A sister who has been away from home for years brings gifts to visit her long-lost sister.
It must be a very heartwarming scene, right?
“These are local specialties from Garden Town and Amana Forest for you.
Please accept them~” Torina smiled as she carried large and small bags into Morai’s mansion, just like visiting relatives during the New Year on Earth.
However, Morai looked at her sister with a very cold gaze.
“…Why are you suddenly being so nice?”
“What do you mean by being nice? We’ve been apart for so long, and since reuniting, we haven’t sat down for a good chat.”
“What’s there to talk about? Or have you set your sights on some rich husband?”
“Don’t bring up the wrong topic.
Look, I brought you a lot of good stuff.
This is juice squeezed from crushed Gergen bugs.
It smells a bit, but it can clear acne when applied to the skin! And there’s Argus leech sauce, which you can mix with rice to eat, it’s good for the stomach! And I also brought a gift for my good nephew Yodel, this is a dismantling craftsman cow—”
“Enough, just say what you want to say.”
“Ahaha, I want to apply for access to the Valhalla City Library.
After all, when I was a kid—”
“—you messed around with runes and flooded the library, and were explicitly banned by Father from entering.”
“Ahaha, you remember so clearly… So, can I?”
“I don’t mind, but… are you looking for reference books for that Milora? Do you think it’s meaningful?”
“She is willing to stand up for me, so I have to support her.”
“…Are you really a couple? A same-sex couple?”
“No, not for now, just very close companions.”
“That’s how you see her, but she might not see you that way.”
“Eh?”
“Never mind, you’re about to get engaged anyway.
This way, you can settle down and stop causing trouble.”
“But I really don’t want to get married… or rather, I don’t want to marry or get engaged so casually.
Marriage is based on love, at least the feelings should be in place, right?”
“Love is just the whim of young people, nothing to take seriously.”
“You’ve never been nourished by love, so you don’t take it seriously, but that doesn’t mean I don’t.”
“…What do you mean?”
“I know, you and Brother-in-law have no feelings.
You were just eager to achieve something when you were young and wanted to have a child with good bloodline and to win over the other side.
Once the two forces no longer needed marriage to maintain relations, you divorced immediately.
Very decisive.”
“Is there a problem?”
“Do you think that’s good?”
“What’s not good about it.”
“Have you never met someone you truly like?”
“Never met, and don’t need to.
Love would only affect my judgment.”
“Does family affection affect you too? Honestly, I think I still have some sisterly feelings for you.”
“Only if you’re worth my love, but clearly you’re not.
As a daughter of the main family, you’re not only weak but also idle, and even a lesbian.”
“Be more open-minded, girls being close is normal.”
“But ‘weak and idle’? Can you deny that?”
“Ugh~~~~” Torina is actually not weak, after all, the original team leader is not weak.
But, honestly, compared to other strong members of the family, she’s far behind.
Not to mention her Empire’s War King brother and her sister who joined the hero team, even her civil servant sister in front of her is stronger in combat.
“Not strong, not virtuous, and as for civil duties? If I handed over the core family affairs to you now, could you manage them? What contribution can you make to the family?”
“…………”
“To be honest, Torina, I’ve never liked you.
No one likes a waste.”
“…That’s a bit too much, isn’t it?”
“If you think I’m excessive, then refute me.”
“………”
…Impressive.
You are truly impressive.
After awakening her past life memories, Torina’s temper never really improved, she just became more tactful on the surface.
She still gets angry when she should.
“…I say, sis.”
“What?”
“If I can beat you, will you admit it?”
“Ha, save your dreams for when you’re asleep.”
Morai was dismissive, took another sip of tea, and mockingly asked, “Are you planning to challenge me in the exhibition match at the Battle Festival? Do you want to be humiliated twice?”
“‘Twice’?”
“Your Milora is bound to lose, and you, who overestimate yourself by challenging me, will also lose without a doubt.
Can you handle two consecutive humiliations, little girl?”
“And what about you? If you lose to me, would you dare to kneel and lick my feet in public?”
“Pfft, lick your feet? If you really win, you can have me lick your butt.”
“You said it.”
Torina said nothing more, turned, and left Morai’s mansion.
There was no point in saying anything else.
She came to this annoying sister just for library access, otherwise, she would have to knock out the guards to get in.
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Boom!!!!
A large rock smashed towards Patty, who dodged it with agile movements.
Elves are naturally highly agile, and with her being a wood spirit archer, it’s even higher.
“Milora, remember to calculate the lead.
You need to predict the opponent’s movements before using gravity to throw rocks.”
“I know, but… um… controlling the details is still difficult.
Rewriting the direction of gravity is a bit vague, it’s not the same as just throwing things…”
“I’m back!” Torina returned, holding a very old thread-bound book, the pages were moldy.
“Ta-da~ Perfectly matching your requirements—’Smoke Knight Swordsmanship’!”
Milora and Patty exchanged puzzled glances.
“‘Smoke Knight’? What’s that?”
“A powerful figure from the northern continent six hundred years ago, very formidable.”
Six hundred years ago, the Sword Emperor unified the northern continent with supreme force, establishing the northern country that occupied the entire northern continent and became the first emperor.
During this period, the ancestor of the Deville family was a general under the Sword Emperor.
In the process of unifying the northern continent, the Deville ancestor collected the martial arts of various strong enemies they encountered as much as possible, leaving a valuable legacy for future generations.
When the Sword Emperor waged war against the then northern great power Dolan Greg, “Smoke Knight” was a fierce general on the enemy’s side, even putting the ancestor in peak condition into a tough battle.
“According to records, Smoke Knight wielded a normal-sized straight sword in one hand and a life-sized greatsword in the other, using both a large and small sword simultaneously in battle to perform mysterious and unpredictable swordsmanship, sometimes using the straight sword, sometimes the greatsword, sometimes fast attacks, sometimes slow sword techniques, with seamless combo and change moves.”
“Wow, that’s amazing!?” Milora was overjoyed upon hearing this.
“Yes, come on, let’s practice~”
“Okay!”
“Also, I want to join the battle.”
“Eh?”
“Are you itching for a fight too?”
“After all, I’m… well, being a Deville family member, there’s a bit of violent genes in my bones.
Every month, there are a few days when a girl really wants to fight.”
