I readjusted my breathing, a smile still on my face.
The locked room's door slowly opened in front of me.
Sagiri appeared in a green coat.
Today, she didn’t have her headphones.
"…………"
My little sister only smiled slightly and looked at me.
"Ha…Eheheh…"
I grinned and raised my hand in a V-shape.
"We won."
"Yes."
She nodded:
"We…won."
"Thanks to you."
"I only drew the illustrations, nothing more."
"Even so, it's thanks to you. It's our victory."
"……………Yes."
She blushed and looked down. Probably due to embarrassment.
We stood in silence for a while.
"Ani-san…why did you pick that title?"
She asked me.
Why did I pick that title huh?
"It was
a moment of inspiration."
I scratched my cheek in embarrassment. Bet my face was red now too.
"When you shouted at Muramasa-senpai --- I suddenly had one."
"-----------"
Sagiri immediately looked up, her eyes widened.
Then she quickly looked down.
"…Is that so?"
"Yes…back then, when I saw you reluctantly do that…you looked like you might fall at any moment, I was worried. As your brother, I should have come to support you."
Instead, I laughed.
I might be disqualified as an elder brother.
"I was very happy. Seeing you so cool, so dazzling…my heart was filled with…."
"…………."
"I like you even more now."
"I, idiot!"
"Haha, just a joke."
Of course it wasn’t a joke. That was my true feelings.
"So I picked that title."
I answered my little sister.
Since my mouth wasn’t quick enough, it couldn’t express my feelings.
Thus, I asked my story to do that for me.
Izumi Masamune's newest light novelThe Cutest Little Sister in the World.