My twin sister's a really 'cool' person. Unfortunately, she's really down on herself. A lot of people look up to her in school, because of how hard she studies, even if it doesn't pay off. In addition, I think a lot of guys are attracted to her. I make sure not a single one of them hits on her.
It's my brotherly duty. No man will lay his hand on my sister. I don't really think that she's attracted to anybody. She's never told me she's had a crush on a guy before. She did say Emilia was attractive before we started dating. I'm not sure what's up with that.
Emilia is pretty though. So I guess she's right.
Aria is a person who is very perceptive. I am not. At all. There was this time where I was about to get hit by a car, and she pulled me back. I wasn't sure what was happening so I said, "What's up?"
There was one Tuesday morning where she suddenly pulled my collar back saying, ""Kenji please pay attention to where you are walking. Mind the gap sir."
Well I looked down and there was a hole in the ground. It looked like a castle was at the bottom of the hole. I think her criticism was unfair because there shouldn't be a hole there. Aria is very harsh on me sometimes. It's probably because I chase off people who want to get to know her.
We looked in the hole and there was this guy who looked pretty important. There were a bunch of people who were wearing weird hoods. I don't know why.
The important guy said something about me being a hero and killing a Demon King. My sister seems to think he is talking out of his ass, so I will trust her.
He and my sister get into a war of words with some colorful language to the least.
Then Mister Bigshot says something completely unacceptable. He tells my sister that she's a commoner and to know her place. No man talks to my sister like that. He should be happy that I'm not jumping through this portal to beat his ass.
I weigh the options in my mind and decide on saying, "Um, our place is Japan, not Sagelith, so sorry mister."
I'm quite indignant right now, as this stupid "King" thinks he can just be rude to the people he's trying to kidnap while begging for help.
We leave because we have to get to class.
Even if they were quite rude, I hope their problem gets fixed.
He yells after us but the hole closes when we walk away. It was good to see Aria stand up for me, because she oftentimes tries to fade into the background, but in this situation she went on the attack. I would guess it's because there's nothing that king guy can do to her in any capacity with him being stuck in the other world and all.
I almost crossed at red light. That would have sucked.
About a week later, on Sunday we were hanging out in the park. I had a chocolate ice cream. It was good. Aria told me to move so I did and that stupid hole opened up again. There was a lady in there. She was kind of pretty. Aria said she was her type so I'm not sure what's up with that.
Aria called her out for being a snakey person but I wasn't really sure. The princess lady seemed to be mad at what Aria said. So I guess that Aria isn't her type at least. I don't have to worry about her trying to seduce my precious and pure sister.
The stupid king had the audacity to say that I could have his daughter if I killed the Demon King. That's pretty dumb, as my girlfriend is way better than her. Aria thinks my girlfriend is a good person, and thinks this princess is a bad person, so it's pretty much a no-brainer.
Especially coupled with the fact that I don't have to go fight a war to go on a date with Emilia. I make my objection heard and the king and princess seem to be quite pissed with me. I do not care in the slightest, as they were rude to Aria.
They said I could have anything, so I asked for Ramen, assuming they didn't have it. They didn't so I said bye. We walked away and the hole disappeared again.
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A week later, me and Aria were walking to school, we passed through an alley.
Suddenly, Aria stopped and had a terrified look on her face. I asked her what was going on but she couldn't say anything, she was paralyzed with fear for some reason. I looked around but only saw a man dressed in a nice suit walking towards us. I didn't think he would be dangerous.
I was wrong. I was so, so wrong. He quickly pulled a gun from his jacket and shot Aria right in front of me. I didn't know what to do.
She screamed out in pain and it was my turn to be paralyzed. My sister, the person I rely on the most, was dead, and I could only think that I was on my way with her. He shot me too and I collapsed to the ground, holding Aria's hand.
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I woke up in a forest, I had no idea what was going on. I was incredibly confused. I looked around me and saw Aria there. That's probably the happiest I've ever been in my life. She was still there. She wasn't gone. Thank goodness.
Now that I've confirmed she's with me, even if she looks like a ghost, I can take in the world around me. This forest is incredibly beautiful, and it smells like a natural forest without any industry.
Aria asks me to say [Status] so I do.
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[Kenji Togata]
Level: 1
Race: Human
Class: Hero
Age: 17
Gender: M
Guild Level: X
Str: S
Def: A
Spe: A
Mag: C+
Prc: F-
Overall: A-
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HP: 200
Mana: 1000
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Race and Class Skills: Hero's Journey [Max], Nobility [S], Hero Judgement [S], Golden Draw [A]
Personal Skills: Swordsmanship [C+], Blessed Magic [D]
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What the hell, is this some sort of video game? Upon seeing my [Status] Aria gets nervous. She calls out her own status.
It shows her race as [Poltergeist]. "Kenji. Please tell me honestly. Did I turn into a ghost." She says.
"I think so, I thought you knew so I didn't say it. You're floating above the ground so I assumed you would know, you know?"
"Kenji, please do not sass me right now. I'm fucking dead. Why am I a poltergeist? This is awful. It seems like I have a [Tangibility] skill so at least there's that. You're so much stronger than me it's insane."
My sister didn't realize what had happened to her. I feel bad but I think we need to keep on moving along. I try to give her some encouragement about what she can do, and thankfully it cheers her up. We then see what her skills can do, they're all really cool and useful. Her [Mana Sense] and [Pseudo Possession] seem like god sends to me.
We then take a look at what I can do. It's all incredibly powerful, a little too powerful even. I can see the light leave Aria's eyes and I feel horrible. I know she always feels worse whenever we get compared. My grades were better than her no matter how hard she studied, which I feel bad about. She was never good at physical activities, when I was one of the best on any team I would join. I think she felt inferior to me, and I think it was amplified because we were twins. She probably became as shy as she was with others because of that inferiority complex.
I may not be able to pay attention to most people's emotions very well, but I'm incredibly confident when it comes to reading my sister. We're really close to each other, probably closer to each other than we are to any other person. I understand how she feels, but I don't know how to fix it. Hopefully, she'll get an opportunity to build her confidence in this world.
I'm trying to lighten the mood, so I say something about us being unstoppable together.
She doesn't react well so I try to play it off as casually as possible.
We walk through the woods and Aria is looking around at the trees and bushes. It's a nice sight to see her enjoying herself. She picks out some berries with her [Telepathy] and gives them to me. She says they're not poisonous so I take one. It's good.
We find a river with a nearby cave. Aria tells me that there's something menacing in the cave.
I don't want to drag her into any unnecessary fights so I try to see if we actually need to use the cave. She says it is imperative that we get shelter.
She uses her [Pseudo Possession] on me and we get ready to fight whatever the hell comes out of that cave. It feels weird but interesting, me and Aria have become one unit.
Some goblins come out of the cave, they look really ugly and they seem to be pissing off Aria just by existing. I think I read that goblins like to attack women, so I'm going to decimate all of them.
I jumped forward quickly and kicked one of the goblin's super far. I think it's dead (Kenji what the hell) I hear Aria say. I pretend not to notice this.
(Kenji, behind you, goblin's swinging his club, duck and counter-attack.)
With my sister's warning I duck and strike the goblin attacking. I kill it in one punch, just like that man.
(Kenji watch out! Behind you!)
I turn around and jump as I see a fireball careening past me and crashing into two goblins. Aria seems to be nervous about this magic user goblin. She suggests I use my super move [Hero Jugement] against it using one of the goblins' clubs. I pick it up and activate the skill.
A large bolt of lightning comes down and hits my club. My club glows golden as I swing it at the goblin. It disintegrated after I hit it, a rock dropping to the ground.
Aria tells me to pick up the rock as we can probably sell it. I tell her to put it in her backpack because she wanted it.
I regretted my decision immediately.
"Kenji, I'm a fucking ghost. My backpack is part of the ghost body. If you tried to put those rocks in my backpack they'd fall. Please for the love of god think before you speak."
"S-sorry Aria I'm really sorry." I then started to cry. "Hey Aria."
"Kenji are you good?" I ask, concerned for him. I tilt my head and activate my [Tangibility] so I can pat him on the head.
"It really just hit me. We're stuck in another world Aria. We can't go back home ever. That guy, he killed us Aria. We're dead back home. Our parents lost both of their kids today. I-I-I don't want to d-die again Aria. It was cold. I'm scared.
After you said you were a ghost it really hit me. We're really dead, and we're in this foreign world with things that want to kill us.
I don't want to fight a war against a demon king that I don't know anything about. I don't want to get hurt or die Aria, and I don't want you to get hurt either. I'm terrified. I want to live."
I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared. It hit me all at once. I want to go home. I want to see Mom, Dad, and Emilia again. I'm never going to get to see all my friends. My sister is dead. We got killed, we were shot. We've been brought into a world with deadly monsters that want to kill us.
"Kenji, let's start a fire and you need to get some rest. I'm just as scared as you are."
"Aria, you say you're scared, but how are you so calm right now?"
"I'm not calm at all. I'm trying to hold it in so that we don't both fall to pieces. I'll save my tears for later Kenji."
"I-I see. Sorry."
I take Aria's advice and eat my boxed lunch and go to sleep. I hope I don't have nightmares tonight. I hope we're okay and able to live our lives together happily.