Ray, with a resigned expression on his face, looked at his little sister with regret and pity.
"Lia... I know you want to save the others. But, going back there won't change anything.
I know you realize that, you just don't want to accept it, Lia."
Cecilia showed an angry expression towards her brother. However, she turned her face away for a moment, feeling that her brother's words were the truth.
Slowly, Cecilia's angry face began to fade. Cecilia took a deep breath and exhaled.
Ray, seeing this, thought that Cecilia had understood his words and accepted everything he had said. But contrary to Ray's expectations, Cecilia turned her face and body in the opposite direction and continued to run as fast as she could.
Seeing this, Ray frowned, full of resignation, and said, "Why?"
Slowly, Ray's facial expression became flat, he realized that there was only one thing he would do now.
Alice, who was currently carrying the princess, patted Ray on the shoulder.
"A-ano... W-we should hurry out of here."
After hearing Alice's words, Ray looked around and found a garden he had seen before. It was the garden where he had previously been surrounded by the Anderson group.
Someone was also there, looking down as if scared. Ray immediately realized that it was Melissa, one of the royal maids he had met before.
"Alice... Can you run straight to the end of this hallway with all your might. After that, you will find stairs leading to the lower floor.
From those stairs, you just have to run to the left corridor and keep running until you find a large door that connects this building with the garden in front of it."
Ray pointed to a window that showed the garden in front of the building.
"I-I will try! But what about you?"
Ray turned to Alice and smiled, saying, "I can't leave the only family I have..."
Alice was silent for a moment after Ray said that, then she turned her face to the side.
Ray started running, leaving his last message to Alice, "Also, if you can, can you take the maid in the middle of the garden with you?"
"But...," Alice could only be silent, watching Ray's body slowly move away and disappear from her sight.
Alice looked at the window again and watched the garden. She finally also realized about the presence of Melissa who was cowering in fear there.
After Alice thought for a moment, she made up her mind and ran, muttering, "I hope you're safe, Ray."
On the other side of this princess's mansion, Ray was running as fast as he could, looking for his sister who had run off in an unknown direction.
Lia... Where are you... Don't make me worry like this, Lia.
You've always been like this since you were little, always making me worry about you.
"Lia... I'm sorry, can you stop running and wait for me!
Forgive your brother, Lia... Don't make my heart want to fall out because I'm worried about you, Lia!
I will help you, so... Don't leave me again... Lia..."
Ray felt that he was now close to the evil group. Ray felt that he and the others who were running away were being hunted.
While continuing to run and looking around, Ray finally found Cecilia whom he was looking for. Ray wanted to call her directly, but seeing what Cecilia was doing at the moment made Ray keep his mouth shut.
Ray approached Cecilia, who was peeking into a room, slowly.
Ray tapped Cecilia on the back, startling her. Before Cecilia could make a loud noise out of surprise, Ray had already covered her mouth from behind and hugged Cecilia tightly so she wouldn't struggle. Ray slowly took Cecilia away from there because he was afraid of something in the room that made Cecilia peek secretly.
"Shhh... Don't make a noise!"
"Brother... what are you doing here?"
"I just want to help my sweet little sister."
Cecilia smiled at her brother's words and replied, "Don't you also want to save the others?"
"Don't talk as if you know what I'm thinking..."
Cecilia laughed softly, "I definitely know... Because I am your little sister, Ray."
"Whatever you say, Lia. As long as you promise not to leave me again. Remember, you and I are one, and one will always be one forever."
Cecilia regretted her actions and she also felt that what she did was wrong. Cecilia realized that all of this could have been discussed with words, but she chose to use force. But she had no other choice, because the time they had was very short at the moment.
"I'm sorry... It seems I've broken my promise to you. But... If I don't act aggressively, you won't want to act either."
Ray smiled, understanding Cecilia's words and the meaning behind her actions.
This little devil... She knows I can't let her act recklessly without me by her side...
In the warm moment between the siblings, someone from inside the room groaned in pain, "arghh... urkkk... ughhh ahhhhrrrrggghhh..."
"Lia... What are you doing here?" Ray said, releasing his tight hug on Cecilia.
Cecilia turned around to face her brother and replied, "When you heard that scream, didn't you already know what's behind this room?"
"Are the bad guys from earlier there?"
"Yes, you're right, Ray. But don't worry, it seems our presence by the door earlier hasn't been noticed."
"Who's inside...," Ray kept asking even though he didn't really want to hear Cecilia's answer.
"The class president...," Cecilia answered, looking down with a sad expression.
Ray didn't feel sad when he heard Cecilia's answer. He just felt sorry for the fate of his friends. But deep down, he also felt guilty about the incident.
Cecilia saw her brother's face looking gloomy. It made her more doubtful about the actions she had taken. Especially since she had dragged her own brother back into the reach of a dangerous group that wouldn't hesitate to kill someone.
As Ray and Cecilia were struggling with their own thoughts, someone in a black robe came out of the room they had been talking about earlier.
Realizing this, they both chose to be silent and not make a sound, hiding behind one of the pillars that supported the entire mansion.
After the man in the black robe passed them, they came out of their hiding place and immediately went to the room to see the condition of their class president.