Vol 1 Chapter 23 (1/2)

Chapter 2, Part 3

“Nii-sama”

When he opened his eyes the next , his sister’s face was so close to him that their breath touched—the same situation as the previous one

And it should also be said that the iron ha into his pillow in the same fashi+on

“Good ”

“…You,” Tohruat?”

“You say ‘what a at’, but…”

Akari tilted her head

The hammer remained sunk into Tohru’s pillow

“It’s the same as yesterday I’m here to wake you up”

“That’s why I’d like to hear why you’re using the same method as yesterday”

“Because this is the same situation as yesterday”

“…”

Tohru was at a loss for words

Sure, thanks to Chaika they had obtained breakfast for yesterday—well, it was basically lunch But when you thought about it that was only for one day, and since he wasn’t working they were still penniless Or rather, what little day-to-day incohborhood had all gone to last night’s dinner

For you see, they had both used “Iron-Blood Transformation” So for not only lunch but also dinner, they ate many times more than a normal human would

As a result, the inally been intended to last thele dinner

So basically, the situation was indeed the sa’s

“…I haven’t even recovered from my wound yet”

“But you can still do simple jobs, can you not?”

“I thought I told you, I’ a habit,” Tohru said with so all you can do either Find souy and marry him already If you learn how to fake a sht And even if you still haven’t had sex, you’ve learned a few techniques—”

“But if the man I married didn’t do any work either, wouldn’t it eventually end up the same way?”

“Well, sure, I guess”

Tohru didn’t like to brag, but there weren’t many men like him The postwar period was a “period of chaos”, so to speak, and though everyone was still getting by it was an era of desperation People like Tohru who said things like “If I work, I lose” in this era would have to be either very eccentric or very stupid

Basically, it would be like saying “Well, it’s okay if I die”

“In any case…”

Akari began

“I’m almost at my limit”

“Limit?”

“The limit of my patience”

She said

In the next instant—

Tohru leapt from the bed

Akari had thrust her hand forith vicious speed

She wasn’t playing around this tiht hand would h his stomach and out his back

“—Akari!?”

When he had jumped, Tohru had kicked off of the ith an unnecessary a and landed on the floor It was a pretty run-down house, so that caused a chorus of creaking and groaning, as if it protesting being treated so cruelly

“I think I said it already”

As she said it, Akari raised up

“If Nii-sama refuses to work, then I’d rather he be stuffed”

“…Seriously?”

Tohru groaned

Akari took out her ha it around like yesterday, she pointed it straight at hiless bluff She was intending to kill

Well, I guess she has a point, Tohru thought despairingly

As she had said, she had reached the point where her patience had run out Naturally—after enduring day after day of hi with no future prospects to speak of–rather than having to call that kind of existence “family”, it wouldn’t be out of the real it once and for all and starting afresh would be a better option

The war had ended, and not much time had elapsed since then

A huisters for the residents of the toere not kept up, ees They had no clue here It was for this reason that Tohru and Akari were able to blend in with the commoners so innocently

At any rate—

“!”

Without warning, Akari’s ha towards him

Tohru avoided it—just barely The attack grazed his head as it passed hih a wall that had already looked like it was on its last legs

Rolling to the floor, he grabbed the belt with his swords that was lying on the bed and ju a second attack When their eyes met each other once inal position

There existed a sword-drawing technique called iai where one sheathed their sword after cutting down their opponent, and this was

If its user was tired, a hath A haed weapon in that a when a ha, it had no destructive force So in order to use consecutive attacks, either centrifugal force fro like iai, which allowed for the constant acceleration of a single strike, was necessary

I’ainst these hammer techniques…

While thinking that, Tohru slowly stepped back, and, checking if there was some sort of blind spot, equipped the tords to his waist

Then, leaping through a hole in the destroyed wall, he made it outside

Akari followed him

Perhaps it was due to the noise fro else, but he could see heads poking out of their houses However, there wasn’t anyone capricious enough to want to intervene Faced with Akari’s serious killing intent, no coht

“…If you’re joking, it’s ti an ultimatum “It isn’t funny anymore”