excuse was suspicious, our good Clara tilted her head for a moment.

So it’s your turn now. I exaggerated my praise for Alex in an attempt to have my sister like him.

“Alex, you’re amazing. Brother Louis can’t even lift me, but you’re very strong.”

“Thank you very much for taking care of my sister, Your Grace.”

I tried my best to have her fall for his Highness, but she didn’t listen to it and just thought about me. What am I supposed to do with this nice sister?

I ran and hid behind my sister’s skirt.

Now, it’s time for the two to look at each other in the eyes.

“Your sister really cares about you.”

“Even though she is my sister, Ciel is very cute. I’m very happy to have a pretty sister like her.”

I almost cried when my sister happily said that. I couldn’t answer Alex’s question properly earlier, but Clara, like a heroine, gave him an answer.

All my efforts have paid off. Finally, I had safely passed through the first gate to the gold spoon life.

It’s none of my business how the original story will be distorted as long as I survive. All that matters is for them to marry happily, and everything will be fine.

The two shared a subtle look and stared at me.

Being a cupid of love, I smiled at the two with a proud heart.

I hope you have a pretty love.

*****

Things are getting messed up.

Two years have passed since the birthday party. I safely turned 10 years old after the fateful meeting between my sister and the male lead.

“Now, shall we start the class?”

Because we are still young, basically just kids, Louis and I learned from the same teacher. For me, a 10-year-old who has the intelligence of an adult woman, the level of the class I was taking was nothing.

Among them, my favorite thing was math or arithmetic time. Cosine or tangent or something like that.

I wish I could just study those two and drop the others but all the kids here are learning about the number of minutes and multiplication.

Among them, my favorite thing was memorizing the multiplication table.

“Teacher, I want to do what I did last time again today.”

Miss Paddington, a tutor for me and Louis, was an excellent tutor who graduated from the Academy at the top of her class.

She, who believes in play-based learning, strongly observed my proposed multiplication game in class.

“I don’t like it.”

‘Let’s play with the multiplication table, Let’s play with the multiplication table.’

It will be challenging at first, but it will become incredibly easy once you get used to it.

Unlike my brilliant skill, which was built up in a drinking game in my old days, Louis was weak with numbers.

“It’s Ciel’s victory again today. Louis, you need to work harder.”

‘Coward—you can’t do this!’

Miss Paddington declared me the winner. So today, Louis lost to me and decided to listen to my orders.

“Miss Paddington is bad. I’m going to ask my mom to talk to you.”

“You’re still a kid, aren’t you?”

It seems that this guy has not come to his senses yet, but Louis doing this was not unreasonable.

The eldest son, Theo, the heir to the Dukedom, is 16 years old this year. Brother Theo, who will have his coming-of-age ceremony soon, was solidifying his position not only by attending his successor’s education, but also by observing Father at work.

And Isaac, contrary to his pretty face, has the gift for swordsmanship.

In the future, Theo will be in charge of Valentine’s military power. If things go wrong, he’ll raise an army, which could be dangerous.

Finally, Louis, despite the fact that his magical abilities pale in comparison to Clara’s incredible talent, grew up as a force of darkness, engaging with dark forces, sharing knowledge with the dark side, and eventually becoming the novel’s winner{1}. Even though that doesn’t seem to be the case right now.

“Sister!”

As soon as the class was over, I ran to the room where my sister was studying.

Until the novel began, Clara was nothing more than an ordinary aristocrat, who showed no special talent.

Ironically, Clara realizes her talent because of me and my mess.

According to the original story, at the end of the party, I had blatantly ignored, persecuted, and condemned Clara for being an adopted child.

Clara is surprised and lonely because of Ciel’s cold attitude, despite the fact that she has always been with her.

After such a beautiful summer, the season of trials comes to Clara.

With the disappearance of a shield called Ciel, the group of “old employees” led by Mrs. Lisbon escalated their abuse to the next degree.

After being bullied, Clara hides in the garden alone and realizes her unexpected talent.

“Ciel, did you enjoy your class?”

“Yes. Let’s go out and play.”

But now that I broke the flag, the relationship between Clara and me remains strong.

This means Clara only takes care of Ciel after class, as usual, but that will make it difficult for her to discover her talent.

I can’t help it. Now that it’s like this, I have no choice but to step up. But I wasn’t going alone, so I purposely threw bait at my brother.

“Would you like to join us, Louis?”

He was irritated, but he pretended to like it while actually hating it.

“What? Did you mean to leave me out of this?”

Anyway, stupid. Why on earth did Louis say she was an adopted child? He’s an immature brother, but I’ll take care of him since he’s my brother. So Louis and I followed Clara into the garden.

“What should we do today?”

It was obvious what we would do because the kids followed a pattern. Valentine’s duke, who had many children, had indoor and outdoor play facilities.

Sometimes, when I felt bored, I mobilized my employees’ children to play hide-and-seek and war games as a group, but when I was ten years old, even that withered{2}.

It’s time to take the next step to Clara’s flower path now that I’ve avoided the major problem.

“Clara. I want to do something, but I don’t think I can do it alone.”

“Really? What do you want to do?”

Leaving Louis on the slide, I grabbed my sister’s hand and went to the garden at the mouth of the circle.

The Valentine’s House is immensely spacious. In particular, the Duke worked hard on the house facilities for his wife and children.

The pond, which looks like a lake, is equipped with a gazette for picnics, and a Western pavilion.

There are places that are carefully maintained, but since it is a difficult place to walk around, there are exceptions.

Beyond the sparsely populated central garden, there was an old garden that had fallen out of fashion, and the distance was too far for people to enter it.

It was also a secret place where Clara hid when she couldn’t stand people’s bullying.

Since I’m the only one who knows what happened in the original story, I know Clara used to come here and cry alone whenever something bad happened to her.

“At this hour?

“Ciel wants to make a garden with her sister.”

“Garden?”

“Yes, I saw you go here alone last time. If it’s your favorite place, I want to decorate it beautifully.”

How will she deal with her younger sister, who has discovered her secret? Clara stayed quiet for a moment, her sullen expression locked on me.

Is it possible that I stepped on the wrong flag? I was concerned about what I would do if she were angry, but Clara hugged me with a sad smile.

“Did you take care of it on purpose??”

“Because Ciel likes her sister.”

It was something I felt while living together, but Clara was a really nice child. First of all, she did not express her pain at all.

So I wanted to take care of her first. In reality, bad people eat better and live better. At least I hope not to do that in this world.

“You can’t leave me behind!”

Louis and his maids, who had shown up late, ran to the old abandoned garden after us.

Unlike Clara, who knows nothing, I have already prepared a lot. Thanks to Merrils’ suggestion, the maid handed over a cute seedling shovel and a hoe to us.

“What’s all this?”

“Brother Louis. I need your help.”

“My help?”

The biggest advantage of having Louis is that he never stops.

Since he is a bat master{3}, he has no regrets and moves according to his mood. So it’s very easy to deal with this simple ignorant brother.

“Brother Louis is stronger than Ciel. Isn’t that right?”

“That’s right. He’s good at lifting heavy things.”

Clara responds right away to what I’ve said. With his sisters’ impressive teamwork, Louis became increasingly ecstatic.

“Sure. I’m a bit awesome.”

“Of course. My brother is the best!”

Lewis’s nose pierced through the sky{4} with pouring flattery and praise. Anyway, it’s not that simple.

After checking Louis’s victorious state, I gently took the hoe from the maid’s hands and placed it in my brother’s.

“So, I want to overturn the garden here. Will you help?”

“What? Why would I do that!”

You might want to tell me that you won’t do it, but the water has already been spilled. There are more than ten maids watching, and Clara and I already praised you with all sorts of sweet words.

If you have a conscience, it would be very difficult to change your words now.

Louis’ face paled while looking at the vast garden.

“You were watering me{5} on purpose, weren’t you?”

Yes. It was revenge for my beloved adopted sister.

The overturning of the garden was left to Louis; while Clara and I went to see the new seedlings that were to be planted.

Notes:

{1} because he survived and lived a good life somewhere else
{2} became boring
{3} very eccentric
{4} became proud/ arrogant
{5} excessively praising