............私の腕を掴んで止めるマサを拒否する。マサだってお義姉様と仲良くなりたかったくせに、一度拒絶されたくらいで何を恐れてるの? 新年に花束送ったくせに!
「二人とも、何をしているの?」
「──お義姉様と話すの!」
瞳に涙を溜め、俯き、握り締めた拳を震わせながら虚勢を張る。マサの言うことは正しい......でも、家ではまったく相手をしてくれないお義姉様がこっちに意識を向けてくれた......それが憎しみから来てたとしても関係ない!
「で、でも......でも! 私は浮気をしたお父様でも、浮気相手のお母様でもないもん!!」
「義姉上にとっては俺たちも同じ──」
「──同じなんかじゃない!!」
「でも人には割り切れないものがあるんだよ、マリーみたいに区別ができる人ばかりじゃない!」
「意味がわからないわよ! バカ!」
「......マリーは本気なんだな」
いつまで悲観的になってるのよ、そろそろ復活してよね? 一人だけじゃ流石に厳しいんだから、協力してくれないと困る。
マサの懸念は私も思うところで、いくらレベルを上げても最初期からプレイしてるお義姉様に届くかというと......まったく自信が無い。
「大丈夫よ、確かにレベルなんかの影響は大きい......けれどこのゲームはジャイアントキリングを狙えるのよ」
「どういう事ですか?」
「要は油断してる奴の寝首を搔くのよ」
あー、なるほど......最初に先輩プレイヤーをPKさせたのはこういう格上殺しに役立つスキルや称号を得るためだったのね、抜け目ないわ。
「それに私も付いてるし、気にせず兄弟喧嘩して来なさい」
「はい! ありがとう、ブロッサムちゃん!」
「ブロッサムさん、ありがとうございます」
............ていうか、ブロッサムちゃんって絶対に華子ちゃんだよね? マサは気付いていないっぽいし、ブロッサムちゃんも気付かれていないと思ってるみたいだけど。
頬を思いっ切り叩いて気合いを入れる......人の話やネットの情報ばかりで本当にお義姉様がどのくらい強いのか実感はないけれど、容易い相手ではない事は確実......しかも絶対にこちらを殺そうとしてくるだろうし。
"I don't want you to..." Masa held my arm while saying this. Even though he also wants to get along with our sister, he keeps stopping me... What is he so afraid of? He even sent her a bouquet of flowers on New Year's! He knew from the start that this wasn't going to be easy!
"What are you two doing?" Blossom suddenly arrived and asked us as she saw our quarrel.
"Talk to our sister!" I told them both. Our sister's reaction may have been a bit too much, to the point that I was even frozen in place, but... I don't want to miss this chance of improving our relationship! "We haven't talked at all yet! She hasn't heard what I want to say yet!"
I understood that much... My eyes were tearful, I was trembling, I was clenching my fists so hard it hurt... I know that she hates us. I know that she always avoids and ignores us, but... I don't care if those actions of her come from hatred!
"So, what!?" I told him, "I'm not the father who betrayed her mother, nor the woman who had an affair with her father! It's not my fault that our parents had a messy relationship!"
"But to her it is! To her we're the same as mom! We're just... The children of the woman she hates." Masa said while clenching his fists.
"But we're not the same!" I shouted back. He too seemed on the verge of crying. I felt guilty from fighting with him like this, but still... I just want to get along, as family, why is this so hard? "We didn't do anything bad. Nor to her nor to her mother... We didn't do anything wrong, did we...?"
"But some people can't make this distinction! Not everyone is like you that can clearly separate things!" Seigi shouted at me.
"I can't accept that, you stupid!" I yelled. This makes no sense! We're not doing anything wrong. A criminal's child is not a criminal! "I'm not giving up on getting along with our sister! There's no way I'm giving up!"
"... You're really serious about it, aren't you?" Masa said with a sigh.
I wonder when he became this pessimistic... It's gonna be hard if I'm by myself, so I'd really appreciate it if we could do this together.
"Can we even catch up in such a short amount of time?" Masa asked her. I thought the same as him, I mean... Even if we get a lot of levels now, how can we seriously get close to her that has been playing since the beginning?
"Not exactly, but it's alright. While level is undeniably important, you can aim for giant killing in this game." Blossom answered, but I was still confused.
"What do you mean?" I asked her.
"I mean that you can always get behind a distracted person and cut their heads off." She explained... Ah, of course. If you're attacking an unprotected area, even if their level is higher, you can still deal a fatal blow by attacking a vital point... I wonder if the game was purposefully designed in a way to let lower level players have a chance against stronger ones, "Also, you already got the Giant Killer title, didn't you, Marie?"
Giant Killer? Oh, right, from killing those players early on... I got that from killing a player that was twenty or more levels above me... Yeah, I did already kill enemies that were much stronger than what I would normally beat at my level.
"Also, I'm coming with you too, so don't worry too much and try not quarreling with your brother, okay?" Blossom said while ruffling my hair.
"Okay! Thanks, Blossom!" I told her while giving her my best smile.
"Thank you, Blossom." My brother also said.
... I think that Seigi didn't realize that though, and Kako probably thinks we aren't aware either.
I don't know how strong she is, but sister is without a doubt a very strong and hard to beat player that will most likely try killing us on the spot... We gotta do our best!
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〜
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/genocide-online-playtime-diary-of-an-evil-young-girl/
Action Adventure Fantasy Psychological
Adapted to Manga Aristocracy Assassins Beautiful Female Lead Cold Protagonist Cruel Characters Dark Depictions of Cruelty Evil Organizations Evil Protagonist Famous Protagonist Fearless Protagonist Female Protagonist Gamers Gods Gore Lack of Common Sense Level System MMORPG Modern Day Murders Overpowered Protagonist Psychopaths R-15 Royalty Ruthless Protagonist Sadistic Characters Sword And Magic Virtual Reality Wars
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