My Sister Picked up the Male Lead

As I was about to step forward, Knox pulled me into a tight hug. I quickly grabbed his arms while he put his arms up as if he was going to fight.

“D-don’t hit my sister!”

“… I wasn’t going to do anything.”

I couldn’t do anything in his arms, but I raised my head only to see my sister unsheathing her sword. Knox pulled me further back. Before we knew it, we backed up until we reached a corner near the window where the moonlight shined the most.

Seeing the two of us in this position, my sister’s eyes widened as she held the dagger higher.

“Hold on, you…”

My sister frowned. She didn’t have a problem with her eyesight so she should have seen it clearly now.

“… Knox?”

Even though she was the one who just said his name she looked at me incredulously, as if she still couldn’t believe it.

“I’m seeing wrong, right? Right?”, my sister seemed to ask as she looked at me. I nodded my head slowly. Yup, that’s right, Diana. This was the boy you picked up… That little creature you loved so much.

“It might sound ridiculous, but Diana, you’re right. This is the Knox you know…”

Before I could fully explain, my sister interrupted.

“T-this makes no sense. You’re lying to me, aren’t you?”

My sister, who was still holding the dagger murmured, as if asking me to tell her this was all a lie. She had been greatly shocked by the revelation and staggered backwards.

Her mouth was wide open, after realising that the dog she picked up was actually a wolf.1

“K-knox, got bigger…”

Overwhelmed, my sister quickly stopped talking.

“N-now that I look closer, his eyes and face look quite similar… Why did he grow up so suddenly? How did this all happen?”

“Although it may look like it… it’s not that he grew up…”

“This can’t be!”

Startled by my sister, she grabbed me by the shoulders before asking seriously. It looked as if she was asking me about her test results.

“Don’t tell me he is never going to change back to little Knox again?”

“… Huh?”

“Our cute Knox. Bring him back!”3

I know that you’re relieved that this man was not a stranger, but was this the right reaction to this kind of situation? Right now, rather than your younger sister, I think you’re the one with a problem.1

“… Diana, weren’t you angry just a while ago? You almost throwing a dagger at us, remember?”

“… That’s not important right now, Amy.”

“Then what’s important?”

“Knox.”

My sister replied seriously.

“… Does that mean I’ll never see him again?”

How much did my sister love Knox?

My sister liked young Knox too much. Way too much. If I hadn’t stepped in, the original plot would have continued smoothly.

Even if she hadn’t end up as the male lead’s first love, she would have still been the lady who was kind enough to pick up a little child. But why did she look like she had lost the love of her life when in actuality, she was only losing the kid she kept feeding snacks to?

I looked at my sister, puzzled, before she opened her mouth.

“So, during the day he becomes a child, and that’s what he looks like at night?”1

“Yes.”

On behalf of Knox who chose to remain silent, I explained his situation to my sister. After giving her a long explanation, she looked like she barely understood a word of it. She wasn’t usually so slow in understanding, but this could only be blamed on the flabbergasting situation.

“I feel bad for saying this after your explanation, but is this even possible? … I don’t believe it.”

I was now only pushing my sister to believe it. Well, I wouldn’t have believed it too if it weren’t for my past life.

“It hurts, Diana! It hurts!”

… I understood where she was coming from. But could she stop beating me? My shoulder hurts.

Since she had been a knight before, she was really strong. But it didn’t take much longer before she calmed down.

After my sister had calmed down, her expression seemed a lot better. She stared at me with a weird glint in her eyes.

“… So, the two of you have been like this every night?”

My sister’s gaze lingered on Knox for a while as a I nodded. My sister tapped her lips before saying,

“Perhaps even though he looks like that, the Knox I know is still inside?”

“Nope. He doesn’t have any memories of when he was a kid. But they have similar personalities… I think.”

Well, he was more mature at night. Though I’m not sure whether it was just him being cold…

I deliberately stopped talking after that to make sure she doesn’t pay any unnecessary scrutiny to whatever I was saying.

The face my sister had on now was the same one I had when I first saw Knox.

“I can see it now that I’m looking at him. His hair and his eyes are the same… Though his image is very different.”

“R-right?”

Meanwhile, Knox had been silent ever since my sister appeared.

I took a glance at him. Though he may look like someone who didn’t talk much, when he was with me, he would be quite chatty…

“Uh, my head. I had been living with such a huge man….”

“Uh, this may sound weird but could you change for me?”3

Neglecting the dagger, she had taken out, my sister started massaging her forehead.

“Anyways, you may look different now, but you’re still Knox. Right?… Fine. I get the situation now. It’s not like I could deny it when you’re right in front of me. But, Amy.”

My sister who had stopped sounding mischievous a while ago, looked at me seriously.

“Why didn’t you say anything until now? Did you think I’d be worried?”

“Yeah…”

“If you really didn’t want me to be worried, you would have told me the truth. What do you think you did to my heart when I found out like this?”

“I’m sorry.”

I lowered my gaze, as I couldn’t face my sister’s.

I may have been worried about her, but that wasn’t the only reason why I didn’t tell her. I also didn’t want our lives to follow the plot of the novel. At least for a while, I didn’t think Knox and my sister should meet.

I swallowed all the words I couldn’t say in front of her and raised my head.

“So, what are we going to do now?”

My sister laughed bitterly. But at least she was smiling.

“There’s nothing normal or not strange about this. But what could we do now that it’s happening right in front of us?”

My sister was nice to the weak, but cold to the strong. Knowing that, I had the perfect reply.1

“He’s still a child during the day, right? You still can’t kick him out.”

“So, you’re telling me to live with him from here on?”

“Yes. Is that okay?”

My sister, who finally returned to her usual self, smiled.

“With the grown-up Knox… Geez. Even if I looked at him again, it still feels strange.”

Knox who hadn’t said a word till now, raised his head. Just like the Knox during the day, he didn’t care much for my sister, but he stared at her. My sister also seemed to feel his gaze.

But he looked awkward. There was no way we could see child Knox in him.

“Uhm. I think I still need some time to process all this. I won’t be able to get used to this immediately. In any case, Amy.”

“Yeah?”

My sister who hardened her expression unexpectedly, said firmly.

“Since it’s come to this, you’re not allowed to sleep with Knox anymore. Do you understand?”1

“Huh? Ah…”

Of course.

She only let me sleep with him because she thought that he was a child… I took a glance at Knox.

“Now that I see it, the child Knox seems to like you very much and follows you around too.”

“Yeah.”

“This Knox may be little different but… He acts exactly like the kid. I mean the fact that he likes you very much.”

When she looked at the silent Knox before looking at me, she seemed to understand that Knox didn’t really have a personality of an adult. I was glad to hear that she understood…

“But he’s still almost an adult. I can’t let you sleep with him.”

“Yes, you’re right. It’ll be hard for us to sleep together now. The bed was small too…”1

Before checking his expression, I quickly turned my head.

It felt strange. This was the right way to move forward. But why did I feel sorry for a moment? Was I mistaken?1

“So, from now on, I’ll be with Diana.”

“No.”

Knox who interrupted me, looked displeased. He pulled me closer with his arm around my waist. I glanced at his arms before looking up to my sister.

“Are you going?”

“Huh? To where?”

Knox grabbed my wrist gently.

“Don’t leave.”

… Why did he treat the fact that I was going to sleep in my sister’s room as if I was going to some faraway country?1

“I’m not going anywhere far.”

As I looked at my trapped wrist, I panicked.

My sister looked at the both of us before laughing dumbfoundedly. She soon said with a smile on her face.

“Both Knox in the day and the Knox at night like you very much. Huhu. You said he doesn’t remember anything, right? I wonder who likes you more, Knox in the day or the Knox at night?”1

“… Stop spewing nonsense.”

Knox frowned.

No, I mean, why are you looking at me?

Anyways, I couldn’t keep staying like this so I tried to pry myself away from Knox. But he clung onto me with his sturdy arms.

My sister who shook her head, said firmly.

“I know your circumstances, but I can’t allow the two of you to stay together.”

She may have sounded cruel, but my sister didn’t say anything wrong. From my sister’s perspective, it wasn’t right to leave me alone with Knox.

“It’s getting late. We should get to sleep.”

“Yeah.”

Looks like this is the end of my makeshift sleepover.

“Knox, let go. Huh?”

“…”

Actually, I wanted to learn more about the strange patterns on the back of my hand. But what could I do, right? It’s not like I could stay here and sleep with you anymore. Soon, Knox didn’t hold on to me anymore, and I managed to get out of his hold.

Instead, he stared at me for a long time before he stared at his empty hands.1

Looking at Knox, I waved at him awkwardly.

“… Good night.”

His cold eyes seemed empty for a moment.

Why? The walk back to my sister’s room felt as if I was walking on a forest path in winter.

***

The next day, we acted as if nothing had happened. It was a strangely boring day. Maybe because when I woke up in the morning, it felt as if the bed was too big for my liking.2

Compared to when I was sleeping with Knox, sleeping with my sister was of course less cramped and more spacious.

The day passed by relatively quickly. Now that I’ve gotten better, I was busy doing all the house work since it wasn’t that difficult to do.

After all that, I sat down with Knox to go through his studies, after what seemed like a long time. Before I knew it, it was night again.

“I feel like these days I’m becoming more and more like a monster.”

“Is that so?”

My sister had gone out to hunt for a long time because she was struggling with hunting down some monsters. So, unlike other days, she was deep asleep.

But despite the fact that she was fast asleep, if I moved, her eyes would be wide open. As I laid down I couldn’t sleep.1

… Should I try cuddling with my sister?

They say that another person’s body temperature can help with good sleep. I remember seeing some TV commercial in my previous life where some company said that if you were hugged until you fell asleep, you would have a good sleep. I decided to believe their words.

I seemed to sleep well on that cramped bed with Knox.

Was I missing him right now? It’s only been a day though.1

… This was ridiculous. I shook my head wildly. But I couldn’t stand it anymore and stood up. After carefully leaving the sheets, I turned the doorknob.

“… Hm. Where are you going?”1

“T-the toilet.”

“… Ah… Be safe.”

Was it because she met a lot of monsters? My sister who would usually pester me with questions, gave up asking quickly and fell back to sleep.

I checked on my sleeping sister once more before opening the door. When I arrived at the living room, I sat on the sofa and heaved a long sigh.

“Haaa…”

I only can sit here for a while. I have to go back soon.

As my chest heaved up and down, someone lifted me up.

“Amy.”

“Ack, Knox?”

When did he come? No, I was sure there wasn’t anyone in the living room before I came. As I clung onto him, I could only blink my confused eyes. Before I knew it, the door to my room opened.

“Y-you weren’t sleeping?”

“… I couldn’t sleep.”

But despite his eyes, his bloodshot eyes seemed to say otherwise.

Carefully, I touched his eyelids. He closed his eyes as my fingertips brushed against his eyelids.

“You look tired. Why didn’t you sleep? You shouldn’t stay up like this.”

“Even if I sleep, you wouldn’t be here.”

“…”

I breathed in sharply. Since I was trapped in his hold, I couldn’t run away. That’s why I just lowered my head.

“… I can’t stay next to you forever. Just like how I can’t sleep with you anymore, things might change in the future.”

“What will change?”

“… Many things. Nothing is forever.”

I will only be involved in the male lead’s life for this period of time. After I save my sister, I won’t be in your life anymore.

The words I couldn’t tell swarmed in my mind. I wonder why. It’s probably because I couldn’t tell him that.

“Why do you always push me away?”

“… I had never.”

“From the moment, I open my eyes, I always saw you.”

“…”

“Look at me, Amy.”

My breathing turned a little unsteady.

“The only time I have with you is at night… Any other time I have is meaningless to me.”

I could feel his eyelids trembling. My hands which were fidgeting accidentally grabbed his, startling myself.

“Amy.”

He grabbed my hand that I tried to pull away and brought it to his lips. Instead of using his tongue like the time I injured my hands, only his lips touched my hand. His black eyelashes fluttered as he looked at me.

He laid me down so that I would be trapped by his arms on both sides, completely embraced by him. I could feel his breath at the tip of my nose.

“I’d like to ask for permission for whatever I’m going to do soon. Is that okay?”20

T/N:

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I noticed in the previous chapter some peeps were like confused because of the sudden time skip. So, to make things clear:

*** — timeskip

Anything in italics — the past

If there are more things to add to this legend, I will add it to the beginning of that particular chap. Sorry I didn’t clear this up before.