Male lead, why do you propose to the villain and not the heroine!?
Having the strongest man in the empire as father, the most beautiful woman as mother and three arrogant brothers, there was beauty, power and irreducible wealth no matter how much y...
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WHEN OUR PARENTS WERE AWAY WE WENT by age order. In other words, we organized a hierarchy with Theo, the oldest, at the top.
After seeing our parents off, we sat down side by side and started eating dinner.
"Ciel. You didn't forget our promise, did you?"
As evening approached, Isaac hurried me along as if he had been eagerly awaiting tonight.
"I didn't forget."
"What promise?"
Louis, tactless as ever, cut in. Since this was a good opportunity, I carefully checked Theo's mood as I hesitatingly began to speak.
"We came to play around, so I thought it would be nice if we all slept in one big bedroom together. Doesn't that sound fun, Sister?"
Since I'd already come this far, I clung to Clara like a water ghost. [1] My naive older sister, who was completely unaware of what I was doing, agreed with me.
"It was such a pity that we weren't able to come here together in the same carriage."
"Great! Well then, sleep next to me, Sister."
"Ciel, what about me?"
Isaac, who had originally intended to sleep next to me, quickly objected.
Naturally, it was decided that Clara and Isaac would sleep on either side of me.
Clasping my innocent sister's hand tightly, I stealthily signaled to Theo.
"How about you, Theo?"
"If this is what you want, Ciel, then it can't be helped."
Despite what he said, I could hear him dying from happiness on the inside. Acting indifferent, my older brother wasn't being honest at all.
Still, even if he 'coincidentally' ended up next to Clara, it was obvious that our little lump of innocence, Theo, would be so overjoyed that he wouldn't be able to sleep.
"Ciel. Louis. Father isn't here, so you two will have special training with me starting tomorrow. Isaac, you teach Clara some basic self-defense skills."
"Okay, Brother."
Since he could continue to stick to me at night, even Isaac obediently followed Theo's orders.
Even if he pretended not to be, I knew Louis would be disappointed if we left him out while we all hung out together, so I secretly poked my troublemaking brother in his side.
"What are you going to do, Louis?"
"I-I will..!"
He didn't want to ask to be included first, but he would be hurt if he was left out by himself.
