Chapter 38
Nice to Meet You, Holy Sword
“First, I’ll go to the cave and check if the Lycoris flowers are there.”
I warily looked down at the cliff.
Sure enough, thanks to my brother’s magic, a staircase of ice had formed.
But this looks really slippery… I feel like I’d lose my footing.
(Holy Sword! Even if you can’t teleport us, you still have magical power left for embroidery, right?)
『Naturally.』
(Thank you! Moco!)
I called Moco, who was floating around softly, and asked if I could have some of its fur. Moco then turned its back to me—or rather, the side without an eye—and stayed still for me.
“Brother, please wait a moment.”
I used Moco’s fur and the Holy Sword needle to make a charm.
Stitch, stitch, stitch, stitch.
Alright, it’s done!
“What’s that charm?”
“Ta-da! It’s a non-slip charm!”
If I’d sold this charm embroidered with “Non-Slip” in my previous life to students taking exams, it would have undoubtedly sold like crazy. Holding this, I surely won’t slip even on ice.
I made one for myself too, so let’s go together!
“Hey, where’s mine?”
Huh? Elvin, you’re coming too?
And Ian, the bodyguard?
What? Everyone here is going because we don’t know what might happen?
“I’m not sure if it can handle so many people. Even if Brother is a genius mage, if this many people get on it, the ice staircase might break.”
I leaned out a little from the cliff to look at the staircase.
The slightly bluish ice staircase sparkled and was very beautiful, but it didn’t look all that sturdy.
Since this is an incognito journey, there are no knights in armor, but even just the longswords the guards are carrying look heavy. Their muscles look heavy too; if even one of them steps on it, it might break.
“Let’s just the two of us go. Even if there are bird-type monsters, we can just freeze them.”
It’s true, any monsters in a cave on the side of a cliff would probably be winged ones. As expected of Brother, such brilliant deduction!
Although, in reality, only the Holy Sword and the Golden Lycoris are here.
“I’m definitely going too!”
Elvin insisted he would go even without a non-slip charm, so I reluctantly made one and gave it to him. So, the four of us—Brother, Elvin, Ian, and I—descended the staircase.
Of course, my hand was firmly holding Brother’s.
As I took a step, the ice creaked with a creek.
Eeeeeek!
Don’t look down, don’t look down!
That’s right. At times like this, I shall feast my eyes on my brother’s beautiful face.
Silver hair woven from moonlight, ice-blue eyes like frozen ice itself. A straight nose bridge, and thin lips that are always curved into a smile in front of me.
As always, he’s so wonderful no matter when I look!
I loved the original Caelus-sama too, but the gentle face he only shows to me, his little sister, his slightly careless and relaxed expressions… there’s no limit to my brother’s beauty in any moment, at any time.
Thank you, God, for letting me be reincarnated into this world!
While I was mesmerized, gazing at my brother’s face as we went down the stairs, we arrived at the cave entrance in no time.
The effect of looking at Brother’s face is amazing.
It even transcends time.
“So this is the cave from Letty’s dream…”
The inside of the cave was cool.
The entrance opened into a slightly wider area, becoming narrower further in.
“I wonder if the Golden Lycoris is further ahead.”
Brother, still facing forward, squeezed my hand tightly.
“This will finally cure your illness, Letty.”
“Yes!”
Brother looked at my face and smiled, beautiful like a blooming flower.
A precious smile from my little brother!
I want to save this moment!
“Shall we go?”
I proceeded with Brother along a path barely wide enough for one person. Behind us, Elvin and the others followed, touching the cave walls curiously as they went.
In adventure stories, the spot Elvin is touching would usually be a hidden door, and only Elvin would get sucked into the wall, but unsurprisingly, nothing like that happened, and we proceeded smoothly.
“I smell flowers.”
A rich fragrance, similar to that of lilies, wafted from ahead.
It’s Lycoris.
Instinctively, Brother and I looked at each other. I could feel the hand he was holding mine with stiffen with tension.
We quickened our pace and moved forward.
And there, we found—
A single sword, enveloped in a dazzling golden light, thrust into the ground.
Surrounding it, numerous Golden Lycoris flowers bloomed radiantly.
(It’s the Holy Sword…)
『I have been waiting.』
The voice of the Holy Sword, which I had been hearing all along, now came from the glowing sword.
(Meeting you like this is the first time, right? Nice to meet you, Holy Sword.)
『Indeed. Well done in coming.』
And so, I had finally come face-to-face with the Holy Sword.
