My Magic Tools Are Selling Too Well

33 – Customers visiting the Alchemy Shop (5)

It was quiet inside the store.

In fact, since she came in, I had been concentrating on it, so I wasn’t curious about what was going on inside.

It seemed that only the sound of the wind outside the store was heard louder.

Karin said again with a slight smile.

“Please accept my greetings, Sacher. didn’t you miss me? It’s nice to meet you too, Shunica. Have you seen us?”

When she turned her head to ask a question, Schnika continued to nod.

“Yes, yes, senior!”

“You can call me sister.”

“No, senior!”

It seems like the first time I’ve seen Schnika with such a strong discipline.

In fact, Karin’s existence was difficult for Shunika.

Not just Schunika, but any undergraduate student in the Faculty of Swordsmanship.

If they had seen the woman in front of us, they would have all answered with a firm face.

When Karin was in her 4th year at the academy last year.

Because she was the object of envy and infinite respect from all of her juniors in the Faculty of Swordsmanship.

There was not one undergraduate student who didn’t want to be like her.

Men hoped to catch up to her noble swordsmanship, and women wished to emulate her as she reached the highest level as a female swordsman.

The eldest daughter of the Philip family.

Best female swordsman of all time.

The only talent that can become the successor of Ludgale Liquid.

Most Academy Coliseum winners.

The youngest member of the Imperial Guard Knights… .

Like this, the modifiers that make up her and the achievements she achieved at a young age were so great that it would not be enough to boast several times.

Especially when she is in her first year at the academy.

Participating in the demon war as a student soldier, the achievement of wiping out over 300 monsters alone.

It was also a legend of student soldiers that is still talked about by many.

If you were to select past talents among the talents that have appeared in the academy so far, he would undoubtedly fall into one hand.

That was Karin Phillips.

“What’s going on here? Aren’t you busy joining the Knights?”

But to me, she’s just a pretty older sister.

She was my only family, my only sister.

Since she revealed the feelings she shouldn’t have, the relationship has been strained, but…

Even so, he was still a precious person to me.

I don’t care how strong you are, I just hope you don’t get hurt by joining the Knights.

If you get sick, you need to treat me again…

That was my honest impression.

At my answer, Karin put on a slightly dissatisfied expression.

“Do I really need to come see you for something?”

“Don’t hold the horse’s tail. That’s how my sister is now.”

“Chit. I’m here for the academy demonstration. There won’t be many talents to use, but we have to search anyway.”

The academy demonstration was nominally one of the exchange cultures between the knights and the academy, but in reality, the knights sent people to explore and recruit talented undergraduates.

Of course, the Imperial Guard Knights hardly need this kind of publicity.

It is the most famous order of knights in the empire, and the best swordsman group that all aspiring warriors aspire to join.

Therefore, from the perspective of the Royal Guard Knights, the academy demonstration had a stronger meaning of exploration than publicity.

You never know when another talented person like Karin will suddenly pop out.

For reference, there were only two cases where a hero who had just graduated from college joined the Imperial Guard Knights.

Ludgale Liquid and Karin Phillip, the continent’s greatest warriors.

They were the youngest ever members of the Royal Guard Knights.

A name that makes your mouth drop just by hearing it.

It wasn’t for nothing that Karin was called the successor to Ludgale.

“Miss Schnika. If it’s okay, could you move away? The two of you have something to talk about.”

Suddenly, Karin looked at Schunika and said.

As if to block her gaze, I took a step forward and covered her view.

“My friend. If it’s not a big deal, just talk here. It was too late.”

Karin looked at me with strange eyes.

“What if it’s something special?”

“Then the message must have come a long time ago. Or an official notice has come down. When my sister came to see me, it was almost never a big deal.”

“Sacher. Isn’t that too cold?”

Karin crossed her arms and gave a disgruntled look.

And there was a slight sadness in her red eyes.

“It’s really too much… I wanted to see Sacher, so I left the dorm and came running at once. Did you know we will see each other in almost three months?”

“Sister Karin.”

He called her calmly and met her gaze.

Of course I knew.

During winter break, I went back to my family, and Karin joined the Knights immediately after graduation, so we barely had time to meet.

Karin even wanted to stay with me longer, so she attended the entire 4th year despite the academy’s early graduation requirement.

I haven’t seen the person who liked me that much for the first time in three months, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t happy.

However, our relationship was cracked when she declared that the feeling of liking was not the feeling of treating a family member.

“Satchel, I’m fine! I’ll be waiting outside! Feel free to talk, feel free!”

But without a moment to say anything.

Schnika shouted in her distinctive bright voice and left the Udada Alchemy Shop.

He is a quick-witted child in useless parts.

After Schnika went out like that.

Breaking through the slight silence that hovered inside the store, Karin asked me.

“Can I kiss you?”

“… Sister, please.”

When I said it in a voice mixed with a sigh, Karin smiled slightly.

“I’m kidding. I hate Sacher’s dislike. Can I hug you instead? I missed my brother so much.”

I didn’t answer that.

Because I didn’t know what to answer.

It’s literally a hug.

It is an expression of affection that family members do without hesitation, and close friends sometimes do it as a sign of intimacy.

Of course, it was an act that couples also do, but it lacked some logic to reject it for that reason.

In addition, in my heart, ‘Wouldn’t it be okay to hug… ?’.

I was holding it unknowingly.

and…

Warak-

I couldn’t do any of the things I was thinking about.

As if not giving me time to answer,

Because she came to me with all her strength and hugged me.

Then he whispered in my ear with a trembling voice.

“I miss you… I missed you, Sacher.”

At that dizzying feeling, my head was complicatedly twisted.

Karin Phillips.

My one and only sister, as a younger sister, had a rational liking for me.

It’s already been a year since I revealed that feeling, and since then I’ve been pushing her away.

It was natural.

Although we are not siblings, she and I are family anyway.

The emotions she harbored were the kind of emotions that family members shouldn’t share.

I’m caught up in a feeling I don’t even know

I didn’t want to lose my only family.

Besides, even if I accept her like that…

In reality, there were too many walls to hit.

It is said that we are not blood related, but externally she and I are brother and sister.

They are not ordinary siblings, but siblings from a family of knights called the two major mountain ranges in the empire.

In order for us to meet, I had to reveal that I am the adopted son of the Philip family.

One of them had to leave the family.

And in the process, I knew that there were so many problems that I couldn’t stand it.

Besides father.

There was no way his father, who valued the honor of the family and the defense of the empire above all else, would allow this.

but nonetheless.

A sister who came to see me after a long time and hugged me while saying that I missed her.

It wasn’t that I wasn’t happy.

“… me too.”

He gave a small pat on the girl who had filled his arms, and answered softly.

It’s okay to push her away, but

In the end, I don’t want to go beyond the limit and hurt you.

My only family left,

I hope you are happy and not sad.

It’s antinomic, but it was also my honest heart.

Have you been holding on like that for a long time?

I said, taking Karin away for a moment.

“I have a special academy mission tomorrow, so I’m going to explore the gate.”

At those words, a question welled up in Karin’s eyes.

“What gate?”

“It’s hard to tell because it’s confidential. Anyway, I have to go to bed early and take care of my condition, and there are many things to prepare. therefore… Because I saw your face Let’s go, sister.”

“Isn’t it dangerous? Where are you going? Let me know too.”

“sister.”

I grabbed Karin’s shoulders, who were trembling slightly, and said straight up.

“It’s not dangerous. You’re going with great professors. So don’t worry too much. I’m fine. It doesn’t disappear.”

in that one word.

Karin’s body, which was filled with anxiety and concern, stopped.

She sometimes believed that she had to be so direct.

“So let’s go for today, see you next time when you have free time.”

“I know when I will see you again… ”

A face that seemed to understand and accept everything.

However, there was a bit of sadness in the answer.

“I’ll see you soon. My sister and I are family.”

I could feel my strong accent in my last words.

My sister and I are family.

I hope you don’t cross this line.

That clear expression of intent must have been passed on to her.

Karin said nothing.

“Doing well in the academy demonstration… . See you at the family during vacation.”

I tried to ignore her slightly distorted expression and left the alchemy shop door.