Chapter 26: Don’t use magic anymore!

The school that Xinghe and Yukina attended was called Yōkain Academy, a combined junior and senior high school.

Although Xinghe had started slacking off ever since entering junior high, he had a good foundation. Even with his slacking, he could still maintain a decent, barely acceptable grade average at this elite school.

While he was leisurely coasting through his second year of senior high, Yukina was already shining brightly in the first year.

She excelled not only academically but also in sports, and she was exceptionally beautiful.

As a result, many people at the school knew about the silver-haired beauty named Bai Shen Yukina in the first year, but few were aware that she had an unremarkable older brother attending the same school.

However, being too conspicuous was also a nuisance for Yukina.

People would greet her every day, and love letters in her shoe locker had become a daily occurrence.

Honestly, Yukina was a little envious of her brother. He could live so carefree in this school. Didn’t he have any problems?

Just dealing with all the social interactions exhausted her. If it weren’t to avoid affecting her studies, she truly wanted to turn into a demon, brandish her wooden sword, and chop into pieces all the people who constantly tried to get close to her.

“Yo, Yukina-chan, you’re at school today too?” Seeing Yukina appear at the school gate, the security guard uncle looked surprised.

“Yes, Uncle. We have a match against the school next door in a few days, so we need to practice more this week.”

“That sounds like hard work! Well, I won’t hold you up. Go on in!”

“Thank you, Uncle!”

After the security guard unlocked the school gate’s security access, Yukina stepped forward, ready to enter.

“Alright, brother, let’s go in.”

However, she subconsciously glanced to the side and was shocked to find that her brother’s figure was no longer there.

“Eh?”

Her brother, who wanted to come with her, was gone again.

She was right next to her a moment ago, but she had vanished the moment Yukina took out her student ID.

Yukina quickly scanned her surroundings and finally spotted that familiar, small figure in front of a snack stall across the street.

– “I want this one, this one, and this one… Oh, and add extra cilantro!”

– “Sure thing, little girl, that’ll be twenty-five yuan total.”

Just as Charlotte was taking a banknote from her pocket to hand to the vendor, a large hand suddenly reached out from the side and firmly grabbed her wrist.

The person who grabbed her was Yukina.

Her face wore a chilling smile, as if she could swallow Charlotte whole.

“Twenty-five yuan? I’ll pay!”

Yukina took out her phone, scanned the vendor’s QR code, and after making the payment, she grabbed Charlotte without a word and pulled her into the school. She then dragged her to a small, secluded corner where no one would frequent and firmly pinned Charlotte against the wall. The banknote Charlotte had been holding was torn to shreds by Yukina on the spot.

“Brother, can you stop using your magic-conjured fake money to scam people? How many times is this now?” Yukina loudly complained.

Ever since they left home, if Yukina wasn’t careful, this little Charlotte would run to all sorts of snack shops and start impulse shopping.

Of course, how she spent her money was none of Yukina’s business, provided Charlotte used normal, legitimate payment methods.

Charlotte, who had been marinated by the other world for a full fifteen years, clearly did not meet that condition.

With a simple wave of her hand, she had conjured a banknote and tried to give it to the vendor to get something for nothing.

If Yukina hadn’t noticed in time, the poor vendor would probably have been left with nothing.

“Relax, Yukina. The banknotes your big brother conjures are the real deal! Even a counterfeit detector wouldn’t find anything wrong with them! They can be used as real currency!” Despite Yukina’s complaints, Charlotte looked like she hadn’t realized her mistake.

“Didn’t you consider the possibility of the serial numbers being the same?”

If she let her brother casually use magical banknotes, it wouldn’t be long before the country’s currency suffered hyperinflation.

“In short, this is no longer your other world, brother. If you live here, you must follow the rules here. Don’t just pull out a magically printed banknote and cause trouble! Do you hear me, brother?”

Charlotte, taking a bite of her crêpe, nodded obediently.

“Alright, I get it!”

“Also, don’t run off to other places without saying a word, brother! If you accidentally cause trouble, it’ll be hard for me to deal with!”

“Don’t worry, Yukina. If I really cause trouble that’s too hard to handle, your big brother will just use memory magic to erase everyone’s memories.” Charlotte seemed very confident in her ability to erase others’ memories.

“Don’t just use magic at the drop of a hat! Are you a woman who can’t live without magic?”

Yukina was starting to regret bringing Charlotte to school. She felt she was drifting further and further away from her ideal of a normal daily life.

“Fine, fine, I promise I won’t use any magic inside the school. Is that acceptable?”

“Don’t use magic casually outside either! Besides, you have a phone, brother! Why can’t you just use your phone to pay like the rest of us?”

“Phone? Oh, I almost forgot about that thing.”

Charlotte lightly snapped her fingers, and a phone dropped into her hand.

“Hey! Didn’t you just say you wouldn’t use magic inside the school! Why are you conjuring a phone now?”

“No, this is actually the phone I used before! I just transferred it from the clothes of that body.”

“…” Yukina frowned. “What did you say, brother?”

“Hmm? I said this is the phone I was using before I reincarnated! It should still have Yukina’s phone number on it. If you can’t find me, you can call me directly!”

“Wait, what if you accidentally answer a call from someone else? Wouldn’t that be a disaster? People would immediately find out that you, my brother, have turned into a little sister.”

“And what if they do find out?”

“It will cause me trouble! I don’t want people to know that my brother reincarnated as a witch and came back! It’s embarrassing to talk about!”

“Hmm? Is your brother reincarnating as the strongest witch funny?”

“Is it not funny? You were a 175cm tall boy yesterday, and now you’ve turned into a 15-year-old little girl who is only 144cm tall with a chest smaller than a middle school student.”

“Yukina, stop talking! If you keep talking about this, I’ll never grow up!”