Senpensekai no Madoushoshi

"Oh, welcome home. You've been out a lot lately."

It was my mother who called me that way when I entered the living room through the back door. I do my usual apron and prepare my meals as usual.

"Yeah, hey... I got things to do"

"Sarah was blurry, wasn't she? Your sister said you wouldn't give me a store number at all."

"Oh, yeah... I'll apologize later"

Speaking of which, when I left home in the morning, I told you I'd explain it to Sarah when I got home. I wonder how to explain it. How far, what can I say, I haven't been able to sort things out around there yet in me.

"Oh, what about Mr. Saluena? Weren't you with me?"

That's what my mother said as she threw her gaze behind me.

"Saluena was a little busy, so she broke up in front of the house."

"Oh, yeah. I was going to ask you what you wanted to eat. I don't know what else to do, so you're fine. What would you like to eat today?"

Honestly, I don't have an appetite. But I made a smile so they wouldn't be suspicious, and I answered stew.

"Oh, that's good. It's getting warmer lately, but it's still getting cold at night, and we'll do that."

Then the mother was satisfied with the answer and left her daughter and went into the kitchen in a good mood.

One of them stayed, and I put my hand on my cheek to make sure I could smile.

"... it was me... I was relieved then..."

After that, Saluena didn't say anything. He just looked at me and stroked my head in a shabby way.

That was so messy as to be a little painful, which I don't think is the usual hand of Saluena, who treats you politely as if dealing with a doll. And he said, 'Come out a little bit,' and said so, turning back his heel, in a city that began to blush... he walked away.

"... alone"

How many days has it been? We've been together like shadows for a long time. Saluena's gone, and I'm alone now. Just like when I was just a bookstore daughter, silence wraps me up.

……

Leave the living room and step into the store. Then there was Sarah. There are no customers in the store and my shabby sister reads the book like I used to.

"Welcome home, sister"

Notice the footsteps, face up. And when he and I met each other, he showed his white teeth and laughed.

"Yeah...... I'm home"

Into the counter, I sit next to Sarah.

Kachi, Kochi, Kochi...... and the sound of carving time from the clock on the wall sounds. I shared that time with my sisters for a while, but suddenly my sister closed the book with Patan.

"... today, Sister is here. He said he was looking for your sister. That's why I said I was going to the guild. Great?"

"Yeah, great"

I caressed her the same redhead hair I did. Then he did a little tickling and then left his head on Cotten and my shoulder.

"Ha..."

And a big sigh. What's the matter with you? And when I tried to hear it, Sarah's crisp big eyes turned to me.

"Sarah, you're turning 13 this year."

"Uh, yeah. I know..."

Sarah's birthday comes a little after spring. It's about time the sheep tired of hay started eating the greens that peeked their faces out of the snow.

"Last year, you gave Sarah a gig."

When I opened the book I had just closed, there were brass signs pinched there mimicking the flowers. The two of us went out to the city for Sarah's birthday last year, and that's what we gave her.

"He's using it for me. Thanks."

"It's what your sister gave me. Of course you do."

That said, the look on Sarah's face, which sucks and laughs, is not what it was earlier, and she looked grown up somewhere. Is it because of the addition or subtraction of light, or is it just getting closer to adulthood for one age?

"Sarah, I don't know what I'm going to do this year without your sister, and I've been thinking about that."

"It is."

I don't know why Sarah started telling stories like that, I just gavel vaguely.

"But I don't think I'll get it this year"

"Huh?"

Return the blink to Sarah a few times, and I stiffen it.

"Sister... I've been looking somewhere far away since I got back. They're after someone else who's not here, not Sarah. That's probably... those people."

"... Sarah? You..."

"What happened?"

……

I narrowed my eyes and was thrilled to have an unworthy adult eye. Not the usual innocent Sarah. It's not just warm in those eyes, I felt something like inclusiveness.

"At first... I thought that happened earlier when I went to use you and you were just tired. But sister, I was trying to have fun. When I was with Mr. Tothriln, Carol, and Rosalis, I was so alive."

"This book is still difficult for Sarah," he said, unplugging the pinch in the book and twisting it in his hand. The polished brass plays the sunlight as it plunges through the window, emitting a golden glow.

"The night I had dinner with Mr. Tothriln and the others...... I've seen your sister ever since she was born. Even Sarah had a bright face and laughed like she didn't know."

"Oh, you know, Sarah. I'm sorry I kept quiet. Actually..."

I have to explain... when I opened my mouth thinking so, Sarah blocked my lips with a clasp.

"There's only one thing I want to know. So, hey, tell me? Is your sister leaving this house?"

"... it's..."

Answer Sarah's question too straight, I'm going to mumble. That's what Sarah said to me.

"I hope you're not gone"

… and.

"But you know, Sarah's selfish, so this is what I think."

But I went on like that after the words. And Sarah did not fall into the book, but in her own chest pocket.

"He wants your sister to be happy. 'Cause I love it. About your sister..."

The only thing that seemed to me as an adult was trying to make me look that way. From her eyes, suddenly, tears spilled.

"It's hard to watch my favorite sister in the world spend every day looking like she's about to cry."

"Sarah......"

"You want to go on a journey with the Tothrills, right? Sister, you really liked reading adventure novels. If your sister finds out it's real, she can't stop Sarah."

Sarah's tears became a calling water, or drops spilled out of my eyes as well.

"Oh, Sarah... that's not true. To me, Sarah is just one sister...... Such a separation from you... even me... So..."

So until now I can't chart my own path.

Holding Sarah's head, my sister also put her hand around my back again and hugged me all the time.

"Really? And Sarah... are you in your sister's loved ones?"

"That's obvious!! Even I love Sarah!!"

"Oh well... oh well. I'm glad to see how your sister feels, confirmed... Sarah, too, loves it. I like your sister the most, the most."

Time passes to feel each other's body temperature, heartbeat, and exhale.

"So, sister...... Is your sister free to live? Because I'm sure Sarah would enjoy supporting her sister like that."

Sarah smiled hauntingly and moved away from me.

"Ah... sister..."

Wiping her fingers with tears that wet her cheeks, her sister wandered a little confused.

"I'm... you're my sister I shouldn't"

"Oh, that's not true. Your sister is so nice. Sarah wants to be someone like your sister, too. Like your sister, I want to be kind..."

"Sarah is sweet enough already. Even a sister like this likes you..."

In the end I... couldn't decide alone. Until Sarah pushed me on the back, Ujiuji and I were just worried. Use the people you love as a pretext for not getting answers.

But... I finally got the answer. There is now one path stretched out in front of me.

"Hey, Sarah. It's me..."

Maybe it's too late. Perhaps there are no more loved ones. But now I threw that idea out of my head.

"I... am going to be an adventurer"

And when he said so, Sarah broke his face.

"Yeah, I probably thought so."

It was when we were sisters, laughing at each other and holding hands tightly.

"It's a monster!! Run into church ASAP!!"

... From outside the house, I heard such a voice.