Meeting the Violent Red Haired Rival

[Rudeus's POV]

"Urgh, my head. That hurts, Paul" I said as I rubbed the spot that Paul knocked me out.

Does he think I am like Rebecca, who doesn't even feel pain from his sword strikes?

"Rise and shine, sleepy head~" a cheerful voice calls out to me.

I open my eyes and saw Rebecca who is looking down on me and a soft sensation can be felt at the back of my head.

Ah, I see.

She is currently giving me a lap pillow to rest my head at. I never expect my own little sister will give me such a fan service when I woke up from a concussion.

"Um, what happen? and also, where are we?" I tried asking Rebecca while still resting at her lap.

"Well, you were knocked out by dad, which is not surprising, and we are presently inside the carriage that is carrying us to the destination" she explains the situation

"You're finally awake" another voice calls out, but this time it is to my left.

I turned my head to my left and saw a tall muscular woman.

She has long grey hair and dark brown skin.

Wearing an exposed leather attire and an eyepatch on her right eye.

But the most conspicuous of all, she has cat ears and tail.

"MADAM TITTY KITTY!" I exclaimed as I pointed at the cat woman.

"Madam what?" the cat woman tilted her head in confusion from my exclamation.

"Onii-chan~" Rebecca then grabbed my cranium firmly as she calls for me.

'Ah, this is how I die then. death by head fracture while resting in a lap pillow by my own little sister. Sounds about right' I thought as I close my eyes, preparing myself for the worse.

However, that worse didn't come but rather a soft rubbing motion was felt on my head.

I opened one of my eyes a little to peek at what's happening.

I saw Rebecca's gentle expression as she is petting my hair.

"You know, onii-chan. Why bother ogling at someone else breasts, if you could ogle mine right here in front of you" she calmly told me with a smile in her face.

"But yours aren't big though" I bluntly said as her expression become stiff.

She then grabs my hair while strongly pulling it,

"I AM TRYING TO MAKE THEM BIG ENOUGH FOR YOU, DUMBASS!!" she cries as she pulls my hair in anger.

"Ow! ow! ow! ow! Okay! Okay! Stop pulling my hair! Fine, your boobs are quite decent, okay!" I panickily said as I tried to separate her hand from my hair as fast as possible.

"You two sure are quite close" the cat woman intriguingly says as she watches us arguing.

"Of course, we are siblings after all" She proudly says to the cat woman.

"Oh! I almost forgot. My name is Rudeus Greyrat and this is Rebecca Greyrat. Nice to meet you" I introduced myself and Rebecca's name as I finally got to separate her hand from my hair. She got a handful amount of my hair she was holding on her hand.

I then got up from her lap pillow and fix my hair because made a mess of it.

Then I look towards her expression. She just pouts at me as she crossed her arms and then looks away from me.

I smiled wryly and turn my attention back to the cat lady.

"Sorry about my sister's action, she's quite willful when she's jealous about something." I told the cat woman as I am fixing my posture.

"It's fine with me"

"What's your name ma'am" I asked her as I haven't learned about her name.

"Ghislaine, also don't call me ma'am" she introduces as she rebukes my formality.

"Yes, nice to meet you, Ghislaine-san"

"Don't add san either"

I nodded in agreement. Then she grabs something at her leather jacket and throws it at me.

However, Rebecca caught it before hitting me and she gave it to me while giving Ghislaine a stare.

Ghislaine sweats a little before returning her composure.

"A-anyway, read that for me. I can't read it myself, so read it out loud" she says as she closed her eyes to listen.

"Fufu, how sad. Ghislaine is actually illiterate." Rebecca says teasingly, making Ghislaine's brows twitched a little. I could only smile wryly at Rebecca's shamelessness.

I opened the seal and start reading the letter.

[To my beloved son, Rudeus.

You may be wondering what's going on and you're might be confused on why.

Let that muscular daruma doll she beast and your violent little sister tell you everything.

Let me tell you that, both of them have muscles for brains, and none of them could explain you everythi-]

""WHAT DID YOU SAY?""

*thud* *SLAM*

**crack**

Both Rebecca and Ghislaine yelled their complaints the same time.

They both stand up from her seat angrily. Since Ghislaine so tall. her head hits the ceiling and since Rebecca is so short, she pounds her hand at the carriage's wall instead.

"Please sit down you two! that's just a joke!" I panickily tried to calm them down

"I see..."

"Hmph, that idiot father"

Both of them sit down as I instructed. Ghislaine calmly listens and Rebecca is still mad about the rude comment.

I nervously continued reading the letter so we can get this over with.

[Let's cut to the chase, I successfully found you a job.

You and Rebecca will be working as the tutors of a 9-year-old lady living in Roa!]

'Oh nice! What a decent job he gave me. However, does he really have to knock me out senselessly?'

[The person you are with is the bodyguard and swordsmanship instructor of that household.

She said in return of teaching you and Rebecca swordsmanship, she'd like to learn something from you two.

But try not to laugh at her and Rebecca, and say: Even you both have muscles for brains, what are you two talking about?]

""what did you say....""

Rebecca and Ghislaine both unsheathes their sword in utter frustration.

I shudder at the bloodlust they are releasing, so I hurry up and keep reading the letter.

[But Ghislaine is a sword king and your sister is advance rank in all three sword styles.

Nobody can be better swordsmanship teachers than them.

I can guarantee you about their skills.

Your dad has never won against them even once.

Well, except when I am in bed with Ghislaine of course.

And also, Rebecca cries horribly when she accidentally trips and falls in some occasion.]

'Stop being an idiot and don't write these stuffs in the letter, you dumbass'

""Hmph""

Both Rebecca and Ghislaine snort and looks away in irritation.

'This guy really is "popular" in women, even Rebecca is ashamed of this man'

[From now on until you and your sister turn 12, which is 5 years, you will be teaching reading, writing, arithmetic and simple magic while Rebecca will be teaching the Water God style and Sword God style in that household.

During that time, you are not allowed to go home or write letters....]

"Wait? What! Rebecca, do you know about this? Is this true, that I can't go home or write letters?" I asked Rebecca who is listen attentively.

"Well... I think dad did told me about that. But he was very vague about it, so I didn't know that much regarding that" she says as she shrugs her shoulders.

"So, does that means you can't go home or write letters as well?" I asked to verify.

"Well, he didn't mention my name in that condition, so I guess I am free to do those" she bluntly says.

"So, are you willing to go home and send letters for me then?" I asked her a favor now that I know she is allowed to do those.

"Why would I do that? I can't just leave you alone in that place. Not with another girl that you are about to teach." She enviously declines my favor.

"But I just want to know Sylphy's conditio-"

"NOPE!! Not happening. Sylphy will be fine on her own. She has magic and sword skills, so she's fine. Don't worry about it" Rebecca brightly smiles as she indifferently says those things.

"But Rebecca, it is-"

"I... said.... NO!!" she flat out refuses and looks away from me again.

*sigh*

I read the rest of the letter to finish this.

[Because me and Rebecca felt like you are starting to depend on Sylphiette, we've decided that it won't be good for her either.]

'God dammit, you two!!'

[By working, earning money, and living an independent life. I am looking forward to see you two grow up into outstanding peoples.

From your wise and admirable father,

Paul]

WISE AND ADMIRABLE MY ASS!

You brutally forced me in submission without my consent,

How the hell is that wise and admirable?!

"Oh look, daddy love us both very much~" Rebecca mockingly teased me when she saw me quite distraught about this letter, making me quite irritated.

"Indeed, I think he loves you both in his own special way" Ghislaine also join the teasing.

'These two are having fun watching me suffer, huh?'

I ignored the two and read the last line of the letter.

[P.S. You do whatever you like with the young lady in Roa. However, that muscular daruma woman is mine to keep, so hands of her.]

""...."" Both of Rebecca and Ghislaine then were speechless of Paul's last line.

*inhale*

"On second thought, give me that"

Suddenly, Rebecca snatched the letter from me and stood up from her seat.

"H-hey, what are you... W-where are you going? Rebecca!"

Then she walks towards the carriage's door and kicks it.

*SLAM*

She then jumps off the moving carriage and begins to make a marathon starting position on the ground.

"Hey! Come back here! Ghislaine, stop the carriage!" I ordered Ghislaine and jumps off the carriage as well.

I run towards Rebecca who is prepping to run back home.

"Rebecca, wait! We are miles away from the village! I don't think you can make there in ti-"

*BOOM*

All of a sudden, chunk of dirt and dust flies off from the ground and I saw Rebecca sprinting away in a very lightning speed. She even made a sonic boom as she runs quickly.

"There she goes" Ghislaine says as admires the speed of Rebecca's run as we watch her vanished from our sight.

[10 minutes later]

After a few short whiles, Rebecca came back with a satisfied look on her face as she struts her way towards us.

"How the hell did you run so quick? You just left a few minutes ago?!" I was baffled at Rebecca's running speed and was dumbfounded when she came back in such a short amount of time.

"How else do you think I run so fast? Of course, I wrapped my entire legs with battle aura, duh" she says as if it was obvious to her.

"Even with battle aura, I never knew you can utilize it quite proficiently" Ghislaine is also surprised on her mastery in using the battle aura.

"Well, I guess it is the product of my years of training and exercises, I guess. MWUHAHAHA" she boisterously laughs as she boasts her capabilities.

Me and Ghislaine could smile wryly at her cheerful laughter.

We then went back inside the carriage and continue venturing onwards.

....

"Ah yes, I almost forgot. What did you do when you went home, Rebecca?" I asked her on what happened back home.

"Hmm~? Nothing~ Me and mom just had a "little talk" with father and left it like that~" she playfully says as if she is hiding the true scene that happened back there.

'Scary, very scary'

A few more kilometers of travel have passed, we made it to the Citadel of Roa.

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[Rebecca's POV]

That idiot father, he really had the audacity to badmouth me indirectly.

Saying that I have muscles for brains or something.

Oh really? I will have him know that he made three instances where he's clearly not using his brain, four if you include that stupid ass letter.

The look on his face when I suddenly went home and gave the letter to mother, was priceless and it's was so satisfying.

He was flabbergasted when he saw me running home and in such a short amount of time.

When mother read the letter that he wrote, me and mother both reprimanded him and did my harsh punishment to him.

I then said my farewells again and left the house with the same fashion as when came here. I covered my entire legs with battle aura and ran with supersonic speed.

As I have arrived back to the carriage, onii-chan looks dumbfounded when I already came back to them.

They were surprised of my ability to utilize my battle aura for fast mobility running. I proudly boast it in front of them.

Fufufu, yes, right. Be more amaze of my absolute greatness! Mwuhahahaha!

Anyway, i had my fun and we went back to the carriage to move again.

Then after few more kilometers of traveling, we arrived at the citadel of Roa.

I used to come in this place when selling the monster parts that I salvage when I was protecting the village from the monsters of the forest. I only able to walk to the streets near the gate and that's it.

However, we went straight to the heart of the citadel, the mansion of our job employer.

Once we went inside, we were then greeted by the butler of the mansion, I think his name is Thomas or whatever.

He then guided us to the guess room and serve us drinks.

The drink he gave us is wine.

Wait? But we are too young for this kind beverage.

"Is it safe to drink this thing, onii-chan?" I asked onii-chan if this drink is safe.

"It's fine, Rebecca. I think they water these down in order to decrease the alcohol level of the drink. So, this drink is only at the level of juice, actually." Onii-chan explained to me clearly.

"As expected of onii-chan, how smart" I complimented onii-chan and he smiled at me.

I took a sip at the drink and I tasted a cool fruity flavor in it.

While we were enjoying our drinks, a sudden encounter occurred.

*SLAM*

"WHERE IS IT?! I WANT TO SEE THEM!! IS IT HERE?" a vigorous looking old man suddenly barged in the room with a very loud voice.

The man seems to look like he was in his 50's, yet he still has a very large and buff build. He has dark brown hair with strands of white hair mixed to it. He is wearing a very noble looking attire while holding a cane on his hand.

'HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! That was so freaking loud! I think my ear is about to bleed when he shouted.' I complained internally while almost choking on my drink.

"There you are!! I am looking for you two!!" the robust man approaches us and scrutinized our appearance.

He glared at us intimidatingly while he is radiating with an oppressive aura.

"Psst, onii-chan, what should we do?" I whispered to onii-chan on what to do.

"Don't worry, just follow me" he says as he puts down the cup and stood up. I followed him as well, putting my drink down and standing up.

He then bends his waist to 90 degrees, which I followed as well. If I remember, this was the ojigi bow back in the previous world.

"It is an honor to meet you, my name is Rudeus Greyrat and this is my little sister, Rebecca Greyrat." and finally, onii-chan introduced ourselves to the old man.

'As expected of onii-chan, how courteous of him' I complimented onii-chan in mind.

However, this didn't please the man as he snorted in disappointment.

"Hmph, you don't even know how to make a proper greeting!" he haughtily disapproved our greeting towards him.

Wait? What? Isn't this a proper greeting? I mean, sure. It lacks a bit of nobility in some areas, but it is still counts as a proper greeting, right?

"Old master. Rudeus-dono has never left Buina village and master Rebecca-dono only often comes to the city to trade. They're still quite young and didn't have the time to learn etiquette. Please forgive their slight rudene-"

the butler tried to reason with the old man. However,

"SHUT UP"

the old man rebukes his reasoning and the butler was frightened, so didn't talk even further.

Well damn, this old man is quite aggressive for a noble, am I right?

"Hmph, Paul doesn't even teach the formalities to his son and daughter!" he arrogantly says to us.

"Pardon for our lack of knowledge about formality. Our father simply didn't teach us etiquette simply because he hated stiff rules" onii-chan tried to reason to the old man. I nodded in agreement to support his reason.

"An excuse right away! You're the same as Paul."

Huh, he doesn't even listen to onii-chan's reason.

Arrgh, how annoying. This is like situation with father again.

I frown and furrowed my brows at this old man's unreasonable and arrogant attitude and glared at him.

The old man noticed that I am staring indignantly at him.

"What's with that look, girl?!"

"Don't you speak to my bother quite unreasonably" I boldly stated my thought to him, which made his eyebrow twitched.

"Ho? You dare talk to me with that attitude, girl?" he intimidatingly scowls at me.

Dammit, he is quite hard to talk to. He is much worse than my father when it comes to being unreasonable. I have to bravely take a stand in order to defend myself.

I then use my favorite and usual pose I always do when I am trying to be intimidating.

I crossed my arms, spread my feet apart, puff up my chest and elevated my chin.

I took a deep breathe before speaking.

"I mean what I said. I just don't want anyone talks unreasonably towards my older brother! It is unfair, don't you think?!" I decisively took a stand towards the imposing stature of the old man.

He furrows his eyes and starts glaring at me intensely. I then returned the glare and we lock eyes together.

Onii-chan is sweating profusely at my action but I ignore it for now.

Right now, I am trying my best not to break my intimidating appearance and fight the glare of the old man.

Few minutes later, he snorted and stops glaring at me.

"Hmph, that stance you are making and that overbearing attitude reminded of my granddaughter. You two might get along quite fine. Very well, you two can stay in the mansion. However," he then turns his attention to onii-chan.

"Try to learn etiquette and proper greeting next time! Do you two understand?!" he then ordered us domineeringly.

""Yes, we understand!"" we complied understandingly.

"Good!" he then turns heels and walks out the room, leaving me with my brother and the butler.

We took a sigh of relief because we defused the bomb in the room and we made it out alive in that situation.

Then onii-chan looks at me seriously. Eh? What did I do? Why is he glaring at me like that?

"You know, Rebecca. That is quite reckless of you to do that" he says as he is denouncing me.

"Eh? What did I do wrong?" I was confused why he is disapproving me.

"You talked to a high-ranking noble so arrogantly and disrespectfully and he is the one who hired us if I may add. he could have kicked us if you misspoke even more" he reprimanded me, which made me guilty at my action.

He is right. I guess my actions are quite arrogant to say the least. But, at least divert the situation, right?

"But onii-chan, we at least are able to stay in the mansion as he said just now, correct? So, everything is fine for now, right?" I tried to defend myself from his scolding.

He then ponders a bit and nodded in understanding.

Phew! That was close.

"Who's that old man anyway" I asked because I haven't heard him introduced himself before leaving.

"He is Sauros Boreas Greyrat-sama, the lord of the Fittoa region. He's Master Paul's uncle."

Oh! I see now.

He is a lord. No wonder he acts so haughty and overbearing.

I guess high status comes with high pride and personalities.

Well, it is not that surprising I say so to myself.

And also, he is father's uncle, huh? That's interesting.

"So that means that he is my grandfather's brother" onii-chan then inquires as well.

"Yes, Redeus-dono" he then nodded in understanding.

Our grandfather, huh? I never heard father talking about that when I was in the village.

Maybe talking about his father is a touchy subject, so he didn't bother telling me about it.

Oh well, I could conclude that father has his own issue that he doesn't want to deal with.

"Oh my? Did something happen here, Thomas? Who always leaves the door open"

While I was contemplating my thoughts, another person comes inside the room.

The man has a much slenderer build than the lord and he have bright tea-colored hair.

"I've heard from father that he saw a girl that reminds him of my daughter. Where is this person, Thomas?" he says as he looks around the room.

Then he spotted me who is hiding behind my brother's back.

I feel like he is the type of person who is very shrewd and cunning.

He'll definitely have plans for me if I don't be careful.

He observes my eyes with suspicion.

So, I came out of hiding from onii-chan's back and strike my usual pose to intimidate him.

He scrutinizes my pose and nodded in understanding.

"Young Master, I'm terribly sorry. Old master had just met Rudeus-sama and Rebecca-sama, and seems to be intrigued with Rebecca-sama's behavior."

The butler explains to the young man about the situation.

"Hoh, a child that Father finds intriguing, huh? Did he perhaps choose wrongly? Hmm"

He ponders as walks to the other side of the coffee table and sits on the sofa.

Onii-chan then nudges me and I looked at him. He has the looks of "let's greet him" on his face.

"It is a pleasure to meet you, my name is Rudeus Greyrat and this is my little sister, Rebecca Greyrat"

We did the same bow as last time, which we lower our head.

"Ah yes, my name is Philip Boreas Greyrat, the mayor of Roa. Also, the proper way for a noble to greet are different from what you two did. For Rudeus, you have to place your right hand to your chest and lower your head slightly. For Rebecca, you have pick up the hem of your skirt and bend your legs lightly.

<A/N: I have no idea how to describe female noble greetings because Philip only describes Rudy's greeting in the novel, So, I base it on the anime and find a noble who is female and I described the greeting in the best of my ability.>

"Is it something like this?" onii-chan asks as we greet as Philip instructed.

"Now that's more like it. If a blacksmith or any female noble greet that way, Father would be definitely please. Anyway, have a seat you two"

Me and onii-chan sit on the sofa on our side as ordered.

So... what now? Is this the interview?

"How much exactly do you understand, Rudeus?"

"Our father said that if we teach the ojou-sama for five years, I will support the fee for the enrollment of the magic university"

"How about you, Rebecca?"

"Well, it is like what onii-chan said, we will be going to tutor the lady of this place for 5 years. I will assist on onii-chan's earnings for his enrollment"

"Are you not going to enroll with him?"

"Well, I don't really focus on studying magic, so I rather I study swordsmanship instead."

"Oh, you are studying the sword? You really are like my daughter. Very well, I understand your decision."

He then puts his hand on his chin and ponders a bit. Then he looks at onii-chan shrewdly.

"Rudeus, do you like girls?"

*snap*

I then quickly turn my head at onii-chan's direction and stared at him.

He then sweats profusely at my watchful gaze. Philip-sama seems amuse at our reaction.

"U-um, well, not that much. My little sister keeps me at bay from too much female interaction"

"Oh, is that so. Your little sister is quite protective of you, Rudeus. How envious"

"Naturally, onii-chan is mine after all" I proudly said, which made onii-chan perplex and Philip-sama to smile.

"Well, is that how it is. I guess you two are pass" he then immediately pass us from the interview.

""Eh?""

"What's wrong"

"Well, that was so quick, don't you think" onii-chan says and I nodded in support of that.

"As for now, yes. However, my daughter only favors two people. The first one is Edena, who teaches her etiquette, and other one is Ghyslaine, who teaches her the sword.

Before this interview, 5 people have been discharged. One of them was a man who has even taught in the royal palace."

Wow, damn. Did she really do that? -How violent is this person?

Well, asked by the violent little sister herself, I think this will be interesting.

"Well, let get this over with and let you two meet her. Come on, you two"

Philip-sama said as he stands up and walks towards the door.

We also stood up and followed him outside if the room and through the hallway.

'Let us see if your violence is better than mine. I can't wait to see you try'

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After few minutes of walking through the hallway, we arrived at a certain door.

"I just want to remind you two before we enter the room. My daughter is quite willful, so it might be difficult for you two to get along."

Philip-sama then vaguely warns us before entering the room.

Oh? Willful he says? This would be fun.

Then Philip-sama opens the door and reveals the people inside the room.

There were three beast people maids who are fixing the appearance of one person.

And that person is a lady with long crimson red hair.

Red hair that looks like it was been dump with red paint.

When she turns around, she has a vigorous and determined look on her face.

The face that spells violence and aggressiveness all over it.

The face that I have been looking for all this time.

The face.... that I could call as [my rival].

"You two, say hello to my daughter. Her name is Eris Boreas Greyrat." Philip-sama introduced his daughter to me and onii-chan.

We then approach the girl and stand in front of her.

She looks at us imposingly and then she crossed her arms, spread her feet apart, puffs her chest and raised her chin.

'Oi! that's my pose! How dare she copy mine'

I too did the same, arms crossed, feet apart, puffed chest and raised chin.

The lady noticed that I do the same pose, she looks at me and raised her eyebrow.

"Why are you copying me?"

"Oh, I am sorry. I didn't know you would do the same pose as I usually do" when I sarcastically said that to her, her eyebrow twitch

"You're quite cheeky for a small brat like you" she haughtily sneers at me, which made me irritated.

"Oh, is that so?" I then crouch down to the floor and cast earth magic.

[Earth Lance]

"!!"

I manifested an earth lance to elevate myself to the lady's current height.

Because of that we are now looking at each other at the same level.

"How about now? Do you still going to call me small" I arrogantly say, which agitated the lady.

"Rebecca, stop that. I'm sorry ojou-sama for my sister's behavior. My name is Rudeu-"

"SHUT UP"

My onii-chan is about to introduced himself but the lady silenced him mid-sentence. This made me mad because of how rude she is acting.

"Oi, my onii-chan is just introducing himself. Why would you disrespect him like that?"

"Silence, you. I have no intention to hear that right now. I just want to know what you mean by [usually do] when you did the pose?"

"Oh, that? I usually do this pose in my hometown. I learned it myself ever since I was three years old" I proudly boasted the origin of my pose.

"Tch, no. You're lying! You just copying me! What you said is just a lie!" She angrily protests.

"Hmph, why would you think I am lying?"

"Because that pose belongs to my grandfather! No one in the world has the audacity to copy my grandfather's pose except me!"

"Oh? You're imitating your grandfather's pose?

You see, that's where we differ.

I learned to do the pose on my own while you learned it from somebody else.

We're not the same, missy.

and we.... we never will be"

*whoosh*

As I said my honest thoughts, a fist suddenly appears in front of my face.

*POW*

A solid punch coming from the lady's fist suddenly struck my cheeks

However, I felt unbothered by the punch gave me.

"Do you call that a punch?" I coldly ask the lady who just hit me.

<A/N: plays "Stardust Crusaders">

"?" she seems confused that her punch doesn't budge me on the place where I am standing.

I firmly stick my foot from the earth lance I just built.

"Better yet. I will show you what a punch really is" I said as I clenched my fist and wind up a punch

"!!" the lady noticed me winding up my punch and tries to block it.

"ORA!!"

I swing my fist at the defending lady and she went flying across the room.

"Guh!" she then finally hit the wall of the room.

"""Ojou-sama!""" All of the servants of the lady call out to her.

"Rebecca! What the heck are you doing?!" onii-chan questions me in a panic.

However, I ignore the calls of onii-chan and the others.

And focus at the enemy at hand.

I got down from the earth lance I made and erased it from existence.

I then turned my attention to the lady.

The lady stands up unsteadily and recovers from the punch a few seconds after.

She furiously glares at me and I return the glare at her.

"You! How dare you, strike me!" She yells at me with great amount of animosity.

"What's wrong, lady? Do you give in?" I mockingly asked her, putting more fuel to her rage.

"HOW DARE YOU!" she then rushes towards me with close fists

"Yeah, that's more like it! COME AT ME!!" I too clenched my fists and rush towards her as well.

"AAAAAAARRRGGHHHHHH!"

"AAAAAAAAARRGGHHHHH!"

**whoosh**

**POW**