"Oii, Negi, it was a time for Kagetaro semifinal match!" Kotarou said as he pulled Negi's arm to watch Kagetaro's match. "Come on let's go to the arena!"
"Kotarou calm down a bit!" Shirou said who hit Kotarou on the head because Kotarou was too excited. "If you pull Negi's arm that tight, you might injure Negi's arm. Besides, if you go to the arena in your true form you might end up being chased by the police and festival security forces."
Kotarou released his hand from Negi's arm then rubbed his head which had become lumpy from being hit by Shirou.
"Oh, I'm sorry Shirou-Nii-San," Kotarou said while stroking his head. "I wanted to quickly watch Kagetaro's match with Negi, to the extent that I pulled Negi's arm too tight and forgot to disguise myself."
"Oh my, Kotarou-kun," Natsumi said while placing a band aid over Kotarou's bumped head. "You shouldn't be in such a rush, and have you forgotten that you were going to take me to the arena to watch the match instead of Negi?"
"Ah, that's right, I'm sorry Natsumi-Nee-san!" Kotarou patted his forehead with a slightly reddened face because he felt embarrassed that he had forgotten Natsumi whom he wanted to take to the arena. "I completely forgot! Then let's go to the arena now!"
Kotarou changed his form into Kojirou then he grabbed Natsumi's hand and took her out of the Emiya residence.
Natsumi, who wasn't ready, was pulled by Kotarou's arm, who was currently in the form of the handsome Kojirou. Making Natsumi completely unable to react to anything other than blushing her face.
For Natsumi being able to date Kotarou in the form of a child was like a dream come true, even though she knew it felt a bit inappropriate for her to date a child who was five years younger than herself.
And now because Kotarou is wearing the form of Kojirou who is the same age as herself, Natsumi feels that even if she is dating Kotarou.
He and Kotarou wouldn't look weird, because they both looked the same age.
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"Negi, didn't you promise that the two of us would go to the battle arena together. Why did you stay silent when Kotarou grabbed your arm!".
Anya just tweaked Negi's ear, because he was annoyed at her boyfriend who didn't dodge when suddenly Anya grabbed his arm.
"Oh, I'm sorry Anya!" Negi said who was in pain because his ear was tweaked by Anya. "I completely forgot that I asked you to go to the arena yesterday."
"You're the one who invited me, but you also forgot! You're too much Negi!"
Because of Negi's answer, Anya tugged at Negi's ear so hard that Negi had tears running down his cheeks.
After Anya finished tweaking Negi's ears until Negi's ears turned red.
Anya folded her arms over her chest while Negi was still kneeling in front of Anya while holding his right ear which hurt from being tweaked by Anya.
Seeing his younger brother who was far more insensitive to other people's feelings than he was. Shirou could only sigh deeply. Shirou knows that Negi is just a ten year old kid with short life experience.
But forgetting to make a promise to your own girlfriend is a bit outrageous, especially since Negi only made that promise the day before. It all made Negi's reputation even worse in front of his girlfriend.
"Sigh, Negi apologize to Anya and take her to the arena while you in disguised," Shirou said with a sigh. "And Anya take these pills so you can look the same age as Negi in disguise."
Shirou gave Anya a permanent age-changing pill, and Anya swallowed the pill without hesitation.
"Anya, I'm sorry," Negi said while bowing his head to Anya. "I promise not to forget the promise I made to you again."
"O-okay I forgive you Negi!"
Because Anya saw Negi's sincerity when Negi apologized to her. Anya without hesitation forgave her insensitive boyfriend Negi.
"But if you do it again, you know what will happen to you, right?"
"Y-Yeah, of course, I won't do it again, A-Anya," Negi swallowed his saliva. He sometimes forgot that his girlfriend could be very scary when she was angry to the point that she couldn't do anything even though she was stronger than Anya.
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After seeing the departure of Anya and Negi. Shirou can only smile, because he remembers himself in the past when he made the same mistake as Negi, times when he often disappointed Rin because of his insensitivity to other people's feelings.
Life experiences make Shirou learn not to make the same mistakes. Although sometimes Shirou realizes that he still has difficulty understanding the feelings of the people around him.
After he did a bit of contemplation, Shirou entered into his own shadow and disappeared from the Emiya residence.
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In the arena, Negi and Kotarou are surprised by Rakan, who is Kagetaro's partner in the semifinals. And with his abnormal power level, Rakan overpowers his opponent with just the pressure of his fists.
"Wh-why is Rakan-san the partner of Kagetaro!" Negi shouted with his body trembling. ."I-I know that he is Kagetaro's teacher, so it wouldn't be strange if he could become Kagetaro's partner. But if you have to fight Rakan-san in the final, I think that's too much."
."Jacobus Rakan is the strongest gladiator in Mundus Magicus plus he is also one of the heroes from Ala Rubra in the war twenty years ago," Anya said with sweat dripping from her cheeks. "Negi, you and Kotarou are really unlucky. Because you two will have no chance of winning against that monster."
"Eh, Kotarou-kun, is that Rakan-san very strong?" Asked Natsumi. "To the extent that Anya-chan and Negi-Sensei look scared like that?"
"Well, not only is he strong, but he is one of the most powerful people in this world, defeating him is impossible," Kotarou replied. "But at least neither I nor Negi have to fight Shirou-Nii-san in the final match, because if our opponent is Shirou-Nii-san then we will be defeated in just one second. Because Shirou-Nii-san is like an Overpower character in an anime or manga where no one can beat him. I'm not crazy or reckless enough to challenge a cheat character like Shirou-Nii-san."
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"To think that the organizer as well as the main sponsor of the Nagi Grand Prix would be a participant in the event he organized himself," Shirou said who appeared in Rakan's private room in the arena. "You really are weird, Rakan-san."
"Ahahahaha I just want to test your brother's strength, Shirou!" Rakan said while showing off his big arm muscles. "Plus I want to show him it's not good to seek strength in a quick and instant way. I want to make him realize that he wants to get stronger the only way is by training properly! Because the power that is obtained instantly will only make him controlled by that power and lead him to a wrong path."
"Well, I, who is an older brother, can't change his mind, who wants to be as strong as me or my father in an instant way, maybe if you can make Negi realize that he has taken the wrong path," Shirou said while sitting on the sofa in Rakan's room. "But I hope that in that match you don't hold back when you face Negi or give in. Because I want Negi to experience absolute defeat so he will realize that great strength is not everything in this world."
"Of course I won't hold back," Rakan said while grinding his teeth. "If I hold back in that match I insult that boy's determination to become strong."
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Touta Konoe and Karin Yuuki who received an attack from one of their enemies, suddenly appeared in New Ostia staying on the roof of the Ostia Arena when the Nagi Springfield Grand Prix semi-final was ended with just one attack by Rakan.
"Karin-Senpai, do you know where we are right now?" Asked Touta who looked horrified when he saw Rakan's attack.
"This place is the Ostia Arena where matches between gladiators are the number one entertainment in Mundus Magicus," Karin replied. "And it seems that right now we are decades in the past."
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