Chapter 24: Emily’s bullies
It couldn't be helped, Alex was now a core mage who was just two hundred exp points from becoming a mage at the Expert rank; how was he supposed to be thrilled by something that he was faster than?
Anyways, he was happy that his sister was shaving fun so he had no complaints and willingly went on any rides that Emily picked.
The price for tickets was very cheap so they were able to afford dozens of them for just twenty Zen.
"Where do you want to go next?" Alex asked while looking into the crowd but turned to look at Emily when he didn't get any response. He discovered that his sister was staring at some kids who were holding giant cotton candies with full focus and drooling on the corner of her mouth. She looked like she was about to go and snatch the sweets from the kids.
"Emily?" Alex called out again while gently shaking Emily's hand, forcefully pulling the girl from her trance.
"Ehh? W-what happened?" Emily realized what she had done and quickly looked away with a red face.
Alex smiled at her reaction, he found it cute.
"Do you want some candy?" Alex asked and Emily slowly shook her head without looking at him.
This made Alex's smile widen. His sister was only fifteen years old but she was already sensible, she must think that they couldn't afford other expenses so she pretended that she didn't want any candy.
" Silly girl, wait here; I'll go get us some sweets." Alex rubbed her head gently so as not to mess up her look, he did this before walking toward the candy store.
Emily was stunned by her brother's words and wanted to stop him, thinking that he was forcing himself to buy sweets for her but before she could even speak out, Alex was already gone from her sight and she couldn't find him in the crowd of people.