The Bouf d’ete Residence—my temporary lodging. Since it is registered in my name, it is technically my home as well, but I actually live at the House of the Hearth, so I only stop by now and then. Like on days such as today, when I have to sleep outside.
But today, an unexpected guest had come crashing in. The walking disaster known as Furina. The moment I entered the house, I expected the two of them to start fighting, and at first, the atmosphere certainly suggested they would.
But now…
"Avrora is cute, isn’t he? He acts like some weird adult-child, but it’s so adorable how he tries to act all grown-up that it drives me crazy!"
"Right. I think so too. When you look at pictures of my brother when he was little, he’s really cute."
"Excuse me… what do you mean, ‘adult-child’? And when did you even take pictures of me?"
The two of them were getting along splendidly, sharing cake together. How had things ended up like this?
It started when Furina began praising me.
"When I heard Avrora took first place, I was honestly so thrilled! That means he can come back to the Court of Fontaine for the second-round exam! Your brother really is smart!"
"Yes. My brother is smart. He knows everything."
"Exactly! He really does know everything! I’ve never seen a child like him among all the people I’ve watched over!"
Furina’s praise of me had soothed Peruel’s anger, and now they had grown close enough to share cake. It was an unexpected turn of events, but as long as they did not fight, that was what mattered…
"So, God of Water. You like my brother, don’t you?"
"That’s right! I like him! So much that I wouldn’t trade him for anyone in the world!"
"Heh…"
Peruel sneered at Furina.
"W-What?! Why are you sneering?! What is there about my love that deserves to be laughed at?!"
"The difference between you and me is obvious, God of Water. I am my brother’s little sister and servant, while you are what to him? Merely an acquaintance, aren’t you?"
"A-A servant?! Avrora! What exactly is with her?! Why is she so smug about the word ‘servant’?!"
I would like to know that too, Furina.
"If you are merely an acquaintance, shouldn’t you know better than to insert yourself between my brother and me? Of course, there is nothing wrong with worshipping my brother, but if you try to tear us apart, I will not let you get away with it."
At Peruel’s declaration of war, Furina trembled. Then, perhaps because she had snapped, Furina began to go off the rails.
"I-I-I! I’ve done even more with Avrora than you have!"
Hey, don’t tell me she was going to bring up that kiss from last time? That would be a tactical-nuke-level revelation. Please don’t.
"Furina, maybe you should not say that…"
"Oh? What exactly are you about to say, God of Water? Are you going to volunteer to become my brother’s slave? Sorry, but all the slots are already filled."
Since when were all the slots filled? Stop saying weird things.
"Slave? Slave?! Avrora! Were you recruiting slaves?!"
"Hey, Peruel! Stop saying weird things already!"
"Wasn’t the slave recruitment real? I am Slave Number Two. Cravie is Number One."
"And where exactly did you hear that? I am deeply curious."
"Cravie told me. She confessed that Kujavina had made her into my brother’s slave. So I decided I could not lose to her and volunteered to be Number Two. I do not like having the first taken from me, but…"
It seemed Cravie had told Peruel about it. When had she even told her…?
I put a hand to my head and sighed.
"W-What?! So the slave thing was real?!"
"Yes. It is real. My brother is my master."
"Avrora! You are completely rotten! You turned children like this into slaves?!"
"I had absolutely no say in that! The director made it happen on her own!"
"Anyway! What did you make them do as slaves?!"
"I did not make the children do anything."
"Huh? You did not make them do anything, even though they are slaves?"
"We only trained. What exactly do you think of when you hear the word ‘slave’?"
"Well… making them do chores… stealing their cake… or doing all sorts of things at night…"
That last remark bothered me quite a bit, but Furina seemed shocked by the thought that the children were being treated as slaves. It had happened against their will, but they were mine, one way or another.
"I have not done anything to the children. I have never felt the need to."
"Then… then why did you do that to me?!"
"What are you talking about?"
"You… you picked me up and spanked my butt!"
"?!"
Peruel reacted to the words ‘spanked my butt.’ Why were you reacting to that, Peruel?
"My brother spanked your butt? Can you tell me more?"
"He suddenly dragged me behind the café, picked me up, and smacked my butt over and over! It hurt so much!"
"Brother? Why do you not do that to me?"
"Hey! That was a punishment, a punishment! Furina did something stupid, so I spanked her!"
"Eeeek! I did it because I wanted to see you, and you call that something stupid?!"
"What else would it be?! Moving the exam up by six months was stupid if anything was!"
"That really was stupid…"
Even Peruel agreed. So she could be normal in this regard. Thank you, Peruel.
"And you even got yourself appointed as a first-round proctor! I still remember you staring at me the entire time!"
"What?! You were looking at me? And you still got top score?!"
"I nearly failed to finish filling in my answers because I ran out of time! And you put such an unnecessarily high-quality signature on my answer sheet! It was for submission anyway, so I could not even take it with me!"
"I did it because I wanted to stay in front of you the whole time! How could you see it that way?!"
"That makes your intentions even more impure!"
"I don’t care! Anyway, I was happy that day, so…"
"Uh… yeah, well…"
Furina and I both grew awkward. Peruel noticed that moment and immediately addressed me.
"Brother. It feels like there is something else. Would you like to tell me?"
"Hm? No, there is nothing else to say."
"Oh! Right! Avrora’s little sister, you said earlier that you would feel bad if you were not the first, didn’t you?"
"Of course I would. I am the one who has watched over my brother from closest by, and more than anyone else."
Hey, Furina, stop it. You are going to get yourself killed.
"You know? I kissed your brother. Ahahaha!!"
It felt as though a boom resounded through the room. The fact that someone had taken the kiss from her seemed to have come as quite a shock.
"Do you understand now, Avrora’s little sister? Between you and me, there is an insurmountable wa—ll…"
Peruel picked up a fork and aimed it at Furina with murderous eyes.
"You… I will kill you… kill you… and then I will kiss my brother too…"
"Aaaah?! Stop her! Avrora!!!"
"You set this off yourself, and now you are asking me to stop her?"
"Brother? Wait a moment. I will take care of that bitch, then come right back and kiss you."
"Uh… uh… all right…"
Furina fled the Bouf d’ete Residence like an arrow toward the Palais Mermonia. Peruel chased after her, but returned soon after when I called for her to come back.
That left just Peruel and me in the residence. Somehow, it was a little awkward…
"Brother… you really kissed her?"
"Yeah… The kiss came out of nowhere, so I was flustered too…"
"Then tonight… sleep with me… We will sleep while kissing… until that bitch’s lip scent is gone…"
"Peruel, that might be a little difficult…"
"Can you do it? Or can’t you?"
Peruel said, raising her eyes sharply.
"I understand…"
What kind of Slave Number Two was this? This was practically Spartacus’s Revolt.
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