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The stage is set and the fight begins.

At that moment, there was room in Yotaki's expression.

Even though it was a pseudo-magic, the countless nerves that were in the air had been torn out, and she still had a thin smile on her face.

''Hmph. This big 《Torsion》 is a mechanism that once you leave, you can't come back. It's good magic. ...... With this, the two of us can fight to the fullest extent.

The sky she looked up at was blotchy like a watercolor painting that had been over-soaked in water by dimensional magic.

The 'threads' that had been torn out of the blotted sky were falling as particles of light. The real snow and the snow of magic mixed together, shimmering down and seeping into the ground.

We nodded to each other that our preparations for battle were over while looking at this new territory together.

'Ah, now we can fight to our heart's content. ...... It's about time I, too, got used to my new magical power.

'Then why don't we start with a little exercise?　...... just like old times. Together again, brother and sister.

He smiles with a really happy smile.

Towards that yang-taki, I approach with the 'Aleis Family's Treasure Sword Lowen' in my right hand.

She also generated the exact same shape sword with ice.

--I'm still trying to match the way we fight.

In order to break that margin, the moment I entered the interval, I swung my sword right out of the way with all my might.

Yotaki also swung his sword at exactly the same time.

As if reflected in a mirror, the two flashes of fire struck each other.

At the same time, a wind was created at each other's feet. The snow on the ground was blown away and more cracks appeared on the paved ground.

Due to repeated 'magic power conversions' (leveling up), we were no longer in the category of human beings. With massless muscles packed into our limbs to the limit, it was no longer a clash between human-sized creatures, but a clash between giant monsters.

The next two flashes cut the sky with each other.

The pressure of the two swords that were slashed up reached the sky, and the clouds that covered it were ripped into three pieces. The third flash of Yokonagaki did not reach each other's bodies either.

With those three gyos, I feel that there is no significant difference between me and Yotaki, if only in 'Sword Art'.

Of course, this is with the assistance of the 'Aleis Family's Treasure Sword Lowen'. Most importantly, I saw Rustyala's 'Sword Technique' in the 'Past Vision' earlier.

Her sword had ultimately become the very history of the people who lived in this world.

It was a sword that contained the ”blank millennia” between ”Rowen's Life a Thousand Years Ago” and ”The Present Day We Live In”.

The ”blank thousand years” has been added to my ”swordsmanship” and has become my power.

In other words, I'm writing the continuation of the swordsmanship that I inherited from Rowen, the Areis style. Just like Rastiara's last will and testament, I'm going to continue everyone's--

It's been a long time, brother.

As the 'swordsmanship' game increases their concentration on each other without limit, Yotaki's voice reaches your ears.

''I missed ......?''

Yes. This is how we used to exercise together in the past.

That being said, I remember the past.

Memories of the original world, more than a thousand years ago.

This is certainly how we competed with each other, even when we were young.

We used to compare our athletic abilities in the huge playground, which also served as a physical measurement.

I think it was snowing at that time, too. It was winter, and the playground we'd rented out with our money's worth was stained white, and we'd made many footprints on it.

It was a time when I, as a young boy, wanted to be recognized by my mother and father, and I was desperate to be the 'best' in the world.

And it was also a time when Yotaki, who kept achieving slightly better results than me, was always next to me.

''-- Only, not once did my brother ever beat me. Not even once.

Yotaki waved that fact on his sword.

''............!

The sword played.

But her words could not be prevented.

So the defeats of the past come to mind.

Even at a time like this, I reread a bit of my childhood story now.

”--Many times I have lost.

I stayed alone in the blank playground, poking my knees and crying.

And my parents kept praising only my sister (Hitaki). My parents kept scolding my brother (Kanami) for his inadequacy. That's why I resented my sister.

I wanted to beat him somehow, so I challenged him in every way possible.

Over and over again, I tried and tried and tried - and I was broken.

In the end, I couldn't win against my younger sister, who was a year older than me, no matter what I tried.

I couldn't win, not even once.

Gradually, my parents only looked at my sister, and I, the older brother, was treated as something that didn't exist in the house. Such a hard and painful memory of the past--

Thinking back, I thought to myself that I had missed it, too.

That's why I'm going to beat you today. ...... here.

Then he swung his sword back with force.

Looking at me, Yotaki's smile deepens.

''Yes. ......!　That's why we've come here. We've come to this day. At long last, today, we've come to this--!

The sword fights between the ”monsters” continue as the family reminisces about their shared memories.

While destroying a completely unrelated ”different world”, they were also eating the ”demonic poison” of their surroundings.

Each step crushed the earth, and each swing carved the sky.

The garden of the cathedral gradually became unable to maintain the appearance of a garden. However, we continue to fight as hard as we can, unconcerned with the damage around us. We focus our consciousness on the battle alone.

While fighting, we continue to sublimate the ”swordsmanship” of the Alais style, and to that end--

Yotakii...

Hmmm--

In the midst of a sword fight, he called his sister's name.

No more sarcastic snide remarks came back. Gradually, Yotaki seems to be focusing his attention solely on the battle.

In sync with me, Yotaki also shouted back only his name.

''-- Brother!

My sister, who is always calm and never raises her voice, gave an unstructured response.

That fact gives me a sense of the response to the fight.

--I'm sure that right now, without a doubt, Yotaki is concentrating on the swordfight with me.

Both of us are drawing on each other's strength, thinking only of winning.

A battle in which all the power and all the strength are at odds with each other.

The gap - he (...), he (..), he pokes (..).

Oh. Finally, we've come to this moment.

Reiner's voice.

Before I knew it, he was behind me.

I stepped out of his back to the side, trying to interrupt this antagonistic sword fight.

''--?　Also (...) ......

That third party's appearance was immediately noticed by Yotaki as well.

However, he wasn't surprised by the appearance of that liner, he just showed a dumbfounded face.

He looked disappointed that it was the same surprise attack again (...).

That was familiar and futile, and his expression conveyed that it was useless, even if there were no words.

Yotaki, who was in a watered-down form, didn't even look at Ryner.

I guess he doesn't have any threat at all to the twin-sword user who only has one arm left. With my attention focused on me, I try to get rid of him with only the automatic ice that moves automatically as an example. In fact, I know, as a companion, that that assessment is not wrong.

I just felt...

--I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what to expect.

I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to get it right.

The ”Heavenly Sword Noah (・・・・)” is pulled out of my ”possessions” without permission (・・・・・).

At that time, I realized that this ”Arm of the Wind” is the arm of the dead knight Hain, the arm of the dead ”Jewelcrus” Haili, as well as the arm of the people that Ryner had inherited.

The 'blood power' that goes through the 'Arm of the Wind' is so thick that one page can read.

”--this one swing (...).

It had already begun in the third year of the new calendar year.

Ever since that day, I had made up my mind that I would use the skill 'Divine Iron Forging' as a hand to counter Sister Youtaki.

So even after Sister Yangtaki became a 'monster', even after my master was swallowed up in the labyrinth, even after I founded a country and a religion on the continent, and even after I grew old all by myself, I continued to forge the skill 'Divine Iron Forge' for years and years. Years and years and years and years and years - and years and years - and years - and years - and years - and years - and years - and years - and years - and years - and years.

At the end of my mind-numbing forging, I made a sword called 'Heavenly Sword Noah'.

However, this sword, which is the crystal of this 'Divine Iron Forge', is not yet complete.

I dared to do so.

In order to hide its true 'role'.

To hide the 'jutsu formula' that I wrote down.

In order to hide the 'price' that was piling up.

He dared to say that ”Heavenly Sword Noah” would be completed in a thousand years.

A thousand years later, the Heavenly Sword Noah would be completed by ”us”. And that one swing of the sword will surely be the only weapon (item) in the 'world' that can reach Sister Yotaki. Believe that--

That delivery from a thousand years ago was now received by a knight's arm.

Then, the 'Arm of the Wind' grasps a sword and swings it out. Hidden in the shadow of Ryner's sword, hidden behind my shadow, 'Heavenly Sword Noah' intersects in the midst of the antagonistic sword fight.

First, as a matter of course, Ryner's surprise sword was stopped.

The freely moving ice blade of the example played.

That's where Yotaki's defenses stopped for a time - the hidden ”Arm of the Wind” did not stop.

It emerged from the shadow of the stopped sword and one of its swords rushed out.

In unison, Ryner shouts.

''Please go!

''Heavenly Sword Noah'' crosses Yangtaki's ice defense.

''--What?

Yangtaki looked at the twin swords that shouldn't have existed and for the first time today, he uttered a voice of surprise.

Even I had never seen that expression before.

Ryner smiled at his reaction.

He must have believed it.

His own arms are unreachable. There is no way I can believe in myself.

However, this 'Arm of the Wind' is different.

In this ”For the Two Boys and Girls” stage, this twin swords will not be defeated by anyone. Believing that, Ryner is about to let out a voice of victory.

Okay, it's decided.

I'm sure (・・・・・)

It is interrupted.

The flow (...) becomes 'still'.

As if to say that everything up until now was an act, Yotaki's expression had returned to a relaxed state.

Furthermore, before you know it, the arm made of ice that grew from Yotaki's shoulder - the 'ice arm' - was grabbing the wrist of the 'wind arm'. The 'Heavenly Sword Noah''s cutting edge was not able to reach it when it was almost there.

''Nah--''

The voice that Yangtaki spilled out in his act was repeated by Ryner next.

The white frost crawled from the ”ice arm” and the entire sword and ”arm of the wind” were frozen. It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you'll be able to get your hands on it.

''Why, why ......!　It was different then.

I try to reach out to Ryner, who is muttering in confusion. However, the speed of Yotaki's sword that was facing me instantly increased.

This is a sharp sword movement that makes it seem like this one too was all an act.

I was flung backwards by Yotaki's sword.

A few meters away from me.

And by the time I looked up, Yotaki had already broken all the ice blades. With his fingertips, he crushed the frozen 'Arm of the Wind' and grabbed the hilt of the falling 'Heavenly Sword Noah' with his right hand.

''Ryner-kun, you did your best. ...... great. Really, great, great.''

Ryner was in a sword-wielding stance and was completely 'still'.

It would be the [Power of Water] that Yangtaki possessed.

It was no longer an ice-cold that would make it impossible for him to return on his own again.

''Thanks to the Irregular called you, it was very easy to clean up. Thank you ...... for your help.

He also added an unchored icy magic, Ice, and continued his critique while placing the liner in a clean ice coffin.

It was one of the 'answers' on the page that continued from the previous thousand years ago.

'For a thousand years now, Tiara has been preparing so many pieces. The two that stand out among them are probably the 'Palinclone Legacy', the successor to the Apostle Legacy, and his brother's copy, the 'Ragne Kaikwola'. Of course, the real piece was Rastiara Hoozeyers. ...... but Tiara dared to entrust his own memories to Rainer Helvirshain early on. Only to you (the Irregulars) who did not exist in the Prophecy a thousand years ago. Hoping that you would change the clichéd future. ...... -- So I've been watching you (・・・・・) for a long time (・・・・・).

The fact that Yotaki seemed to have been caught off guard showed that it was an act.

He had read that Reiner was the pawn for Tiara's checkmate, and pretended not to notice it. And he knew the true 'role' of 'Heavenly Sword Noah', and kept him swimming all the time - and used him.

''As a result, you were guided by the 'thread' and put together all the hopes left in the other world in one place. What was troublesome for me was the large number of 'predispositioned' humans with 'demonic poison' scattered around the world and being run around -

While speaking, Yotaki turned his attention to his surroundings.

The garden of the cathedral stretched out by the 《Torsion》 was empty, but Yotaki's eyes caught a further distance. I can follow that gaze with the power of the 《Dimension》.

Dia Maria Snow collapses outside the cathedral.

Furthermore, outside the confederacy, I can see the troops sent out from the 'North-South Alliance' falling down.

The elites of the modern era, including excellent knights like Perciona-san and Sera-san, are also frozen in regret as they are sent out to defeat Yangtaki.

Everyone fights with all their might for the mission of waking me up--

Thus, all of us are dead. Mr. Reiner, I owe you everything.

It was revealed that it was as planned by Yangtaki.

”Above all, it was really helpful that I was able to deal with Maria, who possesses Arti, the 'one who steals the truth of fire', with my own hands. And now the 'Heavenly Sword Noah,' which seems to be the last trick, is also--

Yangtaki carefully traced the blade of the 'Heavenly Sword Noah' with his finger and let it be covered with pure white frost.

It was obvious at a glance that all the 'techniques' and 'compensations' were sealed.

'Now it's mine. ...... Oh, thank you so much. Your brother's knight, Mr. Rainer Helvilshein.

This is where Reiner's ice statue is completed.

It's carefully sealed with large ice.

And despite all this cynicism, neither Ryner's body nor his magic power moved slightly. Looking at the situation, Yotaki sighs, ''Haha.

...... Apart from that, you could have at least received a flash of inspiration. I'm sorry, I may have been a little less mature. ...... Even though your fighting style was really admirable.

Since the win or loss never came, he was modest in his praise.

The agitation up to this point was part of the game, and he seemed to be somewhat pitying Ryner, who had been discarded in his heart.

After taking away ”Heavenly Sword Noah”, Yotaki turned to me with the face of an actor who had finished his job.

''Well, ....... --《Ice Flamberge》

The 'Heavenly Sword Noah' in his hand was covered with additional ice, making it a new ice sword.

He's going to use it as just an unbreakable sword. He shook it lightly a few times to check the feel of the sword.

''Hmph. It's a cool magic, isn't it? The fact that they dare to use a sword in the shape of a flame (flamberge) is, hmmm--

I can no longer take that joke in stride.

It started with an act of sickness, then a frail sister act. And now the stupefying and trapped acting. The acting of praise, the acting of pity.

I've been thinking about this since I was a kid, when we were competing with my brother and sister.

I don't trust Yotaki.

After all, my sister is too much of an actor--.

'Yes, I'm a good actor. ...... because my siblings and I were taught directly by professional actors. I'm also good at it.

Reading my thoughts, Yotaki replied ahead of time.

Immediately I checked to see if there were any 'threads' attached to me.

Everything that was connected to me has been torn off. I'm sure you'll be able to find the right one for you.

The answer is simple.

It's not that you don't have the ”thread”, but Yotaki can read other people's thoughts. Using only the skills he possesses, he reads people's minds, reads their actions, and guides them as if they were breathing.