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Tea party part 3 with Brother Gian and Brother John added, start!
"I didn't think you'd come, Brother John and Brother Gian."
"Fufu. It's because I promised Rai. But, um... was it really okay for me to participate too, Brother Federico?"
Gian-nii-sama, holding my hand tightly, asked Federico-nii-sama with a worried look.
In response, Federico-nii-sama, probably so happy that Gian-nii-sama had spoken to him, was tensing his body.
And, tensing his body meant that his face was also tensing.
And since Federico-nii-sama's facial muscles other than between his eyebrows are dead, the severity of his face inevitably increases.
Now, what do you think Gian-nii-sama, who originally didn't like Federico-nii-sama, would think when he saw that?
"Ah, u.......I'm sorry.......!"
Well, he'd shrink back, wouldn't he.
Seeing that, Federico-nii-sama started to open his mouth, realizing that he had done it, but he didn't know what to say, so he closed his mouth. And his brow furrowed even more deeply in his own wretchedness.
Seeing that, Gian-nii-sama's face turned even more pale, thinking that he had disgusted Federico-nii-sama, a negative loop.
John-nii-sama, who was watching all of that from the sidelines, also looked worried and was shifting his gaze back and forth between Gian-nii-sama and Federico-nii-sama.
"............"
"Ah............Um, I............!"
"..............."
"............!"
"Agh!!! This is troublesome!!! Being unable to talk honestly when you look at each other should only be for teenagers!!! Okay! Federico-nii-sama, it's okay to take your time, but say what you're thinking!!"
Finally, I couldn't bear to see Gian-nii-sama, who had tears welling up in his eyes as if he was about to cry, so I slapped Federico-nii-sama's butt.
"Eh!? Ah, wait, Rai!?"
I yelled at Federico-nii-sama, ignoring the flustered Gian-nii-sama, and Federico-nii-sama swallowed nervously and opened his mouth.
"That, sorry......... It's not that I'm angry. It's that, I'm not used to talking to, Giancarlo, so I don't know what to say........."
In contrast to Federico-nii-sama's expression, which was getting even more intense, Gian-nii-sama's expression was dyed with surprise in a good way.
That was no exception for John-nii-sama either, and the paleness of his face from before had subsided.
"I, I'm......... Not good at talking, so, I gave you a misunderstanding. Sorry."
"Eh!? N, No! It's not like Federico-nii-ue has anything to apologize for!"
"No, Gian-nii-sama. Don't spoil Federico-nii-sama."
"Eh, eh!?"
I want Federico-nii-sama to be able to talk to his family without getting nervous.
"I'm, aware that.........you're afraid of, me......... But, if possible, that, I.........want to get along with both Giancarlo and Giovanni, I think."
Federico-nii-sama's hand, as he looked at Gian-nii-sama as if asking if it was wrong, was trembling slightly.
It wasn't just me who noticed that.
Gian-nii-sama and John-nii-sama also noticed that, and released the strength they had been putting into their bodies.
"Um, I've been avoiding Federico-nii-ue without really knowing him, but. But! I also want to get along with Older Brother........."
Federico-nii-sama, because of his severe face and lack of communication skills, has only shown me pathetic figures, but that's not the case for Gian-nii-sama and the others.
The always dignified Crown Prince. How did Gian-nii-sama, with his weak body, view that figure of him helping his father with his work even though he was young?
What kind of eyes did he look at Federico-nii-sama, who was active at the forefront of the country, with while he was feeling impatient and frustrated with his own unmoving body and his body that was weakening day by day?
".........I also never tried to get to know Federico-nii-ue well. Rather, we're the ones who should be asking that. I'm not deeply versed in magic like Bertrand-nii-ue. I'm not good at interacting with people like Andrea-nii-ue, and I don't have the ability to take action like Orlando-nii-ue. I'm just someone who can only play music, but I want to be on good terms as Federico-nii-ue's brother......... I'm a half-baked person who can't use magic, though........."
"That doesn't matter."
It was none other than Federico-nii-sama who raised his voice at John-nii-sama's words.
Gian-nii-sama and John-nii-sama, in a sense, were in the same situation as me.
I was being kept at arm's length by those around me because of my mother, but Gian-nii-sama and John-nii-sama were being scorned as half-baked people, people of mixed blood, by those around them.
Even if they weren't directly slandered because they were royalty, Gian-nii-sama and John-nii-sama couldn't have failed to notice that.
By the time I was born, Gian-nii-sama and John-nii-sama had each found their own way of life, so I don't know about their struggles up until then, and the brothers didn't try to show them to me.
"I understand that children born between demi-humans and humans from the Notos United Kingdom are being called half-baked. But, what does that have to do with this? It doesn't change that my family is Giovanni and Giancarlo, you two. Even if someone else slanders you two as failures, there's no way I wouldn't recognize you two as my brothers for that reason........."
I didn't know whether to be impressed that Federico-nii-sama was talking properly, or to be impressed by the content of his words.
However, those words seemed to have resonated with Gian-nii-sama and John-nii-sama.
All along, I had thought that the reason why I didn't like Federico-nii-sama was because of his face and his lack of words, but the real reason was probably the feeling of shame that he was a half-baked person.
"U, un......... Uun, Federico-nii-ue.........! I......... I've always wanted to, with you older brothers,,"
He squeezed my hand so hard that it hurt, and tears welled up in his eyes.
When he blinked, the tears that touched Gian-nii-sama's long eyelashes ran down his cheeks.
John-nii-sama, who was sitting on the opposite side of Gian-nii-sama, also had tears in his eyes, though he didn't shed any.
When I looked at Federico-nii-sama and the others who were sitting in front of me, they were panicking and wandering their gaze, not knowing what to do.
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