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On anotherturned ten, Rudel had learned to control the Mana throughout his body to run at a breakneck pace If he ran in the yard, his parents and the servants would co the city's outer wall… to be more precise, he would run perpendicular to the wall Such was the amount of speed he put out

He would run until the ti in his stomach's clock, he would return to the castle only to find breakfast had been prepared right on time In a room without any other, he would eat his breakfast… Rudel's daily life hadn't changed in five years

He would uphold proper manners as he ate, and without fail,

"Thank you for thehim like that, the servants found Rudel to be eerie As he talked to hione by, Rudel's treated

But even so, Rudel wasn't sad To Rudel, who sioon as soon as possible, he had no ti else, and he didn't knohat kindness was to begin with The only time he ever studied it ithin the real his tutor less and less His tutor concluded that he had given up trying But Rudel had seen through his hoet much of an answer even if he asked, so he had switched over to self-study

He had made numerous requests to his parents for a new tutor, but they wouldn't take hihly praised his younger brother Chlust They had taken quite a liking to the tutor ould say, Chlust has a great future ahead of him…

But even Rudel had someone he could respect His formerChlust Chlust was off being taught by some other famous swordsmaster

A martial art and swordstyle close to real combat reliably trained up Rudel's body It was because he could experience it first-hand that Rudel respected the soldier… though he was stillpoint did coer sister His 'two sisters' ould turn three this year were by no means twins Rudel's father had sown a seed elsewhere

The first was Erselica, born of his own mother, and the other was Lena The two of them received complete opposite treatments Erselica was doted on to no end Yet while that went on, Lena received only the minimum interaction

In Courtois where blond hair was irl who boasted a rare set of black hair and black eyes She was holed up in her rooe streas would repeat Rudel's rooht below it

While Rudel would start h the front door soon beca out of theThe first tiht of him as a suspicious character And from that day, she would wake up at that tioing out, and returning every day at the same time It was only a while later she learned he was her brother born of another mother

At the tiirl was soe one Lena had a nature closer to Rudel The sort of person who's body would irl ould eat well and sleep often… and Lena had an interest in Rudel She would follow him around each day to watch his back

Perhaps because of that, the na shadow' The strange Rudel paired with his strange younger sister, it continued on regardless of the servants' disdain

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"… What are you doing over there?"

"Hah!?"

One day, having finished his sword training, Rudel decided to turn to Lena before returning to his roo it off histo run out of patience…

When he turned, he found a girl he had never seen before… that was Rudel's impression As Rudel was fundamentally uninterested in the human relations within the mansion, he didn't even know of the existence of his sisters

"Y-yo!"

While Lena gave so inquisitively at hi to corew soot around to boldly approaching Rudel's side Rudel had so around hiot around to eat breakfast together

"Bwo, this is bitter…"

As she bit into a vegetable, Lena complained to Rudel Rudel had eaten it for five years, so he didn't , Rudel's meals tasted terrible

"It's full of nutrition, so you have to properly eat… cheell… no, don't just s it, you have to chew!"