The champions of the first Spring Sakura Shuriken-Throwing Contest were the "Erza & Cana" team. Aibo and Levy only received the reward for placing in the top ten.
After all, the contest tested control and accuracy with thrown weapons. In that regard, probably no one could rival Erza.
Yet Cana, despite winning the competition, did not feel particularly happy.
Ever since that day, she had been somewhat downcast. Levy's unusual behavior had suddenly made her realize something she had never cared about before...
If Aibo found a girl he liked in the future and she gained a "younger sister-in-law," should she offer him her blessings?
That was only natural, wasn't it? Her little brother had found happiness, so as his older sister, she should congratulate him. And if that "younger sister-in-law" was Levy, that would be a good thing too—keeping it in the family...
—That was how she should have thought. That was the correct way to think, but... what was this lingering bitterness in her chest?
Why was it that when she imagined Aibo having an even closer lover, the emotion that arose in her heart was neither relief nor happiness, but... jealousy?
This was wrong, wasn't it?
It should not be like this...
I'm clearly not such a mean-hearted woman. I'm supposed to be a good older sister, so why...
I'm so unwilling to accept this.
Cana had always known that Aibo was different from that bastard father, Gildarts.
Aibo was a very responsible child. He did not like endless adventures; he only liked staying with his family.
But "family"... could there also be differences in closeness?
Aibo would grow up someday. He would marry another woman and have a new family of his own. When that time came, would he still be close to his older sister?