Roguna! Where are you, Roguna!?

The voice of mother calling Onii-chan sounded almost desperate, resounding inside the village.

Even though 1 hour has passed, no good news came to surface.

Until I calmed down and my bump got better, mother had stayed by my side.

A conservative estimate was that it has already been 2 hours since Onii-chan left the house.

2 hours had passed since the 3 year old boy ran out from the house. furthermore, this is not Japan, it is a place where I couldnt say that the public order is good.

As for me, with a wet rag cloth on my head to compress the bump, I glanced at the adults who were running around in confusion outside the house.

Hes not here! Has anyone searched North!?

Maybe hes left the village!?

Oh no! Theres a rumor about bandits coming out around here ..

The impatience started to grow inside the villagers; their minds began to be filled with negative assumptions.

Mothers face started to grow pale hearing those worst-case-scenarios, until she broke down crying.

Even now, I can feel this itching pain in my stomach. I cover my face with both of my hands to calm myself down a little bit. This had been one of my habits from when I was still a illegal corporates slave .

Some time passed, my sight gradually sank into the darkness, and I feel that the nervousness and my trembling subsided slightly while my dull thoughts become a little clearer.

.. Even though Onii-chan is cruel, I absolutely dont want to lose Onii-chan like this

In the first place, I was the one who was responsible for this ruckus, the one who recklessly took out fathers precious book.

And for me who was being selfish, if I didnt get serious over 3 years old boy, things wouldnt be this way.

..Even after all of that, the heartless me is still standing doing nothing, then I remembered what Onii-chan had said when my head hit the corner of the desk.[1]

Uu Yo , youre the one whos wrong here! Becoming a magician, theres no way you could.

Why doesnt Onii-chan want me to become a magician? Is it because he doesnt like his lilbro becoming better than him? Or maybe he just said it with ill intent?

And then, again, the continuation of Onii-chans words came back inside my mind.

You, do you really wanted to become a magician? That thing, theres no way Tou-chan will allow it.

Why wont father allow me to become a magician?

If thats the case, then what Onii-chan did to me.

I feel like Im in the middle of doing something that cant be undone, my heartbeat became faster and faster

Why did Onii-chan do and say those things to me I must know the reason for it.

In the worst case that theGrimoirewould be lost forever, as long as Onii-chan could be alright

When I arrived at that conclusion, even I was a bit surprised.

But if you asked me, a Grimoireis just a pile of paper if you think about it. To compare it with a living person furthermore, to think that it has the same place with irreplaceable family member, theres no way I can do that.

If just for one book I lost one part of my family that trashy kind of me, can I myself forgive it?

At the same time, even if my strange nature in other words, reincarnation was revealed, I wont mind trading that for Onii-chans safety.

Then, during the next moment, I stood up.

Because I had always moved around by crawling so that others wont suspect me, I needed to keep my hand on the wall for long distance movement. But, for now thats enough.

I opened the wooden entrance door that was already half opened,

Oka -chan!

To my shout, mother who was crying in Marriane-san shoulder, suddenly raised her face.

The gaze of the villagers that I had deceived all this time made me feel really guilty.

But I forcibly brushed away that kind of nervousness and fear and shouted.

Wheres the place Onii-chan usually plays at!?

A baby who usually only said simple words likeMama suddenly speaking coherent sentences would be a certainly weird thing.

But for mother, who was panicking because of Onii-chans matter, without even retorting back, answered my question.

I, I have already searched that place However, I couldnt find him there.

Eh Friends house?

! [2]

At my words, the adults immediately took action.

Once again, search every corner of every house!

Clattering sounds of hurried footsteps ensued, and the villagers began to scatter at once all over the place.

To the two who were wide-eyed in a daze, once again I asked them a question.

Is there any of Otou-sans memorable places located around here?!

To this question, Mother expressed surprise. Her jumpy reaction was really easy to read.

It seems that there are some leads.

When little kids ran away from home, I can guess where the places they were likely to go to. After all if its running from home, the me in my previous life have already done that many times.

For them who were feeling helpless, they wouldnt want to be in an unknown place.

For example, a playground like the park.

And then, they will think about depending on their reliable friends because of their helplessness. Because kids are going to protect their friend without much thought.

If, we still cant find him in those places

Mother got up and started running and I try to follow her.

. But , immediately I fell with akote . I should do more walking practice [3]

But because of that, mothers rushed to my place and held me up in her arm.

Sefi , are you okay ! ?

Yes, of course! Since its outside the village, Sefi, you stay here!

Okay. Hold on tight okay.

Maybe it was because she decided theres no time for explaining to me, or maybe she thought itll be dangerous if she left me here in any case mother quickly accepted my request.

Unexpectedly, Marriane-san, who had been hugging mother a while ago, rushed into her house and came back with something in hand.

It seemed the thing she brought was a copper sword. In her possession, without wavering, she put it on her hips .

There might be bandits around. Its better than nothing right?

Mari thanks.

If we did come across bandits, one bronze sword wont amount to much.

That fact, I believe Marriane-san knew of if very well.

In other word, this act had no other meaning other than asserting thatif youre going to dangerous place, let me go with you.

Marianne-san is mothers friend, I feel rather honored to have her.

Lets go !

With those strong words, mother and Marriane-san started running .

While I am still hanging at mothers neck, I kept my eyes open for the place mother was headed for.

Please, be safe.. Onii-chan .!

[1] (ED: Im lost in thought here o_O)

[3] (PR: like face plant?)