The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 357



358 – Heart

A week has passed. Winter vacation is already half over. In the meantime, I stayed in the club room, studied the imperial guardian golem I received from Bella, and devoted myself to personal training.

I met Ellie at the library and had a conversation about magic, and I also helped Kane with his alchemy experiments with his knowledge of magic. Estelle was still creating an alchemy workshop with Fraxx, continuing endless negotiations regarding the magic stone bomb.

There was nothing planned today. When I was thinking about purchasing some items needed to improve the golem at the magic arts workshop I visited the other day, someone came to the club room. When I heard a steady knock, I opened the door without thinking. And I froze in the same position I was holding the handle.

The person who came to the club room was Luna from the eastern part. As I was looking at Luna with her back to me, she smiled and called my name.

“Ross.”

“… uh?”

After giving a slow response, I finally came to my senses and asked.

“Uh, how did you get here…” ?”

“I came here because I wanted to see you.”

Saying that, I came to my senses when Luna slowly crawled into my arms and hugged me tightly as if I wouldn’t let go. I smiled involuntarily at the warmth I felt from our bodies touching hers.

“You cut your hair? “It was cool before, but it suits you even better.”

“okay?”

Just being around you makes me lose control of my mood like this… She hugged Luna and entered her club room, closing the door with her foot.

And as soon as our eyes met, our lips touched without anyone having to say who went first. Soft and pleasant texture. That alone makes me feel like my heart is full of something.

When our lips parted, Luna looked at me with half-closed eyes. Her appearance was so captivating that without realizing it, she buried her face in the crook of Luna’s neck and whispered in a low voice.

“I missed you.”

Luna smiled and responded to my awkward sincerity.

“So this time I came to see you. “I missed Ross too.”

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Suddenly, Ellie’s advice came to mind. What will happen to us if I follow Ellie’s advice and reveal all my secrets? Of course, I had faith that Luna would not leave me. But when she actually spoke, a feeling similar to impatience rose in her heart.

I feel like my tongue is swollen and I can’t speak. So, without realizing it, I said something else. Because the choice to run away is always easy.

“… “Have you eaten?”

“No, I haven’t eaten yet so I can share it with Ross.”

The way he was touching his stomach as if he was hungry just looked cute.

“Then shall we go out?”

“good.”

We immediately left the academy and headed to the pizza place. After chatting happily and sharing pizza and pasta, we walked down the street. Because it was winter, I put Luna’s hand, which I was holding onto, into her coat pocket. I asked while touching her wiggling fingers non-stop.

“What should I do?”

Since it’s cold, it’s nice to have a conversation at a cafe, and it’s not a bad idea to look around the shops inside the portal station. After thinking about it for a while, Luna suggested that she go to her club room and rest.

It occurred to me later that Luna might be tired from coming to the capital from the East. When she nodded with an apologetic expression, Luna smiled and added that while other places were fine, she felt most comfortable together in the club room.

As soon as I returned to the club room, I took out the expensive tea leaves that I had stored in the space storage for such occasions and made tea.

When tea was served along with dessert, Luna said thank you with a happy face. She looks cute as she takes a sip of tea and blows a little air. To the point where it’s a little dangerous.

The academy is equipped with temperature control artifacts, so unlike the cold winter wind blowing outside, it was warm enough to wear short sleeves. So, as soon as we arrived at the club room, we took off our layers of clothes and folded them neatly.

Luna, who was wearing thin clothes that were easy to move around because she was wearing a lot of clothes, was showing off the heaviness that she usually hid with her school uniform. She placed the cushion next to the sofa on her thigh as if to support her heavy breast and scratched her forehead for no reason as she watched her eat her dessert comfortably.

Maybe you came to a club room instead of a cafe… Maybe it’s because he feels the same way as me.

Currently, Kane is camping in the snowy mountains and experimenting with alchemy. By cleaning out the closet, you can solve the problem of unexpected guests suddenly appearing and ruining the mood.

I moistened my lips with my tongue and thought for a moment. I stand up, clean out her closet, and quietly sit down with my thighs touching hers to set the mood. If holding hands naturally progresses to kissing, you can leave the rest to the male’s instincts.

When I made that decision and was about to get up, I felt eyes on my face. Luna was quietly looking into my eyes.

I guess he thought it was strange that I was lost in thought without saying a word. Before I could make an excuse in embarrassment, Luna removed the cushion that was supporting her breasts and grabbed my hand.

“Ross, do you have something to say?”

“uh?”

“You have something to say to me earlier, but you seemed to be wondering how to say it.”

Actually, I was worried, but Luna wasn’t wrong. Because she kept wondering how she would get her words out about conveying her memories while eating. I thought she didn’t show it on the outside, but Luna seems to have noticed my concerns.

I sighed. As if that wasn’t enough, I cleared my throat, and Luna gently stroked the back of my hand as if it was okay.

“Tell me. “I want to hear Ross’ concerns.”

Until I heard that, I tried to make another excuse. I tried to lie to get out of the situation by saying I was just imagining things. But the moment I saw Luna looking straight at me and waiting for my answer, my brain stopped functioning properly.

“I tricked you. Not just you, but everyone I’ve ever known… .”

I trailed off. Luna quietly waited for me to continue speaking. Once she had her voice up, it wasn’t difficult to continue speaking.

“I have a big secret. “It’s a secret that leaves me with no excuses even if you find out and say you can’t trust me anymore.”

My palms are clammy. I’m sweating from nervousness. For no reason, the back of my neck feels itchy and I want to scratch my head. But at this moment, when we were facing each other side by side and holding hands, I realized that I couldn’t run away anymore.

Letting go of the hand I was holding, I stretched out my hand and created a snow globe using the Memorize spell. Although I felt a little dizzy as I had used up all of my magical energy due to the many memories I had to convey to her, I kept my eyes on Luna and said,

“I got some advice. Let me tell you my secret… I bet you feel the same way. So, after thinking about it for a while, I was finally able to make a decision.”

Only now did I realize that Ellie was right. Luna’s expression looking at me was the same as usual. It’s not about hiding your surprise or embarrassment. Luna was really waiting for me to tell her everything someday.

“I don’t know what the outcome will be, but I will not deceive you any longer.”

My heart is pounding violently. It’s a pounding that reminds me of when I first met Luna and fell in love. Right now, I’m more scared than excited. This is a separate issue from trust.

Because I, who was born from lies, is contradicting myself by throwing away the great self-defense tool that I have honed my entire life, which is lying.

To put it accurately, it is shame. Because I’m showing Luna how ugly, selfish, and a liar I am.

“If you place your hand here, you will find out the secret I have been hiding.”

Suddenly, I wondered what kind of expression I was making. Whatever it was, I never wanted to know. It’s probably an expression you don’t want to make in front of Luna again.

After I finished speaking, Luna carefully reached out for the snow globe. Her slowly approaching hand felt like it was going to strangle my neck. When Luna’s fingertips finally touched her snow globe, I gasped.

The snow globe radiated light and disappeared as if melting. It was so hard to look at Luna with her eyes closed with her hand on mine. It feels like each second has stretched out infinitely. I had an endless urge to get up from my seat and run away somewhere.

Luna slowly opened her eyes and looked at me. I couldn’t look straight into that gaze. It feels like the ground beneath her feet has collapsed.

Now I, we… .

Luna’s hand, which was giving me the warmth that was placed on my hand, fell. For a moment, I felt like my heart froze. She had even forgotten how to breathe, so it didn’t even occur to her to open her mouth and make an excuse.

Luna has many good reasons to hate me. Unlike in other worlds, it was because of me that she got her disability and was ostracized at the magic school. Even if she hits me, swears at me, and curses me, it’s not enough as punishment.

But Luna did something I never expected. It was an action that could not be read even from her author’s perspective.

Luna was holding onto my outstretched hand, desperately trying to cover her face by lifting the cushion with her uncomfortable left hand.

I didn’t understand the meaning of that action. Rather than saying he didn’t want to see his face, the hand that was holding my hand felt like it was telling me not to move away from him. So then, what is the reason for covering the face?

At that time, I could see what the cushion had not covered. Luna’s ears turned bright red, unlike usual.

Even though there are clues, my head doesn’t turn. As she was staring blankly at Luna, a stammering voice came from behind the cushion, like a murmur.

“Roh, Ross… No, should I say Jin Xian… ? Well, it’s been very difficult so far, right? A, suddenly, without knowing why, I was possessed… Even if you do good things, you are misunderstood… .”

It’s definitely a voice that comforts me. Rather than deceiving herself, Luna was more worried about me, who had put her through all sorts of hardships by possessing Ross without even knowing why.

So I didn’t understand even more. Then why is Luna hiding her face behind her cushion?

I overworked my brain, which was desperately unable to function properly. The clue is Memorise magic and Luna’s ears that turned red. The given clues will be sufficient to arrive at the correct answer. Finally, I came to an ending that I couldn’t accept without seeing it for myself.

I slowly slid off the sofa and approached Luna’s side. I felt Luna’s shoulder flinch as if she sensed my movement, but I couldn’t resist the urge to check the correct answer and carefully lowered Luna’s hand, which was holding on to the cushion with her trembling hand.

As the cushion covering his face went down, I saw him reflexively close his eyes. With my bright red face, I was dumbfounded by the fact that my guess was correct, but I was so happy that I couldn’t help but laugh.

Memorize magic does not simply transfer memories. Even the emotions I felt at the time that I don’t remember are conveyed intact. And the memories I showed Luna included all the memories of meeting Luna.

What I mean is that I fall in love with Luna every day, and the memories and emotions of every moment I fell in love… Everything was conveyed clearly.

I stopped breathing without realizing it. For a moment, my face felt hot. A completely unexpected problem left us in silence.

Even though we were speechless for a long time, we never let go of each other’s sweaty and sticky hands.