No Game No Life Volume 1 - It Seems Gamer Siblings Will Conquer a Fantasy World

Prologue - Part 2

Part 2

"...Aa.....I'm dying....aa, now I died for real.....hey, my little sister, hurry up, rez, rez~!"

"*Zuzu*......It is impossible....to use my feet to controlling the mouse...."

"Whatever hurry up, my little sister—or should I say, my sly little sister—even though I have not even eaten for three days, you are eating instant noodles? On top of that, you're doing so while in battle."

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"Nii, do you want to eat too...? Something like Calorie Mate or so...."

"Ah, that thing that only those bourgeois eat. Like hell I'll eat something like that. That aside, please hurry up and rez!"

"...*Zuzuzu*... okay."

"Oh! Thank you~...by the way, what time is it now?"

"Let's see...still eight o' clock at night."

"What a novel way to describe eight o' clock in the morning, as 'night'. Then, what day is today?"

"....Who knows? Wait...one, two...four cups of instant noodles so... today is the fourth day?"

"Wait, my little sister. I don't mean how much time has passed since we started pulling all-nighters gaming. What I mean is, what is the date?"

"Does that even matter...to Nii who is a NEET?"

"Of course it matters—something like an online event or tournament could have happened!"

—Like that, it was a conversation of a certain boy and girl playing internet games.

Inside the room, their eyes never met each other's as they chatted.

The size of the room was around sixteen tatami mats. Considerably wide. However, inside it was full of game consoles, four consoles for each person—so a total of eight of them.

On the floor there were many game packages that were already unsealed, and also [Food]—which were instant noodle packages and water bottles scattered on the floor, making the sense of the room being 'wide' unable to be felt at all.

The LED display gave off a faint light. The only other source of light was given off by the sun, which had been up for a while already, mostly blocked by the curtains.

"...Nii, are you...not going to find a job?"

"...Then why don't you also go to school, my little sister?"

"..."

"..."

Just like that they ended their conversation and no one spoke of the subject thereafter.

The older brother—Sora. Eighteen years old. No occupation. A virgin. Unpopular. Unable to communicate well. Game freak. Wearing a T-shirt and jeans that gave the impression of being a shut-in with unkempt black hair.

The little sister—Shiro. Ten years old. Truant. Didn't have any friends. A bullied child. Anthropophobic[ Game freak. One would doubt whether she had a blood relation or not with her brother because she had white hair in contrast to his. Her hair was so long that it flowed down over her face and she wore the school sailor uniform that she never even worn outside of their home since she transferred schools.

This is the true identity of Kuuhaku/『　　』 (空白) which was the combination of their names, Sora (空) and Shiro (白).

—This is the truth.

Even if everybody knew this, nobody would want to pursue or accept this truth, and would continue hugging the illusions of the urban legend.