Love Letter From The Future chapter 46

1. The First Letter (46)

Pale moonlight filtered through the window. The soft scarlet lighting illuminated the shadows of the fire, swaying intermittently as if it were being tickled.

A woman resembling the sun was sitting against the dreamy background as a landscape. Brilliant golden hair and red eyes reminiscent of rubies, her appearance shone even at night when everything was blurry.

Rather, it was a color that suited the expression erotic. She, who seemed to never lose her presence anywhere, sipped fragrant wine with a strange smile.

Even the mokuldae, which makes the sound of swallowing alcohol, was beautiful. There were only two of them in the room, the man and the woman had been drinking, so it was good to see that what was to be done next was decided.

But the only thing that gives off such a strange atmosphere is a woman.

My eyes were staring at her frozen. My mind was complicated.

What did you just hear?

I was having doubts. If it wasn’t for the unknown certainty that it might be, I wouldn’t have even said it. It was something that went against the will of the heir of the Yurdina family. Of course, that level of determination was necessary before making a judgment.

Even so, I couldn’t open my mouth easily for a while. I was thirsty, but the only wine glass I had was the one the woman handed me.

So I decided to endure the thirst. A cracked voice came from my throat.

“What the hell, why… … ?”

“Is there any reason not to?”

Delphine looked at me with a puzzled smile. That nonchalant attitude embarrassed me even more.

Didn’t you say you were sorry?

For Seria, the memories of her mother, and the nightmare-like memories of one day, were like thorns that had been pierced a long time ago. Even if I thought I had forgotten, even if I thought that the calluses were stuck and no longer hurt, even if I thought about it, one day a sudden, frost-like pain would come to me.

Even if she was a half-sister, she didn’t deserve it. Isn’t it something you shouldn’t do, picking up on other people’s most painful wounds?

So I came up with a very rudimentary question. My eyes sank slightly.

“Yes, there are good reasons not to. No, it’s not enough, it overflows.”

At my heavy voice, Delphine smiled and threw her eyes out the window.

Her eyes glowed with the hazy night view. As if the conversation she had to share with me was worthless, she opened her mouth in a languid voice.

“Do you need it?”

“… … yes?”

I couldn’t figure out the intention of that brief question, so I had to ask questions like that. Delphine’s bloody eyes turned to me again.

“For those reasons, do you need them?”

“Definitely necessary… … !”

“No, there is no need.”

Interrupting my voice that exploded in tears, Delphine slowly stood up. She poured the remaining wine into her mouth and put the glass down with a thud.

The rustling of her gown, her body like a work of art, and the scent of sweet wine tickled my nose. My head was dizzy.

Leaning slightly on the table with an alluring figure, she said to me.

“Confucius with a hatchet, it is said that you need it for a long time… You are asking whether it is useful to win or not.”

“… … Then, will digging into Seria’s mother issue help you win?”

At the words I spit out while biting my lips, Delphine-senpai smiled lightly. No answer came back, but it was a silent response.

After appreciating me with a ferocious look for a moment, she straightened her body leaning against the desk. She made her way to the window with a limp gait.

The reflection of her face in the clear glass window was blurry. Even there, her face was perfectly calm.

“The heirs of the Yurdina family have been enrolled in the academy for a very long time. The same is true for any of the 5 most prestigious families in the empire. And we have a tradition in our family.”

“Instigating the bullying of your half-brother?”

Despite my sharp mockery, Delphine’s relaxed expression didn’t break down. She put her hand on the window sill.

Naturally, her upper body bowed down, and her lower body stood out in my field of vision as I was glaring at her back.

The slender legs, smooth curves of the pelvis, and the attractive contours of the buttocks exposed as the thin gown clings to them.

There couldn’t have been a better sight to bewitch a man. But I didn’t look away or clear my throat again.

He just glared at her fiercely, narrowing his brows slightly. Seeing how he evaluated my appearance, Delphine looked back and smiled.

Does it mean funny or cute?

Either way, it was clear that they didn’t see me as too much of a threat. Senior Delphine calmly raised the topic.

“Hunting.”

“… … yes?”

‘Hunting Festival’, I immediately frowned, not expecting to hear that word again. However, Delphine continued speaking in a low voice, as if talking about a very obvious fact.

“At the hunting festival, to win. That is the Yurdina family tradition.”

“Can you do it?”

“Yes, I will. But, isn’t it your sister’s role to keep my poor little brother from having vain dreams?”

I kept my mouth shut. It was only then that she understood her thoughts a little.

Seria sees this year’s hunting festival as her last chance. This was the result of a combination of several factors.

The fact that Delphine is a senior in the fourth year, the gap between her parents and her parents, and even the traditions of the Yurdina family.

Seria wants to prove that much. That she is also a proud member of Yurdina, that she is a useful human being. So I don’t want to be afraid anymore.

However, since Delphine-senpai found out about this, she would have wanted to reduce the variable as much as possible.

She seemed very obsessed with winning, so she must have wanted to eliminate even the slightest possibility.

I chewed my lips and thought for a while, then asked Delphine-senpai.

“Is that why you even touched the issue of Seria’s mother?”

“No, that should be misunderstood. I just wanted to create an atmosphere where it would be difficult for Seria to gather a good team. But how did it happen that the story went around like that?”

Meanwhile, Delphine stood with her back to the window again. She was slightly perched on the window sill, looking down at me with a faint smile.

I didn’t like it a bit. A hot voice scratched his vocal chords.

“Then I should have stopped it later… … !”

However, despite my threatening tone, the composure on Delphine’s face did not disappear. Instead, she even burst into laughter.

“Huh, ahahaha! I?”

Delphine pointed at herself with her index finger, then shook her head.

Incomprehensible, she looked at me.

“why?”

“Yeah, how hard Seria was… … !”

“… … Hatchet Confucius.”

Whoa, Delphine sighed and then stood up again. She walked slowly and grabbed the bottle of wine. And a squealing sound.

The wine glass rose. She spoke to me in a slightly chilled voice.

“Seria is a member of Yurdina. I’m not weak enough to break that much.”

At those words, I jumped up. There was blatant hostility in my eyes. Even so, Delphine sipped the wine with a relaxed gesture.

A look at you asking what to do.

I felt like I had seen those eyes somewhere recently, and I thought so even in the heat.

“Do you know how bad the bullying was then? How mentally Seria was pushed to her limit at that time… … !”

“Then it must be because Seria is weak.”

She looked sullen, as if giving an answer that was too obvious. I was momentarily stunned.

“The North is a barren land. Winter is long and spring is short… The land is not suitable for sowing, and if we don’t import food from the bountiful East, the villagers will starve to death one after another.”

“… … What does that have to do with Seria?”

At my voice, which was still mixed with resentment, Delphine smiled slightly as if telling me to calm down. Her relaxed talk continued.

“In order to survive in the north, the Yurdina family took a thoroughly pragmatic route. I was obsessed with achieving my goals, regardless of the means and methods, sometimes to the point of being ruthless. The history of blood and iron built up like that is engraved on the flagpole of the Yurdina family as scratches.”

“So, the Yurdina family doesn’t need a weak human who collapses like that?”

“Tak,” Delphine snapped her fingers. It meant correct answer.

Of course, those words did not soothe my seething stomach. I was still glaring at Delphine with ferocious eyes. But Delphine was just filling her glass with alcohol again.

“I think of it as an expression of affection in my own way. I also felt proud when Seria was recognized as a member of the Yurdina family. Whenever he sees me, he lowers his gaze and sees me off with a trembling voice… Huhu, he’s a cute little brother.”

The conversations I had with Seria passed through my mind.

She longed for her half-sister, but feared it. Ever since that night I heard that ghastly warning that if you’re useless you might be kicked out.

And Delphine-senpai, as the successor of the Yurdina family, must have built up victories with all kinds of support. On the other hand, Seria had to go through rigorous training until she was recognized as a member of Yurdina.

There was no way Seria could beat Delphine. The environment in which I was standing was different. Even if Seria had a brighter talent, it wouldn’t have been enough to make up for the time and money.

If, by any chance, Seria had tried to get ahead of senior Delphine, the Yurdina family would have cut off their support for Seria. That is the world of the high nobility.

He is too harsh with Seria, and too warm with Senior Delphine. That’s why Seria couldn’t always face each other properly in front of Delphine.

My voice sank even deeper.

“… … By living like that, did you accumulate victories well?”

“Then, I have never been defeated. ‘Invincible’ is proof that you are more suitable than anyone else as the heir to the Yurdina family.”

“The thing you tried to recruit me for is an extension of that.”

“Hmm,” Delphine looked at me blankly, as if asking me to speak. It was a captivating look, but I didn’t feel any inspiration because the heat and the cold were mixing in my chest.

“Isn’t it that a useful-looking guy suddenly appeared around Seria? It’s enough to gather a trillion won for the hunting festival.”

“And also that ‘Little Villain’ wouldn’t be able to climb any higher if you were there.”

Kindly, Delphine made up for the lacking parts of my answer. I was dumbfounded, so I couldn’t help but laugh.

“… … But why did you reveal the truth to me?”

The last question I came across was that.

why did you tell me the truth It was okay to pretend, or I could use this as an excuse to incite my guilt and form a friendly relationship.

That was a better strategy. Even so, Delphine decided to take the difficult path.

It seemed relatively clear that telling me the truth would alienate my relationship with Delphine.

So, when I first heard what Delphine said, I didn’t know if I was even more flustered.

After hearing my words, Delphine closed her eyes and patted my lips as if it was a problem she herself couldn’t figure out, and fell into thought.

The worry didn’t last long. Delphine-senpai said to me with a faint smile.

“Well? As I said, courage must be rewarded… … .”

With those words, Delphine-senpai’s movement, which had stopped, revived.

She was moving slowly in front of me with a rustling sound, as always. That pure white nape and the sweet scent that would make your nose run away.

And the fragrant, hot heat of the wine touched me. Before I knew it, she was right in front of me.

The body of a seductive woman was there, but my eyes only glared at Delphine’s red eyes without shaking. Delphine seemed to like it, and brought her face closer to me with an alluring smile.

The next moment, her voice tickled my ear.

“… … Just because one of you knows, doesn’t it make any difference?”

that was the limit. Instinctively I put my hand on my waist. Then he grabbed the handle of the hatchet hanging from his belt.

Like magic, Delphine’s body moved away from me. Even though she wasn’t the one who didn’t know where my hand was, Delphine just filled the glass with wine again.

She cast a glance at me. It had only one intention.

It was an eye to pluck out.

The hand holding the hatchet trembled, but then I relaxed. I couldn’t help it.

This is Delphine-senpai’s private space, and even the opponent is unarmed. Even so, I wasn’t an opponent I could guarantee victory for, but my justification was too weak.

It was a situation that could escalate into a more serious problem beyond the academy regulations. So I couldn’t bear to pull out the hatchet.

Delphine said, “I knew that, pick,” and lifted a glass with a smile. Then, with a wink of his eye, he pointed to a glass that was still full of wine.

Originally, it was the glass that she had been drinking and suggested to me. In the north, it was said to symbolize the ritual of comrades.

I stared at Delphine without saying anything. Delphine said to me with a relaxed smile.

“… … How about one last drink though? It’s a pretty expensive drink.”

that was the last

The hatchet was pulled out like lightning. A moment no one expected, even Delphine senior might not have noticed.

Because there was no change in her expression.

And the moment the ax blade cut through the moment,

bang, and

The hatchet struck down like a beam of light.