Vol 3 Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 04: Way home through the rain

Leaving the house and walking for a while, we reached a huge mansion.

…Could it be Gogyou-san was a rich missy?

I went inside astonished when offered. What I saw there was an entrance hall thrice as big as our, a large hallway and

“Welcome home, Miss.”

An elegant figure appeared from the hallway: A maid.

A black long skirt with a snow-white ap.r.o.n. On her head a hairbow.

She looked lightly older than Gogyou-san and me. She had an outstanding style with extremely finely chiselled features like a model. Her black hair was cut semi-short and a little s.h.a.ggy on the side.

Her beauty amazed me, but she didn’t show any kind of expression.

She was completely expressionless.

The maid glanced at me and said still expressionless.

“Miss, who might this delinquent be? I cannot appreciate that you bring home trash with you.”

What cruel words. Actually, I got the feeling that she really looked at me like I was trash. Quite strangely, considering that was our first meeting.

I inadvertently made a wry smile, when Gogyou-san said in a rare angry tone.

“Kaoru-san, Nanjou-kun is my friend. Don’t tall him trash, even as a joke.”

Upon Gogyou-san’s word, the maid lightly bowed her head.

“I beg your pardon. I only had intended to please the guest in my own way, but it appears I did not succeed.”

The maid said, not reflecting on her actions at all.

Gogyou-san made a sigh, then faced me.

“Sorry, Nanjou-kun. Don’t mind her and come in.”

“Yeah, thanks.”

I took my shoes off and entered the house, when the maid opened her mouth still expressionless.

“Miss, you are quite bold to bring over a boy when your family is out. Should I lprepare you a sure-working aphrodisiac?

The moment the maid said so, Gogyou-san turned bright red.

“N- No! That’s not what I brought Nanjou-kun over for! Stop saying weird things! Nanjou-kun will misunderstand!”

Gogyou-san hastily denied. It was kind of cute.

But I didn’t hear anything of her parents being absent before.

“Should I really stay over when your parents are gone? I can go back if it’s a bother.”

“Ehm, go back where to?”

“…Into someone’s arms?”

I remembered how I couldn’t return home and gave a random answer, when Gogyou-san grinned.

“It’s not a bother, so stay. You let me stay at your house before too.”

Reminded me, before I nursed Gogyou-san at my home, when I found her wounded after an exorcist mission. But Machina was the reason for that, so Gogyou-san really didn’t need to mind it.

I told her that, but Gogyou-san continued with a “Still” and a smile.

“I was happy. So let me repay you now.”

After she said that much, it was too awkward to decline.

“Thanks. Then I’ll take you up on your words.”

“and jump in your arms.”

Gogyou-san and me turned surprised to the cutting in third voice. Expressionless as ever, the maid winked while she said.

“But I must say I am surprised. It is pretty big news that the Miss stayed over at a boy’s house. I have to inform the Mistress of this.”

“S- Stop it! My mother will misunderstand!”

“Then the Master—”

“Even worse! Just stop it!”

Gogyou-san started to panic, when the maid said unchanged expressionless.

“Miss, if you desire me to stop, please give me an order.”

“E- Ehm, I want you to stop.”

“That phrasing is not good. Please say it more strongly, like you are scolding me.”

“Don’t tell them!”

“…*blush*”

For some reason the maid blushed on Gogyou-san’s order.

….What a weirdo. I averted my gaze from her, but Gogyou-san lined up besides the maid with a wry smile and explained.

“Nanjou-kun, this is Kaoru-san. She works here.”

“Nice to meet you, trash… I made a mistake. Nanjou-sama.”

I thought what a cruel mistake that was, but didn’t retort. My instincts told me to keep low. So I left just a neutral “h.e.l.lo” as an answer.

There the maid bowed down.

“Nanjou-sama, casually call me Kaorun—and I’ll air your guts.”

“Then don’t tell me that, Kaorun.”

…Aw, s.h.i.+t. I retorted on reflex. Even though I wanted to keep low.

I regretted it, when the maid, Kaorun suddenly flipped her skirt. Just when I saw her brilliant thighs and black stockings…..she pulled out a knife from a hidden holster beneath her skirt and shoved it to my throat without hesitation.

When I looked down, the dagger knife, over ten centimetre long, suspiciously s.h.i.+ned near my carotid artery. I looked at Kaorun surprised, when she said while still not changing her expression at all.

“So, any last words?”

“No need to bury me. No need for funeral offerings. Don’t let the living mourn for the dead. Actually, seeing you so close-up, you sure have long eye-lashes, Kaorun.”

When I replied with my hands still in my pockets, Kaorun’s expressionless brighten up a bit and turned into a slight surprise.

Then Gogyou-san hastily got between Kaorun and me to stop her and lowered her head.

“Sorry, Nanjou-kun. That’s her idea of a joke.”

“Yeah, I could tell.”

I could tell that she wasn’t serious by watching her movements. She showed no expressions, but when I looked into her eyes, I understood that she had no intention to kill me.

Since they completely lacked willingness, I knew it was a joke.

“Well, it was a lame joke though.”

“…Should I have said ‘I’ll kill you and then myself!’?”

“No, ‘I love you so much that I want to kill you’ would have been better.”

Since it didn’t really matter, I gave an appropriate reply, when Karorun made an impressed expression for some reason.

“As you would expect from a friend of the Miss. I am impressed. Please do call me a dirty pig.”

“Ohh, you’re one of the rumoured perverts?”

“Pervert Maid…..That sounds like the t.i.tle of some lewd video, but please do not let yourself get excited. It would be disgusting.”

“—-Okay, Gogyou-san, I’m imposing on you.”

“Yeah, come in. I’ll show you the living room.”

Together with Gogyou-san, I ignored Karoun. Upon that Kaorun raised a surprised voice saying “You two are ignoring me!?” while she followed after us.

“…But is it really okay? Your parents won’t say anything about it?”

“It’s fine. Besides, I was a bit insecure without everyone out of the house. So I’m happy with you here, Nanjou-kun…”

A bit taken aback by Gogyou-san’s shy words, I faced Kaorun.

“Hey, Maid. She said she’s insecure.”

“How regrettable. Even though I am present.”

“Isn’t it because you are here?”

“I cannot deny that. Miss, I do feel hungry.”

“Yeah, I’ll go make dinner soon. Go wait with Nanjou-kun in the living room.”

Maybe it was a usual thing, but Gogyou-san paid no attention to the maid abandoning her work and simply lead me into the huge living room. Then she left again.

She was most likely heading to the kitchen. This maid was totally useless.

She sat down at the table in the living room together with me and made no attempt to go help Gogyou-san. I was astonished, when Karoun suddenly opened her mouth.

“By the way, Nanjou-sama, I heard that when you visit someone in Kyoto and they serve you rice with green tea, it is a sign that they want you to leave.”

“Mhm.”

“Nanjou-sama….Would you like some rice with green tea?”

“Nah, just give me tea.”

“How impudent!!”

After Karoun said astonished, she left the room and came back with a tablet filled with tea and snacks. She put the tea in front of me and said expressionless.

“Please go home once you finish your tea.”

“Kaorun, fetch me the remote control of the TV.”

“You are not reacting to me at all!?”

While leaking an appalled voice, Kaorun handed me the remote control. Then she said expressionless, yet with somewhat hopeful eyes.

“Nanjou-sama, please turn on channel 6.”

“Make do with channel 8.”

“Who do you thin you are!?”

“The great s.h.i.+n.o.bu. And you?”

“A maid.”

“See now. That’s the difference between us.”

“There is no longer any reason to it!?”

Despite my words, I switched to channel 6.

Channel 6 showed a program about aliens or whatever that I didn’t really understand.

Watching that program, Karoun dainty ate the snack rice crackers and said.

“Quite amusing, these people.”

An humourless evaluation. Actually, don’t eat snacks before dinner. To begin with

“You’re a maid, so shouldn’t you help with cooking?”

When I added on what she was hired for, suddenly Karoun purposely covered her face with both hands and imitated a crying.

“Usually I work as hard as a workhorse, so at least when the Master and Mistress are gone, I want to rest my wings at ease….”

SOB, SOB. Kaorun imitated a crying, then she suddenly raised her head with an “Ah” and continued with a nonchalant face.

“Just to tell you, when I say rest my wings, it does not mean that I actually possess wings. Please do not misunderstand that part, just because I am as beautiful as an angel.”

“….Karoun, want to go see a doctor?”

“Such pitying eyes!?”

I looked at Kaorun with desultory eyes, when she said sulking.

“Nanjou-sama, even when you think that, you do not put it into words. At this point, you should have complimented me about it. After all, women always like to dream.”

“Well, my bad.”

Reflecting on my actions, I cleared my throat with a COUGH, then said while looking at Karoun.

“I wonder if G.o.d has noticed that you ran away from heaven.”

“Oh my, how flattering…. I take it that you have fallen for me?”

“No, what are you taking it serious for?”

I said wearily to the blus.h.i.+ng Kaorun. Upon that, Kaorun hit on the table and shouted.

“What a cruel joke!”

“What are you getting angry for? You’re so weird…”

I grumbled. Then Kaorun said advising.

“Nanjou-sama, I am a hidden conquest character, you know? If you do not raise my affection points or flags, the Kaorun route will not appear. Please be careful of that.”

“….Dinner still not ready?”

“Are you paying attention to me!?”

I mumbled while looking at the TV, when I heard Kaorun’s shocked voice.

“Hey, you’re noisy, Kaorun. I’m watching TV here, so pipe it down.”

“You are no longer interested in me!?”

When I warned her, Kaorun groaned sorrowful, then stared at me and continued with an incomprehensible preface of “Are you sure about this?”.

“Nanjou-sama, if you do intend to conquer the Miss, you also need to raise my affections points. That is because I am an reliable a.s.set. I have watched over the Miss growing up, since she was small. I do know a lot of things about the Miss.”

“Hee, that’s amazing.”

“Yes, it is amazing. Well, that was all a lie though.”

“Mhm~ Whatever. Anyway, the commercials started, so can I switch the channel?”

“You practically ignored what I said!?”

Kaorun leaked a surprised voice while still being expressionless. Then she fell silent for a while, only to suddenly start to stare at me.

“…Something’s up?”

I really couldn’t ignore her gaze now, so I s.h.i.+fted my gaze from the TV to Kaorun and asked. Then she made a slightly serious expression and opened her mouth.

“…Nanjou-sama, who exactly are you?”

“Just an handsome guy.”

I tried a frivolous answer, but Kaorun made a big sigh.

“Should I have said I’m an English gentleman?”

“…If I were to turn two blind eyes to it, you would be an handsome English gentleman.”

“What’s the point if you turn both eyes blind? Anyway, so what?”

Kaorun hesitated for a short moment, then opened her mouth.

“Someone who did not even flinch when a knife is pointed at his throat, is far from normal. Who are you to the Miss? Are you really just a friend?”

“Yes, a friend. I got her cell phone number and mail address. Moreover, I know of her profession.”

Upon my reply, Kaorun silently stared at me for a while. I had nothing to feel guilty about, so I firmly stared back, when Kaorun said with her cheeks flushed for some reason.

“Please do tell me your cell phone number and mail address too, Nanjou-sama.”

“Wait, how did it even get to that?….I don’t mind though.”

While surprised, I pulled out my cell phone from my pocket and exchanged addresses with Kaorun.

“Please do save me under ‘My angel’ in your address book.”

….Whoops. Reminded me, I didn’t tell any of the others that I left the house.

“Excuse me, Nanjou-sama? Did you perceive what I said?”

Mh, I should contact Luna or Nazuna later on…

“Could it be you are feeling ashamed, Nanjou-sama? Well, I do can understand why. After all you exchanged addresses with such a beauty.”

“Okay, ‘Pervert Maid’ saved.”

“…Please wait. Nanjou-sama, did you do just save my address under a weird name? Please let me have a look at your cell phone.”

“Don’t let it bother you, Pervert Maid.”

“…I will cut you.”

Kaorun gave me a fierce glare while staying expressionless.

It was quite scary. With no other choice, I opened my address book and changed “Pervert Maid” into “Kaorun”.

“Nanjou-sama, what about the ‘My angel’?”

“You’re so impudent…”

Spending the time by speaking with Karoun about this and that, I waited for Gogyou-san’s home-cooking.

After a while, the dishes were lined up on the dining table and their appetizing smell spread to the living room.

The dishes were fried stuff, salad and snow-white rice with miso-soup.

“Okay, Nanjou-sama, please do try my self-made cooking. I worked my hardest to prepare it for you, so please do not make any leftovers.”

Kaorun, who had lined up the dishes together with Gogyou-san, openly declared her lies. Gogyou-san once again didn’t say anything and just gave a wry smile. But I had to retort once.

“…No, you didn’t do anything, Kaorun.”

“No, actually I was also cooking. Moreover, I gave you chocolates on valentine’s day this year. Therefore this fried one belongs to me.”

“Don’t fabricate such lies! And don’t take my fried one! Actually, we met for the first time today, so how could I have gotten any chocolates from you!”

“Then please do look forward to it next year. Also, please eat your tomatoes.”

She probably hated them, as Kaorun pushed her tomatoes to me.

“Such a sloppy maid…”

I turned unmeant weary, when Gogyou-san said while scratching her cheek.

“Sorry, Nanjou-kun, that she’s such a weirdo…”

For some reason, Gogoyu-san appeared to be really embarra.s.sed.

…After dinner, I relaxed watched some TV in the living room together with Kaorun. Then Gogyou-san encouraged me to take a bath, so I had her lead me to the bath.

The anteroom was rather s.p.a.cious and I was surprised at it’s size, when Gogyou-san with a smile and Kaorun with a giggle said.

“Now then, Nanjou-kun, take your time.”

“It is truly regrettable that you cannot go in after us, right, Nanjou-sama. Let me give you a piece of advice beforehand. Please do not drink the bathwater after we get out of it.”

For now I ignored Kaorun and said my grat.i.tude to Gogyou-san.

“Thanks. I’ll take you up on your words and take me time.”

“Yeah.”

Gogyou-san nodded and left the anteroom, while Kaorun took one step forwards and said mindful.

“Nanjou-sama, no one will come to wash your back, so please do not raise your hopes.”

“Oh, Karoun, you were still here?”

“Now you are treating me as air!?”

Now I said to Kaorun, who had widened her eyes, mindful.

“Kaorun, I know I’m quite attractive, but don’t peep on me.”

I said so with a smile while closing the door of the anteroom, when I heard a mumbling voice from beyond the door.

I was somewhat interested in it, so I perked up my ears.

“…Miss, this is a rare chance, so how about you take a peep? It is a good chance to get a look on various parts of a male.”

“Wh- What are you saying? If I do that, Nanjou-kun will hate me!”

I could hear Kaorun’s monotone and Gogyou-san’s fl.u.s.tered voice.

“It will be fine, Miss. You just do not have to be found out.”

“No means no.”

“If you say so. Then in your stead, I will…”

“That’s a no, too!”

“Ah, Miss, please do not pull on me! Ahn. No.*crash*”

“D- Don’t raise such a weird voice!”

…I knew it, Kaorun was a weirdo.

While listening to the fading voices, I plenty enjoyed the glorious wooden-built bath.

Then I got out of the bath and returned to the living room, to find Kaorun there.

“Kaorun suddenly stood up, grabbed my arm and dragged me to the guest room without consent.”

“No need to thank me.”

“Kaorun said with a nonchalant face, but she couldn’t hide her excitement for the coming event, as her cheeks turned red. She closed the sliding door with an erotic smile and drew closer.”

“Do not tell the Miss about it.”

“She was a pervert maid after all. Kaorun made a playful smile and reached out for her maid clothes—wait a minute! Don’t seriously take off your clothes!”

I stopped my monologue, regained my senses and warned her hastily, when Kaorun giggled.

“Just now you were excited, right? What were you expecting, you pervert.”

“Sh- Shu up, idiot.”

“What do you mean with idiot!”

Since she hit a bulls-eye, I gave a curt reply. Whereupon Kaorun said angrily and then coughed to change the topic. Her expression stiffed up a bit.

“Nanjou-sama, the Miss will take her bath now.”

“I see.”

“Yes, the Miss does trust you, Nanjou-sama. That is why she, although in a different room, defenceless exposes all off her body, even though a male is present under the same roof. Her voluminous b.r.e.a.s.t.s, her tight waist and firm bottom will be exposed in the bath.”

Why would she phrase it so that I got an unnecessary fantasy?

I wished she would stop it, when Kaorun got a step closer to me and said warning.

“Nanjou-sama, please do not betray the trust the Miss has placed into you. If you do happen to betray her trust, peep on her bathing or sneak into her room….I take you know what will happen?”

“Yeah, she actually might confess to me.”

I seriously affirmed Kaorun, who gave me a fierce glare. Upon that, her glare got even fierce and she said.

“Then shall we bet on it?”

“Wait, why are you going along? You should reprimand me. Reprimand.”

“You good-for-nothing.”

“Call me a gentleman.”

I shrugged my shoulders, when Kaorun made a serious expression and said.

“Gentleman.”

There I likewise made a serious expression, pointed at Kaorun and said.

“Maid.”

“We two get along.”

“Hey, don’t decide that on your own. Don’t get into my mattress. Get out already.”

“All you do is complain. I laid out this mattress, you know! If you have a complain, state it after you defeated me!”

Kaorun said while pulling out a card game from under her skirt.

“…I would like to sleep already, since I’m lacking some sleep.”

“Then you must defeat me quickly.”

“You’re such a pain…”

I played cards with Kaorun against my will…

It was late at night with an heavy downpour. Kaorun finally stood up.

“I feel satisfied now, so I am taking my leave.”

“…After hours of playing cards, it’s more like you get sick of it rather than satisfied.”

Midway Gogyou-san came in to check upon us and joined our card game, but since it was late, she had returned to her room earlier.

Despite that Kaoru, who was probably frustrated about repet.i.tive losses against me, just remained here….and before we noticed it, it was the dead of the night.

I, who was forced to accompany her, said complaining.

“I’m tired. Go away already.”

Maybe due to the fact that I ate Machina’s cooking when I was already feeling bad, but my body felt somewhat dull. I wanted to sleep quickly and recover my strength.

I waved my hand with a SSH, SSH to chase out Kaorun. Upon that, Kaorun lightly puckered her lips.

“How nasty of you, considering we happily played late into the night.”

Then Kaorun elegantly dropped a maid-like curtsy.

“Then rest well, Nanjou-sama. For eternity….”

Leaving some ominous words, Kaorun left the room.

“…She really is a weird maid.”

I mumbled while nonchalant approaching the window and looked outside.

Outside the rain was coming down heavily while sometimes a thunderbolt flashed and it’s thunder sounded.

“It’s pretty close by…”

“Soon enough it will hit your head, Nanjou-sama.”

I surprised turn to the sudden voice coming from side. Beside me stood Kaorun, whenever she even came back.

Astonished about Karoun, whose presence I didn’t sense at all, I said wearily.

“…Are you that bored? Get out of here already.”

“So unfriendly. Now then, Nanjou-sama, this time for sure I wish you a slumber from which you will never—Aw, please let me finish. Please do not drag me on my neck. Such hara.s.sment~”

Throwing Kaoru, who was giving off a strangely erotic voice, out of the room, I once again looked outside the window.

“….Nanjou-sama, if you mumble mama now, you will be like Sune-chama.”

“Give it a rest already! Get out!”

I chased away Kaoru, who peeked in her head through the sliding door, and made a big sigh. I was tired and wanted to sleep quickly, but that maid might play a prank on my for revenge while I sleep. For a while I alarmed watched the thunderbolts, but…there were no signs of Kaoru coming again. Thinking I could finally sleep, I turned off the lights relieved, when I suddenly heard a knock on the sliding door.

She got some nerve. I better tell Kaoru off fiercely once. I pulled open the sliding door and shouted.

“What time do you think it is! If you don’t stop it, I’ll spank your a.s.s!”

“S- Sorry! I know coming so late is rude! Please forgive me!”

….Huh? Why was Gogyou-san right in front of me? Where was Kaoru?

I faced Gogyou-san with my head tilted. Gogyou-san was wearing a sleeping kimino, but it looked like a yukata and she was hugging onto a pillow.

For now I lowered by head with a “Sorry, I mistook you for Kaoru”, then asked.

“What’s up so late?”

“E- Ehm, can we talk inside?”

“Yeah, I don’t mind. I mean, it isn’t even my house.”

I nodded and let Gogyou-san into the room.

But what could she want in the middle of the night? Wondering, I sat down on the tatami mat.

Then for some reason Gogyou-san sat down exactly next to me and fell silent while hugging onto her pillow.

….Mh? Pillow? I had only noticed now, but why was she carrying a pillow with her? Did she want to have a pillow fight? But with just us two it would turn out to be quite lonesome.

I thought about that, when a thunderbolt stroke nearby. A loud noised sounded and soon enough the thunder followed.

In that moment, Gogyou-san tightly hugged onto my arm.

“Eh? Hey, Gogyou-san?”

When I faced her, Gogyou-san’s eyes lacked their usual dignity. She had an anxious expression and whenever a thunder sounded, her shoulders trembled.

“…Could it be you’re scared of thunder?”

I asked, when Gogyou-san nodded powerless after a short pause.

“Sorry. I know it’s pathetic, but I have been bad with thunder since I was a kid. It’s scary…”

While mumbling that, Gogyou-san was lightly trembling like a small animal.

I placed my hand on her hand and petted it gently.

“Don’t worry about it. Everyone has one or two things he’s bad with.”

When I said that, Gogyou-san showed a somewhat relieved expression and clung to me even stronger.

“Thanks, Nanjou-kun.”

“S- Sure…”

I wasn’t so low as to get funny ideas with a frightened girl. Or so I was supposed to be. But then what about the current situation where I lay back-to-back with Gogyou-san in the same mattress, before I noticed it.

Moreover, when a loud thunder sounded, Gogyou-san clung to me from behind…. Recently I was experiencing similar situations, wasn’t I? Judging by my previous experiences, I wouldn’t get any sleep tonight either… What to do?

Puzzled, I decided to get an afternoon nap tomorrow and spent the night without sleeping.

SPLAT, SPLAT. Someone was slapping my cheeks.

“d.a.m.n pig. This is what you want, right, you d.a.m.n pig?”

A monotone voice with no feelings in it. The hand slapping my cheeks wasn’t exerting much strength either.

…Who was that? I opened my eyelids, whereupon I saw a maid.

“Just Kaorun, huh. Let me sleep some more. I barely got any sleep yesterday.”

“Hah. Does that mean you had plenty of fun last night?”

“One of your usual jokes? Sorry, but I’m sleepy. Save it for later…”

Somehow my body felt heavier than normal and my head hurt. Moreover I felt a chill. I turned over to escape with my still dizzy consciousness. There was a black-haired girl sleeping. Her innocent sleeping face was extremely cute that my heart raced… then I turned pale at once.

“…Kaorun, this is a misunderstanding.”

“Rape?”

“No, really, that’s not it. There’s a reason why Gogyou-san is sleeping here.”

“Because you took her virginity.”

“I said no! The thund….”

While I pulled up my dull body, I stopped my sentence half-way. It could be that Gogyou-san was keeping her fear of thunder a secret from Kaorun.

Then how should I explain it? A cold sweat started to break out on my forehead and Kaorun giggled.

“It was just a humorous remark. The Miss believes that I do not know about it, but I am aware that she is scared of thunder.”

Then Kaorun gently patted the head of the sleeping Gogyou-san. She looked way more charming than with her usual expressionless look.

Kaorun gazed at Gogyou-san with a smile, then s.h.i.+fted her gaze back to me and lowered her head.

“Nanjou-sama, thank you very much for helping the scared Miss last night.”

“Ehm, it wasn’t anything special…”

I was embarra.s.sed, so I averted my head unmeant, when Kaorun said quietly.

“If you only had pushed her down then….”

“That was one remark too much. Actually, should you be saying that as her maid?”

“On a demand?”

“Nope.”

I rejected her flat out and tried to get out of the mattress, but my legs got tangled up and I fell down perfectly.

“…What are you doing, Nanjou-sama? Is that a new kind of play?”

“Yeah, an original play where you trip like this. I call it the human vacuum cleaner.”

I joked while I tried to get up, then staggered and for a moment my vision momentarily became cloudy, maybe due to a fever. Like that I fell flat down onto the tatami matt. I hastily tried to get up, when

“Nanjou-sama, excuse me for a bit.”

Kaorun’s hand reached out for my forehead. Her somewhat cold hand felt pleasant on my hot forehead.

“…You have a cold.”

“No, I’m faking it.”

I played though, but Kaorun said wearily.

“That is what you get for running around naked yesterday.”

“Who did such a thing? Don’t say—”

“Bam.”

Cutting into my words, Kaorun flicked my forehead.

As pathetic it was, that forehead flick send backwards onto the tatami matt.

“You weakling. So troublesome. Please be aware that if it not were for an excellent maid like me, you would have been dead.”

She said triumphing, then dragged up my body and put me back into the mattress. Incredibly she then pushed Gogyou-san, who was sleeping besides me, onto the tatami matt. She pulled her up and began to move her.

“H- Hey, what are you doing….”

I dumbfounded watched Karoun expressionless dragging the sleeping Gogyou-san. She shrugged and said free from any guilt.

“My form of expression affection. Well, that was a lie though.”

“….Actually you’re just a freeloader wearing maid clothes, aren’t you?”

“How rude!”

I said wearily, when Kaorun continued indignant.

“Despite all this I am a proper maid. My dishes are on a professional level. Cooking and making the laundry is a piece of cake for me. Moreover I can handle swords, knifes and pistols. I am a perfect maid.”

Talkative and somewhat confident, Kaorun explained, then faced Gogyou-san, who was sleeping tightly even while being dragged around, and opened her mouth.

“I am well aware that it is my duty to wake my master. But the Miss has a hard time waking up. Therefore—”

“You can play various pranks on her while she sleeps?”

“Yes. The Miss is so cute that you want to mess with her. Nanjou-sama, will you join me?”

“No, I won’t. Why are you inviting me so casually? I turned you down, but you really are the lowest.”

“When the value is the lowest, it cannot decrease any further. Fufufu.”

Kaorun smiled suspicious and dragged the sleeping Gogyou-san out of the room.

After a few seconds, I could hear Gogyou-san’s scream, so I faced the closed sliding door.

“…What’s Kaorun doing?”

The moment I said that, the sliding door opened and Kaorun showed her head.

“You called for me?”

“No, I haven’t!”

I denied on reflex, since I was surprised, but Kaorun made a doubtful face.

“You just told a lie, did you not?”

“…Yeah.”

I sat up straight, when Kaorun said monotone while still expressionless.

“Well, you are scary when angry. So please do forgive me with this.”

Now Kaorun threw me something that she had held in her right hand.

I casually predicted the trajectory of the thrown object and caught the light blue thing.

What was this? It felt strangely warm. I looked at it with my head tilted…The thing in my hand was a light blue bra.s.siere

“…Eh?”

Inadvertently I looked at it once again, but without doubt it was a bra.s.siere.

Why was a bra.s.siere in my hand? I stared at it in confusion, when

“N- No, Nanjou-kun! Please give it back!”