While crying, Kurami kept scolding out idiot and stupid.
'I will never admit it! I will absolutely expose you all—!'
Even up till the end when Kurami left, she kept kicking up a fuss.
"Aiyah aiyah.........what is the meaning of a human evaluating another human eh........."
After Sora said these troubled words, the city was once again filled with applause.
—Very fastidious about this victory.
Without any doubts, this victory had clearly showed that mankind still had a sliver of chance.
With the hall completely bundled with the deafening cheers, an old official walked towards Sora, holding onto a crown.
"Then, Sora-sama is it?"
"Yup."
"So you will be the one to ascend to the throne as the new king of Elchea, right?"
"Can't do."
Hugging his little sister, he said while laughing.
"The two of us are 『 』— so the king belongs to us."
These were also the words he said during the chess duel.
With those words, the audience started an even higher-pitched applause— for congratulating the new king and queen.
—However.
"—It's a pity, but that can't be done."
"—Eh?"
Hearing those words from the official, the cheers of the crowd halted.
"Ah? Eh, why?"
"The Ten Oaths stated that they can only elect a 『Sole representative』. So two people cannot assume the post."
In the midst of the chattering hall, Sora and Shiro exchange glances.
Entering into a deep thought with a perturbed expression, Sora scratched his head and furrowed his brow............before saying.
"............Ah, that, so be it, I'll be the one to be the representative, will that work?"
".............Guu."
Gently releasing his little sister who was muttering, Sora faced the official.
"Then once again I'll announce—*cough cough*, from now, Sora-sama will be the 255th generation king of Elchea— any objections please stand up, otherwise remain silent—"
—But, unable to maintain that silence, someone raised up a hand and interrupted the sentence.
"........Un."
A white-haired Shiro.
With her pair of ruby red eyes barely visible underneath her bangs, it was the girl— who exactly said that,
"Eh? Shiro?"
".......I have, an objection."
"Gu, that, little sister, what are you doing?"
"........If, Nii, becomes king........Nii will build, harem."
"———————————Ah?"
Unable to believe what he had just heard, Sora could not help but ask, but Shiro with an expression as if she was going to cry out said out.
".........That way........Shiro.........wouldn't be..........needed anymore."
Completely ignoring the stares from the stunned audience, Sora went into a state of embarrassment he had never experienced before.
"Wait! Just, wait a moment, how is that possible! Aren't the both of us a team! In the final conclusion, I'm just a king by name, I don't want Shiro to do this kind of—"
"........But, the King is......Nii.........Shiro is just...............an accesory. If, if there can only be one person..............the one to do it—"
Wiping away the tears, light was no longer reflected from her eyes.
".....to be the King— is Shiro."
The little sister who always felt weak, had clearly emitted an aura as if declaring for war.
Facing Shiro who was intently staring at Sora, while announcing out her intentions—
"—Ah?"
Getting stared at, Sora changed his expression.
"Hey hey hey........My sister. It really is new for you to crack a joke, has the sun finally risen up from the west?"
Although his frivolous actions and expression were the same as always.
There was definite hostility felt from his tone of voice.
"Let's see, a beautiful girl like you wanting to be the king of a collapsing country. You are just too straightforward. You'll definitely get drawn in by someone's sweet words— so if you want to be the King, your brother absolutely forbades you from doing so!"
Although Sora opposed his little sister with words that can't be more hurtful than that.
He worded it so that if interpreted correctly, it would be seen as though he was spoiling his little sister, but his eyes were clearly not smiling.
".........No, won't, let Nii, become King— absolutely."
"—That's good. Nii also can't let you become the King, absolutely."
It was like a debate competition, where no one backs down.
Both of their interests intertwined and collided.
Even cracking the cheat by the Elves, and achieving the title of Imanity's strongest Duo.
Their eyes belonged to neither a pair of loving siblings, nor the Duo player called 『 』.
But opponents of a long history, constantly depending on each other's vigor, with occasional sparks flying out upon collision with their eyesight.
"Th-that.....If that's the case, I will please invite both of you to have one final battle, will this settle it all?"
Intervening between the two people probably took great courage.
Requiring confirmation, the official had to ask with an apologetic tone.
"Ah, that's fine."
"........No, problem."
An instantaneous answer coming out from both sides.
In a situation where their eyesight remains in contact, they issued out their declaration of war.
"Little sister, I won't be lenient today oh. Today I will definitely make you regret that."
".........Nii, should.......prepare yourself.........today, Shiro will, use her full strength."
——………………
—Just like that.
Three days went past in a blink of an eye.
Continuously around the clock and after countless games, the central hall was littered with various items.
The siblings were sprawled out on the floor.
"..........Ugh.....little bit more......you can admit defeat already."
"........Nii, is the one......hurry up and, give up."
The conditions for victory was two wins in a row, with that, the countless number of games commenced.
And the outcome— It was currently at the 501th battle, with 158 wins, 158 losses and 184 draws.
—What was unfortunate, was that not just this place, even when the siblings were in their 『Original World』.
『 』 which was regarded as an urban legend— nobody knew their competition records.
But different from 『 』, which is attained when both their names are combined.
It was the battles between these two people who loved games more than anything else in the world.
And their record would be—
3526744 battles, 1170080 wins, 1170080 losses, 1186584 draws—
........So far, it had always been a stalemate between those two, no winner, no loser.
Of course, everyone who weren't aware of this truth and were waiting for the coronation ceremony to happen, had already gone home.
—Then gathered again, then went home again, a constant repetition, and with the passing date, the number of audience that came gradually reduced.
Those that worked tirelessly in the City fell asleep freely in the hall—and barely maintaining their consciousness was Steph and the official who started to see hallucinations after being awake for a long time.
The old official began to reveal strange smiles from time to time, before switching back to his normal expression.
While Steph kept mouthing out "Ah, butterfly~", with an empty smile and feebly trying to reach out for the emptiness.
—Then, what should the next game be.............Sora thought while in a state of haziness for this problem.
However, a certain uncertainty flashed through his mind and he stopped his action.
"—Fuu.............why must only one person hold the position of King?"
".....Eh?"
From this sentence, the Official and Steph snapped back into reality and responded.
Blurting out those words, Sora retrieved his phone from his pocket.
Double confirming the 【Ten Oaths】 that he had recorded down, Sora continued.
"【7】of the 『Ten Oaths』, All matters for group conflicts will be decided by a representative....."
What it means here is, the group—which is also the country or inter-ethnic conflict should be carried out by the decided representative.
—Even so.
As if trying to repeatedly mull over, Sora carefully pondered about this.
Slowly rereading out the sentence once more. He tried to confirm if what he thinks contradicts with the sentence.
Following that, he softly whispered.
"—It clearly did not state that it was only 『One person』 right?"
""""!!!!!""""
—Just like that.
The [Nightmarish three days] will forever be passed down, and the bards who had been singing during the duration of the fight had finally come to a stop.
However, because the song was too long.
It wasn't kept and had to be discarded....