episode_0038

In the end, Agnes and Bea’s bickering became prolonged and they returned without any further sparring.

As always, we were all trying to sleep in the same bed, but we couldn’t fall asleep.

“Ko..”

“New liquid..”

After looking at Bea and Agnes, who were already asleep, for a moment, I got out of bed so as not to wake them.

“… I’m surprised..”

Ann is sleeping on the sofa in the living room.

Come to think of it, Ann didn’t get a separate dormitory, so she decided to stay in my dormitory.

When I was told that I could get another bed, I insisted on sleeping on the sofa, saying that I could never do that.

It amazes me every time I see how you can sleep with your back straight.

I could never do it.

I walked quietly so as not to make any footsteps, grabbed my sword, and tried to leave the dormitory.

“Who.. You are a master..”

“.. Are you awake?”

But it took some noise to open the dormitory door and Anne got up.

“Where are you going?”

“.. I couldn’t sleep so I wanted to go to the training center.”

When I can’t sleep, if I sweat a lot, I can get back to sleep.

After saying that, Anne got up from her seat and came towards me.

“.. Hmm.. Then I guess I’ll have to go with you as your exclusive maid.”

“No.. I can sleep more..”

“No. You must go together.”

I nodded at her words, which seemed to convey some will.

Nothing is going to happen inside the academy.

Because our exclusive maid seems to be very worried about her master.

‘Then we can spar.’

“Ann. Can I ask for a sparring partner?”

“Of course. I am your exclusive maid, so it doesn’t matter what orders you give me.”

“Okay, okay.”

I said yes to Anne’s words and walked away.

But even if I say yes, will I look a little upset?

***

When I opened the door to the training center and peeked my head out, there was no one there.

Although nothing will happen within the academy, it may feel a little uncomfortable if there are people around.

I tried to go in with Anne and go to the private training room, but unfortunately the door there was locked.

Although it was unfortunate, we had no choice but to spar in the training hall with wooden swords, and we stood at opposite ends of the sparring hall.

“It would be better to ban the use of magic.”

If you get hit with a wooden sword, you’ll end up with just a bruise, but if you use magic, you’ll get seriously injured.

Anne also thought so and was banned from using magic.

Furthermore, using mana is also prohibited.

It only competes with swordsmanship versus swordsmanship.

“Then.. I go in first.”

“Yes.”

When it comes to swordsmanship, I’m a low-ranking expert.

It has only been about two months since I learned swordsmanship properly.

That was already 10 years ago.

On the other hand, Anne had been honing her swordsmanship for several years.

-Tadat!

He kicked the floor and ran towards Anne.

I drew my sword in a situation where I was half as close as before.

“Lower pressure!”

He ran towards Anne and struck her down.

-Percussion!

However, Anne stood in place and bounced away with minimal movement.

And a wooden sword pointed to the side.

-Pow!

“Ugh..”

Because his posture was disturbed, he allowed the blow without being able to block it.

I stepped back, holding my throbbing side.

If it had been a real fight, I would have already died once.

“Master. Do it right.”

“.. Yes..”

Anne frowned, albeit slightly.

It wasn’t an act of ignoring her, though.

“Are you not coming?”

“.. Going..”

As I was thinking about something else for a moment, I heard something coming from ahead.

After calming down a little, I took my hand off his side and ran again.

Unlike the sword I struck earlier, I didn’t use too much force.

-widely! Percussion!

This time, he even blocked the second sword.

Anne’s eyes opened, albeit slightly.

A smile appeared on my lips.

-Tap! Crack!

“Ugh..!”

A series of attacks that are difficult to follow with the eyes.

The beat slowed down little by little.

-Bah!

A valid hit to the arm was allowed.

However, the distance is not widened like before.

-widely! Tatak! widely!

A series of attacks that continue.

Temples, solar plexus, neck, thighs, arms, etc.

It blocks swords coming from various places.

Unlike the first time when I was helpless.

-Papak! widely!

Even if something happens, don’t back down.

Blocked it.

The slowing beat gradually decreases.

-Crack! widely! Crash! widely!

Gradually, the attack and the tempo begin to match.

And the moment when you try to surpass the beat of the attack.

-Pfft! Bah!

The walls got higher.

“Ugh…”

Successive attacks were allowed.

I had no choice but to step back due to the completely different beat.

“.. Are you okay?”

Anne speaks a little embarrassed.

It didn’t seem like the speed was intentional.

“Uh.. It’s okay.. But I think it would be best to stop sparring here.”

“Okay.”

Anne looked disappointed, but put the sword back.

“Are you going to go back now?”

“Hmm.. I’m wondering if I should just swing more..”

-Quick!

I also put my sword back and say this.

The sound of the training hall door opening was heard.

“How old are you at the training center right now?”

A woman who appeared to be a teaching assistant came in and shouted.

“It’s past 3 in the morning! I’m in my right mind now…”

As she got closer, she paused for a moment when she saw Anne and me’s faces.

“.. What are the names of the two cadets?”

Has he finally realized that I am a man?

Or is it another reason?

by the way.

‘What… I think I’ve seen this somewhere…’

For some reason, the teaching assistant in front of me looks familiar.

At that time, Anne bowed her head and said hello.

“It’s been a while. Miss Justia von Amorae. I am Anne, the former head maid and now the exclusive maid of Master Berador von Amorae.”

“.. Sister Justia..?”

“.. Berador?”

Reuniting with my older sister, whom I had not seen for nine years, took place in an unexpected way.

My sister seemed to do the same, as she held my cheek with both hands and made eye contact.

“Really.. Beradorni,.?”

“Uh.. Yes.. It’s been a while, noona!”

As I greeted him positively, he pulled me in and hugged me tightly as if he wouldn’t let me go.

“I finally woke up.. Berador..”

“Eup.. Eup..”

I was out of breath as I was held in the arms of my fully grown older sister.

But perhaps not knowing this, my older sister hugged me even stronger.

“Ugh! Eup!!”

“.. Huh? Ah.. sorry..”

It was only when my vision was turning white that I was released and took a deep breath.

“Wow.. Wow.. Are you still attending the academy?”

The academy exists up to the 5th grade.

While some cadets complete all the way to the 5th year, there are also students who graduate early in the 2nd year.

Knowing that my older sister’s talent is similar to my mother’s, I couldn’t help but have doubts.

“Ah.. Well.. I got a request to be a professor..”

“Hmm, I see.. How have you been?”

I couldn’t remember what to say next, so I gave what I thought was the most normal greeting.

“No. I’ve been there wrong.”

“.. Yes?”

If you’re asked to be a professor at an academy and you’re working as a professor, isn’t that a good thing?

If you are the eldest daughter or eldest son, you will return to your family after graduating from the academy.

People down there are pretty free.

There are many noble adventurers who are secretly fashionable, get engaged, or live like salaried workers on Earth.

This world thinks that unless you are the eldest daughter or a man, you have no particular value.

Professorship is the highest level among such salaried positions.

My life is not in danger like an adventurer.

Did you have a bad time working at a place like that?

Honestly, this is a deception.

“.. Did something happen?”

Because there may be an incident that I don’t know about.

Justia’s older sister is different from other older sisters and older brothers.

If that older sister had been doing something wrong, something serious might have happened.

If not, it would mean that my sister changed while I was away.

“.. was there..”

‘also.’

There was a reason.

Fortunately, it looks like my sister hasn’t changed.

If it were an incident that caused my sister to get along wrong, it would be quite a big incident.

“What’s going on?”

“That..”

The incident that came out of my sister’s mouth was one that I also knew about.

No, it was the case I was most familiar with.

“Berador.. couldn’t wake up.”

“.. Yes?”

“I was so worried about that that I had a bad time.”

“Uh.. sorry..?”

Unlike Bea and Agnes, they didn’t cry and cling to me.

She didn’t vent her sadness like her mother did.

But he looked equally sad.

When I saw my sister’s eyes filled with both joy and sadness, I had no choice but to apologize, even though I had not done anything wrong.

My sister hugged me again without saying a word and stayed for a while.

“Kuhm..”

Until Anne, who had been left unattended for a long time, cleared her throat.

My sister’s body trembled.

And he began to bury his face even more, as if he didn’t want to face reality.

Anyway.

It seems like all the women around me are making dark stories.

***

After a sudden meeting with my older sister, I returned to the dormitory and stood in front of the door.

But I couldn’t bear to go in.

Light was streaming through the crack in the door.

Since Anne and I left the light on but didn’t come out, it means that someone inside turned it on.

Because they know that I went out in the middle of the night.

I went home early in the morning after playing without paying attention to the time, but it felt like my mother was waiting in the living room.

In a word, I was screwed.

As I was pacing in front of the door, unable to do anything, I heard a voice coming from inside the room.

“Vera, what are you doing when you’re not coming in?”

“Come in and go.”

A voice that seems sharper than usual.

How did you know I existed?

As I had no choice but to open the door and go in, I saw two women sitting with their legs crossed.

“Vera.. Where did you go in the middle of the night?”

“If I’m honest, they’ll take care of it, so why don’t you tell me?”

“.. I couldn’t sleep so I went to the training center..”

“Why did you take that woman with you?”

“Well.. to spar..”

“Why are you so far away? Come here quickly.”

I walked slowly and sat down between Agnes and Bea.

The two people on either side who were trying to bury their heads in my arms simultaneously stopped and started sniffing.

‘Uh… maybe?’

“.. Who is it?”

“What year are you?”

Fortunately, there was a way out.

A blessing called family.

“Sister Justia.”

“.. uh..”

“Oh..”

That night, it wasn’t me who noticed, but Bea and Agnes.

***

“Haa..haa..”

Justia, who rushed to the professor’s dormitory, recalled what had just happened.

My younger brother, who had been unconscious for 9 long years, regained his senses.

Moreover, her appearance became even cuter, and she called her sister like she used to.

That too was a great joy.

‘Is this the luck my parents told me about?’

Three weeks ago, a letter arrived from my family.

I opened the letter with doubts because I had not visited since I became a professor.

‘There was great luck. You’ll find out soon too..?’

It wasn’t written that way, but if you summarize it, that’s what it said.

I was wondering what that meant.

I never dreamed that the lucky one would be Berador.

I met Berador after a long time.

Berador opened his eyes again.

My cute younger brother Berador.

“Now, my sister will protect me.”

That day, Justia was able to sleep, something she had not been able to do for 10 years.

“Hehe.. Berador..”

Remembering my younger brother’s name.