Anime, starting from Re:Zero (Zero - Starting Life)

Gawain smiled gently:

"Very beautiful, Sylphy."

Little Sylphy tilted her head, but she was dissatisfied:

"You should be saying, 'Very beautiful, my princess!' This is a dress I just had made for me by Aunt Hilda! Sylphy spent so much time dressing up, hoping that you, my brother, would be the first to see it. Such a formulaic reaction is unacceptable!"

Lately, the siblings have been borrowing books from the Boreas library, and for some reason, Sylphy and Lady Hilda have become incredibly close. The child seems to be incredibly skilled at connecting with older women, and is quite popular with the mothers.

Gao Wen couldn't help but show an apologetic expression. He reached out and cupped his sister's cheek, earnestly correcting her:

"You are the world's number one princess, huh?"

Being looked at like this by her brother, Sylphy subconsciously shyly shifted her gaze a little away, her cheek slightly out of her brother's palm, her long ears flushed and swayed up and down in excitement.

But Gawain couldn't help but ask:

"Sylphy, do we need to dress like this for dance class at school?"

Hearing this question, Sylphy couldn't help but feel proud at first, but she was very skilled and tried hard to control it, then raised her foot and stepped on her brother's instep, scolding:

"Stupid! Brother, you think too highly of City College! Most of the students here are just ordinary people. Dance class isn't that formal. Even Alice doesn't wear a formal dress for class, right? Anyway, they just wear whatever they wear to school."

"Besides! Brother, you're dressed too casually!"

"Even Cinderella needs to put on beautiful clothes to dance with the prince. You're really lucky!"

After mumbling uncontrollably, Sylphy blushed and rushed into Gawain's arms, grabbing his sleeves with her ears standing up.

She mentally criticized her own behavior. She had agreed to always control herself and not let her brother notice anything was wrong, but she couldn't help herself. If this continued, her brother, no matter how slow-witted he was, would realize his sister was up to no good, right?

But Sylphy really just wanted to extend this kind of daily sibling relationship a little longer, and didn't want them to become distant because of their age.

Originally, Sylphy convinced herself: If normal siblings need to separate after the age of five, then she and her brother, as siblings formed in the middle of life, should at least make up for the three years she spent without her brother's company, and then gradually drift apart when she is eight years old, right?

But that day is coming soon.

Her brother was five, she was five, and she was eight. More than four years passed in a flash. Sylphy went from not understanding these ethics to having a deeper understanding. The secular rules inevitably tore the brother-sister relationship they maintained from the childhood of being frank with each other and sleeping with each other's feet touching.

This is normal, this is growth.

But Sylphy just couldn't accept it.

Just thinking about not being able to sleep with her brother anymore, not being able to be as intimate with him as before, Sylphy began to wonder why she left her parents and came to Roa. Even though she knew that she was here to help and support her brother, she couldn't help but feel confused.

It's like her selfishness is the real reason.

Did she, that Sylphiet, really love her brother? Did she really value her brother?

Was she worried that her brother couldn't leave her, or was she worried that he couldn't leave her, and had found a good excuse to follow him?

Sylphy didn't know.

Sylphy only knew that the pain that surged in her heart would suffocate her and make her feel desperate, and her tears would burst out uncontrollably at the thought of her brother's fingertips being slightly removed from her.

Therefore, even if she had to become mean and become a bad sister, she still wanted to tie her brother to her side.

Absolutely, absolutely, I must not let my brother know the so-called common sense of this world.

Absolutely, absolutely, I must not alert my brother.

She hugged her elder brother and whispered:

"Shall we start with the basic dance steps today?"

As a result, Sylphy couldn't help but deceive her brother again, telling him that if a boy really likes his dance partner, he must kiss his partner on the cheek after the dance.

My brother believed it.

In the sweet touch, Sylphy's heart trembled uncontrollably.

She felt that although she didn't quite understand it, she was approaching the taboo, gradually touching the taboo, and seeing her brother's true bottom line and true heart more and more clearly.

She is manipulating her brother.

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P.S. Because the interpersonal relationships in the Buena Village arc are so blissfully ecstatic, aside from the two middle-aged characters who've broken free from their own shadows, the children's experiences at various stages of separation anxiety seem to struggle to escape this state. It's just that if Sylphy's perspective weren't written, it wouldn't be obvious. After all, Sylphy, in her younger years, comes across as a complete brother complex. (Given the normal state of children her age, even brother complex is questionable. Rather, the essence of whether or not a child has a brother complex is whether they can shed their original attachment mentality during their formative years.)

In fact, after breaking up, Lokisi and Rudy were more sad and nostalgic for their previous lives than in the original novel.

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Chapter 27 Outing

June.

As the weather gradually turned cooler, the Luoya City Yu Company began to assemble frequently again.

Of course this is a joke.

After all, the current relationship network between Gawain, Sylphy, Rudy, Alice, and Gileno is still quite strange, mainly because the relationship between Gawain and Alice can only be regarded as acquaintances, or friends of friends.

However, neither Sylphy nor Rudy had any intention of improving their relationship. Regardless of Sylphy's true opinion, Rudy simply felt that Gawain wouldn't be attracted to someone like Alice. Their current situation was good enough, with Gawain treating Alice like a junior and Alice respecting him.

Closer to home.

This weekend gathering was organized by Rudy because Alice had been asking him to see the Saint-level and King-level super magic with her own eyes, and Gileno also joined in the fun.

Rudy agreed reluctantly, then he remembered that everyone seemed to have not had the opportunity to practice large-scale magic for a long time, so he simply asked the maid of the house to send invitations and invite Gawain and his sister to come out for an outing together.

We still gathered at Boreas's house.

Gawain, dressed in a white aristocratic summer hunting suit, with his long hair tied up and his sister wearing a green floral dress, arrived on time. Rudy, wearing a moon-white red dragon skin magic robe and pigtails, was already waiting under the shade of the trees with magic arm armor and Alice, who was wearing a white top, white tights, and a dark brown skirt.

After the four of them greeted each other, the Gilead servants arrived last in their daily attire, carrying large and small bags of picnic supplies.

Seeing that everyone was gathered, Rudy chuckled and looked around at everyone:

"For the sake of comfort, let's fly directly instead of taking a carriage."

Sylphy and Gawain naturally had no objections, and Gilena remained calm, though the swing of her tail betrayed her inner uneasiness. However, Alice, who had been looking forward to flying for a while, began to stutter.

"Fly...fly...fly?"

Rudy, who was half a head shorter than the student, smiled like a teacher. He raised his hand and touched Alice's head, as if comforting a puppy. He said soothingly:

"Alice, haven't you wanted to try this for a long time? Before, because I was alone, I couldn't guarantee that it wouldn't leave you with a terrible experience. But this time, with the three of us together, I'm sure you'll be satisfied, Alice."

After saying this, Rudy suddenly fell into deep thought, as if he felt there was something wrong with his choice of words.

Determined not to let Rudeus look down on her, Alice immediately clenched her fists and declared with all her might:

"No...I'm not afraid!"

After Rudy asked the servants to bring out a machine, or rather a round iron plate with a fence, Alice couldn't help but back out again.

Sylphy couldn't bear to watch any longer, so she reminded him:

"Rudy, can't you get a parachute for Alice and Gilena?"

At this time, Rudy slapped his head, grimacing in pain, and apologized to the two of them:

"I'm sorry, I forgot about that. I'll get you a parachute right away."

While treating the bruise on his head caused by the arm armor, he ran away quickly, leaving the four of them looking at each other in confusion. Sylphy also gently explained the function of the parachute, which soon made Alice and Gilena, who were worried about falling to their deaths, look relieved.

but.

Sylphy didn't tell them that the use of a parachute requires training, since it was just a placebo anyway.

Soon, Rudy came back. Alice immediately put on the parachute and held the shoulder straps tightly, as nervous as if she was holding her own life. After the five of them stepped onto the simple flying platform, Sylphy continued to comfort Alice.

Rudy arranged:

"Let's proceed as usual. I'll control the ascent and lateral movement, Gawain-kun will adjust the flight attitude, and Sylphy will maintain the surrounding atmosphere stability."

In fact, it is basically the positions in charge of Rudy and Sylphy that are doing the work. After controlling the air around the flying platform, the platform is less likely to be bumpy, so Gawain's job is probably actually a security guard or something like that.

After the countdown, the platform slowly floated up.

Rudy placed his hands on the railing, and layers of momentum magic acted evenly on the platform. The flying technique powered by momentum magic was more than ten times more mana-efficient than the previous wind magic version, but it was no longer suitable for direct action on the flesh. The slightest mistake in operation would risk tearing or crushing his body.

Except for Gawain.

As the city of Roya below became smaller and smaller and wisps of clouds gradually approached, not only Alice, who was originally nervous, but even Gileno could not help but look up with an excited smile and stretched out his hands to try to catch the clouds.

Gileno wagged his tail, looked at Rudy with shining eyes, and said excitedly:

"Rudeus, you're right. The clouds are really cold and you can't touch them!"

Alice grew bolder, clinging to the railing and slowly lifting her head to gaze at the city and the endless fields below.

"Wow! The house has become so small! It's really flying!"

Seeing the condition of the two of them, the trio couldn't help but smile at each other, and Rudy simply controlled the altitude within the current range so that the two of them could enjoy the scenery well.

Although flying at low altitude is less safe, there is nothing to worry about if all three of them are there.

The flying platform flew in the predetermined direction at a suitable speed. Sylphy took Alice, who had gradually calmed down, and Gilena to sit down together. They stretched their legs out of the platform and held on to the railing with their upper bodies. Alice was a little scared at first, and was as cautious as if she was testing a smoking hot spring, but after she sat down completely, she soon cheered and swung her legs back and forth fearlessly, as if she was on a swing.

Alice opened her arms and said loudly:

"There's really nothing to be afraid of! Thank you, Rudeus!"

Rudy was already leaning on the railing, chatting with Gawain. Hearing this, he just smiled and shook his head:

"Thank you everyone too, huh?"

Alice immediately and obediently thanked the remaining three one by one.

It seems that rabies has been completely domesticated by someone.

Soon, it landed.

Alice and Gileno couldn't help feeling a little unreal when they stepped on the ground. They felt so light and almost fell down. It would be better to say that Alice, whose attainments in the Sword God Style were not that strong, had already fallen on her butt on the grass. But she was not unhappy. Instead, she lay down happily and laughed happily.

Sylphy soon started playing with Alice, Gileno put down his luggage, stood guard and watched with a smile, Gawain sat down and took out a book to read, only Rudy raised his right hand with the magic wand very conscientiously, and a sturdy tower slowly rose from the ground.

Since I have invited everyone, I have to arrange this outing to perfection.

That's what Rudy thought.

Chapter 28 Wind, Rain, and Thunder

The tower's design is simple.

To put it bluntly, it is a replica of the high tower classroom in the No. 2 teaching area in the suburbs of Buena Village.

After all, redesigning the printing style of earth magic requires careful reconstruction in the mind, and Rudy is not that idle.

After building it, he reinforced it again before inviting:

"Everyone, you can come in."

Since none of the four masters and apprentices knew anything about architecture, and at best Gao Wen had a deep understanding of structural physics, the architectural magic they shared was a super wasteful product supported by redundant settings.

Gileno and Alice naturally didn't know that this seemingly simple tower could actually easily withstand the sword master-level sword of light. They were just surprised that Rudeus had such a skill and followed him to climb to the platform at the top of the tower.

Gao Wen and the other two subconsciously found their old seats and sat down, almost starting to organize today's class schedule together.

Rudy touched his head awkwardly and said:

"Kilenu, take the things out of the bag slowly, and don't just stand there like idiots."

Soon, the table was filled with picnic utensils and food.

This is much more advanced than the lunch the four masters and apprentices had before.

Alice still didn't forget the important matter:

"When does it start? Rudeus!"

Rudy was at a loss for what to do with Alice, who became so excited whenever she went out. He took off his gauntlet while thinking:

"Let me think about the order first, okay?"

Rudy took out the khaki wand from his right arm, the one his father had given him, and arranged it:

"This is a completely uninhabited area close to the border. The forests and land have no owners, and the only creatures nearby are various random monsters, so you can do whatever you want. I've also reported this to Lord Saulos in advance, and he said he'd help us calm things down even if things get out of hand."