Meanwhile, a young man living in Academy City was still confused about the changes happening around him.
He always felt that there was something not quite right with his life.
He had an ordinary appearance, an ordinary personality, and was an ordinary student who was neither outstanding nor out of line. Even his clothes were loose and sloppy, a sight that left one speechless.
But even for someone so ordinary, he had a younger sister all to himself.
Kyoko.
'Why does my sister have such a ridiculous name? Why did a seemingly lively and cute, but actually completely unmotivated sister suddenly appear? What have I been doing with the first half of my life? Studying when Santa Claus would arrive?'
'No, wait, why does an ordinary person like me have an incredible amount of money, allowing me to live in this world's technological center, the Far East's Academy City?'
'Also, why does my family have so many Stigma Battlesuits prepared for me?'
'This is too absurd. It's like joyfully wanting to catch cicadas in the summer, only to find a large group of cockroaches in your own home, and then these cockroaches suddenly stand up and start talking to me, explaining their cockroach rights.'
'Right, there's not much to say about the first half of my life. Just ordinary going to school, going home, eating... wait... why do I have no memory of going home and living with my friends?'
'In the end, where did my family go?!'
'My name doesn't matter anymore. Just call me Kyon.'
'...'
Life in Academy City couldn't be said to be routine. It was quite frenetic, changing rapidly every day.
"Onii-chan, we're out of drinks at home. Could you go buy some later?"
Kyoko closed the refrigerator door, taking the last can of iced milk.
Her scrawny body couldn't even be saved by a Divine Key-like body.
She was the Herrscher of Corruption, who had been sold to Noldrei by Otto.
And her brother—Kyon!
He was the renowned Void Archives, the legendary First Divine Key that possessed infinite wisdom.
Unfortunately, when Noldrei created the Divine Key with the Current Era's Herrscher of Corruption, he very simply created a brick.
As "sibling" Divine Keys, the brother was a very beautiful golden cube. Although he had lost his memory after being sold to Noldrei by the Current Era's Herrscher of Corruption, he was still that golden cube.
Unfortunately, the amnesiac First Divine Key had turned into this shockingly ordinary, tsukkomi-yaku, or straight-man high school boy.
Kyoko had tried several times to escape this helpless life, but the upper-level power of Academy City was too strong, and they had her strung up and beaten.
So, having obtained the memories of the Void Archives, she had eventually become this powerless Herrscher of Corruption.
She was even worse off than the Previous Era's Herrscher of Corruption. At least the Previous Era's Herrscher and her sister were doing quite well.
"Aren't you in charge of the money?"
Kyon recalled where their family's money was kept. It was obvious that someone like him, who barely spent money and could live off the free food provided by the school every day, would have no reason to manage the money.
"Huh? Is that so? I'll transfer it to you later..."
Kyoko scratched her head, her ponytail swaying behind her. Then she casually lay down on the sofa.
Her dazed appearance made it seem as if she hadn't plundered the memories of the Void Archives, but was a real teenage girl.
In fact, the Herrscher of Corruption had very limited abilities. In places without data or memories, she was completely powerless. It was best for her to corrupt some capable memory data.
But this possibility was sealed, just as the Previous Era's Herrscher of Reason was sealed in the Void Archives.
Noldrei used the same technology to seal the Herrscher of Corruption in a brick, and the outside of the brick was this scrawny girl's body.
"By the way, Onii-chan, how was your day at school?" Kyoko curiously asked about the Void Archives's school life.
"Not bad. At least I made a friend." Kyon also lay down on the other end of the sofa and casually picked up his phone to browse today's news.
"A friend? Onii-chan, you don't look like you'd have friends." Kyoko hadn't expected Kyon to be able to make friends even after losing his memory.
"You can't say that. Although Koizumi Itsuki doesn't look like a good person, I think he's very pleasant to talk to." Kyon thought his friend was not bad, just a little strange.
'Of course he's pleasant to talk to. If you knew there was a Koizumi Itsuki watching me from the other side, you'd know this wasn't just a simple friend.'
Kyoko found that her brother was really useless. He still hadn't noticed the abnormality around him.
'Don't tell me that after losing his memory, he also lost the things that the Void Archives was carrying?'
When she thought about how this cheap brother of hers had been turned into various weapons by Otto and used in all sorts of battles, she thought it was better for those memories to be lost.
"What a shame..."
Kyoko sighed and stopped thinking about these things. After all, their big boss was not very capable and was being pressed and killed at their own spawn point. What could a small-fry Herrscher like her do?
Of course, she had to live day by day, just in case she was arranged to be monitored...
'Academy City doesn't think it's monitoring. It's just a normal review to see if we can become normal members of humanity. They even thoughtfully maintained a certain degree of same-sex monitoring, but does this kind of thoughtfulness really have any meaning in Academy City?'
Kyoko thought about the Void Archives's attributes. Its mimicked form didn't need to distinguish between male and female at all.
And as the Herrscher of Corruption, she didn't even have a gender.
'In that case, we're very suitable for staying in Academy City.'
The chaotic story was interspersed with some subtle episodes. Kyoko's life still had to go on.
She felt that it was a blessing that she hadn't been turned into a little pony.
"Ah, the money has arrived. So much money?! How many drinks should we buy? Should we prepare more ice cream? Isn't it about to get hot? What are your plans for the future?"
Kyon looked at the money his sister had transferred to him, and he was suddenly motivated to go out and buy things.
Kyoko looked at the news on her phone, which read headlines like [Durandal hunts Herrscher] and [Herrscher flees in Pacific].
Kyoko sighed helplessly, turned off her phone, and said lazily, "Whatever you want. I just want to lie flat and live. Just buy me more sweet things."
The Current Era's Herrscher of Corruption was filled with regret. She should never have descended upon this civilization.