Recap
"My apologies maid-san, but it looks like I took longer than I thought as grapes were harder to find than I thought, but I enjoyed the walk.
"Please no need to apologize, as I had quite the rest here."
Ryuunosuke hands ram the glass but when ram was about to grab it, Ryuunosuke pulls his hand back and drank the glass of juice.
"The walk exhausted me far more than I thought, so I'm now refreshed. Could you take this glass back to the kitchen? Maid-San."
Ryuunosuke smiles towards ram
As they stare at each other
With a smile but sparks were flying in the middle of the stare.
Ram grabs the glass and went towards the kitchen as he was the "Guest" and she was a "Maid."
Ram goes back to Ryuunosuke's room and tries to open the door but it was locked.
"Apologies Maid-San but it looks like I am quite tired, I'll take the lesson tomorrow.
Then good night."
Ryuunosuke goes to bed.
As ram stares at the locked door that she can't unfortunately break.
Chapter Six:
Puzzlement?
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Ram gave up, and left the area where Ryuunosuke's room was located.
As she swore to get revenge on him in the morning.
Ryuunosuke is on his bed looking up the ceiling, as he thinks about his little sister, and his gang.
He wonders if they are doing well,
Are they eating and living well,
Did they found the peace they were looking for.
Ryuunosuke lets out a small smile as he closes his eyes.
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Ryuunosuke can't sleep.
He tried every sleeping method, but it just won't work.
Out of frustration, he wears his sandal and puts his coat on as he goes outside the manor.
He listens to the quietness, peacefulness, and the quiet night.
He looks around the environment and finds a nice spot near a tree.
He went towards it and lays on the grass, as he gazes upon the moon.
"Why are you still awake, Ryuunosuke-Sama."
A familiar voice says as Ryuunosuke turns around and finds the blue haired maid.
"I can't fall asleep, I tried every method I knew,
But nothing seems to work.
And how about you?"
"While heading towards my room, I saw Ryuunosuke-Sama outside the manor and I followed you here."
"Call me Ryuu. "
Ryuunosuke grabs his phone from his pockets.
As he browses to the music list he had saved on his device.
"What is that tool, Ryuunosu-
Ryuu-Sama."
Rem says while looking at Ryuunosuke's phone.
"It's a tool from my homeland."
"May I ask what does it do?"
Ryuunosuke taps the grass besides him, as he signals rem for rem to sit.
Rem accepts the boy's offer
As she takes a sit beside him.
"Well let's see, well first it does a lot of things
Like this."
Ryuunosuke takes a picture of rem,
And shows it to her.
"That is rem?
What is rem doing there?"
Rem says confused by the tool.
"It's a way to trap time inside this little object."
Rem's curiosity arises as she looks at Ryuunosuke's phone.
"Then that tool is a metia?"
"Metia? What are those"
"Metia are magical tools used by the people that cannot use magic."
"Hmm, I see."
Ryuunosuke says
"Ryuu-Sama's homeland seems to be advanced,
Did Ryuu-Sama grow up from a good household?"
Ryuunosuke looks at rem before responding
"Not really, my parents abandoned me after all."
Rem was surprised by his statement and felt pity towards him.
"Rem apologizes."
"For what?"
"Rem brought up a insincere topic."
"Not really, I've been alone most of my life, until I found out that I actually had a little sister. But she didn't live a good life like me.
So I decided to take her with me.
But I could barely survive on my own so taking her with me took a burden."
Rem listens to the boy, as he reminisces about the past.
"I made money by fighting,
At first it was a way to live. But as more time passes before I knew it there was people around me other than my little sister."
"Ryuu-Sama is a strong person like Nee-Sama, and compared to me..."
Rem looks down
"Don't look down on yourself rem.
Your sister wouldn't like that."
"But it's true compared to Nee-Sama
I'm onl-"
"Did your sister ever told you that you needed to be good as her?"
Rem stares at Ryuunosuke
"Of course she didn't, Nee-Sama isn't like that."
"Then why do you chase after her?"
"Why?"
Rem thinks about the question given to her.
"No answer huh? Well it's normal for people to admire and want to be someone strong."
Rem looks up and meets the eyes of Ryuunosuke
As he continues talking
"Your Sister didn't say that it's needed for you to be strong, nor did she needed you to be as good as her.
What your sister wanted, was merely for you to be happy.
After all that's the Job of the Older Sibling"
Rem looks down as she had a look of sadness and she tells Ryuunosuke her story.
"Nee-Sama was born as a prodigy in our clan, and unlike me, I was only average at best.
Nee-Sama would always protect me from the other people from our clan, but in truth deep inside me I was actually jealous of her.
I tried my best to be like her, but I didn't compare to her.
Nee-Sama said that I just needed to be me.
So I asked my mom to teach rem household tasks.
But as more time passes, the people in my clan began comparing Rem to Nee-Sama.
But Nee-Sama would make them quiet and
She told me that it's okay.
And I depended on Nee-Sama
until that night came.
The witch cult attacked our clan and during the attack Nee-Sama protected me in the process of it, Nee-Sama letting her guard down in the process of the fight, was attacked by a dying enemy and lost her powers as a result.
But when that happened, I was happy.
After that roswaal-Sama finds the both of us and took as in as maids in the Mansion.
From that day, I had to learn everything Nee-Sama had to learn
But Nee-Sama is even more amazing
I'm only Imitating Nee-Sama
After all..
I was nothing than a replacement.."
Rem finishes her story with tears on her eyes that threatened to fall.
Rem looks at Ryuunosuke
As Ryuunosuke also looks at her
And then Ryuunosuke smiled towards rem and said
"Do you feel better?"
Ryuunosuke says as Rem looks at him
"Feel better?..."
Rem speaks shock at his question.
"Well you were keeping all that to yourself right? And now that you let it all out,
Do you feel better?"
Rem in an outburst
"Rem doesn't need to feel better!
After all Rem is just a bad and useless person!
Compared to Nee-Sama.."
"Nee-Sama this Nee-Sama that.
Don't live in your Sister's shadow."
Ryuunosuke tells the blue haired maid
"Have you ever thought how your sister feels?
Seeing her little sister beat herself up, work so hard and deems her hardwork pointless.
And she stands there not available to do anything.
There's no point in working and learning so hard, if it's only for others and not for yourself.
As someone who listened to your story and as your friend, I'll say it rem.
Your hardwork was not pointless."
Rem looks at Ryuunosuke with tears on her eyes
"But rem, *sniff* rem was happy when Nee-Sama lost her powers. And unlike Nee-Sama my power remained, but I'm not a prodigy or talented like her. I can only work hard!"
Rem says at Ryuunosuke while the tears she held began to fall.
"It's okay, I'm sure of it. Your sister without a doubt would still love you the same even with that.
I forgot to mention to you, but
Before I began to fight to earn money, Me and my sister learned that we have another sibling.
He was my older brother.
And like me, he was also a leader of a gang.
But he didn't have talent nor strength like mine.
Even with that he would always face enemies much stronger than him.
As he was fighting a losing battle, I looked at his back.
And his back was bigger than anyone there.
My brother faced the enemy and won.
I really admired it, the way he lead his people.
And even though he was weaker than most of them, they still followed him regardless.
His back was bigger than anyone, because he never once gives up.
Although he didn't have talent or strength, he worked harder than anyone.
And his hardwork shined.
It truly was beautiful.
And unlike me, I had talent in it, but I never considered myself better than my brother.
Because I never once shined like he did.
Now do you get it Rem?"
Rem listened through my story
As she stops her tears.
"Get what?"
Rem tells me.
"That even without talent, if you truly worked hard, it will without a doubt reward you for the hardwork you poured.
You don't need to be as good as your sister.
Just like your sister said, you just need to be yourself rem."
Rem smiles at me with teary eyes
"Thank you Ryuu-Sama."
"There's no need to thank me.
I was just helping a friend.
Now go rest! And wake up as a better person tomorrow."
Rem looks at me with a blinding smile, as she bows and hides her expression while going back to the mansion.
"Now then Maid-San, I think it's rude to eavesdrop at someone's conversation.
I don't remember that being part of a maid's job."
Then someone came out of the shadow and it shows the figure of a pink haired maid.
"Ram was only making sure that Ryuunosuke-Sama would not do anything bad towards her cute little sister."
Ryuunosuke just laid down on the grass again
"Well it looks like I didn't attack your cute sister mystery solved."
"Ram thanks Ryuunosuke-Sama,
Not as a maid but as an older sibling.
Ryuunosuke-Sama helped rem overcome her problem."
Ryuunosuke sends a look of disgust at ram
"Don't give me your gratitude maid-San, your making my skin crawl here."
Ram sends a glare towards the boy.
"How horrible to say something like that towards a beautiful girl like me."
"Hai hai, and after the beautiful girl says that, she leaves the man alone.
There's your cue Maid-San"
"Hmp, to send away ram like that after ram sends her gratitude to you.
You really are a bad person Ryuunosuke-Sama
Then have a pleasant evening."
Ram says as she walks away.
Ryuunosuke sighs.
"I was just trying to sleep, and ended up doing this.
What a peculiar way of making yourself tired."
Ryuunosuke says as he closes his eyes and sleeps under the tree's shade.
Morning
Emilia goes towards Ryuunosuke's room to see if he had waken up, but when she went there he wasn't there.
Emilia thought that he was awake and was around the mansion, so she looks for him but couldn't find him.
"Ryuu-kun are you in there?"
Emilia says getting worried and imagined various exaggerated scenarios in her head.
Puck sees this and soothes her
"Now now Lia, maybe he just went out for a bit."
Puck says towards her.
"What if Ryuu-Kun is kidnapped by bad people or what if Ryuu-Kun followed some bad people!"
Emilia tells Puck
As Puck sweatdrops at her
"If there are some people that was even capable of kidnapping him, and I pity those bad people that he followed.
Emilia goes to the kitchen to find Ryuunosuke but only saw the blue haired maid.
"Rem did you see Ryuu-kun around? I looked for him everywhere."
"Ryuu-Sama is missing?!"
Rem says surprised and worried as well
And they both looked around the mansion again but couldn't see any sign.
"Ryuu-Sama might be in danger! We need to find him Emilia-Sama!"
"Mhm!"
Emilia says
But she looks outside the window and besides a tree she saw a glimpse of afamiliar black coat.
"Look! Isn't that Ryuu-Kun's coat?!"
Emilia says and rem immediately looked at where Emilia pointed.
They both ran outside the manor and went where the coat was
And saw the boy that they were looking for.
Ryuunosuke was using the coat as a blanket and had a peaceful sleeping look.
Normally he would always have an expressionless look, and yet when he gives them a smile he looks like it seems blinding, but also forced.
"Mou, sleeping outside like this.
What's the point of giving him a room then!"
"I met Ryuu-Sama yesterday in the evening, he said he was unable to sleep.
He also gave rem encouraging words."
"He does give that feeling, the feeling of hope and that you are able to always depend on him."
But suddenly Ryuunosuke's peaceful sleeping look.
Turned into a terrified one as he sweats
"Don't go..."
Ryuunosuke says weakly
Rem and Emilia looks at him with worry
Before he suddenly waking up as he gasp for breath and shaking a bit.
"RYUU-KUN/SAMA"
Both calls out to him at the same time worried for him, Ryuunosuke looks at them with his still terrified one but it turned back to it's usually back to his normal expression.
"Good morning to you as well.
Rem, Lia-Chi."
Ryuunosuke gives them the blinding smile he always gives them.
"Are you okay? Did you have a nightmare?"
"Nightmare? Don't know what you mean.
Come on don't waste time here let's go start the day!"
Ryuunosuke says as he holds his fist up high
"You worried me there, Let's go get food."
"That's right, I'll cook a delicious meal to you Ryuu-Sama."
"To the kitchen then."
Ryuunosuke says as he hides his shaking hand in his back.
"What the hell was that..
Was that really just..
A dream?"
Ryuunosuke shakes the thought away to not worry the two.
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