Chapter 13In the end there wasnât enough time that day to start making a ăWater Heateră, Jin and Beana finished their lunch, and like yesterday, they opened the stall.
ăSomehow it feels like thereâs more people than yesterdayă
The crowd had increased compared to yesterday. The two of them immediately began preparations.
ăOhh, weâve been waitingă
ăQuickly make someă
ăOkay, please wait~ă
Beana began to make popcorn while Jin arranged the magic tools for display. There Reiko joined. Jin upon seeing Reikoâs figure,
ăOh, Reiko. Already finished?ă
ăYes. The purchase of barley, wheat, and pepper is doneă
They whispered to each other so the noisy customers didnât hear it.
ăAlright, then come help me out hereă
ăUnderstoodă
And so Reiko joined as a salesperson too.
ăAra, what a cute child. Is she your little sister?ă
One of the customers said. Jin and Reiko, both had black hair so they appeared to be brother and sister.
ăNo, IâŠă
am his daughter, was what Jin interrupted Reiko from saying,
ăThatâs right. She came to helpă
ăHeeh, what a good girl. Ah, please give me one of these lighters please. The one I bought and took home yesterday was taken by my mother-in-law as she said âthis is greatâă
ăOkay, thank you for your patronageă
Handing over the lighter, Jin received the money. Reiko seemed displeased. However Jin whispered,
ăReiko, weâll only pretend youâre my sister here. We donât want our problems increasingă
ăI understand⊠Onii-samaă
Like that, the popcorn and lighter were sold out this day like the day before.
ăWe sold out today tooă
ăAah, thatâs greată
While they had their conversation and heading towards Beanaâs home, a group of people ahead intercepted them.
ăHehehe, you seem to be making quite the profit recently, huh?ă
ăYou should share a little bit of that profit with usă
There were four bad looking men. All four carried a sword on their waist.
Jin was amazed, but without minding Jin the men reached their hands towards the pouch hanging on Beanaâs waist.
ăWhat do you think youâre doing! This is todayâs sales!ă
Beana slapped away his hand.
ăLiiiike I said, share a little with usă
ăDonât joke with me! Why do I have to share with you!ă
There was the same stubborn Beana as always. Jin,
ăWhat youâre saying sounds like a thief, you do know that right?ă
He enquired. Then one of them,
ăWhat about it!ă
Saying that, he attacked while aiming at Jin.
However, the next moment, that man was in the air. And like that,
ăHeguu!ă
He made a weird scream as he was slammed to the ground, then there was silence.
ăWhat were you trying to do to Father?ă
Of course that was Reikoâs doing. The remaining three men couldnât believe that Reiko who seemed only about 10 years old had done that,
ăWhat the hell did you do just now?ă
ăDid she use magic?ă
They began to shout. Jin towards those guys,
ăItâs best you take that person and go backă
He said, but the men didnât listen to that warning.
ăAre you screwing with me? Are you blind that you donât understand?ă
As he said that, one of the men drew their sword from their waist.
ăLetâs give you a little bit of paină
Saying that he slashed at Jin. However, that sword did not reach Jin.
ăDonât say things you canât doă
Saying that from behind him, Reiko snatched the sword from him instantly.
ăWha-What!?ă
ăSuch a blunt sword, thereâs no way itâs usefulă
Saying that, Reiko showed in front of the ma
nâs eyes, her bending the blade.
 ăA-Are you a monster!?ă
The remaining two driven by fear, drew their sword and recklessly began to swing.
ăThatâs dangerousă
However in a blink of an eye Reiko had taken those swords, crumpling them into a ball in her hand this time.
ăU-UWAAAAAA!ă
Seeing that, the men ran away disregarding the unconscious one.
ăCowardsă
After saying that, Reiko caught up to the three, giving one a blow in the solar plexus. Another one, a chop to the back of the neck. And the last one was hurled away, fainting.
ăFather, Iâm doneă
ăAah, good workă
The two conversed that way as if it was natural, Beana,
ăReiko is too amazing. Like this my ăRod of Paralysisă isnât useful at allă
She sighed with a complaint.
ăSo, what should we do with these guys?ă
The four were splendidly sprawled out on the ground.
ăLetâs see, tie them up and hand them over to the guardsă
ăGot ită
Jin reformed the swords the men carried with ăăFormingăă into a wire, tying up the men.
ăThatâs an interesting way to use ită
ăFormingă is a Craft Magic, Beana can use it too so she imitated reforming the sword into wire, tying up the last one.
ăNow then, first weâll put away our things then go hand over these guysă
ăOkayă
They fastened the unconscious men just in case. And so the three returned to Beanaâs house to put away their things.
ăWell then, shall we go hand over these guys?ă
ăYeah, although itâs bothersomeă
The three of them then returned, the four were still unconscious.
ăWhat shall we do?ă
ăFather, Iâll go drag themă
Just like she said, Reiko dragged the four, still unconscious, to the soldier guardroom. Against the stone, their trousers seemed to fray. That was something Jin and the others didnât care about.
ăWhy canât you make it! Incompetent!ă
The jeer resounded in the mansion.
ăYoung Master, the finest corn, the finest oil, the finest salt were used howeverâŠă
ăWhatâs the finest! This is burnt and isnât the least bit swelled is it! Like I could eat this!ă
The plate with the burnt corn was thrown away.
ăWhat could the problem be? It seemed so simple to make thoughâŠă