My Sister Picked up the Male Lead

My sister only came back in the morning.

“Hmm, his fever is not coming down.”

My sister pointed at his face worriedly. Even when we waved our hands at his face, his eyes remain closed with no visible reaction to our actions.

“What’s going on here? Why is he sick?”

I was sure Knox was fine. Since I was the one who made him sick in the first place.

Some might say that people only got sick after being put under heavy stress but honestly, they could have just gotten a cold from the weather or gotten sick because of fatigue from not enough sleep.

“Uh, you know how I don’t get fevers easily.”

I had hurriedly hid the traces in the garden of the previous night before my sister came. Did it work? After my sister came back, my sister hadn’t said a word about it.

Since my sister wasn’t really good at acting, she couldn’t possibly be this calm after discovering it. It seemed like she had yet to discover the pit marks I had made.

My sister flicked my forehead.

“That’s why I worry for you. You won’t get sick if you eat a lot of Arpim herbs.”

“Eating too many isn’t good for you.”

Any medicine that is consumed in excess will be like poison. In times like this, I felt the need to pray for my sister.

“It’s not good if you eat too many?”

“Of course. Cough. Just like how sugar may be tasty but too much isn’t good for you.”

Maybe because she was a knight, rather than saying that she cooked, it was more like she added different ingredients together and heated it up. Though her method of doing things may work for making food, but not medicine. I may still be an novice at medicine, but even I knew that.

“Diana, are you okay?”

I looked at her worryingly, wondering if she was hurt anywhere. Instead of answering, my sister smiled.

“Of course I am. All I did was wander around in the Night Forest. Don’t you know how well I know this place?”

My sister passionately explained how she was fine but I seemed to have given her a look as if to say that I didn’t believe her. Wanting to show me that she was fine, she clasped her hands around mine.

What a relief. I nodded my head before remembering something suddenly and grabbing onto my sister’s hands.

“Diana, you know how we process our monster corpses in our backyard?”

“Yeah.”

“At the place we process our monsters, there’s a tied up sack. Could you help clean it up later?”

My sister froze. Noticing something amiss, she stiffened her face.

“… Don’t tell me. I thought there were already a lot of people, did some come here?”

“Yup. Don’t worry. They got caught in a trap while I was still hiding.”

Well, to be exact, I tied them up in a sack and brought them to the back of the house.

In the house where only the two of us lived, my sister and I had secretly set up many traps. I sometimes forget the threat of intruders because for the past 10 years, we had very little intruders.

This time, a trap wasn’t used to get rid of them but my sister seemed to believe me firmly. I mean, it’s not like she would suspect Knox, he was just a kid.

It would have been best if my sister didn’t open the sack and just took care of it. But my sister would believe anything I said so it should be fine.

“I’ll put it in a cart and move it later. It should be fine if I leave it someplace where many people walk pass. Since the paths here are frequently used by monster hunters, he should be discovered in just a few hours. We’ll be lucky if no one finds it for a while.”

While saying that, my sister stroked my head. Since the intruders came from our front, it’ll be hard to feel safe for a while. Even my sister who usually had a smile on her face, looked more subdued.

“Amy. Should we move?”

“Move?”

“I thought living in the forest would be the best but now, I’m not so sure.”

Once in a while, we would have a lost monster hunter travel all the way to our house. But this was the first time so many came at once. My sister must have been very startled.

When I looked at my sister and saw that she had been making an unexpectedly serious face, I suddenly thought that this might not be such a bad idea.

“I’m not sure. But I don’t think that’s such a bad idea.”

“Really? Alright. Let’s think about it a little more.”

“Yeah.”

Unless I want to calmly watch my sister die, we have to leave this place.

Instead of firmly believing that we should, a strange feeling lodged itself in my heart for a moment. But I soon shook my head.

By the way, was such an attack by the mercenaries written in the novel?

In the novel, it was simply stated that the woman who saved Knox was killed during the Crown Prince’s attack. So, whatever happen between those 2 events were unknown. This was a shame.

Was this issue the reason why my sister wanted to leave?

Before I knew it, my sister had left. As I looked at the door she went through, it felt unfair. It was probably because I felt emotional, thinking about my sister who had come this far living here, now talking about moving away.

“… You didn’t even listen to me when I told you to move out.”

Just at that moment, the door clicked open.

“… Amy?”

I turned my head to see who it is and realise that it was the little boy.

“Knox.”

Knox ran over to my bed.

“Come here. What’s wrong?”

But instead of climbing on to the bed or grabbing my sleeves as per usual, he slightly clasped the sheets. Looking impatient, he then said.1

“Diana told me that I shouldn’t touch you. I also shouldn’t move around.”

“Really? She must have thought I had a cold.”

“… Then, can I move around?”

“There must be a reason why she told you that. Well, I don’t think I have a cold?”

Then his face darkened like the sky just before it rained. He quickly grabbed the ends of my clothes and donned a look of urgency on his look which was rare. He tilted his head.

“How do I transfer Amy’s illness over?”4

“Weren’t you talking about moving your body around?”*

*T/N: translating this part was tricky bHAHA anyways in korean, Knox used the word 옮 to say how he wanted to transfer her illness over to him. But the same word can be used to say that he was moving around. If I’m making any sense.1

“Why?”

“I mean, what do you mean why? Why do you want me to transfer my illness over to you?”

Just as I asked the question, I realised the answer.

“Don’t tell me you want to transfer the disease over to you so I won’t be sick anymore?”1

… He nodded his head.

Ah. This was why I liked this little creature so much. Though I was proud of you for saying that…

This child seriously believed that he could transfer my illness so that he would be sick instead. After scratching my cheek, thinking about how to resolve this situation, I naturally spoke up.

“Knox, even if I don’t transfer my illness over to you, I can heal form this. So you don’t need to be sick for me, instead all I need is a cup of warm water. Could you get that for me?”

“… Water?”

“Yup. You can bring it to me later. What about Knox, are you alright? You’re not hurt anywhere?”

“… Yeah. I’m not.”

How could I believe him when he was the type of person to say that he was ‘fine’ when he was obviously not? I scanned his body.

The shock I received from last night when I saw his adult form gradually finding it harder to breath still hasn’t gone away yet. I was surprised that I was still thinking about him who had been burning hot yesterday.

“It’s a relief that you weren’t hurt anywhere. I was really worried about you.”

I laughed sincerely at the boy’s words.

‘I was really worried.’

On one hand, I felt genuine fear. An inexplicable fear.

What would have happened if something went horribly wrong with the male lead?

The scene of his collapse kept replaying in my head. Fortunately, an unbelievable miracle occurred and everything ended well. But I don’t know how to accept whatever that had conspired yesterday.

Firstly, Knox’s wounds healed immediately without any scarring. Secondly, Knox only turned into a child after the sun had risen. As I thought about the white light, I gulped nervously.

‘I’m sure the light was coming from the back of my hand, right?’

This was the second time the light appeared ever since we left the abandoned house. Was it really because I held his hands that he wasn’t turning back to a child on time?

My head was about to burst from confusion.

“… Amy?”

“Yeah?”

Before I knew it, Knox was holding my hand while looking at me worriedly.

What should I do with you?

I flashed a bitter smile unknowingly as I patted his head.

“Hold on. Shouldn’t you ask for permission too?”

“Permission?”

“Huh? Yeah. Come to think of it, whenever you hold on to my clothes, you also hold it so tightly.”

With a mischievous smile, I poked his cheeks and gently smacked his head.

“You didn’t ask for permission, Knox.”

I only said it as a joke but now I must have gone crazy. What should I do if Knox remembers everything I did later on? Something like how come I have to ask for permission but he doesn’t?

Something like that wasn’t likely to happen but I was still worried…

“Permission.”

Knox who tilted his head stared at me.

“Do I have to ask for it? Why?”

“Huh?”

“Amy’s fine. Your head and shoulders are fine. Uhm, here is fine. There is fine too. There…”

“Huh?”

Wait. Wait how far was he going down?

His hands continued to travel downwards as my heart continued to beat faster, startled by his actions.

Kung kung kung.5

My heart was beating exactly like that.

Although Knox has gotten closer to my sister over time, he still acted like a wary animal whenever she was around. Even when he needed help to wash his face, he would never let my sister touch his face.

But even though he acted like a cat sometimes, whenever I looked into his eyes, I would think he was like a gently puppy. No wonder when my sister found him in the forest, she couldn’t say no to those eyes that would have looked as if he was pleading with her to ‘pick him up’.

Even today, as his eyes bore into mine, I had no where else to look.

“Uhm Knox, I’m very grateful for your feelings for me but…”

In this still silence, only the sounds of our heats beating could be heard. There was a tingling sensation at the tips of my fingers.

“You know the heart is one of the most important organs in our bodies right? This is a place you only let your cherished people into. So from now onwards, you cannot easily touch this place.”

“A cherished person?”

“Yes, a cherished person.”

I tried to wriggle my hand out of his grip but he held onto my hand too tightly.

“I’m talking about a person that would stay with you for a long time in the future.”

Knox was always so cold and lonely. Even though I knew that, I wanted him to know that he will be happy and better times would come. But we’ll have to leave this house soon.

“Well, I only wish that Knox can be happy. I hope that you’ll meet a lot of good people and live happily.”

I said sincerely. For his happiness.

For example, he could meet a very pretty and talented magician. The female lead who would have been busy studying right now would be your hope and the one you will be living for in the future.

I smiled awkwardly as I looked at the back of my hand.

I took my hand off Knox’s and tried to place it on my chest but Knox’s small hands caught it midair.

“What do I do to be happy?”

“Huh? I-I’m not sure…”

“Because I don’t know how.”

Ah. Did I speak about it too vaguely? I copied Knox and tilted my head was well.

“Ah. So when you’re happy… your heart will become war, and it would feel like time had stopped?”

“… So what you’re trying to say is, if a person is able to make you feel that way, that person is a good person?”

“Yes?”

Then, Knox who was holding my hand, stared at me. Slowly, the little boy lifted his head and his trembling lips parted.

“… Then it’s Amy.”8

I struggled to reply as if honey had been poured down my throat. Was it desperation that had clouded over those jewelled eyes? I tried to naturally turn my head before swallowing my breath. I couldn’t say anything back.

In the end, after some silence, I managed to reply.

“Yes, I see. Shall we eat? I’m hungry”

“Okay.”

Knox dashed off to tell my sister. I turned away from the back of the gentle and obedient puppy-like boy and quickly exhaled the breath I had been holding. My face crumpled.

… Why did it feel like I picked up a stray cat? It felt as if he was trying to seduce me. No, he must have been seducing me, right? He was trying to seduce me just now.

First, came the embarrassment. In fact, the reason why I was in such an agony was because he was such a pretty boy.

How could I say ‘Don’t look at me’ to a doll-like boy desperately pleads at me to ‘pick him up’? I couldn’t even ask why he was looking at me like that…

The way he looked at me overlapped with the way Knox looked at me at night. My thoughts on treating the Knox in the day and the Knox at night as different people began to crumble.2

If it were my sister, I wonder how she would have treated him? If it were her, she would have pampered him endlessly, setting almost no boundaries between them. Was this difference because my sister and I were different people in the first place?

Every time I see the boy come at me a step at a time, I felt like a dam about to collapse from holding back water on a rainy day.

“Amy, let’s eat.”

“Okay, Diana.”

Once I saw my sister poke her head through the door, I stopped thinking about it. My sister helped me up.

“Oh my God. Do you know what Knox just said to me? ‘I want to help’! That was so cute.”

“Is that so?”

… I don’t think I can hide his identity for any longer. What would happen if the boy my sister told me to sleep with and whom she thinks is cute turned out to be a man?

“Knox is working hard at cleaning the spoons now. When you see him, praise him. You know he likes your compliments the most right?”

“Uh…”

“I’m so jealous.”

“… Of me? Because of me?”

“Why do you think?”

As I looked at my smiling sister, I nodded awkwardly.

“… I don’t want to know.”

Looking at the cookies in my sister’s hands, I shook my head. Because of Knox, she didn’t bring any snacks that I haven’t seen before.

Actually, isn’t it better for me since I didn’t like sweets that much? I met eyes with my smiling sister.

… That’s right. Let’s think about that later.

We were going to separate after some time anyways, you know? It’ll become a bad habit if I kept putting it off but I thought this would be better for everyone.

***

(Change in POV – Knox)3

When he opened his eyes, Knox doused in the blue moonlight.

‘It must be night now.’

Obviously it’s night now but it still felt awkward to only wake up at night.

Once he opened his eyes, it was already night. He wondered how long it’ll be till it’s the day again.

Knox lowered his gaze. The last they saw each other, he fainted and there had been a bandage wrapped around his chest but now there was nothing.

The poison in his body must have taken his memories of what happened the previous night. He obviously fainted but to him, the memories of the previous night must have been hazy.

He thought ‘Weren’t there intruders?”.

When he turned his head to the side, he saw the young girl fast asleep.

“… Amy?”

The sleeping girl had a towel placed on her forehead. It was the same towel used to wipe his forehead.

It was strange to see but the girl who was always there whenever he opened his eyes was now fast asleep.

After fiddling with the towel for a while, he sat up.

She looked breathless. The girl was clearly sick.3

But why?

Struggling to find out what happened from the hazy memories he had of last night, he finally remembered the intruders who had barged into here. He remembered killing the intruders with his sword and the startled eyes of the girl who had been watching.

“I’m not the type to be afraid of the person who protected me.”

But he wasn’t sure which part of his memories were true and which part were just his hallucinations.

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He closed his eyes and gulped. Just as he did, a scene flashed before him.

The scene was strange. The girl had been crying, pleading him to wake up.

“Reynok!”6

That was strange. Because it wasn’t his name.