Invincible Corrin
“Heh, that’s fifty matches and fifty losses for you.”
“Goddammit!” Oscar’s frustrated shout echoed through the square of the Liberators’ new hidden village, while Vandre grinned smugly down at him. Oscar was having Vandre teach him how to fight.
“Man, you’re pathetic. I thought you’d have improved at least a little by now.”
“Oh, I’m so sorry I don’t have any talent.”
“The problem is, if you’re not using your glasses’ abilities, they’re actually just useless. It’s because you’re wearing that crap that your movements are so dull.”
“I’d prefer it if you stopped insulting my glasses. If anything, that muffler of yours is even more useless than my glasses. You should look in a mirror sometime.”
“Insult my muffler one more time and I’ll snap your glasses in half.”
“Do that... and I’ll rip your muffler to shreds.”
The two men glared daggers at each other. The spectators watched on with mild exasperation. They’d grown quite used to this sight already. As they watched, a young girl trotted over to the two of them.
“Onii-chan, Van-oniisan, I brought you towels and water bottles!”
Oscar and, surprisingly, Vandre both smiled as they accepted the water bottles from Corrin. After taking a drink, they both reached out for the towels and accidentally grabbed the same one.
“......”
“......”
They exchanged a silent glance. There were two towels, so one of them just had to give this one up and there’d be no problem. But neither of them was willing to give an inch to the other. Oscar adjusted his glasses, while Vandre shifted his muffler. They both tightened their grip on the towel and glared menacingly at each other. But their silent staredown was interrupted when they heard a large ripping noise. Then, they looked down to see the towel had been torn in half. Corrin stared wordlessly down at the ruined towel.
“Err, Corrin, I didn’t mean to do that. This is all because that idiot Van refused to let go.”
“Hey, don’t make this my fault! I’m the one who grabbed it first, so—”
Just as the two were about to start arguing again, Corrin looked up at Oscar.
“Onii-chan, what do you say when you do something bad?” Corrin said that as he stared directly into Oscar’s eyes. Though she was just seven, her reproach carried immense weight.
“S-Sorry.”
Overwhelmed by the pressure, Oscar apologized. Vandre gave him a smug grin, but that grin didn’t last. For once, she was done with Oscar, so Corrin turned to Vandre.
“You too, Van-oniisan.”
“But Oscar’s the one who—”
“Van-oniisan, it’s important to treat things with respect.”
“Ngh... But... Well... my bad.”
Vandre blushed as he was scolded by a little girl. But Corrin wasn’t done lecturing them yet.
“Also, you two should try to get along. Onii-chan, I don’t want you to stop being the kind person I know. And Van-oniisan, if you’re always fighting with people, you’ll cause problems for Margaretta-oneesan, so you should try to be nicer.”
“Yeah, we’re sorry...”
The two men replied simultaneously. Their spirits had been crushed.
“Bahahaha! I can’t believe two grown men are being lectured by a little girl! Hey, you two, how does it feel? How does it feel to have your pride crushed?”
Miledi was thoroughly enjoying this spectacle. And since she was enjoying herself, she decided to expand the range of Corrin’s targets.
“Hey, Corrin-chan! Who else do you have a problem with!? You should tell them what they need to fix so they can improve themselves!”
Miledi walked up and hugged Corrin from behind. For a moment, Corrin seemed uncertain, but then Meiru chimed in as well, saying, “My, that does sound like a good idea. Surely there are one or two things about everyone that bothers you a little.”
“Th-That’s not... true.”
Corrin’s hesitation made it obvious that she didn’t mean that.
“Now now, Corrin. If you’ve got complaints about us, just be honest about them,” Marshal smiled and egged Corrin on as well.
After looking around uncertainly for a few seconds, Corrin finally made up her mind. Still looking a little reserved, she nevertheless met Marshal’s eyes and said, “Umm, Captain. Could you stop walking around naked after you take a bath?”
“Wha—!?” Marshal stiffened up. He hadn’t expected Corrin’s first complaint to be about him. Also, he only walked around half-naked. He did still wear a towel around his lower half.
“Because whenever you walk around naked, Mikaela-oneesan starts... acting weird.”
“Wha—!?”
Mikaela crumbled to the floor as Corrin basically indirectly called her a pervert. Of course, she was actually one, but that didn’t mean she wanted little girls thinking she was.
“Umm, humans need to wear clothes because we’re civilized animals, so please make sure you wear clothes, Captain.”
“I will, sorry...”
Marshal crumbled to the floor as Corrin basically indirectly called him an uncivilized beast.
“Also, Tony-oniisan. Stop leaving your clothes inside-out when you put them in the laundry.”
“Oh, okay... Sorry.”
“Abe-oniisan... don’t smoke so much... It smells bad.”
“Gah. M-My bad.”
“Shushu-oneesan, you need to eat your vegetables. I’m trying my best to make them taste good.”
“S-Sorry...”
“Susha-oneesan... you need to control yourself better...”
“Huh!? I-I’m sorry...”
“Naiz-oniisan... you don’t have to be that scared of Susha-oneesan...”
Naiz silently crumbled to the floor as well. Normally, Susha would have rushed to console him, but Corrin had just scolded her for being so overbearing, and she was at a loss for what to do. Incidentally, Tony and Abe had also crumbled to the floor. Corrin continued rattling off complaints, destroying every single one of the hardened members of the Liberators. Miledi and Meiru laughed uproariously as they watched the carnage play out before them. Unfortunately, Oscar and the others were too mentally destroyed to even glare reproachfully at them.
“Meiru-oneesan.”
“Huh? S-Surely you don’t have any complaints for me...”
“Please try to become less of a mess.”
Meiru took such a huge mental blow that she started vomiting blood. She dropped to all fours and started trembling uncontrollably. That was quite possibly the most shocking thing she’d ever been told.
“Corrin, what about Miledi!? Surely you have something to say to Miledi, too!” Oscar urged Corrin on, hoping to get something to laugh at Miledi about this time.
“Huh? Ummm... not really?”
“Corrin-chan, you’re the best! See? I’m totally perfect! How does it feel, O-kun? Knowing that I objectively have no flaws? Well? Bahahaha!”
“Impossible...”
Oscar’s disbelief was shared by everyone else there. Miledi hugged Corrin and grinned smugly at Oscar.
“I mean, you’re such an amazing person, Miledi-oneesan. You’re everyone’s leader, and you’re strong, and pretty, and...”
“S-Stop, you’re making me blush! Well, I guess it’s all true!”
“Yep. I know the real you is the cool Miledi-oneesan that saved Onii-chan back in the city.”
“Hm? Oh, yeah, I guess.”
“Even though you’re always joking around, that’s just because you’re trying to keep everyone’s spirits up...”
“U-Umm, Corrin-chan? I think you’re misunderstanding some—”
Corrin turned toward Miledi, her eyes sparkling with admiration. In Corrin’s eyes, Miledi was noble, beautiful, strong, and only joked around as a way of encouraging others. In other words, Corrin basically thought of Miledi as—
“You’re like a goddess.”
Everyone turned to Miledi. She clutched her chest and staggered a few steps backward. Corrin’s pure, innocent respect for Miledi was too much for the twisted leader of the Liberators.
“C-Corrin-chan, you’re an angel. But even though you’re an angel, it hurts...”
Miledi could feel her wicked heart being purified by Corrin’s divine grace. Corrin had managed to take out all of the Liberators, including their ancient magic users and even their leader. A feat no one else had been able to manage before. And, as Oscar and the others watched Corrin hurriedly run over to nurse Miledi, they all thought the same thing.
Corrin’s the strongest among us, isn’t she?
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