Level 1 Strongest Sage ~

How dangerous.

That was close, thank goodness I made it on time.

“She’s my wife, so please don’t kill her.”

I called out to the girl who was about to slash Sitri’s head off with the huge, black sword she was holding.

“Are you… the person of the statue?”

Hm? Statue?

I couldn’t make heads or tails of what she was saying, but I just kept the convo rolling.

“I’m Halt. Halt Ernol. You’re…Akari, right?”

“Eh!? H-How did you know!?”

Of course I knew.

It had been 10 years, but she still looked the same.

“You know someone called Saijou Haruto, right?”

“Y-Yes, I know him.”

“That’s me.”

“...What?”

“I’m Saijou Haruto. I transmigrated to this world, so I’m Halt now.”

“......”

E-Eh?

That’s odd…Akari froze.

“O~y, Akari? Akari-san?”

N-No way, did I make a mistake?

I was pretty sure Akari is Saijou Akari, my little sis…

Was I mistaken?

No. No way that’s true.

10 years might have passed, but I wouldn’t mistake Akari for anybody else.

W-Wait, did she… forget me!?

“.................”

“.................”

Eh, that’s quite a shock.

Akari was only 5 years old when I died, but before that I had been the one constantly taking care of her in place of my busy parents.

Akari was also extremely attached to me.

Always calling me “Haru-Nii” —

“A-Are you… Haru-Nii?

“—!! T-That’s right! That’s right.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. It’s true! There’s a towel that Akari really loved. Akari always —”

“Aaaarghhh!! Don’t say that!”

She scolded me a bit.

“S-Sorry. But you know now that I’m really Haruto, right?”

“Yup…But, it’s amazing how Haru-Nii knew it was me.”

“Of course I know. I’m Akari’s Nii-san, after all.”

Well, that’s also because Akari’s appearance didn’t change that much even after coming to this world.

So maybe it’s not transmigration?

I’d been thinking about it, when —

“Haru-Nii!!”

“— Ugh!”

Akari jumped at me and hugged me with an outrageous amount of force. The floor of the dungeon was gouged out, leaving a huge, gaping hole.

T-this force… If it was someone other than me, it wouldn’t be odd for that person to be obliterated on the spot.

It was a Tackle, and with that speed, to boot.

Killed after being hugged by your younger sister when you reunited with her after 10 years — that’s not even funny, seriously.

Thanks, Evil God-sama!

At any rate, I decided to instill awareness of her own strength to Akari.

──＊＊＊──

“I see. So Akari is also a transmigrator.”

“Yup. Ah, but Megami-sama made my appearance almost the same as it was in our previous world.”

I explained the situation to Sitri, and she went back first to the mansion.

I took Akari with me to a place a little farther away from the magical academy, and we took our time walking to the mansion while talking.

“I see… Then that means you were as big as you are now when you were there. You’ve grown up, Akari,”

“Ehehe. It’s been 10 years already, after all.”

“Yeah. 10 years, huh.”

“...Hey, Haru-Nii.”

“Hm?”

“That woman earlier. She’s Haru-Nii’s wife, isn’t she?”

“Yeah. Her name is Sitri.”

“A-Are you living together?”

“Yup. I’m the third son of an influential noble in this world. That’s why I got my own mansion built within the magical academy’s premises, and we’re living there. Are you familiar with the Ifrus Academy of Magic?”

“Yeah, I know that! I went there to play before. I met Sitri there.”

“Heh. So you also went to the academy, huh.”

Eh?

Were outsiders allowed in our school?

“Yup. The woman who was with Sitri back then agreed to trade her bread with me. She was also gorgeous!”

“With Sitri? What was she like? Er, like, what’s her hair color, or something.”

“It was a beautiful azure hue.”

“Ahh. So Luna, huh.”

“Is she someone you know too?”

“Yeah. She’s the second friend I made at the academy of magic.”

“Really!? Then, can I see her again? I want to thank her for the bread, and I want to be friends with her! I don’t know why… but she has this familiar air with her.”

Did Akari sense that Luna came from the same world as us?

I also wanted them to get along with each other.

“You’ll meet her. She’s also at the place we're going to.”

“Eh?”

“Akari can teleport, right? What countries did you visit aside from Glendale and Vestier?”

“Ah. Hmm. I also went to the Elf Kingdom of Alheim. And the country I landed on was a kingdom called Apristos. I made my guild card there!”

“Heh. Apristos, is it?”

That place apparently stopped waging wars on its neighboring kingdoms ever since they waged war against Alheim…

Would it be alright?

“A person named Eliza helped me a lot when I was there. Ah, it also seems Haru-Nii is being worshiped there!!”

“...What?”

“Haru-Nii stopped the war with Alheim, right? That’s a certified transmigrator for you. So, Apristos established Halteism, a cult worshiping Haru-Nii.”

“Eh, are you serious?”

“Yeah, yeah! A super huge statue of Haru-Nii stood smack center in the royal capital. You didn’t know, Haru-Nii?”

“Y-Yup. I had no idea.”

What the heck?

Didn’t even think I’d have a statue in Apristos.

Well, it’s already there, so it couldn’t be helped, I guess.

MIght as well be more proud of myself, then.

“By the way, it’s already the second time I came to this world.”

“Eh!? H-How did that happen!?”

“First time was when I came here to defeat the Demon King. After that, I returned to our previous world, only to be killed by the Evil God immediately after, so now I’m here.”

“...Seriously?”

“Yup.”

“Sorry. I-I’m sorry. But, anyway, let me say this…Haru-Nii, it’s okay.”

“Yeah. Thanks.”

“So, did something happen when you saved the world the first time around?”

“Like statue?”

“Yup!”

“There is.”

“There is!?”

“There’s a town called Gareth in the kingdom of Riggorln, and they’re making stone statues of me. Oh, and there are also a lot of books left with my previous world’s face printed on them.”

“Haru-Nii, you’re living your Isekai life to the fullest, huh.”

“Yeah, now. There’s no demon king so the world’s at peace, after all.”

It had been quite hard back when I was still the Guardian Hero, with days spent risking my life. Then, I almost died right after being teleported…

“No, Sitri is the Demon King, right!?”

“Former Demon King. I already obliterated her demon king’s power, so she’s now an ordinary woman who could tamper with souls.”

“Obliterating the demon king’s power… Ah, is that it? Haru-Nii, are you a Kami-sama of this world?”

“No way.”

Ahaha.

Akari, what nonsense are you saying?

There’s no way I’m a deity, right.

“So, how’s Alheim? Yggdrasil’s really huge, right?”

“Yup! It was amazing!!”

“I’m friends with Yggdrasil’s personification, a spirit named Sylph. Let’s climb the summit together next time.”

I also wanted Akari to experience Sylph’s special ‘elevator’ for herself.

“Eh…Ah, y-yup. I’ll climb.”

“Yeah, as for the Elf race, there are a lot of gorgeous men and women, right?”

“Yup, yup! I also met a stunning Elf named Leaffa, and she helped me.”

“Ooh, you also met Leaffa, huh.”

“...Haru-Nii, I wonder if...”

“Yeah, Leaffa and I are also close. She’s also at the academy of magic we’re heading to.”

“So Leaffa is also in the academy, huh.”

“Yeah, and you also met Tina, right?”

“Ah, the black-haired beauty! I met her at the H&T Corporation, and she bought the items I made.”

“She’s our teacher at the academy, and she teaches magic to Luna, Leaffa and me.”

“Then, does that mean you heard about me from Ms. Tina?”

“Yes! She told me a girl just brought some cool items — like that. Akari, you made this, right?”

I showed the brooch I got from Tina.

“Oh, this one! Yup, I’m the one who made that. Look, Haru-Nii. Create Arms!”

Akari suddenly made a black sword in front of me.

I sensed a tremendous amount of power.

If my status wasn’t fixed, then — if I still had the same status as when I was the Guardian Hero — I had probably been halved when I tried to protect Sitri.

“Haru-Nii broke mine, but look, this is pretty strong.”

Yeah, that’s right.

You’re absolutely right.

“Akari, wait a sec.”

“What?”

“That’s a pretty terrible weapon you have there. That’s why you shouldn’t make it recklessly, alright?”

“Eh, really?”

“Really.”

“If Haru-Nii says so, then so be it!”

“Thanks, Akari.”

Akari listened to my advice obediently, so I patted her on the head.

“Ehehe.”

Her happy reaction was still the same as it was in the past. Truly adorable.

After that, I helped Akari register her mana using the magical tool I got from Headmaster Luarno, then we entered the academy of magic together.

“As expected, I have to register first.”

“Well, I’ll go with you later to apologize to the headmaster for trespassing.”

“Sorry, Haru-Nii.”

“It’s fine. Oh, look, we can see my mansion now.”

“Eh…I-Is that your house, Haru-Nii!?”

“Huge, isn’t it?”

Well, it became a bit cramped recently since my family became bigger.

“It’s way too huge!! You’re living alone with Sitri in this huge house!?”

Yeah, I guess so.

Yeah, that’s right, I guess.

Hm…Maybe I should just tell her.

“Er…Hey, Akari.”

“What?”

“Your Onii-chan’s wife isn’t just one.”

“....What?”

“This place is Isekai, right? That’s…you see… right?”

“Eh, d-don’t tell me —”

“Aside from Sitri, there’s Tina, Luna and Leaffa that you met before.”

“You have FOUR wives!?”

“Nope. Fourteen in total.”

“Eh.”

“By the way, I also have a Divine Beast for a pet, and two of my classmates also stay there with their wives. So, 19 people and 1 beast live in this mansion.”

“Your harem is wayyyyy too — ugh!! Just how on earth did this happen!?”

“That’s, how to put this…well… it just happened?”

“Just happened!? You let things happen, but that’s way too many wives for crying out loud!!... Eh? Ah, but wait. You have 14 wives already, so one more wouldn’t matter now, right?”

Hm?

“Okay! Haru-Nii, I have a question for you!!”

“Yes, Akari-san. What might it be?”

“Is there a slot open for a sister-type wife?”