“I’ll kill you.”
She said it with eyes that looked at trash.
“I’m kidding, please don’t kill me.”
“Kenyya, you’re weird. What’s so good about someone like me…”
Kaguya said, placing her hand on her chest.
In the setting, she was supposed to be a textbook girl with a complex about her small chest.
That’s why I said with a determined look.
“Small chests are a status. I like them, I like small breasts.”
How’s that? A man who can gently cover up a complex.
With this magnanimity, Kaguya will also… Huh? Kaguya-san?
There was no cute girl blushing there.
She was trembling like a volcano, like burning magma.
Kenyu Mitsurugi, 16 years old.
No girlfriend = age, his knowledge of women is only biased.
So, it’s okay to make a mistake sometimes, to the point where he thinks messing with physical characteristics is communication.
“I’ll kill you!”
Bogo, Baki, Gusha
From that day on, Kenyya decided never to touch Kaguya’s chest again.
…
“Well then. So, the curry is ready.”
Kenyya ladled the curry while sporting a large bump on his head.
He had taken a solid flying knee kick from Kaguya, but it was all in good fun.
It’s called skinship, or maybe it’s just a way to hide her embarrassment.
“Thank you…”
Kaguya accepted the curry, and the two sat at a small table.
“Kaguya, why are you in the military?”
Kenyya asked Kaguya while eating.
The reason he called Kaguya here today was to talk about that.
He definitely wasn’t thinking of bringing her here to take advantage of her.
He definitely wasn’t thinking that… That’s a lie, I was thinking it a little.
“…Well, for a goal… I guess.”
I know.
I also know that this goal is her activity as a resistance fighter.
“…Because you want revenge on the Empire?”
When Kenyya said that, she looked surprised for a moment and stared at Kenyya.
“It’s okay, I’m on your side.”
I hate the Empire, but as long as I belong to the military, I have to obey them.
So, even if we are both Japanese, I shouldn’t easily say that I want revenge on the Empire.
We have only two choices: join the organization and kill ourselves, or live a restricted life without joining the organization.
However, Kenyya knows.
He also knows that there are still many groups in this country that are calling for Japanese independence as terrorists.
He also knows that Kaguya is the daughter of the leader of the largest group, Amaterasu.
“…What happened to Kenyya?”
Kaguya asked Kenyya.
“Someone important to me was killed.”
(I’m not lying, and if things continue like this, it will become true)
I look at Kaguya with gentle eyes.
One of the two people I should protect, the reason I even came to this world.
If it’s to protect this girl, I’m prepared to fight in this world.
That’s how much I was seriously in love with the Heroine.
Looking at those eyes, Kaguya looked down and was silent for a while.
Then, as if she had made up her mind, she raised her face.
“…Do you want revenge?”
“Of course, if possible.”
(What I really want is to stop the war though)
“…I understand.”
And then Kaguya began to speak quietly.
“I want to take back. This country.”
“Can I ask why?”
“Of course, I can’t stay silent in this situation, but my life isn’t just mine. My brother’s soul is with me too. I want to fulfill that wish.”
“Your brother?”
“Yeah. I had a brother. It’s a bit of a dark story, but… will you listen?”
“Yeah, I’ll listen.”
And then Kaguya began to speak.
◇5 years ago, right after the end of the war
The Japanese government collapsed, and the war ended.
The Aasgard Empire defeated and forced the surrender of this country’s army.
Japan fought to the bitter end.
However, they were helplessly trampled by the mass deployment of KOG.
The technological gap was overwhelming, and their national power was more than ten times greater.
There was no way they could have won in the first place.
The EU turned its back at the last minute and broke the security treaty.
They did not provide military support.
The Japanese government did not surrender until the very end, but their death meant defeat.
Military personnel were all killed, and the country was placed under control through de facto rule.
“Well then, let’s go look for some fun today.”
“You really like that, don’t you? Well, you can do whatever you want for a little while longer.”
Japan was not yet functioning as a colony of the Aasgard Empire.
The soldiers occupying it were running wild.
“It’s so great. Doing it by force is the best. It’s a crime in my country, but it’s legal here, no, it’s lawless.”
His dirty teeth were yellowed from cigarettes, his beard was unshaven, and his hair was full of dandruff.
His hobby was to rape women in the defeated country, especially young girls.
…
“Kaguya! Did you get the water?”
“Yeah! Onii-chan! A bucket full!”
The war was over, but the country had lost its function.
The siblings were going to the river to fetch water to live for tomorrow.
“Isn’t it heavy?”
“It’s nothing! I’m already 10 years old! Huh? Where’s Father?”
“He said he’s looking for food, let’s wait here for a bit.”
The area was a mountain of rubble.
Looking around, several people were coming to fetch water in the same way.
The two of them sat on the rubble.
Gurgle…
“T-That wasn’t my stomach! It’s not!”
“Haha, you don’t have to hide it.”
It’s not that she’s hiding it because she’s embarrassed.
It’s because if her kind brother hears that sound.
“Here, chocolate. Just a little, okay?”
Because he would smile gently and force her to share his chocolate.
“I-I don’t need it!”
“Idiot! You won’t grow if you don’t eat!”
“I’m still in my growth spurt…”
Then, her brother forced the chocolate into Kaguya’s mouth.
“Is it good?”
“Y-Yes, it’s good…”
“I’ll make sure you can eat your fill someday.”
Her brother smiled gently, and her sister looked embarrassed.
Every day was hard, but they would still live as a family.
If they supported each other and persevered, surely a happy day would come someday.
“Onii-chan…”
“Hmm?”
“…Thank you.”
With just her one beloved and kind brother, Kaguya could live through this hell.
“Found you.”
Unbeknownst to them, a soldier with a lewd smile was approaching.
…
“Kyaaa!!”
“Hehehe. You’re cute. You’re really my type.”
“S-Stop it!”
Kaguya was caught by the soldier and was about to be taken away.
Recently, there had been a surge in kidnappings of women by soldiers.
“You’re in the way, brat, I’ll kill you.”
Her brother desperately tried to stop him by grabbing the soldier’s leg.
However, the opponent was a soldier, even if only a low-ranking one.
There was no way a mere student could win.
“Onii-chan!!”
He was beaten to a pulp and collapsed on the ground.
“Now, let’s go. Let’s have some fun with uncle. Until you die. Gehehe!!”
“N-No…”
The Aasgard soldier forcibly grabbed the trembling Kaguya.
“Guh, let go of Kaguya!!”
Her brother stood up again.
“Haa… What a pain, you’re making me lose my interest. Just die already.”
A gunshot rang out, a dry sound echoing in the desolate wasteland.
“Huh?”
Blood flowed from her brother’s stomach.
“That’s what happens when you resist, you brat… Oops.”
Kaguya struggled and broke free from the soldier’s grasp.
She ran to her brother’s side.
“Onii-chan!”
“Kaguya, r-run…”
“No, I don’t want to!”
“P-Please… Gho… Go!”
“So, your name is Kaguya, huh? Now, let’s go.”
However, a man who had heard the sound came running.
“Kaguyaaaa!!!”
Kaguya’s father, Isshin.
One of the few survivors of the Japanese army, a man who had fought through many battlefields as a lieutenant general.
“What!?”
He instantly subdued the Aasgard Empire soldier, pulled out the knife from his waist, and slit his throat.
It was over in an instant, and the soldier died without even being able to make a sound.
“Haa haa. Takashi!”
Isshin approached his brother and looked at his wound.
Judging from the amount of bleeding, it was already a fatal wound. If he was treated immediately, he might be able to save his life.
However, there was no place in this country where such surgery could be performed.
Besides, he couldn’t carry a dying man who was already the size of an adult and run away.
Because immediately after, he heard the voices of several soldiers in the distance.
“Hey! I heard a gunshot over here!”
In the distance were several Aasgard Empire soldiers.
Seeing them, Isshin closed his eyes tightly, slowly opened them, and made up his mind.
He had to make a decision, or they would all be killed.
That’s why.
“Takashi, I’m sorry. It’s because I took my eyes off you…”
“No, it’s not Father’s fault. If we don’t have food, we’ll just starve to death…”
It must have been excruciating pain.
Even so, he smiled nobly, and smiled at Kaguya so as not to worry her.
Isshin and Kaguya held his hand tightly.
“Takashi, this is your end. You protected your sister well. You are my pride.”
“It’s natural because I’m Father’s son… Hurry, take Kaguya and run.”
Then, her father made Takashi hold the knife from earlier.
He held his hand tightly and shed tears.
“I’m sorry, I love you!”
“Huh? Father? No! No!”
Isshin forcibly carried the resisting Kaguya.
“No, Onii-chan! Onii-chan!”
He left the scene with all his might.
Kaguya was resisting while being carried on his shoulder, and her brother was getting further away.
The last thing she saw was her brother raising his knife.
“Haha, is this the end… Dying to protect my sister. Well, it’s not so bad…”
Then, several soldiers came running nearby. They saw their colleague, who had been killed with a knife to the neck, and the boy holding the blood-stained knife.
“Hey, did you do this?”
“Yeah, I did it all by myself. I killed that damn scumbag.”
“For a kid, you’ve got guts. You know what’s going to happen, right?”
“Ha! Don’t think you can do whatever you want, you invaders!”
My brother gripped the knife tightly. The soldier who saw it understood, but it was too late.
“!?…Hey! Stop him!”
“Someday, someday someone will definitely take back this country! You better wash your necks and wait! You bastards!”
“Stop him!!”
(Goodbye, Kaguya. You have to live. Father, I was proud to be your son too.)
“Japan! Banzai!”
And with that, he stabbed himself in the chest and died. The knife he gripped tightly pierced straight through his heart.
“Noooo!! Big brother!!”
The last thing I saw was the knife protruding straight from my brother.
The girl’s anguished cry faded into the mountains of rubble.
Such events happened every day. Lives were extinguished like insects, and human rights didn’t exist.
The victors took everything, and the defeated lost everything.
For the defeated, this place was like hell.