chapter.5 good morning(1/3)
As a result, that night developed into the current situation.
Klein looked at his sister on his left, who was sitting upright, and tried hard to show a mature and steady look on his young face. However, a bright light flashed in his pair of brown eyes, as if he had been completely immersed in Miss Alice's narration.
in the text.
Sitting directly opposite him, Alice, who had astonishing beauty and unique temperament, looked slightly pale, frail and weak, and said something in a soft voice that she didn't know whether it was true or not, and from time to time she even tried to suppress her emotions.
Ryan cast a tender glance in his direction.
As for Benson, he seemed to have considered that if he sat here too, it would make his family appear too powerful and turn a casual chat into an interrogation of prisoners... But it is also possible that he simply cannot bear the pressure of his younger brother."
"Girlfriend" has outstanding looks.
In short, no matter what the reason was, after completing the polite reception, Benson chose to get the newspaper, sat on the sofa not far away and read it. But obviously, the eldest brother of the Moretti family flipped the newspaper.
Judging from the slow motion, he was also very concerned about the "interrogation" situation - it seemed that the person being interrogated was mainly his brother Klein.
Klein himself crossed his hands with complicated emotions, looking blankly at the pink lips of the girl opposite him.
Well, her sickly look was probably to match his previous acting skills of fooling his family.
...Don't mention it, the acting was really realistic. At least Melissa and Benson believed that her discomfort today was due to anemia and heat stroke.
Although Klein doubted that anyone would really suffer from heat stroke in the weather of less than 30 degrees Celsius in Tingen, both Melissa and Benson, who came home late from working overtime, were convinced of this, so it was hard for him to say anything else.
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At this moment, Klein deeply understood what "a woman's mouth is a deceitful ghost".
With just a few words of description, she successfully established a character in the Moretti family as "a runaway aristocratic lady who fainted when she went out and was rescued by a kindhearted Mr. Klein", which won her a lot of praise.
She gained the trust of the Benson brothers and sisters, which also rationalized her reason for disturbing the Moretti family tonight.
...No, brother, sister, can you believe this kind of old-fashioned rhetoric? Now even third-rate romance web novels don’t bother to use this kind of routine. Your thinking needs to be reformed...
Klein complained bitterly about the ridiculous scene in front of him, but at the same time he had to admit that no matter whether it was tacky or old-fashioned, her method was indeed effective. At least it prevented him from further embarrassing situations, and also made him
Many things that cannot be explained by common sense were accepted by his family in a softer form...
After all, he couldn't just tell Benson and others that she was a homeless alien magician who might stay in our house for a few days - who would believe this?
Although he still couldn't escape the guilt of lying to his siblings' families, Klein knew very well that ever since he decided to join the Nighthawks and become a special member with extraordinary abilities, he could no longer treat them as calmly as before.
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From the moment he told his first lie, he was destined to tell more lies in order to protect his family in this world full of mystery and unknowns.
Klein is already aware of this.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Klein, who was thinking about all kinds of thoughts endlessly, felt the sight.
He came back to his senses and met Alice's smile.
From the look she gave him, Klein could detect a little understanding and sympathy.
...He could vaguely understand what she meant.
Because he had glimpsed the Jirin Pianyu of another world from her mouth, and knew that it was a vast world that ordinary people could understand and even come into contact with extraordinary power. There was no sequence, no concept of promotion through magic potions, there was no such thing.
Madness and loss of control.
It was a truly different world that was fundamentally different from the world in which we lived.
...Although, in fact, that world may not be as simple and beautiful as it seems on the surface. Alice once said that "the human heart is a more terrifying enemy than monsters, and many terrible monsters were often human beings." But Ke
Ryan felt that at least she didn't have to hide it from her family and could learn how to use extraordinary powers openly.
"Klein, Klein..."
He suddenly noticed his sister Melissa waving to him quietly.
"What's wrong?" He looked at Melissa in confusion, and then at Miss Witch opposite.
"Well, I want to go take a nap... I have to excuse myself for a moment to touch up my makeup. Klein, please stop being dazed." Melissa said, gesturing in Alice's direction with her eyes.
"Fix your makeup? Melissa, when are you..." Klein suddenly reacted mid-sentence, staring at his sister's somewhat shy and angry expression and breaking out into an awkward smile, "No, it's okay, go ahead."
"I know you weren't listening to our conversation at all before." When Melissa left the living room, Alice raised her lips and smiled.
Klein glanced at the bad woman who was obviously gloating about her misfortune: "Upper society conversation skills?"
...No, why can this witch smile so beautifully when everyone is of the same species?
"Well... you can say that, after all, we just talked about how to express your wish to go to the toilet tactfully." Alice said.
Isn't that a hypocritical topic similar to fennel beans? There are several ways to write fennel, Klein thought to himself.
But he wasn't stupid enough to tear her down in person.
"I didn't expect your cooking skills to be quite good. Thank you for the hospitality tonight." Alice didn't care about his silence and chuckled sweetly.
——By the way, she spoke pure Runeese.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Klein would never have imagined that anyone could learn and master a completely unfamiliar foreign language in just a few hours.
But this is the fact. Alice herself said that she has always been "a little talented" in language learning. At that time, her somewhat complacent and pretending to be indifferent attitude really made Klein extremely uncomfortable.
I really want to give this Witch of Versailles a hammer... Of course, Klein doesn't dare, and he doesn't have much motivation to attack that face.
After observing the situation on Benson's side with his peripheral vision, Klein left his seat slightly, leaned towards the opposite side, and said in a low voice: "Why do you have to make up the identity of a noble lady who ran away from home? If you are like this, I
There's nothing I can do to smooth things over..." Moreover, she didn't faint during the day...
Alice blinked when she heard this, and also gave her reasons in a low voice.
"I didn't make up a false identity. I was originally from a noble family, and now I'm far away from home. What am I if I'm not a runaway noble lady?"
…Are you the Disney princess on the run?
The corner of Klein's mouth twitched and he was suddenly speechless.
However, recalling the scene he just saw at the dinner table, Klein began to somewhat agree with her words.
After all, temperament cannot be faked.
Klein knew that he didn't know much about dining etiquette, but that didn't stop him from appreciating... well, identifying other people's postures and movements.
At least, almost everyone at the Moretti family dinner table tonight was affected by the girl's every move. Even Melissa and Benson, who had never seen the world, no longer had the same attitude towards each other as they had done before.
Instead of feasting on Klein's cooking results, he ate carefully and slowly like a real lady and gentleman.
But when he thought about it, he suddenly felt unhappy again.
A nobleman is roughly equal to a wealthy person, roughly equal to a rich person... Then she wants to rob him, an ordinary citizen who is struggling above and below the poverty line? Oh, the coins of the other world are not universal here...
That's okay.
"Klein, you guys chat slowly, I should go back to my room and read a book." Benson glanced at the young couple who were chatting quietly, showed an understanding and considerate smile, and put down the newspaper he was using as a cover.
Be prepared to make space for them to get along.
After hearing this, Klein remembered that he had occupied the spot where his brother usually studied accounting knowledge. In order to save gas, Benson and Melissa usually chose to complete their study plans in the living room.
So he hurriedly stood up to dissuade her: "We are almost ready to go upstairs. The lights in the living room will not be turned off. Melissa still has to finish her school homework."
Benson obviously understood what he meant. There was a smile on his lips that made Klein's skin crawl, and he nodded slightly.
Suppressing the inexplicable chill behind his back, Klein stood up, turned to the beautiful girl who was sitting obediently and looked up at him, and spoke in a gentle tone.
"Come, let's go upstairs and talk."
She nodded obediently and stood up, and then laughed under her breath next to him: "You don't mind being misunderstood by your family now?"
Klein knew that she was specifically referring to his tone.
"Anyway, I've already thought wrongly." He expressed his helplessness in a somewhat shaky manner.
At this moment, Alice suddenly paused as she followed him to the stairs.
"Then do you want to play something more exciting?"
……What is she saying?
Klein actually didn't realize her intention for a while.
"Well, in the speech I just shared with your family, wasn't there another sentence with some controversial content, the sentence about fainting from heatstroke?" Alice reminded him softly, as if "kindly", but the next second, she didn't know
A look of pain suddenly appeared on the face that had become pale through some method, and the delicate body wearing only a thin long skirt also swayed and fell forward.
Klein was suddenly startled. Before he even realized what he was doing, he reached out his hand in that direction and grabbed the girl's shoulders and arms to help her maintain her final balance.
"What happened?" This sudden change also alarmed Benson. He hurriedly put down the few books placed on the corner cabinet of the living room and came closer to check the situation.
"No, it's nothing too important. It's probably because the heat stroke during the day hasn't improved yet... I'll send her upstairs to rest first." Klein, who was trying to stay calm, didn't miss it. The girl who was pretending to be dizzy with her eyes closed quietly winked at him.
tiny movements.
...Good guy, this damn witch is really good at causing trouble.
She should really be asked to write a sequel to "The Actor's Self-cultivation".
With a straight face, Klein lifted up the limp girl's body, which was almost leaning against him. Under the gaze of his brother behind him, which was getting more and more numb, his movements were stiff, and he moved his hands and feet with "dizziness"
"The fallen witch lady went up to the second floor.
To be continued...