Vol 1 Chapter 51 (1/2)
My life here has settled down to tranquility and quiet after the nerve-wrecking incident at the fa passed by
Peace, I should say
There’s at least no chance of getting attacked by an ar a shuriken thrownkiller ninja None of those ridiculous plot twists for now
However, I received a phone call from that place◇◆◇Turn of events never co beforehand
Just when Maria ay, a worker in the Swiss inforency, medical department, happened to make a call
“Mr Siyoung of Blackhazel I’ve heard stories about you”
Her voice sounds cold and mechanical I wouldn’t be surprised if she was an office worker straightening her glasses on the other end of the phone
“Ah, yes, what are you calling about?”
“Well, it’s about Dorothy-san’s o”
“Medical checkup?”
Ahh, I guess it’s about that not-really-important checkup she had from a while back
“It’s not a huge proble adenocarcinoma, and we decided to notify you beforehand for precaution purposes”
“Lung adenocarcinom…a?”
I’m still a student, so I don’t know any hard word like that
But when I think about it, I doubt they would go through the trouble toa flu or so like that
“We believe it could be a tumor of some kind”
“W-wait a second… Tumor… you say?”
Wait a minute, what’s with this nonsense
“There is no need to worry It’s a biological pheno as we take the proper precaution beforehand…”
“Um, excuse me, but what do you mean by decayed cells?”
That re like that at the fa before
Maybe they were referring to Dorothy?
“Could it be that you haven’t been informed yet?”
A tone of surprise is felt on the other end of the line No, what is she talking about Is she trying to tell ?
There’s no way that’s possible
That’s way too much of an unexpected development
“Has Miss Maria not informed you yet?”
“Well, all this about a decaying so on a second”
While I was busy on the phone, I spotted Dorothy coesture her over to the phone
“Yo, Dorothy! There’s a call fro like th- Fueh?!”
“G-get off the phone, you idiot!”
She gets angry in an instant and knocks me aside to answer the phone in haste
Oy, oy, if you really hate me thatto pass the phone over to you anyway
“Um, is this Doctor Anna?”
I could sense a pitch of anxiety from the way her voice shook as she answered the phone
But
If there’s nothing wrong withlike ‘tu really serious?
“That idiot doesn’t know anything! It’s soo around‘that’ so carelessly!”
If you’re talking about the tumor, I already heard about it
Could it be that she was afraid of saying goodbye to me, so she developed this cold attitude of hers to keepas simple as that can’t possibly be true
“I’ like that! I know I’ with my own body! But do you understand me!? You have to keep it in o around about ‘that’!”
And so, it was a moment when Dorothy’s attraction points skyrocketed
“Yes, yes, then please do so I’m always in your debt I’ll take the treatment at a suitable time”
With her usual one-way conversation in tow, Dorothy puts the receiver down
I break in tears, stuttering for words, overwhelmed by my pity for Dorothy
“Ahhh, my poor miserable little sister, second to none in this world!”
“Wh-what? What’s with you?”
“Knowing that you didn’t have much to live because of the tumor, you decided to voluntarily distance yourself fro too attached emotionally!”
As I told my tale of deepestto it, I expected the antagonism I have built up with Dorothy toAnd at that exact moment-
“I told you to stop watching soap operas, you idiot!”
A fierce punch fleay, andheroin-like conscience was returned back to reality
◇◆◇And on that evening
After the ame console that was stocked in the house Froae, to test out their newest product
And it’s not like there’s anyone in this dignified ame console
So her character here and there busily to get healing potions Maybe I could Iely
Looking through the various gaame that looks the most familiar to me, and insert it inside the console
If you never heard of Tekken series all your life, then I’d have no choice but to brand you as an alien spy froah
“Hey, Lily You kno to play games?”
There’s no way I could possibly have fun fighting against coaainst someone else
Shake shake
Lily shi+nes her eyes in curiosity at the fighting ga to be pretty interesting
You’re looking at soenre when he was young There’s no way soainst me
We eventually ignite off somehow and choose a character for ourselves And so, it’s round one start
“You do this and this, ah, hmm, then like that, ohhh! Yep, just like that!”
I nail down a brilliant co it with a low-mid fake wall combo to hit it off
“Uuu”
It’s to be expected, but I leave Lily enraged, as hit by defeat harder than a Greyhound bus traveling at full speed
The fruit of victory is sweet, my friend
So what if it was against a twelve-year-old girl or a three-year old toddler, a win is a win
“You just can’t coa else”
Following that was another victory forme two consecutive wins in the ‘three win victor’ rule system the match was set in
“Hauu”
I can tell what she’s feeling, it’s easy with the childish way she thinks
I swear I’ll use the opportunity to get back at Lily for all the times she had me tricked and mocked before
A principle of warriors; not fighting against unarmed civilians, comes to my mind briefly, but it’s fine with ame
—
And after , a saht after the timer started
I say a sed to do was siuard some of my attacks
Aerial attacks are stopped by a uard is stopped by a low attack
Middle attacks are stopped by low and uard
She’s only learned the basic foundation of fighting games just now
I hardly think it’ll be enough to change the flow of this match but…
“Huh, it changed”
Aw crap, I forgot that this kid has a genius level of reflex at a professional level!
She doesn’t know any co away all of my attacks to nab counters at me with basic attacks to slowly chip away at my HP
“Fufu”
I start to sweat at the unexpected turn of events
With just a few ed to beat a local champion 30 times in a row Consequently, he decided to try out real-life Tekken atthis bad to a newbie of this level
The pressure I’ht now is no joke
And so, the situation escalates into three wins under my belt and two under hers
If I lose this round as well, then it’ll beco out the score
But Lily’s absorbing every bit of knowledge like a sponge, starting from the combos I used to all sorts of feint skills She really isn’t nor reflex, I should say? In any case, her reflex transcends that of a normal person!
The match score was about to set even, with three wins for Lily
It’s tiht out my ultimate card about now
Yes
That is-
“It’s getting late We should stop here for today”
I quickly sprint forward and click on the reset button
“Hauu!”
Comrades, have you heard of Alt+F4? It’s a word of profession to those that work on this side In translation, it aress from 3 to 2 into 3 to 3, it technically makes me the victor
Yes
It’s even in the Art of Wars Winning a war is better than winning a battle
I suppose it a bit different in this situation, but it doesn’t really matter
“Uuu, you, cowar…”
I enjoy the victor’s leisure at eance, blazing with contempt◇◆◇
Though “it’s getting late” was only a technicality I carandfather clock in theaway at one
The raveyard indeed, with not even a late-night halogen la the way It reminds me of a haunted house No, a cheap amuse antic can’t compare to this The mansion is hundred times scarier That much I can say for certain
“Ah, ahh…”
Flinch
And just then, did I i at a graveyard?
“Hahnn…”
Nope, I’
“W-wait a sec, what is this now!? You’re kidding me!?”
You’re actually trying to tell host in the mansion?
Whatever the case, I’ve only lived for only 18 years I’m not even that plu at all I’et a sto me
And in
Wait, hang on
Logically speaking, sohosts doesn’t exist And I’m not one of those neo-science cultist idiots around nowadays either
What’s i from Dorothy’s room
Yes
If it’s co from Dorothy’s room- If we assume so
“Maybe’s she’s feeling unwell?”
I think back on what the person fro-or-the-other said tocorrect, it was certainly so about a tumor Even so you can just laugh through
With that thought, I head to Dorothy’s roo mind
“Ahhh, yes, Onee-sama…!”