
Something had been staring at him with a sharp and pressing gaze.
“Do I look that easy to manipulate and brainwash by him. No, even now I can kill him if I want to. But, since he has sworn to me he won't involve anything around me.”
Yohan gulped her saliva, she tightly squeezed the algae of her sword. He would never be able to get used to it, seeing that this kind of power of his existence really existed, and it was all inside his sister's body.
I pulled back the pressure of my aura. Yohan herself tries to accept and focus on being calm. While Veronica was a little awkward with the situation she was not supposed to be involved in, she instead pulled it.
“So listen to my explanation Hyung. He is harmless and put your sword back. I don't know where you got that sword.”
“When I found out you weren't in the room I took it straight from the training ground.” Yes, with that Yohan rushed over by manipulating the [King of Light] ability and moved like light at high speed. This idea came out when he did not accept that Heros could fly using his Black Mist Aura.
’Isn't that cheating?’
I took a breath. “Veronica, you should come back tomorrow if you have anything to say. Looks like now is not the right time.”
“Ah, it seems so. Then I'll see you tomorrow, little bastard.” Veronica disappeared quickly somehow she did. But one thing offended me.
‘Can he stop calling me ‘Little pocket’? Do I look like that in her eyes?’
Seeing that Yohan had lowered her weapon, I sat back down on the chair and spread out the width of my hand. Yohan was a little awkward and her ears turned red, she knew why I was doing this.
Without long, she walked up to me and fell into my arms.
“I'm sorry for making you worry Hyung. I came out just looking for air, and it just so happened that Veronica showed up. Actually I wanted to tell you. But, I can't. Wh why? Well, as seen earlier.”
Getting him and Veronica to fight is not a good idea, that's why I'm waiting for the right time to say it. However, the timing of Yohan appeared quite inappropriate.
“I'm sorry too.”
I shook my head as I hugged her, as Yohan's head was so close between my arms.
“It wasn't your fault Hyung. You're just, worried about me. And honestly your side is adorable to look at.”
“Ap— what's adorable about me?!”
I put my chin on the crown of his head and chuckled at Yohan's nervous and misbehaving. He refused to be called adorable and tried to divert it. And that provoked Yohan to nag more about something random with a troubled tone of voice.
‘Yes... It's just fine. We are brothers who are attached and inseparable.’
We joke around and debate each other over the little things that are unique between us. Time for such communication is extremely rare. Only tonight it feels just by talking and joking like this our closeness is growing.
Then until I was unaware that I had fallen asleep when I heard Yohan speak.
“You know it a little... Al?”
Is it because of the soothing scent of Yohan? Or because tonight was so quiet?
The sound of the sword being dropped sounded low. Yohan's bare hands grabbed her sister's back and held her head even deeper in her arms.
“You know... I don't want anything bad until it happens again.”
He knew his interlocutor had fallen asleep and was not disturbed. But he still said.
“Losing you is like losing this world, I'm ready to sacrifice my life if it's for you. So, please don't worry me excessively.”
There was a bit of a gloomy tone in his next sentence.
“Because it can drive me crazy.”
After that, he lifted his sister's body into his arms and brought her back to his room. Even without weighing the thoughts he knew, his sister's body was so thin that he could have destroyed it.
This was not because he was a Paladin who at all times trained his muscles. However, as he knew, lately his sister had more trouble than him.
Yohan walked while looking at her sister, then she looked forward. His face and expression fell in gloom.
No, because it's Yohan. He doesn't mind if he has to be hated.
“As long as you are safe, even if the world hates me, I will bear it.”
The terrible side of Yohan is that she flatly and gloomily seriously says her statement.
Then deep in the subconscious, something listens to his heart.
[‘Monarch of Diligent’ ..]
***
A few days have passed quickly. As promised I was often invited to go to Claude's place and once our chatter took place sometimes made people around us can go crazy because of the tension. Like two devious demons were conversing.
During that same day I sometimes did experiments. It's about the items that are inside the [Replica-Mass Pocket Dimension] the stones that Sabnock collects are inside.
There is a dark effect in the stone. I suspect, this must be because the stones taken from the land of darkness. Director Sarion and Yohan themselves did not even know how to use the cursed item in material form. So it won't be able to.
Going through several stages, I was finally able to solve the problem. It turned out to be easy, I just followed the manual guidebook from the monitor-nim. The monitor said I only needed to purify the stones by channeling my great holy energy and finally this is what I got.
*
- [White Steel Orichalcum] 3x
- [Mineral Tears Mithril] 4x
- [Holy Crystal Adamantium] 4x
[Stone Diamond Mercury] 4x
*
All the effects of darkness have been neutralized and all the stones are now shining like jewels and rare gems.
Speaking of this matter as well. Then how will I use this. It's like I found a treasure but I don't know how to use it.
I'm remembering something. Something amazing and painful.
‘Ah... I do not know how the value of currencies in this world?’
“Wait... This is because I never go out and shop. Damn, there is a lot I have to do and learn if I have to adapt more deeply to this world.”
To judge something sometimes it has to be basically first. But, I wasn't too interested in it at all and almost forgot about it. Is it because of my young age...?
I shook my head then then someone knocked on the door then opened it, a silver-haired head appeared.
“Al, are you done using this lab?”
“Ah..”
I asked Priest's mentor for permission to lend him a special lab room to use in the Priest's practice materials of sacred power. Because today the lab is not in use so I borrowed it to test my experiments on dark earth stones.
“Ya, Hyung I finished.”
After answering Yohan, then also another head appeared under Yohan's head.
“Saint Alvius..”
Heros was here too with his little laugh he seemed happy to see me. I don't know if this is my feeling or not. It feels like they've been very clingy with me lately.
Answering Heros I smiled and greeted him. “Halo senior. Coincidentally you two came, come in.”