380 377. New Year 0000.txt (1/2)

The setting of Fania's story of saving the ”The One Who Stole the Reason of Fire” from Romis Neysha is what would be called a ”frontier” a thousand years later. This continent had been given an official name, but it was lost forever due to the massacre of the Otherworldly Hurricane Katrina.

On the day of the Otherworldly Hurricane, many things really disappeared from the world.

For example, the calendar. Because I counted the years from the year when the Gentiles were summoned as the ”New Calendar”, no one can remember the names of the old calendars anymore.

This I did not let them leave.

The falsification of history was the prerogative of those who were the last to do so.

In other words, the true history of the continent could only be followed by special magic or skills anymore.

”New Year Zero (・・・・).

”Summoned to another world, Uzurinami traveled with Tiara, Princess of the Fuzzyards, to Fania in the northeast. There, he met Tida, the 'Stealer of Darkness', and the three of them worked together to sneak into the research institute where they captured Arti, the 'Stealer of Fire's Reason'.

On the way there, Tida betrayed him, but Uzumi successfully defeated the lord of Lomis Neesha, who was waiting for them, and fully awakened the power of the dimension.

The sacrificed Arti was saved, the twisted city was corrected, and Uzunami took his first steps as a savior. However, on their way back to their adventure, Uzunami and the others are struck by the bitterness of those who were killed in battle.

The survivors of the blood experiment conducted by Fania's research institute stand in front of Uzunami. One of them was a boy who would later be called 'the one who steals the truth of blood'. Nevertheless, the two of them joined forces and overcame the boy's 'ordeal' -

At the end of that journey, I was stabbed to death by a survivor of a blood experiment.

Furthermore, due to my master's 'curse', I also had to fight many monsters and demons in a serious condition.

However, as we know since I'm speaking here like this, I didn't die from that level of injury.

The reason for this is that ”I, who was determined to definitely survive no matter what the cost,” lightly outweighed ”the gentle world that patiently waits for the one who will sacrifice.

-- As a result, my master and I managed to successfully return home, fending off the monsters that were chasing us and persuading the artificial demons that stood in our way.

When we reached Fuzzyaz's castle, Master first ordered me to stay still and rest, and then he moved to find Apostle Diprakra to cure him.

After seeing his back off, I walked off by myself with a bitter smile on my face.

Ignoring the gaze of the 'slit' behind me, along with the smell of death entangled in my body, I follow the 'thread' that stretches from my fingertips and slowly make my way to the waiting man's place.

From this point forward, it's a scene that would never be seen in the 'past vision' of a master alone.

However, if he is connected to me now, he can see it.

I walk through the streets of my hometown of Huzzya's and enter the garden of the castle while suppressing my aching abdomen.

As I walked to the place where we always practiced our 'spellcasting' and 'body arts', I found a girl sitting with her back against a tree.

Sister Yotaki turned her face down and was combing her long black hair.

When I saw her before, her hair was as long as her waist. ...... Now, the example 'thread' was growing endlessly from the ends of her hair. I'm sure you'll find that the hair that has grown out of it is spread out across the garden like a lake, swirling around like a stream of water. Perhaps it was because of its white color, I thought it looked like something I'd read in a book about the snowfields of Hokuriku.

'-that's what it's like, isn't it?

Observe the source of the 'thread' and analyze the mechanism.

When the words of my impressions echoed in the white garden, sister Youtaki looked up and was surprised.

''...... tiara?''

I thought you would have expected me to be here, but ...... says that's not the case.

The fact that this is the case gives me hope.

I'm sure you'll be able to see the surprise on my sister's face as well as the fact that she was able to escape the cutoff and survive.

Even if it's your sister, it's not an absolute. So now that I'm back alive, I can say the words I've wanted to say all along.

'Yes, it's me. I'm home ....... I did everything you told me to do.

Sister Yotaki rolled her eyes and muttered, leaving my greeting unattended.

'Why ......?　You certainly like your brother and ....... The 'contract' and the 'price' and already--

Do you like it?　Hehehe, what are you talking about?

He asked me why, and I would speak my answer honestly.

I felt like I was showing him how well I had done the homework he had given me.

'To me, a master is only a mentor, you know. I like him as a mentor, but have I ever thought of him as a 'lover'?

I denied my role towards both the Yangtaki sister and 'cut'.

I dared to speak bluntly, using 'lover', which had been replaced by another word through translation magic.

''Sure, I like my master, but ....... I'll be honestly beaten by sister Yotaki's brazenness. It's a good thing that we're brother and sister, but we're both in love with each other to the point where we can't be normal. You are more like a 'lover' to me.

With my words and actions, sister Yotaki seems to have realized everything. She immediately makes a smile and chatters along with me.

''--Hmmm. Isn't it?　I suppose that's normal for a relationship the size of mine and your brother's.

Are you two normal?　Heehee, I'm telling you, you are in love with him. Probably anyone anywhere would say the same thing about me. ...... Wherever you are (・・・・・・・・・).

I repeat the words and tell the 'break' behind me.

I'm going to insist that the black-haired girl there is the one who deserves to be the 'compensation'.

'Come on, ....... That would depend on the family. Perhaps Tiara thinks so because her family is unique. ...... More importantly, how was Fania's journey?　I wouldn't say it was a honeymoon, but I think it was as fun as a date, right?　After all, it was the 'adventure' you wanted.

Sister Yotaki let go of the hand that was playing with her hair and turned to face me.

As she moved, a large amount of white 'threads' came up from her feet, twisted around my entire body and began to stroke me.

''Adventures'' are very different from what you read in books and what you actually do. You get attacked by bandits along the way, the food isn't as good, and there's no safe place to sleep ...... It really sucked!　Plus, Fania has a creepy religion going on, and they're even experimenting on people, and the experimenters stabbed them in the stomach!　Scattered and scattered, I wish I hadn't gone!

I activated the skill 'Reading' and put power into my nerves inside my body.

Even if Yotaki sister's 'thread' entered, I made up my mind not to let it control me.

I will never again say ”I love Aikawa Uzumi” when pulled by the ”thread”. On the contrary, he would stand around to make them say it.

'Oh, tiara ....... You really are ......--

Neither me nor sister Youtaki stepped back from each other.

Comparing the two of us, I could clearly see that the 'slice' behind us was baffled.

I felt the bill for ”compensation” loosen up somewhat, although not to the extent that it was 50-50 with Youtaki's sister - but I felt the bill for ”compensation” loosen up somewhat.

It's really simple.

I've felt this journey up to this point, but to be honest, the world (that) is easy to control.

It's better to leave this sweetie alone.

More importantly, right now, it's the Yotaki sister in front of me.

''You are correct (・・・・). You have a good understanding of how the world deals with each other. Basically, the world sees and hears and judges the 'price'. It doesn't have the power to read people's minds like we do, you see. That's why naming and chanting is oh so important. ...... You really are a wise and pretty girl. Tiara.

My whole body lit up hotly when I heard the word ”correct” from my sister Yotaki, who I admire so much.

When she complimented me on my homework performance, my face was red with joy and excitement.

My sister Yotaki, who was looking at me now, had a very serious expression on her face. I thought there was even a hint of respect mixed in there. It's a different expression than the one that said 'incorrectly' before I left for Fania.

With my personal emotions never ceasing to be felt, I finally took the first step towards the dazzling 'Gentile'.

'This one by my sister Yotaki ....... It's not that absolute, is it?

I look at the 'thread' attached to my fingertips and speak.

When I first saw it, I was terrified by the unbreakable ”thread”, but now I can calmly analyze it.

This ”thread” is creating a ”connection” between me and my sister Yotaki.

However, there is a high probability that Yotaki's sister is choosing and discarding what she can get from that ”connection”. If you dig up your memory, you'll find that during the training before Fania's departure, she herself said, ”It's not me that you're thinking about, it's the skill.

'Yes, just like your brother's 'dimensional power'. ...... Basically, every power depends on the person using it. I can make a 'connection' with the other person with the 'thread' and guide them to some extent, but ...... this time I decided halfway through that Tiara was definitely dead and allocated that ability elsewhere. You've passed through that gap with flying colors, and you've made it this far.

It would be a failure similar to the master's loss of his carriage on the road while possessing 'dimensional power'.