Chapter 12: The Wizard’s Tower(1)

I’m lying on the bed, looking at the check, and what is this feeling?

Even though I haven’t eaten, I feel full and my heart is overflowing. Is this the power of financial therapy?

“Ehehe, what should I do with this money?”

“You can do whatever you want, Miss.”

Anna, who was next to me, helped me with my words. What do I want to do?

“…Loan sharking?”

“……”

“No, what’s wrong with loan sharking? Lend money to people who need it! If I just receive a reasonable interest, isn’t that okay?”

Everyone needs money in a hurry at some point, and that’s when I’ll lend it to them.

Like a friendly neighbor!

“How much interest are you going to charge?”

“About 50%…?”

“……”

Her expressionless face was the same, but I could tell.

That she was looking at me with cold eyes!

“Ehehe, I’m just kidding.”

“Right? Would our Miss really charge 50%?”

“If it’s about 10%, isn’t that okay? With compound interest.”

“…The principal will be less than the interest after a year.”

“What am I supposed to eat and live on! I have to charge that much!”

“…I’ll tell the Madam.”

“Hiiiik!? I’m kidding, I’m kidding!”

I can’t even joke in front of Anna.

No, why would I do something like that? I know the future.

I’ll just buy some land that’s going to be redeveloped later and wait, and I’ll earn a fortune.

Do I really need to work hard to do business? Unless it’s just to provide ideas.

‘…That’s it!’

“Anna! Pack your things! We have to go to Liriel unnie right now!”

“I’ll prepare immediately, Miss.”

We arrived at the trading company run by Liriel unnie by carriage and headed straight for the office, and Liriel unnie greeted me.

“Our youngest, did you come because you missed your unnie?”

“Ehehe, there’s that, and I came today for business!”

At that moment, the atmosphere of my unnie, who had been brightly greeting me until just now, changed.

“Our youngest, do you know what that means?”

“Of course! I even brought the business plan.”

I sent a look to Anna, and she handed the documents to Liriel unnie.

My unnie sat down and confirmed the documents, and her expression changed to one of surprise.

She usually has a my-pace personality and doesn’t have many changes in expression, but is my plan that good…?

“Hoo. That’s a good plan. The first business is a department store… Are you going to build a huge building and have stores move in?”

“That’s right! There aren’t many places that sell various items, right? Even clothing stores are distributed in many places, so it’s not easy to find them.”

The area within the commercial district is very wide and distributed in many places, so the number of stores that can be visited in a day is limited.

And the prime locations are already monopolized, and the new stores are located in very remote places, so the accessibility is also poor.

“And we’re going to have various restaurants, various dessert shops, and toy stores for children move in.”

“Hoo… That’s a good idea. Then, wallets will open naturally…”

“And the second business is…”

“Ugh, I’m tired. I want to go back and rest soon.”

“Miss, didn’t you say you were going to visit the Magic Tower today?”

‘Magic Tower’

It is an abbreviation of the Mages’ Tower, and it is a group to which all the mages existing in the empire belong.

The Robusta Duke Family, famous for its magic, has produced the Master of the Tower for generations.

In this generation, my little sister took that position, and the standing of the Robusta Family has decreased greatly.

‘Aurora Liberica’

She is called a genius from a young age and is called a great mage in the future.

I was going to visit my little sister’s face since I was out.

As I was heading to the Magic Tower located on the outskirts by carriage, Anna asked.

“Miss, are you going to meet Aurora Liberica at the Magic Tower?”

“That, and there’s something I want to buy.”

I can see my sister, and I can buy things. Isn’t this killing two birds with one stone?

“Miss, we have arrived.”

I heard the word that we arrived, and I got off the carriage, and a building of grand size came into my eyes.

I was admiring the building that soared high into the sky, when I saw a familiar figure in the distance.

My little sister, who has platinum blonde hair, bright and shining like her mother, was heading somewhere.

“Unnieeeeeeeee!!!”

I desperately called my sister who was far away, but she didn’t hear me, and she was seen walking somewhere.

I was about to run desperately to chase after her when Anna caught me.

“Wa, wait!? Anna!? Why are you stopping me!?”

“It’s dangerous if you fall when you run like that, Miss.”

“…Anna. I’m not a child.”

“…Miss, you are a child.”

Ah, right. I’m 5 years old now.

In the end, I followed my sister, as Anna told me to, and I lost her.

After walking for a long time in the direction my sister was walking, I saw my sister in the distance.

She was squatting in the bushes and picking something, and when I got closer, she was eating it.

“Li, little sister… What are you eating right now?”

She heard me, and as she looked at me, she was chewing on something, and she was eating grass.

“Um, um, youngest. Long time no see. How have you been?”

“A, no, I’m doing well, but… aren’t you doing well, little sister…?”

I started to worry about what she was eating as her eyes looked so tired, and what she was eating.

I asked her why she was chewing on grass…

“I have no money. They don’t give me any support from home. Ah, did I run away and cause that?”

“Why!? A, no, more than that, why did you run away!?”

We went to a nearby bench, and I held my sister’s hand and started to talk.

As I was moving, I looked at the heart above my little sister’s head, and it was higher than I thought.

‘It’s half full. It’ll be over soon.’

I sat down on a nearby bench and listened to my sister’s situation.

It was terrible.

The heir of the Robusta Duke Family, famous for magic, was supposed to be the next Master of the Tower, but it turned out that my little sister was better at it.

The Master of the Tower can only rise based on skill alone, and she was called a talent of the century and emerged as the new Master of the Tower.

Because of that, the Robusta Duke Family protested to our family, and Dad opposed my little sister becoming a mage.

It was due to political issues.

The three Duke Families were precariously balanced, and the moment my little sister became Master of the Tower, that balance would be destroyed.

If that happened, the other Duke Families would surely work together to check our family.

Dad, who didn’t want anything more to happen since Mom was lying in bed, had no choice but to take their side.

But my little sister didn’t listen to that and ran away from home and entered the Magic Tower, so she was treated like a black sheep.

She couldn’t get any support from home, and she wasn’t treated properly at the Magic Tower, so she said she didn’t have any money to eat, and she was chewing grass.

“But if you eat this, it’s delicious. It’s edible.”

“…Little sister. Follow me.”

I held my little sister’s hand and headed to a nearby restaurant.

I ignored the words that I had to go back right away and do some experiments, and I arrived at the restaurant and ordered a variety of dishes.

I was looking at the food that was coming out one after another and salivating, and I looked at my little sister with a pitiful look.

She was only 14 years old and was living on grass. What could I do?

I told her to eat quickly, and she started eating the food, saying thank you.

‘She’s not eating, she’s inhaling it…?’

The food was disappearing at an incredible speed.

I ordered additional food since it seemed to be lacking, and the food came out right on time.

After finishing her meal, I looked at my sister with a cup of tea, and she was so happy.

“Thank you, youngest. I don’t know how long it’s been since I had a proper meal.”

“Little sister, take this.”

I handed my unnie an envelope, and she looked at me with an expression of what this was, and then opened the envelope.

There was a part of the money I had received from Dad.

When she confirmed it, my little sister handed the envelope back to me.

“I can’t take my younger sister’s allowance, no matter what.”

“This isn’t just giving. It’s an investment.”

“Investment…?”

In the future, my little sister will become the Master of the Tower and will have all the authority of the Tower.

What does money have to do with it? The Magic Tower makes a lot of money.

“You just have to pay it back little by little when my little sister becomes the Master of the Tower.”

“…Thank you.”

I instructed Anna to bring ‘that’ while looking at my sister’s expression, which showed that she was touched, and the heart’s likeability went up slightly.

Anna brought a document from the carriage and handed it to me, and I handed it to my little sister.

“Little sister, sign here.”

“Youngest…? What is this?”

“We have to be sure even if we’re family.”

‘Promissory note’

My little sister confirmed the document she received from me and signed it, without realizing it.

It was a document filled with ‘poisonous clauses.’