"By name?" Yukina looked puzzled, and suddenly her body shook, and her face was suddenly stained with two blushes, and she hurriedly explained, "No... No, my senior and I don't have that kind of relationship right now. ”

"Not now? Is that after that? ”

"No, that's not what it means, my senior and I are just ordinary friends."

"Really? Listen to me, Gu Chengjun is a bastard, and anyone who becomes his girlfriend will be dumped immediately. ”

"Hey, Nagisa, they confessed to me themselves, and I don't like them, of course I have to refuse."

"Then I'll have to find a tactful way." Nagisa asked rhetorically, "In three months, Guru-kun seems to have made 145 girls cry." ”

Suddenly, Usui was covered with black lines, but Nagisa seemed to be right, so he had to be silent alone.

"Well, seniors shouldn't be so bad." At this time, Yukina also began to relieve the siege of Usui Bing.

"Forget it, I'll put you on the face of the cabbage-chan today."

"Boring."

"That...... Won't it bother you about eating, welcome or something. ”

"It's okay, it's okay. So much meat has been bought. I can't finish it with Guchengjun. ”

Nagisa said with an affectionate expression. That's true, Ubiki also smiled wryly.

Because his parents divorced 4 years ago, the Xiao family is now a family of three. In addition, my mother, who works as a research director at a company in the city, only comes back once or twice a week because of her busy schedule.

Although they don't feel lonely because they can take the initiative to meet her as children, it can be seen that only the brothers and sisters Usui and Nagisa live. Although it is not very much, Nagisa bought 1.5 kilograms of specially selected beef at a reduced price is really not enough.

"Thank you. So, you're welcome as you say. ”

Yukina thought for a moment and said. I guess I explained to myself that this was also part of the mission to spy on Usui Bing. Nagisa listened and smiled happily.

"Great. So, drop off your luggage and come to our house. Ah, by the way, is it okay to make an assorted hot pot? Is there anything that can't be eaten in cabbage-chan? In the summer, the hot pot eaten with the air conditioner on is really luxurious, and it is really refreshing. By the way, which is better, miso or soy sauce? For the time being, I'm going to make the soup with bonito, kelp, chicken bones, and scallops, but today I want to use soy sauce because of the crabs. The crab is a hairy crab from Okhotsk. It's season—"

"Give me almost some Nagisa. Yukina is gone. ”

Usui gently tapped her chattering sister on the top of her head and told her to shut up. Ahh

Yukina showed an expression as if she was overwhelmed,

"Well, I'm here to help too, right? If only the base of the hot pot was prepared......"

"No, no, no. Yukina-chan is a guest today. You can relax. I'm tired of coming here from afar. Come, Guchengjun will go and serve the pickled cabbage. ”

"Don't say such irresponsible things on a whim. I'm going to do the rest of my homework in my room. ”

Looking at the sunset that was about to go down, Usui Bing sighed lightly. In retrospect, there was very little time left for the summer vacation. Although it felt too late, I still couldn't hide my anxiety.

"In that case, how about I help with my senior's homework?"

Put all the daily necessities you bought at the door of room 705 first, Yukina said.

Usui was slightly confused by her surprise proposal. Although it was a very grateful proposal, it was a problem for his sister's classmates to help him with her homework, both from the standpoint of his older brother and the prestige of the elderly.

But Nagisa completely ignores the reason for this and this.

"I'm sorry, Yukina-chan. I'll leave the matter of Guchengjun to myself. Although it's a non-productive Ernie sauce. ”

"Nagisa, do you think it's hard for me to get that kind of homework?"

"Yes, whatever you want.

While talking about leading Yukina into his house, Usui followed them with a bitter face. The prestige of the elders is not taken seriously at all.

As soon as she got home, Nagisa put on her apron and went to prepare dinner.

During this time, Usui leads Yukina into his room.

Because Nagisa, a clean-up maniac, will watch the gap and break into the room to clean it without permission.,So Usui's room has been tidied up to the point that you don't have to be shy even if you are seen by girls.。

That being said, this is a room with a bad view of almost nothing. It's not as big as Yukina's room, but there's nothing but a bed, a desk, and a bookcase full of empty old magazines.

"This ...... Senior, it turns out, is it from the basketball club? ”

Finding the photo album on the shelf, Yukina asked as if surprised.

That photo album is a record of the basketball club to which Usui Bing belonged in middle school. Although I cleaned up all the things related to basketball when I quit the club, I couldn't bear to throw it away.

"Yukina knows basketball, too. I used to say that golf clubs are a type of hammer. ”

Ubiki said in a joking tone. Yukina curled her lips as if she was making a fuss,

"It's a great result to win the championship at the MYCE."

"Well, it's a thing of the past, though."

"However, is the reason why the senior gave up basketball because he gained the power of the Fourth True Ancestor?"

Yukina said and looked at it with a serious face. Ubiki shook his head as if he was troublesome. It's been a year, and I think about it with a slightly unbelievable feeling.

"It has nothing to do with this physique. I gave up basketball before that. ”

Indeed, with this physique, it is true that he cannot participate in the competition, Usui Bing laughed self-deprecatingly.

Monster-like power and jumping power, and agility to catch even bullets. The ability of the demon race, which is almost equivalent to the plug-in, can be said to be the athlete's desire to be extreme, and from the point of view of despicability, it can't even be compared to doping.

But Usui gave up basketball a year or more ago. That is, before the vampire.

"Why, if else?"

"Nothing, it's a common thing. It's just that I didn't understand that the club can't be supported by one person. To sum up, it is isolated in the community. ”

"Huh?"

Yukina looked at the side face of Usui Bing, who was speaking like a person else, as if she were a bystander. Ubiki fell on the bed as if he was tired, looking at the ceiling and smiling bitterly.

"At that time, I thought that if I worked hard alone, I could win. Actually, I did just walk like this halfway. It's called a solo team. I was also selected as an excellent player, so I was a little too proud. ”

"There's no way it's going to happen." Ubiki said with a smile.

The cause was an injury in the regional preliminaries in the last major competition in junior high school. After being fouled aggressively by the opposing team, Usui was forced to leave the game halfway. Thankfully, the score had been greatly stretched, and Usui's injury wasn't too serious. As long as you can win, you can play again in the next game.

But when Usui ended, the team's morale collapsed in one fell swoop. was overturned in an instant, and then just watched the opponent pull away the score greatly, and then lost without any suspense.

Ubi, on the other hand, could only watch the process from the chair.

"Compared to this, I was devastated by the fact that the other members accepted the failure so blandly."

Usui shrugged casually.

"Then I finally understood. It was actually me who took away their enthusiasm. Even if we don't give it our all, there are people who can give us victory, let them think so. Seriously, I can't do anything alone. But even if you understand this, there is nothing you can do about it now. ”

So Ubiki gave up the club on the grounds of treating his injuries. Although he also has his companions, he can't continue to play basketball with them. Because they thought that as long as Usui Ice himself was by their side, they would not change. And the main thing is that the ancient city itself no longer has the enthusiasm to continue.

"I ...... I don't think the seniors are at fault. ”

Yukina, who was silently obedient on the side, said in a serious tone.

Ubiki smiled as if he wanted to tease a person like this,

"Ahh It's just that I'm losing my enthusiasm for taking care of myself, but. ”

Ubiki showed his canine teeth slightly, and the color of his pupils turned red for just a moment.

"I also thought about it a little bit when I forcibly pushed the ridiculous physique of the Fourth True Ancestor. If you use this ability, you will probably be able to solve several problems in the world today. At the very least, we can kill the murderous criminals, or eliminate the corrupt and dirty politicians. ”

"Senior, that's-"

"I know. This is not possible, even if you have gained more power than others, a guy like me can't change the world casually with his own ideas. As long as this kind of thing is done, there will probably be other turmoil. ”

Yukina sighed as if relieved. Then he frowned as if he had noticed something,

"Is this the reason why the senior hides his identity as a vampire and just wants to live as a simple human being?"

"Probably." Ubiki muttered ambiguously.

"I don't need vampire powers, and I don't want to have anything to do with them if I could. Anyway, I'm not a righteous companion. Inexplicably, I was given this power, which is really beyond my personal ability, and I don't have the confidence to manipulate it properly. ”

"Really......"

Although it's not that I can't understand this mood, Yukina said and looked at Usui Bing with eyes that seemed to be sober for some reason, and then

However, this can also be understood as...... The senior is going to do nothing, right? ”

"Probably, but that's what I am."

"However, I am really impressed with the seniors." (Markne)