I've Been Reincarnated as a Villainess' Older Brother

“Welcome to the gardens of the Mitycurian family!”

Cain, who was wearing black pants, a white shirt, and a dark gray vest, welcomed the guests with a smile.

As soon as the Duke’s mansion gate opened, the people of the city entered the garden. Snacks were already prepared on a few round tables in the garden, and Cain and other servers were carrying trays with drinks and walking around as they served the drinks to people. 

If there were empty plates, they would take it away and bring in plates with new dishes.  

First thing in the morning was supposed to be the royal family’s greetings at the start of the Flower Festival in the palace, but those who came in early were probably people who were there for the practicality rather than the aesthetic. 

“Cain-sama, the food on that table is running out, so please gather it in one plate and put it away.”

“Senior Maddy. I understand.”

Upon arriving at Shirley Leah’s mansion in the morning, the reception room closest to the entrance on the first floor was prepared as a break room for the servants. When he was changing into the dress that was prepared there, he was approached by Maddy, a senior who often worked part-time together with him at school. He was surprised because he didn’t expect any other aristocratic students to work even during the break, but Cain was relieved to have a familiar person around.

“Excuse me. Allow me to change the plate.” 

“Oh, wait wait. I’ll eat those.”

“Here too, here too.”

When Cain picked up a plate that was low on food, the people who thought that he would take it away, and would hold out their small plates. Cain gracefully handled the tongs for serving, and one by one, dished out the meatballs in tomato sauce and sandwiches.

He stacked empty plates on his arm and was about to head toward the counter for used tableware. While taking small plates from people who had extras, he looked around to see if there was anyone who needed something or needed a guide and he felt something light collide into his thighs.

When he changed from carrying the plates in one hand to two hands to avoid dropping the plates and looked down at his feet, a girl about five years old had tumbled over and fallen on her behind.

“Are you okay? Are you hurt?”

“Uhh. I’m sorry …”

When he crouched down while carrying the plate and talked to her, she apologized with a face that looked like she was about to cry. Looking around, he can see other children’s feet from under the tablecloth.

Apparently, a few of the children were playing hide-and-seek in that garden.

“Hey, it’s dangerous to run around or play hide and seek here.”

“I will be scolded, right…”

“It’s not that.”

That day, the garden was opened to the general public, but even this little child seemed to understand that the people there who were serving or guiding were aristocrats. She seemed to think she would be scolded because she had collided into an aristocrat. 

“Hey, look over there.”

“Huh?”

Cain changed the plates to carry it on only one of his hands and pointed to another server with his free hand.

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“Can you see what the brother is holding?”

“He’s carrying a tray with drinks.”

“Yeah, that’s right. What do you think will happen if you collide with that person?”

“I think I will be scolded.” 

“It’s not that. The tray will tilt and the drinks will fall.” 

“I will be scolded because people cannot drink it anymore?” 

“It’s not that. The drinks will fall on you.  And maybe the cup will hit you and maybe you’ll get a bump.

When Cain said so, the girl brought her hand to the top of her head and pressed it. She may have imagined that she could have a bump. Seeing that, Cain smiled with nostalgia. 

“That brother is carrying drinks, but some people are carrying refills of hot dishes. Then, you might get burned. If you hit someone like me who has a plate, you might get cuts on your hands and feet with a plate that has fallen and broken.”

“Ouch!!”

This time, she began rubbing her own hand. Seeing Cain talking with the girl who was crouched down, perhaps he thought that the girl was being scolded, a boy who was hiding under the table came out slowly and quietly and came closer to them. 

“Hey, if you play hide and seek or tag here, you guys might get hurt. Even if you guys are the one bumping into people, the way the tableware falls might hurt other people.”

“… I’m sorry. I won’t play in places where there’s a lot of food around.”

“I’m sorry. I’m the one who asked her to play.”

Cain smiled at the children who apologized sincerely and after stroking their heads, he pointed to where there was a flowerbed a little bit further to the back.

“There aren’t any tables and fewer people over there, so you can play there. But don’t go into the flowerbed. It’s dangerous.”

“Flowers are dangerous?”

“So that they look like a pretty circle from outside. There are branches that are cut off hidden in there. It’s pointy~ If you get into it, it will stab you~.” 

“Ou~ch!”

“Ou~ch!”

When Cain lowered his voice and said almost threateningly that it would stab them, the children laughed while saying they were scared as they hid their heads with their hands.

Then, they waved goodbye to Cain, deliberately walking on tip toe away from there, and slowly made their way to the flowerbed. 

He stood up and carried the plates with both hands again, and Cain carried the plate to the counter for used tableware.

“Look at that, you’re really good at handling children. Does Cain-sama have younger siblings?”

“I don’t have any.”

He was with Maddy at the tableware yard. Cain lied naturally without missing a beat. He won’t know from where Diana’s existence will be revealed to Julian. Maddy was a trusted senior from the same part-time job but he knew he couldn’t let his guard down. 

“Oh, I’m going back to my home during the break after the Flower Festival. I’ll bring you last year’s textbook then.”

“Thank you very much. I really appreciate it.”

Maddy was a third-grade student that year. While they met during the on campus part-time job, Cain found out about it and asked if he could hand over his textbooks.

The room in the dormitory was so small that many students had already disposed of it or sent it back to their home, so he had almost given up on it, but he was able to get the textbooks because there was a long break soon after school started. 

“I’m not asking for you to pay for the textbook, but when school starts, buy me dessert during lunch, will you?”

“Will do.”

“Then, let’s do our best to earn money here! Cain-sama!”

“Yes, Senior Maddy. Let’s work hard!”

Maddy called Cain as Cain-sama because of his title, but most of the time, he was talking to him informally. Cain liked it because it was fun.