Sister-in-law of the Heroine in a Childcare Novel - Chapter 93

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Chapter 93

“Bibi! Bibi’s coming here! Does that even make sense?!”
I shouted at Raymond like some exasperated neighborhood elder tattling to parents about a runaway child.
I believe in you, big brother—the one who’d die for no one but Bibi! You’re obsessed with safety! Stop Bibi now!
I liked Bibi.
Unlike the original Titania, who had been consumed by inferiority as she compared her own circumstances to Bibi’s, spiraling into destruction.
Bibi was a child who knew how to love.
She cherished those around her and returned what she received. Regression doesn’t change everyone, but Bibi had overcome her tragic past and transcended the limitations of a child’s body to accomplish remarkable things. Not just anyone could do that.
She possessed a generosity that could even spare the fiend who’d poisoned her, saying “don’t kill him.”
Some would call it hollow hypocrisy, but not me. It isn’t easy to measure another’s limits and show forbearance when you’ve tasted despair from others’ malice yourself.
When I’d awakened to my past life, tears had flowed unbidden at my miserable fate—but now, I felt something entirely opposite.
A faint reassurance, very faint.
Bibi would save the world.
With Bibi, this world wouldn’t fall. She would protect the Castrain Family, who had done their utmost to preserve the empire.
If I had her, could I live in this world without worrying about the original story?
In a world where I wasn’t needed?
That’s why I could save her without hesitation. I spoke of my own mother’s secret—something the “original Titania” never dared voice even as she died. Perhaps that’s why a lukewarm guilt spread through me whenever I saw Bibi trying to be good to me out of remorse.
I saved you because I learned your secret, because even though you’re small and young now, you’ll eventually become a magnificent person who saves the world.
I’m not such a righteous person that I’d risk my life for just anyone…….
I’m far from as good as you think—I’m actually a coward. I thought, why shouldn’t I be allowed to abandon everything using you as an excuse?
I couldn’t voice that either. So whenever Bibi worried about me, I inevitably grew weak. Because I knew her feelings for me were genuine.
But Bibi has precious family she adores, doesn’t she? People to protect!
How could she risk putting herself in danger just to worry over me? It makes no sense!
I looked at Raymond with desperate resolve burning in my eyes.
Are you listening? I’m speaking to your heart.
Bibi…. Must…. Be protected…….
Without asking me to release his arm, Raymond slowly turned to survey the surroundings. There was Illian, the High Priest, leaning back casually in his chair like he was sightseeing at a market, sipping tea that had grown cold. There was Barbara, continuously refilling the table with tea and refreshments yet showing no inclination to help me. There was Lisianthus, gesturing at Bibi’s form reflected in empty air as if tattling on my behavior. And finally Debi, standing one step back, calmly observing the entire spectacle.……
It was chaos incarnate.
I mean, I’d expected that the moment Lisianthus dropped that bombshell—”Bibi’s coming here”—he’d rush over and say, “What?! Our little one, what crazy nonsense is this?!” and talk her down. But the way he stood there with eyes narrowed, assessing the situation, felt distinctly odd. Even Raymond, watching him, had gone quiet.
Anxiety crept over me.
What are you all doing, you brothers obsessed with Bibi? Shouldn’t you be thinking about keeping your precious little sister somewhere safe instead of going silent?! They say even dog bones have their use, but why won’t you brothers get obsessed when it matters?! If you’re a doting-brother character, you should stake your whole universe on your sister’s wellbeing!
“Bibi.”
Raymond opened his mouth. The girl beyond the screen smiled brightly.

“You’re saying you’re coming here. Do you understand what that means?”

Her tone cut rather sharply, though she was speaking in Bibi’s voice.
…It must be my imagination.
Surely our angelic Bibi wasn’t speaking with that undertone of “You all run around doing whatever you want without listening, so surely you’re not about to lecture me, right?”
Bibi spoke clearly and deliberately.

Bibi’s eyes gleamed a pale blue.

“Bibi Lutein El Castrain. You have no means to protect yourself.”
Raymond’s voice came out particularly clipped. I couldn’t interject and felt my hand involuntarily tighten around his arm.
“Even if it were not you, but Rasper who said he wanted to come here to research Magic Beasts, I would have opposed it. Fundamentally, marching toward a battlefield without the means to counter your enemies places an unnecessary burden on your allies. Depending on circumstances, it could force suffering and sacrifice upon everyone—you understand that, don’t you?”

Bibi smiled softly.