Wait a second.
How old is she in this timeline? She looks about the same age as him, doesn’t she?
This time, I got way too worked up and grabbed him by both shoulders, and shook.
“Raspie, is your twin sister also black-haired and green-eyed like you?”
“…Yeah, she does.”
I clutched my head in disbelief, overwhelmed by the totally absurd backstory twist.
“No way. Then why the hell did Rosemary leave you behind?!”
In the previous timeline, Rosemary had been the youngest of the three siblings adopted into the Papiope Ducal House.
She was the last person to pass through the door of the very house I’m now trying to get adopted into.
[Overwriting Time Slot 1 with current point.]
I frowned sharply and said to Raspie like I was giving an order.
“I’ll go check if the Rosemary I know is really her. You stay right here and wait.”
“What are you—”
Before he could finish, I quickly saved the current point and jumped forward to confirm my hunch.
To the morning of the day I’d blown all my money at the casino.
In other words… back to the previous timeline when I was and adult.
[Time Slot 3 Loaded.]
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I’ve got four save point slots total.
Slots 1 and 2, I use alternately for regular saves and backups.
Slot 3 is for future saves.
Slot 4 is for resets.
That’s right—I’d mentally written off the adult timeline, but I still left it intact in case I ever needed to come back to it.
Think about it.
It’s not like I’m some genius. There’s no way I could remember every single detail I collected back then.
Much smarter to just jot everything down in the adult timeline and come check whenever I needed to.
Way better for accuracy and security, too.
And besides…
If I ever got nostalgic, I could always come back here to visit my friend, Elysion.
I’d saved my point early that morning, then hopped in a carriage straight to the Papiope Ducal House.
The butler of House Papiope spotted me and looked flustered as he bowed in apology.
“Miss Tania, I’m sorry, but Young Master Elysion is not currently at the estate.”
The reason he mentioned Elysion like it was the most natural thing in the world was simple:
Elysion was also an adoptee of the Papiope Ducal House.
Which meant he and Rosemary were siblings—not by blood, but by title.
“I’m not here to see Sion. I came to see Rosemary.”
“…You mean the youngest Miss?”
“That’s right.”
“She tends to sleep late, so I can’t promise she’ll come down, but I’ll inform her.”
“Tell her it’s urgent. I’ve got news that’ll flip her upside down.”
“Yes, I’ll pass that along.”
Once I was shown into the drawing room, I sat in one of the fancy chairs and started sorting my thoughts.
If Rosemary really is the sister of that demonic beast tamer Raspie… then how the hell did the two of them end up living such wildly different lives?
It was even stranger knowing that the one who got caught by the traffickers wasn’t Rosemary, but Raspie.
But before I could finish sorting things out, Rosemary walked into the room in light sleepwear.
I jumped to my feet and greeted her.
“Good morning, Miss Rosemary.”
“Wow. So many interesting things happening this early in the day.”
“Interesting?”
“My second brother suddenly screamed like a madman and ran out of the estate.”
“…You mean Sion?”
That was weird.
He’s a top-tier mage who can teleport long distances like it’s nothing, so what could’ve made him scream and bolt out of the mansion like that?
How urgent did it have to be for him to forget he could use magic?
“Yep. And not long after that, you showed up saying you had world-flipping news for me, Miss Tania.”
Apparently today isn’t a sleep-in kind of day.
She added with a casual smile, then looked at me curiously.
“So? Tania, what brings you to me instead of my brother?”
“I’ve got a question. Something really important.”
“Well, if it’s important enough for you to rush over, then I’ll answer seriously.”
Good thing I’d already gotten acquainted with her through Elysion. That was a small mercy.
I wasn’t planning to stay long in this discarded timeline, so I got straight to the point.
“Miss Rosemary, do you have a biological older brother you were separated from as a child?”
A crack appeared in her calm expression for the first time.
“Why would you ask—”
“So you do.”
“Tania!”
“Then, the demonic beast tamer who died two years ago—was he your real brother?”
When I dropped his identity like a bomb, Rosemary’s carefully held composure shattered all at once.
“H-How do you know that…”
“I met your brother when we were both kids.”
“H-How old were you when that was?”
“It was when you were taken by the traffickers. I remember it clearly—your brother, eyes bloodshot, storming through everything to rescue you.”
Her breathing visibly hitched at my words.
“I never heard anything after that, but I thought maybe you’d know something. I made a promise to him…”
She stared at me with wide, frightened eyes.
Not even the Empire had managed to uncover the truth about the war criminal who started the demonic beast war.
And now I was saying I knew he was her family.
She looked shaken to the core.
I added, hoping to ease her fear.
“Raspie. That was the name. The Empire never figured that out, right? I heard it directly from him. That’s why you can trust me.”
“…Yes. Raspie is my twin brother’s name.”
As soon as she heard that name, tears welled up and started dripping from her eyes like a broken faucet.
“When I was captured by the traffickers… I was locked in a basement prison. I managed to escape thanks to the chaos when demonic beasts broke in and rampaged.”
Raspie’s ability was taming demonic beasts.
So that meant, even while barely holding himself together, he’d come to rescue his sister.
But what Rosemary said next made my chest tighten.
“But Raspie, who came to save me… he didn’t make it. The traffickers overpowered him and took him.”
“Ah…”
“I searched everywhere for him afterward, but I couldn’t find him. So I assumed he must’ve died.”
Now it made sense why she hadn’t tried to stop what happened to him.
She had no idea where he’d gone or what had happened to him.
“And then one day, a demonic beast tamer showed up in the Empire…”
“And when you saw his portrait, you realized—it was your twin brother.”
“Yes.”
Back then, Raspie had managed to save his sister—just like he wanted—but couldn’t save himself.
I can’t say for sure, but…
He was probably used and abused by the traffickers until he finally escaped.
And after escaping, of course he’d want revenge. He’d need somewhere to unleash all that rage.
I could understand why he felt that way.
They bought and sold him like livestock, treated him like trash. It must’ve been hell.
But still…
That war he waged with demonic beasts took countless innocent lives.
And now that I understood the root of all this, I had to stop it before it ever happened.
I had to keep Raspie from running off alone to rescue his sister, only to get captured instead.
“…Ha.”
Raspie.
I’d thought he was just a lunatic who waged war on the Empire.
But he had a damn reason after all.
I’ve always been weak to kids—especially ones who’ve been through hell.
I was staring at the ceiling, torn with complicated feelings, when Rosemary spoke up with a nervous look on her face.
“Tania, could I ask what promise you made with my brother?”
There was no reason to hide it.
She wouldn’t remember any of this once I returned to the original timeline anyway.
“Rosemary, I promised him I’d find out whether you were alive. And tell him.”
She bit her lower lip hard, clearly overwhelmed.
“But he’s already dead. You won’t be able to keep that promise.”
“No. He’s not dead. And I will keep that promise.”
“…What?”
“I told you. I can still see him—Raspie, with those bloodshot eyes, shouting that he had to save you. Actually, I just saw him not long ago.”
“…Are you messing with me?”
“Rosemary, the truth is—my ability isn’t what people think. It’s not some foresight ability.”
Her pupils dilated like she’d suddenly figured something out.
She rushed to speak, eyes wide.
“Tania… don’t tell me—you…”
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