Chapter 19 – It Means That Even if I Die, I Will Not Let You Stand in Nii-San’s Way (Yuzuriha’s POV)
A tremendous battle is being fought before Yuzuriha’s eyes.
Between a legendary demon that brings ruin to all it sees—A wandering white-haired vampire and Suzuha’s older brother.
The battle is so advanced that even Yuzuriha, who should have been well-trained as a knight and a soldier, can barely see it.
The competition is probably even, but it’s so high level that Yuzuriha honestly doesn’t know.
She can’t stop shaking just by watching the overwhelming exchange of attacks.
“…But Suzuha’s older brother said he would handle it well this time? What did he mean…?”
Yuzuriha agreed in her heart with Touko’s leaked words.
That was certainly a mystery.
But one word from Suzuha immediately put all doubts to rest.
“…We siblings have encountered a wandering white-haired vampire before.”
“Huh!?”
Touko let out an unbelievable voice.
Yuzuriha’s heart was half in agreement with Toko, while the other half was strangely convinced.
Otherwise—There is no way that a mere mortal could be that strong.
“I was five years old when that demon attacked our village. We are the only survivors, Nii-san and I.”
“No, that’s not possible! I’ve never heard of anyone surviving an attack by a wandering white-haired vampire! And first of all, the odds of encountering that demon twice, which is said to appear somewhere in this wide world every few years to a few decades, are astronomical!”
“But we have encountered a wandering white-haired vampire twice now. That is a fact.”
“…Seriously…”
“—Since the day our village was destroyed by a white-haired vampire, my brother has been trying to become stronger like crazy. He has calmed down recently, but it is still going on.”
—That’s a story that Yuzuriha and Touko would learn later.
Suzuha’s chatty retelling of the past was to prevent the two from interrupting the fight by distracting them with her story.
The truth is that even Suzuha wanted to fight alongside his brother.
But even if she had fought alongside his brother, she would have been nothing more than a liability, and on that night, Suzuha would cry and vomit like a waterfall because of her helplessness—
Dogo gogon!! Zuga gagagan!! Unidentifiable attack sounds that don’t seem to be punches or kicks were echoing.
Yuzuriha thought that if Suzuha’s older brother punched properly now, even a dragon would die instantly from ruptured organs.
The wandering white-haired vampire on the other hand, while avoiding, catching, and parrying such incessant attacks, sees an opening and releases a life force-absorbing magic energy drain.
Again, there is no doubt that even a single clean hit will result in instant death.
The magic spell missed, causing a huge tree, 100 meters long and 20 meters in diameter, to instantly dry up.
Even so—
“Is there really nothing we can do to help Suzuha-kun’s older brother?”
“Yes. If you try to help him, you’ll get in his way. I, as Nii-san’s sister, will never allow you to do that.”
“What do you mean you won’t allow it?”
“It means that even if I die, I will not let you stand in Nii-san’s way.”
Yuzuriha could tell by Suzuha’s nonchalant words that she meant what she said.
In the end, they had to wait and see.
In the evenly matched, too-sophisticated battle, in which neither side was certain to win—
“Aah!?”
That’s when the scales tipped.
Suzuha’s older brother, who had failed to dodge the attack of the wandering white-haired vampire, was blown away in a flashy manner.
A grin rose at the edges of the demon’s lips.
The demon’s hand was swung down, aiming to deal a decisive blow to Suzuha’s older brother…!! When…
Yuzuriha’s body was moving on its own.
Naturally, without even realizing it,
As if she was meant to be there,
As if Yuzuriha was being sucked in, she slipped between Suzuha’s older brother and the demon and wrapped herself around Suzuha’s older brother as if embracing him…
With that, Yuzuriha’s body was pierced from her back to her chest by the demon’s hand.
(T/N: I honestly thought the chapter would start with talks about how MC defeated the vampire so easily. Guess not…)
