The Heroic Tale of the Weakest Ability User ~The F-Ranker with the Dual Pistols~ - Chapter 9

Yesterday, Mai called her father. It seems he asked the school to hide her here for a while. So, the school decided she could stay.
And then, because of her own opinion, she chose to live at my house.

In the morning, sunlight and birdsong came through a small open window.
The sound of the birds made my mind wake up. The strong light shone right on my head, so I couldn’t open my eyes.

As usual, I tried to get out of bed with my eyes still closed. I was lying on my back, and I lifted my body with my left arm.

But—something moved and held my left elbow.
My strength left me, and I fell back onto the bed.

Oh no. Something really smooth and soft, shaped like a steamed bun, touched my face.
It felt nice and smelled good. There were two of them, soft and jiggly, like they were full of comfort.

Each one had a small bump in the middle, like a button, and they rubbed against my cheeks.

I moved my face left and right, and the buttons brushed against my skin each time.

“Ah~ Push the button!”

Without thinking, I pressed the “button.”

“Ahh, stop it…~”

Above me, I heard a sweet voice, almost melting my ears.

O-oh!! What is this!? This is amazing!!

“Double push…!!”

I didn’t stop. I pushed again and again! Push, push, push, push!!

“Ahh, no, stooopppp!!”

And then I used my instant magic! Grave of a Virgin!! Because of that spell—
My underwear launched into space!
I got too excited, and my pants disappeared.

Yuu! Big Turtle Head—Ready to go!
(Brain sound effect: Pssshhhhhh!)
Let it burn~ let it burn~
(Brain song)

“LIKE I’LL LET YOUUUUUUUUUUUU!!”

Whoa—!!

My mind was on Mai, so I didn’t notice the sudden attack.
A flying kick hit me straight in the face.

She kicked me off the bed. My head and body hit the wall like I was in a battle manga.
And I passed out.

*****

Huh? I can’t open my eyes…
Finally, with my swollen eyes, I looked around.

This was my house. I heard, “Go! Go!!” and in front of me, Yuu and Mai were yelling at a TV.
They were playing a Super Famicom game.

I couldn’t move. I looked down at my body through a narrow view—
I was tied up like a caterpillar, with ropes all over my body.

“Mm! Mmmm-mm-mm!! Mmmmmmmm!”

Like a poked caterpillar, I wriggled around, trying to ask them to let me out.

“Tasku! This match is almost over! I’ll untie you right after!”

“You pervert-senpai! You fell right into Mai’s trap, didn’t you? Just stay like that, you horny perv!”

Then both of them turned back to the game.

“Goooooo!!”

“Doryaaaaaa!!”

It seemed they were in the final battle.
Their loud voices echoed in my house and made it shake.

The match ended.

“Alright! 222 matches, 112 wins for me!”

Mai did a big victory pose.
Looking at their messy hair, I could tell how hard they played.

*****

At noon, Mai finally untied me. Then we walked together along the beach, where I had saved her before.
Since the beach was close to our house, not many people came here.

“Mai… about this morning… I’m sorry.”

They say it’s shameful for a man to ignore a girl’s offer,
but I think I went a bit too far.

“It’s okay, I don’t mind.
But… stuff like that is better when we’re closer, right?”

She raised her index finger near her face like a teacher scolding her favorite student.

“Got it. By the way, why were you two playing games?”

“Yuu-san wanted to tie you up, so I said no. We argued, and then decided to play a game to settle it.
Well, you still got tied up, though.”

Yuu can be hot-tempered, but I’m glad she treated Mai fairly like a normal person.

“I see… But I was saved, so thank you.”

“You’re welcome. You know… I’ve lived my life by begging others for what I want, without fighting for it.”

She walked ahead of me, then continued:

“Yuu-san told me about you. You lost your arm because you wanted to win, right?
When I heard that, I realized something. Maybe fighting is normal for you and Yuu.
But to me, it’s something really cool. I felt inspired by you two.
I don’t want to keep begging anymore.I want to become more like you.”

She looked at me and smiled brightly.

“I see…”

We sat down in the shade. The cool sea breeze touched us gently. She looked more grown-up than when we first met, and it made me feel calm.

“I never begged. I just waited. That’s why I could never start anything. But now… it’s different.

There were people who trained me, cared for me, cheered for me…

Thanks to them, I’m standing at the starting line now.” I looked at my missing arm.

Mai said she wants to fight for what she wants.
What do I want? I want to be like that person. That’s been my goal all along.

So why did I try to give up? If I want to get closer to that goal…

I have to keep winning at the Rank Festival.

“Thank you, Mai.”

I hugged her.

“W-What’s wrong?”

She was surprised.

“I was trying to run away. I thought I couldn’t do it anymore. I thought I had reached my limit but I was wrong.
If I think like that, I’ll never become the person I wanted to be.”

“…”

She stayed quiet and listened.

“Mai… I’ll do it. Please watch me, even if I look pathetic.”

“…Okay.

I want to say ‘Don’t push yourself,’ but I know boys never listen to that.”

She hugged me back.

****

“Master Ken!!”

After walking with Mai, I went to the teachers’ room and opened the door.

“Oh? What’s wrong? Need a condom?
Too bad I don’t have one for your tiny little—”

“Sensei!!”

I was tired just getting here, so I ended up shouting.

“W-What’s wrong?”

She looked at me, surprised.

“Everyone here gets their own special weapon, right?”

“Yeah. But re-ordering one costs a lot of money.”

“…Please give me my original weapon. I want to enter the Rank Festival.”

I took a deep breath, looked up, and faced her.

“I’ll enter the Rank Festival.”

I stood up straight and looked at her.

“You want to fight even without a special power?”

Master Ken stared at me, as if testing me.

“Yes. I want to win.”

I want to move forward—to reach that person.

“Let me say this again. I’m only alive after fighting all those people with powers because I got lucky. It wasn’t because I was strong. Just lucky…”

Even so, I nodded. I understood.

“…Alright. Follow me.”