The World Without My Sister Who Everyone Loved - Chapter 4

Actually, I wasn’t loved for a single moment.

At the end, the emotions did not change. Loreina hated Sienna from beginning to end and was only thinking of using her.

‘I was stupid,’

Just admitting that fact made my heart feel as if it was burning.

Rather than being sad, I couldn’t stand it because I was starving to the point of losing my life because of it.
P/N: She was starving for love.

Perhaps you will never love anyone else again.

My previous life had ruined my desire for love.

At least, this way I won’t be so miserable again. That fact gave me a small amount of comfort. Seeing Sienna lost in her thoughts, Lisa felt uncomfortable with the situation.

“Sienna, what are you thinking?”

“…Teacher Lisa.”

If I had met her in my first life, maybe I would’ve ended up a little different.

It was meaningless to think about it now.

“Today… thank you for your help.”

“Yes, yes….”

Although Sienna was a sincere person, Lisa was not comfortable not knowing the circumstances.

In fact, Lisa thought she had no idea how big of an opportunity Sienna had just thrown.

‘I think she’ll regret it.’

I was so embarrassed that I was just trying to calm her down, but wouldn’t a really good teacher be supposed to grab her by the pants in front of the Grand Duke and take her away?

‘But how can a child cry so loudly…’

Among the three guardian families, the Nacht family was the most notorious. A little bit of an injury or an extra tax. This was due to the brutal suppression method of Myeongwang Army, which would not tolerate even the simplest minor situation.

‘Once this has happened, there’s nothing we can do.’

Anyway, thanks to this, the director who brutally squeezed the orphanage dry had disappeared, so for the time being, we will be able to raise children a little more leisurely.
P/N: The director was taking every little bit of money he could from the orphanage. If you all find these explanations unnecessary please tell me. I don’t know if you all understand the figurative language and whatnot.

Sadly, however, her little hope didn’t last long.

“Where’s the beggarly girl!”

Kendall was not fired.

By law, all the wizard orphanages in the capital belonged to the emperor. To be exact, ‘management rights’ were owned by the emperor.

The Grand Duke was not able to judge Kendall, who ‘paid for the right to manage for the emperor’s possession.’ It was because it was beyond his authority.

As a result, Kendall managed to escape the law by offering a bribe.

Of course, he needed far more bribes than usual because he was a prisoner who was reported by the Grand Duke personally.

In order to survive, Kendall had to squeeze 90 percent of his assets out of his pocket

Then, he still had ten percent, right? He didn’t even have that. The remaining 10 percent was taken as fines for quick indictment.

Kendall, who became penniless overnight, lost his sanity.

“You! You cost me all my property!”

As soon as he entered the orphanage, Kendall, who found Sienna in the building, grabbed the child’s hair without hesitation.

“Don’t do that, sir!”

“Hey, get out of the way!”

Kendall pushed Lisa out of the way.

“Ah, oww…”

Kendall gave a oily smile to Sienna, who couldn’t even give out a scream.
P/N: A glistening/oily smile is a sly and creepy smile.

“You stupid little girl, if I don’t sell you to a slave dealer by the end of the day, I won’t be Kendall but a dog!

“Ugh….”

Sienna stared at him with tears in her eyes.

Of course, Kendall wasn’t empathetic. He even smiled.

“You’ll fetch a good price with your face, then…”

“Your hand….”

A rumbling voice that sounded as if it crawled up the stomach of an animal

“Can’t you let go right now?”

While telling him to let go of his hand, he didn’t give him the chance and kicked Kendall’s head.

Pang!

“Whoa..!”

The sound was so loud that my ears were ringing.

Boom, Boom, Boom!

Kendall rolled to the end of the hallway and finally stopped. At the unbelievable sight, Sienna blankly blinked her eyes.

It was a boy in a pure black suit with a white face dressed up from head to toe. He was gritting his teeth and was struggling to calm himself.

His white neck was stiffened like a sculpture. The red and blue veins on his forehead had popped out, wriggling like a snake.
P/N: They’re not actually wriggling but more like throbbing.

…His red eyes were like some kind of evil spirit.

‘Wait, red eyes…?’

I had never seen him so angry, so I didn’t realize it right away, but he was definitely someone Sienna knew.

‘Grand Duke Heir!’

He was the eldest son of Grand Duke Nacht, Ashiel.

* * *

Ashiel was not alone. He was also with the Grand Duke.

As soon as they heard that Kendall had not been fired, they came in and solved the situation in person.

The fainted Kendall -if the head and neck are depressed and bleeding can also be called fainting – couldn’t even scream and was dragged away to a place of no return

Sienna didn’t feel relieved.

She felt hopeless.

Sienna just endured.

It was not Loreina who betrayed her, but the orphanage director who made her situation look worse than it was.

This was the only way to avoid Loreina.

‘What kind of life….’

But as soon as the great Duke appeared, the situation was solved like magic.

She laughed in vain.

Siena finally realized the meaning of what was called ‘a child protected by Nacht.’

In any case, she could survive without starving or being sold until she was betrayed by Loreina.

“Sienna….”

Lisa called out to the surprised child.

However, despite her affectionate touch, the child seemed to have lost her sanity.

“Why can’t I cry, today…”

She was sorrowful even when she cried sorrowfully, and the appearance of sitting listlessly under the shock was enough to make her [Lisa] heart bend.

The Grand Duke remained silent with an uncomfortable appearance.  Ashiel, who had hidden his anger, had his arms crossed with an unfathomable look in his eyes.

“Ka Haa.”

At that time, the archduke’s aide, Devon, coughed gently.

“It looks like the child was quite shocked. I think it’ll be difficult for her to remain in the orphanage…”

“Sienna.”

It was the call of the Grand Duke. Sienna, who didn’t know how he knew her name, was furious and looked up at the Grand Duke.

The duke, who she thought would be emotionless, surprisingly had an expression on his face.

No, rather than an expression…

Should I say that there is something like a barely decipherable sign of discomfort from enduring a small throbbing pain.

Anyway, there was something like a very thin emotional shadow.

It was such a face that Sienna had never seen before.

“Don’t ask again.”

“…..”

“Will you follow me through these troubles?”

Why does this person persistently ask me to go with him?

It seemed that my original self was greater than I had thought when Loreina stole my mana.

That was the only reason I could think of.

‘I was disappointed that he brought me only to see this little…’

For daring to be Lord Nacht’s guardian even though she was only a commoner orphan, there was no one who looked at her favorably.

The housekeepers were not on Sienna’s side.

But Lord Nacht was indifferent to all that.

It was okay though. At that time, Sienna was so grateful that he didn’t kick her out because she believed she was deceiving the public by stealing her sister’s mana.

‘I felt so guilty at the time that I was cheating these people……’

Sienna had struggled to find something she could do, even if it was insignificant.

But for all her effort, the Grand Duke was only silent.

The Grand Duke was very annoyed and said:

“I know what you’re trying, Sienna. Your efforts are worthless.”

He was right. Sienna was a useless woman making useless efforts. Now that I had been foolishly robbed of what was mine, I no longer deserved to be a child of Nacht.

‘Even as useful as I am now, I lost my purpose.’

When Loreina was framed, the Great Duke promptly imprisoned Sienna.

‘…that’s how it ended.’

Anyway, this gave Sienna one more lesson.

The future had to be changed little by little. It becomes difficult to adapt if a large part of my destiny changes all at once like now.

‘What if we reject the offer as it is now?’

The orphanage will probably have a new director instead of Kendall.

But he may also be the one who purchased management rights with huge amounts of money.

Those running a wizard orphanage receive subsidies from the country and donations from nobles.

The tighter the orphans, the faster they can receive money.

The more orphans they rounded up, the faster they can receive ‘funding’.

There was no guarantee that someone better than Kendall would come. It’s rare, but there were  orphanage owners who set foot in full-scale human trafficking.

‘On the other hand, if you go to Nacht…’

After half a year, I will meet Loreina.

The older sister who betrayed her completely.

‘Unnie….’

She was betrayed by Loreina. No doubt.

But now?

Sienna’s dull eyes twinkled suddenly.

‘I might not know anything now, But I know for a fact I can’t be betrayed.’