Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Culinary Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 842 Nina's Diary, Sword Princess's Revenge, DanMachi Complete

Chapter 842 Nina's Diary, Sword Princess's Revenge, DanMachi Complete

My name is Nina, Zul. From as far back as I can remember, I've known from my parents' neighbors that I have an older sister who is six years older than me.

However, my sister has always been studying on a giant ship called the school district and has never been home once. My understanding of her is only through letters.

It all started with my parents' letters. After my older sister learned of my existence, she would always express her love for me with beautiful words. This made me, as a child, gradually grow to like this sister who was someone I had never met but who was quite knowledgeable.

After my mother taught me to read and write, I began corresponding with my sister. When I was seven years old, a giant ship called the School District appeared at the port of my hometown, and I decided to follow in my sister's footsteps on the path of education.

I admire my older sister, who is an excellent student. Therefore, after entering the school district, I studied hard so that I could become as outstanding as my sister.

My efforts paid off, and I always got high scores on exams. I was considered an excellent student by the teachers in the school district.

But this is only compared to students of the same age. Compared to my older sister, who got full marks in all subjects except combat subjects after entering school, I seem so ordinary. Teachers will praise me for achieving good grades, but they will always add something like, "My older sister is a much better student," to prevent me from becoming arrogant and complacent because of some small achievements.

At first, I didn't dislike these words; in fact, they motivated me to study harder.

Until I realized that no matter how hard I studied, I couldn't surpass my sister's grades, and that the gap in learning talent between us couldn't be bridged simply by hard work, my feelings for my sister changed.

Every time someone compares me to my older sister, I feel like I'm living in her shadow, and the pressure on me grows heavier and heavier.

I know my sister is innocent and my situation is my own fault, but I just can't stop this awful thought from constantly growing in my mind: "If only my sister didn't exist."

For a time, I even hated receiving letters from my sister. Until one day four years ago, I received a letter in which my sister poured out her sorrow. The new adventurer she was in charge of had died in the dungeon, and she believed it was because she hadn't fulfilled her responsibilities. When she revealed her vulnerability to herself through her writing, the rejection and disgust I had gradually built up towards my sister melted away like ice and snow.

It turns out that even the seemingly perfect older sister has a vulnerable side. She is not a perfect person, but like everyone else, she has things she cannot do.

I wanted to help my sister, and this thought came to mind, but after careful consideration, I decided to change my major.

I transferred from the management department to the combat department because I want to become an adventurer in Orario in the future and help my sister do things that she can't do because she's not good at combat.

Imagine if you became an excellent and powerful adventurer, could you help your sister take care of some new adventurers?

With their own care, those new adventurers who were supposed to be advisors in the dungeons wouldn't easily lose their lives in the dungeons.

I studied desperately, honing my combat skills, and entered the Baldr class to receive training from Leon, an adventurer level 7 instructor, becoming the student with the highest combat performance among his peers in the combat department.

I did what my sister couldn't do. When the school district's giant ship was about to arrive at the harbor of Melon, I told Teacher Leon that I wanted to graduate and become an Orario adventurer who could help my sister. However, Teacher Leon felt that I wasn't good enough, saying that the combat skills I learned in school theory were very different from real life-or-death combat.

I didn't care. What difference could there be between actual combat and real combat? In the combat department of my grade in the school district, I was number one in actual combat. Even if I went to a world capital like Orario and stepped onto a bigger world stage, I should still be an excellent adventurer.

Finally, the school district's giant ship arrived at the port of Melen, and I traveled to Orario with my classmates who shared my ambition to become adventurers.

He was thinking of quickly finding his sister and letting her see his excellence, but unexpectedly he ran into the war game of the greatest war between humans and gods in the history of the entire lower realm.

Having witnessed firsthand the strength of Orario's strongest adventurer, who easily leveled a small island in battle, and even caused the fall of a great god who had unleashed his divine power, I realized my own insignificance compared to the top adventurers, and my arrogance diminished considerably.

After I mentioned to my sister that I wanted to become an adventurer in Orario, she took me to find the great man who had successfully challenged the god.

It was then that I learned that the Demon King was actually the new adventurer my older sister had been in charge of. What surprised me even more was that my sister and the Demon King had an unusually close relationship.

Of course, I would probably be happy for my sister if she had just gained a very capable brother-in-law. But the fact that this brother-in-law has a lot of other beautiful partners makes me angry. My sister, whom I have admired since I was a child, is just one of the women in his life. Therefore, I am somewhat hostile to my brother-in-law whom I have just met.

Even after learning that many of that person's partners were more outstanding than her sister, she still felt sorry for her sister.

Someone as outstanding as my sister could easily find a man who is devoted to her; she has absolutely no need to become part of someone else's harem.

With this mindset, I felt extremely repulsed by my brother-in-law, whom I had just met. As if he could sense my dislike for him, he deliberately put me and my classmate in a deadly situation when he took me to experience the real life of an adventurer.

In the 11th floor of the dungeon, my classmate and I triggered a monster trap. Countless monsters suddenly fell from the walls and surrounded us, who were visiting the dungeon for the first time.

My brother-in-law, acting like a complete outsider, hid where the monsters couldn't reach him after they appeared, indifferently watching as we were killed by the horde of monsters surrounding us.

The fear and wails of my companions, their madness and screams in the face of despair, and the feeling of my body being torn apart and devoured by hellhounds were so vivid that they reminded me of what Teacher Leon had said. Only then did I understand the difference between theoretical practice and real practice.

In theory, the worst you'll get is a few serious injuries in actual combat, but you'll rarely die except for the unluckiest ones. However, in real combat, people can die, and they might die a horrible death.

My companion and I died because we were careless in the dungeon. Of course, we didn't really die; my brother-in-law resurrected us after we died.

After being resurrected, I learned that this bastard brother-in-law who had stood by and watched us die was actually just carrying out the task my sister had entrusted to him, giving us a deep understanding of the life of adventurers in Orario and the life-threatening situations we might encounter after becoming adventurers.

However, his approach was too harsh, saying things like "it's a little difficult for a person to teach another person, but it's the kind of thing that someone can learn after being taught only once."

Although I agree that this statement is probably true, the feeling of real death is just too painful, and my brother-in-law is simply not human.

"Broly, while your method might give them a strong impression of the real lives of adventurers, Nina is, after all, Miss Eina's younger sister. Aren't you afraid of traumatizing her and her friends?"

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Tiona's words were echoed by Ais, who had also been subjected to life-or-death trials by Riveria when she was young, and as a result, she became unable to swim until she learned to swim a few months ago.

"Uh, how about you don't experience such a realistic adventurer's life, and I'll take care of you a little?"

Rather than risk developing psychological trauma, I didn't want to be treated specially. I wanted to be my sister's helper, not a burden. So, I immediately rejected my bastard brother-in-law's words.

My companions didn't want to be looked down upon either, so one by one they rallied their spirits and went off to experience the so-called life of adventurers once again.

After that, we died many more times, but it was through these harsh death experiences that we quickly transformed from students in the school district into qualified, even excellent, adventurers.

During this time, I also felt the kindness of the other women who followed me and were with my bastard brother-in-law, whom I was initially somewhat hostile towards.

There was no jealousy or rivalry in her brother-in-law's harem. On the contrary, because she was his sister-in-law, all the other women treated her like a younger sister.

It was then that I realized I not only gained a cheap brother-in-law, but also a whole bunch of wonderful older sisters.

They were beautiful, kind to me, and even guided me in combat techniques, which quickly made me develop a liking for these wonderful older sisters.

When I curiously inquired with these older women about why such outstanding women were willing to become partners and part of their brother-in-law's harem, and after learning about their encounter stories with their brother-in-law, my feelings towards him changed somewhat.

. . . .

Well, my brother-in-law isn't the pervert I thought he was—the kind of maniac who falls for every pretty woman he sees and wants to add them all to his harem.

On the contrary, he seriously pursued relationships with many of the older sisters, and only after their feelings for each other deepened did they gradually become a family.

Especially after learning that my brother-in-law was the one who contributed more, I felt a little embarrassed, as I had always thought of him as the bad guy.

When I ran over and sincerely apologized to him for this, all I got in return was a gentle pat on the head.

My brother-in-law didn't blame me for mistaking him for a bad guy. When I wanted to learn more about his stories with the other sisters, he patiently told me about them.

This attitude made me realize that my brother-in-law didn't treat me like an outsider, but truly regarded me as family.

I sat next to my brother-in-law, listening to his stories, and felt my heart pounding faster.

Suddenly, I understood why my sister would agree to be one of her husband's partners. He's capable, has a great personality, and is a handsome, rugged man. I really can't think of any reason why he wouldn't be attracted to her.

After experiencing the real-life death of an adventurer in Orario for half a month, I decided to become a true adventurer.

With some special thoughts in mind, I chose the Hestia Familia without hesitation when it came to choosing a clan.

"Nina, do you want to join our familia?"

"Yes, brother-in-law."

. . . .

"But Lady Hestia said that all members who join the Hearth Mansion will become the wives of my captain."

"Well, Daphne, there are always exceptions. Bell is an exception, and I think Nina can be an exception too, after all, she is Miss Eina's sister."

"Letting this child join us, even giving her the status of a concubine outside the Crystal Palace, would be better. This way, her power would be stronger, and she would be safer, which would put Miss Eina at ease."

After discussions, the Hestia Familia accepted me, and my brother-in-law even gave me the status of an external wife.

She said it was to give me temporary skills so that I would be safer when I'm an adventurer in the future. She's his wife in name only.

I happily agreed, gaining a deeper understanding of the benefits of becoming my brother-in-law's wife, but I didn't take my brother-in-law's words seriously.

Why should I be my brother-in-law's wife in name only? Can't I be his real wife?

In my short 13 years of life, I never imagined that I would one day use the term "harem" as a positive word.

I graduated from the school district and officially joined the Hestia Familia, forming a party with my classmates to adventure in the dungeons.

Whenever I returned from an adventure, I would snuggle up to my brother-in-law. Some of the other older sisters noticed my feelings, while others did not.

. . . .

But whether they noticed or not, they didn't object to having me as another member in this big family.

This period of time, spent constantly by her brother-in-law's side and being tacitly regarded as his mistress by everyone, lasted for a month.

On this last day of the year, I suddenly learned that Sister Ais was preparing to go and defeat the Black Dragon.

With her combat skills constantly honed and her dual cultivation abilities skyrocketing, Ais now possesses the strength of a six-faced world sword god.

"Broly, I feel I'm strong enough. I'm going to go and fight the Black Dragon."

With only a few seconds left in Broly, the swordswoman revealed her plans.

Broly wasn't surprised by this. As someone close to Fiora, he had some idea of ​​what the girl was thinking.

Broly took out the specially made inlaid equipment that he had previously asked Chun to tailor-make for Ais, and took out the twelve talismans from the Crystal Palace space and inlaid them one by one. He then said to Ais, "Okay, put on the equipment with the twelve talismans inlaid, and you won't lack anything."

When the black dragon was found, I thought my brother-in-law and the other older sisters might join forces to defeat it, but I didn't expect that Sister Ais would take it on by herself. Under the protection of Lady Riveria's dimensional barrier defense magic, I watched a performance of a girl slaying a dragon up close.

The only remaining target of the adventurers' three major missions, the legendary most powerful monster, the Black Dragon, indeed possessed terrifying power. But Sister Ais was even more terrifying. She transformed into a storm of countless blades and dismembered the behemoth in just half a day.

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. . . .

When Orario learned that the Black Dragon had been successfully defeated by the Sword Maiden, the people's enthusiasm almost melted all the snow covering the world capital.

As the craftsmen began to work on the statue, preparing to place the statue of the ancient hero's daughter opposite the statue of the great hero in the remaining space on the Hero's Bridge, the Hearth Hall seemed to be isolated from the outside world's hustle and bustle, enveloped in an atmosphere of lingering reluctance.

"Why are you crying? It's not like I'm never coming back."

"But this time you leave, Broly, you don't know when you'll be back."

"Lady Hestia, I assure you, I will be back soon."

"Since it's not long, why don't you come back as soon as you've fulfilled your promise to exchange your purity with someone else?"

"That's right, Brother Broly. You have over fifty wives outside. There are too many men and not enough women. If you don't come back soon, what will we do here? Will we still be able to get a taste of the good stuff?"

Broly: "————"

After what wasn't exactly a joke, all the people he encountered were added to the Crystal Palace. The countdown timer on Broly's Crystal Palace panel finally came to an end.

His figure vanished from the sight of the women of the Hearth Palace. Hestia immediately opened the Crystal Palace panel, and the group chat room, which was previously inaccessible, was restored to normal operation the moment Broly left.