After saying that, Ariel looked down languidly. Ariel's head lowered, looking at the reflection of her face reflected on the surface of the flowing river water. The atmosphere of silence seemed to support the current situation.
"Is that true?"
Ariel nodded wearily. Her two tiny legs swayed on the surface of the river water. Apparently, Ariel no longer cared whether the shoes she was wearing would get wet in the river water, or her uniform would get dirty from sitting by the river like they were doing now.
He wanted to tease Ariel because of his cute behaviour at this time, but he couldn't do it. Ariel's expression was listless and filled with deep sadness, and that feeling of sadness, oddly enough, rubbed off on her.
"In the past, when Mama was still alive, my older brother was not the protective type," Ariel continued. "I mean, well, my older brother was the protective type, but not as super overprotective as he is now."
"Oh..."
"And ..."
