The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 237: Simple Problems
POV: Kirigaya Kaizo
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Little birds chirping could be heard outside the window. The second morning after the end of «Tempest», Kaizo left himself to sleep soundly.
"Sister Kaizo. Please wake up, brother."
"Pulse. Nyx, let me sleep for a little while." Kaizo groans on the bed. His exhaustion from the real battle had not subsided. At least for today, he wanted to sleep as much as possible.
"Oh my God, brother Kaizo is a sleepyhead!"
Sighing in admiration, it somehow seemed like he had given up. Kaizo was relieved, and at that moment, a soft sensation on her cheek was felt.
"What!?"
Kaizo's sleepiness is completely gone. He soared on the bed and saw the beautiful girl with shining platinum blonde hair welcoming him with a bright smile.
"Yes, you're finally awake!"
"Mi-Minerva!?" Kaizo shouted confusedly. There was Aura's younger sister, Minerva Neidfrost. The neat white dress and the accompanying red ribbon were exquisite.
"Good morning, brother." Minerva bowed politely.
"Can you stop calling me brother, that's kinda..."
"Yes, brother."
"Hi-eliminate that brother, just call me Kaizo." He felt his heartbeat beating faster than usual as Minerva called out to him like that.
"Yes, onii-sama."
*Note: ⁇ (Onii-sama): A much more polite call. A term for an older brother as the third person in a formal conversation.
"All right, I gave up. You can call me anything." Kaizo sighed.
"Yes." Yeah." Minerva with a happy face smiled at Kaizo.
"Good morning, Kaizo."
Next to him was another person, a sweet girl. That is Karmila Freya, leader of «Division Rupture». Her basic black clothes complemented her slightly wavy dark brown hair.
"What's this?" Kaizo asked as she rubbed her sleepy eyes.
"Umm, I have a request for onii-sama."
"Request?"
"Yes, sister Aura and sister Victoria are fighting in the room."
"Ah, they're doing it again." Kaizo groaning.
It had settled down since coming to «Wind Palace», but the two were constantly bickering in the classrooms in the academy. It has continued, and it seems as usual.
"It's something that happens all the time, isn't it okay if we let it?"
"If this continues, the castle's room will be destroyed."
Right after Karmila said that, a powerful earthquake came from the hallway.
"Don't the classroom, damage the building «Divine Ritual Obsession», as expected, it's not good." Kaizo tiredly sighed and got out of bed.
Eve, who was usually a direct plunge, was currently outside the castle.
"By the way, what about Lesley?"
"He may still be sleeping. Lesley's, she won't wake up unless sister wakes her up."
"This is the first time I've heard of a servant being woken up by his master." Kaizo muttered, as amazed as the always useless maid.
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Moving quickly down the vibrating passageway, Kaizo arrived at Aura's room.
"I'm not guilty!"
"W-what, what are you trying to say?!"
Arguments could be heard even outside the door.
"Hey, you two!"
Kaizo opened the door and entered, then offensive spirit magic clashed within the room.
* ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛁᚠ ᚨ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛉ ᛋ *
"Frozen demon breaths, «Frozen Lands»!"
* ᚠ ᚢ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᚠᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚹᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ *
"Eat this, big fire, «Fireball»!"
Kaizo was knocked down by the blow and crashed into the wall of the corridor.
"Gruah!"
"Kaizo!?"
The two exclaimed in shock and quickly ran to his side.
Kaizo shakily stood up as he pressed his dizzy head and said, "You guys, are you guys trying to destroy the room?"
"Th-this has nothing to do with you!"
"I-that's right! It's our problem!"
The two princesses averted their eyes as if uncomfortable. And from the end of the corridor came the Minerva group.
"I call onii-sama, brother."
"Minerva?"
"That's because you two won't stop fighting at all."
"That's it, it's not my fault!" Aura puffed her cheeks as if pouting and turned around.
"So, what's the cause of this fight?" Kaizo asked with a sigh.
"It's Victoria's fault!"
"It's the wrong Aura!"
The two pointed at each other and sparks erupted between them.
"Alright, relax. I'll listen to you two."
With that, with tears streaming down her ruby eyes, Victoria showed him a book. Guessing from the cover illustration, it is one of Victoria's favorite romance novels aimed at teenagers.
"What happened to this book?"
"Aura ruined his conclusion!" Victoria glared at Aura with teary eyes.
"Huh?"
"I thought you'd read it!"
"I haven't read it! Although I was looking forward to reading it when we returned to the academy."
"I was, first of all, the one who started talking about the book!"
"Tu-wait, wait!" Kaizo hurriedly interrupted.
"You guys, you guys are fighting about this kind of thing?"
"What do you mean this kind of thing!"
"Ah, no..."
"I'm fine, you don't have to return this book!" Victoria shouted with teary eyes and left with her ponytail hair standing straight.
"Hey, Victoria."
"H-hmph, just do what you want!" Aura folded her hands and turned her head to the side.
"Oh, okay. I'm getting dizzy."
(Well, these kinds of fights happen all the time. It shouldn't be too serious.)
He heard someone lightly cleared his throat, "I've shown you my bad side, Kaizo."
Aura looked like she felt awkward as she wrapped her hair around her finger.
"You two, can't you hang out a little?"
"It's impossible for the two of us to get along!" Aura's face turned red and she bit her lips.
"I'm working with him because we're on the same team now, but in the beginning we were destined rivals!"
"Rival, yes."
(In hindsight, the two were childhood friends. Of course, there should be no problem if I interfere too much.)
"Well, after all, tomorrow is the final. Make sure to make up before that." Kaizo shrugged and left.
Then came the sound of someone snarling. Such a ridiculous voice came from the hallway.
"Kaizo?"
"Onii-sama?"
Aura and Minerva raised their eyebrows in confusion.
"Maybe you haven't eaten breakfast yet?"
"Y-yes, I was just woken up by your sister not long ago." Kaizo nodded with a red tinge on her cheek.
In an instant, Aura's face shone happily and said, "Then, I'm just about to make something. If you want, you can eat."
"really?"
...
*Connected.....
*Note: This story is fictitious. If there is a similarity in the name of the character, the scene, or the story, it is a mere coincidence and there is no element of intentionality.