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Next to him, Pete stayed quiet for a long while before he finally said, “Yeah, you’re more impressive. You’re the older brother.”
Xander’s eyes lit up.
Seeing the three children’s interaction, Nora and Justin couldn’t help but say, “Alright, let’s get Xander something to eat!”
The group accompanied Xander downstairs for dinner.
Cherry yawned repeatedly.
She was usually already in bed by this time.
Xander ate something and then said to Cherry, “Cherry, you can go to sleep first.”
“No, I have to wait for Pete and Xander to sleep with me!”
Just as Nora was about to speak, Xander nodded and replied, “Okay, then let’s go to sleep.”
The three little ones went upstairs again.
A worried Nora stood outside their door, whereupon she heard the children’s conversation coming from within.
Cherry asked, “Xander, why aren’t you sleeping?”
“I already slept the entire day. I’d be a pig if I could fall asleep that quickly!” Xander replied.
Cherry said, “… Oh, that’s true. I’m so sleepy, though.”
Xander replied, “Go to bed, Cherry. Can you promise me one thing, though?”
“What is it?”
“Even if you want to play games all the time, you still have to learn and master other skills. Be it Pete, Daddy, Mommy, or any of our other relatives, I know any one of them can feed you your whole life, but you are the only one you can really count on!”
Cherry didn’t quite understand. Nevertheless, the sharp girl caught something in his words. She asked, “Why aren’t you going to protect me?”
“Because I may not be able to grow up with you anymore.”
Cherry was so sleepy that she sounded like she was in a daze. She said, “Don’t be anxious, Xander. We must grow up bit by bit… yeah…”
As she managed to speak the last few words, she fell asleep.
Nora cast her eyes down, her heart aching a little.
She wanted to push the door open and enter, but Justin stopped her and shook his head.
Sure enough, a short while later, they heard a voice in the room again. “Are you asleep?”
It was Pete.
Xander replied, “Of course not.”
“… Why aren’t you sleeping?” asked Pete.
“…” Xander kept quiet for a while before he finally replied, “Because I’m afraid that if I fall asleep, I won’t be able to wake up again.”
“…”
Outside the door, Nora felt her heart clenching again when she heard Xander.
Then, she heard rustling movements from Pete.
“What are you doing?” asked Xander.
“Getting out of bed.”
“Why are you getting out of bed?”
“Aren’t you having trouble falling asleep? In that case, finish everything you want to do before you go to bed again.”
Xander paused. “… The way you’re behaving makes it seem like you’re the older brother.”
Pete replied, “You’re the older one.”
“Hey, I don’t need you to give in to me just because you pity me!”
“Then am I the older brother?”
“Bah! Daddy Trueman said that he saved me first! It’s only because he didn’t have the strength left to save you that he approached the tyrant… You were born after me!”
“Oh.”
“What do you mean ‘oh’? You don’t believe me?”
“I do, I guess.”
“What do you mean ‘I guess’?! Do you believe me or not?!”
“…”
The two boys in the room spoke very softly, catching anyone who heard them between laughter and tears. Nora and Justin looked at each other and then stepped aside. Then, they saw the two little boys, who had dressed themselves, walking out.
Pete tilted his head and asked, “What do you want to do?”
“Come with me.”
Nora followed after the two boys and saw them sneaking into the garden.
Xander came to a spot. He looked around, stepped on it a few times, and then said, “Let’s dig a hole here!”
Pete: “?”
Xander said, “I’ve already looked around. From here, I can see your room, Cherry’s room, as well as Daddy and Mommy’s room. This place has the best view! So, you must bury me here after I die! I also want to move Butterscotch and Buttercup here to accompany me…”
After saying this, a quiet Pete walked forward.
“Where are you going?” asked Xander.
“Don’t you need a shovel to dig a hole?”
“…”
The two little guys went off to get their shovels and returned a while later. Then, in the dark of the night, they started digging a hole in the garden.
Both of them were smart, so they dug the pit a little faster than others, taking only an hour to do so. After they were done, Xander even tossed about inside. “Yeah, it’s big enough. There’s enough room for me to turn over.”
Pete: “…”
Xander spoke again. “It’s just that it’s kinda dark. Can you find me a luminous pearl?”
“Okay.”
Pete thought about it for a while and then added, “Great-grandma has a big one. I’ll steal it for you another day.”
“Steal?”
“Yeah. I asked her for it before, but she refused to give it to me.”
“Alright, then.”
Xander spoke again. “Let’s get a quilt. It’s freezing inside.”
“Okay.”
The two of them went back into the house and secretly returned with a quilt. They stuffed it into the pit, padding it comfortably. Xander lay down. Finding that it felt pretty comfortable, he was finally satisfied. He said, “Okay, that would do. I will stay here after I die!”
Satisfied, he dusted off his hands. Then, he patted Pete’s shoulder and said, “Peter Hunt, take care of our little sister and Mommy when your big brother is gone! Don’t let anyone bully them!”
Pete said seriously, “There’s still Daddy…”
“I’m talking precisely about the tyrant. Mommy is so strong; no one can bully her except the tyrant.”
Pete said, “… Actually, Daddy isn’t half-bad.”
“Hah.”
The two boys started walking back home as they chatted.
Nora, who was standing behind the two: “…”
She turned her head to look at the sullen-looking Justin and she couldn’t help but laugh. “C’mon now, are you really going to hold it against a child?”
Justin didn’t say anything, but there was anger in his eyes.
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