No Game No Life Vol 1 Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Part 1

expose you all—!'

"Aiyah aiyah.........what is the meaning of a human evaluating another human eh........." After

—Very fastidious about this victory.

With the hall completely bundled with the deafening cheers, an old official walked towards Sora,

"Then, Sora-sama is it?" "Yup."

"Can't do."

"The two of us are 『 』 — so the king belongs to us." These were also the words he said during

With those words, the audience started an even higher-pitched applause— for congratulating the

—However.

Hearing those words from the official, the cheers of the crowd halted. "Ah? Eh, why?"

assume the post." In the midst of the chattering hall, Sora and Shiro exchange glances.

his brow............before saying.

Gently releasing his little sister who was muttering, Sora faced the official.

generation king of Elchea— any objections please stand up, otherwise remain silent—"

"........Un."

With her pair of ruby red eyes barely visible underneath her bangs, it was the girl— who exactly

".......I have, an objection."

"........If, Nii, becomes king........Nii will build, harem." "———————————Ah?"

expression as if she was going to cry out said out.

Completely ignoring the stares from the stunned audience, Sora went into a state of

"Wait! Just, wait a moment, how is that possible! Aren't the both of us a team! In the final

"........But, the King is......Nii.........Shiro is just...............an accessory. If, if there can only be one

Wiping away the tears, light was no longer reflected from her eyes. ".....to be the King— is

The little sister who always felt weak, had clearly emitted an aura as if declaring for war.

Getting stared at, Sora changed his expression.

from the west?" Although his frivolous actions and expression were the same as always.

"Let's see, a beautiful girl like you wanting to be the king of a collapsing country. You are just

be the King, your brother absolutely forbades you from doing so!"

He worded it so that if interpreted correctly, it would be seen as though he was spoiling his little

".........No, won't, let Nii, become King— absolutely."

competition, where no one backs down.

Even cracking the cheat by the Elves, and achieving the title of Imanity's strongest Duo. Their

But opponents of a long history, constantly depending on each other's vigor, with occasional

"Th-that.....If that's the case, I will please invite both of you to have one final battle, will this

Requiring confirmation, the official had to ask with an apologetic tone. "Ah, that's fine."

An instantaneous answer coming out from both sides.

"Little sister, I won't be lenient today oh. Today I will definitely make you regret that."

——………………

Three days went past in a blink of an eye.

various items. The siblings were sprawled out on the floor.

"........Nii, is the one......hurry up and, give up."

commenced. And the outcome— It was currently at the 501th battle, with 158 wins, 158 losses

—What was unfortunate, was that not just this place, even when the siblings were in their 『

『 』 which was regarded as an urban legend— nobody knew their competition records.

It was the battles between these two people who loved games more than anything else in the

3526744 battles, 1170080 wins, 1170080 losses, 1186584 draws—

Of course, everyone who weren't aware of this truth and were waiting for the coronation

—Then gathered again, then went home again, a constant repetition, and with the passing date,

Those that worked tirelessly in the City fell asleep freely in the hall—and barely maintaining

awake for a long time.

normal expression. While Steph kept mouthing out "Ah, butterfly~", with an empty smile and

—Then, what should the next game be.............Sora thought while in a state of haziness for this

"—Fuu.............why must only one person hold the position of King?" ".....Eh?"

those words, Sora retrieved his phone from his pocket.

"【 7】 of the 『 Ten Oaths』 , All matters for group conflicts will be decided by a

What it means here is, the group—which is also the country or inter-ethnic conflict should be

—Even so.

Slowly rereading out the sentence once more. He tried to confirm if what he thinks contradicts

"—It clearly did not state that it was only 『 One person』 right?" """"!!!!!""""

The [Nightmarish three days] will forever be passed down, and the bards who had been singing

However, because the song was too long. It wasn't kept and had to be discarded....

……—

"It's okay. Since ancient times, Kings that wore luxurious and gorgeous clothing are often seen as

A King is not just a national role model, but also a goal for the citizens to achieve— so in order

"............Such sophism.........."

"Ah..........anyways, I understand. But regarding the publication for the news, this kind of detail

Capital of Elchea— In front of the King city's public square.

than the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

tens of thousands of humans were gathered here.

with people. Just to listen to a speech from their new king.

Some expressed out happiness as an array of hope for the escape from the abyss of despair had

defeated magic.

out from the castle.

Wearing jeans and a T-shirt with [I ♥ humans] written on it. With dark circles underneath his

With a pair of jewel-like ruby eyes, a girl wearing sailor uniform.

—Just only.

arm like an armband.

The actions that they both did when changing could make anyone easily figure out what kind of

As for their overly casual kind of get-up.

"Ah—.....,un, un~ ugh, good morning everyone."

"—Stop that. You know very well that we both have agoraphobia[21]. But it's weird, usually I

Shiro avoided the gaze from the crowd, and gently held onto the hand of her brother.

She was silent, as if implying, "Then control it now".

same. "—Dearest citizens— no, every [Fellow human being] here!"

his hands resting on the balcony that had voice amplifiers installed.

stern and loud voice that echoed everywhere.

failures due to the predicament of not having war, and what remains now is this last city, this last

Hearing this question that was abruptly asked, the crowd went into uncertainty.

their hearts contained different answers, as they wait for Sora's next words.

because we are unable to wield magic? Or was it because we are the most inferior race? Does

With the strong resolution to deny it, everyone got startled.

"Previously, when the Old Deus started a war, deities, magical beings—the elves, orcs and other

the past, all the land in this continent was occupied by Imanity, so why?!"

"Is it because our race are experts in using violence?! Or is it because we specialize in fighting!?"

"We are unlike the elves who can use a variety of magic, nor do we possess strong physical

who dominate these lands have any special abilities meant for war— definitely not!!"

—Then, why?

"No matter the era or the world, the strong will always grind their teeth while the weak

of the 『 Ten Oaths』 , the strong no longer grind their teeth but experience the wisdom! No

"Our strength to survive comes from our patent schemes, strategies, tactics, which are meant for

fight against the strong with the same weapons— caused this horrifying thing to happen!"

The people struck by the answer felt despair, and were shrouded in instability.

"—Everyone, please don't lower your heads."

suddenly spoke with a calm voice.

back to his loud voice and shouted.

"If the strong imitate the weak by brandishing our weapons, they won't be able to exert their

from their weakness when we had reached a servile state!"

"Because of our weakness, we trained our eyes, ears and thinking, 『 Learning』 how to

.......After falling into hell for years, hope could finally be seen.

weak, we have the wisdom to run away from magic, and also the intelligence to see through it!

『 Experience』 , we gained the wisdom to achieve the unachievable, predicting the future!"

.......Only a pessimist would speak about despair.

savagely bite those complacent people who think that they are the strong— until the 『 Weak』

........Because they were stuck in the depths of despair, there was not a ray of light in the

king and queen of Elchea."

"Once again, I declare, the two of us will survive with the method of the weak, fight with the

still be the same even in the present and the future!"

race!"

nobody else!"

"Rejoice! We are humans— we are the most talented people! Precisely because we were born

.........a 『 King』 was born. Cheers— no, roars.

An array of cries that sounded like both an angry roar and victory cheers. And what were they

Or perhaps— were they being cornered and were simply baring their fangs and crying out? In

.........Nodding their heads.

moments of the speech.

world. But also exuding out the aura of a battle-hardened warrior with his usual arrogance.

"—Come, let us begin the games!"

right. Getting tired of tasting bitterness right.....................it's enough already right? I've kept you

Looking like he has the skies within his grasp, Sora pointed his hand to the horizon. Then—

"From this instant! We, Elchea— will issue a proclamation, declaring war on countries all

to us!"

Part 3

Leaving the balcony and heading towards the exit, Steph stopped them. "Yo-yo—you! Wh-what

"Whoa~ why are you looking so flustered, you scared me." "...........Steph, evil......"

under her unreasonable words.

"How can I be calm like this!? You have just finished the coronation ceremony, and the

prepare for war against other countries! Are you trying to destroy this place!?"

siblings.

In order to get a glimpse of her adept movements, Sora sighed while saying. "Ah..........I did

Steph suddenly stopped her movements, before gazing at Sora.

her to win this country, defeating humans without positive means just because we can't use

"—Wh-what does that mean?"

supported by other countries』 oh. Or at least this is what the guy who was supporting Kurami is

In accordance to her brother's words, Shiro supplemented the sentence.

Nodding his head in affirmation, Sora continued.

spy, don't know which country used Elchea as a puppet to declare war to the world, they will

on the offensive』 ."

In this world, the challenged party has the right to decide the contents of the game.

initiative to declare war on the world.

"A certain country or race has obtained a trump card to see through the elf race, so they will

"......So to say."

reason, deliberately made a declaration of war."

Facing against the siblings who smiled and uttered those words, Steph was rendered speechless.

game. Those countries would start to get wary of us due to that declaration......and also start

that are trying to probe for our ins and outs, we will use this chance to find loopholes, then

Looking at Sora who was smiling wickedly while turning his body, Steph asked. "Ththen............

regretful for this matter that even surprised Steph herself.

"—Hey, Steph. I had a discussion with my little sister— about whether we want to return back to

"—Eh?"

abandoned this world, what would we get when we return back? Absolutely nothing."

Slapping his hands together, Sora concluded.

losing this place, becoming the king would be the first target— but?"

".....Un."

disadvantage, and also an underwhelming handicap, furthermore, we are left with one more

not allow any failures— what do you think?"

".....The best—"

Steph looked at the genuine otherworldly— siblings that were clearly incomprehensible.

actually 『 The best』 ?

just now, Steph."

Suddenly being accosted while in a daze, Steph could not help but change the tone of her voice.

"—Eh?"

Opening his schedule manager, he marked a tick under 『 Becoming King』 . Entering into a

"『 Final goal』 — in short, conquering this world☆" "—What—!?"

domination. After hearing his gargantuan goal, Steph leaked out her voice.

walking away, with Shiro closely behind.

up to them. "Eh, th-that, is it re-re-really the truth!?"

country or what, as long as it is related to games, our motives will always be to become 『 the

—Just when the development of things have reached this step.

Probably. Really.

—Are Imanity's 『 Savior』 ?

chest. Her chest was being gripped tightly— except, the sense of disgust was already long gone.

Saving her beloved country— Elchea.

made her believe that he could do it. Any reasons to hate him.

Part 4

City, the King's bedroom.

fit into it placed in the center of the room.

"—From a cramped room, to a shabby Inn, before going to Steph's mansion, and now, the King's

Sora was holding onto a book while reminiscing about the past.

was titled— 《 The Ecology of the Sixteen Races》 .

"—The Heavenly Winged.......eh. I feel that those guys will really be pulled into the same front

In the last war, they were created to be the vanguard for the gods, a race capable of fighting in

After the 『 Ten Oaths』 were forged, their ability to fight was sealed up, however, utilizing

floating species Phantasma— 『 Avend Haze』 backing them up, they created a genuine sky

But, perhaps it was due to their longevity, that they have a strong thirst for knowledge, so in

『 Intel』 from every other race— they participated in the games to try and obtain other

"I feel that I can grasp a lot about knowledge regarding magic, furthermore, I can use my 『

If any contact was to be made with this race, the necessary preparations of forming strategies to

—Tok, Tok.

was a déjà vu situation from a few days ago, Sora replied.

"It's Stephanie Dora.......can I come in?" "—Ah? Please do."

Sora said. "I say, what is with that tone and attitude. It will be fine even if you casually come in

"

"Too uncomfortable, and also troublesome! It will be fine if it was like always, okay, so what

The things that were illuminating the bedroom were only the dimly-lit candles on the chandelier,

"That— Sora......" "Hmm?"

time, right." "Eh— ah~....."

At that moment, the clouds suddenly dispersed and the moon brightened up. What was further

—The expression on her face was, anxiousness.

to lift the【 Oath】 , right?"

—Even if he possessed a super-class level in games, in the end, he was still an eighteen year old

"I-I hope— you could..........tell me. Wh-why, that, your request, wasn't like what your sister had

"......That....."

It could be described as a vulgar desire from deep within Sora's heart, but it was also a mistake at

An unexpected question suddenly surfaced in himself.

.......Eh?

Then, she slowly walked towards the bed, carrying an uneasy expression flushed with

pleading.

—Wait a moment.

Now, you have just faced an unmistakably inescapable question.

beauty. If liked by such a beautiful girl, naturally all the boys will harbor these kinds of

However— forcing her to have a crush on him, why is that so?

No, this is not accurate enough.

No— in the end.

—At this time, Sora had reached the limit of what you would call an unpopular man.

'Kacha!'

Quietly sticking her head out from the opposite side of the bed— was Shiro who was wielding a

Realizing that Shiro was in the same room, Steph panicked and immediately put down her skirt.

As long as she thought of the things back in the Inn— she would know that Sora could never be

"Shiro-san........to be told off like this when you are just an eleven-year-old little sister, you

But ignoring the protesting sentence from her older brother, Shiro showed the picture that she

"....This." "—Eh?"

well as Sora.

"........Nii, misses something, from........our......original world."

Both Steph and Sora simultaneously shouted out in surprise. But only, they interpreted it

Sora straightforwardly protested against this accusation. And Steph—

Innocently gave a simple question. Playing with her phone, Shiro answered.

During masturbation, usage of all those stuffs..............are known as—『 Dessert』 ....."

With Steph still clueless about what was going on, Shiro with her deadpan, Firmly held onto—

Hearing a 'bang' sound in her mind, Steph's face flushed red, before she approached Shiro.

—What was playing on the phone, was the scene where both Shiro and Steph were in the bath,

"........This is.............the Steph...........『 raison d'etre』 ."

—Which means, anyone could be in it, right.

———Furthermore, even his sister is naked too, that, that kind of thing, right!? "Sha—

Screaming loudly, Steph dashed out of the room— Sora could only watch her leave innocently.

and asked. "—I say, I have never thought of something that disgusting to that extent oh?"

"That's just a super wrong interpretation right...........and just now that, wasn't it the video inside

unless, you are deliberately trying to make Steph hate me right?"

inappropriate time then you would behave like a child......" "........The picture just now, don't

"Ah, sorry director. I want it."

In reality— what's the difference between love and sex?

In a voice where he could not hear, Shiro— the little sister who has no blood relations with Sora,

—Although there was a saying that girls are more precocious than boys in terms of maturity.

——…………

On the other hand, Steph angrily stomped through the hallway.

hurt herself after hearing that, roaring angrily.

is just a curse!"

"That monkey! Lolicon! How can I like him! This is all the Oaths' fault!"

Proposing another game to be held, and forcing him to say 『 Don't have a crush on me』 . This

Or is there a significance behind it—.

Chapter end