Anime, starting from Re:Zero (Zero - Starting Life)

"Why? Doesn't Sylphy like Gawain? Doesn't she love him?"

Sylphy was a little confused.

Perhaps influenced by the frequent heart-to-heart talks and whispers with teacher Luo Qixi since childhood, she is not opposed to telling the truth to the teacher, at least the parts that can be said:

"Sylphy likes her brother the most and loves him the most."

"I am also confident that I am the person who likes him and loves him the most in the world."

"But, no one says that if you like or love someone, you have to marry him, right?"

Luo Qixi was stunned by the question:

"That's the truth..."

However, Loki still has two trump cards that she has prepared long ago, the brother-sister theory and the life span theory, which naturally cannot fail, especially after Sylphy has admitted her feelings for Gawain, Loki thought that the only point of failure no longer exists.

There must be a reason why you want to fall in love but refuse to fall in love.

At least Loki felt that these were the only two reasons that could stand between them, and at best, Gawain's lack of understanding of human nature and his retarded emotional development were the only reasons that could stand between them.

But it was Sylphy who started chasing after him:

"Teacher, there's no way I can fall in love with my brother, let alone get married."

Luo Qixi changed her tactics, she responded passively, looking for flaws:

"Could you tell me why?"

Sylphy opened her mouth, wanting to say everything she had suppressed for years, to tell her teacher everything that had caused her pain, even if it was just to vent her emotions rather than to find redemption. But in the end, she lost the courage to even speak:

"I... don't have that qualification."

It's the same thing as saying nothing.

Roxy hooked her nail-covered fingers against Sylphy's cheek in a gesture of comfort, and flexibly took back the initiative in this conversation:

"Are you worried about your sibling relationship? Although I don't think you're that stubborn, Sylphy, I still want to remind you that marriage between sworn siblings is perfectly normal even under the doctrine of Milis. Besides, from what I've heard, Gawain has already severed ties with Mr. Lortz and the others, right? Legally, you're no longer siblings. Furthermore, according to the laws of the Asura Kingdom, marriage between biological siblings is perfectly legal."

In fact, on the morning that Gawain left Buena Village, Debbie said at the dinner table what she meant, "Gawain is no longer your brother, so it's okay for him to want to be his wife."

Sylphy glared at the ice blue limited edition teacher complaining:

"I've known about this for a long time."

Luo Qixi nodded and took out her second trump card:

"Is that a racial difference? The lifespan of the Vitrum people is indeed overwhelmingly long."

Sylphy didn't say anything, just fiddled with her fingers and looked at the ground with her head down, looking no different from someone who was distracted in class.

Luo Qixi felt that she had hit the mark:

"A natural lifespan of ten to twenty thousand years is already ten times that of a pure-blooded Long-Eared, and a hundred times that of the two of us. Among the intelligent races currently existing in the human world, perhaps only the Undead Demons can surpass the Vitrum people in this respect?"

"Sylphy, it's normal for you to feel this mismatch, right? After all, even if you could accompany Gawain until he died of old age, it would only be a moment in his life. You'd feel that such a relationship is unfair to either party, but it's also unreasonable, right? To you, you've clearly invested your entire life and sincerity, but to him, in just a few hundred years, it might become meaningless, or be overwhelmed and replaced. And it's the same for Gawain, too. You might have developed feelings for you that could last for more than ten thousand years, but you left him so quickly and heartlessly, forcing him to face a painful farewell and spend the rest of his life licking his wounds alone."

Sylphy pursed her lips and didn't answer, but Roxy continued to chat indifferently:

"But that's wrong."

"This is the outlook on life held by the dominant race, centered around purebloods, such as pureblood humans. It's not the outlook held by half-bloods like you, Sylphy, or those of a less privileged race like me, or those of an extinct race like Gawain. You simply grew up in a human kingdom, so naturally you've become accustomed to and accepted this outlook."

"That's a human concept, it shouldn't be yours."

"In the Demon Continent, and even in the northern part of Milis Continent, mixed-race people are very common, and couples with huge racial differences are also common. That's why I, Teacher, feel that I should come and persuade you. I can persuade you."

"The Undead Demon King, who could live for hundreds of thousands of years, is said to have had only one husband, the pure-blooded human Beishen I. It's also common for pure-blooded Long-Eared people, who can live for two thousand years, to marry humans or demons who only live for a few decades or more for love."

"Sylphy, I'm sure you understand what I'm thinking, right? The fairness of things that are just swirling in our heads is never important. What's important is reality, the future, love, and happiness, isn't it?"

"If you give up on love, can you really be happy for the next hundred years or so? Do you plan to give up on Gawain and fall in love with someone else? If he can't love you, will Gawain really stop suffering? Will he really not suffer the torment of irreversible regrets that have never happened over and over again in a thousand, two thousand, or five thousand years?"

"Although you can't be with each other forever, at least you still have more than 150 years of beautiful memories, right?"

"Sylphiet, my student."

"You can't avoid the end by refusing to begin."

Sylphy raised her head and gave Roxy a gentle smile of gratitude, her red eyes as beautiful as the setting sun.

"thank you teacher."

Luo Qixi held her hand in surprise:

"Have you figured it out, Sylphy? It's okay if you can't accept it right away. Think about it carefully later, or ask people from mixed-race families. I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out."

Sylphy shook her head.

"No, I understand your thoughts, teacher, and I know you are right, but I won't marry my brother because of this kind of thing."

Her emotionally frustrated confession:

"Sylphy has done many bad things to my brother and caused him a lot of harm. Even so, I want to continue to stay by his side shamelessly, as a family member. I also want to make amends and save him. I hope that my brother can live a happy, happy and relaxed life, and that his wishes and dreams can be realized smoothly."

"Sylphy wants to be with her brother forever, until she dies of old age. She also wants her brother to remember me forever."

"Sylphy loves brother, Sylphy likes brother."

"Because he's my brother."

"Teacher, do you understand?"

Luo Qixi was convinced.

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Note: Being persuaded is also persuasion.

Chapter 46 Sincerity

Although the advice was wrong.

But Luo Qixi didn't feel embarrassed.

She was just worried that Sylphy and Gawain might give up on love and marriage for some stupid reason, but if they had no such thoughts, then that was fine; it was just a precaution. Of course, she should wait until she had persuaded Gawain. Who knew that Gawain, a die-hard sister-con, might have had some budding "illicit" feelings for his own sister?

Indeed, what's more, perhaps even Sylphy hasn't fallen in love yet. Although Asura nobles at her age are generally very extravagant, especially in the royal capital, the most conservative male nobles may have been driving carriages with maids, but it is normal to have exceptions, especially Roxy noticed that her students seemed to be exceptions.

Even Rudy and Miss Alice could only be considered to have some signs.

Gao Wen is even more of a heavyweight.

It is said that when Mr. Paul was the same age as Gawain, he had already achieved the achievement of killing ten people in the aristocratic school. The thing that can cause the greatest emotional fluctuations for Gawain at this stage is being held in his mother's arms.

Hahahahahaha.

Although I was very moved at the time, I still couldn't help laughing out loud afterwards.

"Let's go, Luo Qixi, stop smiling like an idiot."

The senior leader, who had already finished inspecting the work, said goodbye to his sister and urged his elders.

Luo Qixi denied:

"I'm not laughing at you."

Gao Wen doesn't find it cute at all:

"It's stupid to confess without asking."

Luo Qixi was already used to being hugged by Gawain. She said something very sensible before putting on her helmet:

"But wouldn't it be a shame if the person involved didn't know they were being laughed at?"

The two said goodbye to Sylphy and flew away in the blink of an eye.

Sylphy blankly recalled the interaction between her brother and teacher, then silently walked back to the tent to continue handling official business.

Although it has only been a few days, my brother has indeed changed.

He was different from the brother he was with.

She feels that her brother is better now.

But that was Grandma Elinalize and Teacher Roxy's brother, not her own. Sylphy felt pained again because of this thought that she couldn't help but have.

Teacher Luo Qixi is absolutely right.

That's why Sylphy tried so hard to restrain herself, not to take the step she shouldn't have. After all, Teacher Roxy didn't know that the Vitrum people were a so-called "dominant race with pure-bloods at its core." Strictly speaking, they were far more powerful, absolute, and extreme than the humans in the Human Realm.

Precisely because I love my brother, like my brother, am his family member, and regard him as the most important person, I absolutely cannot destroy the possibility of my brother's safe return to the tribe for my own dark desires.

Sylphy knew Gawain Vitrudia all too well. Even the changes he was undergoing were within her comprehension. They were natural, something she could easily achieve if she didn't suppress herself. Sylphy was confident that if she chose, she could replace Elinalise, Roxy, and Rudeus in her brother's heart. Sylphy could make her brother feel that simply having her was enough, but it was precisely because her brother was such a fool that she dared not do anything.

Especially now that he has hurt his brother so many times.

She defied her parents' expectations and betrayed the wish she made on her fifth birthday.

She had the ability to help her brother heal and overcome all the painful emotions he was experiencing, but she did not do so in order to allow her brother to continue to be dependent on her.

In order to continue living alone with her brother and sister, she deliberately did not mediate the relationship between her brother and her parents, which had obviously eased. This caused her parents to suffer alone and made her brother feel guilty.

She twisted her brother with her own hands.

Not only did she hurt her innocent brother, but she also harmed her parents who only cared about her and her brother.

Sylphy couldn't accept this result.

I had clearly decided to confess everything and make amends after my tenth birthday, but after finally coming to my senses, I suddenly found myself in a desperate situation.

Therefore, we must never repeat the same mistakes.

Even if she had not committed these tragic crimes, even if her brother could accept these experiences, Sylphy decided that she would never go against her decision to fall in love with her brother and marry him, and would not cause her brother to suffer further harm for the sake of a seemingly reasonable pleasure.

She could not accompany her brother for too long, nor could she give birth to an unblessed mixed-race child, causing both the child and her brother to endure thousands of years of long torture.

She had no way of making a promise with her brother to love each other forever, nor could she accept her brother's sincere and unchangeable contract, which would prevent her brother from integrating into his tribe forever.

Sylphy believed that all the mistakes she had made in the past could be forgiven.

After all, it's just a temporary pain and detour, right?

No one was irreparably harmed.

Even mom and dad.

But, marrying her brother and even giving birth to a mixed-race child is something that cannot be accepted or forgiven.

This is a change that Sylphy, who has developed dark emotions and twisted possessiveness, absolutely does not want her brother to change:

Love your wife of an inferior race as you would love your full-blooded compatriot.

Love the mixed-blood offspring just as much as you love the pure-blood offspring.

Brother, Gawain Vitrudia will not be able to return to his tribe and will not be able to become emperor because of this.

His dream, his duty, his future.

Will completely vanish.

I will become his nightmare.

If any word can become a shackle, then for the sake of freedom the only option is to become silent, right?

She wanted to tell her brother:

"I left my parents and home just to become my brother's, to become his wife. So, please watch over me carefully!"

But it's just a fantasy after all.

Sylphy loves Gawain, so they can't fall in love.

Not only are they not allowed to fall in love, Sylphy will also stop anyone who wants to fall in love with her brother, even if it means killing the other person completely.

Even if that person is Teacher Roxy.

Next time we meet, I will tell the teacher about my thoughts without revealing my brother's secret.

Perhaps even Sylphy herself is still waiting for the opportunity to start, but she is actually already atonement for her actions.

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