Previously on Lyra’s diary of misfortune, a dragon girl had a match with my brother for no reason, and this ti—she wants to fight us as a set of siblings!
Seriously, I wonder what’s wrong with her?
A dragon is clearly far more superior than the other races, so isn’t the result quite obvious already?
Be as talented as we are, we are only humans… with a little elf blood… and more importantly, we are still kids!!
“Ah!”
When I gazed at Alt-nii, I ca to realize sothing.
“Wait a minute, can we have a break so Alt-nii can recover first? We’re at a great disadvantage if it’s like this…”
Though Alt-nii didn’t suffer from any kind of a major damage, he still used up a lot of his power—both physical and magical, so it’s better for us to rest for a while, and perhaps heal his minor injury such as so scratches he may have gotten from the fight?
“Ah, you’re right. But there’s no need of a break. Here, use this.”
Carbuncle seed to be looking for sothing from inside her clothes—and after searching for a while, she took out a spherical glass-like object and pointed it at us.
“What is that?”
I tilted my head in confusion. I have never seen that object before, nor have I heard about such an object… Which ans, it must be one of their dragon-exclusive items!
“It’s… so sort of a recovery item. Here, try this!”
With that, Carbuncle threw the spherical glass lightly. The glass then floated itself and approached us.
After it floated in the middle of Alt-nii and , I saw Carbuncle made a gesture with her own hand—as she clutched her left hand strongly. And along with her clutched hands, the spherical glass was shattered to pieces.
Oddly enough, the pieces were not like any normal glass pieces—rather, it beca so kind of dust particles as they spread around us—or more precisely, the particles were raining incessantly on us.
“Whoa, I feel so full of energy!” Alt-nii exclaid in surprise as I also felt sothing…
“Eh, does this have a revitalizing effect? I feel like brimming with power, too…”
The magical particles seed like they also boosted our energy.
I an, I only did so running and my head was a bit heavy due to my endless worry over the chaotic situation, but now… I feel myself brimming with vigor and mana, and my head feels so much better, too.
“Thank you, Carbuncle-san!!”
We expressed our thanks earnestly.
Looking at our expressions, I can sense that Carbuncle’s eyes lit up in excitent as she murmured sothing that I couldn’t hear really well. However, I can only hear one word, and that is—
“Jackpot!”
…But, what kind of jackpot is she referring to?
Weird girl.
“Anyway, since everything’s settled, here is your competition pendant, little sister.”
“…My na is Lyra, and thank you!”
I tried to catch the pendant that she threw so suddenly in a fluster while announcing my na—it’s better than being addressed as “little sister”, right?
“Okay, Tair and Lyr, shall we start?”
…Tair and Lyr—it sohow rhys, but that’s not how you’re supposed to call and Alt-nii!!
But well, let’s save the trivial matters for later—since we’ve got a ga to do right after this.
“Wait, you haven’t explained the rules and the winning condition of this ga!” Alt-nii protested.
“Ah, right. So, unlike the 1 vs 1 where the ga is over when one of our crystal pendants is broken, this ti’s magical pendant that will seal your movents and magical aura once it’s broken, and the effect only lasts until the ga ends. You win if you can break my crystal pendant, and likewise, I win if I break your pendants—right, the two of you. I think that’s all that I need to explain?”
“O-okay, I get it…”
To sum it briefly—she needs to break our crystal pendants to win the ga, and either of us—the one who got their pendant broken first—will remain unable to move until another crystal pendant breaks that marks the end of the match.
Yeah, a sparring match with a ga system like this feels more fun!
“Let’s start the match then—”
As Carbuncle started to chant the sa words that she said before her match with Alt-nii started, Alt-nii inched closer to and whispered to my ears.
“Lyra, I will be taking the defensive. You should focus on attacking her crystal pendant and entrust your protection to . For anything other than that, well, we’ll see about it later. Oh, and let tell you about my present that you’re wearing, actually—”
“…Efenstálian!”
Oh, that word… it marks the end of her vow—or was it really a dragon’s vow?
I was surprised by Alt-nii’s sudden revelation of his gift that I’m wearing right now, but the dragon girl’s enthusiastic yell surprised even more.
The match is starting!! I had no room to discuss the strategy in further details with Alt-nii, but I should just act as he outlined before. After all, I’m also more used to take the offensive part rather than the defensive part!
The atmosphere around us suddenly changed—perhaps it was due to the fact that the ga’s already started and it might also be because of the barrier’s gotten firmly raised around the fighting grounds.
Again, Carbuncle spread her wings and floated slightly higher than the ground, and along with her spreading wings, she summoned several dark clouds and the sparkling yellow bolts of lightning.
It’s the usual thing that would make her opponent beco harder to focus on attacking—I an, dodging these thunders alone is quite a hassle to do!
I glanced sideways towards Alt-nii and he was already looking at . As our eyes matched, he nodded. I assud we’d just go through with what he planned.
So, I dashed forward without paying any mind—just kidding, I still jumped here and there due to my surprise at the upcoming thunder, although Alt-nii managed to negate the dragon’s magic using his Void magic spell. Sotis, I saw a barrier that prevented the lightning from striking .
[Cielegicel sceard]! (Icicle shards!)
As I got closer to her, I chanted one of my [Ice] magic spells. As soon as I finished chanting, several sharp icicle shards ford in front of and lunged their ways towards the dragon girl’s crystal pendant. Since the distance isn’t so far, the icicle shards can lunge their ways towards Carbuncle with such high speed—if she can’t react fast enough, my attacks will hit her.
[Hlynrian stânhege] (Thunder wall)
Contrary to my expectations, Carbuncle didn’t even bat an eye in her surprise and calmly chanted. Thick layers of thunder quickly rained down from the sky and made their ways between Carbuncle and my glorious icicle shards… And that marks the end of my icicle shards. Engulfed completely by her thunder wall.
After the thick layers of thunder diminished, the smug face of the dragon girl could be seen as she extended her left hand and—
Crap, crap, crap, it’s her counterattack!!
Perhaps it’s her way of saying, “Taste your own dicine!”—she summoned several lightning spears in front of her as they rapidly made their ways to —
Alt-nii, I’m literally placing my life to you!!
I totally didn’t expect her to chant her counterattack imdiately after her defensive thunder wall perished—and I was taunted by her smug face, too.
…Yes, I can finally feel that I’m a complete newbie in terms of magic battle now…
The thunder emitted dazzling light, so I instinctively put my hands in front of my head and covered it—I closed my eyes while strongly called out Alt-nii’s na inside my own mind.
Alt-nii!! I’m relying on you!!
“…kh!”
At Alt-nii’s struggling voice and the realization that the impact didn’t strike , I opened my eyes again.
In front of , there were two layers of defensive magic spells.
One, the [Void] space that was intended to absorb the lightning spears and return it to nothingness. Two, a bulky barrier that should be made by the [Life] magic.
And why would Alt-nii cast two layers of them?
The answer is quite simple.
The lightning spears still managed to make their ways through the [Void] space! …though their strength seed to be reduced quite significantly after passing through the [Void] space.
Then—the lightning spears are currently trying to force their ways to , while Alt-nii is trying his best to maintain the barrier and quickly applying another layer of it to the place where cracks are forming.
“Lyra, move!”
I can tell from Alt-nii’s expression that he wouldn’t be able to repel the lightning spears any longer, so I obeyed his words and swiftly distanced myself from the magic clash—
“I won’t let you!”
The dragon girl’s voice sent chills down to my spine. I could tell that she’s putting more power to her lightning spear magic as I can sense the light emitted from her lightning magic behind grew stronger.
“Aah!”
Alt-nii’s scream is followed by the cracking sounds of his barrier. Then…
*BOOM!*
An explosion ford from the crash. The impact is strong enough that it made lose my grounds and leaped in front of —then, I landed perfectly on the ground with my body hugging the earth… Hi, Mister Earth! But it’s not the right ti to be hugging you… (^_^
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