Excuse me, Hermes--what's that?

　My sister walked into the study and raised an eyebrow at the small bottle I was holding and looking at.

''Pills in a bottle ... are you sure it's some kind of aphrodisiac again?''
No, it's not. It's a memory eraser.
A memory eraser?

　My sister came slowly in front of me and peered into the vial with an increasingly curious look on her face.

''Ah. I did it by accident yesterday and the servants almost found out a lot of things, so this is a potion to make it go away--
Yeah!

　My sister snatched the vial from my hand and with a quick form, threw it out the window.

'Oh God!　That's the kind of thing you do again, utterly, you are!

　My sister pruriently walked away from my study.

　........just as I'd calculated.

　I took out another vial from my desk drawer.
　Just like the one before, there's a pill in the bottle.
　I take one of them out and roll it in my palm.

　I know my sister will do that (sigh).
　That's why I got a dummy fake pill.
　So that it would be safe if my sister threw it away.

　But although I ordered them, how well do they work?
　Shall we try one just to be sure?

I'm sorry.
Well, you forgot all that stuff because Hermes has all this crazy stuff in his hand.

　She's back--gosh.

'....ah.

　The pill I was bringing to my mouth to try, the pill I was bringing to my mouth to try, I got a little impatient when my sister reappeared and swallowed it down without a second thought.

　First of all, I'm sure this is an immediate effect--.

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Hermes?　What's the matter with you, Hermes?

　There was a very beautiful woman in front of me.
　She has a beautiful face and an elegant dress. She looks like the very princess in the story.

　That's fine, but it's more than that.

"Where am I?　Who am I?
What?
Who's your sister?
Wait, wait, Hermes?　What are you kidding me?
I'm not kidding. I really don't know what's going on.
What's in the bottle?

　The princess picked up a small bottle on the desk in front of me.
　It's a bottle with some kind of medicine in it.

''Is this........you don't think you drank this?''
'What?　Ummm, sorry, I don't get that either. I really don't know anything about it. Oh, but,
But?
I can feel the drug in my body.
You do know, don't you?
Yeah. Oh, but I think I'm about to metabolize it all.
'Metabolism...?　Does that mean it's going to stop working?
Yeah. An hour to go?　Could it be shorter?
"...Charnes.

　Perhaps it was my imagination, but the princess's eyes seemed to glow with a Kiran, or maybe it was just my imagination.
　After doing so, she took my hand and stared straight at me.

'Listen to me, Hermes.'
Am I called Hermes?
That's later. Right now you have to listen to me first.
Uh-huh.

　It's a hell of a sword fight. I'm almost pressurized.

I'm your daughter--yeah, yikes!　Who put you in this situation!

　An indignant princess.
　I did something like a flippant tweak all by myself.

'No, I'm not, I'm your sister. You may not believe me right away--
No, I believe you.
But, what?

　The bewildered princess - no, my sister.
　I gently squeeze her hand back.

I feel like I know the warmth of her hand. I think I know the warmth of this hand, I feel like I know what it means to me.
Yeah, yeah.

　Boom.
　Suddenly, I heard such a voice, and with it my sister's face turned bright red.

'Are you okay, sis?　I just heard a thump in my chest.
"Boom, I... I didn't hear that!　I didn't make a sound like that.
I got it. I'm supposed to have great ears. There's a dog yawning on the other side of the building.
That's it. I am.

　Her sister's face loomed up at her, and she said it with a tremendous swagger.

'Uh-huh. Empty ears, I guess.'
'But more importantly, Hermes, there's something I want you to do, no, I need your help.' 'Me?　But I don't see how I could ever help my sister.
'Hermes is a boy and I'm a girl. You have plenty of those.
It's okay.

　The warmth of her hands made me feel so maternal that I thought there was nothing I could do, but she's right, I'm a man and she's a woman.
　There are plenty of things you can do.

What should I do?
Follow me.
Yes.

　I'm taken out of the room with my sister holding my hand.
　It seems to be a pretty amazing mansion, with high ceilings and fluffy carpets in the hallway.

　I ran through the corridor at once and went out of the building, which was also a mansion, and headed out of the premises in a straight line.
　At that time.

''Ugh........''
What's up, Hermes?
Oh, my head hurts.
Head?
It hurts like a b*tc* to crack, sister it reminds me of something.
'It's early, are you saying we're running out of time?　

　My sister was mumbling something, but I couldn't hear her.
　My head hurts like it's going to crack and my vision is so blurry that I can't see anything properly.

'Let's hurry up,'
Uh-huh.

　My sister holds my hand and I run anyway.
　There's a lot of noise around me, it's getting so loud my head hurts like it's going to crack.

It's here. I knew the guild wouldn't be able to touch it either.
Hey, Sis...
"Hermes, take this. Go knock that thing over.

　My sister handed me something and pushed me back and forward.
　The next moment, something flew at me.

　Lots and lots of them flew in.
　A lot of noise. A lot of wings.

　And I got a headache.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang.

　My headache was so bad that I could hardly put any strength into it, but I (...) swung my sword anyway.

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　I feel like I've been asleep for a bit.
　I feel like I took a half-hearted nap, and my head doesn't feel as clear as it should.

　Why did I take a nap?　I tried to trace my memory with my head unclear.

''Oh!''
Whoa!

　Suddenly, I heard a loud, deafening cheer.

　I look around, I was in the city.
　There was a huge crowd around me, and for some reason they were cheering at me.

　Me, on the other hand--.

"...sword?　And ... bees?

　For some reason, he's got a sword, and there's a lot of metallic bee carcasses at his feet, as big as his fists.
　And there's a beehive-like one half buried in the ground nearby.

'Holy shit, I took out all those metallic bees in an instant.
It was like a storm.
I didn't know he was just a junkie, but he was that good.

　I don't know, maybe.

Did I do something wrong again?