Chapter 165 (1/2)

“What does it mean by breaking up because you like them? How does that even work?”

I tilted my head in confusion while in Sana’s room.

“It’s trying to say that it’s like an action they took while thinking of them…”

Hearing my question, Sana answered with a slightly hesitant expression and started off with an explanation.

“Isn’t that a bit contradictory?”

“Even if you say that, Sana is troubled on how to respond.”

See, it’s written over here, Sana flipped through the manga that I returned and arrived at the relevant pages. I was pretty free over new year’s break, and so today, I finished reading the manga that I borrowed from Sana and returned it to her. I have quite a few of typical shounen mangas, but this time, I decided to read a shoujo manga that Sana recommended.

“I can’t really accept that.”

“It’s what the protagonist decided, so isn’t it fine? It was a decision made after considering the happiness of both people involved.”

“Is that really the case?”

“Don’t hate on it. This in itself is a type of happy ending.”

Isn’t this not happy? This is a romance manga ending where the two people involved each continue on their own path that they believe in.

“Enough with that, Nii-san help me out for a little bit.”

She handed me a controller before restarting the boss fight of a game. It’s an RPG, but during fights, another player can control another character.

Sana’s main character pulled out a sword, swung it and released multiple techniques.

“Support me, hurry! Your buff is late! What are you doing?”

“Be quiet, I’m in the middle of casting right now.”

The two of us fought and won against multiple boss-like monsters.

“…Are you worried about you and Sensei?”

You’re unusually on point.

“Ah, made a mistake.”

With a flashy explosion effect, the magician that I created took a direct hit from the enemy’s sure kill move. My HP instantly dropped to zero.

“H-heey!”

“My bad. I’ll leave the healing to you.”

“Geez! Your physical defence is like paper, so of course that’ll happen if you go to the front like that! Concentrate more!”

My younger sister is way too serious.

Sana’s character soon used a revival item and got me back up.

“Things will definitely be okay with Sensei.”

“Really?”

I matched up with her in conversation. However, a future where everything goes wrong is approaching.

“If Sensei were to make you cry, Sana will hit her.”

“Hey hey, that’s not calm at all.”

“Come on! Nii-san, if you become the target, then the whole balance of the fight breaks. Can you stand at your position already!?”

“Then you should be standing in a way where you can attract the aggro!”

After becoming the target, the magician that I was controlling started running around everywhere while casting a magic attack buff in a gap.

“It’s because I’m good at running around like this.”

“Did you say something?”

“The special move gauge is filled, Sana, you’re priority on it.”

“I got it. I got it.”

Special move—she activated a move that looked like a magic sword with a really long name. Despite that, the HP on the enemy still hadn’t disappeared.

An unbeatable enemy. The condition of the party is getting worse. Once items hit the bottom no one can be revived anymore.

Then, the main character controlled by Sana fell, and it turned into a game over.

“Nnnnn… that’s frustrating…”

“I feel like we definitely don’t have enough firepower. Are you not high enough level?”

“Isn’t it annoying to level up and grind?”

So, what? She seemed to say.

Games are great. There’s a clear enemy, and killing the enemy will allow you to move forward. Once the screen changes to the fight screen, you just need to fight.