Magical Journey: The Other Shore Blooms on the Other Shore

Chapter 170 The City of Freedom, Kunozchi 2

"Teacher Shira is really something. She said it was a very important task, and then just casually entrusted it to someone else." Saya walked along the path in Kunoz, carrying a box that looked like it contained an urn.

As a member of the Magical Unification Association, she had to work, and her superior was her teacher, the Dark Witch Sheila. Her witch status was granted by Sheila.

Perhaps it was fate, but Sheila and Elaina's teacher Fran came from the same school (their witch teacher was actually Elaina's mother, Victorique). So, rounding up, didn't that mean that she and Elaina also came from the same school?

My journey to the City of Liberty is at Sheila's request: to escort this "urn" to the port of Kunoz and send it to the island nation there. It is said to contain something very important, and it must be delivered safely. And she repeatedly warned me, under no circumstances, to open it.

Ugh... Is it really okay to entrust such an important task to a newcomer who hasn't even been a member of the association for many years?

This caused me to experience a surge in stress.

Despite her complaints, Saya still took on the task without hesitation, because her teacher would never consider whether she wanted to do it or not and would choose to hand it over to someone else.

Ultimately, she's the only witch among the staff she can currently allocate to her teacher's department.

Even within the Magical Union Association, witches aren't everywhere... In fact, there's another witch under Sheila's department, whom Saya is going to meet on this trip—her younger sister Mina, who became a witch a year earlier than her and is also a disciple of Sheila.

Mina was ordered to infiltrate Kunoz's criminal gang as an undercover agent, and it had been several years since she had seen Saya.

Another reason Sheila arranged this mission for Kunoz was to allow Saya to meet her sister.

Before arriving in Kunoz, Saya changed into casual clothes, looking nothing like a magician. Completely opposite to Elena's style, she adhered to the principle of avoiding trouble altogether.

"As long as it's delivered to the port, as long as it's delivered to the port..." Saya murmured to herself.

Too nervous to notice, she didn't see a person rush out of the shadows at the alley entrance and immediately cover her mouth and nose.

As a formal witch, Saya naturally wanted to take out her wand to fight back.

"Sister, it's me." Saya saw a girl with black hair who looked somewhat like her.

Mina...you scared me to death! Couldn't you have at least said hello properly?

After the two reached the shadowy corner at the alley entrance, Mina let go of his hand.

"Mina, can't you just say hello properly?" Saya complained, feeling a little breathless from being covered up.

“With my sister’s poor awareness of self-defense, she would be in big trouble if the person who attacked her wasn’t me,” Mina criticized. “The association said that a specialist would be escorting something over and asked me to cooperate. I had thought it might be my sister, but I didn’t expect it to be true.”

“Teacher Shira probably wanted to give you a surprise,” Saya said.

“Kunoz isn’t very peaceful right now. The guys from the Antique Shop are always causing trouble. It’s easy for you to be spotted if you’re acting so furtively,” Mina continued. “It’s obvious you don’t have much experience escorting things. This item is very likely from the Antique Shop, and you’re just walking around carrying it like that.”

It felt like I was back a few years ago, with Mina rambling on and on.

In short, when will I finally feel at ease with my sister who never seems to grow up?

Mina always seems a little more mature than Saya, which is probably why she, despite being the younger sister, gained Sheila's approval and became a witch earlier than Saya.

Just as Mina was about to say something more...

Suddenly an unidentified object fell from the sky.

It hit Saya directly on the head.

Wow—throwing objects from high-rise buildings—that's outrageous!

The unidentified object suddenly exploded above Saya's head, sending up a huge cloud of dust.

"Sister—" Mina immediately reacted and helped disperse the dust. She felt a little guilty. She had been very vigilant before, but now she was so busy talking to her sister that she didn't realize what was happening.

I should have realized it sooner; those people from the Antique Hall had already set their sights on my sister.

Mina looked around but found no signs of an enemy attack—what were they up to? Were they releasing a smoke bomb to launch an attack, but then hesitated to act when they saw two witches here?

But since neither Mina nor Saya are wearing witch brooches, how do they know there are two witches here?

However, their actions did indeed save them; if things had really gotten out of hand, the two witches would have been able to turn the entire Kunoz upside down.

However, if things go too far, it could easily disrupt national order, and both she and Saya would have to go to jail.

"Sister, are you alright?" Mina asked worriedly.

Saya's drowsy, half-asleep state was clearly not right.

I just confirmed that the dust is non-toxic. Could it have a drowsy effect?

"Sister? Are you calling me? Who are you?" Saya mumbled, "I vaguely remember having a younger sister. But a black-haired girl doesn't look like my sister at all."

Wow—my sister, what's wrong with you?

Don't you remember the lovely Mina?

Damn Antique Shop, I'll make sure your blood is spilled!

"Where are Elena and Qin?" Saya asked groggily. "And where am I?"

Mina didn't hear Saya's words at all. In her mind, she had already written down a dozen plans on how to cause a huge disturbance and overthrow the antique shop, tear down their signboard and rename it "Dotoko".

"Huh? What's this?" Saya asked, looking at the urn in her hand.

Driven by curiosity, she slowly opened the box, and a large cloud of pink smoke billowed out.

"Ah, sister, why are you opening this?" Mina exclaimed.

But it was too late. The pink smoke enveloped the area before quickly dissipating. Mina, who had been furious, immediately fell silent.

Then the gaze directed at "Saya" was filled with something wrong, something wrong in every sense of the word.

Even with her mind completely blank, Emnessia, who possessed Saya's body, could tell that something was wrong with Mina, and took a few steps back in fear: "W-what...what do you want to do?"

“daisiki, (づ￣3￣)づ╭?～, sister…” Mina’s eyes seemed to be filled with a fierce tiger, which pounced over.

"(⊙﹏⊙) Ahhh, women shouldn't touch each other—no, I'm not your sister. No, even if I were your sister, this is still wrong. Help!" Emnicia pulled out her wand and then smashed it into Mina's head like a knight's sword.

Waaah, what on earth is going on?

Elena.

Qin.

Help me... Anyone, please come and save me.

Emnesia, who was almost assaulted, dodged and weaved, but Mina, who had already lost her mind due to the influence of the unknown pink dust, kept bumping into walls (in a physical sense, hitting her face against the wall) as Emnesia nimbly dodged, and soon fell into a coma.

After calming down physically in Mui Ne.

"I'm so sorry, so sorry, so sorry." Emnicia bowed several times to Mina, who was already fast asleep.