Chapter 108
Otomege Volume 3 Extra Story
Extra Story – Rude and Rauda
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The cemetery of Fanoss House territory .
The new tomb that was prepared beside both her parents belonged to her little sister Hertrauda .
It was decorated with many flowers . Her elder sister Hertrude also placed a flower bouquet there .
「Rauda──I can finally visit . 」
The duke house was busy after they lost the war .
From a princess, now Hertrude was a duchess . Her days were busy as the acting duke .
Because of that, she was unable to visit the grave until now .
Hertrude shed tears .
「I wonder why it turned out like this . Even though originally I should be the one who died while Hertrauda survive . How can I be the one who survive . 」
There were also the maids who took care of Rauda and her guardian knights at some distance away .
Originally it should be Rauda who survived .
Because of that the number of people who took assisted Hertrauda numbered a lot more than Hertrude .
But right now they were assisting Hertrude .
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「Everyone is gone . Father, mother, and even Bandel are gone . Onee-chan is all alone if even Rauda is gone . 」
When they were children, they decided to use the magic flute in order to take revenge against the kingdom .
The user would die if they summoned the guardian deity .
That was why Hertrude volunteered herself in order to protect Rauda who was younger than her .
「Actually I should be──and yet I’m the one who live . 」
After losing their parents, they only had each other as family .
Sometimes they also quarreled, but they would reconcile right away .
Her previous little sister Rauda──Hertrauda, she wanted her little sister to live .
Hertrude remembered the time before they proclaimed war toward the kingdom .
That day, Rauda came to her room and said she wanted to sleep together .
She accepted and the two of them sisters slept together after so long .
Even now Hertrude could recall Rauda’s face that was crying when she saw her off .
「If only, I was smarter」
Thinking back now, they were just used by their retainers as they pleased .
Hertrude burst into tears and clung on the gravestone .
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「Rauda, I’m sorry . Because Onee-chan is unreliable, you became a sacrifice──I’m really sorry . 」
Just where did they go wrong?
The people around left alone Hertrude who was crying in front of her little sister’s grave .
Amidst those people, a man who was dispatched from the kingdom looked at his pocket watch and spoke .
「Acting duke, it’ll be time soon . 」
The man informed that it was the time to return to work . The people around him protested .
「Be more flexible for this kind of time at least . 」
「There is no way you don’t know how long Hertrude-sama has been waiting for this . 」
「This is why the kingdom’s people is just」
The principality──the duke house’s people defended Hertrude .
But, the man who was dispatched from the kingdom made a cold expression .
「The procedure in the kingdom will be slowed if the affairs here are delayed . Besides, I wish that you all can be thankful just from me allowing you to take time for this kind of chore . 」
Both countries were at war just a little while ago .
From the perspective of the kingdom’s people, they wouldn’t care about the circumstance of Fanoss House at all .
「A lot of people died in the territories that were trampled by all of you . This result came from your own doing . 」
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The man didn’t hold any positive feeling toward the duke house .
In the first place, it would also be a bother for the kingdom to spend effort to crush Fanoss House .
They simply let them live . That was the kingdom’s attitude .
Hertrude wiped her tears and stood up before returning to the carriage .
「Excuse me . Let’s return quickly . 」
The people of the duke house looked down with frustration welling up inside them hearing that .
The man who was dispatched from the kingdom scoffed .
「Very well . I wish that you will be obedient to the kingdom from here on too . Well, even if you oppose us, I don’t think the Fanoss House right now will be able to do anything though . 」
「You!」
One knight was about to punch the man, but Hetrude stopped him .
「Stop! ──My apologies . Let’s hurry to the castle . 」
When Hetrude hurried toward the carriage, the man turned toward the knight and said .
「If something happen to me, Count Bartfalt will be dispatched next . Do you have the resolve for that?」
The knights of the duke house averted their faces when Leon’s name came out .
But, Hertrude knew── .
(A small fry who is getting full of himself by hiding behind Count Bartfalt’s name . )
──That Leon wouldn’t march against the Duke House just from this much .
Hertrude got into the carriage and gazed outside the window . She recalled when she went into an adventure before .
She only entered a ruin in the elf’s village, even so that memory felt really nostalgic right now .
(Come to think of it, the village chief told me at that time . )
If you can walk together with your fated partner──when she recalled the result of the fortune-telling, it would be Leon’s face that came to mind no matter what .
(──Would my fate change if I persuaded him more seriously?)
Rauda would still be alive, and Leon would be here──would the principality be able to continue as it was and not getting reduced into a duke house?
Hertrude imagined that, but she immediately shook her head .
(No good . I have to get a hold of myself right now . )
Hertrude couldn’t just keep grieving for the sake of the duke house .
While the cemetery was getting distant, Hertrude talked to Hertrauda and others inside her heart .
(Rauda──and Bandel . Please watch over us together with father, mother, and everyone else . )