49 - The Brave, the Younger, and the Younger.

After school.

"Hey, Julius. Wanna have tea on the way home?"

My classmate Elise, a half-elf, smiles and invites me out.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I have something to do with my brother after school.

"Mmm. You've been here a long time, haven't you? What do you always do?"

"Well, I'm going with my brother for his training."

"Training ...... Hey, can I observe?"

"I'm curious too!"

Sakura, an imperial princess from a neighboring country, came to us.

"Oh, okay. Let's all go together."

We leave the classroom and head for my brother's place.

"Where are you training?"

"It's a room for special students. They gave me that room, but I didn't know what to do with it. I've been remodeling the inside of the room and using it for training.

"Do you always train there?"

"Yeah. Lunch and after school. Most of my free time at school these days is with my brother."

"Wow, ...... I like it, private lessons with Julius~♡"

Somewhat.

I walked up to the special student's room.

"What the...?

"Sorry to keep you waiting, little brother."

"Brother!　You're late. ......, huh?"

My brother Gaius was already in the room.

"...... who are those guys?"

"Oh come on, you forgot what your classmates look like?"

"...... not interested. Why did you bring me here?"

"Yeah, because you wanted to see it."

"...... hmmm."

Gaius grimaced and retreated to the back of the room.

"Sorry, my brother was rude."

The room for special students is about twice as large as the classroom.

The room is divided into two.

The front part is a reception area with sofas and so on.

In the back is a training space with wards on all four sides to protect the students from any possible violence.

"Did the school provide the equipment for this room?"

"Yes, we did it ourselves. I made it with magic."

"What?　It's too good to be true!

"Julius is really great, handsome!"

Sakura grabs my arm tightly.

"Brother!　How long are you going to keep talking to the girls?"

My brother comes over, grabs my arm and pulls me back.

"Sorry. "Okay, you guys stay in the reception area, it's not safe."

We moved to the training room.

I get into position away from my brother.

We'll start with the training again today. We'll start with the training again today.

Dang. ......!

Gaius runs into me.

Kink, kink, kink, kink, kink. ......!

They attack from all directions with twin swords.

I don't move from my place, and I parry all of my brother's blows.

"That's strange. ......"

I have more moves and my sword is sharper.

But his swordsmanship is sharper than it was this morning.

"d*mn!　You!"

Boom! ......!

"Ugh. ......"

I counter and Gaius crouches in place.

"He's mad, isn't he? It's showing on your sword."

"Shut up!　Stupid brother!"

Gaius backflips to get away from me.

"[Wind storm]!　Burn Strike!"

I release intermediate level wind and fire magic at the same time.

A tornado of flame is generated around me.

I create a sword and slash the tornado.

Spank. ......!

"...... Shit!"

The magic is forced to be released and the brother falls to his knees.

"I appreciate the fact that we can now activate intermediate magic simultaneously without chanting ......, but..."

I walk up to my slumped brother and pat him on the head.

"What's the matter, you having a bad day?"

That's when it happened.

"Julius!　That's great, that's great!"

Elise and her friends came from the reception area to where we were.

"I can't believe how fast you can handle all those swords!"

"You also did an excellent job of cutting powerful magic with a single sword, handsome!"

They come up to me at close range and say.

"d*mn it, ......!　Get out of the way!　You're getting in the way of my training!"

Gaius tries to push Elise and the others away.

Pash!

"You can't put your hands on a girl, can you?"

"Shut up!　They're in my way!"

Gaius brushes my hand away and walks away.

"Forgive him. I'm having a bad day."

"You're so kind and nice♡♡ ...... By the way, little brother, is it because of your training that you became so strong?"

"Yes. It's been about two months since I started."

"In such a short time?　That's amazing!"

"Hey Julius-san. Can you train me too?"

"Oh, me too!　I want to be that strong!"

Sakura and Elise raise their hands.

"Oh, good!"

Wait a minute!"

Gaius comes from the reception area, his shoulders tense.

"Why do you have to take care of the others too?

"Well, I don't care. It's the same if you watch one or three.

"No!　You only have to watch me!

Gaius glares at Elise and the others.

"...... I don't think he's yours, do you?"

You're mine. You're my brother, and you're not mine.

The mood was sour, but I thought it might be a good start.

Gaius is floating in the classroom.

Especially since the disappearance of Historia.

He wondered if he could somehow make contact with his classmates.

"Well then, why don't we start a [club]?"

""A sorority?""

You see, it's written in the student handbook. Students get together after school to play sports and do schoolwork."

As I recall, if there were four of us, we could apply for a sorority.

"Me, Gaius, Sakura, and Elise. You see, we have all the people we need."

"We agree. ...... Well, I'm not so sure about being with my little brother."

"I'm all for Julius staying after school too!

I'm against it!　Why are you with these guys ......?"

I patted Gaius on the shoulder.

"Please. Okay?"

"...... well, if you insist."