“……And, after you met the girl with the power of light magic, what…… What did you think of her?”
“……What I thought of her? She seems like a normal, nice girl. She thanked me really politely……”
Keith answered me like he didn’t really understand what I was getting at……
Ahh, that’s not it! Keith. That’s not what I really want to hear! I’m going to have to be super direct with him!
“What I’m saying is! What do you think of Maria-san! Did you fall in love with her beauty!?”
I raised my voice loudly and grabbed on to Keith’s shoulders, and Keith became completely wide-eyed.
“!? …… Fall in love with her…… Nee-san, what exactly do you mean……”
Ahh, the surprised look that he has right now is just like the way he was when he first joined our Claes family…… I must have nailed it! There’s no mistake! Keith’s already fallen for Maria!
“……Like I thought, you’ve already fallen in love with Maria-san, eh……”
“……Uh, nee-san. Really, what are you saying……?”
I gripped Keith’s shoulders even more tightly.
“Listen up, it’s okay. Don’t hide things from me, aren’t we siblings after all! It’s just that, I want to tell you one thing…… I definitely won’t interfere between Keith and anyone that Keith likes! I’ll definitely be cheering for you and Maria-san! I definitely won’t do something like get in the way!”
I’ll never get in the way of your love! I’ll be your ally! So, even if I do something wrong, please don’t eliminate your nee-san!
In order to take in my deep words, Keith was looking at the sky…… For some reason, Keith had a look on his face as if he had lost something very important…… I’m also concerned that he seems to be looking worse off than earlier as well.
“……Keith?”
While I was looking at Keith blankly, I heard Anne speak up from behind me.
“Ojou-sama, if you go any further than this…… I’m afraid Keith has already reached his limit.”
Limit…… That’s it! After hearing Anne’s words, I finally came to the realization that I had been unconsciously shaking Keith rather violently.
Since I shook him so hard right after he ate breakfast, it’s probably making him feel a little sick. I did something really terrible to him while being unconscious of it.
“I’m really sorry, Keith. I shook you so hard right after you ate breakfast, if you’re feeling a bit sick now, how about you take a break from classes and go rest in the infirmary?”
I apologized, and came up with the idea to have him rest, but…… Without looking like he got any better, Keith just replied “I’m fine.”
“……But, if you’re not feeling well……”
“……No, it’s not that I’m feeling sick…… My body is fine, but…… The problem is with my spirit……”
For some reason, Keith kept grumbling about some stuff I didn’t really understand and saying that his body was fine, and refused to go to the infirmary. And so, we joined up with Mary and Sophia, and even on the way to classes his complexion didn’t improve at all. I really forgot myself in the moment there, and shook him too hard. Keith, I’m really sorry about what I did to you.