Two days later...
"Where am I?" I thought as I looked around, trying to identify my location.
All of a sudden, a sinister voice spoke up.
"You are one of the best pawns I have ever seen since the last millennium, you know that?"
I drew my sword in response to the voice.
"And you think you can defeat me. How cute." The sinister voice bellowed.
"I never think. I know." I replied as I activated the Light Core and channeled light magic into my sword.
"Come to me... Be my champion. Not the Demon King's Champion. MY champion." The sinister voice said in a hardly persuasive tone.
Silence filled the entire space, making the scene really awkward.
"Join me. I have cookies. Chocolate chip cookies. Is... Is that enough? You know, I figured I should talk my way out of this." the voice said as a black silhouette appeared.
"Take a seat, Magic Swordmaster." the black silhouette said as he (or at least I think is a he) snapped his fingers.
"You know what? I would like a cookie please."
"Oh here you go. Would you like to have a cup of tea?"
"Yeah thanks."
After a few minutes of eating cookies, drinking tea and chitchatting...
"Join me. You have immense power hidden within you. Join me, and you will reach your full potential... And dominate the world!" The black silhouette rose and raised his hands out of the blue. Thunder roared as he laughed like a villain would do.
"What if I don't?"
"Or... your beloved ones will perish." The sinister voice threatened menacingly.
"Onii-chan. Please... Don't..."
"I refuse!"
Black beams shot towards me and started to corrode my body. Meanwhile, a bunch of skeletons started to pop out of nowhere, grabbed onto me and hissed "Wake".
"What's going on? No, no!"
I opened my eyes abruptly and was met with a pair of blue eyes.
Not to mention, I felt a wet sensation on my lips and within my mouth.
And the person who did that... Yes, you may have guessed it, Princess Iris herself.
Before I could say anything, the bedroom door was opened all of a sudden.
"Iris-sama, it's time to-" Claire said as she opened the door.
An awkward silence filled the room after Claire opened the door.
"I will fkin kill you!" Claire screamed as she drew her sword and lunged towards us.
I pulled out my sword, turned around and blocked the hit with my sword backhanded.
Iris broke the kiss immediately as she realized Claire was here.
"Aye calm the fk down woman!" I said with an exasperated tone as I turned and face her.
"Not until I rip you to pieces!" Claire snarled with a menacing tone as she had no intention of stopping her attacks. "How dare you! How dare you took Iris-sama's first kiss! That first kiss was supposed to be mine, who protected her from any danger!"
An awkward silence filled the entire room.
"Ah."
"Pfft...!"
After a few minutes of Claire swinging her sword wildly and me parrying her attacks...
"I will kill you! I will kill you then myself right after!" Claire yelled with tears in her eyes as she kept swinging her sword irrationally.
Claire and I were currently in the middle of a (one-sided actually) heated deathmatch. Blue and white flashes surrounded us as I was blocking her attacks.
"Go fk yourself! I ain't interested in dying with a lolicon!" I shot back as I continued parrying her attacks as I have no intention to fight, probably because I was recalling the kiss.
"Now you have done it, you siscon! Prepare to die!"
"What the hell did you just call me, you left-on-the-shelf swordswoman?! It is true that I actually enjoyed Iris calling me "Onii-chan", but I didn't make this request myself!"
"Shut the fk up, you brat!"
And Claire and I hurled insults at each other as we continued fighting.
30 minutes later...
"Stop it." Iris said as she faced Claire and stood in front of me.
"But Iris-sama-"
"I did this because Onii-chan didn't wake up and he wasn't breathing, so I thought he would wake up if I did this like the tales did..." Iris said as she lowered her head in embarrassment.
'Iris was too pure and innocent there... She is like an angel. I would like to protect her innocence from dirty things...!' I thought as my will to protect Iris became stronger.
"To be exact, Iris has pretty good first aid skills. This is exactly how people treat those who are unconscious and aren't breathing. Apart... from sticking their tongue in one's mouth." I chimed up as I sheathed my sword.
"Bullshit!"
"Is that true, Onii-chan?" Iris turned around and looked at me with doubt as if she thought I made this up.
"Yeah! You see, when you breathe out, more carbon dioxide is in your breath as your body used oxygen, a component of the air you breathe in for consuming food, which produces carbon dioxide. The higher concentration of carbon dioxide helps stimulate a person to breathe. On the other hand, the high concentration of oxygen supplies oxygen to breathe properly. This is the principle behind this act." I explained like a professional first aid instructor.
"I will show you later." Seeing Iris started to believe me a little bit more, I told her with a smile.
"Claire, I will be there soon. Wait for a moment outside. Remember to close the door." Iris told Claire off.
Claire looked at me with disgust, but she still closed the door nonetheless.
"Core change, Pegasus to Wolf." I muttered as the Core Outfit I was wearing changed into a black and purple ninja (sort of) outfit.
"Shadow Clone (Kage Bunshin), Doppelganger." I muttered as a shadow clone appeared and turned into Iris.
"Lurk." I chanted Lurk on the real Iris as the cloned Iris went out.
"Are you ready?" I asked Iris softly after the Shadow Clone left the room.
"Anytime you are, Onii-chan."
"Summon Core Constellation: Wind Aquila!" I commanded as I summoned the large pastel-green eagle.
"Now, hop on." I told Iris gently as she sat on the Aquila's back.
The Aquila rose slightly, and so I grabbed onto its claws.
"Advanced Lurk! Wind Aquila, take off!" I channeled some Mana into my current Core Outfit as I commanded the Wind Aquila to take off, which set off immediately and headed towards the Adventurers' Guild.
"Now, let's go! (Saa, ikimashou!)"
The Wind Aquila flew towards the Adventurers' Guild, the guards didn't notice us once again as the two (or three actually) of us were invisible to anyone else.
At the Adventurers' Guild...
"Today, I am going to teach you about planning tactics before fighting. After this quest, I will buy a house as the Operational Base of our future party."
"Our... party?" Iris looked at me with disbelief and hope.
"You heard it. Our party." I confirmed as I gave her a smile and a thumbs up.
A person with a red wizard attire approached us.
"Oh, you finally arrived." I told Loby, the Archwizard we saved a few days earlier.
"Nice to meet you, Explosive Boi." Iris greeted Loby with a slightly teasing smile.
"My name is Loby! The strongest-"
"Gimme a break." I sighed in resignation as I whacked him in the head.
"By the way, why do you wear an eyepatch?" Iris asked curiously.
"This left eye of mine contains an evil source of power. The world will be doomed to be destroyed if I remove this eyepatch!" Loby declared in a chuunibyou way.
"I was lying, I actually wear it for looks." Loby said in a barely audible voice.
A few seconds later...
"I am sorry! Please don't pull the eyepatch!" Loby cried as he grabbed my arm with his hands.
"Stop... Stop it!"
Iris and I laughed.
My chest hurt all of a sudden.
'If God had wanted me to live he would not have created a heart attack!'
Everything started to fade and I fell to the floor with a thud. At the same time, I let go of Loby's eyepatch as my arm wasn't strong enough to hold the eyepatch. Loby screamed in pain as the eyepatch hit his eye. Unfortunately, no one came to my aid except for Iris. As for Loby, he was too busy screaming in pain, so he didn't come to my aid.
The voices I heard were fading as everything went black.
A/N: Once again, positive critiques are appreciated, either through PM or reviews.
Hope you enjoyed the story and stay tuned for the next chapter.
Here's a heads-up for the next chapter: It contains content from LN Vol. 7 (epilogue to be specific). A reminder will be given at the beginning of the next chapter.