Chapter 7: Resolution

"yyaaaawwwnn!"

"... Good morning brother...."

It's been a few days since that incident, there's no problem at the moment. Albeit, my sister is keeping an eye on me. She might be thinking that I will be in danger again.

She asks me what happen to me, so I tell half of the story. I can't lie to her because she knows if I lie or not. I didn't talk about the person in that trunk and about the muddy water that as if it's swallowing me. I talk about the divine tree.

"Lyn, so. I'm not that knowledgeable when it comes to magic but I must tell you this."

I said while we were practicing outside of the house.

"See that tree?"

I pointed out the tree in front of us, of course she would see it. Why did I ask if she could see that?

"use your wind magic, now Imagine a thin object, hmm.. Like a blade, but it is made in wind, also imagine that your wind magic can cut through rock tree or anything that came to your mind." I paused then continue "hmm, I'm not good at explaining but, imagine that your wind blade will pierce through that tree, also imagine how large or small your wind magic is going to be. Did you understand it?"

Lyn, nodded at me " I don't get what you're talking about brother but I think I get the Gist of it"

"..... S-sorry..."

I'm not a good teacher...

But I'm glad she manages to understand it by her own understanding. Lyn pours a mana on her hand, it actually needs to chant a magic but that's too much of a hassle, but I guess I should teach her about chanting so, as to take a low profile in the academy.

My little sister releases a thin but sharp wind like a sharp razor and the length is around as the same of an adult foot it gave a sound of 'woosh! ' Before it hits the tree

"Wind blade!"

"w-wind blade?"

Lyn looks at me with a face of 'yeah why? ', we-well I guess it doesn't matter. It's just me, I guess. I mean why would you speak your spell that you will cast, the enemy will learn about it you know? Also, I just said it, earlier, right? That 'wind blade' thing, maybe that's where she got that.

"Brother, what about you?" Lyn asked me then tilts her head "do you have any progress?"

"Hm? Ah yeah..." I said as I shrugged as if I'm not interested.

She pouts her mouth and make a sound of 'a~muuu~~', how cute.

I patted her head and chuckled, as for what my little sister means, it's because I can now use magic and my attribute was...

"Here, see?"

A small black object like a person and a size of a thumb appeared in Lyn's shadow, the black person moved and walk towards Lyn's foot.

"Woah..."

As you can see, I can use a shadow, I was actually happy that I can use shadow. But it has a problem, it is weak against lights while it is strong against dark, I can still use my shadow in daylight but if there is no dark area/part, my magic is only limited.

Right now, I can make a small clone that was created to Lyn's shadow, and if you separate the tiny clone into my sister's shadow.

'bsst'

The tiny clone will start to disintegrate, because the clone separate itself to my sister's shadow, no dark manages to support it, that's what I mean. But in this forest, I can use my shadow through the trees shadow.

I will use the shadow of a tree to create a shadow clone, oh yeah, my mana capacity is like a lake, thank God that incident didn't happen again, anyway. I was glad that my mana capacity is not that short, it was like a lake but not that big, it was a small lake, but I might be able to increased my mana. Oh, I didn't say which attribute is this right?

It's dark attribute, yes. Dark attribute is actually sensitive, I mean there's is different types of dark magic you see. Just like me, I can use the darkness as my weapon, shadows, but in others who also got dark attribute, they have different dark magic.

Like, curse, psychological trauma, manipulation, brainwashing, necromancing.

It's actually depending on your characteristic, if you are a manipulative type, you might have manipulation and brainwashing, if you are a type of person who hate other's, learning the feelings of a person just by looking, you might get the curse, and psychological trauma. I won't explain about necromancing because it returns the dead to be a live again, yeah, a living dead.

Well, if I were to avoid a dark attribute user. I would like to avoid those who can used dark type that can curse and used psychological trauma to others, that's more dangerous. I don't care about curses but psychological trauma is a different matter,

Because it can give you a hallucination about your past trauma, like you are scared of bugs, because when you were just a kid, a large pack of bee tried to sting you, and you run for your life, but in psychological trauma, it will show your past trauma in a worst situation, like a bee that came out inside of your eyes and mouth.

then, your whole surrounding is full of bees, and they want to sting you, and when you got sting, it's so hurt; to the point you want to die because of how many bees sting at you.

yes. The psychological trauma is triggering your past trauma in a worse scenario, and the damage you will receive is real, until you die. I would like to avoid that, I'm not a strong person who can overcome his/her trauma like it was easy you know, everyone has their own past trauma like me, and those attack is real even if you think it's not real.

In my case, my dark magic is the lowest type, I dunno why but in the book that I've read, shadow magic is the lowest and weakest dark type. Well, I won't rely on that information because for me, it depends on you; on how you are going to used your magic. I will practice it like this and that until I mastered my shadow magic.

Hmm, am I a sneaky person? Because shadow is good for assassination, right? I mean does one of my characteristics is a sneaky type?

I remember everything I did in the mansion before the coup D'état. I always sneak around and no knights manage to notice me, I even manage to go to that fat man office without anyone noticing it.

... Yep, this shadow magic is based on my characteristic... Wow...

"Brother... I always say this..." Lyn said, she was holding her hands in front of me then looking at me then avoiding eyes on me, in a manner of cutie appearance “but, can you tell me what is my special attribute? " Then she looked at me with deeeeeeeppppp look, she looks like a cat because her eyes were... Ugghh I can't even explain how cute it is, her big round eyes are looking at me deeply expecting something, something that is valuable.

Do I really need to tell her? Ah shit she's too cute I can't refuse her damn it.

"... S-space.... Magic..."

"Space magic? What's that brother?"

How should I explain this? This is hard, can I explain this properly? Holy shit, she really needs a proper teacher, but does any teacher knows space magic? It's a special and a Lost Elemental magic... Oh well, I hope I can explain it to her properly.

" w'-well... You see Space Magic is a Lost, Caster, Elemental, and a many other forms of magic. This form of magic is extremely powerful and destructive. The user is capable of manipulating and summoning objects from the vary vacuum of space itself and use them for combat." I said as if I'm not Confident, a little bit of sweat has on my forehead while giving an awkward smile.

" D-did you get that Lyn? "

" Hm! I get it! Thank you, brother! " Lyn said then she points her finger towards her lips and raise ger eyes then said" but, what is vacuum? "

I lost my balance, what is vacuum anyways? I don't even know it.

" e-eto~ t-the vacuum is... Umm, the Vacuum is a space in which there is no matter or in which the pressure is so low that any particles in the space do not affect any processes being carried on there. Mm, it is a condition well below normal atmospheric pressure and is measured in units of pressure... I think? "

Lyn clasps her hands then her eyes is sparkling. She jumped 3 times, she looks so interested, holy shit she's so cute...

" Then, then. What is matter? "

" Okay! Lyn! It's time for me to hunt! I should hunt some boar for a meat right! Bye bye! "

" Wait! Brother...!"

Before she even says something, I run away. I didn't look at her. Matter? What's matter!? F***k science! I only know a little of it! Stoopp!! Don't make me explain science and math! I fear nothing! But don't you dare give me a scientific knowledge and full of numbers! They're my enemy's you swine!

***

My brother leaves me again.

"muuu~" my brother explanation right now is so interesting, because I didn't able to read it in a book, I know my brother was sneaking at the mansion back then to read, maybe he read something, like some ancient book. Also, what is matter? I know what is matter but I know that it's different from my knowledge to my brother's knowledge, in my brother's mind matter is different from matter that I know.

Also, uuuuuhhhh!! Vacuum and then space! I want to learn more! His explanation right now is so understandable!

"Does a vacuum was just like a hole?"

Base on my brother's explanation, it was like that right?

So, I tried to imagine, imitate, I read some book that there is a bag that can put anything, how many things that you need to put, in that book that bag called storage bag. Then...

A storage that can put how many I want, a storage that even if you put a raw meat on it, it will not rot, it's as if it stopped the time process. You can pack a load of things. Living and non-living beings, anything as long as it's pit to that storage, the shape of the storage needs to be small but it can also turn big depends to the size of the object...

"[storage]"

A large hole appeared in front of me, it has an oval shape, it's black and its appearance is as if it was made of fog and clouds, I tried to put the plate on it, my hand pass through that hole, I let go the plate and pull back my hand... I can't see the plate anymore I thought it will fall down when I let it go but I didn't hear a sound of a solid object fell to the ground and got broke into pieces...

I heave a euphoric sigh of relieve. Then again, I put my hand in the hole; hoping to take back the plate, when I felt that I touched something, I grab it and pulled it.

When I saw the object, I quickly threw it out of the panic, I fell down the floor and shaking, I hug myself while having a rapid breathing, I was breathing heavily, my mind is blank, I quickly move and lie at the wooden wall.

"Brother...! Hic..."

I don't know what to do... I can't take my eyes away in the object, I'm scared...

Scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared!!!

My heart is breathing rapidly, I cowered myself and shaking my head.

" aaaaahhhh!!!!"

I started to cry heavily; I don't know what to do... Why is that here, does that mean... Does that mean!!!

I look again at the object; my purple eyes are filled with fear.

"it's... That... Man's..." I said while my body is shaking, I can't even say the words... ".... H-h-.... Head.... Hic... Brother.... Help me..."

It's the man's head that attacked as a month ago... The man who tried to kill brother and I... Why, why, why, why, why, why!!

" Does that mean... Does that mean..."

I look at my hands, my hands are shaking and sweating... My face is also sweating. My mouth is shaking can't let a single word out, I lost my strength due to fear.

In the man's face, you can see the despair, fear, regret, rage, hurt, desperation. That the man suffered through...

While looking at his dead eyes, I felt fear, do I need to used magic...? Magic... It's scary that I thought... I don't know... What should I do? Do I need to tell this to brother? What will he do...? What will he think on me...?

"I... I killed...."

'Hic, mother... Brother.... What should I do...'

I covered my whole body. I lie myself into the corner, hiding, shaking, I can't even look to the head. I'll wait for brother... I hope he won't hate me...

"Brother... Don't hate me..."

Magic... Do I deserve it...?

***

"rroooiiiinnkk!!!"

Woah!

It nearly hit me! That was closed.

Right now, I'm facing a wild boar that is bigger than me, its razor-sharp tusks are quite long, its left eyes have a scar, the legs have a muscle that used for charge attack, its back skin is thick and has a fur that looks like a needle, dark brown color, it has a tail probably 1 meter long, the hoof is making the ground getting a mark of its feet. Just by the look of it, the boar is around 280-300 pounds, it's a male. That's sure is heavy.

I quickly close to a tree nearby and looked at the wild boar, the boar hackles up and started to chomping its mouth, the boar then ready it's feet to start charging.

The boar's head is strong, it's head can break your bones, skull, if you got hit by it. Not just its head. The boar's sharp-razor tusk is dangerous too. So, you should be careful and don't underestimate a single boar.

The boar started to charge towards me, by using timing and patience, I wait for the boar to come closer to me.

"oooiiiiinnkkk!!!"

The boar made a high pitch tone and lower its head a little, when the boars was about to hit me, I jumped to avoid its headbutt.

GAAACK!!

The boar hit the tree, it produces a loud noise the birds got startled and started fly away. It startled all the small living beings even half of the forest was in shock.

Holy shit, forget about broken ribs, if I got hit by it, I would have died!

it's tusks pierce through the trunk and the boar forcefully trying to pull out its tusks to the trunk but fail to do so.

Now, sling won't work on this monster, I took my hunting knife and get closer to the boar.

"oooiiinnkk!!!"

The boar's eyes looked at me, the monster tried to get out but it's tusks pierce deeply at the trunk, I should kill it now, it's back is thick and it's hard to pierce, I can only stab the boar at its stomach, but I want to kill it quickly. Now what is the soft part of a thick head? A soft part where it also connected to its brain a bit. The answer is.

"it's eyes"

I stab its eyes and when the knife pierce at its eyes, I rotate it and move it upward then stab it more deeply.

The boar gave a dying squeak noise and then died.

"hiyuupp!"

I lifted the body of the boar, it's incredible how my strength increase. I can even lift a wild boar alone. Now.

When I was fighting the wild boar, I actually release some shadow clone near at my field of vision, the reason is to distract the boar, used it as a decoy. Also, as a guard, if there was a situation that I am fighting a monster, then suddenly another monster came and also attacked me, I won't able to survive.

So, as a safety measure, I put 5 shadow clones, they're still small same as my height, 135 cm. What's incredible is that I manage to learn to used it as an eyesight. I actually don't know how I manage to do it, but I just learn about it. My shadows don't have eyes but it feels like I have multiple eyes that I can used at an advantage at field work.

I should experiment my dark magic to learn more about it. Shadow magic said that it was the lowest and weakest dark type magic. But isn't this powerful? I read it on the book That it can't kill a person nor lift something because shadows don't have physical bodies because it's only a two-dimensional silhouette. Or a reverse projection of the object blocking the light.

But, is it really? Maybe the past 'me' s world it's impossible but how about in this world?

Where defying the law of physics?

I have seen lots of strange where my common sense doesn't work, so I think it's not impossible that a shadow can 'kill', 'touch', etc. In this world, anything is possible, you just have to find a way to prove it and used it.

It might be easier because I'm only saying this but this might be hard, well. It's better to try than not doing it right.

While going home I was thinking about my dark attribute, I made a tiny shadow clone using my own shadow, I tried to control the tiny dark clone just to pass the time, it's also a practice for me and also to increase my mana capacity.

I create two tiny dark clones at my own shadow and imagine that they are fighting, hmm how should they fight... Just fight like a martial artist I guess... But how?

While thinking this, he didn't even realize that the two tiny clones started to fight, fist, kick, jump kick, elbow, rotating punch. Block, parry.

The two clones were exchanging each other's attack simultaneously as if they're fighting to death, while he was thinking how to fight them with each other, he didn't notice that the two clones are now reaching to its climax.

I look at my own shadow and raise my eyes a little, because I create two clones but right now only one clone I am seeing right now, also it looks like the one tiny clone is Injured its left arm, hmm?

Do shadows receive injuries? Do they also have lives? Hmm never mind.

I ward off the idea and continue walking going home, by controlling my magic, I turn off my magic. Because I am now at our home.

"I wonder what's Lyn doing..."

Maybe she is practicing her magic? Maybe she is cleaning a part of our house?

Thinking this, I found myself that I love my sister so much, now that I think about it, she's actually not my sister, she was just taken in a slum by that fat guy, also her hair is blonde no maybe platinum blonde? And her eyes are purple, you can actually see that we are not actually related, well. Am I also a child of that house? By this appearance of mine?

I'm happier that I didn't get their genes, this is the first time I'm thankful about my appearance, well. I didn't hate my appearance in the first place.

I let the boar to the dismantled area and run towards the door of the house.

"llyyynnn!!! I'm hommee!!"

"Hic... Brother.... Hic..."

It's not loud and it's not close either but I heard my little sister is crying and calling for me, I run where I heard her crying voice. It was in the kitchen. When I open the door at the kitchen with a 'BAGANG!' sound, I widen my eyes because I saw a bloody head at the floor.

It was the man who attacked Lyn and I few weeks ago, no. Maybe it's already a month?

His hair is brown and it's disheveled, its eyes is so wide as if he was looking at you, but it's lifeless eye lens can tell he suffered a lot, his mouth was open wide as if he wants to breath, no he is longing to breath, it was a terrifying appearance that it makes me want to puke.

I covered my mouth and I started to sweat, in coup d'état situation, I didn't mentally look at the dead bodies. No, I just don't have time to do so. But this... Euughh....

I wiped my forehead and started to look at my little sister, I didn't look at the head.

'In this world, you need to kill to survive, for survival you need to get used to this and learn from it, or else you won't be able to survive in this harsh world.'

I even forgot that this was a Otome game.

The game was only at the school but it didn't talk about the outside world. It's a school life genre.

"... Hic... Brother... Where are you.... Hicc... Uuhh."

I heard her voice again; she was hiding at the corner of our table. Cowering in fear, she was trembling a lot. It must be a shock from her... But what happen?

"... Lyn!"

I quickly get closed to her, she raises her head, her eyes were so swollen, a great tremor overtook her, tears race down to her cheek, she clumsily hugged me, as her fear manage to drown her.

I also hug my little sister, I waited for her and waited more until she relaxes herself.

When she was already okay at least. I ask her.

"What happen?"

My little sister shuddered.

"bro... Brother... The t-thing is..."

Her voice is quaking but she slowly explains every detail of the situation, while I'm patting her back gently and listen carefully.

"I see..."

'So that's what happen', I said while thinking, it looks like she really accidentally killed the man in robe back then, and while she manages to used storage (wow my little sister) she put a plate inside of it then let it go after a while, she tried to take the plate and pulled it. But what she actually took was the head of that man. Holy shit even me will be shocked.

She might not realize it; no, she really did not realize that she used space magic back then. Now, if my guess is correct the body of that man is still in her space...

"Are you scared?"

I asked my little sister if she was scared, she nodded and she gripped my shirt.

"I see..." I said while patting her head.

"Brother... Magic is scary..."

A conclusion that I know that will happen, now then... What should I do? I don't know how to comfort someone. Hell, I can't even comfort myself. May be I’ll just say what I can tell. It might be stupid because you need to speak carefully but...

" So, give up using magic?" I said while saying it gently " I don't mind if you don't want to used magic anymore, I can still protect you." I said while smiling.

She looked at me, and as if she got pissed at me for some reason, she pouted her head and spoke.

" If I don't used magic, who will protect you brother? "

Eh?

Fufu, I chuckled at her, it looks like her determination is because of me.

"I can protect myself you know? Also, you said magic is scary right?"

"Yes, magic is scary, but brother is trying his best to make us some living, to protect me..." she said then she lowered her eyes a little then said " but who will protect you?"

She surprised me there.

"I can protect myself you know?"

"Brother, I know your strong. But that doesn't mean you can protect yourself all the time, including me."

....

....

Pfft!

I started to laugh because of my little sister, she quickly recovered because she saw me, and quickly manage to move forward.

" Why! Why are you laughing! "

Her face flushed due to embarrassment but.

" Nothing, it's just that I was happy to exposed yourself with a mature mind and stopped acted like a sweet loving little sister to me..."

"wha... Wha wha wha wha!!"

Ah, she might be thinking I didn't know her true nature, but when I was looking at her in the window back then, when she came at that mansion, our first eye meeting, I knew that she is brave, and has a sharped tongue.

But I am thankful she acts as if she was really my little sister...

"Also, I know from the start that you are not actually my little sister, but I enjoy your little sister act so... Sorry... Pfft... Haha..."

She started to hit my chest using both of her hands lightly, her face is full red and she was pouting, she looks like a squirrel whose mouth is full due to the number of nuts inside of its mouth.

" haha, sorry sorry, are you okay now? "

She stopped hitting my chest then she slightly nods.

"Magic is scary but... That doesn't mean I'll stop... To protect my 'So-called' Brother, I have to be strong."

"That's right... You need to be strong MY little sister." I patted her head then "because not all the time I'm there for you."

"Hmm. I know. And I need to get used on killing... I always seeing a situation where I can see dead bodies but this is my first time killing... Even if it's accidental."

"Yeah, in this world it's kill or be killed but..."

She looks at me seriously looking forward at my next word.

"don't let yourself get drown in depravity" I pause a little and said " because every action has a consequence."

"... Bro- Rafael what is depravity?"

Ugh!

I am happy that she called me using my name but IT'S pains me more for not calling me as her brother...

"uu.. Ugh- t-he meaning of depravity is umm is the quality or state of being corrupt, evil, or perverted."

She looks at me surprisingly and making a face of 'what!? Perverted!?'

"yo-you see Lyn, some people enjoy killing and having a pleasure killing a person by hearing their screams, blood, despair of their victims like that."

She was making a face as if she was terrified, but I'm telling the truth though.

Let's change the subject.

"Now, now!" I said " how about you help me clean this and make a grave of that man? Also, I should clean the boar that I manage to hunt."

She nodded at me and stand up. She looked at the head but I grab the head carelessly as if it's nothing, she was surprises by my act. But for me, I'm uses to this, no I need to get use to this. Well, I wonder why I don't have reaction.

" Also, Lyn, can you open your storage again?" I said while holding the head.

"Yeah sure, but why?"

Hmm, oh well. She should be fine.

"Well, if this man is in your space, doesn't that mean his body is also there?" I said "so you should help me took his body parts, albeit, his body might be cut into shred."

"Eh? *Dumbfounded face*"