Sister, Don’t Marry That Guy – Chapter 26

Chapter 26

‘Orc?!’

It’s an Orc. Because this novel also came out as a webtoon, it was exactly as I had seen it in the pictures.

“Are you crazy? Who summons an Orc in a place like this!”

『I strongly protest to my former master! Master, young individual!』

“Hey, do you have time to say that?”

I quickly stepped back.

I don’t know how I managed to dodge it.

When I glanced back, it seemed like Ice grabbed my clothes and pulled me.

Green skin and bipedal like a human. But a muscular build that looked like it was close to 3 meters, and protruding fangs!

Fortunately, the Orc’s feet were shackled. I gained a moment of respite.

“If you’re going to be a disciple of this Archmage, you should be prepared for this much. Ahem.”

No, that’s all fine and dandy.

“Give me a weapon or something!”

Putting aside the magic I don’t even know how to use, just give me something to hit with! There wasn’t even a rock to pick up nearby.

“That brat is so noisy, here!”

Something long was given to me in front of my hand. When I grabbed it in a daze and looked, it was just a stick.

The only special thing about it was that it was pure white?

What am I supposed to do with this! No, no. Let’s think calmly.

It’s not like he gave me a hammer or a knife, so why would he give me a stick?

“Is this a magic staff?”

“The brat has a good eye, huh?”

That Archmage’s magic staff was definitely white, right?

I gripped the staff tightly.

“Well, if I were to give you a hint at this point. One, that guy will be released in 10 seconds.”

“That’s not a hint!”

“Tsk, you better listen to the end. Hint two, I’m not just throwing you into danger.”

The eyes of the handsome youth looking at me mischievously curved.

“Didn’t I say that I’d just like to ‘measure’ you?”

Braham’s words ended there.

I frowned and looked at Ice. He said that this was a guardian that now belonged to me.

Maybe I can do something through this Ice?

10 seconds was very short.

I realized as I heard the sound of the shackles finally being released, clank clank.

“Aaaaaah!”

Instead of closing my eyes tightly, I gave strength to them as I saw the huge Orc rushing towards me.

‘I can’t avoid looking!’

“Originally, the way magicians use magic differs depending on their faction. Now, brat, think about what you’re best at.”

For some reason, Braham’s voice sounded like he was whispering right next to me.

What am I best at?

All I’ve done since I was born here is live like a dead mouse? Getting scared? Being afraid?

No, no. Let’s go higher.

What was I good at?

“Nuna, thank you for reading me books!”

“I like it the best when Unni reads to me!”

The performance hall, the sparkling gazes, and the only voice that echoed there.

It was the sight of me doing storytelling.

From starting a small welfare center to performing at a rather large event hall.

Many children cried and laughed at my fairy tales.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a large book.

As soon as I lowered the staff and it touched the book, the book unfolded with a whoosh.

『Guardian, connected. Master, checking individual characteristics.』

『Tutorial open.』

For some reason, it was so comfortable to breathe.

Why is that? I always had trouble breathing when I was nervous.

The doctor said it was related to a chronic illness and that I would have to live with that discomfort until I died.

That wasn’t all.

‘My hands got bigger?’

The hand holding the staff had grown bigger. No, the Orc looked slightly smaller than before.

No, my body got bigger!

━Once upon a time, there lived a very large ‘Snowman’.

A clear voice was heard in my ear. It was my voice.

I’m talking while smiling even though I didn’t intend to?

My body moved on its own, as if I were watching an automatically filmed video.

The book in front of me was now in the form of a fairy tale book that was very familiar to me.

━Oh my, that Snowman could do so many things!

In the fairy tale book, a large snowman was drawn. Yeah, if Ice got bigger, would it feel like that?

When I turned my gaze, I saw the back of a huge snowman blocking my path.

━He sprinkled ice on the world,

Ice rain fell from the sky.

━He made an ice wall,

Sharp walls rose from the ground.

━The righteous and kind Snowman knocked down the monster that was tormenting people in one go!

Kwaaaang! The branch that was stuck in like Ice’s hand clenched like a fist and knocked the Orc down.

It was such an amazing sight.

“What, is this…….”

The ice wall that rose in front of me was so transparent that my figure was reflected in it. It was no longer my figure.

No, should I say it was a bigger version of myself?

━And the kind and large Snowman lived happily ever after.

I looked about sixteen years old. I, who had grown so much, was smiling brightly.

『Tutorial ended. The master’s future experience has been completed!』

Then, all the strength drained from my body.

“Haa, haa……!”

My hands, trembling on the floor, had already become small again. Ice also flies back to me, having become small again.

But the fallen Orc was still there.

“What the……”

“Did you see it, brat?”

A pure white shoe landed heavily in front of me.

Soon, Braham’s face appeared, looking down at me through the white fabric.

“That’s what you’ll look like when you can truly use your power.”

“True power……?”

“Yeah. Didn’t I say that I’d measure you?”

He chuckled with his chin propped up.

It was a laugh that didn’t suit the handsome youth’s face at all.

“This is something, a crazy brat? Your path of hardship is clear.”

“Path of hardship……? Cough!”

It was a little cold because it was all ice. But as soon as I felt something warm touch my head, my whole body warmed up.

When I lifted my head, Braham was stroking my head. It was an unfamiliar sensation.

Something that no one had done in this reborn world.

“It’s the path to becoming an Archmage.”

My mouth opened on its own.

* * *

It took quite a while for me to calm down. It was because I kept getting breathless and dizzy.

Braham said that this was a mana depletion phenomenon.

He said that I was dizzy because I used up all the power that had been stored at once.

Only after a long time had passed and I had barely calmed down, I was able to ask the things I was curious about.

“Um, Archmage-nim. What exactly was that earlier……?”

“Your future self. I saw how you will use magic in the future. The magic circle you entered earlier was a magic circle made for seeing that. This body made it. No one can mess with time! Yes, that’s right!”

“Time……. So it was really my future self?”

This eccentric Archmage, who had thrown me in front of an Orc, seemed like he wouldn’t do that anymore and readily answered ‘yes’.

Hope sprang up in my chest.

“Then, are there any other people who use magic like me?”

“At least I’ve never seen it before, so that means you’re amazing.”

“What does that mean?”

The magicians in this book don’t use magic like this.

Either they engrave magic on their whole body with special ink so they can use it anytime, or they memorize the amount of magic they will use for the day in the morning, or they draw magic circles to use it.

Braham looked at me and poked himself with his index finger. Then he poked me.

“If we call the one who is at the front of the pack on the original path a genius.”

His hand came up to my head again.

“The one who makes the path is left as a legend. Like me.”

His playful yet serious eyes seemed to say this. That I can become like that in the future.

What I saw a little while ago was clearly ‘storytelling’. The sound of my voice when I read fairy tales was vivid.

On top of that, the sight of Ice knocking down a huge Orc in one go was clear.

Is the way I handle magic going to be special in the future? It must be, right?

Looking at the eyes of the Archmage who was smiling at me, confidence welled up.

“If what I saw earlier was my future self, what should I do in the future?”

“You’ll have to train, right?”

Braham laughed as if it was funny. But his eyes were still serious.

“First of all, you’ll have to call me ‘Master’ from now on. Disciple.”

I stared at him blankly, then nodded vigorously.

“Yes, Master!”

Then I hesitated and moved my mouth, and then opened it again.

“Master, until now, I’ve grown up in my family being called a ‘half-wit’ because I couldn’t use a sword.”

“……..”

“But now, Master, you’ve opened up a new world for me.”

My eyes stung a little, but I didn’t cry. I’m going to get stronger in the future, so why cry? You don’t cry at good things.

“I’ve made up my mind. There were many things I had thought about.”

That’s right.

I thought about many things in order to survive. Now, I decided to prioritize one of them as my goal.

“I will make the name of ‘magic’ known in this Blackwinter.”

Someday, when the time comes, I will make sure that everyone will never be able to ignore the half-wit that they all ignored.

Braham, no, now Master, stared at me and then chuckled loudly.

“I picked up a funny brat as my disciple.”

* * *

Today’s lesson ended here.

Quite a bit of time had passed, but my physical condition wasn’t good, so I decided to go and rest for now.

Master said that the more I learn magic in the future, the more it will help my weak body.

This was very good news.

From Master’s point of view, the way I used magic in the future was quite unique, so he said he would study it for the day.

It would be enough for this genius Archmage to figure out how to teach me in just one day.

Thanks to that, I came out with Ice as it was.

“It seems like I’m still with you in the future, Ice. That’s good.”

When I muttered this as I went out to the library, Ice stuck to me as if he had been waiting for it.