The training ground was about a ten-minute walk from the main house. The sound of loud shouts filled the air even before they reached it.
“Everyone’s too slow. Move faster!”
“Yes!”
“Your voices are too quiet! Another round!”
Rosette was a bit startled but continued walking without showing it. Entering the training ground, she saw a group of people running in a line.
‘Not here.’
The people Rosette was looking for were not there. Just as she felt a bit disappointed,
“Oh? The little one’s up!”
Lucas’s ringing voice sounded, and he approached, carrying a wooden sword on his shoulder. He teased Rosette as he came closer.
“You’re a sleepyhead, aren’t you?”
Rosette’s face reddened again.
“I’m not a sleepyhead…”
“Really? But your eyes are puffy like a fish.”
As Rosette covered her eyes with her hands, Lucas laughed heartily.
“Why are you here? Not going to the dining hall?”
“Everyone said they were here…”
Rosette hesitated and peeked at Lucas through her fingers.
“But where is Daniel… sir?”
“Daniel hyung? He’s out with father for a bit. But why do you call him Daniel sir?”
“What should I call him if not Daniel sir?”
“You should call him oppa.”
Rosette waved her hands frantically in denial.
“How can I…”
Seeing Rosette hesitate, Lucas narrowed his eyes.
“You’re not going to call me Lucas sir, are you?”
Of course, Rosette was going to address him as Lucas ‘sir’.
As she struggled to deny it, Lucas’s eyes narrowed even more.
“You’re my sister now, right?”
“…Yes.”
“But it’s weird for family to call each other ‘sir’, isn’t it?”
Honestly, Rosette couldn’t tell if it was strange or not. She had never had a family from birth.
In her previous life, after being adopted by Duke Dallas, she always addressed her family as ‘Duke Dallas sir’ or ‘Elisha lady’.
Seeing the mood, Rosette guessed she had to agree that it was strange to use ‘sir’ within the family. She slowly nodded her head, and Lucas finally smiled satisfactorily.
“Right, you think it’s strange too?”
“…Yes.”
“Then try calling me Lucas oppa.”
“…”
“Come on.”
In the orphanage, she used to call older boys ‘oppa.’ But somehow, calling Lucas ‘oppa’ felt different, both similar and yet not.
It was somewhat embarrassing and awkward. Hesitantly, Rosette clasped her hands together and whispered,
“Lucas… oppa.”
“What was that? I couldn’t hear you.”
“Lucas oppa.”
Rosette’s ears had turned red. Lucas laughed heartily, apparently pleased.
“Good, good. Finally, I have a younger sister! No longer the youngest!”
It seemed a bit strange that he was happy about that point, but since Lucas seemed pleased, Rosette felt relieved. At the same time, it was a bit odd.
‘Why is everyone welcoming me?’
In the Dallas family, no one welcomed her. Even when Duke Dallas introduced her as a necessary child for the family, everyone showed antipathy.
Especially Elisha openly pinched her nose at Rosette’s unwashed, dirty appearance, complaining about her smelling like trash.
Even after Rosette was clean, Elisha frequently complained about a “lowly smell.”
Rosette thought that was the typical reaction. The nobles she knew held the belief they were different from commoners, looking down upon them.
Adopting a commoner orphan? From their point of view, it was like adopting an animal as a family member.
Indeed, Isabel, whom she met yesterday, seemed a bit reluctant about her adoption. Though she seemed worried about Rosette, unlike Elisha.
Yet, Daniel and Lucas showed no sign of opposition to Duke Adrian’s decision. In fact, they welcomed Rosette.
Rosette was curious about the reason but didn’t dare to ask.
“Why about Daniel?”
“Ah…”
Rosette clamped her mouth shut.
‘I need to warn Daniel soon.’
While drinking the milk Joan brought, Rosette remembered her first task. Preventing Daniel’s accident was the priority.
She knew it happened in the spring of the year she was adopted by the Dallas family and that it was a scheme by Duke Dallas.
She didn’t know exactly when or how it happened.
Reportedly, the carriage wheel came off, causing the carriage to fall off a cliff, and there was even a fire. It was a close call with death.
Since the accident could happen any day, she wanted to warn him as soon as possible. To double-check the carriage wheels.
‘It should be okay for now. I’ll tell him in the evening.’
It was still winter, not spring. Rosette thought so and brushed off the question.
“I just wanted to see Daniel.”
But something strange happened. Upon hearing that, Lucas’s expression twisted oddly, and he pouted his lips.
“Did you want to see Daniel but not me?”
“…What?”
“You’ve grown close to Daniel after spending a few days together?”
Rosette couldn’t understand why Lucas was angry. Before she could figure it out, Lucas exclaimed,
“Fine! I’ll show you I can be a better oppa than Daniel!”
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.”
