A rough welcome
Since when did the public order in my hometown deteriorate like this?
Immediately after returning from a long trip, I was involved with a huge man with bad character
Is this the end of the century?
「Oi you. After hitting brother Gashi, do you want to leave without an apology?」
A small man came out from the side of the big man, who sounds exactly like a henchman
Isn’t this the typical pair of hoodlum? (1)
「……I already apologize though?」
I did say “I am sorry”
「Just saying doesn’t mean anything though!? Speaking of apology, it must be “that”」
Saying so, the small companion man uses his finger to make a ring
Money?
It becomes increasingly worse, huh
「I am the one who have control of this area. Therefore no one can make light of me. In fact I want to viciously beat you as a lesson, but in the end I still let you settle it with money. I’m such a kind person, right?」
The large man also start the extortion
This cant be helped, so I sighed and started taking action
「Guobo!?」
My fist hit the belly of the large man
Don’t take my training under the 『Tanu-sage』 lightly
Even my martial arts have leveled up accordingly
Then with a front kick, I strike his chin with all my might. A direct hit at the chin from below
「Agon!?」
The large man’s head shook from the recoil, his body loosely crumbled as he lost his conscious
This guy is just all bark but no bite
「Uhiiiiiiii!?」
The sharksucker screamed miserably (2)
I immediately left those two behind and escaped from that place
Keeping them company any further is just a waste of time
「The imperial capital has become insecure」
The hoodlums are extorting openly in broad daylight
I feel like this looks more and more like the image of the 『Evil empire』
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Then at last I have arrived at the destination。
My house
I have returned after 5 years
「Jira!?」
「Ooh, isn’t it Jira!? You have returned at last!」
My parents who I’ve met for the first time after 5 years look visibly older than before
「I have returned. I’m sorry for not contacting you for a long time」
「Don’t be so formal! This place is your home, and you are our son! Don’t need to act so humble!」
「Yes……!?」
No matter how much times passed, this is my home。
My parent’s welcoming attitude is warm
「However, you idiotic son, you didn’t send even a letter in these 5 years, did you know how worry we were? I even thought you was dead somewhere in the middle of the trip！」
「I am sorry……!?」
During my training with 『Tanu-sage』, I didn’t have the environment for writing letters
The last time I sent them a letter was just before when I entered the mountain to reach the sage’s hermitage, I should have written something like 『I wont be able to send anything after this』 at that time, huh?
「On top of that, you return at the last moment before the military service starts! If you didn’t come back then we would be really worry you know！」
「I am really sorry」
「……then, what’s the result of your trip? Did you really train? In fact, if you don’t become strong to a certain extent, my situation will become bad as I refused the invitation of the recruiting officer at that time」
Father seemed to care about how strong I have become after the training trip
「Dear, it’s fine already. After all our Jira was able to return safely」
Mother calmed father down
「More than anything, you being able to return safely was the best present to us. The military service doesn’t matter. If you and Selen, our children can grow up lively and become happy, we have nothing to complain」
「That reminds me, where is Selen?」
As expected, the thing I worry the most about when I return was my sister Selen
When I left, she was crying a lot
Because I was able to return safely, I want to reunite with her and share our happiness more than anything
「…………」
「……………………」
Why do you keep silent?
As soon as they hear about Selen, Mother and father remain silent with a bitter smile
「Selen is……, well, about Selen, you know……！」
「That child is away from home at the moment. If she knew you would return today then surely she would wait and didn’t go out, but since you didn’t contact us even once……」
Eh, mother？
Did you just say even without contacting, me being able to return safely was the best present!?
「If you want to meet her as fast as possible, then why don’t you go to meet her? That child should be in the training ground at the moment」
Training ground?
Why is she at that place?
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Urged by mother, I visited the training ground in the imperial capital
What is the training ground? To answer that question, it should be called an unique facility of the empire
It is a public space opened for soldiers and warriors to train themselves in private
This is such a facility for a military nation where everyone is recommended to voluntarily train even when they are not in duties
There are multiple training grounds in the metropolitan areas, they are as common as normal parks. However I visited the nearest training ground in the neighborhood
Because that is where my sister Selen is
The training ground’s structure is completely like a stadium. After enter the building, there is a large square inside
It’s crowded with a large amount of people
Off-duty soldiers, some retired yet still motivated uncles……。
There are even some lads who try to train a little more even when the military service is around the corner
Each of those people used a section of the square for running, muscle training, magic practicing, or even doing mock battles
「They look really menacing, huh……」
Seeing this, I can really feel the fact that my motherland is a fighting nation, even if I dislike it
And in this training ground, the loudest and active part is the group around the center
It’s kinda amazing
They are doing a mock battle, but the scale is different
It’s a group battle of dozens of people
However, the odd thing is that those dozens of people didn’t split into half for this mock battle, they were divided into two team with even more distorted ratio
One person vs everyone else
An absurd and indescribable ratio
Many people surround an individual, then they jump in and attack at once, but the next thing happened is even more bizarre.
The surrounded individual only swung his arm, but dozen of his opponents were blown away instantly
「Ugyaaaaa!?」
「guwaaaaa!?」
The tornado-like wind pressure is caused just by a single arm swing and blow away the group of opponents like wood chip
The difference in strength is too much
It can’t be helped that it became a battle of one vs many
Even overwhelming quantity can’t make up for quality
I finally understood it with my own eyes
That group of people was gathered just to keep company with a single person’s training
「What the hell is that guy……? Isn’t he too strong……？」
Perhaps he’s one of the future Twelve Apostle？
I tried to look closer to check, but then I was surprised
The one standing at the center of the training ground with terrible strength is a girl
Moreover, her physique is small just like a little girl
Such a small girl just defeated dozens of adults!?
As I stared while thinking it was unbelievable, our eyes met
Crap, I stared too much
In this neighborhood, just by staring fixedly at someone, a quarrel may happen as they think you want to pick a fight
Then, just when I tried to think about how to explain, I heard an unbelievable word
「Onii-chan!?」
「Yes？」
I discovered a surprising truth
The small girl boasting that unrivaled strength is the one who I parted with 5 years ago, my sister Selen
TN:
(1): he means a pair one big guy + one small guy who do the talking, the typical kind of hoodlum in novels
(2): sharksucker refers to the small guy, who attached himself with someone stronger (like a sharksucker attaching to a shark)
Also, remember to not let a brocon lives alone for a while without her brother, she may evolve into something strange /s