SOLO HEALER II

life as we know it

I slept until late in the day. But, that couldn’t be helped. By the time i got back home, the sun had risen up pretty high already.

Ring~ ring~

My  sweet slumber was eventually disrupted by the ringtone from my  smartphone.  My hand fumbled around near the head and with some difficulty, located my  phone.

“H-Hello?”

My voice cracked up from my  dry throat.

“ brother!…, you were still asleep?? You know what time it is?”

My sister  shocked voice came out from the speaker. So, i asked her back.

“Okay, what time is it now?”

“It’s two in the afternoon!”

“Eh? What?”

I  glanced at the time on the phone’s screen with half-open eyes. She was telling the truth.

“….you haven’t forgotten that you’re supposed to come to my school today, have you?”

Her voice sounded anxious.

I finally raised my  upper body, albeit very slowly.

"What time should I get there at the latest?"

“Before five!”

“I won’t be late, so don’t worry.”

“As expected of my brother! When you’re near the school, gimme a call first, okay?”

My sister  switched on her charm attack and ended the call soon afterwards.

Scratch, scratch….

I scratched his unkempt hair for a bit before slowly getting up from the bed. I  didn’t have a lot of time left if i  were to get ready.

‘Well, I’m going to meet my sister’s homeroom teacher after all.’

Not only that, this teacher would be in charge of her third year in high school, one of the most important periods in a person’s life.

‘So, I can’t just wear whatever now, right?’

I opened the closet and rummaged through the clothes in there. However, i was greeted by a rather dusty, mouldy odour.

Of course, it was not something pleasant to smell at all.

My frown deepened.

I  continued to dig around, but all i could find was an old business suit i wore once during his own middle school  graduation.

‘Will it even fit me now?’

I was hoping against shoping but well, as expected – the clothes were too snug and i couldn’t even move my arms.

‘Yup, my body has grown much bigger lately.’

Putting on the old clothes painted a stark picture of my current reality. The suit was nearly bursting at the seams, literally.

….What should i do now?

I  was pondering what to do, but then i spotted the bank credit card that Milo gave him a day before. It was for the account filled with the proceeds from selling off all those magic crystals. And my  share on the Long Island Mission.

I alternated my gaze between my nearly-torn clothes and the credit card   with its new stamp still sealed together, before a smile formed on my lips.

‘Been a while, but should I go on a shopping spree, then?’

Before that, though, there was this small thing i had to confirm first.