The spirit with red petals once again timidly murmured to the three, who were sunk in despair.
【W-We don’t know either…… But, since a divine sent that small god, it’s not time to completely give up hope.】
“Does that mean…”
【We cannot be sure.】
【But, probably?】
【The contractee of the small god is an existence that can change the flow.】
【I believe that there might be a way through that child.】
The spirits did not deny.
At those words, the three once again embraced hope.
“……Then we should make more effort to be of help to Lady Countess,” said Ruth.
In response to Ruth’s words, Michael nodded.
It was the first moment of mutual understanding between the wizard and the Holy Knight, who had regarded each other with disdain.
“We must gather evidence that Sienna is not human,” Michael declared.
Benedict also stopped crying, sniffled, and made a calm judgment.
“Even if we don’t know who is behind this, it seems we shouldn’t let it be known that we have figured out Sienna’s true identity. Considering she has turned into a mutant, we cannot predict what she might do. It’s better to continue acting as if we are still friendly. ”
Sienna, once a subject of unrequited love to the point where one would give up everything in the world for her. Although it was heartbreaking that she had become a zombie, the three could quickly brush it off.
Because they no longer loved Sienna as a person.
“……If Sienna causes sudden actions, Lady Countess Kitten will probably be the most endangered,” said Michael.
“We must protect her,” said Ruth.
“I agree. We must repay the debt of our lives,” added Benedict.
And now, there was someone else who filled the void in their hearts.
Observing the three with firm determination and passion, the spirits thought, “But… does that human already know?”
Elizabeth, the contractee of the small god, shared all the information from the divine realm. The spirits assumed that Elizabeth, who had suffered greatly, would likely know the information they knew since Zero.
Contemplating whether to speak or not, the spirits, who had been cautious, decided to remain silent.
“Because it’s more fun this way!”
The three human men seemed to harbor a favorable opinion of the contractee of the gods.
The spirits, who enjoyed thrilling stories as much as the gods, secretly cheered for Benedict.
“We hoped Ben would be the first to notice and subtly drop a word to the contractee of the gods!”
Unfortunately, the spirits’ wish went unanswered. Elizabeth Kitten had long suspected Sienna, and the one who revealed it was the quick-witted wizard, Ruth Krichearn.
“Whew……. Did such a thing happen?”
Hearing Ruth’s words, I rushed out and met Michael and Benedict, touching my forehead and sighing.
They, who were in the midst of intensive training, suddenly appeared and, unaware of the situation, were dragged along without resistance by my hand to a quiet place away from the paths where other people in the mansion passed by.
Once we reached a silent spot, I asked the question directly.
“Everyone knew that Sienna was not human, didn’t they?”
“Yes, yes…?”
〈Uh, how did you not… know?〉
Both of them were visibly startled by my words.
Somehow, resentment and injustice for the loneliness and struggles I had endured alone overflowed with these words, and I yelled out in frustration.
〈Tell me everything! How did you figure it out?!〉
‘To think that their answer after hearing all that was this…’
While admiring the spirits’ insight, my fist trembled with anger.
‘If you knew, you should’ve said something!’
「Spirits are such uncontrollable beings. Understand that.」
‘Comforting is not working at all!’
Ugh, and you, a supposed god, can’t even perceive this!
The hamster, responding to my criticism of Zero, squeaked in protest.
「Why! I may not know everything either!」
“Ugh. Let me speak.”
It was more urgent to hear Benedict and Michael’s story than Zero’s.
“So… all three of you knew that Sienna is not a human but a zombie?”
Even thinking back, it was a frustrating situation. As I vented my frustration, the two seemed genuinely sorry. It was the proper response.
“We never intended to deceive you, my lord!”
“Right… We had no idea that you knew, my lord…”
Whether it was true or not, Benedict directed a resentful gaze at the spirits.
“We were concerned.”
“What about? Worried that I’d be shocked hearing the news that Sienna is a zombie?”
If they had observed me as a comrade all along, they would never have said such weak words.
When I glared at Michael, he hesitated before answering sincerely.
“That… when you find out the truth, we were afraid you might shoot Sienna immediately, my lord.”
「That’s right.」
“Mouth… zipped…”
These humans, they seem to understand me too well…
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
