A year went by with me doing nothing but study this world's language, at first I thought it'd be easy but I never realized how long it took to learn it.

Apparently my brother was 5 when he actually learned to speak...pathetic

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It was my second birthday and, similar to the first, my parents once again shamelessly held it in the royal castle.

With the same royal atmosphere in the giant hall filled with ornaments only nobles could possibly own, I sat on the high chair that my father had prepared specially for me, but the party didn't matter, since there was only one thing on my mind

"Lydia"

"Yes father?"

"Is there anythi-

"Magic books"

"Wha-

"Magic books"

"I heard what you said but-

"Magic books"

"It's only your second birthday, are you sure you'd have any use for-

"Magic books"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Magic books"

Lydia's character in the game was the cliché spoiled character who was always pampered by her doting family, so I learned to use that fact for my own benefit.

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I was planning on using the book the very next day, but apparently my disgusting brother's teacher in magic had also arrived today

"You can't use magic"(Teacher)

"Wha- no- there's no way..."(Brother)

Thinking about it, this scene did happen in the game as a flashback, wait, crap I forgot, I had an important role in this! Well it was Lydia, but technically...

As I was thinking about what to do, my brother suddenly started running back to his room, if I remember correctly, I'd become his only mental support and that was when he'd start becoming my slave

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My name is Lars Arima

I've yet to have a middle name as only nobles with achievements are granted one

I was confident that I'd have one in the future as my family has done so for years, that is, until...

"You can't use magic"

That simple sentence, nonchalantly said by the teacher sent by my mother, felt greater even than the humiliation I received on my little sister's first birthday

I couldn't accept it

There was no way I can, my entire future was set on it, my dream, my goal...

I ran, as fast as I could

Even when I stumbled and fell I just kept on running

I went inside my room and locked the door, I dropped on the floor and cried till I lost consciousness

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"Hm?"

I woke up feeling the cold, hard surface of the floor with marks of my tears that have already dried, a couple of hours must have passed since then

I stood up, even with the thought still corroding my mind, I decided to wander around aimlessly to atleast try and distract myself from the reality I can never face

Without realizing it, I have already reached the garden, I hadn't even noticed how it was already nighttime, but what surprised me wasn't the beaut of the giant moon in the sky, but my little sister sitting at the bench beneath it

"Brother"

"!?"

I forgot how she could already talk fluently despite her age, remembering how it took me four years, I just felt more dejected

"Are you alright?"

"..."

To be honest, there's no way I'm alright, but I still wanted to play my role as a brother

"I'm fi-

"It's okay to complain, that teacher bullied you right?"

"No, she didn't actually bullied me..."

"Then why is brother crying?"

"Well... it's just that..."

"Hm?"

Her bright yellow eyes filled with innocence pierced through me like an arrow, I never realized I was crying yhe entire time

"There's no need to worry about what the bad teacher said, being able to cast magic isn't everything"

Wait

"Little sis is here for big brother"

Cast magic?

"So there's no need to worry"

That's it!

"Fwah!??"

I clenched my little sister's hand as my pain slowly turns into determination

I hugged her as tightly as I could, I was grateful, if she hadn't said that I would not have ever thought of it

The only actual teacher that could teach me is myself, why focus on casting magic when there are...alternatives?

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What the hell just happened?

I was pretty sure something different happened in the game...

My disgusting brother suddenly grabbed my small hands and hugged me as tight as he could

Disgusting! Foul! Staawaystayawaystayawaystayawaystayawaypigboarcrapdon'tevergetnearme

My head was filled with nothing but disgust as he slowly let go of me

As disgusting as it was, I guess this is similar to what happened in the game

But what's with the weird glint in his eyes? And why does this pig look seriously determined? It's probably my imagination...

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(Author note- Magic books

-tried making it longer, and sorry if there are parts which seem confusing, hard to portray

-fast paced? Kinda hard to write long ones on phone so...yeah

-magic books

-magic books)