Who Isn't a Herrscher?

If one could sense an opponent's neural signals during a match, one could anticipate their movements in advance.

Likewise, everyone's bio-electricity was different.

A person's bio-electricity would not change without external influence.

Yet just now, under her Lightning Eye, Touka had seen it.

Unlike Luo Mio's bio-electricity, it was entirely new—bio-electricity that seemed to possess a will of its own!

And at the instant Touka noticed it—

Touka discovered that at the spot where Luo Mio's right hand had been, where the Eternal Twilight Wolves had vanished, "magic power" was clinging to his arm.

The "magic power" was like a living thing.

It sensed Touka's gaze but made no move, merely remaining quietly attached to his hand.

"!"

The "magic power" seemed to sense something and swiftly dissipated, slipping into Luo Mio's body.

"It disappeared..."

Then, the dust settled.

Shinguji Kuroko and Saikyo Neine stepped forward to check on Luo Mio.

Though she said nothing, Saikyo Neine stared gravely at Luo Mio's body.

"The winner of this mock battle is Toudo Touka."

Shinguji Kuroko announced Touka's victory.

Having noticed this—

Touka recalled the "magic power" that had surfaced just moments ago.

The brilliant dusk was like golden light proclaiming a new beginning!

"Big sis?"

Luo Mio's call pulled Touka's consciousness back to reality.

"What's wrong with you?" Luo Mio asked in confusion.

"Huh?" Touka blinked, then smiled. "Isn't it because you've grown so much?"

"Heh heh, don't let me lying in a hospital bed fool you. I'm actually super strong."

"Yes, yes, but no matter how strong you are, you still couldn't beat your big sister."

"Don't poke me where it hurts."

Touka chuckled at Luo Mio's speechless expression, her gaze growing distant.

Her thoughts seemed to return to two years ago, when the two of them had relied on each other for survival and trained together under Master Nangou's guidance.

Toudo Touka then rose to her feet and sat beside Luo Mio.

"Big sis?"

A soft touch, along with an intoxicating fragrance.

Touka pulled Luo Mio into her chest and stroked his head as she had when they were children.

"Welcome home."

Luo Mio froze with his face buried against her chest, then seemed to realize something.

"Yeah, I'm home."

Yes, being with family was home.

Smothered in Touka's breasts, Luo Mio seemed to have had his mind bewitched by that irresistible scent and force.

Without thinking at all—

He spoke instinctively.

"Big sis."

"You're so fragrant... and so big."

"..."

Danger, danger, danger.

Under the evening dusk.

Luo Mio and Toudo Touka walked side by side on the road back to the dormitories.

Looking at the lingering shyness on Touka's face.

And recalling the captivatingly bashful expression his big sister had worn in the infirmary earlier.

A shy blush covered her fair cheeks. It was different from the cold swordswoman in battle and the adorably gentle big sister off the field.

It was the bashful expression unique to a maiden, as though she had been confessed to.

Ah, what a feast for the eyes.

"My big sister is really cute."

The corners of Luo Mio's lips curled into a lecherous grin.

"You little brat, what are you grinning so disgustingly about?"

At the sound of the voice, Luo Mio and Touka looked ahead.

Saikyo Neine, dressed in a kimono, stood before them.

Saikyo Neine—the finest disciple of the "War God," Nangou Torajiro; Shinguji Kuroko's formidable rival and close friend; an active A-Class Alliance competitor in KOK; the A-Rank Knight who had replaced the retired "World Clock," Shinguji Kuroko, and was currently ranked third in the world—

—the "Yashahime." She was also one of the Far East's three great mage-knights, Touka's senior sister, and Luo Mio's guardian.

"Holy shit, old hag!"

The words that flashed through Luo Mio's mind instantly slipped out of his mouth.

The moment he said it, Luo Mio covered his mouth.

But it was already too late.

Luo Mio's shout made Saikyo Neine's expression darken.

Saikyo Neine said with a "smile," "Little Mio, I remember the last time you called me a drunken old hag. Why did you change it this time?"

Gulp! Luo Mio swallowed.

"I was planning to visit you while you were unconscious, but Little Kuro dragged me off to deal with the damage caused by the Crimson Lotus Princess. When I came back and saw you two siblings, I thought I'd come say hello."

"But that greeting has left me rather disappointed."

Snap.

The Japanese fan in Saikyo Neine's hand was brutally snapped shut.

As Saikyo Neine gradually approached him, Luo Mio was just about to retreat.

But he suddenly discovered that his feet seemed nailed in place, as though gravity were pressing down on them.

"Looks like letting you run free these past few days has made you a little too cocky!"

"Wait! Can you not hit my face?"

"Heh heh~"

Beside them, Toudo Touka watched the two of them bicker helplessly, as though she had seen scenes like this countless times before.

After parting ways with Toudo Touka and Saikyo Neine, Luo Mio walked up the dormitory stairs with two enormous black eyes.

"Seriously, that damn aunt hits so hard. She said she wouldn't hit my face, and then she used that much force."

Fortunately, school had not started yet, so there were barely any students coming and going through the dormitories. Otherwise, how could he face anyone while returning to his room with two black eyes?

After opening the door to Room 404, Luo Mio looked at the still-unrepaired wall between Rooms 404 and 405.

Without thinking much of it, he turned his gaze toward Room 405.

Only to witness an awkward scene.

In Room 405, on the lower bunk, Ikki and Stella were positioned with the former below and the latter above, their lips pressed together.

Both of them had confusion, bewilderment, and shyness in their eyes.

"You two..."

"Ah..."

"Wha..."

The sudden voice instantly snapped the two of them back to their senses.

Stella tried to stand up the next moment.

Bang

The back of her head struck the upper bunk dead-on!

He and Him

In the quiet Room 405.

Luo Mio sat on the sofa, silently drinking honey water.

Stella, seated beside him, rubbed her fingers with a flushed face.

Ikki, on his right, awkwardly kept his eyes shut.

And Luo Mio, caught between them, endured the awkward atmosphere between the two.

I need to find something to talk about.

"Ahem, um, Stella."

"Y-Yes!"

Stella answered as though startled.

"Calm down, calm down."

"Okay..."

After calming Stella down, Luo Mio looked toward Ikki on the other side.

He jabbed him with an elbow.

"Ah..."

Ikki looked at Luo Mio.

Luo Mio shot him a meaningful look.

You caused this mess, so you clean it up.

Luo Mio's eyes repeatedly flicked toward Stella, conveying the message to Ikki.

"Um..."

The calmed-down Stella asked Luo Mio and Ikki.

Luo Mio blinked, as though he had found a topic.

"Ah, right. My name is Toudo Miohua. Of course, you can call me Miohua too. Nice to meet you, Stella."

"Ah, yeah, nice to meet you too."

Watching Stella return the greeting, Luo Mio suddenly pulled Ikki in front of Stella.

"As for this guy, you should already know his name, right? Kurogane Ikki."

"I've known him for several years."