The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

89 – Running away is helpful, but not the answer.

The afternoon game has begun.

The sound of clashing magic can be heard along with huge cheers from the audience, enough to make the waiting room reverberate.

The match between Arya and Ellie. Contrary to her worried appearance, the audience’s cheers continued endlessly as Aria confronted her fiercely.

Certainly, the match between the Ministry of Magic will be the most exciting match for spectators. My eyes were dizzy from all kinds of magic.

Ellie, whom I haven’t seen in a long time, hasn’t changed much from before. She seemed a bit detached, but it could have been caused by the special situation of a duel.

Aria fought hard, but the result of the match was Ellie’s victory as I expected.

Cheers echoed throughout the stadium as Ellie, who created a huge pillar of fire that overturned the entire stadium, slowly descended from the air.

I was genuinely amazed at how it looked, so it was obvious how it would look in the eyes of the general public.

Ellie exited the stage after receiving applause from the audience until the end by grabbing the eliminated Aria’s hand and helping her stand up.

The next game was Lakar’s. It was a confrontation with a pension department student named Esselmond. I heard that he was the head of the pension department, but that was the first name I had heard.

Watching the wizards recovering the stadium, waiting for the match to begin. The door to the waiting room opened.

I think Aria is back after the game. When she inadvertently turned her head there, her gaze tangled in the air.

Beautiful eyes like obsidian drew an arc. Ellie approached me with a light smile, and the cheers and murmurs of the crowd that I heard in my ears died down.

As if focusing only on Ellie, her body behaved wildly.

“Ross, long time no see.”

I had many things I wanted to say to Ellie, who greeted me with a bright smile.

How have you been, what have you been up to these days? Those words lingered in my mouth, but I suppressed them and answered in a calm voice.

“Yeah, long time no see. How have you been doing?”

Suddenly, I wondered if this was something a boyfriend who met his ex-girlfriend would say. There was nothing more ugly than this to think that the guy I had a crush on was a line like an ex-boyfriend.

With a self-deprecating laugh, Ellie tilted her head with her puzzled face, then smiled brightly as always.

“There are rumors that you are amazing these days? I never thought of it. Ross is the head of the combat department!”

“You are also the head of the Ministry of Magic.”

To my prompt reply, Ellie gave a pretty smile and replied in a playful voice.

“It’s me, you did well from the beginning~”

That was irrefutable. Ellie suddenly took a step closer to me as I nodded her head in agreement.

My heart fluttered as Ellie came so close that I could feel her breath. Maybe there was another reason for Ellie’s behavior, and her head tried to interpret Ellie’s behavior on her own.

“Are you okay these days? How is your body?”

It was only then that I stopped laughing and came to my senses when I saw Ellie looking up at me with a worried voice.

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Not understanding Ellie’s words, let’s look at her a little with her stupid face, Ellie sighed and said.

“Amnesia loss! I feel like I’m lying for no reason, so I’m avoiding Roel oppa these days!”

Seeing Ellie pouting her lips, she finally realized what Ellie was talking about.

Ellie believes that Bella’s entrapment and harsh interrogation caused her amnesia. It was a misunderstanding, but in the current situation, it served me well, so I let it go.

“… It stays the same.”

Feeling remorse, let’s lie in a calm voice. Ellie lowered her gaze with a sullen expression, and after a while she raised her gaze to look at me without saying a word.

I couldn’t help but fix my gaze on Ellie’s face, her eyes imbued with anticipation.

“How much do you remember about me?”

I was filled with eyes like obsidian. Seeing that, the ugly desire inside me began to boil.

A strong desire to own Ellie. An insidious obsession-like thought of wanting only my name to come out of that mouth filled my head.

Without Ellie noticing, I pinched her thigh, and I came back to my senses and answered.

“It’s just that you were childhood friends…. I don’t remember what happened before entering the academy.”

“Yes… ?”

With Ellie’s expression of regret and satisfaction, she suddenly grabbed my hand.

Her instincts, which had been suppressed by Ellie’s soft and warm touch, squirmed out of control.

“Did you forget everything about me?”

“… Huh.”

I put a lie in my mouth and nodded her head. Reason’s advice to get out of the waiting room even now and instinct to embrace Ellie immediately collide in my head.

Am I weighing Luna and Ellie in my heart? Feeling disgusted with himself, he bit his lip.

Looking at me like that, Ellie smiled calmly and whispered softly.

“Is that weird? Even after entering the academy, the gaze he showed me was the same as before?”

Ellie smiles brightly. He gently stroked the back of my hand with his fingers. In the act of soothing a child who is upset, a strange sense of anticipation dwells in a corner of the heart.

Then, I suddenly remembered the setting that Ellie was quick-witted.

Yes, you already knew how I felt before. You must be fully aware of the confusion of emotions I feel right now.

“You still like me. Yes?”

This is not a question. It’s just a series of fact-checking processes. At Ellie’s words, she felt pain as if she had hit her heart hard with a hammer.

My feelings for Ellie are so precise and natural. I felt guilty as if I had betrayed Luna.

The moment I reflexively tried to answer Ellie’s words. In my head, what Ross had said to me came out of context.

I don’t know why the memory came to me all of a sudden. Did the Ross inside of me remind me of his thoughts? If so, that was a good help.

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Now his own opinion doesn’t matter. No matter what my past self did, Ross said that I am Ross now, and that the choice is mine.

I didn’t think it was important at the time, but the Ross inside of me seems to be a greater person than I am.

It occurred to me that he had purposely said that to me as if he had predicted this situation.

The more I defer my feelings for Ellie to the feelings of Ross before, the more difficult it becomes to draw the line like the master.

Running away is helpful, but not the answer.

With a deep sigh, I looked at Ellie.

Let’s not run away.

I don’t mind showing my embarrassing feelings, but now I had to make a choice.

Luna’s pretty smile came into my mind. A warm feeling emerged from a corner of her heart, pushing away the old ugly possessiveness.

My feelings for Ellie are just the remnants of the feelings that Ross left behind from the past. Now is the time to let it go and fill it with something new.

From the moment I became Luna and her lover, I had already decided on the direction of my heart. As Ross said. Because now it’s my choice

“No, not anymore.”

At my words, Ellie’s shoulders twitched. She blinked her eyes to see if what she had heard was true, suppressed her emotions, and continued her words as Ellie looked at me.

“I have someone I like.”

Ellie’s eyes widened at my words. She asked back in shock, with her mouth slightly open and her stupid face.

“Uh… ? Uh, what does that mean?”

“A person who wants to treat me well and not disappoint me. He is the most important person to me now.”

Catch your breath for a moment. After taking enough time, he said with sincerity.

“I like him a lot.”

Ellie shut her mouth for a moment. Ellie, who was looking at me as if she were observing, soon knew that I was serious. In her trembling voice, she spoke words full of bewilderment.

“That, I see. Well, that’s good That’s right….”

Ellie looked very flustered. I guess I never expected that I would say something like this.

Well, the Ross Ellie knew didn’t have this kind of personality, so it must be hard to adapt.

Seeing her lowering her head as she muttered to herself to the point of seeming uneasy, she raised her hand in the thought of wanting to comfort Ellie by stroking her head.

But my hand didn’t go to Eli’s head. Because I didn’t deserve that.

I moved her hand to my face and wiped her face once, then I spoke with a sigh in order to completely draw a line to Ellie.

“You said it. Forget all the sad memories and sad relationships…. Start a new life at the academy.”

Ellie raised her head and looked at me. For some reason, I had the illusion that her eyes were watery.

“Ugh, yes…. That’s right, I did….”

“According to your advice, I started a new life. I met a good person, and I became a lover with someone I like.”

“Uh… ?”

I smiled at Ellie, who gave a dumb expression as if she didn’t understand what I was saying.

“I know that it was burdensome because of the difficult heart to accept. Sorry. In the future, I will cheer for you to do well with your brother. No matter what, we are friends for life.”

It should have been like this from the beginning. I had to confront my ugly heart and my possessive desire for Ellie instead of running away.

I realized too late that that action was something I shouldn’t have done to Ellie and Luna.

In order for Ellie to no longer have a hard time between me and Roel, she had to confess what I had done to Roel and help her accept Ellie’s heart.

However, as if my words were a huge shock to Ellie, the beautiful obsidian eyes were shimmering with a mixture of shock and doubt.

“Friends for life….”

I was curious to see Ellie muttering to herself with her gaze down, but I had to prepare for the next game at the call of the faculty member who opened the door to the waiting room.

“I’m going to the game. See you later.”

Leaving Ellie with a complicated expression behind, I followed the staff and left the waiting room.