I'm in Otome World, Really?

Chapter 18 - A Secluded Village (part 2)

"Luna. Aren't you bored? Let's go somewhere nice."

As I heard the invitation, I turned to face Sylven who was holding my right shoulder gently.

I can't refuse his invitation... because I indeed felt bored right now.

"Okay." I nodded my head, then I looked around to see our surrounding, trying to find a certain someone. "Where is Sylvon?" 

Sylven, who had just wanted to walk in front of me to lead the way, froze in his steps and gave me an apologetic smile. "He told me he wanted to stay here... Sorry, I don't know why he doesn't like you."

"Hmm..." I mumbled and started thinking. "Is he always like that? To you too?"

He shook his head as he watched the birds which were chirping happily and gathering on a branch of a huge tree beside us, which was previously used as our calm resting place. Staring at those birds as though they were the most beautiful things in this world, he started to open his mouth. I knew that just by looking at how he looked at those birds blankly with a wry smile on his face, it was not the birds he was thinking right now. He was looking at them, obviously. But, his mind referred to someone else and I knew exactly who was in his mind.

"No. Well, he is cold, but he always enjoys talking and playing with me since we were children. He just open up to me, I think. But, sometimes he becomes protective toward me. It seems it's because I am his only twin."

"No," I unconsciously let out my honest reply. "It's exactly because he has brother complex." I then stared at Sylven for a while to see his reaction, then remembered that he was previously a girl, "Ah, no. Sister complex? Brother complex?"

He laughed at my words. "Brother complex. Since I am now a guy."

I also laughed with him, until when we stopped, I smiled at him then my smile dropped when a thought appeared in my mind.

"It's only your body... but how about your... sexual orientation, I wonder."

There was silence when I said that. I glanced at Sylven who was now staring at me with a shock as though he couldn't believe what I'd just said.

"Sylven?"

He snapped out of his reverie. "Ah, I've never really thought about that before."

"Really?" Now I was the one who was surprised.

"Yes, I haven't fallen in love or have romantic feeling to someone. So, I don't know how it feel to love someone. As far as I know, the most precious feeling I have... just like... loving and protecting my family and my best friend-"

He stopped the time he mentioned his 'best friend'. His sad face showed that there was something between them and that something still hadn't been resolved before he left the world permanently.

I stared at him for a while. I didn't want to make him become sadder than this but my voice seemed to betray me.

"You mean, your old friend?"

I quickly covered my mouth when I realized I said something that shouldn't have been said, especially when you knew that the person was still guilty about his old friend.

Nevertheless, he still answered my question with a nod and started describing her as long as he could remember. "She was a beautiful, gentle, and frail girl. But she had this special thing that made her different from other normal people. Because of this, she sometimes got bullied, but I always protected her... because she was my most important person in my whole life. I just need to know that she is safe and sound, and can still think the world is beautiful even if I am not there with her..."