[✓]My Fiancé is in Love with My Little Sister

Chapter 5

The Second Life – 1

Clank! The sound of porcelain colliding together resounded in my ears. That was how my second life started.

“What happened? Ilya.”

Soleil peers in my direction. Inside my head, memories of my already ended previous life rush over. It seems I’m about to faint. In front of my eyes is that same white table than at that time. The tea wares prepared for that day had been white porcelains adorned with the lovely design of scattered little flowers. I had expressly ordered it from the regular merchant who had goods my little sister seemed to like. The black tea leaves had been prepared for Soleil who had always liked their fragrance, while several kinds of freshly backed pastries had been made separately for Soleil who didn’t like sweet things and for Silvia who liked them. Disregarding the words of our mother who said it was alright to entrust it to the maid, I had arranged it myself. If I didn’t do it, I wouldn’t have been able to calm down.

Until this tea party, until this instant, my little sister had been ‘my cute, lovely Silvia.' Soleil was unmistakably my fiancé, the sole person who cherished me. For their sake, I had polished every detail to make this tea party an enjoyable event, made preparations beforehand, set instructions, and made plans so that the two of them could spend time in a relaxed mood. So, I had been thinking that anything and everything would go well. Until the moment the two of them met.

The garden where roses selectively bred were blooming beautifully was my mother’s pride and the place in which tea parties were held each time a guest was invited. That’s why this time too, it had been used. Because I had thought by doing so, nothing could go wrong. Arranging the tableware, pulling on the cloth, letting the maids set the tea and pastries. In that place, I waited for my little sister and my fiancé. While having a pleasant chat with my fiancé who had appeared first, I waited for my little sister to come. That child had been laughing and saying she was feeling great this morning. So, she would participate in the tea party without fail. Thanks god. I was thinking I wanted to make the introductions as soon as possible. I wanted to introduce to my cute little sister the fiancé I boasted about.

Then, as I was casually talking with my fiancé, I heard the footsteps of someone stepping on the lawn. ‘Ah, my little sister has arrived’, I thought and rose my head. Suddenly, when my line of sight landed on my fiancé who was sitting at my side, he had the expression of someone who was befuddled. His usually impeccable, toned profile, appeared somewhat idiotic as he was wearing a strange expression. Seeing this, my heart became stiff.      
… … Ah, once again.

Someone whispered this inside my head. For a second, my breathing stopped.

… … This time too, it happened.

Very clearly, a voice I knew, said this.  

Carrying a pale pink rose that my mother had put great efforts into raising, Silvia is walking toward us. The beige dress that was close to a white hue matches her clear white skin well. With her loosely tied silver hairs that are fluttering in the breeze, her appearance closely resembles the picture of angels seen at the church. I know that my blood is being drained from my complexion. To block my field of vision, when I close my wide opened eyes, memories of my first life flow through my head. My trembling hand drop the cup I am holding on its saucer with a clank. 

“What happened? Ilya.”

When I noticed, Soleil who should have been sitting beside me had got up. Across him, my little sister Silvia stands here. I can see the figures overlap. Once before, I had seen the two of them standing side by side like this. Yes, once, in my previous life. At this moment that repeats itself, in the blink of an eye, memories of my already lost life are recalled. I suppress the scream that is about to escape my lips with both hands.