𖣔 My Sister the Heroine, and I the Villainess 𖣔

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My Sister the Heroine, and I the Villainess – Chapter 22

Translator: Jawbrie

Surfania Calibrachoa.
She was the third daughter of Marquis Calibrachoa, and while it may sound like sarcasm coming from such a genius as I, she was rather intelligent for a nine-year-old.

She had enchanting chestnut colored hair and mahogany eyes that suggested much coldness. She was one of the very few people that I could show my true self to, and she was also my best friend.

“Well, I’ve given my opinion now. May I return to my book? I hate being interrupted while reading almost as much as I hate speaking with my older sisters.”

“Of course you may not. You must listen to what I say.”

Those were incredibly icy words, but I was not such a weak person that I could be shot down by that alone.

First, I confiscated the book from Surfania, who was already starting to flip the pages when she pretended to ask for my permission.

“Hey, wait.”

Her hands stretched out in an attempt to retrieve the book, but Surfania was quite small for her age.

She was nearly the same height as Mishuli who was seven years old. On the other hand, I had grown tall and healthy.

Once the book was raised high above my head, there was no chance of her ever reaching it.

“Give it back. You better give it back!”

Surfania was on her toes and reaching out desperately, but it was all a wasted effort for her. I had no intention of returning it.

In the first place, it was unfathomably rude to try to read when someone was trying to have a conversation right in front of you.
I looked up at the book I was holding and skimmed through it with a sigh.

“I can’t believe you are still reading these popular entertainment novels.”

I only needed to read a few lines to tell that it was an adventure story.
I read books for the purpose of increasing my own knowledge, but the books that Surania preferred were different.

She had an obsession with reading the kinds of adventure novels that were popular on the filthy streets.
It was a complete waste of time and intellect.

I sighed at the wastefulness of it all, but Surfania glared at me in return.

“What! What is wrong with reading adventure novels? I won’t forgive you for slandering these books. They are entertaining!”

“Of course it is wrong. You will only become stupid if you keep reading these.”

“No, I won’t. It won’t matter how many adventure novels I read, there is no possibility of me becoming a bigger idiot than you!”

“Ho ho?”

Surfania gave me a most unfitting label as she started to hop around. By the way, Surfania was a bit of a shut-in and her athletic abilities were unfortunate at best.

No amount of hopping about would give her the height needed to reach the book.

“If anything, you are living proof that no amount of educational texts will make a person truly wise. And yet that living proof is trying to mock adventure novels? That is something only an idiot would do. Chris, you really are an idiot after all!”