Vol 1 Chapter 33 (1/2)

Putting my textbook titled [Noam Chomsky’s Practical Use of analytic Philosophy into Huh

“White is the paper, black are the letters”[1]

And even if so about it either

I’uistic centre of the Illuminati Private Academy, with the lecture just finished What I understand is close to zero, and what I don’t is close to everything

Stretching et up from my seat, half-hearted

With Lily silently behind my back, I slowly open the back door in the classroom and move to the hallway The hall was already crammed full with students ere also done with their class

“Ugh, why the hell are there so many people here?”

Muttering out h the crowd of students toward the second floor hall; the reason being my next class was located there What was the subject? …Math, I think Basic coe somehow, but classes like this, littered with technicalmumbo-jumbo, I still had problems with

“That’s that, but I haven’t saw Miss Sara around today”

Now that I think about it, it was only two days ago that the cruise hijacking took place Because of the whole business with Lily, I didn’t get to sleep until four in theschool nor

Well, coht awake and had to depart to work just after her breakfast, this is probably nothing Even if she was only acting all right on the outside…

Speaking of Maria, why as, of all times?

Tappingfrom the lack of sleep, I try to find the lecture roo crowd here just makes it worse It’s not like I’m used to this school yet either

Pull pull

I was i at my clothes from the back

I turn ety

“Lily, bathroom…”

“Hah!?”

So even this robot of a girl has to go to bathroom As soon as my word of approval comes out, she dashes away to somewhere

And just when I was about to resu bumps into me

“What?”

I must’ve bumped into someone

“Ah, sorry”

Regaining roup of students bunched up You could tell with just a glance that these people weren’t the type you’d like to get involved with

Some bad apples from a rich family, perhaps?

“Where do you have your eyes attached to, bu?”

Picking fights right off the bat I don’t think they’re interested in talking nicely

“On my head, where else do you think they’d be attached to?”

“You little shi+t, who do you think you are?”

“Tch, I said I’ into someone?”

“Haa, look at this little yellowhe’s the boss”

Seeing that I’roup surroundstone

The situation takes a turn for the worse, and already there is a crowd of people around us, for a sort of coliseum around us

As always, street fights always begin with so trivial

I can’t say this situation is going my way

Although I’d like to ask just when my life has ever went my way, but still

That’s that, but yellow monkey?

I like that It’s true when you think about it

I can stand for anything else, but I can’t stand people callingaith it!

“Sounds to ht”

Even so, I scratch

“But just to o?”

“What, you chickening out or so?

“Well, not particularly but…”

You look a bit too old to be using that old insult to taunt ets here What’s she taking so long anyway? I don’t mind if you have to sprint your way here, just come quickly

“What’re youabout, you bitch!”

And so, one of the goon that I buet the better of him and throws a punch my way

Bad ti

Even so, I can’t be hiding Lily’s back forever

Taking a hit, I wind back up and prepare for a counte…

“You people over there, what are you doing?”

And then

A familiar voice resonates to me, and I stop where I am

I turn h the crowd into the centre

“Do, Dorothy Iblis Blackhazel?!”

Unbelievably, everyone, including the one that threw a punch my way, backs up in an instant and stiffens up

“Hathered up here, so it was for this?”

And In coant, like a princess, as though she was above the from the start

It’s like looking a medieval relation between a noble and a plebeian

“What could Blackhazel possibly ith us…!”

“I wonder~?”

Shaking her shoulder and coht now feels souess sisters are sisters Sisters as in identical twins, not just any sisters

“W, ere just teaching a lesson to this lowbred yellowthen-“

“No, I’d rather you stay right there for now

Dorothy retorts back in an icy tone

It seeoons here aren’t aware as to why she’s so antagonistic toward them

“If you want to fight a dog, then shouldn’t you h to take on its master as well?”

And I see where this is going But to callin front of everyone here, this brat’s attitude has no limits

There’s nothinga fire burn, and with Dorothy joining the fray, I’d say this is worth watching with popcorn and pop by your side

“W, we don’t knohy you’re so…”

“That pathetic little carp there”

Do you mean me, by any chance?

Judging by how Dorothy is shaking her shoulder and pointing my way, I’d say it’s pretty clear that she means me

“Disappointing as he is, even as a virgin quick-shot lolicon, he’s still my brother in any case”

“W, what?

“Holy shi+t!”

Faces distort in surprise In a sense

So to explain everyone’s expression right noith an analogy, these Russian goons found out that their student A that they oh-so-loved to use as a delivery boy was the son of a Mafia boss Maybe more than that

“I’d rather not acknowledge it ot back hoht decide to kill you all”

And why does the word “kill you all” doesn’t sound exaggerated at all? If anything else, Maria would definitely do that, if not more

“B, but! He’s not a pure-blood!”

“Hmm~ So you’d think it’d be okay to look down on someone that’s only half a Blackhazel?”

I can understand what this guy’s obsessing about For the Blackhazel family that’s obsesses so much over the purity of the blood, it’d seem weird for one of them to be of mixed blood

“S, Sorry! We really didn’t do anyt…”

“He’s the one that punched you! I had nothing to do with th-“

Oh, look at you guys now

You were the first to start this fight, and you’re also the first to beg and grovel By the hy are you apologizing to Dorothy and not me?

“To be honest, I couldn’t care less what you guys did to my stupid brother”

Dorothy speaks eloquently, carefully surveying their faces

“The i is, whether he’s stupid or half-blooded or not, he’s still a Blackhazel”

The conversation’s taking a weird turn now I have no choice but to just sit by and listen, not really able to find a place to squeeze into the conversation

“To be short, you guys mocked the 'Blackhazel' inside my stupid brother over there”

“!”

“W, we’ll do anything you’ll ask! We’re sorry!”

“Oh, you’ll do anything? Really~?”

Dorothy is glaring sharply at the gang like a cat, with her hands crossed No matter how you look at it, she’s not about to let them off the hook

“Then in that case, how about you kneel and beg for mercy here?”

“That’s…!”

A wave of hesitation sparks through the gangBegging and kneeling in such a public place like this, it’s much too severe to even consider it a simple “humiliation” They did recklessly decide to punch o

“Hey, Dorothy-“

“Just sit there and shut up for a second, you stupid idiot”

“No, but isn’t this this a bit…”

Too much?

It’s just attracting more and more attention

“Listen up If you were shamed even once, you return it back hundredfold That is our rule”

‘It would be best to be both loved and feared But since the two rarely coreater security in being feared than in being loved’: Words of Machiavelli himself

I scan Dorothy and the gang in turn, unable to decide what to do

“For exa them to a humiliation so cruel, to the point they’re socially outcast from everyone else?”

“What?!”

“J, just a sec! I really didn’t know anything about him!”

“Or, we could just settle this with sohter fro trouble for everyone”

'I’ll dance naked if you want,' would be the thought going through these goon’s head That uess myself

Dorothy smiles

“Then bark like a dog for me”

“W, what?!”

“I told you, bark like a dog Or are you thinking of staying hu a trip down hell’s abyss?”

Tra over their pride; I can only feel shi+vering cruelty from Dorothy now

Co to me all this time is mischievous jokes at best

Yes

They’re actually barking like dogsKneeling and groveling, in that exact position

It’s too miserable to even look at them with both eyes open

And Lily was suddenly by host from God knohen before

Well, who knows?

If this brat had appeared sooner, these guys could have got aithout suffering this cruel and s

To call this “you reap what you sow” The weight of karnore

◇◆◇

That day afternoon

Like it’s always been, the three Blackhazel siblings are enjoying their dinner

“Onii-sama”

Maria opens her h the silent meal

With a ring resonating frohout, like a clear bell

“Have you noticed the new bed in your room?”

“Hmm? Ah, yeah”

Maria continues her words, her eyes still focused on her knife and fork

“Though you haven’t done so yet, it’s i on the same bed From now on, Lily will sleep there”

“Ahaha, don’t you think you’re being too sensitive to a 12-year-ol…”

“Haven’t you heard the saying: 'It is always the quiet ones'?”

“Not to ets horny off 12-year-olds”

Looking at Maria cutting off ry, I’d say she’s been thinking about this for quite a while But I don’t knohy she’s using that proverb here? I’o cli

“Onee-sama, an electronic bracelet pioneer like hiht off so he can at least be useful to the society”[2]

“Uwah, you! Don’t say so like that so casually!”

Tightening s up in reflex, I frown at Dorothy

I don’t kno a 17-year-old girl like her can even think about saying such horrendous words out of the blue Ugh, I’ faith in humanity Humanity, I say

“Do you understand, Onii-sama? From now on, Lily will sleep on the new bed in your room”

Maria speaks while sipping her cup of coffee, after patiently listening tobetween me and Dorothy

“Ah, alright”

“And about that”

“Hmm?”

“About the hijacking that took place before”

Just after I nod usto

I really can’t get used to Maria’s pace of taking care of things Is it because of her praght to the point? Not that it’d be any surprise

“I have an idea as to who is the one behind the curtains here”

“An idea?”

“Yes Because of that, I have some information I’d like to inform to you, Onii-sama”

Wiping her mouth with her napkin, Maria continues on

“First off, about the 'fa in Netherland in few days’ time”

Huh?

I could sere just talking about the hijack just now

“The reason why I’ now, of all times, is because the two matters are closely related”

“They're related?”

Nohat kind of enig about?

Even so, Maria remains composed, her dull poker face etched into her expression It’s so serious, I can’t even find the willpower to throw her a joke

“It’s because”

With an unnerving pause in her sentence, she slices through her food and takes a bite And silently, she takes a breath

“The group that’s responsible for helping the ‘Blades of the Left’ infiltrate the cruise, and disguising it as cruise hijacking is no other than…”

“No other than…?”

“The other faction of the Blackhazel family”

◇◆◇

“So all this began because of this family feud between the different factions in the family or whatever…”

It’s like one of those fight-to-the-death fa dramas

And I’ht in the middle of it

To be honest, I was half-dragged to the Blackhazel Manor knowing nothing, so it’s safe to say that I’m wrapped up in this bloodthirsty family feud as well

But Maria is different

That girl probably knew fro; that their retaliation and their tenacity would cause an uniinable storm

It’s not so you could compare to prides Jewish people have, but I’m aware that the Aryans from Europe, particularly those that established their wealth and power through a network of family and tribes, take enormous pride in the “blood” of their family

And even then, Maria went through everything, just to bring me to this place

But hoas I worth that trouble?

Even if I’ half the blood, there was no need for her to sacrifice this much for a brother she doesn’t even remember how he looks like

Any nor would least to that conclusion

Letting ination run wild, I head to the bathroolue as usual Just where are you not planning to follow me into? You usually waited on the chair by the hallhile I was in the bathroom

“Yo, I’ to take a quick shower Wait here, okay?”

Shake shake

Lily shakes her head sideways, disapproving She’s still got a hold ofanytime soon

“Just a second, I’ Are you planning to follow me into the bathroom?”

Nod nod

Lily’s face flushes red with eo of s for her!

But she was always ready to tease and bullyso attached now?!

“Uwah?! I’ll take a really quick shower so just hold on for 5 minutes then!”

Shake shake

Shake shake

Shaking your head like that twiceto listen twice as e to understand Not that I’d be interested in it much

“How can a grown-up girl like you, even think about washi+ng yourself with another man?! No!”

“Lily, still a child…”

“Don’t use an innocent excuse like that here!”

You little brat- No, if I said that, then I’ that she’s still a child, and therefore it’s alright for her to coement would be completed

That’s why I can’t say it I won’t say it

“But Lily, still little…”

“Just because you’re little you think you can come to the bathroom with me?”

“You, genius…?”

Nice counter A cannon to deic

“W, whatever, but no is a no!”

If that’s the case then it’s ti as well To use an analogy, it’s like trying to ignore a child begging her parents to buy her a toy

“…Uu, hau”

Lily undergoes a change in her plan,under her eyes It’s as if she’s trying to say “Even if I’m like this…?” to me

Godda me mad What am I supposed to do now

And just when I was driven into this irreversible corner:

“What is with all the commotion?”

Suddenly Maria shows up fro for the source of the noise She’s like a messiah to me; well, let’s pretend she is for the moment

“Ohhh, Maria, I’lad to see you!”

“…?”

If I think about it, Maria’s been thinking of Lily as a rival of some sort lately It’s unorthodox and delusional at best, but e here

“Listen toto take a shower in the washroo that she come inside with me!”

“…Protecting by side, Lily’s duty”

“Oh God, give me a break!”

Perhaps she assu on correctly; Maria nods with a look of understanding on her face

“Hmether entering the same bath is immoral indeed In that case…”

Maria ies with a look that says she’s thought of a wonderful solution for this problem

And her wonderful solution was…

“It seeo in with you”

…Coain?

What nonsense are you sprouting now!

“Bathrooerous place, Onii-sama! If you by any chance slipped and broke your head, Ahhh! This girl shall never live with the guilt tor her conscience!”

“You really think a grown-up ically speaki…”

Hmm? Oh wait

Just then I’ve stopped speaking, realizing a great flahat I said

Haha, logic

What nonsense a about?

There’s no way soical like what I’ve just said would ever have a chance to work in front of Maria!

◇◆◇

Maria calmly undresses herself to have her white body reveal itself Sounds of her clothes sliding off can be heard softly Unable to look at her properly, I silently turnelse

As soon as I said that I’d rather not take a bath, Maria declared “Overruled!” and proceeded to half-drag me to the bathroom

It’s really nerve-wrecking

It really is nerve-wrecking

In all my 18 years of not-too-short life, no matter how hard I think, I don’t think I was in a situationthan this Ahhh, God, Buddah, Allah, whoever or wherever you are, please offer me a way out of this situation

“Er, hmm, hey, Maria”

Not knohere to set

“This is going to sound weird, but do I really have to take my clothes off?”

“Were you thinking of washi+ng yourself while dressed, Onii-sama?”

Maria tilts her head, curious