Chapter 380: Acceptance
“…! Your beloved person too, Felisiana… is Rodwell…?”
“Yes.”
Even within this country alone, there are countless people.
And despite not even attending the same school or sharing any such connection, the chances that their beloved person would overlap with someone so close to them are exceedingly low.
Even Rezamiliana, composed as she was, widened her eyes in surprise for a moment,
But before long, she closed her eyes once, then nodded and spoke.
“I see, so that’s how it is… indeed, your beloved person is also a man from a count’s family, and I’ve heard that even after being rejected over a hundred times by Father, you continued to insist that you wanted to be with him.”
“That’s correct.”
“…I had vaguely wondered why you would go that far, and whether the person in question was truly someone worthy of driving you to such lengths… but if it’s him, then I have no choice but to accept that as well.”
With that, Rezamiliana let a faint smile form.
Right… without even needing to think about it, a boy so captivating that Felisiana, Rezamiliana-oneesama, and I could all fall this deeply for him… there’s only one in this country… no, in this world.
A little while ago, Elizalina had almost reached that realization, but she unconsciously avoided thinking further, sensing that if she did, something might fall apart.
However, the moment she had been avoiding has now arrived.
“If we’re going to form a cooperative relationship, even if only partially, from here on, then I thought it would be better to disclose this kind of thing beforehand to avoid unnecessary conflict, so I shared it… what do you think?”
As she spoke, Felisiana turned her gaze toward Florence.
Then, as if understanding her intent, Florence opened her mouth and said,
“Yes, I too love Lux-sama… however, I believe I already informed the First Princess of that before, so you should be aware.”
Though at that time, I didn’t realize that person was the First Princess.
As Florence added that,
Rezamiliana nodded and said,
“That’s right… at that time, I already had feelings for Rodwell, and when I became curious about the relationship between Florence and Rodwell, who were together, and asked about it, I clearly remember being truly surprised when Florence told me that although you were classmates, your relationship had already progressed to the point where talk of engagement had come up.”
“Fufu, even the First Princess, who appears flawless, has such feelings when it comes to Lux-sama.”
Glancing at the smiling Florence, Felisiana then shifted her gaze to Elizalina and spoke.
“Elizalina-anesama, do you have anything to say?”
“…”
Elizalina had genuinely been supporting Rezamiliana’s path in love.
Ever since she met that man, Rezamiliana had grown more cheerful and seemed happier than ever before.
If a beloved older sister has met such a man, then as a younger sister, it’s only natural to want her to be happy with him.
If this had been like Felisiana’s case, where they had known about each other’s beloved person earlier and had the chance to oppose each other then, perhaps Elizalina could have sorted out her feelings right away, but… she had watched too closely as Rezamiliana changed because of love.
Because of that, the ideal would have been for each of them to find happiness with their own beloved person… but those beloved persons turned out to be the same.
If this were about something other than Lux, or about my own happiness that had nothing to do with him, I might have been able to give way to Rezamiliana-oneesama.
Even now, in the midst of this conflict, Elizalina’s true nature led her to think this way, as she deeply cherished her sisters.
That’s precisely why she feels genuine anger toward the King.
But this concerns the Lux I love, and it also concerns the happiness of the Lux I love… in that case.
“Rezamiliana-oneesama.”
“What is it?”
When Rezamiliana turned to her and asked, Elizalina met her gaze directly and said,
“The truth is, I also… love Lux.”