Chapter 19: Avalon Academy(1)

I’ve been busy since the curfew was lifted.

During the day, I visit Liriel unnie and nag her while cleaning her room.

“No, Liriel unnie!? Why do you live so messily!? Please, clean up!”

“Hmph! You don’t know anything about magic, so you’re saying that! Magic is originally…”

“Shut up! You have to do what our Aria tells you to do, why are you talking so much!?”

“……”

Bella unnie, who was next to me, hugging me.

Now that she was completely on my side, I had no better support.

“See! Even a fellow mage is saying this, Liriel unnie, you’re wrong!?”

“…You’ve changed. You used to be kind…”

I was about to be moved by the look in Liriel unnie’s eyes, as if she had lost her spirit.

“That’s an act. Don’t fall for it.”

“…Ah, you saw through it.”

“Liriel unnie…!!”

I hung up Liriel unnie, who refused to clean up until the end, and had tea time with Bella unnie.

“More than that, Bella unnie, why do you call me Aria?”

“It’s a nickname! It’s good to call you Aria, but isn’t it better to call you a nickname?”

“hehe, is that so…?”

It was the first time in my life that I was called by a nickname, and it was unfamiliar.

It was unfamiliar, but I felt good.

It’s like I have someone who likes me.

“…Guys, help me.”

Liriel unnie’s cry for help was heard, but well, she’s the one who did wrong, right?

After receiving a promise to clean up herself next time, I let Liriel unnie go.

“…I raised a tiger cub.”

“You should have been nice when I was being nice!”

After lecturing Liriel unnie for a long time, it was already past afternoon.

I was about to leave to go to Liriel unnie when I was caught.

“Hukyak!? Wh, what is it!? Unnies!?”

“Where are you going, leaving us behind?”

“That’s right. Our youngest is mine.”

“…Ours.”

What can I do when the two unnies grabbed me and wouldn’t let go?

What power does a 5-year-old child have to resist?

“No, I have to go to Liriel unnie because of business! Let go of me!”

“Heehee, you can’t go.”

“That’s right. Give up, youngest.”

No, why are these unnies like this!? Their images are so different from before!?

Thanks to the unnies not letting go for a long time, I arrived at Liriel unnie’s place late.

“Oh my, our youngest is late today?”

“…Liriel unnie and Bella unnie wouldn’t let me go.”

“Still, you arrived safely. More than that, look at this!”

Liriel unnie suddenly handed me a document.

“Uhm? What is this document?”

“This time, I got a call from ‘Avalon Academy’ saying they want to invite the author of the books our youngest published!”

‘Avalon Academy’

It is the only academy in the empire, and only those with special talents among the nobles can enroll.

But they’re inviting me as a lecturer!?

…Impossible. Where would anyone want to listen to a lecture from a 5-year-old?

“Liriel unnie, turn it down.”

“Really? I thought you would want to go since your big sister goes there.”

“…Uhm?”

No, why is my big sister there?

Big sister should be taking lessons as the heir in the Duke’s territory…?

“Why is big sister at the academy!?”

“Well…? She enrolled in the academy recently, I heard.”

The future has changed.

Originally, big sister was taking lessons as the heir in the Duke’s territory.

‘Duke’s Territory’

The territory ruled by Dad, and my grandfather, who was the former Duke, and my grandmother, who was the former Duchess, are there.

So, I was going to target my grandfather and grandmother while naturally targeting my big sister!?

‘…It’s messed up.’

There are two ways to deal with a messed-up thread.

You can untangle it one by one. Or, you can cut it off and use a new thread.

First, I have to go to the academy, even if it’s to confirm how much it’s tangled.

But, it’s embarrassing to go as a lecturer, so I should go as big sister’s younger sibling.

“Liriel unnie, let’s go together!”

“Ah, I can’t go because I’m busy.”

“……”

No, are you saying that you were planning to send me alone from the start!?

I looked at Liriel unnie with a betrayed look, and she hugged me once and then avoided me.

No, she didn’t avoid me. She ran away.

“I believed in you!!!!”

A majestic and grand building with a beautiful appearance started to appear in my sight.

I fell into thought as I looked at the white-shining academy.

Avalon Academy is the institution created by the Avalon Empire to nurture talent.

At first, there were multiple academies, but in the end, only Avalon Academy remained.

I was curious about the reason, and when I asked Dad, he told me that other institutions had graduated idiots…

He was hit by Mom while saying that…

There’s nothing he can’t say in front of a child…

As I got off in front of the main building of the academy, the guards approached.

“Excuse me, but what business do you have at the academy?”

“I came to see unnie, Irina Liberica!”

I was guided to the building that seemed to be the main building by the guards.

I thought they would guide me to the class where Irina unnie, that is, big sister, was, but instead, they guided me to the Student Council President’s office.

“Um, Irina unnie enrolled recently, why are you guiding me here?”

“You became the Student Council President recently.”

“…Eh?”

The guard knocked on the door for me, and big sister’s voice was heard from inside.

“Come in.”

“Then, I’ll take my leave.”

“Thank you for your guidance.”

I bowed my head, and the guard smiled slightly and turned and went back the way he came.

And when I opened the door, big sister was sitting in the chair.

Our big sister, who has shiny black hair and slightly sharp eyes.

She looked like Dad to anyone.

As she confirmed me, her gaze changed slightly and showed that she was interested.

“It’s strange that our youngest has come to see me.”

“hehe, did you do well, big sister?”

Big sister, looking at me as if she was observing.

She was looking at me with interest, but unnie’s heart was white.

Just like when I met Liriel unnie.

“Yes. What’s the matter, our youngest, that you came to see unnie?”

“I came because I wanted to see big sister!”

“Hoo? That’s interesting. Our youngest, who always looked scared when she saw me?”

“……”

Each question is sharp.

I’ve never had this happen before, what do I do?

There’s no choice. I’ll win with the three-set of cutenesses.

“Big sister! I missed you!”

“Yes, youngest, I missed you too.”

I ran to big sister and hugged her, but there was no change in her heart.

“Big sister! You know I love you!?”

“Of course. I love you too.”

As expected, the heart is still white.

‘I didn’t want to use this until now…’

“Big sister! Do you know what my favorite animal in the world is!?”

“You’re not going to say Unnie Sheep, are you? Our youngest wouldn’t make that joke, would she?”

“……”

I’ve never had this happen before, what should I do…!?

I was flustered, and big sister sat me on her lap and started to work.

As the awkward time passed, I desperately racked my brain to break this situation, but I didn’t have any ideas.

I had to look at the work big sister was looking at, and something strange was involved.

“…Big sister, why are you buying that?”

At that moment, big sister’s eyes began to shine and she looked at me.

“Hoo? You know what this document is?”

“…That’s, the list of books that you are buying for the library, right?”

“You know.”

Big sister is approving the documents right now, and most of the documents were about buying new books for the library.

But why is she buying multiple copies of the same book…?

I understand if it’s about 10 copies. Because there are quite a few students.

But, she’s trying to buy over 100 copies.

More than that, the list of books she’s buying are all the books I published.

“Big sister, do you have a reason for buying 100 copies of the same book?”

“I can’t let the entire student body not know about this masterpiece. It’s necessary.”

Our big sister, who is saying that with shining eyes.

The method of conquest appears.

However, it’s a low-class action to reveal that I’m the author here.

It’s the action of a true master to confirm the size and then fish.

I was told to do this in the ‘Jiang Taigong’s Fishing Techniques’ that I saw before.

“Hmm hmm, do you know that Liriel unnie is distributing those books?”

At that moment, her eyes changed completely to eyes that were different from the eyes she had shown before.

It was like a child discovering a new toy.

“Th, that’s how it was? I couldn’t find out, no matter how much I looked, and I can understand if the third said it.”

I was looking at my big sister, who was muttering to herself, and she blushed slightly for a moment.

“Thank you. More than that, how do you know that, since I didn’t know?”

“I go to Liriel unnie’s place every day! I saw it then!”

“Huh? Is that so. Th, then…”

“Did you see the author…?”

I’ve never seen my big sister so nervous.

I can’t say, “I’m the author. Can I sign it for you?” while she’s so nervous.

“The author is…”