When the protagonist of the otome game is unintentional strategy [system]

"It's been a long wait—I think I've finally got things right."

After Tina sat quietly for a long time, Kolusta sighed deeply, raised her eyes, and said to the other party: "So, the late Duke Amirim is my grandfather, and the current Duchess is My grandmother. Your mother is my mother's cousin, my cousin, and you are my cousin... Huh, it's complicated, but am I right?"

"And Louis," Tina smiled, not forgetting to bring her brother, "He is your cousin."

"...Okay, cousin," although he didn't want to admit that someone as stupid as Louis had an affair with her, but now that Klusta had digested this fact, he had to accept that he had already jumped over the dragon's gate. ——

From a poor ghost who couldn't even afford a big skirt, he suddenly transformed into the granddaughter of the current ruler of a certain duke family.

No wonder what Louis said at the time, "It's just a dress, she won't be able to afford it in the future"...

"I'm very confused about one thing, Tina."

The earl's daughter who was called raised her eyes and said gently, "Please speak."

"The last time I was on Queen Nulinya Avenue, from the information revealed by your brother's speech, it can be inferred that you seem to have known my true identity?" Kolusta asked, "Then, can you tell me, are you in When did you know that 'I am Ricana's daughter'?"

"Well... Well, in fact, everyone knows it at a different time."

Tina smiled slightly and explained to her: "I'm the last one to know—because my brother was rude in front of you and Lord Gloria last time, which seemed to have caused dissatisfaction with the two of you, so grandma hesitated for a long time. In the end, I chose to hand over the task of delivering invitations to me—that’s why I’m here today.”

In fact, Mrs. Amirim originally planned to let Louis go to contact Kolusta. After all, before the latter officially decided to return to the family, she didn't want to let the fact that "this commoner girl is the daughter of the former Miss Licana" Be known by more people, so as not to cause unnecessary complications.

But I didn't expect this kid to drift away after accepting the important task. He was full of "ah, I will be more valued by my grandmother than Tina one day", and couldn't help but ran to dance in front of Gloria... So Mrs. Amirim called Tina to the Duke's mansion that night, clapped her hands, and let this steady girl take over her brother's job without hesitation.

... Afterwards, there is no need to mention how Louis regretted it.

Tina didn't tell Kolusta the details of her brother's embarrassing deeds, she just paused and asked, "I heard that my brother met you by chance when he was in the middle of the semester?"

After Kolusta nodded to confirm, the black-haired girl clapped her hands, grinned lightly, and explained, "It was that time, from the color of your pupils, he probably guessed that you were from the Amirium family. lineage."

Following her words, Kolusta couldn't help but raised his hand and touched his eyes, hesitantly said: "Color?"

"Yes." Tina said, "The surname 'Amirim' evolved from 'Golden Stream', which not only refers to the pure golden eyes of each generation in this ancient family, but also refers to Every Amirim is an outstanding water magician."

Except for the people of the Amirim family, there is no other bloodline in Nobili that can create such pure and dazzling golden eyes.

As for the magic attribute... Kolusta vaguely heard his father mention that his late mother was indeed very good at water magic.

"But Tina, if I remember correctly, you are a wood magician?" The brown-haired girl frowned, looked at the palm where the sapling had been embodied, and asked in a daze.

"So I'm not an Amirim," Tina explained to her gently, "My surname is Hipper, and the Hipper family are wood magicians passed down from generation to generation."

Kolusta patted himself on the head, and said wearily: "Okay, I was confused...you go on, who else knew my identity before me?"

"As far as I know, apart from my grandmother, my brother and me, there should be Lord Gloria," Tina frowned, "However, I don't know when she received the news." Got it..."

"Okay, let's not mention Gloria for now," Kolusta pursed her lips, and asked tentatively, "But you haven't told me yet, when did the Duchess know about my existence?"

However, after asking the question this time, Tina didn't know everything about her like before.

The noble girl who was sitting upright and dignified showed a shallow smile, raised her hand, pressed the invitation card with gold pattern on the white background with her fingertips, and slowly pushed it in front of Kolusta.

"The remaining questions... I'm sorry, but I think it's more appropriate to ask grandma to tell you herself."

Kolusta looked down at the envelope in front of her, pursed her lips, and picked it up.

"Okay, I will go to the appointment as scheduled," she said calmly, "because I also have a lot of questions, and I need to ask them in person...Dear Duchess Amirim."

……

After saying goodbye to Tina, Kolusta leaned on the seat she was sitting on just now, raised her neck, silently looked at the snow-white ceiling above her head.

When she fell silent, she looked horribly thin, and her eyes were no longer as bright as usual, but indifferent and empty.

"...Temporary carrier," the system worried, "How are you?"

"..."

Those golden eyes dimmed a little, and the brown-haired girl who had just learned her identity took a deep breath, reached out and wiped the faint tears from the corners of her eyes, and there was also a hint of light in her voice. Full of pitiful grievances.

"I'm not good."

The system squeaked softly like a short circuit.

While feeling distressed, it thought——

As expected of you, even when you are sad, you are cruel and merciless, refusing to let others go down half a step.

However, the system doesn't have to try to burn its own motherboard just to comfort her... because Klusta doesn't seem to need the care of others, she just needs a tree hole willing to listen.

"It turns out that all these years after my mother left, my father is not the only relative I have."

"I also have a grandmother, a pair of uncles and aunts, and a pair of cousins ​​and cousins..." She counted on her fingers, her eyes were reddish, and she choked up every time she read a person, "There are so many people who are connected by my blood." , to be honest, I never even dreamed of it.”

She has been dependent on her father since she was a child, and she never thought that she should have so many family ties, and she should have the opportunity to be loved by so many people.

The brown-haired girl curled up her legs, hugged her knees in her arms, and cried in a low, inaudible voice in her slightly trembling voice.She lowered her head, two tears that had been brewing for a long time fell on the cloth surface of the bench, soaking the brown-red suede and dyeing it a deeper color.

"But why—why did it take her so long to find me?"

She sobbed softly, buried her cheeks in her intertwined arms, and muttered to herself full of unconcealable sadness and depression, as if she was complaining about the grandmother she had never met, or complaining until Now I know nothing about myself.

"It's been too long, I've been alone with my father for too long." Kolusta laughed lowly, covered her eyes with her hands, tears flowed from her fingers like dewdrops on a spring day, full of tears A drop of sincere sadness, "They thought it was 20 years of separation, but to me, it was obviously an endless cycle of endless reincarnations separated by countless times..."

Kolusta in the game has never known her identity, nor has she ever met her other relatives.

She has stood numbly among the ruins of Seaside Town countless times, and she has also wandered in every corner of the kingdom.

——The savior who bears the fate of the world seems to be doomed to be alone, always unqualified to enjoy a perfect family and complete love.

"I'm going to ask my grandmother."

Kolusta took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "I want to ask her if the reason for recognizing me is... just to get a tool to inherit the family."

Years of indifference made it difficult for Kolusta to easily judge whether this invitation was full of cold interests or sincere emotions.

She had to get to the bottom of all her doubts.

Only in this way can we know...whether that lofty duchess is qualified to be a "dear grandmother" worthy of her dependence and respect.

Mrs. Amirim wrote in the invitation that she would like to meet with Kolusta in the morning of the first day of vacation after all the exams.

The invitation lists the address of Duke Amirim's mansion in detail, and states that the Duchess will personally arrange a carriage for Kolusta to pick her up. The school gate will be sent directly to the gate of the Duke's Mansion by a special person.

"The duchess has arranged everything for you." On the way to the potion test, the system carefully said while trying to figure out Kolusta's face, "The tone and wording in the invitation are also very intimate. Not the worst outcome you might expect."

"...Let's talk about it after we meet." The brown-haired girl sighed, her eyes fixed on the list of medicine ingredients listed by Teacher Gloria in her hand, and she seemed to be absent-minded.

She didn't tell Le Kesi about Tina's visit... because Kolusta felt that this was her own business, and there was no need to drag another person to share her distress.

"For the tree hole, you are enough to have the old line."

She uttered these words so suddenly that Monk Zhang Er of the system was puzzled and asked blankly, "Temporary carrier, what did you say?"

"It's nothing." Kolusta blinked and smiled briskly. While walking towards the teaching building, she held the form and recited it in a low voice, taking the time to do the final review.

The cold air in early winter blows off the leaves of the branches, leaving only a few sporadic pieces swaying in the wind, lingering unyieldingly; but the pines and cypresses planted a little behind are still covered with that green coat, without Half a point of withering, let this path still look full of vitality.

There is a low gray wall behind the pines and cypresses, which looks very old and weak—perhaps because this road is really seldom visited by people, and schools with serious financial deficits are not seen, not even half a gold coin Willing to use it on such small things.

"The hemostatic potion needs to be poured into a spoonful of milk with an appropriate amount of honey in the final stage... Is this actually a compulsory test point? Pharmacists are really busy. On the surface, they seem to be brewing potions, but they may be secretly. First class cook."

She complained very happily, and hurriedly walked, wrapped her cloak tightly and began to take a shortcut, turning a corner and stepping on the layers of dead leaves on the ground of the path.

Kolusta woke up early today—because the guillotine required for the "Potions Exam B" grade was still hanging around her neck—she was going to read a little more before entering the exam room, and sharpen her gun at the end of the battle.

Therefore, in the early morning when the east is just turning pale, in the path covered by the woods, except for the faint singing of birds, not even the slightest human voice can be heard.

"The hair growth potion with Polygonum multiflora as the main material is currently the best-selling potion available to the people in the kingdom—it seems that the era of baldness is no joke. This question has been asked by the magic potion for three consecutive years. It appeared in the final exam paper of pharmacy." Kolusta sighed, "It seems that I should buy two more bottles and send them to my father in a few days, I think he is going bald."

system:"……"

What are you all taking the test for?

Just when Kolusta was concentrating on memorizing the book, without hearing what was going on around her, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind her, with snow-white gloves on, and gently patted the brown-haired girl's shoulder.

"—!"

Kolusta shuddered and jumped to the side. She reacted extremely quickly, and in just half a second, a water polo formed in her hand. Then the unknown person who came to touch her left.

However, what I didn't expect was that before Kolusta's water polo touched the corner of the other party's clothes, there was a loud "crack" in the air!

The sudden appearance of thunder and lightning was like a sharp blade, cutting through the air fiercely, and mercilessly smashing the water polo into pieces. It was like a downpour on this small piece of land, and the water on the beach was flowing vertically and horizontally, as if it was still jumping. There are a few purple arcs.

Lightning magic?

Kolusta stared wide-eyed, gasped, and raised her head suddenly, only to see a handsome man standing not far away smiling and bowing to her, his blond hair shining like sunshine was blown by the breeze. Blowing and raising, those eyes were blue and clear, full of gentleness, like a clear blue sky.

"I'm so sorry, did I scare you?"

The future heir of the kingdom showed her an apologetic smile, and said politely, "Good morning, Miss Kolusta."