Verse: "You Will Never Be Alone"


"—It's also the second oldest Japanese university, one of the highest ranked universities in Asia and one of Japan's National Seven Universities. One of Asia's leading research-oriented institutions, Kyoto University is famed for producing world-class researchers, including eight Nobel Prize laureates, two Fields medalists and one Gauss Prize. The university has been consistently ranked the second best institute in Japan [1]
"So there you have it. What do you think? Interested to enroll to Kyoto University?"

"No I am not! And stop talking! I'm outta here!"

A frustrated Keima could only yell desperately at the student council vice-president who'd been relentlessly giving him information about every choice he can take after graduation. It's only natural for him to be angry. First, he already knows what comes after graduation. Second, she dragged him all the way to a café not far from the school.

"Keima nii-sama! This is for your own good! Stay and listen to Haqua!"

Yes. In addition to his misery was the presence of his little sister who is sitting next to him and been trying to fit herself in the discussion by throwing trivial questions.

"Right! I'm doing this for you; you should be thankful!" Haqua commented.

"You were duped by that promotion offer."

"Hahaha, what are you talking about?" Haqua chuckled, taking light of what Keima just said. "Now look at this. You can work for a pretty high salary here. Your knowledge of technology should help!"

Keima peeked over the tablet's screen that is on Haqua's hand. "A programmer? Just because I'm a god at gaming, doesn't mean I am good at programming!" he pointed out before he stood up and passed Haqua as he left their table.

"Nii-sama, where are you going? We haven't finished yet!"

"To the bathroom!"

Without reacting to his answer, the black-haired girl leaned her head forward as she drinks her chocolate milkshake with a curled fancy straw. "Aaah, this is sooo nice~"

"Wait, Elsie? Is that where the bathroom is— AAAH! HE'S ESCAPING!" Haqua, who instantly jumped from the sofa with the intention to chase after him was quickly stopped by the waitress, asking her to pay the bill.

Keima managed to fool the juniors and walked out from the café, then ran away to make sure he has lost them. {2}

"Haa… Running again! Out of breath… again! Thanks to those two!" the gasping Keima could only curse Haqua and Elsie for doing their best to make him sit down with them and have the talk. Indeed, it is, by all means an important topic that needed to be done quickly. Haqua and Elsie are on the right side here, but Keima doesn't seem to care.

He didn't care about anything, unless it's his games.


Once school is over, Kanon went straight to practice. Though she's quite tired, she still had to do so because she must keep her performance in form. She's already got used to this routine since her successful debut as a solo idol. It was tough at first, even for her. But as she practices, she also built a vigourous stamina that had enabled her to live her tight schedule as an idol.

Thanks to the fruit of her hard work, she eventually rises to become one of the most shining young stars in the country.

Today is one of the girl's busy days. The manager told her that a performance at Sakura TV is up next. This means, she has got to do yet another rehearsal, this time for the show.

Despite all this, she never pouts or frowns, let alone complains. She always put up a smile in front of the crew and instructors. That's why everyone who works with her loves her. It's her natural charm.

"You're doing great as usual, Kanon-chan."

"Thank you very much. It's all thanks to Konoe-san who trained me everyday!" she bowed.

"No, not that. If I were in your shoes, I might not able to do it as well as you. After all, technique alone won't help you to be an idol… am I right?"

Kanon gives a sincere smile before parting with her as the clock strikes five.

"Good work," Okada welcomed Kanon as she sat on the car's seat. "We'll go to Sakura TV immediately. Once we arrived, we'll do rehearsal."

"Yes!"

It seemed seeing her as eager as usual had made the manager fired up as well.


Keima had really lost the chasers. With his slow pace, they should be able to catch up in no time, but they don't. Keima deduced that the smarter Haqua would ask Elsie to wait at their home until he's back because Elsie would rather to pursue him to the end of the world.

No, it's not like she would 'rather' to. She just doesn't have the idea to wait at the same home as the boy he hunted down.

With that conclusion in his head, Keima decided to kill some time until the sky is darker by taking stroll to the town instead of going straight home. There's no way that Herminium will wait until

He already bought the latest dating sim games for last week, but he might end up there anyways.

Keima arrived at an intersection and he had to cross the street so he waited until the light was red while playing his games.

Well, he still concentrated at the PFP screen even when he's crossing.

"What is he thinking? He doesn't look as if he cares about the traffic!"

"What if someone accidentally hit the gas and crashed into him?"

Keima could not careless of what people are saying. He knows the duration of the red light on this intersection and he can sense anything in front of him without taking off his eyes from the screen so he won't bump into other pedestrians. What's more important for him is…

Hmm, which present should I give to Mayaka-chan? There's no information about her favorite things or hobby… I've gotta mine it from conversations, huh?

In a brief minutes, he arrived at the game store. As expected, there's no new game as he already bought the latest ones. Then, Keima walked out of the store, back to the street, walking without destination in mind.

Normal people would call his day as 'boring', but Keima is not one of them. As long as he made progress with his games, then it's a good day for him.

All he cared about is his games.

He gave zero interest in real world.

He didn't know that it would eventually take its toll.


He glanced at the sunset as he walked in front of his house's gate.

"Nii-samaaa! Why did you leave? I had to pay for your tea! Haqua also waited until 30 minutes ago! I feel bad for her!"

"…" He just passed Elsie and went upstairs.

The little sister could only frown as she heard him closed the door to his bedroom, followed by a sound of PC and other gaming consoles.

"Aah, I wonder if I can change Nii-sama~"

Elsie jumped onto the sofa and turned the TV on and it was the Sakura TV's channel that she picked. As a fan, she knows Kanon's schedule and always cheer her behind the screen.

"Aaaaah~ Kanon-chan!"

It turns out that Sakura TV was having a talkshow with Kanon. The female host had been asking her questions, but they are already asked in previous talkshows at the radio so Elsie wasn't very excited about it.

On an important note, her 'not very excited' includes her wearing yellow ribbon, watching the TV screen from only 10 centimetres with sparkling eyes.

There is, however, a question that piqued Elsie's interest.

"Kanon-chan. You received the best newcomer award recently, what is your secret to this success?"

"I practice to keep my performance on top, but that's not all," she answered. "The crew who had worked really hard to support me, and the cheers of everyone behind me, the fans helped the most."

"What I've learned as an idol is, you can't lead a success life on your own. You will always need someone to at least be with you; be it co-workers, fans, family, or friends."

"Even though all they do is talking with you."

"Or just listening to you talking."

"Trust me, it helps."

"It doesn't matter how good you are at something, but if you're alone, you will only walk on your spot. You won't be able to fly and reach your dreams."

Elsie was bewildered by her words. And then it hits her. What are Keima Nii-sama's dreams? Does he have anyone to talk to?

"I heard he doesn't have a single friend… haa…" she sighed. "With that attitude, who would want to be his friend!? Huh! Stupid, stupid Nii-sama!" she snapped as she remembered how Keima left her and Haqua with the bill.

But I guess it's my role as his sister to stay with him no matter what happens, huh?

Katsuragi Elsie, a stupid yet very sincere little sister, will always be on her brother's side. No matter what happens, or what he does to her. Even though he'd turned out to be the most evil man in the world or a homeless NEET, she'd be on his side to support him. That way, he won't be alone.

Because he has one incredible sibling.


-tbc-


[1] source: wikipedia

A/N: I'm sorry for the late, short update. Guess I can't keep the updates very frequently thanks to my schedule after all.

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