"Don't worry, senior sister, I know what I'm doing."
Eiji waved his hand and smiled. "So far, I've only used this move twice. Except today, I only tried it once when I first created it."
It wasn't until last year that he began training his Blazer abilities and learning swordsmanship under his master, Torajirou Nangou.
In other words, it had only taken him about a year to reach his current level of strength, and most of that time had been spent on physical rehabilitation and training.
He had only used Lightning Flash once before, on his master, and nearly died on the spot. It was only because his master quickly put him in a regeneration pod that he survived.
After that, he deeply understood how outrageous this move was, so he voluntarily sealed it away. It wasn't until today, facing Kurono Shinguuji, that he couldn't resist using it again.
"Whether I can trust your so-called 'knowing what you're doing' is really hard to say..."
Touka held her forehead, unable to hide her skepticism.
If he really knew what he was doing, he wouldn't have used that move on the new Director earlier today.
Although she had rarely met her junior brother, she knew what kind of person he was.
If she had known he had developed such an incredible move during the past year when they hadn't seen each other, she would have strictly forbidden him from using it.
"Anyway, now that you've enrolled at Hagun Academy, it's like living under my watch. I won't let you do whatever you want without regard for your health. Be prepared!"
Touka stood up, making a declaration with an imposing presence.
"Tonight, you'll sleep in the infirmary. I'll come pick you up tomorrow. Your luggage is here, and this is the student handbook. I applied for it in advance. If you feel unwell, use the handbook to contact me..."
She took out a palm-sized liquid crystal device from her uniform pocket and placed it on the bedside table.
The device was engraved with the golden school emblem. When opened, it functioned just like a smartphone, capable of making calls, sending emails, surfing the web, and more.
This was Hagun Academy's student handbook.
"Finished eating?"
After fussing over various details like a mother hen, his senior sister finally looked at the tray in Eiji's hands.
"Finished."
After his voracious eating, the tray was completely empty.
"Full?"
"About 80%."
"Good, you shouldn't eat too much for dinner."
She reached out to take the tray from Eiji, but just as she was about to turn and leave, her gaze suddenly paused at the corner of his lips.
Her brows furrowed slightly, and with a serious expression, she pulled a handkerchief from her pocket, bent down, and leaned close to Eiji, carefully wiping the grease from the corner of his mouth.
'I could have done this myself.'
Eiji was about to say so, but his senior sister's sharp look stopped him.
Night had fallen, and the last traces of the sunset had disappeared from the horizon. The dark night sky replaced the blue, with stars twinkling faintly, undisturbed.
Under the moonlight, the two were so close that they could hear each other's breathing.
Although she always wore glasses, his senior sister's features were undeniably exquisite, with soft facial lines that gave her the gentle and kind aura of a girl next door.
Eiji's eyes lowered slightly, avoiding her gaze.
"There, all clean. Rest well. I'll leave now. Don't do anything reckless."
Touka straightened up, satisfied as she admired Eiji's godlike profile under the moonlight. She couldn't help but remind him a few more times before finally leaving with the tray.
After his senior sister left, Eiji was alone in the infirmary.
"Girls at this age are really something. They grow up so fast!"
Only then did Eiji let out a complicated sigh and lean back against the headboard.
"Can't even hold it with one hand anymore."
He had measured it himself last year, so it wasn't false.
Lying against the headboard, Eiji gazed at the starlight outside the window, his thoughts drifting uncontrollably.
His senior sister had always been like that.
From the moment they first met, she had loved taking care of him.
Back then, Eiji couldn't even get out of bed. Whether it was eating, drinking, or even going to the bathroom, his senior sister had personally attended to him, day and night, without complaint.
Although they only saw each other for about a month each year, to Eiji, his senior sister was like both a mother and an elder sister.
Having lived two lives, this was the first time he had felt such maternal warmth from someone else.
In this second life, the most important people to him were his master, who had picked him up from the snow, and his senior sister, who had cared for him with such gentle, motherly love.
Reincarnation.
Even now, thinking about it made Eiji's heart heavy.
The culprit behind his reincarnation was undoubtedly that simple game that had suddenly appeared on his computer. After all, after being reborn, he had indeed taken on the character template he had created in his previous life.
No, not just taken on—he had become that template.
A person's basic abilities should naturally be balanced. Even if there were some deviations, they should never become extreme.
—Because once they became extreme, it meant death.
Physique, Intelligence, Mana, Charm, Luck.
Among these, especially Physique and Intelligence, if no attribute points were allocated, it meant the person was dead. Only the dead had no Physique or Intelligence.
The character template seemed to follow this principle, giving him one attribute point in each of the five categories, with the remaining 45 points left for him to distribute freely.
It was a trashy game, and fueled by the anger of having his computer ruined, he had allocated the points however he found interesting, treating it like a life simulator.
As the saying goes, strength is a matter of the current version, but being cool is a matter of a lifetime.
So, he dumped all 45 free attribute points into charm.
No particular reason, just for the novelty. It definitely wasn't because he was bitter about his lack of romantic luck due to his looks.
Because of that moment of recklessness, he paid a heavy price.
After reincarnating into this world, he was forced to take on the character template he had created, becoming a being with only 1 point in Physique, Intelligence, Mana, and Luck, but a whopping 46 points in Charm.
The result was obvious.
After being reborn as a baby, with only 1 point in Physique, he became extremely frail. His vital signs were ten times weaker than a normal baby's. His muscles had no vitality, his bones were so brittle they seemed like they could shatter with the slightest pressure, and his heart and lungs were at their weakest. Even breathing felt like countless needles stabbing his lungs, and it wouldn't have been surprising if he had died at any moment.
According to his master, back then, he was on the brink of death dozens of times a day. Every time, the doctors would declare he wouldn't last ten minutes, but each time, he miraculously survived.
Thinking about it now, surviving in that state probably used up all the luck he had accumulated over two lifetimes.
Or perhaps, there was still some lingering blessing from his reincarnation that allowed him to barely make it through that childhood?
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