[Lord K] Above the Kingdom of Heaven

Paradise 15

Teiguang Basketball Club——

"First Army, make preparations. Someone will come for your physical examination later. The No. [-] Gymnasium will be cleared now."

Not long after the training started, the coach gathered members of the First Army to announce the news.

"It doesn't seem like there was such a thing before the physical examination?"

The seniors of the third grade looked at each other in blank dismay.

"The basketball court has been cleared... can't you train later?"

Heizi said slightly distressed.

"Speaking of which, I only got the news from the coach this morning. This physical examination seems to be mainly to check the bodies of the candidates. The general meeting has already opened, and the semi-finals will follow. Check everyone at this time His body is also fine."

Momoi nodded while holding the notebook.

(Note: The setting of this article is firstly the IH of various tennis competitions and high school basketball in the country, and the time of the National High School will be between WC and IH [Plot needs])

"Although the first gymnasium has been cleared, today's training is still not allowed. After the physical examination, everyone will continue to train in the No. [-] gymnasium. Now, disband!"

Akashi spoke as the captain.

"Yes!"

***

"Claudia~Claudia~"

The humanoid NEKO is wearing relatively revealing clothes, and his cat eyes of different colors are full of curiosity, "Is Claudia's brother funny?"

"NEKO! Don't be so rude!"

UWAHARU's personality is much more polite and cautious than that of NEKO. At this time, she was wearing a white coat, tied loosely around her waist with a belt. She put one hand on NEKO's shoulder, and gave the NEKO put on a white coat - that is the current uniform of Claudia and others.

"Well--"

NEKO shook his baggy white coat unaccustomed to it, and the unbuttoned white coat quickly slipped off his shoulders.

Seeing this, Uwaharu sighed slightly, walked behind NEKO, took off his long hairband and tied it around NEKO's waist as a belt, and then straightened NEKO's collar.

"NEKO will always see my brother."

Claudia patted NEKO's head and said with a pun.

NEKO felt a little bored, so he dragged UWAHARU around, and because UWAHARU was there, Claudia was very relieved to let NEKO leave the team.

"Master Claudia, the equipment is ready."

A researcher, no, a man who looked like a doctor came to Claudia.

"Okay, go and inform the kids in the basketball club!"

Claudia nodded. Obviously, it is the team headed by Claudia who will be doing the physical examination for the basketball team this time.

***

"It's like this again! It's like this again!!!"

Ryota Kise, an amateur graphic model who is very popular in Japan, a genius who can learn any sport once, at this moment, he is showing his little-known side—anger.

And the object of his anger is...

—his sister, Claudia.

"Sister, why am I always inferior to that younger brother of yours in your eyes? You said he is a once-in-a-thousand-year genius, so I also try my best to get my sister to recognize me, but every time! Every time I get My answer is always 'Ryota is as good as him!'. No matter how hard I try and how I improve, the answer is the same...why can't my sister say to me 'ah, what Ryota has done is better than him Awesome!'..."

Kise lowered her head, not looking at Claudia in front of her.

"Obviously I'm your younger brother too, right? Elder sister, you've been with me for more than ten years, haven't you? He's never appeared before, but why is it that the younger brother you see, the younger brother you are most proud of, is always That guy who doesn’t even know his name, who has been dead for more than ten years?! Why can’t you put me in front of him, sister? Even if it’s only once... that kind of person doesn’t even know if it exists What's so good about it..."

"Snapped--"

A loud slap was slapped on Kise's face, Kise turned his face sideways and looked at Claudia in disbelief.

"I……"

Claudia was also stunned. She looked at the hand that hit Kise in surprise. This was the first time she hit Kise in so many years, and the reason was... Adolf.

"Ha ha……"

The eyes covered by the broken hair looked a little dark, Kisei glanced at Claudia, and said disappointedly, "Can you even bear to speak ill of him?"

"no……"

Claudia wanted to say something, but Kise didn't give her a chance to speak.

"never mind……"

Huang Lai finished this sentence coldly, then walked away quickly through the crowd.

"Ryota...I..." I'm sorry.

Claudia covered her face with one hand and lowered her head, unable to see her expression clearly.

"Lord Claudia..." / "Claudia...?"

Standing beside Claudia, UWAHARU and NEKO seemed at a loss at this time, they didn't know how to comfort Claudia at this time.

"Master Claudia, you..."

Uwaharu stared blankly at Claudia's expression, which seemed to be crying. Uwaharu couldn't help reaching out his hand to wipe Claudia's tears, but it was empty...

Her hand froze, but was pushed away by a slender hand.

"HARU, NEKO, I'll leave it to you guys. I think I have something to do. Today...I won't go back."

For the first time, Claudia has given up work, and she has always been a very dedicated person, no matter what time of day or job she is working on.

"……it is good"

UWAHARU responded softly.

In fact, Claudia was already walking outside before she could answer.

"Thank you."

Claudia, who had already walked to the entrance of the venue, turned her head back, with a faint smile on her face as before.

Really, is it the same as before?

——Miss Claudia, your smile...is ugly...

***

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

Hatta's hands were full of things, and his posture was very strange and stiff, because his skateboard seemed to be a burden to him, and he was caught under his armpit.

"It's all right~ Didn't the salesperson kindly give us an umbrella?"

Shi Shu held an umbrella in his left hand and three large shopping bags in his right hand.

"How can such a small umbrella be used!"

Hatta adjusted his posture slightly, the coat he used to keep out the rain was about to fall off.

"Obviously she also plans to give Hatta-chan~"

Shi Shu asked the question knowingly.

"Who... who would want that kind of thing!"

A shy blush appeared on Hatta's face, and he shouted arrogantly, "Besides, how could you still be able to hold things while holding an umbrella!"

"Haha, Hatta-chan is obviously shy, how arrogant..."

"Whispering! It's all the fault of the weather forecast!"

Hatta changed the subject.

Congratulations, dear weather forecaster, you are honorably shot.

"It's a little strange..."

Ten beams nodded, because with the current technology, the possibility of an error in the weather forecast is infinitely close to zero, but today there is such an extremely small probability.

"what?"

When passing by a street basketball court, Shi Shu suddenly stopped and looked sideways in a certain direction.

"What's the matter, Brother Shishu?"

Realizing that Tosuke didn't continue walking, Hatta looked back strangely and forgot to glance.

"That person...is Claudia..."

Ten beams pointed at the people on the benches beside the street basketball court with their bags.

"Ah, it seems so... Hey, Brother Shishu, what are you going to do? You're going to fall!!!"

As soon as Hatta finished answering, he found that Tokusu handed him all the bags in his hands—mandatory, and he didn't have any extra hands to resist.

"Sir, Hatta-chan, please take my share back, I have something to do~"

Toku stood on the steps leading to the street basketball court and shouted at Hatta.

"Hey... Brother Ten Beasts!"

Hatta was left alone wandering on the road.

Ten beams went down the steps easily and came to the back of the bench.

He was standing behind Claudia, but Claudia, who was a superpower, never noticed.Her clothes were soaked, and her hair was stuck to her skin because of being soaked. She stared blankly at the ground, not knowing what she was thinking. .

Ten beams did not make a sound, and he stood quietly behind Claudia, with a transparent umbrella propped between the two of them, and the rain retreated outside the circle.

For a long time, the rain still has no tendency to become smaller.

"...Ten, Ten Shukun?..."

After waking up from her own world, Claudia finally found the ten bunches standing behind her, she stood up in surprise,

"Why... Mr. Shishu, are you here?"

"Claudia's state is very wrong... Don't rush to refute, you call me Shishu-kun is the best proof~ I don't think Claudia's memory is not bad..."

"Okay... Why are you here, Shishu?"

Claudia asked again helplessly.

"Passing by."

Ten bunches of breeze spit out these two words.

passing by?

Claudia would not believe this statement, because it was obvious that Shishu had been standing here for a long time, but she hadn't noticed it before.

But before Claudia could ask anything, Ten Bee took out a pack of napkins from his pocket, and handed one to Claudia.

"Wipe your face, it's so beautiful, it would be a pity if it was blocked by the rain..."

Claudia froze for a moment, then took ten bundles of tissues in her hand and wiped off the rain on her hands and face.

"Thank you."

"If you don't mind, can you tell me why you are here?"

Ten beams said.

"..."

Claudia lowered her head in silence, Toku didn't speak, he waited quietly.

"Probably because... I had a fight with my brother..."

Claudia's eyes dimmed.

"Brother?... By the way"

Ten beams reacted, "Claudia, do you...have two younger brothers?" Ten beams just remembered that when they met Claudia the first two times, although Claudia was mentioned both times, Dia's younger brother, but the results of the two times were different, one was dead, and the other was waiting for her to go home and cook...

"Yes..."

Claudia nodded, but her voice softened.

Toku didn't speak, and Claudia still lowered her head.

"Do you want to cry?"

Ten beams suddenly asked.

"kindness?"

Claudia raised her head slightly and looked at Ten Beams suspiciously.

"As a big sister... I think you must be very strong... just like 'Claudia' in the novel of Heaven. So, when you want to cry, you can't cry... Instead of letting God replace you Crying, how about crying for a while..."

Ten Beams stretched out his hand to Claudia, "I'm here, cry, I'll keep it a secret..."

"..."

Claudia slowly put her hand in Shishu's, "Although I say that, I can't cry..."

"Sure enough, Claudia, you not only have the same name as 'Claudia', but also your personality is very similar. Since you can't cry alone, then..."

At some point, Shishu had stepped over the bench and stood in front of Claudia without hindrance, "Let me help you, take off the shell of 'strong sister' and just be Claudia, happy cry once."

"Can you?"

Shi Bean's words and gestures made Claudia believe him uncontrollably, but she asked again, with an attitude of trust.

"Of course! . . . Then, I'm sorry."

As soon as Toku finished speaking, he took a step forward, and then tugged Claudia's wrist in his direction.

Claudia accidentally took a step forward, and was wrapped around a pair of warm hands.

Feeling the sound of the beating heart coming from her ears, Claudia realized something.She smiled, then closed her eyes, and opened them again, she was just Claudia, not Claudia who existed as a sister.

"It's so warm...so warm that it makes me want to cry..."

Claudia buried her head on the side of Shishu's collarbone, and there was a hint of crying in her voice.

"Then cry!"

Ten tightened his grip on Claudia's hand.

"Oh...really...I'm crying..."

Tears kept flowing from Claudia's eyes, as if a floodgate had been opened by Shishu's words.

"Cry well..."

Ten beams stroked the top of Claudia's head.

"Thank you……"

Claudia felt the warmth from Shi Shu's body, and burst into tears in a rare way.

—Thank you, Ten Beams.