Sister, Don’t Marry That Guy – Chapter 68

Chapter 68

It was as if God had given me all the magic talent in exchange for a physical defect, my progress was so fast.

Above all, I have an advantage besides training.

‘Future knowledge.’

I scoured my entire brain, gathering information and data connecting to the future.

I also passed on the important ones to the ‘Red Winter’.

‘Calidupen clicked his tongue, wondering where I got all this information.’

That old man always lost his reason whenever Master was mentioned, so it always slipped by.

“Please take a look.”

Anyway, as a result of my training, I learned several things and a few facts.

First, I can use attack magic through fairy tale storytelling.

And second, I can create something through imagination.

The second was much harder than the first, but it was rewarding.

“Ice.”

『Guardian is ready! Guardian is synchronizing.』

A blue light spread out in front of me.

Soon, I felt a cool sensation, and then I felt someone filling my mind.

When I closed my eyes, the scenery of Korea where I lived a long time ago unfolded before my eyes.

Among them, I stared at a fast-food restaurant before soon opening my eyes.

A glass cup was floating in front of me. Inside was a black drink that was familiar to me.

It was cola.

“Master, try this.”

“I don’t want to drink it? Why is the color like this?”

“Oh, come on, you heard the explanation.”

Master frowned but eventually took the cup.

Master doesn’t eat or sleep, but here, he has a body and can smell or taste.

Thanks to that, I decided to make Master my first test subject, no, experiencer.

“……Huh? This taste?”

At this moment, Master was probably the first person in this world to taste cola.

No, since he’s dead, should I call him a ghost?

“How is it, is it okay?”

“Huh……. It’s a strange taste. It’s sweet at the end.”

“Hmm, Master, you’re getting old, so you’re looking for sweet things? I didn’t know that.”

“What?”

Ice fell on my head.

Thanks to Ice, who quickly cast a defensive spell, I was able to avoid getting hit.

『Master’s head is weak! Master is weak! Ice chunk is dangerous! Dangerous!』

“A person’s head doesn’t break that easily, you idiot.”

Master was bickering with Ice but didn’t put the cup down.

“How is it, is it better than the one I brought last time?”

“……Um, burp.”

Judging by the refreshing burp, it seems to be well implemented?

A sense of pride washed over me.

“Yes. It seems like you’ve implemented it properly now. Last time, you brought some black, tasteless water.”

Master, who was clicking his tongue, looked down at the cup.

“Now I can taste it properly.”

Actually, this wasn’t the first time I served Master cola.

No, it was on the day I was practicing storytelling a year ago.

Suddenly, Seoul, where I lived in my past life, appeared before my eyes, right?

I didn’t know then, but I instinctively reached out my hand,

And strangely, the cherry blossom I had grabbed in the illusion was on my palm even when I opened my eyes.

But the cherry blossom petal disappeared in 3 seconds.

‘I thought I could use this.’

After that, I tried various things, and finally, I realized.

With my current abilities, I can only create food that will rot quickly.

Also, it’s more difficult to make something like a hamburger, and the easiest thing to make was liquid.

So I thought.

What if I brought something like coffee or cola and sold it here?

‘But coffee already exists, right?’

Okay, I decided!

Let’s let the people of this world, who always have a greasy feeling in their mouths from eating meat, taste the world of carbonation that will clear their stomachs!

Above all, the nobles here especially enjoy greasy food more than commoners.

Besides, there were plenty of people who were enthusiastic about rare and unique things.

To those who have a lot of money and time.

What if a ‘cafe’ was created where I could gather and sell cola, and even the drinks I created?

Let’s make carbonation addicts in this world!

That’s when my grand merchant guild plan started.

“The first taste is a popping sensation on the tongue, and as it goes down, it becomes sweet and harmonious.”

“Yes. That’s right.”

And it’s only a matter of time before they get addicted to that carbonation.

Now that I have the goods to sell, all that’s left is to find a merchant guild to sell them for me.

“Master, you said there’s a magic that can replicate an item and make it real. And you said you can do it too.”

“And?”

“Do you think it’s possible to use it to manufacture this?”

I explained the method roughly.

Master looked back and forth between me and the cup of cola, then narrowed his eyes for a moment.

“Is there anything difficult for this body? There’s nothing impossible, if possible?”

“Master, you’re so cool!”

“You’re so transparent, disciple.”

Master floated the cup and chuckled.

“It doesn’t seem difficult after hearing it, I’ll gladly help.”

Master’s hand tapped my forehead.

“Let’s consider this as partial repayment of the debt.”

I knew that Master was referring to when I helped him talk to Grandfather two years ago.

But instead of showing it, I smiled brightly.

“Hey, how can there be debt in a master-disciple relationship?”

I tapped Master’s hand. Then, I playfully retorted.

“If possible, please repay it for the rest of your life, Master.”

Then, instead of an answer, very small ice chunks poured down, but I laughed out loud even as I got hit by them.

“Okay, so let’s say we’ll use this for the goods. How are you going to sell them?”

“Ah, that’s why this is necessary.”

I pointed to the report I had put down.

The sentence I had marked at the very top was clearly visible.

That it costs an enormous amount of money to treat a child.

“The merchant guild and the head of the merchant guild are already ready.”

* * *

Roxy Eastwood was a woman with great decisiveness.

She had hardly ever regretted anything in her entire life.

However, there was one thing in her life that she regretted so much that she could have died.

It was trusting someone and getting married.

Roxy touched her finger.

“Haa…….”

A long time ago, there was a ring here. She wore a wedding ring twice.

One was a private wedding that she never even got to have a ceremony for.

The other one was… something she regretted for the rest of her life.

If she hadn’t met that man, she wouldn’t have had something to regret so much.

Roxy stroked her flat belly.

At one time, she carried a child in this belly for eight months.

The child, who was born into the world quickly due to stress before even reaching ten months, developed a serious illness.

Fortunately, it wasn’t an incurable disease.

However, it cost an enormous amount of money… it was just called an incurable disease for the poor.

Roxy wasn’t poor. Fortunately, the wealth she had accumulated when she was a Blackwinter had sustained her for a long time.

But now, even that was reaching its limit.

‘……The money is running out.’

The merchant guild she had ambitiously created failed to rise like a new star and only made losses.

Since she never made a profit even once, it was a structure where she had to put in money to cover the debt.

Roxy wasn’t bad at seeing people or reading trends, but the timing she entered was always bad.

She thought she didn’t have the talent to lead a merchant guild herself, but she couldn’t give up.

If she couldn’t even do this, she would really have no way to get money.

‘I have to hold on until the day I can raise my child with dignity.’

She could never ask the child’s father, that hateful man, Count Kiron, for help.

No, he doesn’t even know about the child’s existence.

‘If he finds out…….’

He would surely take it away. No, her first older brother would never let it go.

The child would either never see her face for the rest of her life or die at the hands of her first older brother.

‘I can’t let that happen.’

She was the daughter who had been recognized for her talent and tenacity by the former Head of Family Cronos Blackwinter a long time ago.

Although a lot of time had passed, this alone remained with her, undiminished.

That’s why she calmly dealt with the mysterious invitation that had suddenly invited her.

「Please come to the library, Roxy.」

How dare they send an invitation calling her by her childhood nickname.

Moreover, this polite tone was one that her first older brother, who was worthy of calling her by this name, or her younger brother, the current Acting Head of Family, would use.

She also had a youngest sibling, but even as he got older, he looked down on her while also being wary of her.

They wouldn’t invite her like this.

Roxy hesitated, but her worries were brief. Soon, it was dinner time. She headed to the library on time.

The library at dinner time was so deserted that it was eerie.

An old man holding a candle bowed his head.

It was a face she had seen a long time ago.

When she borrowed a book at the library during the day a while ago, she was a little surprised to see this person.

She didn’t know why the knight who had been by her father’s side had become a librarian.

She was too flustered at the time to even think about asking.

“Have you arrived?”

Roxy calmly accepted Calidupen’s greeting.

“Please come this way. I will guide you.”

At the polite voice, Roxy silently followed.

And Calidupen sat her in a secret room and closed the door.

Soon, a steaming cup of tea was placed in front of Roxy.

She glared at Calidupen without even looking at the tea.

“So, whose orders are these?”

“There is no one who gave orders.”

“What? Then who sent that impudent invitation?”

“It was me.”

Calidupen bowed politely.

However, there was something suspicious about his polite posture.

“It’s been a while, young lady. You already recognized me, didn’t you?”

“…….”

“It’s Calidupen.”

Roxy frowned.

“……I was wondering why the knight my father cherished was acting as a librarian.”

“Hasn’t time passed? That time has changed many things. Sometimes even those who have power.”

“Are you trying to insult me by saying that my father is bedridden?”

“No. I don’t know why you think so, but isn’t that what you want to say, young lady?”

“…….”

“You must be very frustrated, young lady.”

Roxy, who was about to retort, paused.

“If the Head of Family had opened his eyes.”

A brief moment of pity flashed in Calidupen’s eyes.

But it disappeared before Roxy could see it.

“If he had known about your misfortune, no, that you had fallen into a wicked scheme, he would have punished the First Young Master and Third Young Master for betraying their siblings unrighteously, and you would not have lost your name.”