Chapter 16: Robusta Duke Family(2)

After giving Bella unnie the present, I went to my little sister’s room.

But, I clearly cleaned it yesterday, so why is it such a mess again!?

“Little sister!? Why did you make it a mess again!?”

“Youngest. Mages are…”

I sighed and cleaned my little sister’s room, and then I was waiting on the sofa.

It’s almost time.

I was staring at the door in my little sister’s room.

Then suddenly, my little sister stroked my head and spoke.

“Youngest. You’ve been staring at the door since earlier, what are you waiting for?”

“Uhm? No. It’s just that I don’t think anyone’s coming to unnie’s room.”

“…Youngest, don’t hit me all of a sudden. It hurts.”

“But you still have me by your side, right?”

I was patting her, and as I was waiting, the sound of knocking was heard.

‘Knock knock’

“There’s no one coming?”

My little sister opened the door, and Bella unnie was standing in front of it.

“Hmm hmm, can I talk to you for a moment…”

‘Bang’

“There’s no one. Someone must have played a prank.”

“……”

‘Knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock’

“Unnie…? They’re knocking on the door a lot…?”

“It’s just my imagination. There’s no one.”

‘Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang’

The door might break. After knocking as if it would break, my unnie sighed and opened the door.

“I’m busy because of the research.”

“I didn’t come to talk to you, I came to talk to Aria!”

“Ah ah, you should have said that from the start. Youngest, she’s calling you.”

My little sister, who said that while looking at me in a very cool way.

Isn’t she supposed to protect her precious younger sister with that kind of piercing gaze!?

“When it’s like this, shouldn’t you ask first, ‘What are you trying to talk to my sister about?'”

“It’s okay. Bella has a soft side even though she looks cold on the outside.”

“You, you, what are you saying in front of a child!?”

Bella unnie was about to say something, but I was chased out as she said it was noisy.

‘No, is she really my real sister? More than that, her likeability is at 100%, but is this all…?’

“Hmm hmm, then Aria. Shall we talk for a moment?”

She treated me with a different atmosphere than before, as if she had confirmed the gift I had given her.

And, her likeability increased slightly, so that’s a good thing, right.

I went into Bella unnie’s room with her, and on the table, there were the items I gave her and the documents.

“I’ll ask straight away. What’s your purpose?”

She said while showing the document that I had given her.

The document detailed the future moves of the Robusta Duke Family.

The Robusta Duke Family is going to do various dirty things to make Bella unnie the Master of the Tower somehow.

Regardless of Bella unnie’s will.

And, in the event that Bella unnie loses the position of Master of the Tower, the betrothed family had already been decided.

“How does a five-year-old child know the secret information of our family that even I didn’t know!?”

“Um, well. There’s only one thing I can tell you.”

“Wh, what is it…?”

I smiled and said to Bella unnie, who was looking at me with tense eyes.

“That I’m on Bella unnie’s side.”

“Why…? We just met yesterday.”

“Do you need a reason to like someone?”

“……”

I observed Bella unnie, who was lost in thought for a long time, and she’s truly beautiful.

Her red hair shone and looked very soft, and she also had red eyes and alluring lips.

She looks as alluring as the villainess from a romance fantasy…

‘Ah, is this an insult?’

After everything was sorted out, Bella unnie opened her mouth.

“Well, that aside, what are these items?”

Is our Bella unnie as cool as she looks…?

She picked up one of the items I had given her.

A small black sphere, and the effect of that item is…

“That magic tool increases the user’s mana.”

“……”

Bella unnie’s eyes began to tremble slightly, and she slowly opened her mouth, and her voice was trembling.

“Wh, why are you giving me something so precious…?”

“I’ll help you because Bella unnie’s magic power is low compared to her genius.”

“Th, that’s a secret that only a few people in our family know…”

I approached Bella unnie, who was flustered, and just hugged her.

Smiling, I said in a trembling voice.

“You, you, you can’t receive something like this…”

The magic tool that increases mana was only made during the era called the ‘Golden Age’.

In other words, it’s called the ‘Age of Light,’ and it was praised that the technology was superior to modern technology about 1,000 years ago.

It’s a magic tool that can’t be made now, and the price is priceless.

Even if it’s a magic tool that slightly increases mana, it’s the annual budget of a noble family.

Except for our Duke Family.

I approached Bella unnie, who was hesitating, and hugged her and opened my mouth.

“Bella unnie, at times like these, you just have to say, ‘Thank you.'”

“…You’re a kid, you know.”

Saying those words, she patted me, and in this situation, isn’t it the action that I have to do…?

I was hugged for a long time, and she pushed me away, embarrassed.

“Hmm hmm, tha, thank you. You’re giving me such a precious gift…”

“That’s not the end, you know?”

“…Huh?”

Specially made training tools for Bella unnie, whose efforts are the best!

“…You know, if you take care of me like this, your unnie will lose the position of Master of the Tower to me, right?”

She’s in the position of being sold off to a political marriage if she loses the position of Master of the Tower, but she says such words.

Like how her nature doesn’t change, Bella unnie is still worried about others in this situation…

A warm-hearted person, unlike her cold appearance.

That’s Bella unnie in my opinion.

“Even if Bella unnie loses the position of Master of the Tower, she won’t mind, right?”

“Why!?”

“That’s because our little sister loves research the most in the world.”

The position of Master of the Tower is not a position to play and eat.

It’s a position where you have to make all the major decisions related to the tower, so there’s no time for personal research.

I saw that my little sister regretted it less than a week after she became Master of the Tower.

‘I wish I had given way to Bella and just did research if I had known this.’ She lamented to me.

I was looking at Bella unnie, who had an ambiguous expression, and I wanted to joke.

“More than that, do you think Bella unnie can beat our little sister?”

I pressed Bella unnie’s trigger, and the reaction came out immediately.

“What, you! Come here!”

“Kyaaa! Bella unnie is bullying me!”

“As Bella unnie’s conquest is going smoothly, shall I conquer the Robusta Duke Family next.”

Even if Bella unnie becomes the Master of the Tower, she won’t be able to escape the family.

She’ll live as a puppet for the rest of her life.

As I was thinking to myself, Anna, who was next to me, opened her mouth.

“Miss, why are you helping so much?”

Anna probably wouldn’t understand why I’m giving away precious magic tools and spreading various information for someone I just met.

“Um. That is…”

What should I say…?

“Because she’s pretty?”

“……”

I looked at Anna, who was thinking, and her eyes shined and she looked at me.

“Ah, that’s what it was.”

“Uhm…?”

“I thought you were helping Bella Robusta-sama only because she’s beautiful.”

“Is that right…?”

“I was wrong. Is it because you want to dominate the social world?”

“……”

Anna, without listening to my words, was unfolding her imagination on her own, and it’s true when I think about it.

The social world of the Avalon Empire is dominated by the Robusta Family.

The social world is the social activity of the upper class, and noblewomen who fail to enter the social world can’t hold their heads up for the rest of their lives.

I thought I could simply build connections and get help when doing business, but it’s more important than I thought.

I can get a lot of help if I enter the social world with Bella unnie, who is currently called the ‘Flower of the Social World,’ as my backer.

‘Flower of the Social World’

It means the most popular and influential woman in the social world.

To become the Flower of the Social World, you have to be outstanding in various aspects, such as appearance, knowledge, refinement, and manners, and you have to be an object of respect and love.

Bella unnie, who has a cold appearance, takes care of others well, has outstanding abilities, and has a beautiful appearance, and it was natural that she was called the Flower of the Social World.

‘She’s the same age as our little sister…’

Because I cleaned my little sister’s room today, I’m a little…

No! It’s bad to compare! Our little sister has her own strengths!

Kind, smart, my-paced, doesn’t listen to others’ words, fire attribute daughter…

“…Sniff.”