Vol 1 Chapter 5 (1/2)

PART 1

In my narrow and run-down house, there was a sound of so the house violently

That was to say that, so the house

As to what that someone was, naturally it was a monster

And inside the house should also be—

“Ko-Ko-… Komekko… Komekko has been—“

“Meg-Megumin, calm down! Ca-ca-calm down!”

Yunyun grabbed and shook my shoulder, as I stood unsteadily before the ruined door

“……Komekko!!”

“Calumin, just calm down!!”

Yunyun’s words snappedrapidly

True, I must think calmly in a time like this

“No probleluttony, Ashtoreth! When she is in danger, her seal will be broken, and she will finally conquer the world with me”

“I’umin!”

“Slap!”

After being slapped by Yunyun, I regained my composure

“Pain, pain, pain… No-Now isn’t the tis, Yunyun! Komekko should still be in the house! We should infiltrate into the house and rescue her! That child is more well-versed in the ways of the world than me, so she won’t be eaten by o!”

“…Ho-How can she suddenly become so positive…”

Yunyun followed behind and drew her dagger from her waist as she muttered The silver blade flashed in the darkness

“Yunyun’s weird actions are only reliable in such situations After all, I don’t have any weapon, so it’s up to you in the critical moment, okay?”

“Weird!? What do youweird!?”

“Rather than weird— Only weird Yunyun would bring a dagger to school because she likes it No er, it is still ridiculous”

“Ugh…! I, I can’t retort that… That’s true! But what is going on? I have a sense of unease since just now…!”

I putto the noisy Yunyun I snuck quietly into the house that continued to be filled with “kada, kada” sounds

There were no anguish cries of Komekko from the house

The worst scenario flashed across ht— I tried to convince myself to calm myself down…!

—Upon going through the front door, I came face-to-face with the monster

A reptilian monster with a bird’s beak was directly in front of us

“……Ah, ahhhh! Yunyunyunyunyun! Yunyunyun! Yunyun!”

“Wait Don’t push e? Wait, wait!”

“Ahhhh!”

“It is intiger to stab it!”

“Even if you ask me to kill the monster, I…!”

Theloudly

Yunyun forcefully took a pose with her silver dagger, but there was no strength in her Her cheeks were shi+vering, as if she ht cry at any moment

The monster seemed to think Yunyun was easy to deal with, and extended its lirab us—!

“Now!”

I pushed Yunyun hard The er, and it cried out in agony

“Gaahhh!”

“Hyaaaaa!”

Yunyun screeched along with the monster as she stabbed it

I took the dagger fro Yunyun, and went towards the woundedthe dagger in both hands, I stabbed the monster in its throat

“Ugghhh! Meguumin— Ahhh!”

“You, you are so noisy, Yunyun! We are Cri fears How can you hesitate when driving out mon… sters…?”

…… ……?

There was soe about the monster which was stabbed by me

Or rather…

“……It vanished?”

“Wh-Why?”

After being stabbed in the throat, the ony for a while, and then vanished in a puff of black smoke

Why did the corpse vanish?

At this moment, I noticed that the house was silent once more

It looked like there was only onemy house, the one that died and vanished

But there should be a lot ofin the direction of my house

And why did it search a poor household with barely any food?

No, thenow is—!

“……Yes, Komekko! Komekko, where are you!? It’s me, your sister!”

“Ko-Komekko? Komekko, where are you!”

Yunyun and I searched the house, but Komekko neither replied nor appeared

A close examination revealed that there was no blood stain

Which meant she probably escaped from the house

Or was captured by monsters…

“Yunyun, she’s outside! My sister should be outside! I will go and find my sister Yunyun, stay here just in case she returns home Make a barricade out of the broken door and household iteer”

I said and walked towards the door Yunyun grabbed my collar

“N-no! If Meguoes, she would only be eaten! I will go too!”

Well…

“You are so arrogant just because you were lucky enough to win one o But my condition is that when monsters appear, Yunyun will take full responsibility”

“Eh!? This, this… uh…”

We argued as we exited the house…

—And walked into aI left outside

“Kuro has—! I re!”

Yunyun cried in despair The , noticed us

“Tha-That furball is a goner, let’s give up! It sacrificed its life for us, so I will erect a tombstone for him! No problem, that furball will always be with us Yes, it will forever live in our hearts…!”

“It is still alive! Look carefully, that child is still alive! You are giving up too soon!?”

Yunyun said, pointing to the school bag, as she grabbed my collar as I turned to flee from the monster

Truly, Kuro sneakily crawled out fro

However, theout of the school bag It merely watched the cat silently

Furthero, but it seemed disinterested in us

“In any case, this is a rare opportunity! That furball must have aroused the monster’s protective instinct! We should take the chance to escape and find my sister…!”

“Wait! I know you are worried about Komekko, but please save Kuro too!”

“What are you saying? If we take Kuro from the monster that is so obsessed with it, the monster will pursue us! I have a premonition!”

Hearing this, Yunyun showed a look like a child acting coyly at her parents, begging them to adopt a stray puppy

……Ahhh, how irritating!

“Prepare to run away! I will retrieve the furball my sister fed so dedicatedly”

Of course, it was “fed dedicatedly” to becoency source of food— But it was better not to tell her this

Yunyun’s expression blooer and circled around to the monster’s back…

—Simultaneously, the monster also acted

It reached for Kuro with its claws and used both hands to carry it

Kuro did not resist It see it

As the s to fly into the sky…!

“My sister is full of expectations for it to grow If that furball is taken, my sister will hate me! Taste my weapon toss skill!”

“Ahh!”

I exerted er, which flew off in an unrelated direction

“…Unbelievable This ic barrier…”

“There’s no barrier! No er over to a weird place!”

“Now is not that tiument! Kuro…!”

“True! What Megu—!”

As ere arguing, the monster took Kuro and flew into the sky towards somewhere…

—Watching Kuro being taken away, I said in a strangely quiet voice

“…That furball er froinal hoently send it on its way…!”

“Don’t add on such a strange setting and let Kuro die! What should we do, Kuro was taken! Theit to its lair to eat it! What should we do!”

Aler and said

“Hle when taken by the monster, so it should be safe That furball received er”

“Hey, how did you actually educate it!? Were you abusing it!?”

Yunyun grabbed my shoulders and shook me

No matter what, Komekko was more important than Kuro

“Leave Kuro for now The important one is Komekko My sister is very brave and experienced I didn’t raise her to be the kind of naïve brat that will cry at any event and then get killed Shesomewhere now…”

“T-That’s right! Hey, Meguht be!?”

A place where Koo…

I couldn’t possibly have a clue

But I felt that so

What was it, as it…

“I have no evidence, but I a, I was just like Komekko…”

I frequently snuck out of the house to play, provoking my parents to scold me

—As I was about to say this… A certain memory flashed across my mind

I re, I once played with the evil God’s seal as if it was a toy

“……Ah”

“……? What is it, Megumin?”

Recently, when I asked Ko, she answered

“I found a toy, so I kept playing! Sis wants to play too?”

……This

……This, is this really…!

“Ahah… Ahahahah… Don-don-don-don’t tell me it…!”

“What!? Wha-What happened, Megu…”

It all made sense It finally all made sense

My poor family has no toy

But Komekko said she found a toy

It was possible that hbor, but the most likely scenario would be…!

PART 2

—The toe

Lit by ht

Monsters continued to circle in the sky above We arrived at the tomb

Thefor so

“Hey, Megumin, Komekko wouldn’t run to a place like this…”

I did not reply when Yunyun said so uneasily We hid in the bushes to observe the situation at the tombstone

“……She’s here”

“……She’s really here”

Komekko held the puzzle pieces and stood blankly before the to to do

I recognized the thing Koments

Why was this kid holding such things in this place?

As I pondered this, I followed Koaze…

“……Great, Yunyun That furball is fine too”

“Why are you so cal!?”

Ko the puzzle pieces, faced theKuro

“Wha-Wha-What do we do now! And where are the adults in the village!?”

“Looking at the current situation, it is unlikely for new monsters to appear from the tomb The adults must have confirmed this and dispersed to drive away the e”

Since earlier, the villagers had been firing colorful ic into the sky

If the situation wasn’t like this, I would be watching the “fireworks” fro with Komekko and Yunyun

“Hm Calm down As you can see, there is only one ene on Komekko It should be fine if we proceed carefully After all, we already killed one”

“I, I see You have thought this out well”

Yunyun started to calm down as she looked at me

Then, Komekko put the puzzle pieces down on the floor, suddenly raising both arms towards the monster

“……What is Ko?”

“Probably inti the monster It looks like she wants to take Kuro from the monster”

Faced with the advancing Komekko, the monster backed off

Even Kuro, as being carried by the

“It feels like the h I want to watch how this develops… Let’s go, Yunyun I’ll entrust you to be the bait”

“O-Okay… Hey, wait! Why am I the bait!”

“Cluht? So lend ive it to me!”

“No, no! This tiumin be the bait…! Hey, ah!”

As we argued over the dagger, she suddenly looked up at the sky and exclaimed

Looking closely, there were fivenear Komekko

“No-No probleht!?”

“Of course, in such critical moments, surely a hidden poill be awakened, or someone will come to the rescue Therefore, we just need to shi+ver and screairls…”

“Megu at? Your eyes have beco sudden crisis!?”

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Korip on reality She startedmonsters

“Gah!”

“—Hey, Meguht so many monsters! And why is she not afraid, instead why are thescared!”

My little sister reat person

Leaving aside Kuro who treated her as a natural nemesis, ere the monsters afraid of her?

It was as if they were infected by Kuro’s fear

“Eh, now is not the time to simply wait! ……I didn’t want to do this……”

I took out my trump card from my pocket

Looking at it, Yunyun said

“Adventurer’s Card? …Ah!? Megumin, you…!”

—Exactly I had to choose the lesser of two evils

If I had to choose between ic, then of course—!

“Stop right there!”

Komekko and the monsters looked at me

I heldout of the bushes

“My naenius ields advanced ic! Leave my sister alone!”

“Ah, sis! They snatched away my meal!”

“Komekko!? What meal!? You mean Kuro!?”

Both of them just ruined my cool debut!

Yunyun held her dagger and eed after me

“…Hey, Meguic? But you love Explosion ic so much……”

“A genius likea lot ofit takes— Even if it takes dozens of years, I will never give up on Explosion ic!”

……I said that, but my heart still felt heavy

Even though I needed to confront the monsters now

Thein on us

One of the to attack us from the sky

—My hand was shaking as it held on to my Adventurer’s Card

After all, it was ive up on

But there was no other way to save my sister

……No problem I just had to work harder from now on

I convinced myself and took my Adventurer’s Card—!

“Your voice and body are shi+vering You can’t bear to do it, right?”

Yunyun put her dagger back at her waist

She held her Adventurer’s Card in her hands, just like I was

“What are you—“

—trying to do?

As I was about to finish my question…

“Lightning—!”

I was interrupted by Yunyun’s incantation

PART 3

I followed the star-like street lights, running as I held Komekko’s hand

“Sis, Yunyun is so powerful! The lightning went ‘dong’—!”

Maybe she was too excited, Koly

“Yes, very powerful But Yunyun has surpassedto the side…!”

I coers

—Yunyun learned interic

After learning interraduate

So she could no longer enjoy the privilege of being an iic Clansman — an easy way to obtain the rare Skill Up Potion

If Yunyun decided to learn advanced ain experience and level up

Learning interic consumed 10 skill points

To regain these skill points, she ly

Also, the higher your level, the ain a level

Low-level Yunyun should gain levels very fast

But no ain 10 levels

For the next year, ic Clansman

Even though she worked really hard as the chief’s daughter and always achieved excellent results

“Sis, are you crying?”

“I’ my mana to flow from my eyes!”

Yunyun used lightningon to Kuro, and said

—I will save Kuro You take Koers—

Because I was indecisive about learning advancedan apprentice wizard

And that child, who disliked killing, could actually unleash ic without reservation like this

Although normally aard, she would come forth when someone needed protection

My rival’s posture was really dazzling—

“…? Sis, what is it? Too tired to run?”

Ko

My self-proclai monsters alone

My self-proclaimed rival who never won me

My self-proclaimed rival was a lonely person with no friend, and would pester me all the time

—If I ran away now to achieve my dream, I would never be qualified to have a ain

“Komekko, do you like sister?”

“Like!”

Komekko smiled and answered

“……Even if sister cannot use the ic, cannot become the most powerful wizard?”

“I will do it in sister’s place, so no problem!”

Komekko continued to smile and answer

At her young age, she was already aireat person

“……Ko to save Yunyun, so you……”

As I was saying, I looked at the sky, searching for the nearest battle location

There were a few flashes of light shooting froround up nearby

I squatted down to Komekko’s eye level and said

“You run to where that light was The adult villagers should be there The flying , so they won’t be hostile to you For someone who can safely arrive at the tomb in the midst of this confusion, you would be fine Avoid street las so you would not stand out, and stealthily—“

“Don’t want! I want to be with sis!”

“……Listen properly, I’ or cool I a So—“

As I attempted to persuade her, hly

“I want to fight too! I will take back my stolen meal!”

She said these worrying, yet reliable words

—I turned back on the road and repeatedly instructed my sister

“Listen properly! You must not leave my side!”

“I understand!”

“Do not charge the monster which had taken Kuro! I will help you recover Kuro! You understand?”

“Okay! I will try to not charge at it!”

“Not try, you absolutely must not!”

“I understand!”

Was this really okay? Honestly, I felt uneasy…

But driving away the persistent Koerous

……I made my decision

I will not give up on Explosion ic Even if I had to spend a few years or a few decades, I would absolutely learn it

This was just a slight detour

Right, just a slight—

PART 4

“Blade of Wind!”

Yunyun shouted and slashed down her hand, creating a blast of wind

The wind became a blade and cut down one of the monsters in the sky

Nore

This ic power She was truly the one whose poas second to me

As we returned to the scene, atched Yunyun fought on desperately

“Sis, aren’t you going?”

“Wait, Ko There is no need for advanced h for us to just survive this encounter”

I said as I watched the battle

……I was not backing out from my decision

If interht off these , aste points to learn advanced ic?

Yunyun was already gaining the upper hand

Since the monsters did not leave their corpses behind, it was impossible to deter away, there should be six of them

Now there was only one left

Yunyun stood in front, leaving Kuro protectively by her feet

“……But this is terrible Yunyun is going to defeat all the monsters”

“? Isn’t it good if Yunyun defeated them all?”

“Of course not If so, my decision to return would be…”

At this moment

My as granted Seven ht sky

Good, I would coolly debut and save her, repaying everything she was due!

“My name—“