Chapter 18 – Wandering White-haired Vampire
In the end, before the new students arrived at the goblin nest after three days, we were attacked a total of 16 times, all by bandits and the like.
“By the way, Yuzuriha-san, aren’t there too many bandits…?”
“It must be your imagination.”
“I feel like they’re all very well equipped for a field thief. …What do you think, Touko-san?”
“Well, that’s how it is. Thieves nowadays are well equipped.”
“Really? But then, they were all so weak…”
When I said that, Yuzuriha-san and Touko-san looked at me so warmly as if they were looking at someone unfortunate. Why is that?
However, I thought the security situation in the country was pretty bad because there were too many bandits.
“At any rate, the examination went well—”
The air changed.
“……”
“…Suzuha’s older brother? You suddenly shut up, what’s wrong?”
“What’s wrong, Suzuha-kun’s older brother? You look pale, are you hungry?”
“Ah, Suzuha’s older brother, are you hurting?”
Yuzuriha-san and Touko-san called out to me, but that’s not the point.
Suzuha noticed that something was wrong with me, and her eyes widened in astonishment.
“…It’s coming…!”
“Nii-san, that is—!”
“Everyone, behind me! NOW!!!”
Yuzuriha-san and Touko-san may not have known what was going on, but they were still quick to comply.
It appeared just as Suzuha and the other two moved behind me.
She was a beautiful girl, frighteningly thin and with an out of this world in appearance.
Don’t be fooled by her outfit of a white dress and a straw hat like a summer lady.
Both of her eyes are a radiant color, more profound than blood.
Her long, waist-length hair was whiter than any snow.
A reaper who mows down the lives of all she sees.
She is—
“—A wandering, white-haired vampire…”
“”What!!??””
“I’ll fight. Suzuha, protect the other two.”
“…Yes, Nii-san. Please be safe.”
Hearing Suzuha’s sorrowful reply, the two who had been frozen seem to have rebooted.
“W-Wait! Are you talking about the wandering white-haired vampire, the legendary demon!? Every few years to a few decades, appearing completely randomly somewhere in the world and annihilating everything in sight, that one!?”
“Yes.”
“T-Then we’ll fight too! It’s too reckless to fight that nightmare monster alone, Suzuha’s older brother! There are plenty of legends of great nations destroyed by that creature alone!”
“That’s why—If I have to fight this monster, I can’t afford to protect others.”
I heard the two of them hold their breaths.
“Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to handle it well this time. Of course, I won’t let Suzuha, Yuzuriha-san, and Touko-san be killed, absolutely not. So leave it to me.”
Of course, I don’t really have that kind of confidence.
It’s so terrifying that I’m about to fall to my knees.
If someone can guarantee it, I want them to guarantee that even if I have to cling onto something, I can make it through somehow.
—However…
Behind my back, my younger sister, and the other two girls…
They’re trembling with fear and are struggling to hang on.
I have only one thing to do.
No matter how pretentious it is, even if it’s false…
I need to puff out my chest and hang in there.
That’s how I can reassure everyone!!!
“Suzuha, leave this to me.”
With that, I lunged towards the wandering white-haired vampire.
