Chapter 82 A Sense of Emptiness

Na-ri with a dejected expression was visible in my eyes.

And in contrast, Narin who was happily hugging my arm was also visible.
Though their faces looked very similar, while looking back and forth between the two who were too different to be seen as sisters, I couldn’t hide my complicated feelings.

“Haah…”

I continued to show an awkward expression while caught between these two sisters.

Even after explaining this situation to Na-ri, it seems she can’t easily accept it.

Well, her sister becoming my cat overnight…

It was clear that even if one tried to understand, the whole situation couldn’t be easily understood.

I can fully understand those feelings.

I also knew very well that anyone would see this situation as not being normal.

“Na-ri… umm… it’s hard to explain but… well, a lot happened.”

However, even if one couldn’t understand it, that didn’t make it any less true.

Even if I didn’t expect her to understand it all at once, it was something she would eventually have to understand.

I didn’t particularly have anything to say to Na-ri.

I just waited for Na-ri to accept this fact.

And in the end, the medicine for that was time, no matter what.

“…”

Hearing my words, Na-ri briefly bowed her head and continued in silence.

It seemed she needed time to sort things out in her own way in the current situation.

And after a moment.

“Si-woo…”

Na-ri raised her head.

And looked at me with what seemed like a grave expression.

“This is… a trap.”

And drew the sword at her waist.

What’s this about now…?

I let out a sigh.

Lee Na-ri.

Na-ri couldn’t understand the current situation no matter how she thought about it.

Narin is absolutely not a woman who would act coy with a weak man.

She is absolutely not an easygoing woman.

She is not a woman who would throw away her pride simply because she was blinded by love.

So it makes no sense no matter how she thinks about it.

That strong sister becoming such a prostitute overnight.

It was something impossible to understand even if she tried.

Her sister Lee Narin, the one who knows her best is her younger sister Na-ri.

Such a Na-ri could only draw a very rational conclusion about the current situation.

The very, very rational conclusion that her sister was now acting…

‘Well… it’s obvious.’

That arrogant and selfish tyrant.

She’s not someone who would beg for love from others.

Na-ri knows Narin very well.

Yet if she’s acting coy like this now…

It must be one of two things.

Either the person in front of her eyes is not her sister Narin.

Or she’s just acting.

She couldn’t think of anything besides these two cases.

But it wouldn’t be the former case.

The person in front of her eyes is definitely her sister Narin.

It wasn’t a judgment based on external aspects like having the same face.

The enormous power felt from within, it was definitely the Narin she had been aiming for.

So she could only think it must be the latter case.

Narin is acting right now.

‘Though I don’t know for what reason…’

Then she had no way of knowing why Narin was putting on such an act.

No matter how she thought about it, no basis came to mind.

But even so, if it wasn’t that, there was absolutely no other explanation, so it must be right.

Without a doubt, Narin was acting.

She was setting a trap, acting to make something fall into it.

That cute smile.

Those loving eyes looking at Si-woo.

That happy face acting cute must surely be fake.

Therefore…!

The problem is very simple.

She just needs to attack.

Attack and win.

The way she had intended to do from before coming here.

She just needed to win and take everything from her sister.

“Sister… fight me…!”

Na-ri’s sword with its blue blade.

Dense magical power flowed out as it pointed towards Narin before her.

And Na-ri’s eyes were also directed at Narin.

Anger, sorrow, hatred, admiration, love-hate, and so on.

Na-ri’s eyes seemed to contain numerous emotions.

Right now those eyes wanted to win in battle against her sister.

“Hmm…? Na-ri what are you saying?”

But… unlike Na-ri, her sister didn’t bare her fangs.

As if she had no intention to fight at all…

As if fighting wasn’t important right now, she was just hugging Si-woo’s arm.

‘Still coming out like this, huh?’

Looking at such a Narin, Na-ri smirked.

Still acting, it seemed she was being looked down upon.

If that’s how it’s going to be, Na-ri has ways too.

She just needs to make her have no choice but to fight.

“Still acting, are you…? The Sword Saint Society’s rule… the strongest becomes the guild master…!”

The Sword Saint Society’s rule.

The guild that Narin and Na-ri belong to.

In that guild, there is one clause that absolutely cannot be ignored.

That is the principle of survival of the fittest, which could be called the epitome of the law of the jungle.

The principle that the winner can have everything.

“Still won’t fight?”

So it was just a matter of using that.

Na-ri once again poured her magical power.

The magical power crackled and spread through the air.

Because she had put up something that couldn’t be refused this time.

Her sister would surely come running.

So, now the battle would begin.

Na-ri was serious.

Seriously intending to take everything her sister had…

She was full of thoughts of charging in.

But…

“… I’ll give it to you.”

Even seeing such a Na-ri, Narin didn’t draw her sword.

Narin didn’t show any threat even seeing an opponent threatening her.

And… soon expressed her intention to surrender.

“Well this works out since it was bothersome. Na-ri. You do it. Guild master.”

Narin smiling brightly.

While stroking her master’s arm, she speaks as if happy.

And continued speaking as if passing on something bothersome.

“Wh…what…?”

And at those words, Na-ri couldn’t help but be bewildered.

She couldn’t even dare to guess what she had heard.

The position of guild master of the large guild called the Sword Saint Society… she hadn’t expected to receive it so simply.

“Are those words sincere?”

So she had to ask.

If that… if that was really sincere.

Because she absolutely couldn’t understand, she could only ask.

“Yes… that’s right.”

And Narin nodding as if to say that’s correct.

When hearing the words that it was sincere, Na-ri’s expression could only harden.

“Just why?”

And soon Na-ri asked her sister.

What was the reason for passing over the guild master position so simply…

Perhaps… was there something else amazing…

She could only ask.

“Well. If I’m guild master, it reduces the time I can spend with Master. This works out well.”

And to such a Na-ri, Narin explained with a face fallen completely in pure love.

As if something like guild master was nothing compared to matters related to her master…

‘No way…’

Na-ri could only fall into shock seeing that appearance.

She had definitely thought it was acting, but this was neither acting nor anything else.

Her sister had sincerely become just a girl fallen in love.

Her sister who had been so strong and violent.

Now she had become a pet who doesn’t fight at all and only loves her master…

She was just smiling overflowing with cuteness as if that was her only joy in life.

‘From the beginning… she’s not even holding a sword…’

And looking at her sister’s state with a dejected heart, Narin wasn’t holding a sword.

The sword she had always carried since childhood, she wasn’t carrying such a sword.

That couldn’t help but be very surprising.

One might think it’s just a matter of not carrying a sword.

But in their family that only thinks about swords, not carrying a sword was absolutely not a simple matter.

She is someone who was taught that one can only put down their sword when giving up the path of a swordsman, when giving up the will to become the world’s greatest sword master.

But…

Her sister must know that too…

Yet such a person had thrown away her sword.

‘Though it worked out well in the end…’

Looking at the results, Na-ri had achieved everything she had hoped for.

One way or another she had won against Narin and obtained the guild master position she wanted.

And her sister who had been so evil had now become completely docile.

And though Na-ri had originally decided to save Si-woo.

From the beginning Si-woo wasn’t in a difficult situation at all.

Everything was literally bound to be a happy ending.

There were no problems and no conflicts at all.

‘What is… this ridiculous ending…?’

And reaching such a happy ending, Na-ri’s feelings were truly peculiar.

Though it was clearly a situation where she should be jumping for joy…

She couldn’t jump for joy.

Because it was too empty…

‘What exactly did I do?’

Though the ending Na-ri wanted was the same as this.

The process was absolutely not meant to be this.

Na-ri had wanted to finally bear fruit through her own efforts.

But Na-ri’s efforts until now…

Thinking about it now, they had all become pointless actions.

“Na-ri. See you next time.”

“Master…♡ Let’s go together~~~”

She could only stay still for a while in dejection while watching the prince she had tried to save and.

The Demon King she had tried to defeat.