What Even Is a Brother-in-Law?! 😩

What are the odds of splitting one person into two?

Even if you shoved a microphone straight into Ellie’s mouth, she still wouldn’t be able to explain what the hell this was supposed to be.

In this world, she herself was a woman.

Her father was a wise ruler.

Her brother looked like a gentle white lotus.

And Evelia was about to get engaged to Agmad…

No, wait — who is this now?

The man standing in front of her was unmistakably the “Scarlet Crow” from her memories.

Short auburn hair.

Reddish-brown eyes.

And a face that was almost always devoid of expression.

If there was any difference at all… maybe he was taller?

Well… perhaps Ellie herself had become shorter. After all, going from “Eric” to “Ellie,” one’s sense of scale was bound to feel different.

But still… what was with the clothes he was wearing?

If she remembered correctly, that uniform on his body should belong to the Royal Knights.

And not an ordinary knight’s uniform at that. Judging from the insignia on his chest…

This… this man who looked exactly like “Scarlet Crow” seemed to be the vice commander of the Royal Knights??

What?

My Scarlet Crow split into two.

One married the man who, in her previous life, had been the commander of the Royal Knights.

And the other became the vice commander of the Royal Knights?

You both defected and joined the revolution?! 😨

Even if one person splits into two, do both of them have to defect? Defect twice?!

How did you both end up being absorbed by Solor’s side?!

No… no, that’s not the right way to think about it… huff…

Although the more Ellie thought about it, the angrier she got, she still took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down a little.

The situation in this world was different.

She and Solor were not enemies, so there was no such thing as betrayal or opposition.

She should be considered on the same side as Solor.

Which meant, in a sense, that the Royal Knights also stood on her side.

And that meant—Firth was still her person!

Although she had no idea how her Scarlet Crow had ended up splitting into Evelia and Firth… forget it. It wasn’t that big of a deal.

The world she lived in had already changed.

Even if they split into two, three, four, five, or six people, it didn’t really matter.

Because no matter how many there were, the only one who carried memories of the past was herself.

The only one out of place in this world was still herself.

Even if the two of them had familiar faces and voices, what meaning did that really have…?

Thinking this far, Ellie felt a trace of melancholy.

After all, the past could never truly disappear. Those memories were something she was destined to carry for her entire life.

The people around her all looked familiar, yet they had never experienced the familiar events she remembered.

That feeling was indeed a lonely one.

But—looking on the bright side, what she had left behind wasn’t exactly anything good.

If she didn’t know, then she didn’t know. 😗

Still, that aside—

The Evelia by her side had already become something like Agmad’s fiancée.

Then what about this Firth?

This man who represented the male form of Scarlet Crow… what kind of relationship did he have with that detestable Agmad?

It couldn’t possibly be another fiancée, right?

Agmad wasn’t some kind of pervert 😃. You’d heard of sisters flying together, but never brother-and-sister flying together 😄.

“You’re her older brother?”

“Yes, Your Highness. My name is Firth Talia. I am the older brother of Evelia who is by your side. I apologize for disturbing you.”

Firth’s reply was rigid and formal, sounding exactly like Evelia’s manner of speaking.

Others might have found this way of talking overly cold, but Ellie was long used to it.

You could even say that compared to the one in her memories, this version of Firth actually spoke quite a few more words.

“I see. I’ve heard that your sister has a good relationship with Agmad?”

“Yes.”

Faced with such a question, Firth answered without the slightest hesitation.

It was a statement of fact; there was no need for him to dodge it.

“And you?”

As Ellie spoke, she took a few steps toward Firth.

Although Ellie was now much shorter, and her features were soft and cute, within the smile of this seemingly fragile girl, Firth inexplicably felt a sense of pressure.

She was clearly just smiling at him…

Yet that smile felt dangerous.

Was this really the timid-natured younger sister Prince Solor had described…?

“—What kind of relationship do you have with Agmad?”

“……”

Fortunately, Firth was still the vice commander, and wasn’t so easily intimidated by the pressure Ellie gave off.

He merely raised an eyebrow and then replied:

“Mr. Agmad and I are old acquaintances from the same village. To be frank, our relationship is very good.

My current position as vice commander of the Knights was also due to Mr. Agmad’s recommendation.

My sister Evelia will be marrying Mr. Agmad in some time. When that happens, he and I will likely become relatives—ugh…!”

Before Firth could finish his sentence, Ellie kicked him.

Just like how she had kicked Agmad before — a clean kick.

Good relationship?! Relatives too?! 😠

Aaaah—! My Scarlet Crow!

One became Agmad’s wife, and the other became Agmad’s brother-in-law?!

How does he get to take everything?! 😡

You might as well just have a kid and name it Solor! See if I don’t curse you all to death!! 👿

And you too, Firth… my Scarlet Crow—

Don’t use my Scarlet Crow’s face and voice to talk about becoming relatives with Agmad!! 😩

“Y-Your Highness, what are you doing…?”

Firth clearly didn’t understand why the princess had suddenly kicked him.

Before coming here, he had even heard Agmad complaining that he’d been inexplicably kicked by the princess as well.

From the way he described it, it seemed related to Evelia, so when Firth came to the palace to report to the crown prince, he brought Evelia along, thinking there might be something they needed to talk about.

But now the conversation hadn’t even become clear yet, and he himself had already been kicked twice.

And honestly, he truly didn’t understand why.

“Hmph… turning your back on your own…”

Ellie clearly had no intention of explaining.

After all, there was no way to explain it properly. She couldn’t exactly say something like, “I was your master in my previous life, you’re not allowed to associate with Agmad,” right?

The moment she said something like that, she’d be sent straight to a mental institution.

So Ellie could only vent by kicking him a couple of times, leaving several shoe prints on Firth’s white trouser leg.

Only then did she feel slightly relieved.

After that, she turned around and left without looking back, abandoning the siblings by the lake.

“……”

By the lakeside, only the silent brother and sister remained.

If the two of them had no topic to talk about, they looked like the kind who could stay silent for an entire day.

“I think… it’s probably not our problem.”

Evelia spoke first, spinning the white parasol in her hand a few times.

“It’s Mr. Agmad’s problem.”

Firth followed up, completing the latter half of the answer.

Then the two of them looked at each other.

Without saying a word, they tacitly accepted this conclusion as the default answer.

“Then it has nothing to do with us. We’ll leave this to Mr. Agmad to sort out later.

In any case… let’s head back first.”