Fantasy Library.

Chapter 405 I Can’t Keep This Sister
It has to be said that Aize's words really left Xiaogucheng completely bewildered.

Because he had to admit that there was some truth to what Aize said.

It's really not good to leave all the housework to your younger sister who's still in middle school.

As a member of the "Going Home" club with no club activities, and with Aize being a newcomer who is both my neighbor and classmate, I should help him get acquainted with the new environment since he is unfamiliar with everything.

However, it's true that Akina takes care of everything at home, but that's because her younger sister is a worrier with a morbid obsession with cleanliness. If she does it herself, she'll only be criticized and disliked. Over time, that's how it turned out. It's not because she doesn't want to do it.

Also, the matter of showing Aize around the environment... that's not a reason for you to lay a hand on my sister, is it?
Fortunately, Xiao Gucheng, who had almost gotten confused, managed to keep his thoughts from going astray and became angry again.

"Enough with the nonsense! Take one of my punches first!"

Xiao Gucheng had made up his mind that no matter what, he would punch Aize to avenge his sister being deceived.

"Alright." Aize saw Xiaogucheng's determination and said no more, "Then make your move."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Gucheng did not hesitate and threw a punch.

This time, Aize didn't even try to dodge, and just took the punch from Akatsuki Kojou.

"Oh!"

As the fist slammed into Aize's face, Akatsuki's face contorted in pain.

"Ouch! O ...

He clenched his fists again and squatted down, almost bursting into tears.

On the other hand, Aize, who had been punched, burst out laughing.

"Hey, I didn't dodge this time, it's just that you're not up to the task."

Aize spoke up jokingly.

Just kidding, his current physical strength is comparable to that of Tony, who uses the semi-immortal power of Steel Protection, and Sun Wukong, who has an indestructible body. His body is as hard as steel. Not to mention being punched, even if he is stabbed with a gun, slashed with a knife, or shot with a machine gun, he can remain unharmed.

Let alone Kojou Akatsuki being just an ordinary high school student, even if he became the Fourth Progenitor like in the original story, it would be impossible to injure him with a fist.

To injure Aize in his current state, one needs either the power to shatter steel or a special ability like the Hundred-Type Heavy Armor Demon-Slaying Blade, which can even cut through space.

Even if he could do that, Aize has super-fast regeneration, immortality from the Hogyoku, and even healing artifacts like the Hourai Jade Branch. So what if he gets injured? Even if he's shattered to pieces and reduced to ashes, he'll immediately become perfectly fine again.

For Xiaogucheng to think he could hurt him with his mortal fists was simply wishful thinking.

"W-why is your face so hard?"

Xiao Gucheng's face was flushed with pain, and he looked at Aize with a puzzled expression.

"Who knows? Maybe it's because I'm shameless enough?" Aize said with his arms crossed, laughing. "Anyway, I've already given you the chance. It's your own problem if you can't do anything about it."

Xiao Gucheng was almost brought to his knees by such a sentence.

"I don't believe it anymore!"

Just as Xiaogu City was about to regroup, a delicate shout rang out.

"King Kojo!"

A voice even more furious than Akatsuki's own face, burst forth in front of the apartment building.

"Nagisa, Nagisa?"

Xiao Gucheng's expression froze.

The next second, Akinagi walked towards them with angry steps.

"What are you doing, Kojo-kun!" Akatsuki Nagisa yelled at Akatsuki Kojo like an enraged lynx, "You actually used violence against Ai-kun, it's unbelievable!"

Clearly, when Akatsuki Nagisa came out, she happened to see Akatsuki Kojou preparing to make another move.

As expected, Akina Gisa got angry.

Seeing Nagisa Akatsuki's angry expression, Kojou Akatsuki, who had been looking fierce, actually became timid.

Despite how he yells at Nagisa at home, Nagisa actually holds the highest position in the family.

Needless to say, the divorced couple, Akira and Akira, are a perfect example. The former is a doting father to his daughter and is completely under Akira's thumb, while the latter is almost unable to take care of himself and is also controlled by Akira. Even Akira's grandmother, who lives far away in the mainland, dotes on Akira.

In contrast, Xiao Gucheng was universally disliked, not to mention how much his family despised him.

Therefore, the family status ranking of the Akatsuki family, even excluding the Akatsuki grandmother, is Akatsuki Nagisa > Akatsuki Shinmori > Akatsuki Yajo > Akatsuki Kojo.

Fortunately, the Xiao family doesn't keep dogs or cats, otherwise Xiao Gucheng's status in the family might be lower than that of cats and dogs.

In addition, although Akatsuki Nagisa's personality is consistent inside and out and she rarely speaks ill of others, once she gets angry, this talkative girl becomes very terrifying. Not to mention Akatsuki Kojou, anyone who comes here has to sit up straight.

To this day, Akatsuki Kojo still remembers how Akatsuki Nagisa, who brought Yase Motoki, who was very proud of his country and was world-famous, to his house during his junior high school years, treated him when he was caught by Yase Motoki.

The barrage of vicious criticisms that came out of her mouth like a machine gun caused Yase Motoki to develop a brief phobia of women, which shows just how formidable Akatsuki Nagisa's fighting power is.

Now, Akinagisa is coming with her fierce barrage of attacks.

"I can't believe it, it's so unreasonable! My Kojo-kun actually used violence against his neighbor and classmate. Isn't this bullying?"

"Ai-kun just transferred here! He only arrived at Itogami Island yesterday! And he's already being bullied by his classmates and neighbors after only two days... What are you thinking, Kojo-kun?!"

"I don't recall ever raising a child like you!"

Akatsuki Nagisa seemed to have really lost her mind from anger. She immediately launched into a scathing rebuke of Akatsuki Kojou, causing him to kneel down on the spot.

"I don't remember being taught by you..."

Kojou Akatsuki's weak response naturally earned him further criticism from Nagisa Akatsuki.

"You still dare to talk back? Kojo-kun, do you even realize how appalling your behavior is? If others saw this, they would definitely think our family has a problem with its upbringing, right? To actually be violent towards our newly moved-in neighbors and classmates... Even Yajo-kun wouldn't go this far!"

"What if someone calls the police? Kojo-kun will be taken to the police station! He'll have a criminal record!"

"At that time, you will be expelled from the academy, sent back to the mainland by Itogami Island, and your life will be completely over!"

As Akatsuki Nagisa spoke, she grew increasingly angry, and the more she spoke, the more she felt that the future she imagined might actually come true, to the point that her gaze towards Akatsuki Kojou became filled with disappointment and frustration.

Xiao Gucheng: "…………" I just wanted to teach the man who kept my sister out all night a lesson. What did I do wrong?
Why portray me as such a heinous villain?

Could it be that my own sister is siding with outsiders?
Thinking of this, Xiao Gucheng fought back with all his might.

"It's all because of this guy, it's him..."

Kojou Akatsuki pointed at Aize, who was watching the show from the side, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted harshly by Nagisa Akatsuki.

"Didn't I already tell you? Ai-kun is very good to me! I didn't do anything that would make Kojou-kun bully me!" Akinagi said angrily. "Ai-kun helped me a lot, and I'm so grateful to him. How could you bully him? That's too much!"

This is also why Akina is so angry.

In her opinion, Aize not only treated her to dinner last night, but also stopped her when she lost control, preventing her from causing a disaster. After she lost consciousness, he continued to take care of her and even gave her the bed to sleep in, while the owner of the room slept on the floor all night. What a gentleman he was, what a kindness he showed.

Especially now, as an anti-magic officer of a special agency, he should be in charge of magical disasters and terrorist attacks throughout Itogami Island, but because of his own affairs, he is willing to take care of things nearby. How can people not be grateful for such thoughtfulness and kindness?

Akina was very grateful to Aize and had a very good impression of him.

Who would have thought that her own mentally challenged brother would actually resort to violence against her? What a heinous and unreasonable act!
"Apologize to Ai Jun immediately!"

Akina said this with a serious expression.

"...I'm sorry, I acted impulsively."

Xiao Gucheng was very unwilling, but in order to appease his younger sister, he could only sullenly apologize to Aize.

"There's no need for that," Aize said with a smile after watching the whole thing unfold. "Anyway, I didn't lose anything."

Akira's lips twitched slightly as his fist became red and swollen.

They came here to cause trouble, but ended up getting their own hand swollen from hitting someone, and now they have to apologize to the other person...

Xiao Gucheng had no idea who to turn to for justice.

Ironically, under the watchful, clenched-teeth gaze of Akatsuki Kojou, Akatsuki Nagisa approached Aize with a worried expression.

"Are you really alright? Are you hurt anywhere? If so, please tell me quickly, and I'll go back and get the first-aid kit right now."

Hearing this, Kojou really wanted to shout at Nagisa, "It's not him who needs the first-aid kit, it's me!"

However, considering his pride as the older brother, Kojou Akatsuki held back.

"I'm really fine." Aize glanced at the sullen-looking Kojou and chuckled, "Kojou-kun is indeed quite skilled, but I'm not bad either."

After Aize said that, Akinagisa realized that with Aize's strength as an attack demon official, he shouldn't be able to get hurt by an ordinary high school student.

"That's good, that's good." Akina patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief before saying, "I'm sorry, Ai-kun. It's all my fault for being too impulsive, but he was only doing it because he was worried about me. Please don't blame him."

“Nagisa…” Akatsuki Kojou looked at Akatsuki Nagisa with a deeply moved expression.

My younger sister is definitely on my side!
"Why don't you beat him up to vent your anger?" Akina said earnestly. "Don't worry, Kojo-kun has always been very resilient since he was a child. Even Yajo-kun says so."

The emotion on Xiao Gucheng's face slowly faded.

Sure enough, all little cotton-padded jackets are leaky, and all little sisters are not cute; they only side with outsiders.

I can’t keep this sister anymore!

...Okay, we still have to keep her, after all, Nagisa is still young and doesn't understand. (A sister-complex's silent grumbling)
"It's not that serious." Seeing that Xiao Nagisa didn't seem to be joking, Aize was amused and said, "I'm really not angry with Kojo. He was just concerned about you. Besides, I did let you stay out all night, which wasn't a good thing."

"Thank you for being so considerate, Ai Jun."

This time, it was Akatsuki Nagisa's turn to be deeply moved.

She didn't think that since her house was right next to Aize's, why Aize didn't take her home but instead brought her to his house.

At that time, she had just been possessed and lost control, almost causing a major disaster. As an anti-demon officer of the special agency, it was normal for Aize to worry that she might suddenly wake up and continue to cause trouble.

Therefore, it was a wise decision not to send her home, but to take her back to my own home and keep an eye on her.

Of course, what Akina Giza thought was unknown to her. The main reason Aize brought her home was to get Athena to come out and help him unravel the mystery surrounding Akina Giza.

In short, Aize gained goodwill and was able to openly act alongside Akatsuki Nagisa, so he didn't lose anything.

Kojou Akatsuki was still sulking, but with Nagisa Akatsuki there to keep him in check, he could only sulk.

Besides, what else can you do if you don't sulk?
He couldn't beat Aize.

He managed to injure himself even though someone was just standing there letting him hit him. Isn't that a foul?
However, Kojou Akatsuki wasn't stupid either. He had almost realized that Aize's background might not be simple, otherwise he wouldn't have that kind of skill and physical strength.

"Nagisa said he helped her a lot. Could it be that some trouble I don't know about has happened?"

Xiao Gucheng became somewhat worried.

Like Akatsuki Nagisa, he lost his memories of Gozo Island and the events before and after the Flame Banquet. He didn't remember Aurora, nor the Fourth Progenitor. However, Akatsuki Kojou still remembered that Akatsuki Nagisa suddenly fell ill and lost her priestess powers, thus having to be transferred to the Demon Realm for medical treatment.

He also always remembered that Akina Gisa suffered from demon phobia.

Judging from the current situation, he had reason to suspect that Xiao Nagisa's health might be in trouble again, and that his new neighbor and classmate might be a little unusual, having just helped Xiao Nagisa, which was why Xiao Nagisa was so grateful.

Thinking about it this way, perhaps there's something fishy about the fact that he didn't come home all night.

"No, I need to ask them properly."

Xiao Gucheng became unsettled.

He moved to Itogami Island with Akatsuki Nagisa because of her.

In that case, we can't help but care about Akatsuki Nagisa's health.

Unfortunately, although Akina Gisa is a chatterbox, she always keeps what she really needs to say to herself, unwilling to tell others and cause them worry. Aize has no reason to reveal the details of this matter.

As a result, Akira's operation ultimately failed, leaving him very resentful.

The three of them then traveled together towards the private Saikai Academy.

It's time to go to school.

(End of this chapter)