I was reborn and became a weak magician

Chapter 5: The world is cruel but not unforgiving

My birthday came about and I thought nothing of it, Yua and I have been traveling on foot for 3 days or so, we haven't run into any monsters and I think it's due to the concentration of mana we hold in our bodies. It would do us some good to blow of some steam on some low tier monsters, but Yua  hasn't even looked at me since we left our village, it would be nice if she could blows off some steam as I'm starting to get more worried. She had such a devastated look in her eyes that even I had trouble approaching her, so to get her back on track I want to get her blood pumping give her her will back. I discard half of my mana supply and set off of the path we were following, as the beast that destroyed our home had left a path of c*****e. I only went far enough to where the sense of my sisters mana was barely detectable, and I saw a group of orcs eating away at what looked like a boar. I'll throw a rock and taunt them a bit, I need to grab their attention. Low and behold with no time wasted they got angry and gave chase, I ran towards my sisters direction and as planned the orcs still followed me. I knew I wasn't in any danger as these orcs aura wasn't even close to threatening, and before I knew it my sister came into view. I didn't just want to lead them to her I want her to think I'm in danger so I'll veer off her direction a little and call for help.

"HEEEELP, YUA!!!!!!!"

Her aura kept moving in the direction of the beast, she had no plan on saving me it seems like. My sister was so traumatized she couldn't even come save her brother, I'm not mad at her. I'm devastated too.

*sigh*

I create two earth walls and crush the orcs, fire would've been more practical but I'm not looking to burn the forest we are in down. As I run back to my sister I accidentally cut my right arms sleeve on a tree branch, it also cut my skin a bit much but I can treat it after I get on track with my sister. I decided to stand in front of her and talk to her, I wanted her to be strong to regain her senses. So I'll pour my heart out.

"Yua... I know what we saw was frightening, I was destroyed by it too, but we can't just aimlessly wander around. We need to eat, we need to sleep, we need to help each other. I know you know I'm strong but your stronger, your my sister the only family I have left. If you continue a path of no return I have no where to go, no one to turn to. If anything happens to you what can I do? I learnt magic and taught you but you mastered it faster than I, showing that you are the only person I can look up to. If I can't protect you and you aren't there to protect me, doesn't that mean our parents died in vain."

Her eyes regained their colour and tears started pouring out, she may be stronger than me physically but mentally, She's soft. I want to be her anchor for our future I want to protect her even if I'm younger she is the only family I have left. Her tears started flowing, she asked me what happened to my arm. Referring to the cut in my clothes and skin, I shrugged it off and told her I was careless, she clung to me giving me a hug filled with so much love I was close to crying myself. I hugged her back and we fell to the ground, I'll let her have her moment... Ten or so minutes later around midday now heading to the afternoon, she performs magic even I didn't know how to use, the soft green light was soothing and warm, it repaired not only my skin but my shirt too. After that she said to me something that was reassuring.

She said " Koko, I'm sorry I lost sight of everything. I also lost you in that process. But seeing that you found me and are doing your best it's not right for me as the older sister to be selfishly clinging to revenge that won't benefit us, your hungry your tired, I haven't taken care of you since our parents died and I hate myself for it. From now on I'll be an older sister who will protect my last family. You are my only family and Koko I will not let you live a life of sadness and sorrow, if not for you I would've been lost in a dark place were no light shines, but you showed my darkness that light exists. Please forgive me, I've been very childish and left you alone. I am so-so sorry."

After this heart to heart my sister took out the dagger she had from her belt still with tears pouring and said "happy birthday Koko," with a smile that brought me to tears as this was my first birthday that has had this much meaning in my life, and I will treasure it, with every bone in my body I will treasure it.

I was reborn into a new world with my old memories, I've tested myself countless times in the past and even now. I have limits that I couldn't realise on my own but having someone this important in my life will play a big role for years to come. I want to see myself as strong, but there will always be someone stronger... but for my sister, with her strength she will have no one to rival her.

My sister and I agreed to find a town or village, somewhere we can rest or even call a temporary home, but for starters we needed to hunt and camp. The knife she gave me was helpful but my close quarter combat needs a lot of work, I'll ask Yua to teach me after we find a place to stay. My sister wanted to make some kind of a bag from the leather so our movement isn't hindered too much, I join her hunt to find a boar or some wild animal with a thick leather. And after we found one my sister displayed the most elegant use of a swordsmanship I've ever seen. The sword she was using had no sharp edges but has a very sharp point, like a fencing sword but a lot tougher not flexible but still skinny. It looked like a whole new fighting style completely compared to what I know, the handle looked Presteigne with shiny jewels that would only be bought by the rich.

"What fighting style is that?"

I say, as I am full of curiosity. her reply was "it's mom's fighting style, force and speed paired with light footing for max combat performance. It's mostly used to fight people as most people would think that the blade is flexible, but it's just as affective on any enemy."

Our mom and dad had fighting classes and self defence classes before I was born as one child was very manageable for them at the time, Yua was allowed to watch the lessons as they happened. Along with her fast learning she would've learnt a good amount of fighting techniques, our parents were amazing. They both excelled at combat so I'm not surprised Yua is so well versed in fighting, not only that but she can use magic too, it won't be long before she becomes a sword mage. I'll work harder, I may be younger but we have the same parents and the same blood, and I refuse to get in the way of my sister. Rather I want to help her, i had no meaning to life until this point and now I've got one. It is to help my sister get the rightful revenge she wants, I can be satisfied with that.

After we had spent a month in the forest our mana reserve was nearly depleted, meaning we had fought many monsters along the way. We had no idea where we were heading or if it even lead us to a place, but we were tired from fighting. Our mana was low meaning more monsters were willing to attack us, we couldn't rest properly as we'd get attacked often. I was still young and my body can't handle long distances, so naturally I got tired quick, my balance was off and before I knew it I was out. If anything happened now I'd be so useless. My body was tired but my senses never rested, a lot happened in my sleep that I'm not quite sure of what exactly happened, but I know my sister is continuing to find a place for us while I'm resting.