Chapter 12: Even Though It’s a World of Swords and Magic

Chapter 12 – Even Though It’s a World of Swords and Magic

When I go to William with Joshua and George, there’s a lot of excitement there.

“Does Lady Marina want to become a magician?”

“Yes. I want to try flying in the sky with magic!”

If you see it from the surrounding, it certainly is a pleasant sight, but... looking through Minato’s filter, I get the illusion that a bearded afro vagrant is having a friendly chat with a little girl.

That guy... Isn’t he going to get arrested? Here, police!!

“Peita...”

I call his past life’s name without thinking. Your older sister can’t bear to see, you know.

“Ah! Emma-sama!”

Lady Marina, who realizes we are here, gives a slight bow cutely.

What should I do? She’s a very cute girl. I can’t suppress my gaze full of contempt towards Peita.

“Miss Marina, let’s eat cakes together.”

I quietly separate Lady Marina from Peita.

Joshua puts forward the chocolate cake to Lady Marina.

“It’s delicious! The chocolate used is excellent!”

While eating the cake deliciously with Lady Marina who understands good food, I try to ask her what she has been doing with William in case he made some blunders.

My older brother George often goes hunting for monsters with my father, Leonard. Monster hunting is the main job of a borderland’s lord. It also controls the monsters from coming to the citizens’ sphere of activity.

The countries in this world use magician’s barriers to prevent monsters invasion. However, the effect weakens as time goes by. In the past 10 years, there have been strong monsters that accidentally come out of the barrier. In cases like that, there is no choice but a head-on fight.

“I want a magician to appear nonetheless.”

Lady Marina worriedly says. Because she lives in a borderland, even if she’s still a child, there’s no way she can ignore the threat of monsters.

Especially, Palace is a borderland in a remote region facing the barrier.

“Well, it’s okay because I will protect you while you are in our territory, Lady Marina.”

George kindly says while patting Lady Marina’s head.

“George-sama, you are so cool!”

Lady Marina’s eyes become heart-shaped.

“Bro...”

(T/N: William says anchan here, which is a very close way to call an older brother)

William hatefully looks at George.

I remember that Older Brother has been popular with kids from long ago.

I comfort William alias Peita, who drops his shoulder at George, who captured Lady Marina in an instant, with a voice that can only be heard by him.

“...even though you’re a magician in our past life. What a shame, Peita.”

Author’s note: It’s not comforting. It’s putting salt on the wound.