19: Chapter 10.2 Wouldn’t it have been fine even if the Common practice wasn’t necessarily there?
19: Chapter 10.2 Wouldn’t it have been fine even if the Common practice wasn’t necessarily there?
With that, the mana particles were dyed with color and gathered around Lily’s face…
‘It worked!’ With that, I looked at Lily’s face.
I could see color, for a start.
I can see it, but it feels like looking at shoddily rendered cheap pixels…
First experiment, a failure.
“Your Highneess…
Is it done?” “Just a moment, Lily, just a moment.” Hmm…
I think I need to break the magic power into smaller pieces.
At this rate, the world I see will turn into a Tsukuru Game.
I thought of the laptop monitor I used in my past life.
‘The mana particles are just pixels…
Make them smaller…
denser.’ As I focused and spun the Circle, my mana drained away.
But unwilling to let go of the clue I had barely grasped, I began to suck in the surrounding mana and break down the magic power into tiny pieces.
Even if I couldn’t break it down to the size of dust, I kept going.
As I focused my mind even harder, the crown of my head began to tingle.
The amount of mana I’m absorbing increases, and handling the magic feels lighter.
Before I knew it, another Circle had formed in my mental image, giving me a pleasant sense of liberation.
When I used the same magic as before, color was added to Lily’s face.
At the clearly improved quality, I jumped up and down in joy.
“Uhaha!
Lily!
It worked!
I did it!
No more world that looks like a funeral portrait!” “Kyaaak!
Your Highness!” Tossing Lily in the air with telekinesis, I shouted so loud the room shook.
*** I rushed around excitedly, checking my family members’ faces.
Mother smiled brightly and wiped away her tears, and Father smiled contentedly for the first time in a while.
My Serena, excited because I was excited, smiled brightly too.
So cute, a quick peck on the cheek.
“Now~ Serena, want to go for a walk with Oppa?” “A walk?
‘Kay!” And so, with Serena beaming in my arms, I set out for a walk.
The place we arrived at was my favorite, the Imperial Lake.
There was no particular reason I liked it; it’s just so beautiful from all the money poured into it that it leaves you speechless.
“Waaaah!
Oppa!
Lake!
Lake!” “Hmm…
I told you to be less healthy, my dear younger sister, but if you catch a cold, your Oppa’s heart will hurt.” “I wanna play in the lake!” As I was wondering if there was a good way, an idea flashed through my mind.
“Hmm…
Oppa will show you an even more amazing game.” “Amazing?” “Of course!
Just trust Oppa.” I lifted Serena above the lake with telekinesis.
Seeing the clear water beneath her feet, her eyes went wide, and shouting, “Oppa is the best!”, she started running across the lake.
‘Is that my younger sister or Naruto…
Uh oh, that part is deep.’ Gently turning Serena’s direction, I activated the magic I had developed.
The 4th Circle noticeably reduced the burden of the magic.
‘Ah…’ I can’t expand the range much yet.
The information regarding the details of the surrounding terrain and features is a bit lacking, I guess.
Still, for the first time in a while, colors other than red dazzled my eyes.
Right now, this place is so beautiful.
I really like this world I’m stepping on.
Even including my past life, this was the first time I’d ever felt such desire.
An overwhelming emotion hardens my will even further.
‘I will never let anyone ruin this.’ As tears streamed down from the unexpected emotion, Serena ran to me from the lake and hugged me.
“Oppa!
Don’t cry!
Stop!” In my arms, Serena smiled brightly and wiped my eyes.
That smile makes my resolution even firmer.
“Shall we go get a snack, my little sister?” “‘Kay!” ‘My lovely little sister, Oppa will do anything for you!’ *** That’s what I thought several years ago…
“Older Brother~ Older Brotherrr~ Ah, Oppa, ahh!” This little imp of a young lady currently riding me like a rodeo while I’m sleeping is the merry 7-year-old Serena, whose prime was when she was 2-3 years old.
At an hour when even Lily is asleep, an energetic Serena wakes me up.
“Serena…
your older brother is dead.
He’s a corpse now.” “Ah, stop joking~ How can a corpse talk~” “It’s vibration magic left in the corpse.
It activates automatically when someone discovers this body after death.” “But how are you answering then~” “…” “Ah, Oppa, ahh!” She was definitely…
definitely…
cute…
Some might say a wake-up call from a cute little sister is totally awesome, but humans are instinctively designed to hate alarm clocks.
“Older Brotherrr~ Please grant cute Serena just one wish~” ‘Ahh…
Serena, where did that cute appearance go?
Now you’ve become a whiner.’ I gently set Serena down and got out of bed.
“How beautiful is the dew that receives the bright light today.
O 2nd Imperial Princess, why have you sought me at this hour when even the birds keep their silence?” “Oppa!
You know~ Serena’s friends are coming over to play today, can’t you come too?
Huh?
Hmmm?” My younger sister, who lightly passed over the Imperial non-fiction text, got straight to the main point.
“…
How many.” “Three!” “Kngh…
What time.” “2 o’clock!
They’ll go back before dinner!” “…” By this point, Serena had noticed that I had given in.
Because the winner is always Serena.
“You can build your connections, Older Brother~ Show off the Imperial family’s harmony~ Show off Older Brother’s abilities~ How delicious is that?” ‘How…
what?’ I don’t know where she learned to talk like that, or if she was just copying words I mumbled…
Figuring it was easier to accept than to try and figure out where it all went wrong, I nodded my heavy head and answered.
“Fine…
I get it…” “Kyaaa!
Oppa is the best!” Peck!
A chuckle escaped at my younger sister’s charm, and today, once again, I raised the white flag.