“By the way, Big Brother Yoriichi.”
Rin Tsugikuni kept tugging at the sleeve of her haori, hiding her stiff left hand behind the thick fabric while maintaining a steady gaze.
“Since we started talking earlier, have you really not peeked at me with those special eyes of yours?”
“Special eyes? You mean… the Transparent World?”
Hearing his sibling’s question, the clear light in Yoriichi’s eyes instantly dimmed, replaced by an extremely thick layer of dark fog.
The young man slowly lowered his head and let out a very faint, bitter laugh.
“Since Uta left… except during the chaos of battle, I swore I would never use that vision on another human again.”
Rin fell silent.
She knew very well that the name that had just slipped from her brother’s lips referred to the most precious person who had now been taken by night creatures, leaving behind an eternal wound that would never heal.
Rin chose to keep her mouth tightly closed, deliberately killing her curiosity to prevent the wound in Yoriichi’s heart from bleeding again.
“Is it because you’re tired of seeing a world that only consists of lumps of flesh and networks of moving bones?”
“Mm.” Yoriichi slowly raised his head, accepting his sibling’s satirical joke with a very thin, gentle smile.
“I just want to look at the people around me with normal human eyes, Rin.”
“I see…” Rin formed a small, seemingly perfect smile under the dim candlelight.
That single answer told Rin everything.
No wonder even a god-like Yoriichi had failed to detect the nerve damage gnawing away at her body.
However, for Rin, her brother’s supernatural blindness at this moment was the greatest blessing.
After all, she had no intention of becoming a burden or sparking new panic for her two older brothers in what little time she had left.
“Big Brother Yoriichi, the moon is already at its highest point. I think it’s time for you to leave.” Rin adjusted her sitting position, gently urging her guest to go. This chapter was taken from novelping.com without permission.
She had to end this interaction as quickly as possible before her brother’s sharp instincts detected any other oddities in the way she spoke.
“Yes, you’re right. You should also rest your body soon, Rin.”
Yoriichi didn’t notice anything strange in his sibling’s hurried attitude.
The young man in the blazing red haori stood up from the tatami, walking toward the wooden window frame where he had slipped in.
However, the exact moment his brother was about to leap out, Yoriichi’s movement suddenly froze.
“What is it, Big Brother?” Rin held her breath, her shoulder muscles suddenly tensing with anxiety.
Yoriichi turned his body halfway.
Under Rin’s highly alert gaze, he looked at his sibling with complete seriousness.
“Rin, once my next extermination mission is over… I promise I’ll come visit you again together with Big Brother Michikatsu.”
Rin’s lips pressed tightly together.
Her eyes stared deeply into Yoriichi’s flawless, pure eyes.
A resigned smile finally formed on her beautiful face.
“Thank you for your kind intention, Big Brother… but that’s far too much and unnecessary.”
“But that noble dedication does not automatically give them the legal right to throw all the filth and blood responsibilities they should carry onto your head!”
“It does not automatically make you obligated to become a cleaning shield for the chaos they left behind! Your always-yielding way of thinking is truly flawed! Extremely wrong! Can you understand what I’m saying, Rin Tsugikuni?!” This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
To Doctor Shinobu, the actions of Michikatsu and Yoriichi—casually waving their sleeves while whispering, *”Rin, we entrust this country to you,”* then leaving to chase their heroic ambitions—were a clear form of moral cowardice.
If someone has the courage to pursue a grand dream of becoming the world’s savior, then they must first complete all their domestic obligations and settle their blood responsibilities completely.
Not close their eyes, let their personal ego fly freely into the sky, while dumping the entire mountain of chaos and political conflict onto their little sister’s frail shoulders.
Doctor Shinobu was a creature of crystal-clear rationality.
During her many years of traveling and opening free clinics, she had obtained every expensive medicinal herb by climbing cliffs herself or buying them with her own savings.
She had never once begged or demanded that city governments provide cheap herbs simply because she was performing humanitarian work.
Because she knew very well that the idealistic path she chose was her own absolute responsibility, not a burden others had to bear.
The exact same principle should apply to Rin’s stubborn older brothers.
Just because they carried grand dreams of becoming knights who exterminate night creatures, they had the heart to lock their little sister in a cold throne room, forcing her to fight political wolves and rigid clan elders without ever asking whether Rin wanted that fate or not.
*Tch!
Disgusting shreds of heroism!*
Doctor Shinobu turned her face away while clicking her tongue cynically in her heart.
*Do you think under this sky, only the two of you have the right to nurture dreams?!
Who in this world doesn’t have their own life dreams?!*
*Why should Rin have to kill all her beautiful dreams just to become a slave supporting your heroic ambitions?!*
Moreover… Doctor Shinobu gripped the edge of the table until it trembled faintly.
She knew a terrifying medical secret: from the beginning, Rin Tsugikuni had never had much time left to continue breathing in this world.