Chapter 435 Two Confessions
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
(Hiroya’s POV)
(Hmm… Is someone next to me…?)
As I tried to turn over, it felt cramped, so I opened my eyes slightly.
”Gi…Gieze!?”
”I-I’m sorry to intrude…”
Gieze was staring at me intently.
She had crawled into my futon, so we were almost touching.
”Mmm… Gieze, I made up my mind…”
I rubbed my eyes and sat up halfway.
Gieze quietly nodded, following my movement with her gaze.
When I was about to sit up properly to accept her confession…
──Mmm…
”Fugyu!?”
”Huh…? Sorry! W-Who is it?”
Feeling something squished under me, I quickly stood up from the bed.
”Th-This is terrible, Hiroya… Y-Your… y-y-y-you’re… on my cheek…”
”S-Sister Karina!?”
Sister Karina, who seemed to have been sleeping beside me, sat up in the bed, looking at me, while Gieze looked up as well.
Both of them were staring at me seriously, so I hurriedly sat up in front of them.
──Of course, I sat up correctly.
”Is it okay? Lord Hiroya.”
”Is it… alright? Hiroya…”
”Y-Yes…”
Gieze understood.
She nodded in response to the question, “Have you made up your mind?”
(But… What about Sister Karina?)
”Accompany… in a side role?”
I pointed at Sister Karina while asking Gieze.
──Shaking her head vigorously!
Gieze shook her head big.
”K-Karina is here to talk to Lord Hiroya.”
Gieze answered that, while Sister Karina nodded repeatedly.
(She isn’t an escort. And, she has something to say to me…)
So, when it comes to making Gieze my boyfriend as Sister Karina’s retainer, do I have something to say?
Or…?
(No way… right?)
Sister Karina’s clinginess towards me is quite high.
It’s the same as, or even more than, that of my girlfriends.
After losing my family, I ended up with a ‘younger brother,’ even if it’s just a disguise.
I thought she was just relying on me as such a being…
”I, I have once conveyed my feelings to Mr. Hiroya. This time, I’m just reiterating that, so first, please listen to Karina.”
Gieze sat up straight and spoke firmly.
By the way, Gieze said something last night like, ‘Karina will also convey her feelings.’
It was when he transformed into adult Hiroya and took it out, so I had forgotten because I was told to forget.
When I look at Sister Karina, she’s blushing red but is firmly looking into my eyes.
(After all, is that right?)
In a different atmosphere from the usual flustered Sister Karina, I straightened my back and waited for her words.
”H-huh, Hiroya…”
As usual, she starts talking clearly while stuttering.
* * *
(Karina’s POV)
(Ah… Hiroya is looking straight at me…♡)
Using my position as an elder sister, I always rely on Hiroya.
Hiroya, without showing annoyance or bewilderment, gently smiles and lets me rely on him.
I understand it’s because of his position as a younger brother.
However, I also know Hiroya is not just ‘pretending to be a younger brother’ but truly cherishes me as an older sister.
(But… that won’t do…!)
I decided that myself and asked Ms. Kazumi to hear ‘my feelings for Hiroya.’
I clenched my hands placed on my knees while seated… and began to speak.
”I-I, I’m more… nervous than usual, so… it might be hard to understand… b-but…”
Hiroya in front of me nodded gently with kind eyes.
”W-w-w… I, I will… convey my feelings for Hiroya… right?”
──Suu… Huu…
I take a deep breath and look back at Hiroya.
I shouldn’t be flustered like usual.
I will clearly tell Hiroya my feelings.
”I… like Hiroya! It’s… from the first time we met!”
(I, I managed to say it without stuttering…!)
I look directly into Hiroya’s eyes.
I could convey it clearly.
But, there’s still more to say.
I push myself to continue speaking to a somewhat surprised Hiroya.
”When I first met you… it was like you were the hero of a tale. You were the hero of the story I’ve admired.”
As I say this, I remember our encounter in that forest.
The boy who cut down 2 villains in an instant.
It was as if I admired──
(A hero…!)
I fell in love with that figure… in an instant.
”That was… back then, I was so… enchanted…”
Hiroya scratches his head a bit shyly.
”But… to hide my identity… we ended up in a sibling relationship…”
Well, I took advantage of that relationship and relied on Hiroya.
”Ms. Kazumi also told me, ‘Publicly, we must maintain a sibling relationship, so if you convey your feelings to Hiroya and he’s accepting, it will be a secret relationship’──but still!”
I will convey my feelings with all my might.
”I love you, Hiroya! And… I want you, Hiroya… to love me as a woman!”
(I… said it…! Without stuttering… I said it to the end…)
Overwhelmed with excitement… I collapsed onto the bed.
* * *
(Gieze’s POV)
”K-Karina!?”
”Sister Karina!?”
While surprised and impressed by Karina, who conveyed her feelings without stuttering, I saw her collapsed on the bed and hurriedly shook her shoulder.
”Looks like you might have fainted from excitement. It’s okay, let’s leave her be.”
While covering the collapsed Karina with a futon, I laugh, Lord Hiroya.
”Honestly… to convey my feelings only to collapse without waiting for a reply…”
I couldn’t help but let out a voice of exasperation.
”Well, I’ve accepted Sister Karina’s feelings. I intend to respond properly, so don’t worry.”
Lord Hiroya smiled as he gazed at me.
”So, next is Gieze, right?”
”──!”
That’s right.
I had finished confessing to Karina.
Even though I’ve expressed my feelings before, I still felt nervous.
”Don’t be so tense. Just say again what you said 2 years ago.”
I realized I was stiff from nervousness.
Lord Hiroya said that to relax me.
”So, here I go… I’m going to say it now…”
(Karina managed to say it without stuttering; what am I doing stuttering?)
──Bang!
I slapped my thighs, encouraging myself.
”…”
Lord Hiroya waited for my words without saying anything.
”I… Gièze Jäger── no, Gisela Schüssel… love you, Lord Hiroya… I deeply admire you… so──”
I conveyed the words from 2 years ago just as they were.
And then, I said something I couldn’t say back then…
”I want you to love me… not as a disciple or a partner, but as a woman…”
I intended to convey it clearly, but my voice gradually got quieter.
”Gieze… thank you. For loving someone like me…”
Softly, Lord Hiroya placed his hand over mine on my thigh.
”Gieze… you are my precious disciple. I am a bad master who fell in love with such a disciple. I have lovers, to the point where I’m called the lord of a harem. Yet still──”
”It’s okay! I also want to be loved like everyone else!”
I was so happy that I spoke over Lord Hiroya’s words.
”I understand… I love you, Gisela…”
Lord Hiroya’s face drew closer… and our lips met gently.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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