Chapter 169: Sophia’s POV

“Go away.”

“Gah…”

I haven’t seen my brother for 203 days, 4 hours, 34 minutes, and 25 seconds. Even in my previous life, I’ve never gone this long without seeing him. I feel like I’m going nowhere. Ever since I lost track of my brother, I’ve been fighting monsters day and night. But when I took the school’s exam, I went back to the capital. And after taking the exams, I came back to the forest in the elven territory. It’s been almost three months since I evolved. Even an A-ranked monster will run away from me if I just stare at it. That’s why it’s hard to collect experience and no matter how much I search, I can’t find the elf village. I expected there to be some kind of barrier around it, but I didn’t expect it to be this hard to find. I wonder what kind of punishment I should give to my brother for giving me such a hard time…. Thinking about this, I went about my usual routine of locating my brother’s whereabouts. When I’m not in battle, I use my title stalker to check my brother’s location. I don’t know if it’s because of the barrier or not, but…

“Finally…”

But this time it was different. I found out where my brother was. He was closer to me than I thought he would be. But there was something wrong. My brother’s HP and MP were fluctuating wildly. He must be in a battle. That’s why he broke the barrier, I guess. I hurriedly transferred to my brother’s side.

“Zero Onii-chan…”

I was so happy that I almost cried the moment I found my brother. I felt a sense of security as if a part of my body that had been separated from my brother was now attached to him. At the same time, I felt worried and angry. I could tell right away that my brother was taking it very hard. My brother will get hurt badly if he continues like this. I hastily lifted my brother’s enchantments and spirit magic. I had acquired many skills in the past 203 days. One of them was the ability to forcefully cancel magic skills. However, I couldn’t use that skill because my brother’s Raiden Armor was not magic. So, I used a skill that sealed one of the target’s skills. This skill can seal an opponent’s skill and make it unusable. However, while it is sealed, it cannot be used to seal another skill. And for a week after the seal is removed, the sealed skill cannot be used again. I unsealed the Raiden Armor right after I sealed it, so my brother can already use the Raiden Armor. I can no longer use the skill seal for a week, or six days.

“Don’t touch Zero Onii-chan.”

And to my surprise, it was that bokukko who was fighting my brother. That made my gut churn. The first reason was that she knew where my brother was, but she didn’t tell me. And secondly, because she hurt my brother. For these two reasons, she became a target for me to kill. Then I looked around and saw that there was also a dragon demon. Considering that there is one elf lying outside, I guess the two of them were fighting at first. The shadowy little elf had taken my place. At any rate, the little elf was trying to heal the elf outside, so it should be okay. Rather than that, this bokuko was a hindrance to the moving reunion of me and my brother, so I blew her away with the combined magic of fire and darkness and I supported my brother who was about to fall.

“…… Sophie?”

“Yes… it’s your sister, Sophie. I’m sorry to keep you waiting.”

I was so happy to hear my brother call my name for the first time in a long time that I ended up using the tone of my previous life. With tears in my eyes from happiness, I took out the elixir from my magic ring and gave it to my brother to drink. When I went to the royal capital for the school exam, I looked for someone who could make the elixir. I found someone who said he could make one for me for three gold coins as long as I brought the ingredients. I managed to gather the materials and had ten elixirs made. I gave one of the bottles to his brother to drink.

“Zero onii-chan, can you explain the situation to me?”

“Oh…”

My brother was a little confused that I was here, but he explained the situation to me while we hugged. He didn’t seem to notice that we were hugging because he was confused. But I was very happy to feel so close to my brother.

To summarize the situation briefly, it seems that the demon who wanted to evolve my brother into a demon attacked him just as he was reaching level 99. My transition still requires a three-hour interval. It’s much shorter than the original, but I can’t take my brother and run away now. Then I know what I have to do.

“Then onii-chan, you should kill that dragon demon and evolve to level 100.’’

If he does that, the demon’s purpose will be lost. Then there will be no reason for the demon to be here. Then my brother took a moment to talk to his spirit and then began to speak.

“… I don’t think I can beat that guy…”

As a result of talking to the spirit, it seems that she won’t let him use the enchantment he just used. My brother’s heart seems to be half broken. I want to eradicate the demons who did this to him, but if I do, he won’t be able to stand up from this.

“Is that the demon that you lost to before? Zero onii-chan”

I pointed to the dragon demon crawling ugly like a cockroach from the collapsed corridor. My brother seemed to understand that I meant before he came to the elf village and nodded slowly.

“Is there any difference now than when you lost the first time?”

“…Eh?”

My brother looked like he really didn’t know what I was talking about. I’ll cry with sadness if you look at me like that.

“I’m here this time to support you. I won’t let anyone else get in his way. Onii-chan… will you please believe in me and stand up again?”

I tightened my hug and said this to my brother looking up at him. I was so emotional that I called him brother, but he didn’t know that I was his sister from his previous life, did he? No…I hope you’ll notice me soon….

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