chapter 25
25 – Here we come! Academy! (3)
“Baby!!”
“Brother!!”
The first place Herilda took us was the large drawing room. As soon as I opened the door and entered, Lit Mamang came running and hugged my face tightly to his chest.
“Mother!? Louie?”
I was surprised because I did not know that the guests waiting for me could be family members.
First of all, I was going to visit you after the academy entrance ceremony, but rumors seem to have spread. He must have slipped away from the office in charge of the Hwangseong communication district.
I’m worried about how far the rumors spread. I hope it doesn’t spread to strict people.
Ice Castle is a completely isolated place, so I was frustrated because I couldn’t contact anything other than the communication port connected to the imperial castle.
“Sweetheart! It’s been a while since I’ve seen you! You don’t know how worried I was because I couldn’t send a single letter! How’s your body? Is your body okay?!”
“Yes, I’m fine.”
Fortunately, Aisha didn’t react to Rit Maman, who touched my body here and there to check if I was healthy. No matter how much Aisha is, she must be able to discern that much.
“I was worried too, oppa!”
But then I could feel that he was paying a lot of attention to the girl wrapped around my waist.
A girl with black hair and golden eyes who resembles me in that she called me her brother. Just looking at it, it’s my younger sister, ‘Louis Peirosis’.
He looks up at me with his big eyes, as if he would shed tears if I touched him. It was a cute appearance reminiscent of a rabbit. Maybe it’s quite popular with men.
‘He is pretty too. Are handsome and beautiful women the default value in this world?’
No, not all the students I saw on the way back were of this level of beauty. It seems that the proportion of beautiful women around me is rather high, perhaps because of the main character setting.
“It’s too much, oppa! You haven’t shown your face once in six years! Do you know how much I missed you?”
“I missed you too.”
That’s what I said, but this is the first time I’ve met Luiya. I’ve seen it often in games.
It’s not even that the feeling is new, but it’s not bad enough to say ‘I’m not good’ to a child who cries and whines at me.
It’s a little awkward, but when I gently stroked Louisa’s hair, I pulled out her nose.
“Whoa… It’s been a while since I felt this. I missed you~”
She used to have such a cute personality. The Louisa I knew also had a rather formidable personality.
For now, Louisa left her alone and greeted her father, who stood behind her like a wooden stone.
“It’s been a while, father. How have you been in peace?”
“Yes. You seem to be doing well too.”
“I’m not doing well!”
Suddenly Riet Maman made a loud noise and hugged my face tighter. Then she cast a ferocious look at Aisha.
“The Archwitch. You said that you were taking good care of our Tyr, and thank you for allowing us to come back safely. By the way! Did you have to drag Tyr to the battlefield!?”
“Oh, mother?”
I was honestly surprised. Who would dare to complain to the High Witch? They say that nothing can stop motherly love.
What was even more surprising than that was that her father was silently looking at Aisha without interfering with Rit Maman.
It was different from the image of Count Ontar Peirosis, who I know prioritizes aristocratic behavior. What was the change of heart?
However, compared to the situation that followed, this kind of shock was a medicine.
“Sorry.”
Aisha bent her back and her black hair gently cascaded down as she did.
Wow! Ayesha Rupeltert! He bowed down and apologized to her.
‘A guy who doesn’t even apologize to me properly.’
I didn’t know that Aisha, with her high self-esteem, could act like this, so everyone in the room, including me, was shocked.
Aisha slowly continued her words.
“Originally, I had no intention of letting Tyr get involved in the war. As always, I thought I would try to solve it somehow by myself.”
It was not a lie. She actually talked about it like a habit for a year before the war broke out.
“Since you are a disciple, study quietly. I’ll take care of the rest. It’s just… You can be my drinking partner when you come back.”
However, the war that the Balaur had made a desperate determination to endure was difficult even for her, who already possessed two unique magics.
To be honest, as a belated participant in the war, the difficulty was three times more difficult than I expected, knowing the setting and strength of the Balaur.
It may have been the effect of announcing that the route had changed and that the fact that Raminasis was preparing for war was discovered.
Originally, the old dragon, which should have only appeared in the latter half of the film, was to the extent that it contributed to the war. At least, I was able to propagate because I knew all of the dragons’ behavior, attack patterns, strengths and weaknesses.
“Because of my lack, Tyr also participated in the war. But thanks to him, his life has been saved several times. I’m sorry to tell you now after 3 years. And thank you. Tyr is my lifesaver.”
In that sense, Aisha is also my lifesaver. At that time, we really fought fiercely, carrying each other’s lives.
To be honest, it wouldn’t be strange if anyone died. Me and Aisha still wake up from time to time when I think of that time.
It was an unspoken rule between us to hug and comfort one person silently when he wakes up in a cold sweat.
“Mother, please stop.”
“Tyr…”
“If it wasn’t for Aisha, she might not have been able to see her mother again since the north had already been breached. Rather, it is as if Aisha saved my life and everyone else’s life.”
There’s no way Rit Maman doesn’t know that. From her point of view, she would have wanted to express her dissatisfaction.
My baby is more precious than anyone else. It’s a problem that even if you understand it with your head, your heart just doesn’t understand it.
It’s not a situation that could turn into an emotional problem. Apparently, father knew everything, but he just wanted to let mother reveal her true feelings.
“No. I was foolish, Archwitch. When Tyr heard that she was involved in the war, it seemed like she was going crazy…”
Then Riet Maman also bowed her head.
“Thank you for taking good care of Tyr.”
In such a short amount of time, I let go of emotions that had been lingering for a long time. In the first place, no one had a grudge against anyone, so the thickness of the accumulated emotions was thin and easily fell off.
Even so, Louisa puffed out her cheeks like a squirrel with her food bag full and glared at Aisha.
It almost went into an awkward atmosphere, but my father stepped in and quickly took care of it.
“I hear you, Tyr. It seems that she fought hard to help the Archwitch in the war.”
“I just fulfilled my duty as a nobleman to protect the glory of the system.”
He must have been happy to say this, but his father shook his head lightly.
“That doesn’t matter. Thank you for coming back alive.”
That was the end, but a lot of emotions were compressed into a short word. I couldn’t accept all the emotions in my heart, and I hung my head.
[You have achieved the achievement ‘Reunion’. ]
At times like this, you don’t get colic either. Good job.
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After that, I enjoyed a long and leisurely reunion with my family. The initially stiff atmosphere disappeared and gradually returned to the harmonious appearance of an ordinary family.
Of course, Aisha and I were at the center of it.
“Listen, mother. Tyr loves alcohol so much that he drinks two or three bottles of strong liquor in his bedroom almost every day.”
Aisha puts on her fox mask thoroughly in front of her future parents-in-law.
“You force feed it!”
“And recently, he even made me sit on his lap… They say that drinking tastes better with a woman… hehehe!”
“Are you kidding!! You ordered that too!!”
Because I was talking nonsense, my clothes turned upside down, and I rather threw out the mask.
At first, everyone was quite surprised to see me calling Aisha by her first name and even speaking in short language. You might be more surprised that my personality has become quite rough, unlike six years ago.
It is hard for a war to throw away a person’s personality. Because of this, the character of the original Aisha, who fought the war alone, was destroyed.
But my parents didn’t say anything, as if they gradually realized what kind of relationship the two of us had. Only Louis glared at Aisha in dissatisfaction.
Aisha’s lies mixed with 98% of malicious intent, and I, who burst into a tantrum and try to fight back, and Aisha, who can’t get angry in front of her parents, repeats the same behavior again in retaliation.
Ritt Maman held his stomach and laughed as we fought and explained what had happened, and even the blunt father laughed several times.
As if Louisa couldn’t lose, she took out her work from her house and finished it by revealing only her shame.
My heart thumped and rang at the warmth of my family that I hadn’t felt in a long time. I felt like I was about to burst into tears.
‘Yes, this is it.’
If I hadn’t saved Riet Maman in the prologue, this future would never have happened.
The father becomes a workaholic with the door of his heart locked tightly in the sense of loss of Rit Maman, and Louisa turns into a yandere who relies heavily on her brother instead of her parents.
The warmth of this cozy family… I’m so happy. And even more so because Aisha came into it very naturally.
Just as I was enjoying warm happiness inside, my father called me.
“Tir, I forgot for a moment that you had something to say.”
“Yes, Father. Please speak.”
“You have been credited with ending the frozen bloody war in the north. Soon, our family will be elevated to the status of a marquis.”
It’s a very happy thing… But strangely, my father’s expression didn’t look so good.