The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 418
419 – No need to interpret
Someone is crying in front of me. I couldn’t see her face, but I could tell she was shedding tears as she looked at me. It feels familiar, but I can’t shake the feeling that it’s somehow a little unfamiliar. It’s too far to approach, but too close to move away. It felt like there was an invisible, transparent membrane separating us.
“Why are you crying… ?”
In response to my question, the other person looked at me with his characteristic big eyes and asked the opposite question.
“… “Then why are you crying?”
Only then did I realize that I was actually crying.
***
When I came to my senses, a familiar ceiling came into view. This is the ceiling of the house built on Ellie’s Island. As I slowly stood up, every muscle in my body screamed. When I lowered my head and checked my body condition, there were no injuries. After being dazed for a moment, the lost memory came back to me.
“… “Ellie.”
As soon as I said that name, I came to my senses as if I had been doused with cold water. She quickly got up and headed out of the house. What happened? What about Cassis? Where did Ellie go? No, is she not injured? There was something that remained vivid in her messed up memory. I remember Estelle dying in my arms. But I have no memory of anything after that.
I checked the area around the island with anxious eyes, but there was no trace of any corpses or even the island of Cassis that had risen from the sea. Have you ever had a terrible nightmare? I wish it were that way. It’s hard to accept that Estelle is dying. When I was staring blankly at the sea… I saw someone moving on my island.
The moment I realized the window of shadow and recognized the spatial coordinates, I realized belatedly that that someone was Ellie and was able to breathe a sigh of relief. She slowly relaxed her grip on the spear pole.
“Ross? “You’re awake!”
Ellie, who found me, was startled and crossed the island to my side. Ellie’s pretty obsidian-like eyes looked all over my body. When I noticed that the look in his eyes was a feeling of worry, I looked away and asked, out of shame.
“What happened? Estelle… “I even remember him exploding in my arms.”
In response to my question, Ellie shook her shoulders, looked like she didn’t know how to proceed, and spoke after rubbing her eyebrows for a moment.
“That’s right, so you were seriously hurt. “Thanks to you, I was able to rest well while I guarded and tended the two islands by myself for a few days.”
I sighed as I saw Ellie suddenly spreading her arms wide as if in a play and giving a lengthy explanation about how difficult it was for her. Anyway, I was glad Ellie wasn’t hurt.
“thank you.”
Hearing my sincere voice, Ellie lowered her wide open arms and grinned.
“How can we be so grateful between childhood friends? it’s okay. don’t mind.”
I asked Ellie, who was pouting and grumbling for no reason, what I was curious about again.
“So Cassis…” ?”
The answer came back quickly.
“I also destroyed the remaining books and killed him.”
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As expected, will the Great Wizard of the future be different? I can’t believe we’ve already won against Confsion. I am on a different level from the pathetic me who caused Estelle’s death because I was careless. Do you feel inferior to Ellie now? I smiled bitterly without realizing it because of my narrow-mindedness.
“… “What about Estelle?”
Ellie silently pointed to the place where he had suddenly appeared earlier. When I moved there with Ellie using space magic, I was able to discover a small tomb. Seeing that, I had no choice but to accept the fact that Estelle’s death was a reality.
“… I gathered what was left in one place and made it. “I haven’t been able to mark it as Estelle’s grave yet.”
“that… “I will do it.”
I opened the space storage room and took out the purple dagger I had once received from Estelle. Then he placed the dagger on the grave. Strangely enough, I didn’t shed any tears as I stood in front of Estelle’s grave. When she was watching her die, she really wanted to die… I felt strange right now.
Estelle’s death was sad, but it didn’t affect me too much. The expression that I am feeling obligatory sadness is what I am feeling right now. Seeing as it doesn’t feel particularly uncomfortable… I thought that I had already cried so much that my tears had completely dried up. Her heart was heavy, but not so much that her whole body was weighed down.
Ellie quietly watched me from the side, as if observing me. Her face looked like she had something to say, but she stayed quiet because she didn’t say anything first. After turning away from Estelle’s grave, I returned home with Ellie again using space magic.
“Thank you for your hard work. “Now I’ll do everything.”
But for some reason, Ellie didn’t listen to me and just stared at my face. As she was scratching her head, Ellie asked cautiously:
“are you okay… ?”
In response to Ellie’s question, I moved my shoulders and said that it was okay.
“Except for the muscle pain, I’m in good condition.”
For some reason, Ellie took half a step back in response to my answer. Ellie’s expression revealed that it was not intentional, but a reflexive action. Why am I surprised? She was a little incomprehensible.
“… ?”
As I looked at him curiously, Ellie pursed her lips and drew her eyebrows together as if she were embarrassed. She opened her mouth and tried to say something, but Ellie let out a deep sigh and turned her body away from me, explaining what she had been doing.
“All the corpses scattered on the island were equally absorbed into each island. The island of Cassis was also divided in half and used as island growth material. Our island is now completely anchored here. Even if a storm comes, it will be okay. “Nothing else special happened.”
It seems that the feeling that the atmosphere of the island had changed considerably was not for nothing. The plants growing on Ellie’s island seemed to have grown a lot. Since harvesting was possible in just a short time, the growth of the island was essential for securing food for other people who did not have a warehouse full of food.
After finishing the explanation, Ellie looked at me intently for a moment, probably because she was tired, and then went into the house without saying a word. The sight of her back, with her shoulders slumped, seemed somehow full of sadness. It seems that Estelle’s death is difficult for Ellie as well.
You’ve worked hard for a few days, so it’s right to get some rest now. Let’s not disturb for no reason. When I think about it, my complexion seemed a little worse than usual. With that in mind, I started walking to check around the island.
***
Ellie’s attitude was quite strange. Not only did she talk less, but she looked depressed, as if she was looking at me from before, with her face buried in her legs folded in front of her chest. Her suppressed presence was so different from her usual Ellie self that she felt worried for no reason.
“Ellie, it’s okay… ? You haven’t eaten anything since yesterday. “If you’re feeling sick, can I get you some light soup to drink?”
In response to my question, Ellie shook her head weakly. She then lowered her head again and buried her face. Well, sometimes people get depressed. Or it could be a magical day that comes periodically for women. But watching Ellie, who had always been bright, look so depressed made her feel terribly motion sick.
Still, I decided to make soup just in case. Although a few islands had appeared nearby, warning magic had been installed nearby, and they had not yet developed enough to cross other islands. It’s already dark, so there’s nothing to do. There is nothing better than cooking to kill time alone.
As I was taking out ingredients from the space warehouse and preparing them, I heard Ellie stand up. It seemed like he was bored and wanted to watch me cook. When the water started to boil and the ingredients were being added, Ellie suddenly opened her mouth.
“Ross.”
“huh.”
I didn’t bother to look back. I was taught to look people in the eye when talking, but now I was making soup and I had a strange feeling that even if I turned around, Ellie would avoid my eyes.
“Is it inevitable that the character you create will turn out the way you set, just like fate?”
In response to Ellie’s question, I stopped stirring the ladle for a moment and thought about it before answering.
“… “I guess so.”
“Then I can never like you?”
I see. No, that’s not necessarily true. This is the case with Lamine and Eunice. The current Lamine is different from the novel’s Lamine, who deliberately preferred to fight in crowded places to defeat Roel. Rakar doesn’t die, her personality is the same as before. Eunice’s personality is different from when she was a member of the church.
“I don’t know, because the story changes and the setting sometimes changes depending on the probability.”
“So what if I love you?”
The hand that was stirring the ladle stopped. As I slowly turn her body, Ellie quietly looks at me. I wanted to joke back, but the seriousness in his gaze made me smile bitterly.
“That won’t happen.”
“why?”
“The name of the novel on which this world is based is ‘The warrior’s harem has no choice but to win.’ “It’s impossible for you, who play an important role in that harem, to love me.”
Yes, it’s impossible. Ellie loves Roel. So we can’t continue. I have Luna, and Ellie has Roel. There is a partner that suits everyone.
“… “Are you looking at me not as Ellie, but as a character in a novel?”
“… .”
I turned around without saying a word. She couldn’t help it because the soup might burn. I smile wryly as I stir the ladle to keep it from sticking to the floor. The Ellie I know in the novel and the Ellie I know are completely different people. She is, so she can’t be a character.
“… Is that so? “It’s you.”
“… .”
A low murmur. As if that was the answer, Ellie was silent for a while.
“still. “I won’t love you.”
“… .”
It’s not that I don’t do it, it’s that I can’t do it. She never said those words out loud. Because she probably knows Ellie well enough.
“Because my heart is enough for me.”
“… “Is that so?”
This is something I still don’t understand. It’s a statement that requires interpretation, but there are times when people feel more comfortable not knowing than knowing. As if there were no words that could clarify my relationship with Ellie.
“So, you shouldn’t like me too much.”
So I was silent. She pretends not to notice that Ellie’s voice is watery and just stirs the soup with her ladle. Because that was the best I could do.