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　The afternoon of the next day, under a clear blue sky with not a cloud in sight, my sister was humming happily in the garden of the house.

What's the matter with you, sis, is something good happening?
"Hermes.

　She turns around to see me approaching from behind.
　She was in a better and better mood, and combined with her natural good looks, she was so beautiful that even I, her own brother, who was used to seeing her, was appalled.

'I've heard about Hermes' recent exploits. And I heard that you've doubled your strength.
Ugh, who told you that?
I don't care who.
Well that's just a lie. You're not even my sister. A human being can't just become twice as powerful as you.

　I shrugged and shook my head.
　Then I tried to deny it, but there was a nasty sweat running down my back.

".........

　She stared at me for a moment and then said.

''That's it!''

　From his usual dynamic form, he threw something into the blue sky.

　What was that?　The only time my sister ever did this was when she was trying to hide something.
　I wondered what she hid, so I looked at her tossing and turning into a star in the sky.

''--!

　Oh my God.
　I kicked the ground and jumped up, chasing after it as my sister threw it.
　I caught up to it, which was already flying a hundred meters, in an instant, and caught it and returned to the yard of the original mansion.

''Oh, it's amazing how you can catch up to it.''
"What are you doing, sister, if I throw this stuff at you, someone will see it!

　I thrust the thing I had intercepted at my sister.
　It was a fist-sized ball of something.
　It is written in your handwriting on the ball, "Hermes defeated the Demon King and obtained his power.

''You were able to read the writing well. I threw it with all my strength and with all my rotation.
Oof!

　I was hooked.

'You wouldn't have been able to read it before.
Hey, I wouldn't want my sister to find out.

　I was upset and laid out my strength.
　My sister, on the other hand, didn't pay any attention to my intransigence.

'Oh, I knew I wasn't crazy in my eyes. Hermes was an amazing girl, a girl who could be so much more than that.

　She crossed her fingers over her chest, her eyes twinkling as she looked up at the sky.

''Huh...''

　I looked up to the heavens, too.
　In a completely different way than my sister.

　Fortunately, she's my sister.
　She's the older sister who knew of my strength and had been trying to take me down in one way or another in the past.

　It's no problem for her to say "I've become twice as strong" after all this time.

　

　Even so, I wonder why I want to look up at the heavens and sigh.

　But sometimes it turns out to be a good thing.
　This time was one of those times.
　My eyes, looking up to the heavens, caught it by accident.

　There was nothing there before.
　A meteorite appeared out of nowhere in the clear blue sky without a single stain.

　Normally, meteorites come from above the sky.

　But this meteorite came out of the middle of the sky.
　It was obviously unusual.

　That meteorite fell, at an incredible speed.
　It fell in a straight line, heading for the city of Pindos.

"d*mn!

　I jump out of the way.
　I jump out at full speed, even faster than when my sister stopped the ball she threw at me.

'Kyaaaah!'
Run.
Momma, momma!

　The city of Pindos is in a state of a frenzy.
　The meteorite was approaching at a tremendous pace, and the people of the city were fleeing in a frenzy.

　At the very center of the drop, there was a girl who couldn't get away.
　There was a girl who was trying to get away from the girl, and the people around her were trying to hold her back and pull her away from the spot.

　I went into the drop point.

It's all right.

　He said to the girl and drew the sword from his waist.
　Then, I jump up.
　I face the falling meteorite.

　The falling meteorite was heavy for that reason (...), but it's not a particularly difficult opponent for me right now.

　I jumped up to intercept the meteorite, chopped it into small pieces, and then used magic to blow it away without a trace.

　The meteorite itself was exactly the same as the one that had fallen before, and I was able to blow it away without any problems.

　The sky returned to blue again.

　I landed directly below and looked around to make sure that there was no debris or other falling damage.

　Yeah, I'm glad nothing happened.

Wow!
Hmm?
I knew it was a great idea, Uncle Lords.
You're the one who made the dorayaki...

　The one staring at me with glittering eyes is that girl who witnessed the scene where I put away my lasciviousness right after I became a lord.

''Are you okay?''
'Yes!　Thank you, lord uncle!
Okay.

　I was relieved that nothing happened to this girl, as I knew her face to face.

　More importantly, I looked up to the heavens.

　I was more and more convinced now.
　The meteorite was not naturally occurring.

　I hadn't seen it happen before, but I didn't know it was like this.
　I knew I had to find out what was causing it.

"Hmmm, that's great, Hermes.
"Sis.

　My sister came to town a little later than I did.
　Her face is smiling more and more.

''No, that was...''
I'm pretty torn on whether or not to tell you, but I'll give you a good reminder.
What?
Hermes just can't leave anyone in need.
...What?
And powerful.
..........
So, anyway.


　Once there, the sister cut off her words.
　She smiled.
　With the most wonderful smile on her face today.

'It's our fate to be active in public.
....

　Gulp.
　That was for me.

　It was a hopeless, fact.