“I’m so sorry, big brother. It’s my fault that this…”
“Come on, don’t apologize. I told you they’re the ones in the wrong here. And you gave me something to help in this sort of situation.”
“But…! Blaster is an old model, and armor type magic items are not strong at…”
There was a square in the courtyard built for duels.
Yuugo looked at the considerable number of people gathered there, and pat his worried little brother’s head, before smiling and giving him a thumbs up to reassure him.
Truthfully, it was not as though Yuugo himself was not worried, but it would be hard to ignore Marcos, who challenged him to a fight and went as far as to get his little brother involved. After seeing how nasty his personality was, Yuugo felt he needed to do what had to be done to insure he would not put his hands on Phi again.
“Don’t worry, Phi. I’m not losing as long as you believe in me. That’s what heroes are.”
“Eh…?”
Fighting to the last for the people who believed in them. Those were the heroes Yuugo always watched.
As he steeled his resolve to fight not to get the better of Marcos, but to protect Phi, Yuugo walked to the battle field, where his opponent awaited him.
“How are you feeling, Yuugo Clay? Are you ready to be humiliated in front of your little brother and this crowd?”
“…”
Yuugo did not fall for the bait, and simply continued to walk towards Marcos silently… As he watched the weapon and defensive item equipped on his left arm.
Yuugo’s first impression as he saw the lame gold armor and the giant silver scissors in its tip, was that it looked like a crab’s arm.
“Is that your magic item? It’s got a pretty lame design.”
“Ah…! Of course you wouldn’t understand the class of the Giga Scissors magic item passed down the Bolg family for generations. No wonder you were thrown out of your noted family.”
Giga scissors? So it’s just called exactly what it is. Said Yuugo to himself.
Then he thought that despite that one part, it appeared to be an armor magic item, kind of like his. He took a short breath, and clenched his right hand to activate Blaster.
‘If I’m fighting a crab, I need to get fired up in this pose!’
Yuugo swung his right arm like he was throwing a hook, placed his fist next to his face, and held the pose silently.
He glared straight at Marcos, and as he prepared himself for this fight, he shouted the word he saw his heroes say on the TV.
“Henshin!”
A dazzling crimson light enveloped Yuggo’s body, serving as the signal to activate his armor type magic item, Blaster.
Instantly, Yuugo was transformed into a black knight, and after taking a deep breath and clenching his fists again, he exhaled like he was getting himself fired up.
“Sha!
“Haha! You sure like your useless moves, don’t you? Is that little performance supposed to distract from the poor abilities of that old magic item?”
“You don’t get it… This is the aesthetic of heroes. Well, I don’t expect you to understand.”
In Marcos’ eyes, leaving himself wide open in the face of a battle was nothing more than stupidity.
But Yuugo understood that posing as they transformed was the coolest point of heroes, so he could absolutely not neglect it. He laughed at his opponent for mentioning it, and looked around at the crowd.
“Get him Marcos! Beat that Yuugo!”
“I hate you, but I like Yuugo even less! You got my support for once!”
“I hope you beat the hell out of each other, and then Yuugo loses.”
“B-big brother, good luck! Don’t lose!”
Yuugo heard Phi’s voice among the sea of abuse from the crowd, and waved at his only supporter.
Yuugo was basically playing an away game, but he also noticed that Marcos was also disliked. And as he nodded at the lively crowd for that, and as they continued to jeer, he asked his opponent two questions.
“So, how does the match start? How do we decide who wins and who loses?”
“It starts the moment we activate our magic items! And it ends when you admit defeat or get beaten so badly that you can’t fight anymore!”
“Ooh, I get it. That’s simple. Then let’s start right…”
Yuugo was not a fan of being violent, but he composed himself, and told himself it was necessary to protect his little brother,
He then rotated his right arm to warm up his shoulder, clenched his fist, and just as Marcos thought he was coming to attack…?
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Well…
Marcos Bolg’s weapon is actually a homage to Kamen Rider Ryuki’s first opponent Kamen Rider Scissors. Yeah even the color scheme is the same.