Editing Tosho Meikyuu:Volume1 Chapter6 (section)

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"Alright, we’ve bought some artichoke for apple cider, and rose incense for finger water (fingerbowl). All I need is …."

"…Sister, Stepbrother is…!"

"Fuggiii…! Calmia, the stuff is a little too heavy!"

You protest loudly at your childhood friend, unable to endure the weight that is tearing off your arms.

After nearly three hours of walking around the central street of Alexandria to prepare for the Victory Festival, the items you purchased weighed over 30 kilograms.

This bit of weight would’ve been insignificant if you used a ‘storage book’, but unfortunately, Calmia the class president is very strict about wasteful spending, so the luggage bearer (you) always suffer.

"Ca-Calmia, since I bought this 'book' with my own allowance, I can just use the ‘storage book’, right…"

"No means no! The Victory Festival is for the ‘Apothecary’, and So-kun's 'book' is bought by So-kun, and as class president, I’m putting a line between personal and shared! A-And if we use the ‘storage book’, I can’t make So-kun carry stuff around…"

"No, if I didn’t have to carry, I would have been reading the ‘book’ in my room alone."

That's why no can do!"

"…Mmmm, Stepbrother, we can’t use the 'storage book' after all."

"Why!?"

For some inexplicable reason, both sisters forbid you from using the ‘storage book’.

You let out a small sigh and reluctantly lift the luggage and your head.

Then, among the people passing by on the street, you see a familiar face cross the street.

"? Huh, could it be…?"

"…Hm? Oh, isn't that Okutsuki?"

"Ah, what a coincidence, Okutsuki bro. Little sister Okutsuki and prez are here too."

Noticing your mutterings, your classmate, a dog-like boy, turns around in surprise. A gossipy girl walking with him also smiles at the sight of your stepsister (Erika) and her sister (Calmia).

"Are the three of you together to help out with today's Victory Festival? Or have you finally done it with either of them as stress relief after finishing your exams? "

"Fuehh!? S-So-kun, did you do anything to Eri!?"

"Auu!? S-Sister! Do-Don’t grab me, auuu!!"

"…Don’t start off with dirty jokes right off the bat. I haven’t done it with anyone."

You reply to the two bad friends of ‘Apothecary’ with dumbfounded words.

Unlike the protagonist (you) in the fantasy novel (fiction) world, in real life you have grown up in Library City Alexandria, so your relationship with these old friends have been almost a decade long.

Your relationship is close enough to not have any divide, or rather, too familiar for formalities…still, you can say that you are blessed to have them as friends.

"…Say, Okutsuki, I’m a guy who can keep a secret, you know? So which one, the older or younger sister? "

"I’m never trusting you, idiot. I'm busy preparing for the Victory Festival, you know. And anyway, you're a member of the preparation committee, so how about you help me carry stuff since you’re not busy?"

"Alright, leave it to my well-trained muscles, Okutsuki, heavvyyy!!"

"I got to say this though, I’m using sub veins to strengthen my body."

The boy who received the luggage loses half his balance. While he probably has more strength than you do, this weight is not something that can be moved without magic.

"Hmph, grrr, wooooahhhh! No-Not bad Okutsuki…! You’re using the transport spell inherited from Teacher (old man) to move stuff, enjoying your double date with the sisters…but my muscles aren’t going to lose!"

"Yes, enough competition on such a stupid thing. Share half of this with me."

The girl too activates her sub vein and take the luggage from the boy. After all this talk, it appears both are willing to assist in the preparation for the Victory Festival.

"Bro Okutsuki, we just need to move this stuff to the ballroom in the main lecture tower, right? Ah, if there’s other stuff to buy, we can go along too. We got work as part of the preparation committee anyway."

"Eh? Then why didn't you go with us this morning?"

"Ahh, that’s because a certain prez said, 'I'm going out with So-kun, so we'll go separately."

"Wah-wah-wah-wah! So-So-kun, let's go to the next store now!"

"Hey, Calmia, stop pushing me!"

Calmia pushes you on the back, seemingly interrupting this conversation, prompting you towards the guild area of the ‘Apothecary’.

Around the main lecture tower that oversee the sky in the distance, the residences of the ‘Apothecary’ affiliated guilds and allies are clustered together to form a castle town. At the guild gate, the linkage between the stone fortress and the central city, a banner celebrating the Victory Festival dangles there.

"Ohhh, look there. Looks like they’re taking down the scaffolding. Preparation for the Victory Festival seems to be at the very last phase."

"It happens every year after all. When I see those decorations, I know summer vacation has arrived."

The guild gate exceeding 50 meters in height has scaffolding made from the strong timbers of the Library Labyrinth, and the final adjustments to the Victory Festival gate decorations seem to be underway.

While moving slowly through the guild gate, which is crowded with passers-by and other transport creatures (monsters)—



"…S-S-Stepbrother, over there!"

"Eh?"



"So—Someone, stop my livestock!"



You hear a merchant's call for help, and turn around in unison along with the surrounding onlookers.

''Creak creak creak!'' The sound of splintering wood echoes.

The eight-legged one-eyed elephant (Grīmekhala), trying to shake loose its cargo, slams its huge body against the scaffolding that’s in the midst of being dismantled, and you witness the sight of it being crushed.

(Uh oh…the scaffolding will collapse if this continues!)

Instantly, your exploration experience as a Doctor Magna candidate of the ‘Apothecary’ allows you to recognize the critical situation.

The impact that strikes the base of the wooden scaffold causes a huge ripple that bends the entire scaffold, snapping a narrower strip on the upper level. This is a sign of a massive collapse.

"E-Everyone, let’s help out!"

"Wa-watch out!"

Before you can take action, Erika darts forward and arrives next to a girl at the bottom of the scaffold.

"Errrii!?"

"Erika, Calmia, hold down the Grīmekhala with the others!"

You immediately pull out the Express Envelopes and write ‘Right Gate’ and ‘Left Gate’, tying them onto the rope you created with ‘Origami paper’ and send it to the girl.

The ‘Envelopes’ fly into the sky towards the left and right sub gates, pulling the ropes in the air, and barely holding up the scaffolding that was about to collapse toward the plaza.

"Alright, we stopped it! Erika, grab the kid and get out of there!"

"I-It’s dangerous here. Ho-Hold onto this big sister here!!"

"…Erika, above you!"

Erika tries to help the girl who has fallen due to the weird noise. You see that above them, her up. But just above her, you see a toolbox sliding down from a tilted scaffold, and the scattering heavy tools are about to fall.

"Damn it, gotta get there!"

You quickly pull out the ‘storage book’, open a page, and throw it towards the rain of tools. The falling chunks of iron are sucked into the 'book ‘and disappear without harming Erika.

"Woah! S-Stepbrother. Thank you, very much!!"

"Erika, hurry up and get inside my barrier!"

"Guh…! Okutsuki, sorry, the restraints won't hold anymore!"

You run towards Erika and get her into the range of your logic wall, but your classmate's voice ring behind you. The Grīmekhala, having escaped the binding spell of Calmia and the others, leans its head toward you.

"! Hold on, Erika! And pull out a ‘writing paper’ from my shoulder mail!"

"Y-Yes!"

You imbue magic into the sub vein for body strengthening, carrying your stepsister and the girl.

Then, you put your fingers on the grimoire that Erika has pulled out, and begin chanting the spell.

"—Magitzkveins, on!"

"Okutsuki, it’s headed towards!"

"So-kun!"

"O’ the pillar of the sky, foundation of the country, the goddess of storms who guards the Dragon Field!"

At the same time as your classmate's short cry, the Grīmekhala completely shakes off its restraints and begins to charge forward on its eight legs. You stare intently at the body charging towards you, and imbue Mana into the Magitzkveins.

"The atmospheric gods, hear these summons, bind the blades of the wind with invisible arms."

A moment later, the sharp ivory with overwhelming momentum is about to seize your flesh—

"Now to thee I offer this pious prayer,"

"Stepbrother, now!"

"By the grace of the divine storm!"

With a thud, you stomp onto the ground and leap into the air with three people’s weight upon you.

"Execute!"

You aim at the onrushing, raging beast while in mid-air.

"──Bladedge Storm Spear!!"

You unleash an enormous amount of magical power and shoot through the monster with the storm spear.

''Vroom!'' A tremendous gust of wind blows through the plaza.

The storm's chains, charged with magical power, form a vortex that lifts the giant body, restraining it one meter in the air above ground. Furthermore, the precise use of magic connects the joints together, holding up the scaffolding through wind pressure.

"Alright! Everyone, I’ve caught the monster! If anyone’s hurt, please cast healing spells for them!"

You lower Erika and the girl to the ground, calling out to the surrounding crowd.

The passers-by, who had panicked due to the near-catastrophic collapse, exchange looks, only to realize that not a single person’s injured…before applauding in unison.

"…Eh? Th-That’s weird? Is there anyone who needs healing spells …?"

"Okutsuki, looks like you've done well, huh?"

A male student says as he pats you on the shoulder, and at the same time, cheers ruptures around you.

"We-Well done, young man. As to be expected of an ‘Apothecary’ student!" "Hey, let's go hold up the scaffold!"

"Okutsuki, wait, so he’s the hero’s…!" "The son of the Doctor Magna who destroyed the Demon King! This is big news. I’m going to boast to the whole guild that I was saved by the son of the hero!"

"…Big brother, big sister. Thank you for saving my life!"

The girl who was hugged by Erika says so, and bows her head, before spotting someone in the crowd and scampering away.

"…Phew. Well done, So-kun, Eri!"

"S-Sister! E-Everyone looking here…woahwoahwoah!?"

Erika starts to panic due to the relief and shame she feels, and falls flat on her bottom. Warm giggles can be heard around her, and she lowers her head, with even her ears reddened.

"A-Auu…Stepbrother, hide me, hide me!"

"Woah, don't hide behind my back. See, you did something worthy of praise."

You hold your Stepsister’s hand and pull her up. ''Brrr…'' you hear a gust of wind in the distance, ''bang!'' followed by the sound of an explosion.

The fireworks launched by the pressure of the wind spell depict various colors in the eyes of the onlookers, signalling the arrival of the Victory festival of the Vampire War.

The cheers filling the surroundings intensify, honouring both your Father and you.

"""Hurray for the ‘Apothecary!"""

The sky above the guild gates is filled with daytime fireworks and cheers from the crowd.