Chapter 213: Sacred Princess (1)

From the instant born she was praised as a wonderful existence.

Probably also because the older sister was poor in magical power of light.

The girl named Altina though the second daughter was destined to become queen.

She never thought that fact strange.

The one possessing correct light guides everyone. A reason from far past.

Precisely because of that herself working hard was natural, and protecting the weak also natural.

Because she has power using that power for everyone is natural, and continuing to effort so as not to rot talent also natural.

Days of being expected by someone and responding to that expectation. There cannot be objection there.

Yes, all to become light that guides everyone.

Illuminating all universally with her own light, protecting from evil and vice. Taught so, and thought wanting to be so.

Loved the people who should be protected from the heart, and never thought hard the efforting for that.

Training to be strong, doing internal affairs so everyone is happy, and maintaining the system. Respecting the mechanism the first Sacred brought, to connect to the next generation.

All for justice someone. She was saying, but actually there was also an other party thinking specially.

That is family, comrades. And the side face the slender civil official who is Grace’s brother shows.

In that the one thinking most specially, the one thinking must protect was ’the little sister who was born with a heavy disability’.

Meldiana Calmate.

Altina’s little sister, a poor child with no magical power of light.

There were many humans with thin light, but a human ’not possessing light in the first place’ was the first even in long history. Surely living alone is pain she thought.

Because however much she works hard she cannot win against others. If excellent in learning the talk would have been different, but she lacked aptitude there too.

The figure wanting to run around outside despite possessing only ability inferior to children Altina thought only ’poor’.

However struggling not the best even not able to do ordinarily, her interest is not on the desk but outside. However much she trains the body ends up inferior even to ordinary people possessing magical power of light.

(If granting light with the power as Sacred Princess. Or maybe could have lived a little more properly.)

This power is a thing granted to people who can become Sacred. Power for raising talented humans to a higher rank, not a thing for making weak humans ordinary.

Even if family bending that reason is not correct, and more than anything if once bending the rule other sickly people would also flock to the castle seeking light. Therefore not granting light to the little sister was correct.

Correct, but she was holding guilt at herself who has means to save the little sister yet does nothing.

...Precisely because of that she thought ’at least want playing freely’.

Because entrusting work to that child. Not poor?

Everyone knows Meldiana is inferior. The person herself should also be self-aware.

And yet making compete with others is a demonic deed.

If saying Meldiana is like born in a state of limbs missing. Making that kind of her compete on the same stage as healthy people is not equality but only bullying.

Precisely because of that she showed excluding situations compared from others as much as possible.

So as not to be compared, so as not to be despised, showed excluding all things that can become disabilities.

Yes, if the little sister cannot live ordinarily at least love as a bird in a birdcage. Forever forever continue protecting as the older sister.

Because she thought that is surely a correct deed.

’Fine, Moldi. You do not need to do anything. Leave to the older sister.’

Removing all disabilities Altina smiled as if relieving.

Ah good, this solved everything.

Thinking so she directed a full-face smile, but.

’...U, n. Got it. Thank you, older sister.’

Meldiana’s expression was somehow stiff.

Why, what was bad, was insufficient?

While tilting the neck Altina desperately continues excluding disabilities from in front of Meldiana.

Believing that becomes for the little sister, enthusiastically, every day, every day, while sometimes relying on comrade Sacred too.

The two gladly cooperated.

Grace smiling ’obligation of one possessing power’, Leas getting excited ’first job as Sacred!’.

Precisely because of that Altina also got excited. Fine, this world is kind to you. To convey so.

Therefore still, more and more, if insufficient must work hard more. To protect the weak little sister continue excluding all and every disability.

’...Better not help that much, Alti.’

’Why? Older sister Kay.’

The one who told no to that kind of herself was the sickly older sister.

The woman sitting on a chair, Kate Calmate. Pale skin and slender body, though glossy gold hair grown as is. Wearing a jacket over white nightwear, and putting a lap blanket.

At the side face of her continuing document work Altina threw a question.

’Because older sister gets happy if doing this.’

’I am fine. Reading books time is far more precious, and if able to leave trivial things to someone big welcome. And if clumsily going outside and collapsing health cannot enjoy reading books until cured. Therefore being protected is big welcome, protect more... that said this is my logic. Not a value everyone nods.’

...Did not understand well.

At least at that time.

Because could not understand well the feeling of a person who does not get happy being helped.

Of course if as a result of helping became a hindrance the talk is different, but the ability of people helping Meldiana all surpass her.

See, no problem.

Protecting and illuminating weak people is the duty of light. No mistake there. Because thinking so from the true heart.

’If not understanding fine not understanding. But Alti. What is hard, what is happy, after all only the person herself understands. Not a talk of that dimension of correct or not correct. Therefore un, even if not understanding want respected.’

At Altina tilting the neck Kate showed exhaling a sigh with a bitter expression.

’...If I also could run outside, or if had interest outside, the talk would match, but indoor and outdoor, even if powerless the temperament is too reverse. Seems sensitive enough to notice being spoken carefully, ne.’

She does not understand well what the older sister is saying.

The older sister named Kate was that kind of person from long ago.

Thought praised for efficiency of work with means everyone does not think of, then spouts violent words like spitting on properly functioning old traditions.

’...But Sacred who can be active in emergency only five. On top from several generations the holy spirit of thunder non-cooperative so only four. Despite population increasing more and more, pioneer villages continuing to increase, only four. If the period Sacred was born still, in a peaceful era is this not distorted?’

This way only tilting the neck.

If the people who should be protected increase better we work hard more and more. She thought so, and other Sacred same opinion. Other people also followed Altina and them.

See, not even one mistake. From then until today unchanging peaceful days are continuing.

Precisely because of that that day she also lightly flowed the older sister’s words.

’Ah, again older sister Kay started saying strange things.’ Despite having knowledge amount and document work far far more amazing than Sacred everyone, why suddenly starting to say strange things, while exhaling a sigh in the heart.

Because many people dislike that kind of older sister, precisely because of that herself who is family must protect. Even that kind of resolve.

All as light that guides everyone.

(Ah, now thinking.)

The watershed was there.

If sincerely accepting the older sister’s advice and facing the little sister maybe something would have changed.