Kirigaoka Highschool is a school with a joined education program of both middle school and highschool in the same school premise, that's why Saya can go together with them to school without seperating, despite having to study at different grades
"have good day at school, Saya-chan"
"you too Mirai-neesan, and please don't create any trouble okay Onii-sama?"
"yes yes, you have a good day too"
After throwing back a listless reply, Souta proceed to the 3rd floor of the school buding together with Mirai, because they're in the same class 3-E
As they enter the classroom, since the teacher is not here yet, all the student are still chatting with each other, creating an atmosphere so noisy that it makes one wants to plug their ear
Just when Mirai and Souta proceed to their respective seat and sat down, a girl approached them
"you guys went to school together today too huh?"
That girl was Kitamura Yuuko, a moderately short girl with shoulder-length green hair, she's an enegetic girl who has been Mirai's best friend for a long time, and precisely because of that she knew how Mirai feels about Souta, so she often teases Mirai for that
"morning..."
"hi Yuuko-chan, good morning!"
Mirai with an excited voice replied back, Souta on the other hand was wearing a bored face, the stark contrast between them astonished Yuuko
"that must be nice huh? Having your boyfriend escort you to school everyday"
With a *whoosh* Yuuko closed in at an amazing speed (as expected of the Track team's captain), and start whispering into Mirai's ear.
"as I said, we are not like that.....We're just normal childhood friends okay? Beside, Saya-chan was there with us"
"oh really? Too bad, if you guys were alone, you could have confessed to him huh?~~"
Suddenly, the mood turned dark, with an awkward smile, Mirai muttered
"I... wanted to confess to him, but I don't know how he feel about me, probably just a childhood friend? And I tried my best to appeal to him all this time too, that dense guy..."
Noticing the suddenly gloomy atmosphere, Yuuko tries to change the topic
"Our class's girls don't have that much interest in him since he doesn't socialize much, but I heard that the underclassmen girls of the middle school section adores him a lot, I can't see why though"
"You haven't known him for long, so you don't know his kindness, it's just that he doesn't really show it outside. Beside, he is the school's strongest, he even beat me in Kendo you know?"
Yuuko's jaw almost hit the floor out of surprise
"you? The champion of the Kendo club? You even made it to the semi final of the national last year?"
"yes, and it was an overwhelming victory too, I couldn't even graze him! He was so strong that it made my heart beats so fast I thought it might break!"
With shining eyes, a proud pose and an almost audible *don*sfx , Mirai stood out like a sore thumb, and all the eyes in the class focused on her
"yes yes, you looks like religious believers talking about their god, we get it, so sit down already!"
Flustered, Mirai sit down while holding her cheeks in embarrassment
"I'm just saying you need to reel him in fast or he will just get snatch away by other girls, don't be complacent just because you're his childhood friend"
"thank you Yuuko-chan!"
At that moment, the homeroom teacher walked in, the class instantly quieted down
"okay, return to your seats, homeroom is starting".
After the 3rd period comes the break time, there's a young girl standing in front of the 3-E classroom door, fidgeting around with a nervous face, she seems to be looking for someone
Some guys in the class found it unusual so they went to check her out
"is...is Ichinose Souta-san here?"
"Souta huh? He's over there. Hey Ichinose! There's someone from the middle school section calling for you!"
"I wonder who's that girl". Yuuko whispered to Mirai
"I think I saw her with Saya-chan before, ah! That girl is Saya-chan's class rep!"
The little girl spoke something to Souta, her face looks grim, then suddenly, Souta rushed out from the class with a large stride, Mirai was left dumbfounded, wondering what to do
"you're worried about him right? Go with him, I'll tell the teacher you feel tired and went to the infimary"
"thank you Yuuko-chan! I'll treat you to some ice cream as thanks later!"
Mirai dashed out of the classroom, left a stream of dust behind her
"really, those two are so alike... I guess I'll look forward to that ice cream"
At the infirmary, Saya is lying on one of the bed, sweating profusely, she seems to be in great pain, while the school nurse is frantically running around in confusion
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"who are you? I'm really busy here, go sit on the chair or lie down on the bed over there and wait for me a bit, I need to treat this girl first!"
Seeing Souta entered the infirmary, the nurse told him with some tears at the corner of her eyes, maybe due to the unexpected situation, she couldn't keep up with the treatment
"I'm this girl's brother, here's my student ID, she has a rare disease so you can't treat her with the school's facilities, let me take her to the hospital!"
"I can't!, according to the school rule, I need the principal's permission to transfer a student to the hospital"
"ugh, this is so bothersome". As he thought that, his hand let out a weak glow
[Hypnosis]
"why don't you go get the permission? I'll stay here and wait"
The nurse instantly settle down, with a blank expression and rigid standing pose, she resemble a doll being forcefully made standing up, the panic expression she showed until now has vanished like a dream
Normal people doesn't have much magical resistence, so getting past their natural barrier is a trifle matter to Souta
The infirmary is now vacant, only two silhouettes, one sitting and one lying down remained on the curtain at the bed in the corner of the room. Gently, Souta sway the girl's shoulder
"Hey Saya... Saya... wake up...."
"hmm... Onii-sama?... Good morning"
The unbelievably beautiful girl let out a small moan, a lovely voice escaped from the mouth of the lovely girl and she opened her previously closed eyes
"it's not morning anymore you know? What happened?"
"I... don't know, when the break came, I wanted a juice so I went to the cafeteria to get one, but suddenly I felt nauseous and... I don't remember anything esle, when I opened my eyes, you're already here"
"the curse got worse huh... I tried my best to delay it, but it seems that even my magic has reached the limit... Change of plan, we're leaving tonight! I'm taking you to the center, we need to get you cured as soon as possible, ".
After following Souta when he dashed out of the room, Mirai was not able to keep up so she lost sight of him, then a text came
"Saya collapsed, I'm taking her home to rest, don't worry, she's fine, just focus on studying"
"geez, that Souta, focus on studying? How can I do that when Saya-chan is feeling unwell"
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Meanwhile, at Souta's home, under the 1st floor is a basement, inside the dark room with almost no light, are numerous strange looking devices, weapons of various kinds, armours lying around in piles and what seems to be research equipments
A wand looked like it was made from wood but shining in a metallic luster, a sword resemble a Japanese Katana with the length of over 2 meters long, the upper torso of an amour with jewels and gold embedded all over, a bloody-colored gauntlet embedded with diamond, a scimitar with the blade part continuously changing, and more
Other than those, there are various strange item like giant piece of crystal, a normal looking mirror which totally looks out of place in the whole room... But in the corner of the room, is a jet black stone table, with countless bizarre and intricated shapes carved upon, with twelve cables connected to it, on the other end of each cable, a cylindrical tube big enough to contain a human is placed, some kind of vicous liquid shining with a bright blue color is rotating back and forth like a maelstrom. And on the table, lies Saya
Straight long hair that shone a beautiful black like the night sky, gentle eyes, attractive light-pink lips that were shaped nicely, the fair-skinned, black-haired girl is lying on the stone table
"I'm okay Onii-sama, you just checked me last week, so this is unnecessary"
"How can you say that after collapsing just now?! Just be quiet and stay still, I'll run the diagnosis right now"
Souta was standing beside the table, operating a tablet on the stone pedestal, at the tip of his fingers, a faint thread of light could be seen linked directly to Saya's body, on the tablet, the result of the diagnosis was displayed
"this is bad, the curse is progressing faster than I thought, my magic wasn't able to hold it back completely, I couldn't stop it even though it's my curse"
The culprit of the curse, surprisingly, is Souta himself, but that story is for another day.
"it's fine Onii-sama, both my body and soul belongs to you, you can do w.h.a.t...e.v.er you want with it~~"
With a mischievous smile on her face, Saya showed no sign of unrest at all, this is just how much trust she have in him
"what a carefree fellow you are"
"ehehe, ever since that day 400 years ago, I'm yours and you're mine Onii-sama, so don't think you can escape that fate~"
"yes yes, I get it, now stay down and rest, I'll activate the healing device"
"goodnight Onii-sama"
"night~"
As he left, the second closest cylinder from Souta started swirling stronger and shinning brighter than before, pumping some kind of liquid through the cable into the stone table, and the whole table lit up with a golden light, it slowly encased Saya's petite body in a soft golden shell, her expression turned peacefully, and she dozed off into the land of dreams....
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