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

Chapter 11

The Third Life and Thereafter – 3

“I want you to protect my little sister.”

When I said that, Crow just tilted his head while making a wondering expression. Then, while keeping this pose, he inquired,

“Why?”

“Because I want to protect her.”

When I answered, he bent his neck even more. That movement looked somewhat strange. Because he was coiled in black robes, he looked like a magician or a life-size puppet.

Recently Cross came to my room every day without fail. Unlike the first time he invaded without permission, he conscientiously knocks the window glass with his beck and waits for me to open it, however, I still didn’t know how he managed to pass through the iron grid. If my eyes wander away from him for a mere instant, before I knew it the next second he stands in the middle of the room. And at the same time he has taken his human form.

“…Well, alright. Since you desire so.”

           

Crow who laughed and made a small smile was bewitching. The unreadable and artificial expression he was making was somewhat similar to Soleil’s, but I thought it looked more human, and that unbalanced reminded me that I didn’t know the true nature of this being. To put it badly, I wonder if you could say he seemed eerie.

“But it’s strange. Why do you treasure that little sister so much?”

Walking meaninglessly around the room, his appearance as he was rampaging through the dresser and the bookshelf like it was no big deal was not so different from the time he was a bird. That’s why I felt it proved that bird and that man were the same being.

“Don’t you think a little sister is an existence that should be cherished?”

When I answered this, Crow threw himself on the bed I was sitting and laughed.

“Right, I guess so. But you know, that, I think it’s a sophism.”

“A sophism?”

“Yup. Saying ‘since she’s a little sister, she must be treasured’, it’s only a fragment of the truth.”

I think he is older than me. But according to what I saw, I also had the hunch he was considerably younger. If you looked closely, his features were those of a young boy, but at the second you thought so, he would show a mature expression. I truly think he was a mysterious man.

“You like your fiancé, right? Isn’t she your love rival?”

The man who was slumped on the bed said so while raising his almond eyes.

“… Have I told you about Soleil-sama?”

“No. But I can tell just by watching.”

Crow raised a cheerful laugher. I really wonder from where he was watching. At least I’ve never exchanged words with Soleil in front of him. In the first place, Crow appeared in the middle of the night, and because he came only to my room, even if he said he was watching me I actually didn’t feel it was the case. Maybe during day time, he was taking a different form? I thought about asking him, but I suddenly realized he wasn’t the kind of man who would obediently and honestly answered such a question.    

“Saying 'it's because she’s my rival in love' won’t become enough of a reason to not cherish her…”

             

At least that was the case for me. For me who knew what would happen from now on, I had a reason to treasure her. This time too it was the same. In order to not lose my little sister, I’ll do the things that must be done. That was it. And so, I will use the things that can be used. Just like last time.