Chapter 27

I need to describe how I felt after i realized that Karen was the person who had been attacked by the dragon .

What was she doing here? She should have been home at this time .

"What are you doing here?"

"… um, what about you? What are you doing here?"

Karen replied to my question with another question while gazing at the collapsing dragon .

Well, who wouldn't want to ask such a question?

Asking the person who was fighting against a dragon was way more interesting than answering my question, after all .

"Ah… dragon extermination?"

"Why are you answering with a question?!"

I got confused and ended up replying in a weird way .

Karen, who complained about my answer, changed her expression suddenly and started to fl.u.s.ter .

"Wa- behind you!!"

Karen made an uproar as she pointed at something behind me .

That something was none other than the dragon, who rose up and was about to throw its flames at us again .

"Gyaaaa!!"

Although, I had already known about it from the start .

I kicked the ground with my foot as I turned toward the dragon .

"You're to persistent . "

With my kick, a giant dirt wall materialized between the dragon and us, obstructing the flames .

A dirt wall was more than enough to block the breath of a weakened dragon .

"Give it a break already and drop dead . "

As I addressed the dragon with those words, I used a wind blade to behead it behind the wall so that Karen won't be able to see anything grotesque .

"Gyaaaaaaa!!"

The last roar of a weakened dragon who had now lost its head reached our ears from behind the wall before it turned into light particles .

This time around it was done .

"What was that just now?"

I felt relieved after finishing the dragon, and Karen was mute from witnessing my abilities .

That's bad . I ended up using magic as if it was a normal situation .

Well, she had already seen the entire fight earlier so that didn't matter . But still, how was I supposed to explain things to her?

I was at loss for words .

"Errm, it's a magic trick…"

That was my desperate excuse .

"C'mon, there's no way that could the case . "

Karen answered me with a mocking tone . I know right? No way, right?

Why the heck did I pick a lame excuse like a magic trick?! That just made me sound like some old man .

"Ah, more importantly . "

Doing something about the current situation was more important now .

The city must be in a great fuss by this time . I made a magic skill that would serve as a full solution to the problem .

"You have learned the skill [erase magic] . "

This should do it . The memories of everyone in this city will be erased if I used this skill, and I gave it a shot .

First I had to specify the range using [space magic] . I chose the whole city, except for the place we were standing . The reason I wouldn't be using it on Karen was because I would probably faint from the loss of magic power once I used it .

That was why it would be better to leave one person who remembered what happened, and if it was Karen, I wouldn't mind speaking to her about my abilities . I finished a.s.signing the range and activated the magic to delete the memory of every single person inside this city .

(Erase, start . )

The moment I chanted the spell in my mind, I felt every bit of strength leaving my body .

It was proof that I was using a great amount of magic .

As my magic was getting extracted, my head started to ache . So it came to this after all .

"Eh, wai- what's wrong?"

Seeing me holding my head with both of my arms so suddenly, Karen approached me .

I forgot to tell her about that .

"Karen… I will… be fainting… for a… . while now… . Leave it to… you . "

I desperately conveyed to Karen while fighting against the pain .

"You have learned the skill [mental resistance]"

My endurance somehow bore fruit and I acquired a new skill .

That was appreciated . With this skill I can reduce the time I was unconscious from fainting .

I finally lost consciousness while thinking that I was lucky .

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I was in a slightly confusing situation now .

A dragon attacked me then Onii-chan defeated it, but when I asked him about what happened he suddenly fainted . I became unable to tell what was going on .

Right now, Onii-chan was asleep with his head on my lap . I couldn't let him sleep on the ground, so I thought I'd let him use my lap .

The ground was slightly hurting my legs but it wasn't such a big deal . I remained sitting with only the least idea of the situation .

"So, he saved me once again . "

The only thing I knew was that I was rescued by Onii-chan again .

He always came to save me in these kind of situations . It was the same even at that time before .

It happened when I was still in grade school getting bullied .

At that time, I didn't have any counter-plans nor did I have the courage to stand against the girls who were bullying me .

"Kamiya, why do you still come to school?"

"You don't have to come here anymore . "

"You're an eyesore . "

I was crying and closing my ears while being surrounded and getting abused by my cla.s.smates in a hidden place .

I'm tired of this, I want to die .

The moment when I was about to reach the end of my patience…

"What are you doing to my little sister?"

My big brother came in sight .

At that time he used to be the quiet type who spent his time observing his surroundings .

Onii-chan then started disputing with the girls who were bullying me and…

"Do you enjoy doing something like this?"

"That doesn't concern you anyway . "

"If you got time to bully someone go spend it doing something else . "

"The real eyesore is you!"

The girls who were bullying me recoiled from his insults and escaped .

After making sure they were gone, he turned to me, who was sitting on the bare ground, and offered his hand to help me up .

"Let's go home, Karen . "

Hearing his words, I began crying for a different reason again . I still remember the nervous face he made at that time .

From that time on, all the bullying from my classmates stopped .

It was because someone took pictures of them bullying me and scattered them in the school .

It was obviously his doing, but Onii-chan kept on feigning ignorance .

Thanks to that, not only the bullying halted but even the girls who abused me transferred to another school .

This time he will probably try to deny what happened today, but I will surely make him confess the truth .

"Thank you… Onii-chan . "

I said to my unconscious elder brother .

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Bonus

Arm-grabbing

When Karen and Yato were in grade school .

"Onii-chan, it was you who scattered the pictures in school, right?"

"No . "

"It's you right?"

"I told you no . "

"So it's not you, after all . "

"No, it's m- aah . "

"So it's you . "

"No, you lured me to say no . "

"I will take your words as a confirmation . "

"Where did you learn that line?"