The Chosen One Was Me, Not You

67 – {Choices and Choices}

{Choices and Choices}

Reina has been feeling sorry for her situation.

She would have been rather strange if she hadn’t felt sad at the sight of herself struggling to catch up while watching William’s atrocities.

However, it was only recently that Reina’s feelings for the Duke of Artyn reached their worst.

As if feeling something ominous, William Artin’s behavior, which began to run rampant, led to actual violence.

Parents unable to properly protect or stop their brother William from assault.

And the appearance of parents who are busy avoiding reality without even apologizing to themselves properly.

Still, Raina loved and tried to understand her parents.

However, the appearance of her father Elliot, who almost hurt herself by pushing herself and didn’t even apologize, along with her parents’ rudeness in front of Theodore, who was revealed to be Theodore Artin, made her feel like something was breaking inside her. Gave me a feeling

‘Dad, why?’

Then, the attitude of Ceres, her mother, was the same.

‘Mom, what about mom?’

Even Reina was actually looking forward to it in a corner of her heart.

She thought that if she was about to get hurt, she would be shown worrying about herself and running towards her.

But she said that her expectations were in vain.

‘Oh.’

She said that in moments of crisis, her true nature is revealed.

In this sudden situation, their nature was not to run away worrying about Reina.

‘I just… It was a tool for image making.’

They were just one of the tools used to hide their ugliness from being exposed extensively by Theodore Artin.

She felt that, Reina felt her body lose strength.

Is it because of sadness?

Is it because of despair?

Reina didn’t even know what state she was in. She

She could only realize her sense of helplessness and her terrifying sense of loss that she couldn’t figure out the meaning of her own existence.

“Reina.”

Then she heard a voice that lifted her spirits.

‘Theodore’s older brother.’

As rumor has it, he was a real older brother with the same blood as himself.

And when he heard the voice calling him after he left the house 11 years ago, being treated worse than herself, Reina’s mind quickly recalled the times she had spent with him, albeit briefly.

‘Theodore’s older brother and Yuria’s older sister treated me kindly.’

Theodore Sky Road.

His identity is Theodore Artin. However, that was only his past status, and he was denying that he was Theodore Artin.

‘Theodore Sky Road.’

That was the identity he defined himself.

He himself denied being Theodore Artin and chose to be Theodore Skylord.

In other words, the Duke of Artin was no longer part of his family.

‘That’s why I want to ask.’

Reina was still in Theodore’s arms and she looked straight into Theodore’s face.

One of her looks, like William’s, was a magnificent collection of real admiration.

However, unlike William, who was stricken with dirty desire, his face full of confident confidence gave Rayna the feeling that he was different from William.

“Brother Theodore… Brother Theodore hates the Duke of Artin, right?”

“I hate it.”

As expected, the answer was as expected.

“Then what do you think of Reina Artin?”

“She came out of the Duke of Artin and I think she’s a child that I wish she had as my sister.”

With those words, Reina Artin felt that the moment of her choice had come.

* * *

Theodore sensed that her Reina understood her own meaning.

It was because she could see that her eyes were slowly returning to life.

“Theodore, then…Am I really going to be a sister to Theodore?”

In front of Reina, Theodore smiled as gently as possible to reassure her.

As the one who walks on her sky, it was her current role to rescue the suffering from below and lift them up to the sky.

She was in need of salvation just like she herself in the past, and unlike 11 years ago, she stood in the position of being saved rather than being saved.

“Yes. You will be my little sister. And you will have a brother and a sister.”

“Your sister?”

Raina turned to Judith at those words.

I wondered what kind of feeling the appearance of a bright blonde girl who, unlike herself, received lots of affection from her parents and her brother.

“…Didn’t I say you were a year older than me?”

I could see Reina’s gaze leading to the beautiful silver-haired girl, Lilia, who seemed to have shrunk Yuria, who was smiling affectionately at herself, and looking sadly at herself.

They must have wanted Reina to grab the rope that Theodore was holding out.

“Nice to meet you, Raina. It’s Judith Skyroad.”

Judith approached Rayna with a bright smile.

“Le, my name is Reina.”

Raina’s answer came back after she introduced herself by dropping her last name, Artin.

It was positive that he had removed his last name like this.

It was because he was trying to get away from Artin.

“Ah~ so cute! Can you call me unnie? Huh?”

“Huh, sister?”

When Judith brought her face close to her and asked in her earnest tone, Rayna felt intimidated involuntarily and called her sister.

“Ah!”

At that word, Judith was delighted and showed her helplessness, and Theodore laughed and restrained her.

“Come, come, Judy. Raina is surprised? You should calm down.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. Reina, I’m really sorry. I, but I still want Reina to come as my little sister… hehehe~”

“Oh, no.

Judith’s bright smile could have been her own.

Feeling that, Reina’s expression slowly glowed with envy and longing.

“Re, Reina.”

And Elliot, who felt how things were going after belatedly, tried to talk her out of Reina.

But Reina didn’t look at him.

She looked away from Judith and then back to Theodore.

“Just as I found my real family, I hope Ray and you will choose the path to have a real family.”

Theodore gently stroked Reina’s forehead with his hand.

Meanwhile, he continued to inform her of her choice.

“You must have realized what they looked like, right?”

“…Yes.”

Reina nodded her head and held her silence for a moment.

And I could see a little sad tear in her blue eyes.

“Brother Theodore. Will you continue to treat him the same?”

“Yes.”

“Can I promise you?”

“I’ll promise you as much as you want. As the heir to the Duke of Skyroad, who protects the imperial family of the Arkhan Empire and walks the path of heaven, I swear on my life.”

As the heir to the Duke of Skyroad, an oath to risk one’s life.

This was not originally an oath to be made easily, but Theodore knew that it was an oath to be made at this moment.

“Brother Theodore, brother Theodore and sister Judith over there…That you accept me as your sister…Is it possible?”

Reina couldn’t speak clearly because of the fear that it might not be true.

It was because of fear and anxiety when expectations were not met.

So Theodore nodded her head to reassure her.

“Of course. Your father and mother also decided to accept you as the second princess of the Duke of Skyroad.”

“Yes, Theo is right.”

The Duke of Skyroad approached, nodding his head.

“Raina, if you don’t hate me, would you please be my daughter?”

“Yes, Raina. Please be my daughter.”

The Duchess of Skyroad also approached with a friendly smile.

That was the time.

“Oh no! Raina is my daughter! She’s my daughter!”

Ceres suddenly jumped up from his seat like a madman.

“I’m going to take Theodore and Reina as well! No! No! No!”

Seeing Ceres glowing like that, it really seemed crazy.

“Noisy.”

Theodore spoke coldly to Ceres, as other people could be more frenzied if they spoke.

“Princess Yuria.”

“Yes?”

When Theodore suddenly called her, Yuria showed a puzzled expression.

Theodore smiled slightly and asked Yuria.

“I’ll take care of Reina for a moment.”

“Yes, leave it to me.”

The person Raina felt most friendly with was YuRia, so she entrusted Reina, who was holding her while she supported her, to YuRia as if she were hugging her princess.

“Yes.”

Reina looked slightly embarrassed, but she didn’t deny it.

Perhaps it was because she kept needing her kind touch to give her her warm love.

“Duchess Artin.”

Theodore’s gaze returned to Ceres.

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Now was the time to make another settlement with her, not for her own problem, but for her, Raina’s problem.