Chapter 13: The Wizard’s Tower(2)

I confirmed the document and told my little sister the poisonous clauses in this contract, and then I tore it up in front of her.

“Even if we’re family, you shouldn’t sign something carelessly.”

I overheard that my little sister had run into some trouble because she had signed the wrong document at the Magic Tower.

At that time, she had been running around to fix the situation, and in the end, she went to Dad and begged for help.

‘We have to educate her like this in advance.’

But my little sister looked at me with a calm expression and opened her mouth.

“Youngest. I knew everything.”

“…Little sister. Your hands are trembling, though?”

Her hands were shaking tremendously.

No, what’s the point of looking calm! You have to act well if you’re going to act!

“…Won’t you pretend you didn’t see it? I’m a little embarrassed.”

Even while saying those words, her expression was calm, but the cup she was holding to drink water was shaking tremendously, and she was spilling it all over.

Was she washing herself instead of drinking…?

After finishing the meal, I grabbed my sister who was about to go out to do her research.

“Show me around the Magic Tower!”

“There are many interesting things in the Magic Tower, so that’s good, let’s go.”

When I followed my little sister into the Magic Tower, it was completely different from the image I had imagined.

As soon as I entered the entrance, firecrackers went off, and magical animals welcomed me!

And, as a special treat for children, a person wearing a bear costume guided me.

I asked my sister how this had happened…

“The Magic Tower has to make a living too. They need a lot of money to do research.”

“…Th, then are they providing these services!?”

“Actually, this is a minor part. If you had contacted us in advance, the whole hall would have been decorated just for the youngest.”

“……”

I said goodbye to the bear and waved my hand, and as I followed my little sister into the room, it was a mess.

Research materials were scattered everywhere, and the desk was filled with strange tools.

Considering there was a small bed next to it, it seemed she even slept here… How does she sleep here…?

“Little sister, how are you living here!?”

“If you get used to it, it’s comfortable. Ah, the sofa is somewhere over there, so sit comfortably.”

She pointed with her finger to a space where piles of documents were stacked, but no matter how I looked, there wasn’t even a chair, let alone a sofa.

In the end, I gave up, and my little sister was fiddling with some tool, and as she bumped the sphere next to it, it fell.

It was surprisingly sturdy, and as I caught it rolling towards me, an amazing thing happened.

‘Whaaaaaaaaa!’

The room was filled with bright light, and I was so surprised that I dropped the sphere, and the sphere went back to its original state as if nothing had happened.

“W, what is this!?”

“…My word. Youngest, you have incredible talent for magic.”

She ran up to me in one step, looking at my startled face, and suddenly hugged me.

“Huuuik!? Wha, what is it? Why are you doing this, little sister?”

“Youngest, won’t we dedicate our lives to magic together? If we combine our powers, we can make a mark on the magic world.”

“Suddenly!? A, no, that’s…”

“Youngest, imagine, the image of you becoming a mage.”

“The image of me becoming a mage…?”

I imagined it. The image of me becoming a mage.

I imagined raining a fox rain from the sky while fluttering a gorgeous cloak and wielding a huge wand, and it wasn’t bad.

“Ahem. Th, then, how do you use magic?”

“Unnie will kindly explain it one by one at the training ground, let’s go.”

I followed my little sister to the training ground, and various facilities were prepared, starting with a power measuring device.

The tool I touched earlier was a mana sphere, a tool to check the user’s magical power, but it wasn’t precise, so she told me to try it again.

Following my little sister’s words, the moment I put my hand on the mana measuring tool.

Light erupted enough to fill the entire training ground, and my mana was displayed on the electronic display attached to the ceiling.

[Unable to Measure]

The moment everyone in the training ground was staring blankly at the electronic display.

An old man, who looked old, came running to me.

“You, you! Won’t you become my disciple!?”

“Hiiiik!?”

A grandfather whose name and face I didn’t know suddenly told me to become his disciple.

Starting with those words, people in gorgeous robes came running at me from somewhere.

“Hey, you shameless bastard! There’s a hierarchy even in the cold, so I have to be the first to offer!”

“What nonsense! Don’t you know there’s no order for what comes and goes!?”

“You old farts, if you want to fight, fight over there. Our disciple is surprised, you know?”

“You old hag who’s maintaining her appearance with beauty magic, who are you to give advice!?”

“What are you saying, you bastard? Shall I pull out your remaining hair!?”

As they were hitting and fighting among themselves, my little sister grabbed my hand and started running away.

After running for a long time, being chased, we entered a secluded room where there was a secret door.

There were a huge number of books in that room, and the moment I opened one of the books, a passage was created as the wall opened!

When we entered that passage, there was a bed and a sofa prepared for us to rest.

“Is this a rest area?”

“Yes, it is. But these days, it’s a place used for secret dating.”

“…Eh? How do you know that place!?”

“It’s a secret. More than that, write your name here, youngest?”

I looked at my little sister, who handed me a paper with a cheerful expression, and after reading the document, it was terrible.

“Isn’t this a slave contract…?”

“No. It’s like a certificate of love between a master and a disciple.”

“It says that the disciple must unconditionally follow the master’s words, and must not sleep until the research is over…?”

“…The research time won’t take long. It’ll be over in one week.”

“The disciple cannot break this contract without the master’s permission…?”

“Unnie wants to be with our youngest forever.”

I tore the paper in front of me, and my little sister’s expression changed suddenly.

“I can’t just say it. Come here.”

“Hiiiiik!? No violence!!”

For a long time, I was about to be forced to sign after being hugged by my unnie, when people entered the room.

“You were here, our disciple! We found you!”

“Uuuuh, isn’t that trying to force you to sign!? Stop!!!”

“You!! What are you doing to our disciple!?”

The old men from before came running to us and separated my unnie and me, and then they dusted off the dust on my clothes.

“Heh heh heh, are you okay? Shall we go have a snack with this old man? What do kids call it these days?”

“Did you eat your age? What are ‘jjogo’ at that age? Instead of listening to those old men, shall we go see the dolls with unnie? There are many dolls in unnie’s room.”

I thought about the words, “I’m a queen,” from my unnie, who was looking at me with warm eyes…?

Then I remembered that there was a puppeteer who handled dolls at the Magic Tower.

Her nickname, “Marionette Queen,” was given because she controlled 100 dolls at once.

“Then, are you the person who is called the Queen, unnie?”

“Oh my, I already like it. Will you be unnie’s disciple?”

“…No. I want to be unemployed, so magic is impossible.”

It’s a pity to see the disappointed look, but it’s impossible.

And magic, it’s not that it comes out if you shout fire inside, right?

I said goodbye to the elders, who told me to come anytime if I change my mind, and they stroked my head and went back.

And behind me, was our little sister, with a miserable expression.

“…Unnie. It’s your own fault.”

“…I’m sorry. Then, shall I just tell you how to use magic?”

“Really? Let’s go right now!”

I had the feeling of excitement and expectation, and followed my unnie to the training ground again.

There, my unnie asked me to feel my mana, and she made me sit on a chair and grabbed my hand and let her mana flow into me, so that I could feel the mana.

That was easy, but the problem was after that.

My unnie took out a book that was placed on one side.

I was curious as to why there was a book at the training ground, but I soon found out.

“This is the Fireball formula. Memorize it.”

“…Eh? A, no, do you want me to memorize this whole book!?”

“That’s right…? It’s an easy magic, so anyone can use it.”

When I opened the book, there was a magic formula written in it.

The way to use magic is to apply the formula in your head while distributing the appropriate amount of mana…

“I don’t know!”

“……”

A magic formula is a math formula in a word.

To be honest, I died before entering high school, and I know math up to middle school.

But I didn’t learn the differentiation and integration of multivariable functions…!?

They didn’t teach that in middle school…!?

As I stared at the book with a dazed look for a long time, my little sister gave me another book.

‘You can do it too. Differentiation and Integration of Univariate Functions.’

“…Ugh!”

“Youngest…?”

“Whoa! I’m Whoa, Whoa! The youngest doesn’t know this!!”