'I suppose you can go say hello to an adventurer you know in Narsena tomorrow.

"Yes, ...... I'm sorry, it's just that it's my last day off. ......

'Don't worry about it. I can get enough rest just by not going into the labyrinth. Well then, I've got an early start tomorrow, so let's get to bed.

Yes, good night, brother!

After dinner, with such a greeting, I parted with my brother inside the inn.
Then I opened the door to my room and desperately suppressed my expression until I went inside: ......

Yeah!

...... But the moment I entered my room, I reached the limit of my emotional control and screamed as I buried my face in the pillows of my bed.
But that didn't cure my feelings of rapture.
I roll around on the bed, my face slackening.

'I wonder if you remembered your promise to me, brother!

The reason I'm in such a good mood, it's because of the words I heard from my brother on the way back from town, "Don't remember that girl".
There is no proof that the girl he was talking about is really me, though.

Well, the color of her hair has changed completely since then. ......

If this actually turned out to be a misunderstanding, I might be too embarrassed to show my brother my face for a few days.

ーーBut what if your brother really does remember me and remembers me when he sees me?

Just thinking about that makes me impossibly happy.

''Whoa!''

When I can no longer resist that urge to be happy, I roll around on the bed again, pressing the pillow to my face.
I'm glad I've already worked really hard to convince my parents to be adventurers.
With that in mind, I resisted the urge to roll around on the bed again ......

......, no!

...... But this time I managed to stifle the urge to do so.
If they continued to make noise, they might make a noise that could be heard in a nearby room.
It was a situation that could never be overlooked.

''Your brother is in a nearby room too. ......

After all, my brother and I are now staying at the same inn.

There was a lot of hardship leading up to this situation.
After all, my brother was so concerned about me that he didn't shake his head at all at the suggestion of staying at the same inn.
In the end, we're a party ...... or rather a cry-off, and I managed to force him to agree to it.

'Ehehehehe ......'

I couldn't help but loosen my mouth as I was once again aware of the fact that I was in the same inn with my brother.
It really did take quite a bit of hard work to get to this point.
...... Apparently, my brother still only recognizes me as a junior adventurer.
I don't know how long it would have taken me to live in the same inn if I hadn't used the cry-off: ......

But I'm not going to be satisfied with my current situation and eventually I'll be able to get even closer to my brother.

But I'm not giving up ...... and one day we'll buy a house to share a party ......

I blush as I almost said that much.
The mere thought of living in a house together with him made me feel a terrible sense of shame.
Of course I'm hoping to have a loverly relationship with your brother down the road, but ......

Woohoo!

...... I'm so embarrassed that sometimes all I can do is hold my hands, even in my imagination.

Then for a while I lay on my bed with my mouth loose, but I decided to go to bed now, thinking about tomorrow.
After all, I was planning to go to the Adventurer's Guild tomorrow quite early in the morning.

''Besides, I have to go to the Adventurer's Guild tomorrow, and there might be some problems involving my brother: ......

So I started to adjust my bed to go to sleep early, but then a question came to my mind and I stopped myself.

'Why does my brother have such low self-esteem, then? ......

It was a question I began to have as I spent the last few days with my brother: ......





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From what I've seen over the past few days, big brother has never underestimated his own abilities.
He even has a decent understanding of how far down in the lower levels he can go on his own, under what conditions, and even has a general idea of what kind of magical beast he could take down on his own.

...... but your brother severely underestimates his own worth.

In the case of healing magic, it's understandable that your brother has no criteria for judging it, since he was dabbled in by the healers and there are few healers to begin with, and you can't see them in action.

But in your brother's case, his perception of his own overall value is also quite low.

It's true that your brother's abilities can be called distorted.
In any case, your brother's abilities are too specialized.
If you're a vanguard, you can't even attack as much as a check, and if you focus on attacking, you can hardly defend yourself.
Considering that the vanguard is required to halt and have high offensive power, I would have to say that it is quite biased.
But even so, your brother has enough ability to say that he's fine.
I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work for you.

...... Nevertheless, the older brother thought himself to be useless.

That brother's low self-esteem not only affected his attitude towards adventurers, but also his attitude towards the people of the city.
He thinks that he is accepted by the people of the city because of me, but that is not accurate.
After all, the people of this town are friendly with me because I am his companion.

The people of the city have long noticed that your brother has been secretly warning the adventurers who are planning to attack the city's people.
Apparently, he was hiding his face, but the townspeople seemed to recognize him right away by his spine.

...... but the older brother thought that he, as an adventurer, was disliked by the people of the city, and that's why he was able to interact with the people of the city so much later.

The brother's low self-esteem for himself was extraordinary.
This was even more so because the brother himself was aware of his own ability to a certain extent.
I don't understand why he has such low self-esteem even though he understands that he is competent, and I tilt my head in the air.

...... Well, it's gotten better lately, so maybe I shouldn't even think about it.

...... But there was no answer, and I was forced to abandon my thoughts easily.
If your brother was still behaving badly, then he's getting a little more confident now, regardless of whether he's still behaving badly or not.
The proof of this is that he's starting to put a little more confidence in his tone of voice and he's less likely to self-sabotage.

''Then it's not something that you have to answer to right away, right?

So I decided, and this time I fell asleep on my bed: ......