Chapter 17.6
A Tale of Dreams and Reality
I had an older brother.
My older brother was very good looking, quite skilled, and loved by everyone.
He was the center of my world.
I XX that brother of mine.
(TL: This is not a typo~)
When people looked at my older brother, they would always tell me that they were jealous. I shyly agreed with them.
That’s why I XX him.
Since my older brother was amazing and he was the center of my world, I always stood in my brother’s shadow. I always thought that I mustn’t be a hindrance to my older brother, that I mustn’t cause him any displeasure, and that I mustn’t anger him. I lived only for him.
As my brother’s XX.
In high school, I began to live alone.
When I told my parents that I would only bring trouble to my brother if I were to stay with him, they immediately gave me permission.
Despite that, my brother often visited my school. He also visited me frequently. There, no one could see us. I came to XX my brother even more.
When I was in college, I could XX from my brother.
After repeatedly making preparations, piling up camouflage, and using what I could, I was happy for a bit. For the first time in a while, I was myself.
One day. A certain day. That fated day.
By chance, I was reunited with my brother. I thought that I had changed. I thought that if I XX from my brother, I could XX my brother, and this wouldn’t become a habit.
I was convinced.
After seeing my older brother, I once again went back home.
I was run over by a car.
It was because I was in a hurry and XX like an idiot.
It was because I was like a doll, and XX to my brother’s XX like always.
It was because I… I…
I hated my past self.
I hated how I died, regretting how I was unable to get my revenge against him. I hated the “me” who was dangled around and played with by fate.
I won’t be a doll again.
I was good at creating a façade, since I had always been using one in front of my brother, my family, my friends, and everyone else every time my brother was brought up. That façade was a part of my everyday life.
Let’s do better. This time, I’ll win against fate.
This was a different world, so I would never be able to win against my brother.
It wasn’t possible for me to fight him, but it was fine like this.
Still, I’ll become someone who can fight against fate.
Thanks. I can’t figure out if she wanted to XX her brother or XX her brother.
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Pretty sure she wanted to XX her brother, not XX him like you suggested. Then again – she could want to XX him instead.
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It’s all good, as long as she doesn’t XXX him that’s a fellony
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I’m pretty sure XXX is in a legally gray area in some places. Morally wrong, probably, but still legally acceptable depending on circumstances. But to XX your brother…hmmm.
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Thanks for the chapter, though it’s rather confusing >.< lol.
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I came to see if the comment section knows what the “ xx my brother” was only to find no answer to my question but had a good laugh instead
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DAMN YOU MY DIRTY MIND!!!!!
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lmaoo same. I’m like is it this meaning?
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i understood nothing
thanx for the chap anyway
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same here…
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My mind is dirty~ Even XX came out as lewd ideas. XD
Thanks for the chapter!
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I replaced XX with…some dirty words 😳
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I ….. That Brother of mine.
Worship?
Feared
Hated/Loved?
Stalked?
Admired?
Thats why I … Him
Admired
Hated/Loved
Stalked
Worship
Feared
As my brother’s…..
Slave
Brother/Sister
Twin
Stalker
I could …… from my brother.
Flee/Run
Hide
I came to ….. my brother
Hate/despise/resent
Fear
I …. from my brother
Hid
Ran
I could …. my brother,
Love
Hate
Shun
Avoid
Worship
Admire
Fight
….. like an idiot
Lost
Confused
Distracted
and …… to my brother’s
Inferior
…… like always
Ability
Talent
Charm
Charisma
No dirty mind here lol
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The first was was probably envy, admire, or hate
And then she proceeds on saying she was her brother’s shadow or something
And when she finally escaped from her brother, she realized she couldn’t escaped her brother at all. And so she died cuz she can’t get away from her fate
Or something
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Im wondering is this Rose or another reincarnator? doesnt feel like Rose.
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Another reincarnator? Or Rose dark past befor she’s reincarnated? And what’s XX?
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It might be Rose. From Chapter 2:
So the Ore-sama Prince she detests so much… resembles her brother in her past life. I’m gonna guess that the first “XX” is “hated”. I.e. I hated that brother of mine..
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Wow. That’s tame. I think it’s ‘killed’ when I first reading that chapter XD
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So, I’ll take a shot.
hate
hate
shadow
hate
get away
seperated
forget
run
danced
tune
It would make sense since (s)he said (s)he pretended to like him. Might be our protagonist’s rival who wanted to know whether fate could be changed, according to the previous chapter.
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Frankly, I’m surprised no one has guessed a meaning for XX which was assigned to it in an Ellery Queen novel. In that story, the detective finally figured out it was supposed to stand for “double cross”. I would have to think that might be a possibility here, particularly since she admitted she exercised deception in dealing with her older brother.
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just imagine how the older brother feels. It would kill me if any of my siblings died.
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jm going with the yan route for this one
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This makes no senssseeeeee TTwTT
All I’m getting are X’s that are R rated in my head which I am strongly trying to resist associating with our girl
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It would be interesting if the brother is reincarnated too and then MC falls in love with him :^)
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thanks!
lol that xx! somehow, it seems like she really disliked him?
hm…a love-hate relationship? no, she probably felt really inferior to him huhhh
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I think it’s Rose and that’s why she’s so determined to be free and not play into the hands of the game by marrying the prince or one of the love interests and staying a rich aristocrat. Furthermore, in the last chapter Rose explains to Mel-chan that she could never be truly happy being an aristocrat, rich and married off, rather, she would instead like to live her own life controlled by herself. I think that chapter was meant to allude to this chapter in terms of why Rose’s feelings are so strong towards being independent.
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My mind is lile “if XX is XX then XX is equal to XX. Therefore, the word behind XX is the same as the other XX”
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