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Side One Hundred And Nine – Oshiro Sapphire Aiko

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  “Hey, you missed homeroom!” Yae- whispered to me as I took my seat at the desk o her. The look of on her face was toug, but also a bit troubling. I guess the news is out, it’s not surprising, really. Just what do I say to everyone?

  “Yeah, well, getting back from Kyoto isn’t easy.” I whispered back. “Anyway…” before I could say something, our teacher cpped her hands, drawing our attention.

  “All right, settle down. This is school, this isn’t the time fossip. That said…” the teacher looked sympathetid I felt bad. “… I’m sure you’ve all heard the news of the tragic events in Kyoto, whie of our precious students were swept up in.” The teacher looked at me, then gnced over to Eri’s empty seat. “We’ve had notifications from the parents of Mori-san, she’ll be taking a leave of absence from school, to rehabilitate from her injuries. She is staying in Tokyo, with her fiancée, and will be receiving the best medical care, and is expected to make a full recovery. We hope she’ll be back to graduate with everyone, but if not, please hold her in your hearts, and be sure to support Oshiro-san, ito such troublis.” She smiled at me then. “If you need any assistahe school nurse and sellor are ready to listen.”

  Ugh, the stares of my cssmates are torture right now. I forced a smile onto my face. “Thanks for the offer, sensei. But I think I’ll be fine.”

  “Well, don’t put on a brave fad suffer in silehe school is here for you, and you don’t want to let this affect your performan your uping exams, do you? Since you are aiming for a Tokyo Uy, you’ll o do well.”

  “Yeah, I know. Thanks again.” I said, embarrassed by all the attention. As css then started, fortunately it was English, so I could swity brain. A few mier, as I was half-dozing, sidering my pns for ter, the teacher was asking some of the students to read the paragraphs from their textbooks, Yae- had moved her desk a bit closer, and leaning over, whispered to me once more.

  “Seriously, are you all right, Ai-? I bet you are just putting on a brave face. Little Ri-Ri is your best friend, I ’t imagine what it’s like, getting caught up in an i and seeing her hurt… well, if you need a shoulder to cry on, or to vent, I’m here. Rika- too. Well, I guess the volleyball team and the kyudo club will support you as well…”

  Yeah, there’s no way I ever describe the feeling of seeing Eri’s limbs get severed, her flesh ripping and shredding, blood spilling everywhere, while I was helpless to do anything but worry, and g to hope that my bro would do something about it. Then the bodies started ing through… I shuddered then, the memories painful. Still bro did do something about it. Though Eri made her own luck, it seems. Wow, it was a miracle when you think about it…

  Notig my trembling, Yae- looked sympathetic. She was going to whisper further words of sotion to me, but the teacher noticed, and told us to behave. “Sorry, sensei.” I ughed. “I should be paying attention, but… well, it’s English, I could just sleep through and it wouldn’t hurt my grades.” I put on a mog expression, trying to lighten the mood.

  “Maybe so.” our teacher admitted. “But Chihiya-san here…” she looked pointedly at Yae-. “… is hardly impressing with her grasp of English, is she?”

  “My bad, teach.” Yae- giggled. “You’ve got me there!” With that the css joined in the ughter, and I was forced to listen to the rest of the css, my mind on other things, things that were much more important to me than English css…

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  “Lunchtime at st.” Yae- said, pulling out a bento box from her bag, opening it to reveal her lunch. Rika- came rushing over as soon as the bell went, as did several other of my cssmates, including Tomoko- from my volleyball team. The doors to the opened, and onlookers from the other csses were here too, including my junior from kyudo, Akari-, who rushed over when she saw me, her ponytail boung. Her eyes lit up with relief, and I felt both embarrassed and happy at her and idolisation of me.

  “Aiko-senpai, thank the Gods you’re safe! When I saw the news, I was so worried…” Akari- said, tears in her eyes.

  “Yeah, we all were.” Yae- broke in. “We went from agly jealous at all the pictures you were sending us, to worried we’d never see you again. So…” she paused, before making up her mind and speaking holy. “… how’s Ri-Ri? Really? And little Marika- from Chairoakitara shrine. She was in some of your photht?”

  There were nods all around. “Yeah, tell us.” One of the boys in css asked. I could see Masaki-kun behind the press of cssmates, looking curious as well. I think it’s genuine, not just to impress his ex, Yae-, about how much of a good guy he is.

  “Look, Marika- is fine. She wasn’t present when it all went down, though she’s uandably shaken up.” Not as much as her mother though. Wow, the return journey was hellish, the atmosphere unbelievably frosty. She had wao take her daughter back to Nishimorioka, which was uandable, I supposed. Her father-in-w had talked her out of it for now, but she was definitely a tig time-bomb, ready to explode at any moment.

  “As for me… yeah, as you see, I’m totally unhurt.” I stood, spinning around to show I was uninjured. Don’t think I ’t see your looks, boys. But this Aiko is not so unguarded as to let my skirt flip up! “Eri… well, don’t get me wrong, it’s not good.” At that, Rika- and Yae- looked awful. They had warmed to Eri retly, treating her as a friend, despite how frequently harsh and dismissive Eri was to them. I guess they are good girls at heart, despite their fshy appearances.

  “My bro was totally distraught.” That’s not a lie. He looked like a zombie for the first few hours afterwards. I get it. I think I do, anyway. Even it if wasn’t his fault, it still was, as a leader. Damn, being in charge sucks. I’d much rather py a supp role. “You should have seen him…” I exaggerated to lighteemosphere. “… he was g at her bedside and everything, saying he'd not rest until she could walk again! He’s got the fi medical care for her, so…”

  “Walk again? you mean… she’s paralysed?” Yae- gasped. “Poor Ri-Ri, what a tragedy. Those monsters who attacked Kyoto should get the death penalty!”

  Yeah, that was the story, wasn’t it. A crazy cult. Well, a lone knifeman wouldn’t fit what’s already out there. “I think the police shot most of them. I don’t know, I was too busy looking out for Eri and the others.” I dissembled. “And well, yeah, Eri’s in a wheelchair at the moment. Spinal injury. The doctor’s say that with rehab though, she’ll be as good as new. But with the best care being in Tokyo, she’s staying iy. Besides, my bro could never let her suffer without him there to protect her.”

  “What about scarring?” one girl I didn’t know well, from the year below me, said, worried. “A girl as pretty as Mori-san should be worried about that.”

  Wow, don’t make me remember. When the skin on Eri’s bad stomach began to shred, I nearly threw up. The results were hideous. It’s fortunate my bro is a master of Ether Healing. Though, knowing my bro, he’d treat Eri just the same, whether she was covered in scars or not. But Eri wouldn’t like it. She’s proud that bro likes her looks… “Yeah, she’s been lucky. Apparently the majority will fade away in time, and bro got his cash out, so she’ll have whatever repair-work Eri o fix the scarring.”

  “You mean pstic surgery?” anirl asked, and I shook my head.

  “Don’t ask me. I’m no expert. All I know is, I was there when the specialist called in by bro was summoned.” I lied. “And he assures us with a few months of recovery, she’ll be good as new.”

  “That’s a relief.” Yae- sighed, hand on her chest, Rika- eg her.

  “Yeah, if little Ri-Ri ermaly injured, I don’t know what we’d do. Those bastards…” she cursed the fial terrorists. “… but if Ri-Ri misses graduation, that’ll be terrible. Really, if she’s living in Tokyo now, we might never see her again.”

  “That’s right. It sucks. We were just starting to get along.” Yae- pouted. “I’m gd she’s going to recover, of course, but…”

  Yeah, I’m starting to feel genuinely bad for them now. I wonder… “Hey, well, if you want, why not visit them in Tokyo? It isn’t like my bro will turn you away, will he? For some reason…” I eyed them up and down impishly, and Yae-san blushed, looking shy, while Rika- merely giggled softly. “… he likes your pany. Men!” I snorted.

  “Hey, she’s badmouthing her brother!” Tomoko- smirked. “That doesn’t happen often!”

  Well, my bro’s wandering eye is something to criticise. Though to be fair, it’s not cheating, as everyone agreed to it. Well, it’s also a good k my fault, as I pushed Eri into accepting Shaeu. Wow, it sure did snowball from there though. The problem is, I love all the girls my bro likes. They’re all different, aiful, and are so disgustingly into him. Plus they treat me right… wow, I’m so shallow! But what sister wouldn’t want her brother to be popur? “Well, it’s a sisters prerogative to call out her bro when he’s messing around, right?”

  At that, the girls that were at the sleepover with the noble girls back before Eri’s birthday shared knowing looks. They had seen first-hand the age that was my bro’s love-life, and Shaeu had made it clear where she stood.

  “Well… I’d love to visit Tokyo, see how Ri-Ri is doing, but it just isn’t happening.” Yae- sighed. “We doly have enough money, do we Rika-?”

  “Nope. Fashion and makeup take up what little we have.” She pouted. “It’s not like your brother buys us fancy gifts all the time, not that we didn’t appreciate the jewellery he brought back from Las Vegas, or the clothes from before.”

  “I’m still so jealous of that!” Tomoko- pined, as did others from the volleyball team. “You never did put in that good word with your brother for us, did you?”

  “Why would I? You already know the mess my bro’s love-life is, I don’t need mirls like you getting involved. Besides, do you think you’re worthy?” I snorted, gd to have ged the subject from the gloomy talk of Eri’s injuries. “Well, Rika-, Yae-, I ask my bro if he pay for your visit? It wouldn’t be that bad, he owns something quite simir to a hotel near where he lives.” Wait, doesn’t he own some hotels too, now? I never did get maails about that… “He’d pay for your train tickets I’m sure, so all you’d need is spending money, and knowing my bro, he’d just end up treating you anyway.” Besides, I could pay it myself easily enough. Bro gave me a ton of money I haven’t spe, and more keeps turning up in my at all the time. It’s getting to the point I’m too scared to look. I’m too used to being poor, it’s hard to ge that mi…

  “Really?” Yae- brightened. I didn’t miss the grumpy look that crossed Masaki-kun’s face at that. “I don’t know… I couldn’t…”

  “Yeah, it’s tempting, but Ri-Ri might get a us if we showed up, and I’d feel bad asking for handouts…” Rika-san agreed.

  “Hey, why only them?” Tomoko- protested., and I could see Akari- looking envious as well, though I think that was more for missing out on spending time in my pany, rather than Eri, Tokyo or my bro. She really is like a little cute puppy. Anyway, Yae- and Rika- are pretty transparent. You know… It seemed a bit unfair that Kana-’s friends got to be involved in my bro’s new world, while Rika- and Yae- were ignorant of everything but his mess of a love-life. Damn, is this how Shaeu feels all the time, wanting people to be involved? Wow, I’m not asking them to be bro’s women or anything though. Eri would kill me anyway!

  “Be quiet a miomoko-.” I said firmly. “This isn’t a time for jokes. This is about Eri, and you arely friends with her. Oddly enough, I heard Eri call you two her friends… she retty embarrassed.” I said to the surprised pair of gals, who flushed, a little touched.

  “Really? Ri-Ri actually said that?” Yae-san murmured.

  “She did.” I assured them. “So I don’t think she’d mind if you visited. In fact, I think she’d be happy. Wao put in a word with my bro. Or…” In fact, maybe I should call Hinata? She’d be more than happy to send her helicopter over for us. It’s a lot easier tharain… wow, my sense of money has pletely colpsed retly, hasn’t it? Well, having a super-rich sister-in-w has its bes…

  “Seriously? You’re not teasing?” Yae- asked, and I felt a little bad for her. Yeah, it’s definitely not fair.

  “Why would I be teasing? Like I said, you are friends of Eri now, I’m sure she’d be happy to see you. I know she’s got my bro, and then there’s also Marika- from here, as well as Shaeu, so she’s not going to be lonely, but even so, being away from home is a big step, isn’t it?”

  “It sure is.” Rika-san agreed. “I mean, every girl and most of the boys dream about leaving this town, right?” at that the rest of the older students here nodded. “But to do it under such tragic circumstances… yeah, Ri-Ri has it tough. Lucky she has your brother to look after her.”

  “Well, just say the word. I call my bro any time. Maybe this weekend could work?” I said, thinking. “That would give Eri time to get settled. Oh, though I have to wonder…”

  “Wonder what?” Yae- asked.

  “Oh, it’s nothing.” I grinned mischievously. “I’ll ask you ter.”

  “Oh e on, don’t leave me hanging like that, it’s cruel!” Yae-san pouted, and I ged the subject.

  “Enough about that. Look at these!” I opened up my phoo show off some pictures I hadn’t sent back yet. There were images of Eri and I in shrine maiden hakama, looking damn cute, I thought. There were group shots, and images from our ryokan, and more.

  “Hey, who are they?” one boy asked, fasated by all the cute shrine maidens.

  “That’s Kana- and her friends. Kana- lives at the shrine my bro manages now. She’s a beauty, right? Jealous?” I teased the guys.

  “Damn, your brother is surrounded by flowers. If he was here, I’d beat him up!” one shouted, anguished, to much ughter.

  “Sure, if you think you .” I scoffed. “Didn’t you see the baseball this year?”

  I tinued flipping photos, and then Yae-san gasped. “Wait, that’s the cert Red and White put ht? I fot that was a thing what with all the worry over you and Ri-Ri and the attack. I hear the encore was celled due to the i, right?”

  “Yeah, I saw the footage on YouTube of the kid that was covered in blood. e to think of it, while the camera was mostly on the boy, it looked a bit like your brother and you were there too, didn’t it?” one girl asked, havihe images, and several agreed with her.

  “So, did you know the boy who got injured?” Tomoko- asked.

  “Yeah, that’s Ren-san. He escaped the attad came looking for help.” I answered.

  “Why to your brother?” Tomoko- pressed. “It seems strange.”

  Why is an airhead like you being so perceptive all of a sudden? Wow, so damn annoying! Putting on my most charming expression, I couldn’t help but grin as a lot of the boys blushed. Well, bro. Your sister still has her charms. Maybe I could even match you with my own reverse harem! Nah, not ied. Not with these guys, anyway… “Well, my bro’s pretty famous for being a bit of a badass now.” I downpyed his achievements, made it sound pusible. “Like I said before, you all saw the baseball, right? Bro’s been doing bat sports and martial arts too. I had worried I ted, being the only sporty one in the family, but I guess that fear is gone now.” I joked.

  “Even so… it doesn’t add up.” Tomoko- pressed. “If you are there, and the attack is happening then, why wasn’t Mori-san with you? in fact, it’s a bit hard to tell from the footage, and the faany people are wearing shrine maiden attire, but I saw someohat might have been Mori-san…”

  Will you shut up? Stop poking holes ihing! “I don’t really want to talk about it.” I said, making my voice sound sad. “It’s still painful…” I have a trump card to py to distract everyone…

  “Instead… how about this?” I opened up a picture, which had me, that weird fner Suzu-san, and the three members of Red and White in it.

  “O. M. G.” Yae- excimed, and everyone who uzzling over events was successfully distracted by my nuclear option. “That’s… that’s Tamami-sama, Kanako-sama and Tsubame-sama from Red and White! You met them? You got a selfie?”

  “Hey, whose that blonde girl? She’s pretty. That hair…” Rika- admired her drill-curls.

  “Don’t mind her. Just a tourist.” I dismissed Suzu-san. She’s my bro’s problem, apparently. One of Shiro’s allies. Hmm, Eri will have met her now. I wonder how they got on… if it’s a girl my bro actually fell for without being forced into it, she must really be something… “I didn’t just get a selfie…” I grinned. “I have Tamami-’s number!”

  At that decration, the problematiquiries were fotten, and I tio talk about the cert and the idols that made up Red and White, until my stomach growled noisily, and embarrassed, I started eating my lunch…

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  “Sorry, I’m skipping kyudo today. I have business at the shrine.” I said, waving to Rika- and Yae-. “ one of you run down to the archery range a my club members know?”

  “Sure, we do that for you, Ai-!” Yae- smiled. “But then you’ll owe us a favour. I… I’m going to speak to my mom tonight. If she says yes…” she smiled. “I’ll be in your care. Please ask Aki for us.”

  Still with the niame, huh? “I will. Now, I have to be off.” With a wave, I headed towards the mountains, where the shrine was. “It’ll be weird doing this alone, without Eri. I’m not scared, why would I be? I’m way strohan before. But it’ll be lonely, having nobody to share this with…” a treacherous thought that maybe if Rika- and Yae- had Chirurgery, they could keep me pany, flickered through my mind, but I dismissed it. No, I’ve seen the deaths of unprepared people. I couldn’t take others in, uhey had the strength. Just Chirurgery isn’t enough…

  Taking the steps to the shrihree at a time, bounding up, my stamina seemingly endless after I received the Divine Favour of Kannon, I quickly passed the weathered e statues and more traditional Shīsā that watched over the shrine, only to wish I hadn’t, ing to a sudden stop.

  “Oh, so you’re here.” The woman, Takeyabashi-san, Marika-’s mother, said sourly, having stormed out of the shrine, red-faced, after anument with her father-in-w. “It must be o be young and stupid.”

  Wow, excuse me? I narrowed my eyes, annoyed. “That seems a bit uncalled for, Takeyabashi-san. I may be young, but I’m not that stupid.”

  “You are. Though you easily be old, senile and stupid as well.” She shot an angry gre back to the shrine. “Getting involved in this dangerous madness. I never wanted Marika to go to Tokyo at all, and now this… people died! Your friend was maimed. Children shouldn’t be doing this!”

  “I agree.” I said, surprising her. A look of triumph crossed her features, before I tinued. “Ideally, we should leave this all up to my bro. He’s an adult, right? Sure, put all the weight of the world on his shoulders. He take it. Until he ’t. Besides, just being an adult doesn’t mean much, does it? After all, Uchida Yamato-san was an adult, a student at Uy, and look at the mess he made. The deaths are down to him. Not my bro. and I know you know that, Takeyabashi-san.” I looked at her, my blue eyes frosty.

  “Well, even so, he was too young…” she began, only for me to cut her off.

  “Age is just a number. What matters is willio fight.” I decred. “You may not be deeply involved in what’s going on, but I know you know more than most. The end of the world is ing. If we don’t do anything, do you know hoeople are going to die? And it won’t just be adults. I don’t know what Marika- thinks about all this, but I… I’m not going to stand by and do nothing. Not when I help.” I ched my fist. “My bro… he wao keep Eri a of this, but that’s wrong. Being weak, ignorant… it only leads to despair. I’d rather try and fail, than ry at all.” It was just like kyudo. It was the act to pierce the target, being oh the target, that mattered, not whether one succeeded, though success was always better than not.

  “That’s nonsense. You should be protected, until…”

  “Until what?” I snapped. “Until something bad happens, that I’m not ready for? I was scared. I admit it. I cried a when Eri was hurt. But not just because I thought she would die. That was horrible enough…” I gathered my thoughts. “… but it was because I was too weak, too pathetic, to be there with my bro, Eri and the others. If I was stronger…” my ched fist ached, nails digging into my palm, drawing trickles of blood as my knuckles went bone-white from strain. “… I could have done something, helped somehow. Maybe I could have helped them save more lives, stetting so hurt… powerlessness is the greatest pain of all, Takeyabashi-san. Trust me on this.” I had always reached out for my bro, even as a child, watg his back as he went on ahead. It was worse now. He was s, fighting so many battles, and all I could do was run after him, waddling on unsteady feet like a child, watg him get further and further away. Then Eri even passed me, running after him. Left in the dust, many nights I cried myself to sleep, w if I would ever catch up, able to walk alongside them. Now… now I have the ce. And I’ll never squa. What a view it would be, walking hand in hand, seeing the same things my brother, Shaeu, Eri and all the others see, beside each other, not looking at their backs…

  “Marika-… she’s a smart girl for her age. She wants to be of help to her shrio others. I think you should be praising her. Is it safe? I ’t holy say there’s no danger. Even before whatever disaster is ing to the world, there’s always risk. But my bro isn’t Yamato-san. No, he’s taking every precaution. Marika- will grow strong, already she use light element. She’ll only get better, a determined young girl like her. One day, she might be thankful of that. You might be, when danger es calling, and uher children, she has the ability to deal with it.”

  “But she’s too young…” Takeyabashi-san tio protest, and I uood, but I didn’t agree.

  “Ba the Sed World War, I remember from my history csses, boys at age fifteen and girls at sevehey were drafted ao fight and die. Hell, kamikaze pilots were certain to die, right? How is that…”

  “That was the War! It was long ago, the situation has ged, Japan has ged…”

  “Nothing’s ged. If anything, it’ll be worse.” I shot her down. “War is ing, and it’ll be ruthless. My bro knows this. The Diviner, Matsumuro-san, she knows this. Shiro apparently knows this too. Takeyabashi-san, I get it. You want to protect your beloved daughter. You think my parents don’t worry about me, about my bro? But the best prote she have is being with my bro. If she was ever in a situation where she was in danger, he’ll run to her, and move heaven ah to save her, just like he did this time.”

  “But people still died.” She frowned. “And Mori-san was still grievously injured.”

  “Yes. People died. But he brought four back alive, who otherwise would have died too. And Eri was grievously injured, yes. But she’ll be as good as new soon. I’ve seen what my bro do. That’s why we all o be stronger. So that this doesn’t happen again, or if it does, we look after ourselves, hold on, tribute, until help arrives.”

  Takeyabashi-san looked at me, stunned by my ear advice. Biting her lip, she struggled for words, and I decided to let her speak. “I knew marrying into a shrine family was a big step. My daughter loves the shrine. She’s a passionate believer in the kami. I’m not.” She muttered. “Even so, I hought it would lead to this.”

  “Look, I get it. When Shaeu first told me about my bro, and what he was doing, I went a bit crazy.” I flushed, remembering how I had ranted about my bro being a pyboy seeking a harem, whose talents were just hao him without any work. In the end, she had spped me, t me to my senses. Wow, though wait a minute. Hasn’t my bro actually got a harem now? Though I do know he’s worked hard, shedding sweat and blood for every advantage he’s gained… “You fear what you don’t uand, and Yamato-san has screwed everything up by getting i people killed. Though I guess… he’s paid his penance, right?”

  “I… all I know is, people died. I ’t help but fear my daughter is going to die too, or that her future will be bleak.”

  “I don’t think she’ll die. My bro will protect her. I will too.” I promised, repeating it again. “As for a bleak future, that’s the stupidest thing you’ve said so far.” I smiled at her indignation, that a younger girl was talking so harshly to her. “You think having these abilities isn’t going to be worthwhile, whatever she does iure? Even the basic Chirurgery turn a weak girl into an athlete. And she use light element too! That’s not nothing!”

  “Light element, so what?” Takeyabashi-san pined. “How does that be my Marika, what it do?”

  I wish I knew myself, though Eri told me bro was using it like a ser. I’ll have to try that out myself wheer the Boundary. “Well, it do lots of things. We’re still experimenting. But it’s a tool for defe the least. Look, Marika- loves the shrine, so she’s happy to be involved, even if she’s scared. I think that’s precious, and you should support her. But even you must see that stig with my bro is the best ce of a good future. Either the apocalypse happens, and everyone will want to be uhe strong, those who’ll protect, or we’re full of shit and nothing happens. If that’s the case… well, my bro is starting up all sorts of businesses, and Hinata is from Nichibotsu, so there’s good job openings there. Even if she wants a career, well, I’m sure my bro won’t stint in helping her find one, when she’s older.”

  “But to risk her life for it…” Takeyabashi-san persisted.

  “… like I keep saying, I ’t promise no risk, but acts happen. She could get hit by a car crossing the street, et a bad fever, or be attacked by a wild dog…” I shuddered at that. “It isn’t just what we are doing that is dangerous. Life is.”

  “You’ll not vince her so easily.” The priest of the shrine, Marika-’s grandfather came out. “I’ve been listening, and you make good points, Oshiro-san.” He looked at his daughter-in-w. “I think you should listen to her. Oshiro-san hasn’t taken things lightly. How could she? Her best friend was nearly killed. But most of the shrihink she’s right. We agreed to move forwards, despite the risk. Because the risk of ina is not something we bear. As for Marika… I’m proud of my serious, ear granddaughter. After all, there be no bravery without fear.”

  “If you want to uaer, give my bro a call. He’ll make time to talk it out.” I said, and she frowned, before letting out a long sigh.

  “This isn’t the end of this discussion. I still think Marika should e home!” she decred. With that she swept away from the shrine, down the mountain.

  “Sorry about that, Oshiro-san. I assume you want the usual room?” he asked, and I nodded, my excitement rising again, now that tense versation was over.

  “Yes please. I might be down a while today, so don’t be surprised, okay?” I’m going to put the Golden Warriors and my sunlight element through their paces! I’m going to grind and level until I catch up with everyone else!

  “I’ll be sure to leave you some rice balls and cold tea.” The priest promised, and I nodded my thanks, as I ehe small shrine, quietly going to a ba, which had retly been fitted with a proper door with a solid lock. Eri and I had said it didn’t matter, but the priest had insisted, saying it wasn’t proper firls to sleep in such a pce without some peaind. Well, I guess he’s right. My bro worries like that too. Oh well, time to get levelling!

  ShipTeaser

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