Academy’s Genius Swordsman

22. For my sister (1)

#22

“Ronan.”

“ok?”

“Did you brush your hair?”

“Are you dissatisfied?”

Ronan growled with his back on his back. Asher quickly averted her gaze.

“Ah, no… it can’t be.”

A refreshing morning in the cool air. They were waiting for Eril at the carriage station on the west side of the islands.

Asher continued to glance at Ronan’s head.

If the usual hair was a crow’s nest, today it seemed to be a neatly woven hut. Wearing clean clothes as much as possible gave off a very different atmosphere from usual.

– Dumpling!

Then a carriage stopped in front of the station. It was a luxury carriage designed to stretch out and rest.

Then the door opened and a silver-haired woman walked out. Iril opened her big eyes wide, and looked around Yeonsin.

“Wow! This is the system…!”

“What is all that?”

Ronan looked at her and frowned. The eyes of Iril, who had been looking around all the time, reached the two of them.

“oh! Ronan! Asher!”

Illyl laughed brightly and shouted. Instead of answering, Ronan stretched out her index finger and pointed to the bag in her hands.

“What did you bring so many?”

To be precise, it wasn’t a bundle, it was the bundles’. One on each hand and one on the back. Iril was three-dimensionally surrounded by a total of three large bundles.

“Hehe, I brought you guys to eat.”

Illyl unpacked one of the packages. There were a lot of earthy potatoes inside. The other two bags were stuffed with various vegetables and things like cheese she made herself.

Ronan chuckled.

“Damn, where are you going?”

“Hehehe, the farming went well this time. How delicious is cheese.”

I must have told you to stop digging potatoes. Anyway, it’s the family history that’s arbitrary. It was the car Ronan was about to pick up the package.

“The Invisible Hand.”

With a familiar chant, three bundles floated in the air. Ronan and Illyl turned their heads at the same time. Asher was smiling clumsily with her hands clasped slightly.

“Hey, I’ll bring this to the dorm. I will enjoy this food.”

“uh? Where is Asher?”

“oh···! I have a separate job today. See you at the entrance ceremony tomorrow.”

After speaking, Asher started walking without looking back. Ronan grinned as he looked at Asher’s back, which was getting farther and farther away.

“A cheeky child.”

“Ummm, sorry. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Asher.”

“I know.”

“Well, there is also tomorrow!”

Illyl smiled brightly again. It was as she said. Ronan called Eril in the name of attending the entrance ceremony tomorrow.

“By the way, Ronan.”

Suddenly, Iril grabbed Ronan’s hand.

“how have you been doing? Did you eat well? Why are you so dry? Do you know how surprised my sister was when a majestic carriage suddenly came? Where did the money come from?”

“I had a good time, and I ate well. Don’t worry, the carriage hasn’t been around for a while.”

Ronan said quietly. The cost of the carriage was really a heck of a lot of money compared to the income he had earned in the past. I couldn’t find a better wagon in the first place, so I sent that one.

“Ugh… I can’t believe it… Oh, I saw the letter too! You said you were admitted to the second seat?!”

“yes. Martial Arts.”

“really? Aren’t you lying to make my sister feel better?”

“Really.”

Illyl raised her head and looked into Ronan’s eyes. The sister I met after a long time was still beautiful. Sunset-colored eyes, the same color as Ronan, fluttered in the spring sun.

“Look if you don’t believe it.”

Ronan presented the admission certificate he had prepared in advance. The luxurious paper had Ronan’s name written on it. With the modifier called Chaseok.

After rereading the certificate several times, Iril returned it to Ronan.

“Hehe. It’s real.”

Iril smiled once and lowered her head. There was no reply for a while. She spoke in a slightly main voice.

“You’re all grown up, my little brother.”

The little shoulders began to shake. Ronan licked his lips as if to say something, then embraced Iril in a very careful motion.

“… Sister, raise your head. I have a kid to introduce to you.”

“Uhhhhhhh introduction…?”

Iril’s eyes were red with her head raised. There were tear marks on her pale cheeks.

It was not enough that the youngest brother had come to his senses, so he entered the best academy on the continent. Also in the car seat.

It’s not that I didn’t understand her feelings, but I couldn’t stay like this forever. ‘Cause today is a day to be happy

Ronan, who rolled up his hands and brought them to his mouth, shouted to the sky.

“Sita!”

“Bye-ah-!”

Then, Sita, who flew through the sky, landed on Ronan’s shoulder in an instant. Illyl’s eyes widened. It was a creature I had never seen in my dreams.

“Wow! what is he cute!”

“Ah, if you just touch it…!”

There was no room to dry. Iril, who was sniffing, reached out and touched Sita’s head.

“Bye-ah~”

“Eh?”

However, contrary to Ronan’s expectations, Sita made no resistance. It sounded like he was in a good mood again.

“It’s really soft. what animal is it? What is your name?”

“Uh… well… my name is Sita. I don’t even know what kind of animal it is…”

Sita even crossed over to Iril’s shoulder and rubbed her face against her cheek. It was something he had never done to anyone except Ronan. Ronan laughed as if it was ridiculous.

“Bye-bye-bye-ah-”

“Ahaha! It tickles!”

. Ronan took her sister to the downtown area.

“Let’s go get some food.”

Tomorrow is the entrance ceremony. Today, I was going to buy the things I needed from the academy. While repaying kindness to my sister and sister.

****

Ronan led her to a restaurant he knew beforehand. It was the bull steak house that Marya and I went to on the first day of entering the Islands.

“It’s the first time I’ve eaten something like this since I was born…!”

“tasty?”

Every time the meat was poked with a fork, the gravy oozes out like an explosion. Iril nodded her head up and down quickly.

Ronan smiled contentedly. Even if I didn’t eat, I felt full.

“Eat a lot.”

“Yes! Ronan, you eat quickly too!”

Iril began to cut his steak into bite-sized pieces and transfer it to Ronan’s plate. Rejection was to no avail. She said, squeezing a piece of meat near her brother’s mouth.

“Oh~”

“Ah, what I am not a child.”

“Ah~~”

Illyl was stubborn. Ronan sighed and looked around. Fortunately, there were not many customers in the restaurant.

Ronan took the meat as fast as a crocodile biting its prey. Iril stomped her feet and trembled.

“What do you think! Really delicious!”

“…it’s fine.”

Ronan nodded reluctantly. Iril took turns serving Ronan and Sita, offering each piece of meat.

A smile did not leave her sister’s face throughout the meal. As he left the store, Ronan left with a few coins under the plate.

****

After eating, the siblings moved to a large boutique called [Song of Silk].

It was to receive the school uniform that had been entrusted with the order, and to buy some clothes that match the drawing paper for Iril, who only wears modest clothes.

“Lo, Ronan! These clothes don’t go well with my sister…! Come on, do something else…”

“suited.”

“You are so heavenly. I can’t even go out to the fields in this outfit…!”

“It’s not something you wear to work in the first place. By the way, are you still working in the fields? What money did I give you?”

“Of course I did! How well written!”

Iril said he had spent three silver coins from Ronan’s money before. He said he bought some new clothes and seedlings to plant in the field, and started raising four chickens.

“I liked it so much that I bought it! How nice it is to have an egg every morning!”

Illyl put her hand on her waist and said triumphantly. Ronan sighed.

how much did i pay I think it was roughly over three hundred gold coins.

I expected it, but I didn’t expect it to be this serious. Ronan clapped and called the clerk. Everyone in the store looked at Iril as if possessed.

“Give me everything you’ve chosen so far.”

“Lo, Ronan!!”

“Listen to me, sister. I get a scholarship until I graduate from the second seat. Aside from that, various subsidies are pouring in, so money just piles up and is useless. So please, spend some money for me.”

It was sincere. No matter how you think about it, there really was nowhere to spend the money.

Asher suggested how about matching the equipment like other warriors. But for Ronan, the armor was just a cumbersome shell, and the sword was just the same thing. It’s just different times when you can’t use it.

Iril nodded with a serious expression and clenched his fists.

“okay. Then, when I return this time, I want the goose to live too. I will raise a rabbit, and I will also buy a wine barrel!”

“········”

“Sat, do you want to remove the rabbit?”

Ronan counted the clothes without saying a word. As soon as they left the store, people’s eyes poured out like a roar. Wearing a pure white dress, Illyl looked as beautiful as an angel who came down from the sky.

Iril said as he crossed arms with Ronan.

“Hehe, it’s so good to walk with my brother like this. Where are we going now?”

“Well… let’s go to the workshop street. I have to buy a knife.”

“Is that broken now?”

“yes. Some idiot is arguing all the time.”

Ronan clicked his tongue. The black iron sword, which has been useful lately, has become completely useless after an argument with Schliefen.

The two crossed the street with arms crossed. Ronan put his hands in his pockets and glared at the passersby who stared openly at his sister as if to death.

“Did you even take a look? I’m staring at someone else’s family.”

“Byeah-”

Frustrated passers-by turned left and right. Sita was also puffing up her fur on Ronan’s shoulder. At that moment, the familiar back of the head caught Ronan’s eyes.

“Well?”

His hair, as dark as the deep sea, stood particularly high even among the busy people.

Intuition, which reacted before sight, stopped Ronan’s steps. Ronan let out a swear word like a whisper.

“Fuck.”

“Uh? Why do you suddenly stop?”

Then the blue head stopped in place. It was time for him to turn his head. Ronan hurriedly grabbed her sister’s arm.

“Sister, let’s go this way. It’s a shortcut.”

“yes? okay!”

Ronan entered the alleyway. Although it was rather narrow, there was only one thing connected to the workshop street.

‘Why is that madman here?’

Rusted plumbing and torn wall coverings swept past both sides. It was a gloomy landscape, but Iril enjoyed even him. It was the moment when the two of them got out of the alley.

“It’s been a while, Ronan.”

“Hey… damn it.”

There, Schlieffen stood with his head held high. It was as if he had been waiting for a long time already. He looked straight into Ronan’s eyes and continued.

“Why are you hiding like that? You would know that such clumsy stealth is of no use.”

“No such dog. Do not make people stretch out in broad daylight, and go your own way.”

“Are you here to get the equipment? The purpose is the same. I also came to pick up the sword I ordered.”

“Did you pick up the sword?”

Schlieffen nodded. He drew the sword hanging from his waist and showed it to Ronan.

It was the sword that Ronan fought with. On a bluish day made of mithril, there were scratches the size of a tee.

“okay. Last time I was fighting with you, the blade broke. To inflict scars on a sword made of mithril…”

“Damn it, are you calling that snot a scar? Can you show me what scars are?”

Ronan smiled as if he was stunned and pulled out a black iron sword.

A serious-looking swordsman appeared. The sharp blade was sharp like harvested corn, and the tip of the knife was cut off and blunt.

In a way, it was natural. It was because he had hit the mithril with a quick sword like that in a row.

“This is a scar, man. You have to have a conscience, you bastard…”

Ronan waved the black iron sword in front of Schlieffen. Iril, who had been still all the time, grabbed Ronan’s arm and shouted.

“Ronan! No matter how angry I am, what if I say something bad like that?”

“What? But this child comes first…”

“Ronan!”

Schlieffen, who had been paying attention only to Ronan, only then noticed Iril’s existence.

“Well?”

His brow narrowed slightly. The woman, whose crown barely reached her chest, was preaching to Ronan like a child.

“Ah Okay. You can’t curse.”

Ronan was scratching his head, not responding. It was an unfamiliar landscape. It was hard to believe that he was the person who blew head-butts on himself, the heir to the Duke of Grancia.

Then Iril turned to Schlieffen.

“I’m sorry, I taught you that cursing is always bad.”

Schlieffen’s time stopped.

Iril, who lowered her head once and raised her head, began to say something.

“Because I’m not the only older sister… so… education… swear words…”

It was a fairly decent apology, adequately addressing morality and responsibility. But Schlieffen’s ears didn’t recognize a single word of it. All senses except sight seemed to be blocked.

Her white silver hair was as beautiful as silk plucked from the starlight.

The elegant yet splendid facial features were equipped with a formative beauty that even the supreme engraver could not imitate.

It was the first feeling in my life. It felt like something other than blood was running through the veins.

After apologizing, Iril looked up at him and said.

“Hey… are you feeling a little better?”

“········”

Schlieffen didn’t answer, and Ronan opened his mouth.

“Answer me, man. My sister asks.”

“sister?”

It was then that Schlieffen’s mouth opened. He looked at Ronan and Iril’s faces alternately with a log-stiff motion.

It was after a few seconds of silence that he remembered how to speak.

“ah. no. It all happened because I was immoral.”

“···········?”

“I am responsible. I will.”

Ronan tilted his head. His usual prestige was not felt in the gaze that was about to descend. It was strange that his tone had changed like a head-to-head.

Iril smiled brightly and took Schlieffen’s hand.

“Wow! really? thank you! He is a very nice person!”

“···!”

Schlieffen’s time stopped again. Seeing his ears burning red, Ronan spit out a swear word.

“This shit.”