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Chapter 4: Day Out (2)

Cale looked at his sister as she took in every new sight for her. Her face was stoic, but her eyes were shining. He could see in the corner of his eyes that the citizens were looking at them, especially at him. While understandable, he would never act out in front of his sister.

"Where do you want to go, Bella?" He asked her.

She looked up to him and grinned, "You're the most local out of the two of us, surprise me,"

Cale laughed (which was a scare to the bystanders that are watching), then pat her head, "Alright,"

He and Arabella are now in the Plaza, out of the corner of his eyes, he could feel someone following them. He could understand the meaning of their stares, because to begin with. No one had ever seen Arabella outside of the people in the estate, sure they were aware of her existence, and eventual coma, but that didn't mean they had seen her. The family was overprotective, this Cale could admit (proudly), Arabella was born a sickly child, so it came so natural to be overprotective.

"Woah.. Is that the rumored twin?"

"You mean the Young Lady who had been in a coma?"

"Ah, no wonder the Young Master seems different,"

Of course he would be. Sure she knows his unsightly actions, but he came from twenty-two years from the future. He lived for twenty-two years without Arabella. Thirty-two if you counted the decade she was in a coma. He just simply refused to still be the trash of the territory, he had to be strong. Strong enough to protect his sister and the family.

Why else would he accept being the Saint for that bastard God when no one wanted to? Hell, that Crazy Priestess was rumored to be offered the position of the Holy Maiden and she refused. He could have refused, of course, but the deal was too good to pass on.

So here he is, twenty-two years in the past. A swordmaster and a Saint.

"Oppa, let's go there!" She pointed somewhere. He followed where she was pointing, and saw that it was a toy shop? Why a toy shop? He looked at his sister again, she was looking at him with shining eyes.

With a sigh, he turned her wheelchair to the direction of the toy shop.

Ring

"Welcome!" The salesperson greeted them immediately. The twins politely ignored her as they looked around. Cale wanted to laugh at the unfiltered joy and curiosity in his sister's eyes, but that also made him sad.

Was her life as Kim Rok Soo bad? Surely someone like his sister would be well loved throughout her life. Even though she had been here for more than a day, he could tell that she is supposed to be loved, protected, and treasured.

(Who was it? Who's the cretin that dares to not bring happiness to her eyes?)

"Oppa!" She tugged on his sleeves.

"Mhm?"

"Get that for me!" She pointed at a red fox stuffed animal, "And those two as well!" A deer and a lioness. Without a question, he took the three stuffed animals. He gave them to her, which he got rewarded with a smile for. She then had him push her wheelchair around to look around the store.

Cale left her by the wood carvings as he looked around the store as well. It seemed to him, she was buying toys for their stepbrother and half sister. He might as well buy something for her as well. He was scanning all around the store, until the color blue caught his eyes. He looked at it.

It was a blue bunny with sea green eyes, and a kitten with the same color.

Somehow, it reminds him of his sister. She was like a bunny when they were children, and even the current Arabella somehow reminds her of a bunny and a kitten. Coincidentally, they both like the color blue. For the old Arabella, she likes blue because it reminds her of the sky. But for the current Arabella, he has no idea why she likes blue. She would look nostalgic when she looked at the blue colored sheets.

So he bought both without her knowing. When they went to the counter, aside from the three stuffed animals, she had bought a bear and eagle wood carving as well. He had some servants bring it to the carriages, and they were on their way.

"Where else do you want to go?"

"I wanna eat," He laughed at her pouting face. He obviously can't bring her to his usual places to eat outside the estate. So they both stroll around as they look for a place to eat, while talking about things that would interest each other. Arabella speaks five languages from her first life, and only one from her previous (she was a male, mind boggling). So she said, she'll teach them all six to him, so they would have some sort of secret language.

(The prospect of talking shit in front of the nobles without them knowing is too funny to pass up.)

She likes spicy foods. In her first life, she uses the sword. She was called the Lieutenant of Poseidon, whatever the hell that means. In her second, her world was in an apocalypse.

She laughed at his face for being a Saint too.

(quite hypocritical of this girl, who is called the Patron Goddess of the Demigods.)

But she was lovely. Just like the old Arabella, maybe that's why she was the main soul of his Arabella. Her laughter and smiles are also bright.

Suddenly, things felt right again in his world.

"T-this..." Basen looked at the deer stuffed animal in his hands. He looked at his older siblings with stars in his eyes like his little sister.

"E-eonnie..!" Lily was also in awe as she looked at the lioness stuffed animal in her small hands.

"Ara.." Deruth was also in shock, his heart was filled with warmth as he looked at the bear wood carving that was given to him, Violan was the same with the eagle wood carving. Cale didn't say anything as he held the red fox.

"I-I wanted to give you something.." She shyly muttered, everyone around her was chuckling at their adorable young lady.

"But why these animals..?" Violan asked her stepdaughter.

"Well," She looked away in shyness, "The fox reminds me of Oppa. Deer represent grace and peacefulness, so it somehow reminds me of Basen. Lily gives off the vibe of a lioness because of how fierce and courageous she is. Papa is the bear because he is calm but protective like one. Madam is an eagle because she is sharp and observant than most,"

They were all flustered by the heartwarming gesture of Arabella. She had only been awake since yesterday, but she gave them all a thoughtful gift.

"I will take good care of this, Noonim," Basen blushed.

"So will I, Eonnie!" Lily smiled at her older sister.

"I also wanted to give you something," Cale coughed, and brought out the bunny and kitten, "They both remind me of you, that's why I bought it. It's only fair that I give you a gift, right?"

Arabella looked at his gifts, and clutched it closer to her chest, and smiled at Cale, "I love it, Oppa! Thank you!"

Cale leaned down and gave her a kiss on the cheek, "Thank you as well, Bella,"

Thank you for being here with us.