Love Letter From The Future chapter 217

4. Rynella’s fate is decided by Rynella (10)

It’s been a long time since I’ve been working alone with a man.

In the first place, it was rare for a man to enter my room. The last visit was from a male student whose face collapsed after knocking on my door late at night.

When I think about it now, those were the memories I really miss.

Did the boy go to the temple and recover well?

I was worried that I wouldn’t be in big trouble during the monster attack. No, maybe she became one of the people who cursed at the princess because she was too sane.

However, the boy did not enter my room voluntarily, and he was not treated politely by me.

Leto was the only man who came to my room as a guest and even took a drink.

Now, an unexpected person was being added to the list.

lupine rhinella.

He always had a nice appearance to protect the dignity of a nobleman, and he sat in front of me with a slovenly look, which was rare.

The messy hair and the smell of burning grass were impressive.

It looked like he wanted to get out of the fire somewhere.

Including that point, it was something we could talk about gradually. I took out a bottle of whiskey I always drank from the cupboard and poured it into my glass.

The glass filled up with a gurgling sound, and a strong scent wafted out.

As soon as he smelled it, Lupine immediately frowned.

“… … What is this cheap drink? Is there anything more luxurious?”

Should I lose one?

I was seriously worried for a moment, but I decided to calm down the violence inside.

He knew that Lupine was not cheap. He was even the younger brother that my precious colleague, Elsie-senpai, especially cherished, so I was able to put up with him a few times.

yes, a few times.

I hoped that Lupine would not run out of that opportunity within today.

“Isn’t it a bit brazen request for something that came out of nowhere?”

“Suddenly? under… It’s all because of you! Because of you, my older sister… … !”

As Lupin said, he began to show signs of having another seizure.

I took a quick drink before he foamed at the mouth.

Fortunately, it seemed that Lupine was not so excited that he completely forgot about the dignity of aristocrat.

With a dissatisfied expression, he came out of the glass and met it. And the scent of whiskey burning down your throat.

I let out a heated breath and turned my eyes to Lupine.

He took a sip of his drink, and soon showed a disgust with his tongue sticking out.

It was a cheap drink, so it didn’t seem to suit his taste.

Or the tendency to not drink well in the first place.

Either way, alcohol was just a lubricant for conversation. I took advantage of the opportunity to fill up on Lupine.

“No, don’t get angry and tell me the details. So what did I do wrong… Don’t you know what to apologize for?”

“Well done, you trash bastard! Listen carefully to what you have done to my sister!”

Lupin exclaimed even more vigorously, as if the spirit of alcohol was already circulating.

To summarize his detailed explanation that followed, it was as follows.

In the end, the problem had to go back to the day I and Elsie first met.

Elsie-senpai, who was unexpectedly defeated by me that day, not only suffered humiliation and shame, but also spread bad rumors.

Yes, it was a rumor about that ‘pee mannequin’.

At least according to senior Elsie’s claim, this was nothing more than an outrageous slander. But who would honestly confess that he peed in front of his juniors?

When the truth was lost, the public would usually accept what they wanted as the truth.

At the time, Elsie’s reputation was the worst. The truth that the members of the academy wanted was something that could lower Elsie senior somehow.

It was also the reason that Elsie’s marriage path was almost blocked.

No matter how much the rights of men and women became equal, the world still imposed a heavier duty of chastity on women. Needless to say, it was a noble lady.

Did you urinate after being beaten by an outsider?

At first glance, it’s just a funny incident, but the story changes the moment you go up and down the social world’s tight-lipped cube.

The end of being embarrassed is to turn into a shame at once.

Of course, even if it happened just once, your position in the marriage market is not fatally shaken. Even so, senior Elsie had done so many things.

Its cruel and violent disposition was one of its obvious shortcomings.

Not to mention, since she has excellent skills, it was obvious that she would become a victim of domestic violence if she had a suitable husband.

In the meantime, it was the yard where the absurd news was heard that he had been humiliated by the second son of a rural viscount.

Countess Rainella immediately made a decision.

Decided to get married before Elsie-senpai had more accidents and the value in the marriage market fell.

The efforts of Count Rainella, which began in this way, bore fruit not long ago.

Senior Elsie’s fiancée was decided, and in the meantime, Earl Rainella, concerned that Elsie senior would have another accident, decided to hasten the engagement.

So, Lupine’s explanation for a long time was that the Knights of the Rainella family would visit tomorrow to take Elsie-senior.

Hmm, a heavy moan leaked out of my mouth.

It was a forced engagement. Even Count Rainella said he was in a hurry, so he probably couldn’t afford to choose the right opponent.

In my mind, images of several heroines who met a tragic fate came to mind.

I don’t even love, but I’m in an unfortunate situation where I have to get engaged as if I’m being sold to incompetent men who are old and have bad personalities.

Elsie-senpai couldn’t let go of that.

I asked Lupin with a serious expression.

“So, who is the fiancée? Maybe old, violent, incompetent… … .”

“no? Confucius comes from a prestigious family, is handsome, and has a bright future.”

Countess Rainella was more competent than expected.

As soon as I heard Lupin’s words, steam leaked out. To soothe the despondency, he poured a glass of wine and gulped it down.

Then it wasn’t even a problem for me to worry about in the first place.

No matter what anyone said, I was an outsider of the Rainella family. No matter how close she was to Elsie, this was a reality that did not change.

“Then what’s wrong? It’s not uncommon for aristocratic families to sell off their children to betrothal… It would be great if the opponent also stopped.”

“you you… Still don’t understand the problem?!”

With his face flushed with alcohol, Lupine slammed the table with a bang and got angry.

“You are forced to marry! My older sister cried a lot?! Look! I tried to soothe it, but it burned hot!”

Then, Lupine spread his arms and proudly showed off his shabby figure.

I was dumbfounded and had to swallow a laugh.

“But what? If you were born into an aristocratic family, it’s an inevitable fate. You are being sold for the sake of your family in return for making them enjoy a better life than others.”

What I said was extremely common sense.

In an aristocratic society, the family takes precedence over everything else. Being born as a son of an aristocrat and living a life full of what he wanted to enjoy, it was possible to sustain a life with the halo of the family.

Senior Elsie must have been like that too.

Now is the time to pay the price.

To be honest, I was a little upset, but I tried to pretend to be calm.

But that common sense story infuriated Lupin even more.

“… … family name?”

Crying, the emotion contained in the voice that was inadvertently spilled was unusual.

At one word blazing with the heat, I stopped tilting my glass. Lupine’s blue eyes burned fiercely.

It was an emotion of a density that was incomparable to that of the past.

Only anger and hatred that had been concentrated for a long time could have such a color.

“My family, what did you do to us… … ?”

It was a substantive question.

It is a problem that is difficult to solve and explain because it is taken for granted.

Even if I didn’t do that, my head, which was drunk, didn’t turn properly. The only answers he gave were plain words that stuttered and spat out.

“That, uh… What. eating and sleeping? There are things like that.”

“My parents, they didn’t do anything… … !”

It was a word he spat out while grinding his teeth.

No matter how much it was, there was no way the family would not have fed and slept. But the anger Lupin was showing now was more than enough to say that he had been abused by the Rainella family.

Lupine got drunk and confessed his true feelings.

“To my parents, we were nothing more than dogs in the kennels… Throw it away and wait for the strongest dog to come out. Do you know how miserable I was in my childhood?”

His voice was getting more and more intense. Intense pain swirled in his bloodshot eyes.

“Every time I was bored, I was taken and beaten! For no reason, just because it’s fun! Then what if you tell your parents? I got scolded once and it was over… And I had to be beaten more brutally in retaliation. Sometimes it’s to the point of getting into a fight with my dog… I begged him to stop!”

I couldn’t say anything in the storm of emotions overflowing without any warning.

All he had to do was pour a drink into Lupine’s already empty glass.

instead of the tears he should have shed.

“At that time, the only one who protected me was Elsie noona… I fought the big dog on my behalf. At first, they get bitten and bleed profusely, but the older brother who ordered them to fight was more frightened? cuuuuuuuuu… But you know what’s funny? When the knights arrived a long time later, Elsie had strangled the dog.”

And Lupine let out a sound that didn’t know if he was crying or laughing. With a thump, his head slammed onto the table.

Only then did I carefully dissuade Lupine.

“Lupin, you’re drunk. I just have to go back… … .”

“I’m barely free now!”

Shouting out like that, Lupin poured the whiskey from the glass into his mouth at once. The strong smell of alcohol wafted through the air.

“But you have to go back to the family again? You didn’t do anything for me, but now that you’re an excellent fighting dog, you want to sell it at my own price?!”

I couldn’t say anything at the end of that desperate voice.

He sighed and buried himself in the back of the chair. As I tilted my glass, the flames set my insides on fire.

Perhaps it was alcohol.

“I, I can’t do anything… Being weaker than my older sister, I have to shut up after being struck by lightning… … .”

Again Lupine dropped his head helplessly onto the table.

he was insane

So I was able to tell the truth without hiding it.

“But it’s not you, you… You’re stronger than my older sister… … .”

That was the only reason Lupine had to come to me.

I must have been the only one who immediately remembered it. Even in the academy, there were few people who could convince senior Elsie.

Crying and falling asleep, Lupine murmured plaintively.

“Rainella’s fate is decided by Rainella? What does that have to do with you… … .”

‘Rinella decides the fate of Rainella.’

It must have been the family motto of the Rainella family. An obvious statement that every noble family should have at least one.

Lupine groaned even in his sleep, as if the words were painful.

I sipped my drink in silence for a while. Only until the bottle of whiskey is empty.

“… … A guy who is weak in alcohol is bluffing.”

I got up and threw Lupine roughly onto the bed.

And since I had no interest in sleeping with boys, I had to sleep on a small couch. Even in the middle of a deep sleep, I thought.

Elsie-senpai, what the hell is she hoping for?

My mind, so intoxicated, was in darkness.

And the next day, when I came back to my senses.

“… … stop.”

In front of the Knights of the Rainella family who had come to pick up Elsie-senpai, I was reciting lines like that while smelling like alcohol.

“Stop taking your hands off Elsie-senpai.”

I really didn’t want to do this.

A sigh escaped from my mouth.