After finishing dinner with my family I was about to get up but before I could my mother said
''dune your sister was worried about you can you go and see her''
As my mother said that I recked my brain and remembered that I had a sister as well she couldn't come to dinner because she was weak and she had an illness which couldn't be cured my father tried everything he summoned the high priest, shamans of different villaiges and healers as well but nothing worked in the story she was a villain she had the same power as my mother but because of her poor health and body she didn't had enough mana to use her magic but somehow she founded the technique to use life mana so she used life mana. Life mana is 10 times powerful than normal mana but it uses life as fuel that means you age rapidly and feel pain all over your body especially brain as you go from 16 to 80 in mere second in the end she died a painful death
''dune will you go''
My mother asked again as I was not replying her as I was in my thoughts
''sorry mother I was thinking about her health''
By hearing what I had said my mother and father's smile vanished and was taken place by sad looks
''her health isn't much better''
''I see''
I left the room and melisa came in front of me taking me to my sister's room when we reached there a person was standing there in black guarding the gate it was a woman she had brown eyes as well as brown skin and black hair she bowed when I came in front of her
''is lid awake''
''yes young master''
''open the door then I want to meet her''
''but young mistress said that nobody should enter''
''its fine just open the door''
She waited for sometime she wanted to refuse but she knew she was just a servant who cannot refuse his order she opened the door and I came in and she closed the door behind melisa couldn't come in because I said to her to wait here
What I saw in the room was completely shocking there were no teddy bears or any kids toys the room was dark with just a candle as light source so you can barely see but I couldn't see her I thought she was hiding so I called her
''lidia''
I shouted but only my sound came back as a echo but I heard a painful sound from somewhere and I followed the direction where it came from it lead me to the bathroom I opened the door and I founded her in blood I got scared for a second thinking she died but I calmed myself as she just vomited blood because of her desease
She looked at me and ignored me completely as if I was not there I realized she was angry and I also realized why she was angry in the story she only had me who played with her and spend time with her our parents also loved her but they were busy as there were a lot of monster waves this time and my brother well he had his hands full with his own problems
''now you remember me after that witch gave you that scar''
''I am sorry lid''
That's what I could only say as I was not even her real brother I only had his memories nut I knew she was hurt and words would not reach her
I started to move towards her but she glared at me and shouted in a horse voice
''don't even try to come closer I don't want your apology just get out of here and leave me alone''
But I didn't stopped and reached her and hugged her tightly as that's what helped me the most as my parents hugged me whenever I was sad but me and my little brother in my previous life hated each other and as we got older we couldn't bare each other and lived separately and so my parents had to choose between us and they decided to live with him in their own house and I got kicked out of the house and directly landed in an apartment far from the city. I think this all happened because of a car accident in which she died and I lost a leg.
The other reason was i was lonely as well but I felt warm and not alone when my mother hugged right before dinner that's what I experienced and I wanted her to feel it to
At first she cursed me and and tried to beat me with her thin hands but she stopped after sometime and started to cry
''why did you left me alone''
''I am sorry lid I won't leave you alone ever''
''I don't trust you''
''you will just try to hang out with that witch''
''I dune orlack takes the oath that I will never leave you alone until death''
''I will also break up with that bitch''
''now what should I do to make my lovely sister happy''
''you will play with me all day tomorrow''
''as you wish my lady''
As I said those words she gave me a smile but what I saw was a haunted girl in blood
I got serious and said
''but lid I may be here but I may be not here tomorrow or any other day you have to get stronger and become independent''
Lidia nodded
''but you have to get cleaned first and go to bed''
Lidia got sad as she looked at herself and at me as we were both covered in her blood
''I am sorry brother because of me''
I cutted her in mid sentence and said '' it's fine lid nobody is perfect that's why we have family who loves us and takes care of us no matter how we are''
''you might think that I completely forgot you or left you but I also had my hands full with problems at that time and nobody hugged me or helped me''
''but I faced my problems doesn't matter if you chose the right way or the wrong way as it only matters
On the outcome if you win you are right if you lose you are wrong''
''that's why lid you also have to prepare yourself as you will also or might be facing these problems and sometimes there is nobody to help but yourself so you have to be powerful enough so you can survive and fight for another day and win''
''will you ask for marriage with charlotte in the treaty brother??''
''you will know soon but first we need to get cleaned up''
''I will call for a maid and I will also go and take a bath''
''will you come back''
''if that's what my sister wants then ofcourse my lady'' I said with a smile
She also smile and I lifted her up carefully and put her near a chair and she sat on it
''Come quickly''
''ofcourse my lady''
I started moving and opened the door and got out
The guard and melisa saw me and got scared looking at all the blood on me before their brain tried to calculate an assumption I asked
''you where is her maid''
''young mistress told her not to come inside the room''
''tell her that my sister's bath should be prepared right now and she needs assistance in her bath and melisa prepare my bath''
''yes young master'' they both said at the same time and started moving
I took bath and wore my nightdress. I ordered melisa to go to her room and I went to lidiya's room
There the same guard was waiting for me and she bowed and opened the door for me to come in
Inside lidiya had also taken her bath and was in her night gown as well she was lying on her bed and she smiled when she saw me and I also smiled and came near her she had a beautiful face before with snow white hair and purple eyes just like our mom but now because of the illness she looked like an undead
''are you felling alright lid''
i got a little sad looking at her like this
''I am fine brother but what about you''
''you also had some rough days''
''yeah well I did some stupid mistakes and learned from them and won't do it again''
''well atleast you moved your mind from your foot to you head''
Huh her sarcasm
''oh so you thought my mind was in my foot huh you cheeky bastard''
I started tickling her and we played and talked till half the night had already gone
''okay lid lets go to bed now''
''tell me a story''
''lid I am tired as well what about tomorrow''
''no tell me a story now or I wont sleep''
''fine but promise me you would sleep afterwards''
''I promise''
''then listen carefully as this is a story of a farmer who was returning home from the market''
''his home was pretty far and it was extreme cold there was only snow as far as he could see''
''suddenly he saw a snake shivering and on the verge of death because of cold''
''aren't you telling the snake and the farmer story''
''shhh just listen'' she frowned thinking I would tell her the same story and it was same to a point but the plot twist will come soon
''now lidiya what do you think the farmer should do should he save the snake's life by putting him inside his sweater endangering his own life or just leave''
She thought for a second and said
''he should leave the snake as the snake will bit him if he tries to help him''
''you are right lid but what if the snake was his pet''
''then he should help the snake and it won't bite him as he is his master''
''you are right but you are wrong as the snake had hatred towards his master and he found the best chance to kill him''
''then what is the answer if both answers is wrong''
''lid do you know why your answers were wrong''
''I don't know''
''its because I told you the wrong options the farmer could have puted him in a box he could have called someone but I gave him only two possibilities hence I sealed his fate already and I only gave you two choices so you couldn't think out of the box as I could have asked what should the farmer do in this situation either telling you all the possibilities or giving you no possibilities but as I gave you only two possibilities it didn't matter what you would choose as I already knew the outcome and you lost before the story even started as you couldn't grasp the hidden meaning of it''
''what was the hidden meaning brother''
''the hidden meaning was he was bound to die in the story but we just wanted to know his choices and say how stupid he was but you don't know the real situation it could have been completely different and you would even say that the farmer took the right choice but we didn't care to know the truth as he was a stranger and we or the stranger talks to us when we have some type of interest between each other and tries to take advantage of one or the other''
''lid never trust a stranger no matter what even if he says the truth and always stand with your family even If he is wrong as only family will help you without an interest or taking advantage of you''
As I was talking she already fell in sleep
I putted the blanket over her and closed door silently as I left and I also slep as well in my room