章節 13: Chapter 12
[Lala's perspective].
Is there a nobleman who asked for my hand? -Lala.
Yes daughter-Mother.
When my mother told me that a nobleman of high lineage had sent me a letter with great enthusiasm I opened this one, normally when a noble baron sends a letter to a noblewoman it is likely to be a marriage proposal, I did not pay attention to the seal with which was the letter but I opened it and read it quickly, but unfortunately when I began to read the letter I found out that it had been sent by a noble named Kurotsu Shel, most of the nobles already knew that noble for being a womanizer of First, according to the information that was disseminated among the noble society he had about twenty women which he only used to calm his lust, most of the women he had were young noblemen of low lineage that threatened the power of his House.
It can't be ...- Lala.
When my mother heard my words, she approached me to ask me what was happening, without saying anything I handed her the letter and after reading it in silence for a moment she turned to see me with great sadness, she hugged me and began to comfort me so that I did not cry for what was going to happen.
This has to be a mistake, I'll send you a letter declining-Mother.
No, I will-Lala.
I refuse, if you do that he-Mother.
I know, but I cannot deny myself, if what it says in the letter is correct we will end up worse than commoners, I am not going to let everyone suffer only because of me-Lala.
But daughter, there has to be another option-Mother.
There is no mother, I will have to do it-Lala.
Mother stared at me with great sadness and hugged me tightly, I could feel something wet down my neck, obviously she was crying, she separated from me and covering her face she left my room, I continued reading the letter and according to her arrival it would be within four days after the arrival of the letter.
I have to do this, otherwise everyone will suffer a horrible fate-Lala.
I said those words while holding the letter with both hands and before she knew it a tear she fell on the letter.
But, I don't want that, I don't want to become her toy, I don't want that future for me-Lala.
Unable to contain it anymore, I let out my tears.
(Please, someone save me).
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There were only three days left until Kurotsu, everyone in the mansion with the exception of my younger brother Kasumi knew about the news, we didn't tell him anything since it made no sense to do so as he was the disappointment of the family.
When father and my brothers realized the news they got very angry, they even wanted to face Kurotsu in a duel for my hand, but to his bad luck Kurotsu was not weak at all, it had been said for a long time that Kurotsu was a prodigy warrior being this impossible to beat for people of our level.
The first day Kasumi looked at us a little strange, but he did not pay much attention, the second day he even tried to start a conversation with me to ask about the subject, obviously I ignored him completely.
During the third day father urgently left for the kingdom where Kurotsu lived to try to offer money or anything else in exchange instead of my hand.
Being the fourth day we were having lunch some time before it was normal time, lunch was very quiet due to the arrival of Kurotsu except for Kasumi who ate quietly, he looked quite relaxed.
After a while one of the maids who worked in the mansion informed us that Kurotsu had already arrived, obviously we did not deny him entry, the maid left and when she returned she brought Kurotsu with her, only his presence disgusted me at all. Like my brothers and mother, Kurotsu introduced himself to everyone and began to talk to mother about his family and things like that, I no longer knew how to feel in the presence of him, on the one hand I was very scared and on the other very angry, while I was having that debate in my head I noticed how Kasumi turned to see me and also looked at everyone present without anyone noticing except for me.
It was only a short moment but I noticed how he looked at us all, after that he continued eating but you could tell that he was thinking, he was very curious about what he was thinking but before I could get an idea he got up from his chair and He hit the table with his hand, because I was a little leaning on the table I could feel that it wobbled with the blow he had given, with that he caught the attention of everyone present and before someone said something he spoke .
Kurotsu Shel, I challenge you to a duel for the hand of my sister-Kasumi.
(WHAT !?).
I was dumbfounded when I heard that just like my brothers and mother, we were probably all thinking the same thing, Kasumi had gone crazy.
But, even though that was complete insanity, I felt that there was a bit of hope in the words that Kasumi had said.
I don't accept-Kurotsu.
(Ah .... He refused).
With Kurotsu's response I felt that all hope was completely gone, what if I didn't wait for me after that was that Kasumi started acting in a way that she had never done before, he was trying to make Kurotsu agree to the duel. yes or yes, at first he began with indirect insults but after saying some things Kurotsu did not resist anymore and gave in to anger, after exchanging a few words it was decided that the duel was going to take place and the bet was my hand and the House for five thousand pieces of gold.
We all wanted to stop Kasumi as quickly as possible but we did not have the courage to do it, already with the time of the scheduled duel Kurotsu withdrew, with only us in the mother place, Berens and Lux said some things but Kasumi only responded.
Now calm down, you really think that I was going to let that noble garbage take my sister to be her toy, did you consider letting your own family member suffer and be contaminated by that garbage?, Because on my part I would even fight a little so that that would not happen-Kasumi.
I felt very happy hearing those words, I felt completely idiotic thinking that my little brother was rubbish; after answering us Kasumi turned and started walking somewhere, but before he left I approached him and held him by his clothes to stop him.
K-Kasumi, g-thank you-Lala.
I couldn't even look him in the eye when I said that, I thought he would take my hand away and tell me to stop bothering him, but, on the contrary, he grabbed me by the shoulders and turned to look me in the eye, in the moment he did that, I couldn't stop my heart from beating, I felt nervous being so close to him, it was the first time we were close to each other.
Although you never loved me I never hated you, I hope we get along after all this-Kasumi.
He said those words in a very soft way, I felt very happy that he did not hold a grudge against us after having treated him like garbage, after having told me that he released me and went to his room, when I saw him leave I kept looking at him carefully.
And now what are we going to do? -Lux.
They all looked very concerned about the events that were happening, however, Kasumi was always quite mysterious, from a very young age he never gave problems to mother or anyone else, he was always quiet and no matter how many times we said or did something to him. I never try to get revenge, that always seemed very strange to me.
We have to tell Kurotsu that Kasumi was only joking, otherwise we will lose everything-Berens.
No, I trusted him, if he had the courage to challenge Kurotsu he has to have a plan-Lala.
But-Lux.
She is right, I could tell that Kasumi was very confident when talking to Kurotsu, my instinct tells me that I trusted him-Mother.
We can only trust him-Lala.
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It had already had a good time and Kurotsu did not make his appearance, Kasumi was even yawning as if it were a most boring game, but after waiting a little longer, Kurotsu appeared and was accompanied by an elderly man. who had a butler's suit, the lord stayed close to us, Kurotsu continued walking until he stopped in the middle of the place where the duel was going to take place, just like Kurotsu, Kasumi walked until he was in front of him.
They both made a short exchange of words in which Kasumi practically told Kurotsu to be quiet, after waiting for a moment that seemed very long to me, the bells rang to announce the start of the duel.
Tonn tonn tonn tonn.
Just when the last chime finished ringing Kurotsu charged against Kasumi, at first I was very afraid that Kasumi would not be able to against Kurotsu but from the first clash of swords I realized that Kasumi was quite relaxed, it was only a matter of a small moment for They both began to attack each other at a speed that made it difficult for me to follow, after some crashes Kurotsu told Kasumi that if he was only defending himself he would never win, because of how Kasumi acted it was obvious that he had not paid much attention to him, he He charged towards Kurotsu and before he took a few steps Kasumi was already in front of him, Kasumi made a vertical cut and Kurotsu tried to defend but failed resulting in Kurotsu on the ground.
Looking at that I froze just like my brothers and mother, what we had witnessed was something we had never believed possible, the youngest member of our family had surpassed us all in a single day, I thought that was it, but when Kasumi told Kurotsu that I was going to stay was when the unthinkable happened.
Kasumi's Aura had risen in a brutal way, I felt like my whole body was getting cold and the air was missing, it was as if we had a monster in front of us, after a few simple words Kasumi withdrew towards the mansion, in the moment he left I felt like I could breathe again.
After that Kurotsu without saying anything handed over the money and quickly withdrew; At dinner absolutely no one said anything, we were all still afraid to say something to Kasumi, when it was quite late father returned, the moment he entered we told him everything that had happened that day, father was astonished to hear everything that we had told him, after discussing it for a moment he told us that in the morning of the next day we all had to apologize to Kasumi to which we all agreed without any excuse.
In the morning it was just as we had discussed the night of the previous day, we all apologized; Since that day our relationship with Kasumi got better and better, although the first days we wanted to make up for lost time with him, but it was a bit uncomfortable and we ended up leaving it better, the days passed and our relationship was already something natural as if all the Annoyances we had caused him would never have happened, although deep down I always felt guilty about what we had done to him in the past.
One day Lux asked Kasumi if he could train us to what he agreed to, and from that day on he began to train us for a while daily, the first days were very exhausting for everyone, Kasumi had a duel against Lux and this he lost brutally with the first shock, the same happened with Berens in magic, with me he didn't hurt me at all, he just put his hand on my head as a sign of triumph.
The days continued their course and he continued training us, on some occasions the three of us faced him at the same moment but no matter how hard we tried we could never even touch him with a simple blow, although it was very frustrating to lose every time, he always encouraged us by saying "With practice everything is possible ", those simple words were enough for me to keep going at all costs.
After finishing an exhausting training session by Kasumi, the four of us lay down under a tree, exchanged a few words until Lux asked something that we were all intrigued to know.
Tell us your secret Kasumi, how could you make yourself so strong? There has to be something we haven't done for us to be so strong, tell us your secret-Lux.
I paid as much attention as possible to hear Kasumi's answer, but he obviously answered in a vague way so I insisted and asked him again, but unlike the previous time he answered that if he told us he would have to kill us.
W-well if that's the case, I don't care much anymore-Lala.
I think it would be better to stay with the doubt-Lux.
Equally-Berens.
Although perhaps he had said it as a joke, we had already witnessed his powerful Aura, for him to kill us would be as simple as squashing a mosquito, after we responded a little nervous he laughed a little and told us that he was only joking, I felt very relieved to hear that.
We all fell silent for a moment looking at the blue sky, but the silence did not last long since Kasumi asked us if we wanted to go to practice in the forest, the moment I asked Lux refused as did Berens and I, according to what What father had told us about the forest in which the Goblins and Horned Boars lived among other dangerous creatures, we made a small exchange of words and Kasumi told us that one day he would take us to the forest yes or yes.
After telling us that, Kasumi got up from her place and retired towards the mansion, he always acted very strange, although our communication with him was better than before he still seemed to hide many things from us, one of them was that he constantly left the room. mansion, he never told us anything about where he was going to go and when he came back and we asked him about where he was walking he just told us that he was walking around town.
(What other secrets are you hiding from us, little brother?).
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