I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 2

"Can you help me prepare to go see brother Levion?" (*Brother* in this situation is for someone older, but not an actual blood related brother.)

Levion was hard at work training for his upcoming entrance exam for the Imperial Knights. Leticia wanted to be of any help to her fiance.

"Please get my handkerchief."

"..."

"Mary?"

"Yes....? Oh, what did you say?"

When Leticia called her name, Mary raised her head in surprise as if she came to her senses. The moment their eyes met, Leticia said with a worried look on her face.

"Is something wrong? Could it be that your brother has been more ill?"

"No, I was just thinking about something, My Lady."

Even though she said there was nothing wrong, Mary couldn't get last night's incident out of her mind.

It was gold coins laying in the middle of the street on her way home after leaving work.

And what Leticia said right before she left the mansion.

[I hope you'll pick up the money on the street]

It must be a coincidence.

It just so happened to be an odd coincidence.

Mary held out a handkerchief to Leticia, thinking so intently.

"Is there anything else you need, My Lady?"

"No, this will be enough."

After Mary gave her the handkerchief, Leticia came out and walked down the corridor.

But before she could walk far, she met someone.

It was Diana.

"It looks like you're going somewhere?"

Diana asked, looking at Leticia up and down. Despite the unpleasantness, Leticia didn't frown once and nodded lightly.

"I'm going to see brother Levion."

Diana's expression hardened at the words. Soon her hateful voice came out.

"Why?"

"Huh?"

"Why do you have to go?"

Leticia felt frustrated, as if she was being interrogated. After a moment of confusion, Leticia gently tilted her head.

"It's not right for me to go to support him?"

Before they were engaged, Leticia and Levion had been close friends since childhood. He was her fiancé, but she thought of him as family. Diana's gaze grew even higher.

"That's very encouraging."

Diana glanced at Leticia fiercely, then smirked and walked past her.

***

˜What was wrong with her....?'

On the way to see Levion, Leticia couldn't get Diana's reaction out of her mind for a long time. I called Diana to turn around, but she just walked away.

˜What's the matter?'

No matter how much she thought about it, Leticia couldn't find the answer.

However, something was strange.

Leticia tightened her grip on her dress, feeling anxious that something was about to happen.

"Miss, we're here."

Leticia decided to think about it later and got out of the carriage. But when she actually got off, she was at a loss as to where to go.

While she was fidgeting, unable to take a single step, she heard a familiar voice behind her.

"What are you doing here?"

It was Leticia's fiancé, Levion. His silver hair shining brightly in the sunlight and his clear purple eyes looked dreamy.

"Brother!"

Fortunately, she ran into Levion at recess time.

it was just recess time, or I would have met Rivion right away. However, unlike Leticia, who approached him with a cheerful smile, Levion looked somewhat uncomfortable.

"I've come to cheer you on."

"You didn't have to do that."

"Oh ...... I'm sorry if I've been a burden. I'm leaving now."

Levion had never looked so blatantly inconvenienced, even if he didn't say it.

As Leticia turned to leave with a panicked look on her face, Levion said with a sigh.

"Follow me."

"Please wait for me."

Leticia carefully grasped Levion's arm as he turned away. It must have been a hard day of training as there was sweat on Levion's forehead.

The moment she took out her handkerchief to wipe off his sweat, a sorrowful voice came out of Leticia's mouth. It was a handkerchief that she had made and ruined for embroidery practice.

Still, she wanted to wipe it with this handkerchief, but the expression on Levion's face wasn't so pleasant.

"What is your ability?"

"What?"

"Hasn't it awakened yet?"

"That's...."

Embarrassed to answer, Leticia glanced away and lowered her head.

Her family was always unhappy with her for not being awakened to any abilities.

And then there was another one.

"I'm sorry, brother Levion..."

Like a fool, she completely forgot.

Her fiancé didn't like it either.

Unable to raise her head, Leticia grimaced and grasped her hands. At that moment a chilling voice rang in her ears.

"You seem to have a lot of time."

"What?"

His dry, purple eyes went to the handkerchief. As soon as he saw the stitches sticking out, Levion frowned.

"Make something like this."

"It's..."

The moment she was about to say something, she felt strangely suffocated.

However, Levion sighed as if he was frustrated looking at her.

"I'll leave you to it."

"What? You're leaving already?"

Surprised, Leticia's eyes widened, but Levion only looked at her unsympathetically.

"Then is there any reason why I should stay here longer?"

With those last words, Levion left as if he didn't need to be there any longer. And he didn't even look back once.

"Ha..."

A laugh suddenly came out.

Leticia felt miserable as she was left behind.

Eventually, Leticia lost confidence in staying here any longer and turned away. No, she wanted to leave. If only she didn't bump into a man who was passing by.

"I'm sorry, sir. I wasn't looking ahead properly..."

The moment when a bewildered Leticia looked up to apologize, something red dropped on the floor. She was surprised to see a cut on the man's bloodied hand.