Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter Dreams of a Hero ~

I am now in Nora-san’s familiar base building. As I am waiting in the throne room, Nora-san returns while *guchiguchi* grumbling along with Ohii-sama.

“Seriously…… I cannot believe that we would be interrupted at that exact moment……” (Nora)

“Welcome back, Cry! I, won!” (Alisha)

Ohii-sama rushes over to me, showing no sign of the fatigue from earlier. She must have just taken a shower, as her face no longer shows any signs of fatigue from earlier. Her skin is even slightly flushed.

“I saw it, congratulations! But Ohii-sama, you are so athletic.” (Cry)

After I say that, Nora-san’s knights all raise their voices in praise.

“As expected of Nora-sama’s Imouto. It is not often that you can find someone who can move like that in their first match!” (Knight 1)

“It was a wonderful race. The excitement was incredible! I am sure Alisha-sama’s name will be remembered by the citizens of this area!” (Knight 2)

“Hmph…… If it weren’t for that accident, my victory would have been assured.” (Nora)

“But Nora-sama, if I may be so bold as to say――Accidents are part of the racing. That’s part of the charm of racing.” (Knight )

“Ahh, ahh, I know that without you telling me! Alisha!” (Nora)

Nora-san calls Ohii-sama’s name.

She looks her straight in the eye and speaks with a frown.

“For a first time, that was an excellent run. As expected of this Nora Code’s Imouto. The mind of a Supreme King resides in the body one. You should continue to devote yourself to it.” (Nora)

“Y-Yes! Nora Onee-sama! Thank you, for your guidance!” (Alisha)

As Ohii-sama thanks her with a blossoming smile, Nora-san says with an embarrassed look on her face.

“Hmph…… Good. I didn’t cut enough corners to call it slacking off. You should be proud of your victory over me. Besides if I didn’t run in front of you, you wouldn’t know the way.” (Nora)

While I was away, it seemed like Ohii-sama had gotten quite close with Nora-san. I don’t know how they ended up racing together, but I am glad they had fun, yup. If we can safely get them out of Code, they will have more opportunities to see each other and it is always better for sisters to get along well.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Then Ohii-sama says with a bright smile.

“So…… Nora Onee-sama. About our promise――” (Alisha)

“!! Cry, you bastard, I hope you did succeed in appeasing 『Sky (Sora)』, did you!? If you fail, you won’t get away so easily with it!” (Nora)

Nora-san suddenly turns her face away from Ohii-sama toward me and asks me in a loud voice.

“Aaah, my release application was approved. You saw him running with Kryhi earlier, didn’t you. He said his name is Kuubi. What a strange name, isn’t it.” (Cry)

“It was impossible after all! Though it was a difficult request, since you failed, your penalty is――Wut?” (Nora)

Nora-san stares at me with a strained expression. I feel like she is staring at me so hard that she is burning a hole in me. Heck, there was a penalty? That was dangerous, so dangerous. I don’t really get it but let’s be grateful to Kuubi. He went somewhere while racing with Kryhi, tho’.

“…… Did he, agree? To cooperate? And how did you even manage to converse with him in the first place!?” (Nora)

That’s of course…… Is something I don’t know why, but when I called out to him, he replied and said he would cooperate with me without much negotiation. Well, in the end, he passed the city system inspection, so there shouldn’t be any problems.

“Didn’t I, told you so. Cry will do it! Cry is, a magician after all!” (Alisha)

“I cannot use Magic. I just did what I could.” (Cry)

Ohii-sama’s trust in me is over 9000! Although I try to act proud by puffing my chest out and being a badass, I still have no idea how things were going so well.

“So, Nora Onee-sama! About the matter of our promise we had earlier――” (Alisha)

“Promise……?” (Cry)

One of Nora-san’s knights explains the situation to me, who doesn’t understand it at all.

“Before the race, Nora-sama declared something to Alisha-sama. She said that, if she loses the race, she will grant her one wish.” (Knight)

……………… Why on earth would you make such a promise?

So that is the reason why Nora-san has been trying to avoid the subject for a while now. She probably had no intention of losing at all. Moreover, her subordinates have already found out about it too, really, the mouth is the source of all disaster.

Thanks for reading! Happy New Lunar Year everyone! What will Alisha’s wish be? Is it going to be chocolate related!?