CH 81.3

「I’m not sure if I’m happy seeing a hunchbacked scholar as my brother in law but I guess that’s alright. Where is my little sister?」

「She’s actually in a meeting at the academy she can’t miss.」

「I thought she hated me so she didn’t show up to pick me up. However, since she’s doing her duty, I guess it can’t be helped.」

Hmm, before we got married, Laura-san said something about being “expelled” from her parents’ house.

Given the statement that came from his oniisan’s mouth, I guess she was just exaggerating.

「…………」

「What?」

I guess my face showed that I have been thinking about that or maybe I was just being suspicious. My brother in law, with a dubious look on his face, shrugged his chin at me.

「No, Laura-san told me that her relationship from her parents’ family broke but I guess it’s not what I thought……」

As I said that, he sighed heavily as he looked up at the sky and took a deep breath from his government issued cigarette.

「Our house is……a family of warriors who were entrusted with the north front line and it doesn’t matter whether you are thin or withered. There is no way we will disown someone just because she lost her magic organ. She just made up that on her own.」

「Ah, as expected.」

「She was a woman too, so she didn’t want us to see her aged up rapidly. She is my little sister and from then up to now, I never blamed her.」

While making an effort not to look at me, brother-in-law said something like that out loud.

Perhaps he’s a little clumsy too.

「Thank you very much」

「Why are you thanking me?」

「Because she’s also my family 」

Brother-in-law huffed a villainous laugh, just like Laura-san’s, and began to walk with a broad smile.

I moved hurriedly to lead the way too and went in front of him at a trot.

The difference in our legs’ length is comparable to a child’s and an adult’s. I guess they are fundamentally a physical elite family.

「Well……she’s a very lucky woman to have survived that.」

I responded with “yeah” to my brother in law’s comment though he said it as if he was talking to himself.

「I heard she gave birth on the way. I’ve never had a nephew or niece before so I want to see them face to face.」

「Thank you, please meet them.」

「Are you going to have them enter the military?」

「I intend to let them decide for their future.」

「In a little while, the cease-fire treaty with the western powers will be lifted. When that happens, all directions will be front lines. If you love your children, don’t let them enter the military.」

「Thank you for your reminder.」

After that, we returned home using the rickshaw that had been waiting for us while he talked about a variety of things in his tough but surprisingly talkative manner.

-0-

「So, this is the smuggling house of magic crystals.」

In the same place I brought Laura-san last week, brother-in-law said that with a buddha’s face.

He’s holding a handful of magic crystals from the magic crystal maker and gazes at them sullenly under the light.

「Can this only be made here?」

「We haven’t experimented with it yet but theoretically, we could make it anywhere near a dungeon.」

「I see. You made one hell of a thing than I thought. If you weren’t my little sister’s husband, I would have killed you right here, right now.」

「…………」

After saying that without changing expression, brother-in-law wrapped the magic crystal in a handkerchief and tucked it away in his pocket.

「So, Laura, what do you want to do?」

「…..eldest brother, I’m asking you to do it nicely.」

The same lapis lazuli-colored eyes as Laura-san glare at me.

Brother-in-law points at me with his index finger and says to Laura-san as if admonishing me.

「People who do idiotic things like this will do the same thing again. Are you saying that you’re going to wipe his ass every time he does something?」

「An idiot will indeed do something idiotic but he’s a different kind of idiot. Also, his ass is worth wiping.」

I suddenly felt heat on my forehead.

A needle-thin magic heat ray was shot from brother in law’s finger, slowly burning my skin.

Poof, his chest also lit up with an orange glow.

The same laser-like magic was pointed at him from Laura-san’s index finger.

Neither of them is smiling.

As for me, I felt like I was trapped in a raging cage.

「Maa, as you wish.」

As brother-in-law said that, the heat quickly disappeared from my forehead and the heat ray aimed at his chest also fizzled out and disappeared.

The burn on my forehead disappeared with healing magic that’s always been in effect but my heart is still beating fast.

That was scary～!

These siblings～！

「Since it has come this far, we’ll have to go back to……let’s say that the military gave the order to develop it. It would need a cross factional support though. 」

「Eldest brother, my husband has a cross factional support from an organization. They are called, “Walking Corpse Society”……」