“—Who am I, if not Cecily Travasta?”

“Enough with the pretenses.”

Eivind’s smile didn’t reach his eyes.

Should I have hidden it better?

Liberation after eight hundred years of confinement… Apparently, I got carried away.

It was very, very fun.

While in reality it had only been two days, those two days were well spent. Compared to 800 years of living in seclusion, those two days were sparkling.

Thus at the time I had accepted it might had been for the last and unleashed a mighty spell.

But apparently, life wasn’t done with [Nora Noz] just yet.

I opened my eyes…

…and kissed his cheek.

A sweet revenge for this adorable genius.

After all, didn’t he make a pass on me in the infirmary?

“The Withered Grass Lady has been possessed by the Peerless Witch from 800 years ago. What is the ‘sage of the current era’ going to do about it?”

“Huh…?”

Eivind’s eyes widened.

When I saw that, I thought to myself.

Ah, this boy looks just like a cat.

In my previous life, I did take care of a cat for a little bit, and I really did my best, yet before I knew it, it had disappeared.

…It wasn’t until much later that I learned cats had the habit of vanishing when they were about to die.

If I could, I wanted to disappear like a cat.

“Let me guess, there’s nothing you can do about it. So why don’t we pretend that this never happened?”

After saying that, I clapped my hands. A teleportation circle appeared beneath Eivind’s feet, the one I recalled seeing in his laboratory. I’d become able to do this much with Cecily’s magic. Surely, I’d be able to enjoy my student life even more from tomorrow onwards.

As the magic circle grew brighter, Eivind seemed flustered.

I just smiled as he was sent off.

“Then, I look forward to working with you as your classmate starting tomorrow.”

—The next morning.

“Cecily! Where’s my breakfast!?”

“Didn’t we already argue about that yesterday? Just give up, Older Sister. Let’s eat in the cafeteria.”

As a matter of course, I wouldn’t take care of Neria.

“Cecily! It’s time you setup a tea party for me and Lord Eivind!”

“Well, I can try to invite him, but I don’t know if he will come?”

Neria waited and waited in the gazebo until the sun went down.

“Cecily! You do know that I have exam tomorrow, right!?”

“How am I supposed to know that?”

When I asked Cecily, I learned that Neria apparently took advantage of the fact the exams were taken in different classes to switch place with Cecily. Naturally, Neria would do Cecily’s. However, she wasn’t above abstaining if she deemed it too troublesome.

—Of course, if it was me, I’d just write Cecily’s name on the exam sheets.

However.

Alright, do your best!

[Eh!?]

If I take the exam, it’ll be the same as your sister, right?

There was no need to talk during the exam either. Thus, I traded places with Cecily. She was nervous at first, but once she started writing, she never stopped until the end.

Apparently, Cecily had impeccable academic ability.

I was truly looking forward to the future. During the exam, I decided to take a nap for the first time in a while.

—Then, at a later date.

Two students were found to have written their names as ‘Cecily Travasta.’ Thus, the teacher summoned Cecily and Neria who didn’t have an answer sheet.

I didn’t want Cecily, who had taken the exam, to get in trouble, so I suggested that the two of us retake the exams. As a result, Cecily got a near-perfect score while Neria was left in tatters. From then on, a lot of supplementary lessons would be waiting for Neria after school.

“Cecily! Attend the supplementary lesson in my stead!”

“There’s no way I’d do that.”

“You dare defy me!?”

Neria truly didn’t seem to understand that things had changed, so I finally responded to her.

“You know, I can just talk to the teacher about all the ghostwriting I’ve done for you this whole time?”

“Huh!?”

“Afterwards, I’m sure our parents will be summoned. Do you think you will get away with it? What about your previous scores? There’s no deceiving that, so you’ll probably end up expelled. Oh no, I wonder how Papa will react… Considering how much he pampers you, Papa might cry? Or maybe… get angry instead?”

When Neria looked up at me, she was the most serious I’d ever seen her.

“You, are you trying to get back at me…?”

“I sure hope it won’t come to that, Older Sister. So let’s continue to do our best independently from now on♡”

“No… Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo—!”

“Good luck with your supplementary lessons.” I waved her off and then spoke to Cecily.

Don’t you regret that you had to help that idiot?

In response to my blunt question, I heard Cecily’s cheerful voice for the first time.

[Truthfully, I harbor no fondness for her; nevertheless, I do not wish for her demise.]

Hmm… Can you stop being so formal, please?

[My apologies… Ah.]

The relationship between these siblings may be more complicated than studying magic.

Apparently, the day where I could solve that complicated problem was still far off.

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***T/N: Whachu gonna do bout it boi

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