The World Without My Sister Who Everyone Loved - Chapter 5

Sienna would no longer believe Loreina.

The younger sister, who loved her Unnie more than her own life, is now dead and gone.

Sienna lost her life because she loved Loreina more than her own life.

…You will no longer be betrayed by those you love.

When I realized that fact, I felt a little relieved.

“When I’m 15, I can enter an academy. I just have to endure it for now,’

Fortunately, the act of taking away mana could never be done without Sienna’s cooperation and consent.

‘Then…’

How about going to the Grand Retreat and living within a reasonable distance between Loreina and the Grand Duke’s family, then entering the academy and being appointed as an officer and then independent.

Is it because he had already thought about becoming independent once in his previous life?  Sienna was able to plan without difficulty.

But she had something that bothered her.

‘Ms. Lisa…’

If I went to Nacht, I had to stay away from her.

Lisa opened her mouth, noticing Sienna’s hesitation.

“Sienna, how would you like to follow your Majesty the Grand Duke?”

“Teacher….”

“I’m sorry, teacher is lacking and couldn’t keep Sienna safe. I mean… I want you to seize the opportunity that the Highness has given you.”

Then Ashiel blurted out.

P/N: Maybe I’m trippin’ but, where did he come from??? Ok, I’ll be serious. If you were like me and were wondering who this person is, Ashiel is the Heir that they’ll be referring to later on. He is the eldest son of the Grand Duke Nacht.

Q/N: Young master ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). P/N: Oh my god, stop. XD

“Why don’t we let Ms. Lisa Melanche become the director of this orphanage?”

“Yes?”

Surprised by the sudden remark, Sienna and his highness’ aide, Devon, quickly met eyes with  Lisa.

“That’s good! In addition, the castle is not far from the orphanage. You can come and go from time to time if you want.”

Sienna had not yet become the guardian of Nacht, but he was already polite. However, instead of being smart with her words, she just nodded, “Hmm.”

“Say…”

All right, if Lisa becomes the director, Sienna would want to stay in the orphanage.

But unfortunately, it’s under the condition that Sienna become a child of Nacht.

It seemed she was fated to walk the same path as her previous life

‘Is this…?’

Did you think Sienna’s hesitation to accept was because of such extraordinarily favourable conditions?

‘Am I just that talented?’

Well, I would have to be talented. After all, Loreina took my mana away for a reason.

Anyways, there was no reason to hesitate anymore. Sienna nodded softly.

“….Then shall we head back?”

An orphan without a place to go became a child of Nacht.

The atmosphere was not good even though such an unprecedented event had taken place.

The child had a dark face as if she had lost all hope, and the Grand Duke and the Heir were also hesitating strangely with a blunt face.

‘Oh dear.’

Devon only ticked his tongue inside. He thought the atmosphere was very strange.

‘It looks like the young lady has been through a rough patch, and now you’ve lost your nerve. how nice it would have been if you could have gotten along with me easily?’

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Would it be nice if either of you held out your hand first and took me with you?

It was decided without words that Lisa hugged Sienna and took her to the carriage while the Grand Duke and the Heir followed behind.

Lisa was sweet while holding Sienna for the last time.

While he was walking, Devon worked hard behind the scenes to give Ashiel a hint.

Whispering, “In front of the carriage! When we get there! Like this! Hug her!”

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I couldn’t help but notice the signal given by the 30-year-old aide.

The Grand Duke sighed. However, I did not hate the sight of his reluctance.

When he arrived in front of the carriage, he turned awkwardly, saying, “Hmm.”

P/N: The ‘he’ being mentioned here refers to Ashiel, the Heir.

Sienna was still cuddled close to Lisa.

Fortunately, Lisa was not oblivious, so she tried to hand Sienna to the Heir naturally. But…

At this moment, Sienna wrapped her arms around Lisa’s neck and clung to her as if she would never let go.

“Sienna….”

She is very mature. She isn’t a child who would act like this.

Lisa thought that she was afraid to go to a strange environment away from a familiar person.

‘This isn’t going to work.’

“-Your Grace, excuse me,”

Eventually, Lisa boldly ignored the powerful men standing there and walked into the carriage with Siena.

“Teacher….”

“Sienna, let me set a date to meet with you.”

Holding a small box of Siena’s few belongings in her lap, Lisa asked.

“Your teacher will visit Sienna often, so be well. All right?

“….”

“Be nice, be cute, be happy… “

Sienna, who had been told to be cute to the Grand Duke, burst into a small laugh.

“…Thank you for your concern, miss.”

Unlike her words, her laughter was not as innocent as a child and was dry. Lisa’s heart fluttered at the moment as she looked on with a blank expression mixed with deep resignation.

P/N: In case anyone doesn’t understand, a dry laugh is laughter without humor and is usually used sarcastically or in awkward situations.

‘This child… Is it alright to send her off like this?’

I hesitated too late, but there was nothing more Lisa could do.

All Lisa could do was pat Sienna’s head a couple more times before getting out of the carriage.

Soon the Grand Duke and the Heir got in the carriage.

Siena sat silently, hugging the little wooden box Lisa had given her.

There was only silence in the moving carriage.

Sienna, who had been living in good health for more than 20 years, thought to myself, “Should I say thank you to these two people saving me?”

‘….I’m tired.’

Everything is annoying.

I didn’t want to be a good girl by trying hard. There was no reason for that.

Sienna clasped the wooden box without a word. And soon I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

* * *

So Kendall orphanage became the Melanche orphanage overnight.

The white-and-pale orphans, still confused and unaware, will be able to start a better life starting tomorrow.

Sienna also became a child of Nacht overnight.

Better than the bright future of orphanage.

It was a place where a much brighter future and comfort were promised.

But the orphan who took the good fortune, holding only one old, dirty box…

“…She’s sleeping.”

“I know.”

…I was only asleep

For some reason, Ashiel felt as if his mouth had dried.

Finally, the carriage arrived at the residence and stopped.

“Father, I…”

“No, it’s okay.”

The Grand Duke slowly reached out and raised Sienna, asleep.  The sensitive child made a groan of  “Mmmhh..” Making the two nervous, but fortunately, fell asleep again.

“What about the room?”

“The butler would have prepared everything in advance. Isn’t he like a ghost?”

Ashiel grasped the handle, feeling anxiousness for some reason. The Grand Duke looked back at his son and asked,

“Ashiel, aren’t you busy?”

I knew. It was going to be asked.

At this point, I could go back to my business, but strangely, my steps did not divert.

“…It should be alright,”

“Hmm.”

It was an insincere answer, but fortunately the Duke was focused on hugging the child who was held in his arms instead of questioning his eldest son more.

“Father!”

Then, a young boy who appeared running down the stairs shouted.

“Oh, Youngest Master!”

“Is that her?”

Michael, who came down the stairs in an uncharacteristic hurry, was impatient.

“That’s not like you. Be quiet, Michael.”

“…….”

Leaving his noisy youngest son with his mouth shut, the Grand Duke headed to the room he had prepared for the girl in his arms.

Behind the Duke, Michael said to his brother, “How old is she? Is she staying at our house from now on?” A steady stream of questions was asked.

Ashiel answered the first question, “She’s a year older than you.”

Michael blinked his red eyes and nodded.

“I thought she might. Anyway, she’s staying at our house, right?

He couldn’t ignore the question twice. Ashiel sighed for a moment and replied:

“Yes, she is.”

“……”

Michael was staring at the scene where his father laid the girl in bed carefully. It wasn’t a small thing for them to be interested in somethings.

Micheal wasn’t the only one who thought it was strange. It’s not like he had ever been against a child before. Although Ashiel was known to be the only person in the family who was friendly, He was never nosey. It was not like him to place too much of his attention on such useless information.

‘…No, that man did not deserve such a thing.’

As soon as he remembered it, the deepening that he barely calmed down felt like a fire raging within him.

However, if it had been normal, I would not have turned my eyes like that and went out from my own actions.

…Perhaps?

All of the men in this family, including him, were behaving strangely.  The strangest thing was that even though I was aware of it, I couldn’t control it.

‘Why?’

Even though he was pretending not to be, he was a very talented child.  But that alone could not explain their behavior.

I tried to put on an emotionless face, but the agitation I felt did not cease.

‘This time… definitely.’

Leaving the two children in silence, Ashiel withdrew from the room with the Grand Duke as he made a pledge to himself, despite not knowing why.