"I....I demand a rematch!" shouted the other hero, his eyes burning with anger and jealously as he grabbed at his sword sheath.
"Hero Keith? Why? You already won!" the king said surprised, his previous smiling face disappearing.
I don't understand either....but king, you seem to like the other hero more....
"Fufufufu....I refuse! "
A voice laced with glee sounded from behind me, turning around I saw a expression similar to one of the thieves that brother and I met during our journey, a man known as the hero has his eyes tilted downwards and his mouth curled in menace. Eh...? Didn't he lose? I tilted my head and gave a confused expression, slightly hoping that he would tell me why he was so happy.
Ooh, he reminds me of that thief, who was delighted upon seeing me and my brother, he even attempted to lure us with some sort of food, it was rather delicious though. Before I could thank him, brother killed him, mean. Well, I did take a few things from his sack of items though.
The hero who spoke a dialogue so similar to a villain, suddenly grabbed his chest in pain. After a moment of convulsing along with a strange expression on his face, the hero squatted down to face me with a few dribbles of blood dripping from his nose, I wonder if he's okay...
Placing both of his large hands on both of my shoulders, he said with a smile "From today onwards, call me Onii-chan.".
Eh? What does Onii-chan mean?
As I silently thought to myself, I had unconsciously muttered to myself "Onii-chan, onii-chan......onii-chan?" repeatedly, however before I could even guess it's meaning, I was disrupted with a 'Thud' sound along with the sudden disappearance of the weight that rested on my shoulders and was brought back to reality.
Ah, why is the hero lying on a pool of blood that originated from his nose? Ah....I'm jealous, I wanna sleep too.....
Having that thought, I promptly laid down next to onii-chan and prepared to sleep, but instead of drifting into unconsciousness, I was roughly kicked aside by a guard who shouted with vigor to his fellow friends "Move! We need to get the hero to the healers! Quick!"
Picking up Onii-chan, all of them charged to push open the door and left in a hurry.
Ah! I think I need to follow them.....right? I should shouldn't it....? Eh? Don't leave without me!
Jumping up from where I was kicked to, I gave one last glance to brother and the other hero who was trying not to cry.
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"Bye bye." I muttered as I turned my head back, silently following Onii-chan who was being carried away.....
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"GAHHH!!"
Ugh....whose screaming.....I'm tired....go away.....
"Ahg......Sniff sniff..........guha...sniff."
How noisy.....I wanna sleep........
.......eh? Who?
I immediately sat up to see the weeping hero who was grasping onto some sort of cloth, eh....? Isn't that the cloth the slave merchants covered me with? Why is it with the hero?
Looking down, I saw my naked self....ah, did I move around too much while sleeping causing that cloth to drop? But why is it in Onii-Chan's hands? Eh? There's another cloth in his other hand, it looks different, I wonder what it is...
"Umm, Onii-chan......cloth...." I softly muttered, the hero who heard my words looked up and softly muttered a short phrase "B-boku....N.no, pico..."
What does that mean again? Stop using phrases I don't know, Onii-chan...
Jumping off the comfy thick thingy that Onii-Chan and I slept on, I tried to offer my assistance to the hero in standing up, but he backed away after giving a glance at the lower half of my body with wide eyes.
"FORGAFT MEEEE AS I HAWE S-SINNED!"
He screamed yet again, this time prostrating.
What's going on? He's being weird.......is this a custom at his world or something, a greeting maybe?
Before I could ask him, I was disrupted yet again, this time also by the armor wearing people wielding weapons who banged open the door, probably because of the screaming.
"Esteemed hero! Are you alright?! Did someone enter the room? An enemy? Are you injured perhaps?"
One of them said panicking, his voice laced with anxiousness. Suddenly, his gaze turned towards me and immediately turned back, with a shaking finger towards me, he asked the hero "Did the dragon attack you?"
In response, Onii-chan pointed at me, well, the naked lower part with tears in his eyes. The guard blushed for a moment before turning and upon looking, he had the same terrified reaction "M...monster....." He mumbled as he fell down.
"Haaaa...." I yawned, feeling fatigued after so many drama and thinking, turning around, I jumped back on the comfy thingy and went back to sleep without knowing the fact that I brutally scarred the prides of the men behind me.