The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

23 – Trade

Get out of the principal’s office. Moonlight was visible through the window. It was daytime when I came out of the cathedral, but I guess I was in the principal’s office longer than I thought.

I sat down on a nearby bench and organized my thoughts for a while. I had to check my plans for the future and solve what was right in front of me right now.

What’s bothering me the most right now. It was Princess Bella.

Surely, Bella will sell a trap to get rid of me again without guilt.

She stroked her chin, wondering what to do with Bella.

There was also a simple way to tell Roel. Obviously, due to Roel’s personality, he might get into a big fight with Bella because of her betrayal, and their relationship might end.

But if that happened, it would be a really big problem for Roel and me.

The name of the novel that is the original of this world is [The Hero’s Harem Must Win]. In other words, as the title suggests, the heroines filled Roel’s shortcomings and needs.

Among them, Bella, with her terrible personality, she played a role like a dark side to help with a huge political battle without Roel knowing.

If Bella and Roel grow apart because of this incident. Roel saving Bella’s life may not happen as planned. If that happens -Bella, who became the emperor, prevented numerous conspiracies to kill Roel. She could not control the variable called.

Even if a trashy imperial family other than Bella became the emperor, she would not be able to defeat the cult and the demon king.

If you choose revenge for a moment of exhilaration. It may be fine right now, but it will be more difficult to control Bella, who has become distant from Roel.

And I couldn’t make this case big on my own. Bella is the princess, although she is the head of the sophomore department. I was just an inferior student from a commoner who met her older brother and entered the school on a special occasion.

Even if I were lucky enough to spread rumors, it would be useless, since Bella was still a threat to me.

The heroines of Roel should stay where they are. But I can’t let Bella be a threat to me like she is now.

After planning for a long time in a troublesome situation, I finally put my thoughts together and headed to Bella’s lab.

*

You didn’t expect me to come find you. Bella opened the door at the knock. She briefly looked embarrassed, but she quickly managed to control her expression and let me in.

Let’s sit down with a desk in between. Bella asked with a strange smile.

“I thought I was going to tell Roel right away…. Why? Come out and see, does she regret turning down my offer?”

I replied with a snort at Bella’s mocking words.

“No, I came because I needed to be compensated for the unfair interrogation.”

At those words, one corner of Bella’s mouth went up.

“Reward? If it wasn’t for the headmaster, you’d still be locked up in the interrogation room.”

Is it because the nervous breakdown has disappeared? In the past, I would have been annoyed by Bella’s comments, and she would have been stressed out. Now, Bella’s words only sounded funny.

Knowing Bella’s settings and her personality, there is no way I can lose an argument with her Bella.

Keeping her cool, not her emotions, I said, glaring at her Bella into her golden eyes.

“Do business with me.”

“What?”

I said with a relaxed smile to Bella who asked me back with a puzzled expression.

“It would be better for you to do business with me. If I tell Roel like this, you and Roel will be like no other.”

“If Roel wants something like that with me, he can. Would I have acted without thinking of taking that much responsibility?”

What Bella said is true. Because really she was like Bella. Even if she is abandoned, even if she is reviled and hated. She would do anything for Roel. She was a twisted person who believed that she thought it was love.

Looking at Bella like that, I leaned her upper body against the desk and whispered lowly.

“Really? What would happen to Roel if I pretended to commit suicide because I was unfairly interrogated by the princess in front of Roel because I was a younger sister?”

“What… ?”

At those words, Bella’s eyes filled with thick flesh. I replied, pretending to be relaxed, leaning back in her chair.

“Not only does it hold Roel’s guilt-ridden ankle, but Roel’s sword can point towards the Empire.”

“Sounds crazy. Do you think Roel is worth that much?”

I replied sarcastically to Bella, who was attacking me like she was having a seizure.

“I fear it will become a stumbling block for Roel. You said you colluded with me with the warlock, right? If it really wasn’t worth it to me, I would have let it go.”

In fact, when Ross continues to show the appearance of an inferior student in the novel. Bella didn’t do anything to Ross.

It was at the level of a stone stuck in the ground that I didn’t even pay attention to.

After Ross, who felt a deep inferiority towards his older brother, entered the academy. He didn’t even talk, and he kept his brother away.

To Ross, Bella didn’t even feel the value of her use.

Are you offended by the sarcastic tone? I said in a serious voice to Bella, who was glaring at me fiercely.

“Rejecting the transaction without even hearing about it. Couldn’t it be sewage?”

Bella’s eyebrows narrowed at her provocation, but she quickly put on a relaxed expression, befitting Bella who used to politicize in the imperial family every day.

“Okay, I’ll listen and see. Convince me once.”

In an instant, she turned the situation into a situation where she seemed to be doing her favor, and the time when Bella’s setting was made up in a conversational technique reminded me of the time when I couldn’t help but smile.

You don’t like that smile. I came to my senses when I saw Bella’s cool gaze and opened her mouth.

“First. Please completely eradicate the rumors spreading in the academy that you colluded with the black magicians, admit that it was the fault of the imperial family, and spread the rumor that you promised compensation.”

“Ha…. That kind of nonsense-“

Interrupting Bella, I went on with her.

“Second, before the interrogation, it was notarized by the principal, and everything turned out to be a misunderstanding. Please spread the word that I was not interrogated, and that Princess Bella personally gave me a tour of the cathedral and the imperial palace as compensation for the misunderstanding.”

At that, Bella put on a puzzled expression. Does she think she’s taking a step back for herself? Bella’s cold gaze softened a little.

“Third last. A year later, duel in front of everyone with me, who you thought was an obstacle. Bet each other what you want.”

Let me finish my words. Bella asked if she was dumbfounded, tilting her head as she touched her mouth.

“Don’t you know the basics of trading? Is this just a request?”

“No, this is a deal. If you stick to the terms of the deal, I’ll hide the truth about this from Roel. I have never been interrogated, and I will lie that it was a happy time because you paid for your mistakes and gave me a tour of the imperial family.”

Coming to think of it, it seems like I lied to Roel a lot. She told Bella that her truth would come out, she said…. What will Roel think if all these lies are exposed? Will he feel betrayed for using him?

Suppressing the feeling of guilt that was building up in a corner of his heart, he continued talking.

“If I say that, Roel and you won’t have a fight, and I can go back to my normal academy life. If we make a deal, Roel won’t be held back by guilt.”

As if troubled by my words, Bella, who was fiddling with her crimson lips, seemed to ask me to say more. She looked at me wordlessly.

“I get paid well, and you can make up for your mistakes. And I’m giving you a chance to legally remove the stumbling block you think a year later. That benefit each other. Isn’t that the basics of trading?”

If I grow unchecked for a year and achieve my plan…. He was confident that he could defeat Bella in a duel.

Of course, I had a plan in case I lost the duel, so I can confidently say this.

Let me finish my words. Worried, Bella propped her upper body out on her desk. Even Bella’s breastbone, which seemed to be tempting, didn’t shake me.

“I thought it was just garbage. Do you have good mental strength and good thinking? Maybe I’m not good at looking at people?”

Seeing Bella’s smile as if tempting, I leaned over her upper body as if provoking her and brought her face closer as if kissing.

“Yes, you will regret touching me for the rest of your life.”

Did you realize the truth of my words? Bella smiled seductively and whispered softly.

“Me as a princess and you as a commoner. If we get out of the academy, we won’t have anything to do with each other. If you run away now, I won’t follow you.”

Feeling Bella’s breath, I whispered as I looked at Bella’s confident reflection in her golden eyes.

“Aren’t you afraid to duel with an inferiority scum like me and send an assassin?”

Observing those words, Bella, who was looking at me, smiled seductively as she slowly raised her tilted upper body.

“Okay. It sounds like you want to buy a year. I won’t touch you as you wish. Try hard, try hard Instead, like now, by getting Roel caught up in an incident and putting him in danger. If you do something that wastes time, the deal will be void.”

At Bella’s words, I turned her upper body back and quickly retraced the events of the year ahead in my mind.

Except for the mutant orc attack that had already taken place during Roel’s second year, there were no major incidents outside the academy. It was a time for Roel to grow at the academy, build good memories with the heroines, and strengthen the harem.

I was polite again and told Bella her requirements.

“Good. And as a reward for the interrogation, I want a weapon from the imperial storage.”

“Ha ha, crazy bastard….”

I felt a strange satisfaction that Bella’s curse finally came out of Bella’s mouth.

“I heard there is a weapon called the Spear of Destruction. I want it.”

When one of the nobles who collaborated with the church in the future rebelled and robbed the imperial warehouse. The Spear of Destruction falls into the hands of the church leaders.

That’s how much Roel suffered in the fight against the church…. It was an ordeal I created, so I knew it all too well.

It was a good choice to prevent the window of destruction from falling into the hands of the church and even help me.

Bella sighed and looked like she was about to refuse, so I hurriedly added her words.

“However, it is said to be borrowed now. In a year, if I lose the duel, I will return the spear. Without that condition, I don’t think I would have the heart to trade.”

Bella has no guilt. He only thinks that he made the right choice after thinking about it, and has no doubts. That was Bella’s strength, but it was also her biggest weakness.

So, he wouldn’t even consider the possibility of losing to me, whom he considers trash.

Let’s think of Bella’s setting and say it provocatively. Bella replied with a snort.

“Okay, if that’s the case, I’m in favor. Let’s trade.”

As Bella took out her gold-trimmed staff, she swung her staff. A piece of paper flew out of nowhere and landed on her desk.

Cut the paper in half with each other’s names written on it. Decided to keep each.

Looking at Bella with a sinister smile, imagining how she would use me if she won the duel a year later, I put the paper in her arms with a sinister smile as well.

Bella, you’re not just Roel from now on. You should be my tall lady too.

Thinking of each other as stupid, we smiled pretentiously.