最初のマサによる首を狙った一撃も防がれてしまった。お義姉様の行動が読めないから先制を取ってある程度は戦況をコントロールしたいけれど、そもそもの技術もレベルも向こうが上......リーチの差を活かして防御よりも積極的に急所を狙って攻めるマサと、相手の視線や足を狙った私の狙撃......それとお義姉様がまだ全然全力を出していないがためになんとか数秒生き残れている。
「知っていますか? 今中学校ではラブレターが流行っているんですよ」
怪訝な表情を浮かべるお義姉様の眉間に矢を放つ......首を反らして躱そうとするお義姉様のうなじ側からマサが刀を振るうけれど、右脚を軸にした半回転で避けられてしまう。マサの一時離脱を助けるために《矢雨》を放って時間を稼ぐ......これでリキャストタイムが終わるまで使えないし全弾回避されてしまうだろうけれど、さらに数秒は稼げる。
「一つ上の先輩に引っ込み思案な方が居るんですけど、その人にどうしても好きな方が居て......でも、たとえVR空間でも直接話すのも無理。そんな状態だから連絡先も当然知らず、メールもチャットも出来なかったんですよ」
「......なんの話ですか?」
マサが『水魔術』でお義姉様の足下を濡らし、私が『風魔術』で強風を吹き付ける事でバランスを崩し、《矢雨》を全弾回避する邪魔をするけれど......効果があるのか微妙ね。さらにランダムで二回〜八回当てる《乱れ撃ち》を使用する。
「でもどうしても、その好きな人に想いを伝えたくて二百年も前に廃れた恋文......ラブレターを書いて送ったんですって」
「そうそう、その先輩って国語の成績が良かったみたいで......あまりにも情熱的で詩的なラブレターに見事お付き合いしだしたんだよな」
全弾回避をしたお義姉様が一息つく暇もなく眉間、つま先、短刀に向けて《重激》というノックバックやスタンを狙ったスキルを放つと同時にマサが《鏡水》でその見える数を増やす。
「それで女子は手書きの素敵なラブレターが来ないかソワソワしてるし」
「男子は男子で慣れない作文を練習するという」
「それで国語のテストだけみんな点数が良かったんですよ」
「......この会話の目的が分かりませんね」
「......知りませんよ、なにが流行っているかなんて」
「では先ほどの友達とは普段なにして過ごしてます? 私の友達に華子ちゃんって子がいるんですけど、その子も凄く引っ込み思案なんですよ」
たまに襲撃してくるプレイヤー達も良いデコイになる。見た目ほぼ新人の私たち二人とお義姉様が戦ってるのを見ると確実に手助けしてくれるし、その方には悪いけど背後からプレイヤーごと攻撃すればごく稀に掠る。......こちらを悲しい目で見詰められた時は流石に罪悪感があったけれど。
「でもそのお陰で素敵な友達が出来たじゃない! 華子ちゃんってばいつも本読んでるお陰で色んな事を知ってるし、いつも受け身なのに困ってる時は積極的に、静かに手助けしてくれるし」
「たまに出る頑固なところも可愛いんですよ? 本当にこれ以上の友達は居ないんじゃないかってくらい──」
「──ユウさんとマリアさんの方が素敵な友人ですよ」
私の《矢雨》は突然に展開された糸によって全て弾かれ、マサの《五月雨斬り》もお義姉様の足下から突き出る複数の影の柱に遮られ、身体のリズムが崩れたところで顎に掌底を打ち込まれてしまう。
「......私の友人の方が素敵です、あなた達と違って。......そもそもこの会話はなんですか?」
鏃をポーション瓶にした物をマサに放ちながら、眉を顰めるという先ほど初めて貰った『返答』と合わせて、やっとお義姉様と『会話』のキャッチボールが出来た事実に場違いな笑顔を浮かべる。
「......この茶番の目的はなんですか?」
さぁ、ここからが本番よ......多分だけれどお義姉様はブロッサムちゃんが何かしてくるとでも思って様子を見ていたから温い対応をしていたと思う。......けれど、ここにきてそれが無いと判断したのなら躊躇する理由はない。
Still, I kept shooting arrows aimed towards her eyes or legs to limit how much pressure she could put on Masa. I don't think we'd still be standing if she was going all-out, but our sister seems to be holding back right now, so we're having a fight chance here... Then, let's keep going! We'll both do our best!
"Did you know that love letters are really popular in my school right now?" I asked her.
Masa also tried to behead her, but she ducked below the blow and attempted to land a kick at his side. I used the <Arrow Rain> skill to stop her attack and give Masa some time to regain balance though. The problem is that this skill has a high cooldown, but it's still useful for gaining time.
"You see, there was a boy that really liked a girl who was a year older than him. He thought about talking to her on VR, but there was no way to know her contact information online, so that was impossible." I continued talking to our sister by saying this.
"What are you talking about...?" She said in response.
Masa then used some <Water Magic> to make the ground wet and make sis lose balance. I also used <Wind Magic> to push her and make it even harder to dodge the <Arrow Rain> that was still falling... Yet she kept on avoiding every single one of our blows. I also tried using <Random Shots> to throw a bunch of arrows aimed at random parts of her body, but she parried them all with ease.
"However, that boy really wanted to convey his feelings to the person he liked, so he decided to send an old-fashioned love letter to the girl he cared for." I told sis.
"Oh, I remember that. Turns out the senior really liked classic literature, so she started dating the boy after she was enraptured by such a passionate and poetic love letter." Masa complemented.
"I have no idea what you two are trying to convey..." Our sister said as she attacked Masa with the <Super Heavy Blow> skill. He was able to block her attack with the <Water Mirror> skill, however.
"And because of that, there are now a bunch of girls that are eagerly waiting to receive handwritten love letters." I concluded.
"And the boys are also practicing a lot on writing letters, which is something they weren't really used to." Masa also said.
"Oh, this also led to a lot of people getting higher than usual scores in the Japanese language exams." I remembered that perchance, so I told this trivia to sis too.
"I don't get the purpose of this conversation..." Our sister said.
"I don't really pay attention to trends..." She replied.
"Then what do you do when spending time with your friends? I have a close friend called Kako that is really shy and reserved, but I really like her." I told sis as I shot more arrows at her with the <Random Shots> and the <Invisible Arrow> skills. She'd probably be able to block those too by using some sort of detection skill, but it's enough if this keeps her occupied and unable to land a good blow against Masa.
Some players attacked us every now and then during the fight. They were all aiming their attacks at my sister, so they actually served as good distractions that made things easier for us. I felt a bit guilty when I saw them die one after another without really accomplishing anything though.
"And you know, Kako is not only a wonderful supportive person, but she is also really knowledgeable! She reads a lot and learned a ton of nice things from the books she read! She always helps me out when I'm in trouble with something I don't know!" I told that to sis too.
"I do think it's wonderful that she can be honest to herself like that though... I really don't think I could have asked for a better friend." I told that to sis too.
I thought she still wouldn't answer, but this time she did say something, "Yuu and Maria are better friends!" she exclaimed.
And as she said those words, my <Arrow Rain> was repelled by some threads that came out of nowhere, and Masa's <Five Moons Slash> was blocked by multiple shadows that came from the ground below sis' feet. She also kicked Masa and sent him flying towards me.
"My friends are nice, differently from you two... And what's up with this conversation in the first place!?" Sis seemed to be angry as she said that, but...
Sis didn't reply, so I gave Masa a potion. Both of us were smiling right now, as we were finally able to have a proper talk with our sister. A talk where she actually gave us a reply that told us her honest thoughts instead of just hiding her feelings behind a mask like she usually did.
"Just what is the purpose of this farce!?" Our sister asked. She seemed to be really angry, but was also almost pouting. It felt more like a childish anger than some deep unbreakable grudge right now.
Now is where things get serious. I think sis was worried that Blossom might interfere, so she wasn't fighting us seriously due to her wariness of a sneak attack. This might also have been why she was actually answering our comments at first.
Genocide Online ~Playtime Diary of an Evil Young Girl~
ジェノサイド・オンライン 〜極悪令嬢のプレイ日記〜
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