Vol 1 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Chapter 4
Grand
Part 1
While crying, Kura out idiot and stupid 'I will never admit it! I will absolutely
expose you all—!'
Even up till the end when Kura up a fuss
”Aiyah aiyahwhat is theanother human eh” After
Sora said these troubled words, the city was once again filled with applause
—Very fastidious about this victory
Without any doubts, this victory had clearly showed that mankind still had a sliver of chance
With the hall co cheers, an old official walked towards Sora,
holding onto a crown
”Then, Sora-sama is it?” ”Yup”
”So you will be the one to ascend to the throne as the new king of Elchea, right?”
”Can't do”
Hugging his little sister, he said while laughing
”The two of us are 『 』 — so the king belongs to us” These were also the words he said during
the chess duel
With those words, the audience started an even higher-pitched applause— for congratulating the
new king and queen
—However
”—It's a pity, but that can't be done” ”—Eh?”
Hearing those words from the official, the cheers of the crowd halted ”Ah? Eh, why?”
”The Ten Oaths stated that they can only elect a 『 Sole representative』So two people cannot
assu hall, Sora and shi+ro exchange glances
Entering into a deep thought with a perturbed expression, Sora scratched his head and furrowed
his browbefore saying
”Ah, that, so be it, I'll be the one to be the representative, will that work?” ”Guu”
Gently releasing his little sister as , Sora faced the official
”Then once again I'll announce—cough cough, from now, Sora-sama will be the 255th
generation king of Elchea— any objections please stand up, otherwise remain silent—”
—But, unable to maintain that silence, someone raised up a hand and interrupted the sentence
”Un”
A white-haired shi+ro
With her pair of ruby red eyes barely visible underneath her bangs, it was the girl— who exactly
said that, ”Eh? shi+ro?”
”I have, an objection”
”Gu, that, little sister, what are you doing?”
”If, Nii, becoNii will build, harem” ”———————————Ah?”
Unable to believe what he had just heard, Sora could not help but ask, but shi+ro with an
expression as if she was going to cry out said out
”That wayshi+rowouldn't beneeded anymore”
Co the stares from the stunned audience, Sora went into a state of
embarrassment he had never experienced before
”Wait! Just, wait a moment, how is that possible! Aren't the both of us a team! In the final
conclusion, I' by name, I don't want shi+ro to do this kind of—”
”But, the King isNiishi+ro is justan accessory If, if there can only be one
personthe one to do it—”
Wiping away the tears, light was no longer reflected fro— is
shi+ro”
The little sister who always felt weak, had clearly e for war
Facing shi+ro as intently staring at Sora, while announcing out her intentions— ”—Ah?”
Getting stared at, Sora changed his expression
”Hey hey heyMy sister It really is new for you to crack a joke, has the sun finally risen up
froh his frivolous actions and expression were the same as always
There was definite hostility felt from his tone of voice
”Let's see, a beautiful girl like you wanting to be the king of a collapsing country You are just
too straightforward You'll definitely get drawn in by someone's sords— so if you want to
be the King, your brother absolutely forbades you fro so!”
Although Sora opposed his little sister ords that can't be more hurtful than that
He worded it so that if interpreted correctly, it would be seen as though he was spoiling his little
sister, but his eyes were clearly not s
”No, won't, let Nii, beco— absolutely”
”—That's good Nii also can't let you beco, absolutely” It was like a debate
competition, where no one backs down
Both of their interests intertwined and collided
Even cracking the cheat by the Elves, and achieving the title of Iest Duo Their
eyes belonged to neither a pair of loving siblings, nor the Duo player called 『 』
But opponents of a long history, constantly depending on each other's vigor, with occasional
sparks flying out upon collision with their eyesight
”Th-thatIf that's the case, I will please invite both of you to have one final battle, will this
settle it all?” Intervening between the two people probably took great courage
Requiring confiretic tone ”Ah, that's fine”
”No, problem”
An instantaneous answer co out from both sides
In a situation where their eyesight remains in contact, they issued out their declaration of war
”Little sister, I won't be lenient today oh Today I will definitely ret that”
”Nii, shouldprepare yourselftoday, shi+ro will, use her full strength”
——………………
—Just like that
Three days went past in a blink of an eye
Continuously around the clock and after countless games, the central hall was littered with
various ites were sprawled out on the floor
”Ughlittle bit moreyou can admit defeat already”
”Nii, is the onehurry up and, give up”
The conditions for victory ins in a roith that, the countless nuames
commenced And the outcome— It was currently at the 501th battle, with 158 wins, 158 losses
and 184 draws
—What was unfortunate, was that not just this place, even when the siblings were in their 『
Original World』
『 』 which was regarded as an urban legend— nobody knew their competition records
But different from 『 』 , which is attained when both their names are combined
It was the battles between these two people who loved ga else in the
world And their record would be—
3526744 battles, 1170080 wins, 1170080 losses, 1186584 draws—
So far, it had always been a stalemate between those two, no winner, no loser
Of course, everyone eren't aware of this truth and aiting for the coronation
cereone home
—Then gathered again, then went ho date,
the nuradually reduced
Those that worked tirelessly in the City fell asleep freely in the hall—and barely
their consciousness was Steph and the official who started to see hallucinations after being
awake for a long time
The old official began to reveal strange s back to his
nor out ”Ah, butterfly~”, with an empty smile and
feebly trying to reach out for the emptiness
—Then, what should the next gaht while in a state of haziness for this
probleh his mind and he stopped his action
”—Fuuwhy ?” ”Eh?”
From this sentence, the Official and Steph snapped back into reality and responded Blurting out
those words, Sora retrieved his phone from his pocket
Double confir the 【 Ten Oaths】 that he had recorded down, Sora continued
”【 7】 of the 『 Ten Oaths』 , All roup conflicts will be decided by a
representative”
What it roup—which is also the country or inter-ethnic conflict should be
carried out by the decided representative
—Even so
As if trying to repeatedly mull over, Sora carefully pondered about this
Slowly rereading out the sentence once more He tried to confirm if what he thinks contradicts
with the sentence Following that, he softly whispered
”—It clearly did not state that it was only 『 One person』 right?” ””””!!!!!””””
—Just like that
The [Nightmarish three days] will forever be passed down, and the bards who had been singing
during the duration of the fight had finally come to a stop
However, because the song was too long It wasn't kept and had to be discarded
Part 2
……—
”Uhhh, is it really fine if you are dressed like this?”
”It's okay Since ancient ti are often seen as
concealing their inner superficiality, or for just self-gratification to be seen as a corpulent person
A King is not just a national role oal for the citizens to achieve— so in order
to gain love and respect froht for it yourself”
”Such sophism”
”Un, but ulti this outfit, it calms me down a lot”
”Ahanyways, I understand But regarding the publication for the news, this kind of detail
will be carefully spruced up”
Capital of Elchea— In front of the King city's public square
It was a spectacular view after e out of the castle's balcony, with a public square broader
than the Piazza San Marco in Venice
Currently, the square was being buried by a countless number of people Tens of thousands—
tens of thousands of huathered here
But thewas, even the road that extended out of the public square was filled
with people Just to listen to a speech fro
So of the previous generation
Some expressed out happiness as an array of hope for the escape from the abyss of despair had
appeared Soainst Elven spies and
defeated ic
With the whole of I on the balcony of the castle— Two figures came
out from the castle
A boy and a girl
Wearing jeans and a T-shi+rt with [I ♥ humans] written on it With dark circles underneath his
eyes, a black-haired youth Having white glossing hair with snow colored skin
With a pair of jewel-like ruby eyes, a girl wearing sailor uniform
The crown on their heads clearly highlights that they were respectively the king and queen
—Just only
The youth had bended the tiara that was supposedly on the girl's head, and earing it on his
arm like an armband
While the girl earing the crown meant for the youth on her bundled front hair—
The actions that they both did when changing could ure out what kind of
screaht have issued out
As for their overly casual kind of get-up
In front of the an speaking
”Ah—,un, un~ ugh, goodeveryone”
”Nii, is being nervous How rare”
”—Stop that You know very well that we both have agoraphobia[21] But it's weird, usually I
would be able to control it”
shi+ro avoided the gaze froently held onto the hand of her brother
””
She was silent, as if i, ”Then control it now”
It has always been the same from the past till now— even if it's in the future, it will still be the
sa] here!”
As if in reply to shi+ro's silence, Sora dispelled his tense expression and loudly exclaimed With
his hands resting on the balcony that had voice amplifiers installed
But the people could not help but think that there was no need for the voice amplifiers due to his
stern and loud voice that echoed everywhere
”Our hu constrained by the 『 Ten oaths』 , forcing us to have continuous
failures due to the predica war, and what remains now is this last city, this last
country— and why is this happening?”
Hearing this question that was abruptly asked, the croent into uncertainty
—Because of the — because we are unable to use ic All
their hearts contained different answers, as they wait for Sora's next words
”Was it because the previous king failed? Or was it because we are ranked 16th? Or was it
because we are unable to wield ic? Or was it because we are the most inferior race? Does
this equates to us feebly walking to the path of destruction!?— sorry but, all of the!”
With the strong resolution to deny it, everyone got startled
Clenching his chest, Sora shouted with an evenhis emotions out
”Previously, when the Old Deus started a war, deities, s—the elves, orcs and other
species that were also involved, we fought valiantly, and the result was that we survived! And in
the past, all the land in this continent was occupied by Imanity, so why?!”
Based on the history read in Steph's private stack room in the past few days Sora inquired
”Is it because our race are experts in using violence?! Or is it because we specialize in fighting!?”
One after another, the crowd started looking at each other
”We are unlike the elves who can use a variety ofphysical
ability like orcs, and we don't have longevity like the Heavenly Winged— but even so, did we
who dominate these lands have any special abilities meant for war— definitely not!!”
Yes, this is the fact that everyone understands But it is also questionable at the same time
—Then, why?
”The reason ere able to fight and survive, was because ere [Weak]!”
”No rind their teeth while the weak
experience wisdom! So ould we reach to such an ireement
of the 『 Ten Oaths』 , the strong no longer grind their teeth but experience the wisdom! No
other reasons!”
”Our strength to survive coies, tactics, which are meant for
the weak! But now it lies in the hands of the strong! Our weapons forcefully taken away, and to
fight against the strong with the sa to happen!”
Being pointed out this situation that made people despair, the public square went into silence
The people struck by the answer felt despair, and were shrouded in instability
Surveying the crohile sighing, Sora said
”—Everyone, please don't lower your heads”
In contrast to his high vigor speech and the passionate waving of his fists from before, Sora
suddenly spoke with a calm voice
”I'll repeat it one more time, we are weak Yes, both today—and in the past—” Sora reverted
back to his loud voice and shouted
”—YesIt has never changed up till now!”
”If the strong i our weapons, they won't be able to exert their
abilities! If you want to ask why, it's sis' weapons— were developed
from their weakness e had reached a servile state!”
Sora added an answer just when everyone was feeling conflicted
”Because of our weakness, we trained our eyes, ears and thinking, 『 Learning』 how to
survive, that's our trait as humans!”
After falling into hell for years, hope could finally be seen
”The hu it is impossible— but because we are
weak, we have the wisdoence to see through it!
We don't have any extraordinary senses Si』 and
『 Experience』 , we gained the wisdo the future!”
Only an opti optimistically
Only a pessimist would speak about despair
”I will reiterate for the third time! We are weak, and in no matter which world, ill always
savagely bite those co— until the 『 Weak』
gain glory!”
Because they were stuck in the depths of despair, there was not a ray of light in the
everlasting darkness ”My little sister and I will declare, that we are the 255th generation, the
king and queen of Elchea”
Only the people who ignite the fire of hope can guide the public
”Once again, I declare, the two of us will survive with the ht with the
with the method of the weak! Just like the past— it will
still be the same even in the present and the future!”
So that no one would leave their footprints as a guide ”Admit it! We, are the weakest
race!”
”History will repeat itself noand
nobody else!”
Just like that
”Rejoice! We are humans— we are the most talented people! Precisely because ere born
without any ability— we can achieve anything— this is the will of the weakest race!”
a 『 King』 was born Cheers— no, roars
The public square, and even the skies started tre
An array of cries that sounded like both an angry roar and victory cheers And ere they
expecting from the two people on the balcony?
Or perhaps— were they being cornered and were si out? In
front of this scene, Sora and shi+ro exchanged glances
Nodding their heads
Confirlee after that nod, Sora began his final
moments of the speech
Spreading open his arainst the boundless
world But also exuding out the aura of a battle-hardened warrior with his usual arrogance
Sora—『 Huant smile and a face filled with naivety
”—Coames!”
”Everyoneto behave servilely already
right Getting tired of tasting bitterness rightit's enough already right? I've kept you
waiting, fellow hus”