Vol 1 Prologue (1/2)
Prologue
The one I faced in the mansion’s courtyard was my sister
A perfect existence
If someone out there were to be completely loved by God, it would probably be someone like her
(Why did it come to this)
I hold ripped the sabre I held in one ar
It wasn’t just fatigue The emotion of fear was also apparent in the blade
“Hah, hah…”
The sabre in my hands was real My sister’s rapier was real as well For us to be seriously going at each other eapons, I never would have thought it sane
However, the one to propose this duel was, undoubtedly, her
Wearing a dress, she spoke as she looked at me without any interest
“Are you still going to continue this, onii-sama?”
While she called me onii-sama now, she usually doesn’t even call ,’ and other such phrases were how she usually referred to me
But no one in the surroundings ever found fault in that
She wore an ivory-colored dress and red shoes Even though ere both exchanging slashes, unlikeat all
As if she was going to head off somewhere formal, her outfit ell in order The rapier that sister held in her hands was an article made by a skilled craftsman
It was adorned with ornaem that couldn’t be s forth special Skills
The rapier it had been inserted into was a Magic Iteood that couldn’t be bought even with a hundred gold coins
With the sword in hand as a ure was in a mess
This year, she was to turn thirteen Flowing, golden hair waved on her head Her figure was, unbefitting of her age, quite voluptuous
Her blue eyes stared at me coldly
Chills raced down my spine
Scary I wanted to run But I could not
“Not yet We’re not done yet!”
I forcefully contained my fear and stepped forward
I had faith in my well-trained sword skills I was confident that I wouldn’t even lose to adults
The Walt Family… in order to succeed our noble household, I received severe training froe I was confident in my blade
But…
“Hah, you sure are slow”
In the past, I was also a prodigy A wonder child They always showered me with praise In order to answer to my parents and my family’s expectations, I desperately put in all my effort
But that effort, before the sister two years younger than me, was useless
Obviously, ht of as unnecessary for her, she didn’t pick it up over the passage of years She was just taught the basics, and all she should knoas how to hold it and swing it
Even so, I couldn’t win against her
“Wha!”
We clashed for an unknown amount of times, and my body was covered in numerous shallow cuts Even when I slashed at her, she easily dodged with minimal movements
At the same time, her whip-like rapier blade came down on my face, arms, and stomach
“Just then, I could have given you three fatal wounds, Lyle”
The nairl who said my name with a smile on her face was Celes Walt
If there ever was one loved by the heavens, anyone would think it was the sister before me The only one to truly hate her was me
Having s buckled, and I fell over on the lawn
My body was covered in blood My clothes were sticking to me from my sweat
My blue hair was also sticking to me, but I didn’t pay it anyat me
“Guh!”
I blocked with my arms, but I couldn’t kill the moround once more
“How unsightly”
“Yes, truly… to think that this was our son, it’s much too pitiful”
Where I collapsed were my mother and father
We were surrounded by a le one directed any encouragement at me
(Father… mother… why…)
I wanted to cry I bore the pain to stand up, and turned to find Celes’s s me
“What could be the problem? Is that all you were, Lyle?”
She purposely called out my name to provoke me
“Good grief Even when Celes only learned the bare minimum of swordsmanshi+p”
“It really should be Celes succeeding the Walt House”
My parent’s words were directed at my back
Even when they’re ones who’ll say things like this, they were once kind to me The Sabre I held in o
『Lyle, you’re also afor your hand』
『It suits you, Lyle As expected of our son』
They had continued directing a kind smile at me until around the time I turned ten
After that, my parents came to dote on my sister Celes It was around then that they had lost interest in someone like me
That wasn’t so limited to this family
The retainers, who had always treatedthe future head of the household started treating Celes as their lord
They spoke ill ofI wasn’t fit to succeed
Until I was ten, the household, and the populace had been expectantly waiting for me to take over
But noas different This was the reality
“With this, Celes is the successor”
“Good grief, even if they didn’t do so like this, all we had to do was drive the boy out”
“Even when there’s no way he’d ever win against Celes-sama What a fool”
It was so an to come out
(Just what did I ever do Why must I be so hated!?)
Even Celes was my sister It’s not like I had hated her I had treated her as a brother should
Did Celes find so to hate in that?
“Ara, you’re going to cry? You truly are unsightly”
She began laughing to herself She looked like she’s truly having fun
“Why are you doing this! What did I ever do to you!?”
When I raisedto expressionless
“… How loud It doesn’t matter to you It doesn’t really matter to me whether you’re there or not But since you became an eyesore, I’ll have you out of here”
“W-what are you saying…”
She raised her left hand at er
(She intends to use ic!?)
Looking behind, I saw that my parents and the rest of the household had noticed her actions and moved out of the way
They had given silent approval of her attack
“Dammit! Ice Wall!”
A wall of ice manifested in front of me
It’s a water attribute ic, and it’s property is ‘shi+eld’ In order to be praised… in order tomyself
It wasn’t just in the sword Magic, and horse riding, and even knowledge… but in front of the existence in front of me, it was all worthless
“Fire Bullet”
Showing her superiority, Celes started chanting ic after I had finished my preparations
In contrast tothe basics of the basics It was also quite a user-friendly one that merely produced a ball of fire
The wall of ice I had created was chipped away by the fire all too easily
It wasn’t just a single shot
Froertip, she shot several hundred repetitions of the sah, and while ic was supposed to triuainst Celes’s elementary-level spells
“Kuh, Earth Hand!”
Frorew four arms made of earth Each of them obeyed my will to attack her
“How boring”
Celes smiled as she used the rapier in her hand to cut them all down A rapier is, essentially, a weapon specialized in stabbing With it, she used ic to easily cut them
“Earth Bullet”
In order to ith versatility, I activated round like cannon balls and tore up the lawn
But I have no ti like that
“shi+eld”
Without a change in expression, she casted it with a smile A simple wall made of pure mana completely blocked my Earth Bullet
It wasn’t on Celes’s level, but I had shot several dozen shots Still, not a single one got through
(I don’t have any Mana left I’ll have to end it here…)
Even I could understand I had no prospects of victory But I had to fight her no matter what
Otherwise, I would be driven out of the house without having done anything
What started this all was, as I thought, Celes’s words
『Hey, Father This year, onii-sama will turn fifteen and become an adult Is this not the time to hold a match to determine the future head of the Walt House?』
Normally, males would be the ones to succeed
But ed our match
『The loser will leave the house That’s alright with you, right oniisama?』
She hated me, or perhaps she siht with Celes had started
Originally, it wasn’t so that would ever have happened
Having a girl succeed a household wasn’t so that never happened But in those cases, there were certain circumstances, such as the basic principles of the family
House Walt has had a eneration head, a direct line of males have handed down the family to one another
It’s a household with over two hundred years of history
Even so, father and mother obeyed Celes’s words and had the match with me, the eldest son, approved