Chapter 3.2 (1/2)

PART 2

[That’s because I’m aiming to be a magic knight, so it’s fine! Because long hair is a minority among the knights. But Sheryl is different, right? It’s fine if it’s in the way but you don’t really have to cut it to that extent, right?]

[N~ But I’m also concerned about that Mana thing……Once it’s cut, it might also turn to look like Walt-san’s though.

[That’s the part you’re most concerned about?!]

[Or it might really match with Nicole in the end.]

[There’s really no need to have matching looks with the Cadir Family, is there?!]

[I’ve already decided. Because mother will keep the hair as a memento, isn’t it fine?]

It was very hard to convince my parents, too. So I ended up mentioning about making the cut hair as a keepsake.

However, Big Brother wouldn’t budge.

[Even though it suits you…]

[Will you not like me with short hair?]

[That’s not it, but……It’s such a waste……」

[It’s going to grow again.]

I don’t know to what extent though.

My brother covered his face with both his hands upon hearing my nonchalant reply.

It’s to that extent?

Hair might be important to girls, but I’m a man.

[Uuu, my cute Sheryl has…]

[I’m fine not being cute.]

If you’re a man, you must want to look cool. Even though Father and Big Brother both look so manly, why is it only me?!

I ended sighing a bit.

[That’s what’s making you cute, but you probably have no idea, right?]

While laughing, Big Brother lightly met our lips together.

……Isn’t this way over the boundary of skins.h.i.+p?

When I accidentally looked at Nicole, although his mouth is smile, I can see his cheeks twitching.

So it’s not normal, after all!

Meanwhile, Big Brother is raining kisses on my hair, cheeks, and face.

I covered him with my hand.

[Big Brother, I’m no longer a child so doing this sort of thing is..]

[Does Sheryl hate being kissed?]

Is problem whether I like it or not?

Also, it seems that he’s used to doing it…

[….So Big Brother has learned how to be a playboy, huh.]

[That’s no…?! Wait, Sheryl, I might have done this and that, but I’m not a player!]

Even though you were doing so familiarly, it’s so obvious.

I naturally evaded my eyes.

[I understand that you love me dearly, however, if other people sees it then they’ll misunderstand.]

[Your ethics will be doubted.]

[Ah?!]

Big Brother looked like he’s shot by lightning with Nicole’s retort.

But Nicole isn’t losing, either.

[It is not good for Sheryl-sama’s emotional education.]

I don’t think Nicole has any right to say that.

[It’s not like it’s bad to show my love, right?!]

[In Big Brother’s case, what you’re doing to who knows how many people is the problem.]

[That’ not it!!! Sheryl is an exception!!!]

[You mean your feelings for the others are shallow? Aren’t you playing with them, after all?]

[U….]

While waiting for our mother to call us for lunch, I was enjoying myself teasing my brother.

It’s not that I really believe what i’m accusing him, okay?

The Ron Arras country where I live is often called “the country of the magician” because it has many magical qualities and puts emphasis on magician education in the national policy.

It flourishes in the basin surrounded by the mountains, and this seasonal country is almost peaceful. There’s no war happening around the border, and if there is, at most is a clash with a small group of demons.

The magicians brought up in the country are dispatched to the suppression of demons and to disaster areas, and to other countries if requested by allies.

As expected, Ron’Ares Kingdom is an amazing country.

The secondary academic research inst.i.tute(Middle school) and the higher academic research inst.i.tute(High school) are operated in the jurisdiction of the country and eventually the magic agency.

Both places are created to study and learn magic, and most of those who graduates from the middle school would always choose to enroll on high school.

Entrance and advancement are basically mandated by magical powers and written exams, and age and status are irrelevant.

Basically, being a graduate from the higher department is a rite of pa.s.sage of the aristocrat and it can not be said that there is no entrance to the back door. i heard Mother talking with someone about it.

Because we don’t have enough money to pay for such backhanded method, Big Brother was able to enter the school with his own abilities.

It is said that the amount of mana for using magic is inherited.

It’s just that, the higher the parents’ Mana capacity, the harder it is to conceive, and vice versa. Mine is probably more than my parents.

It may be the darkness of this country that a person who has a lot of mana stands out in the aristocracy whose royal family is the lead.

I do not know whether it is a mutation or a genetic divergence, but rarely even people who have enormous mana appear in common people.

And those common people who are discovered to have such are invited by the n.o.bles for adoption, that’s why n.o.bles continue to have high Mana capacity.

Will there be a problem arising due to that issue?

My health has improved and my time to stay awake has grown longer so I decided to focus on studying. Compared to the lessons on my previous life, studying in this world sure is fun.

Also, contributing to finding a cure for the Dreaming Illness has become one of my dreams.

It seems that in the recent years, the number of patients for the illness has increased.

That is especially true for the n.o.bles.

Amongst all of them, me showing signs of recovery is a good sign. But in reality, both Bellom-sensei and I don’t think so.