Vol 8 Chapter 3 (2/2)

“If I were to insist on it, Hijiri-chan would give me everything. Not swayed by the defamation she receives from the exorcist organisation due to treating me as a human, Hijiri-chan might fulfil her promise, even if it distorts her own life. However, I am scared of that.”

This small voice mysteriously loud echoed through the park at night.

“Even if Hijiri-chan should keep her promise, I have nothing to give her in return. I love Hijiri-chan. I love her very much, so more than anyone, I want her to be happy. Thinking so is only natural as an older sister, is it not?”

With a forced smiling face, Kaorun smiled again.

“When Hijiri-chan is considering about attending university, then it is a good opportunity. I believe that if I take my distance and get hated, Hijiri-chan will abstain from pursuing the path of the an exorcists. To be honest, if Hijiri-chan were to go to university and live in an apartment, I would like to accompany her, but I already received so many things from her. I cannot wish for any more.”

Still clenching her fist and even trembling her lips, she still didn’t break her smile.

“I am not a tool like in the past. As long as Hijiri-chan is happy, I do not mind if she hates me. They will hire a new maid and on the right time, I will return to the exorcist organisation.”

—That won’t do.

Kaorun’s expression enlightened by the moonlight was just too sad that I inadvertently was about to spill out these words.

Kaorun didn’t know how to act spoiled—

She told me herself that ever since she could remember, she was used as a tool in the exorcist organisation and didn’t know how to act spoiled.

So what she did to Luna this morning must have been her own awkward way of acting spoiled, just like Elni had said. And the previous prank and seducing me might also have been done from the desire to act spoiled, a cry for attention.

Because it must have been hard for her, even if she wanted to separate herself from Hijiri.

But Kaorun was trying to endure it and take action as Hijiri’s older sister.

That was the reason for her change and I didn’t know if her decision was right or wrong. Since I didn’t know… I couldn’t say anything.

But I couldn’t stand that and unable to stop my feelings, I tightly embraced Kaorun.

Kaorun didn’t resist in particular. She just twined her arms around my back.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, you are trembling.”

“…’Cause I’m cold. Warm me up.”

“Again such a gentle lie. If you do that… I will be unable… to hold back…”

Finally Kaorun started to cry with hics and tears wetted my chest.

“…I apologize for always fawning on you and Luna-sama. But please let me stay at your house for a little while longer. I will properly sort out my feelings…”

If she sorted out her feelings, then she would separate herself from Hijiri?

Turning one’s back to one’s dream and continuing to walk alone, what was in store for one then?

Was it okay just to wish for someone’s happiness?

I couldn’t accept that. But I didn’t know what I should do, so I still couldn’t say anything to the crying Kaorun…

It had been a week, since Kaorun started living at our house.

During that week, she had been sleeping in the guest room and while she sometimes showed a sad expression, she usually got along well with the other girls.

And while living together with Kaorun, I got to see all kind of sides of her.

For example, how she surprisingly did all house ch.o.r.es perfectly. How she funnily turned bright red, when she received physical contact from Nazuna or Elni, as she was indeed shy. How she was a more intense reader than I had imagined and finished all the novels that my mother and I lent her in no time.

Also… how she liked my bed?

—The afternoon of a holiday. After finis.h.i.+ng lunch and watching TV in the living room, I was going to return to my room, whereupon I noticed that my door was slightly open.

…Was someone inside?

When I wondering opened the door quietly, Kaorun laid on my bed sideways and was hugging on my pillow with an exceedingly blissful face.

“Ahh… s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama’s scent…”

On a rare occasion, Kaoru, who was sensitive to presences, didn’t notice me yet. She started to rub her cheeks against my pillow in a spellbound state.

“Mm… *kiss*… Hah…”

Lightly kissing the pillow, she made an erotic sigh. Moreover she flushed her cheeks and rubbed her thighs together.

“Uhn… Even though I know… I should not be doing this…”

Kaorun slowly… let her fingers move down her abdomen.

There Kaorun looked my way and perfectly met my eyes.

Instantly, Kaorun turned bright red up to her ears and raised a hysteric voice.

“M- Meeooow!”

“Ohh, I heard another meow from Kaorun. Fufu, you sure love that word.”

It was quite cute. While I naturally smiled, Kaorun shook both her hands fl.u.s.tered.

“N- No! I have not done anything yet– wait, no! This, well, right, it is marking! You know, cats often do it to their favourite things or owner! So I just tried to raise a cat’s purring! That really is all to it!”

“…Well, our cats does it often too, but didn’t you come here to air the sheets?”

“*snore, snore*”

“Hey, stop your obvious sleep-feigning. C’mon, get up.”

“…No. It is impossible. I am so embarra.s.sed I could cry. Today I will stay in bed in defiance for the whole day.”

I- If she did that, Kaorun might really end up marking my sheets with her scent. What if I couldn’t sleep from all the excitement then?

When I made a slightly weak sigh, Kaorung leaked a giggle.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, you do not need to make such a troubled expression. I was joking about staying in bed all day.”

“…Not really a funny joke.”

“Fufu, my apologies. I will give you some little sister play as an apology, so please forgive me.”

“Huh? Why little sister play?”

“Well, over the past few days I understood that you are even more soft on Nazuna-sama than I had believed, so I wanted to get treated gently by you as well…”

Midway in her sentence, Kaorun cleared her throat with a cough. Changing her tone, she spread both her hands with a smile.

“Dear Brother, let us sleep together. Meow.”

“…I’m going out for a bit.”

“Does your composure know no limit after all!?”

Kaorun made a heart-broken expression, but it was embarra.s.sing, so I quickly left the room.

…Somehow, I got the feeling that Kaorun strangely spend her time with me, ever since the stroll at night the other day. Well, not that I minded, but I hoped she would spare me the little sister play. If I took a nonchalant att.i.tude like this, even Kaorun should give up.

Was what I thought, but she apparently still continued the play.

After getting down to the living room, I enjoyed a game with my real little sister Nazuna upon her invitation while my mother watched over us.

“Ah, here you are, Dear Brother.”

Kaorun approached me with a smile and sat down besides me. Purring a “Meow” a bit spoiled, she clung to me tightly. Agitated by that soft body sensation, I suddenly felt something amiss and faced Kaorun.

“…Is it my imagination or are you a bit hot?”

“Yes, when I think of you, Dear Brother, my body naturally sets on fire.”

Replying quite erotically, Kaorun begged with “More importantly” and a smile.

“Dear Brother, please play with me too. Okay?”

“…Yeah, okay. I lost to your enthusiasm, Lil Sis.”

Kaorun seemed to have fun, So I would play along with her little sister play for a bit.

When I replied with a nod, my mother, who had kept quiet so far, faced Nazuna and giggled teasingly.

“Trouble, Nazuna. At this rate, Kaoru-chan might steal your little sister position from you.”

“Ehh!?”

On my mother’s words, Nazuna confronted Kaorun with tears dwelling up in her eyes.

“Miss Maid! You can’t do that! I’m the little sister here!”

“Ehm, please rest a.s.sured, Nazuna-sama. I am merely playing the little sister. And on a step-sister setting. I do not rival you, the real little sister…”

Kaorun replied so softly, but my mother smiled roguish and interjected with “Is that really true?”.

“Isn’t Nazuna at a disadvantage between a real and a stepsister?”

“Th- That’s not true! Brother is really kind to me! When I cold a caught, he also got a fever for me!”

…Nah, I just simply got infected by your cold.

I retorted so in my heart to Nazuna, who raised a voice in opposition to Kaorun.

Amidst that, my mother smiled again teasingly.

“But, Kaoru-chan is older and s.e.xier, you know?”

“A- And I’m younger!”

“Kaoru-chan is tall.”

“I’m short!”

“Kaoru-chan is smart.”

“I’m stu… I won’t fall for that!”

Slightly puffing up her cheeks and s.h.i.+fting her gaze, Nazua fiercely pointed at Kaorun as to declare war.

“Miss Maid! We’re going to fight over the position of the little sister! I definitely won’t lose!”

“O- Okay…”

Suddenly challenged, Kaorun must have been perplexed. She gave a dispirited reply, then clapped her hands with a “Well then,” as she regained her spirit.

“Nazuna-sama, how about we include Luna-sama and the others on this occasion? And the victor, who claimed the t.i.tle of the little sister, gets to order the loser anything— What do you say?”

“Yeah! That’s fine! Though I get the feeling that my rivals suddenly increased. But it sounds fun, so bring it on!”

Nazuna readily accepted Kaorun’s conditions.

But somehow… I got the feeling that it wouldn’t end well if dragged into this turmoil.

My mother must have had the same impression. We both looked at each other and quickly retreated from the living room. My mother went to her own room and I left the house, heading for the library…

After reading an old novel at the library, I returned to the house under the evening sun, whereupon Machina and Elni came to greet me at the front door.

But, the instant I saw these two, I inadvertently opened my eyes wide.

Because their attire was obviously strange.

Machina’s must have symbolized a succubus. A lewd, high leg leotard in black with jet black wings on the back. Her chest was largely exposed and half of her voluminous b.r.e.a.s.t.s were shown.

On the other hand, Elni had the image of a princess from a fairy-tale. She wore a pure white dress that exposed her shoulders. Her graceful fingers and arms were covered by white gloves and this mysterious and beautiful appearance made you think it was a picture taken from a wall.

…But, this was my house, not a cosplay fair, right?

While I was certainly perplexed, Machina approached me with her round b.r.e.a.s.t.s bouncing largely and smiled charming.

“Fufu, you’re finally home. My cute slave.”

Machina stroked me under the chin with her slender fingers and continued with a long breathing.

“Hey s.h.i.+n.o.bu, I’m in a really good mood right now. So I specially will allow you to lick my leg. You can lick my thighs, my tiptoes, angles or any place you like all you want.”

“…Did you eat anything funny?”

Machina’s behaviour and words excited me, but my confusion was greater.

When I tilted my head, Machina turned bright red instantly and shouted.

“E- Even I didn’t want to do something so embarra.s.sing! But I lost to Kaoru in the game, so I had no choice! C’mon! You’re next, Elni!”

When Machina urged her with teary eyes, Elni averted her eyes from me and said with a small voice.

“…Have you seen my gla.s.s shoe? I lost it at the party last night. Please tell me if you find it…”

“Hey Elni! That aren’t the arranged lines! I also did it, so stopd fooling around and obey Kaoru’s order!”

“Uhh…”

Hearing Machina’s warning, Elni turned bright red on a rare occasion and drew closer. Then, standing on her tiptoes and closing both her eyes, she presented her cheery-like lips.

“O- Only a kiss can awaken me, my Prince— wait, Uwaaah! So embarra.s.sing! Why do I have to do this!”

“—You’re the reason for all of it!”

Machina instantly replied to Elni, who shouting bright red up to her ears, with a rough voice.

“Even after losing to Kaoru numerous times, you kept playing tough with ‘Double or quits’, so we were made to dress like this and even had to say these lines! Mad Dog my a.s.s! Why don’t you change it to Loser Dog now!”

“Y- You don’t need to go that far! I thought I would win! Besides, I certainly lost, but the play-style is important, not the outcome!”

“The play-style? You even lost at that! I only joined in because you said you would cheat! Yet Kaoru saw through it so easily and beat us overwhelming! Besides, why do you even have these costumes! Stupid Elni! Idiot! Fool!”

“Muh! I can still forgive the stupid and idiot, but fool is taking it too far! Also, I told you long ago that I got these costumes from a friend! They aren’t my taste!”

Machina and Elni made a ruckus while each turning bright red.

While listening to their conversation, I could get the gist of things.

Most likely, after I left the house, everyone started to fight about the position of the little sister and it ended with Kaorun standing victorious. Because of that Machina and Elni, the loser, had to obey the victor’s orders by cosplaying and saying strange lines.

Well, a kind of punishment game, so to speak.

There I suddenly felt a gaze and faced the faintly opened living room door.

“Mh? Who’s there?”

“Myself is a cat. I do possess a name.”

“…Which is?”

“The name is Nazucat.”

Replying to my question with a weird verbal expression, Nazuna showed up from the living room.

She probably must be doing the punishment as well. Nazuna wore cat-ears and a tail with a tube top and lowrise hot pants. Her small navel was in plain view.

…She was the cat Nazucat.

I showed a faint wry smile and called out to Nazuna.

“Could it be, Kaorun ordered you to say something to me?”

“No. Not to you, Brother, but Miss Maid requested that I call her ‘Kaoru-san’. So when I fulfilled her request, she happily petted my head. So I decided to always call her Kaoru-san from now on.”

“Hee, I’m sure Kaorun will like that. So, where’s the Kaorun in question?”

When I asked her a bit curious, Elni put her quarrel with Machina on hold and answered my question.

“Kaorun was singing ‘Creating a harem, that was my dream in the past~♪‘ while holding us round our shoulders, but she seemed kind of tired, so she went back to her room.“

While explaining so, Elni rested her hand on my shoulder.

“By the way, s.h.i.+n.o.bu, how do you feel right now?”

“I feel bad for you, but to be honest, it’s awesome.”

“I see. But the problems starts now. The ultimate weapon is waiting in the house. Go into the living room.”

Elni said profound and pushed my back. Pushed forward, I went into the living room together with the others, whereupon there was Luna.

But, once more I opened my eyes wide.

Luna wore a black bondage suit high on exposure.

S&M. A Dominatrix. Quite maniac.

Her chest was boldly exposed, showing the shape of her voluminous b.r.e.a.s.t.s well. I could also see her tight waist and beautiful legs.

Without exception, Luna was also acting the punishment. When she recognized me, she showed me a soft smile.

“Welcome home, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san. Will you take a bath? Will you have dinner? Or.do.you….”

Midway in her sentence, her smiling expression changed completely. Luna raised her chin a bit and tinted her eyes in a s.a.d.i.s.tic colour, then declaring with a bewitching smile.

“—want a spanking?”

D- Dominatrix alright. A s.h.i.+ver ran down my spine. I never experienced anything like this before. While I was scared, my heart just wouldn’t stop beating in excitement. So mysterious.

While I was somewhat excited and perplexed, everyone else was lightly trembling and each leaked a lamenting voice.

“L- Luna-oneechan turned into a Dominatrix!”

“Ss.h.!.+ Nazucat, you have to call Queen Luna by her t.i.tle.”

“El- Elni is right, Nazuna. I’ll call my sister Queen from now on too.”

On Nazuna, Elni and Machina’s words, Luna instantly turned bright red. She surely just tried her hardest to act like that. She protested with teary eyes.

“I am not a Dominatrix! Kaoru-san just requested it from me! s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san, tell them something… wait, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san? Why are you rubbing your hands together in the corner of the room?”

“No, no. For an underling like myself it is unthinkable to address my Queen Luna, yes.”

“Wh- Why did you become so submissive!?”

Well, the panicking Luna was cute, so I just ended up teasing her on reflex. However, the others, either truthfully or jokingly, were still trembling and

“W- Well, calm down, Sister— I mean, please settle down, my Queen.”

“Yeah, Brother is just fooling around, Luna-onee…. Queen Luna.”

“…Scary. I won’t play weird pranks on Queen Luna anymore.”

said stuff like that. Luna shouted sadly with still teary eyes.

“You are all so mean! If you say all that, I really will become a Queen!”

Looking down along with her words… Luna raised her head after a small pause, whereupon her expression had perfectly become that of a bewitching Queen. She ordered with a low voice.

“—Everyone, sit down formally right away. You will be punished.”

Instantly, the girls with pale faces and I on a reflex sat down formally to Luna’s feet. Except me, everyone was looking down and trembling again, whereas Luna looked to be in shock.

“… Am I, really that scary…?”

She mumbled. Cute indeed. When I made a stifled laugh, Luna puckered her lips a bit.

“Muh, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san, what is so funny?”

“No, well, I was thinking how I gladly would like to receive your punishment, Queen Luna. You know, just try it if you can.”

“—I understand.”

“Yeah, I knew it, you can’t… wait, you understand?”

…Huh? That was a different remark than I had expected.

I, I might have made her angry by teasing her too much. Luna moved in front of me, put her hands on her waist and stared at me by bending over.

On that occasion, her plenty voluminous b.r.e.a.s.t.s bounced and with a s.a.d.i.s.tic glitter in her eyes, Luna declared while sweetly smiling.

“As you wish, I will give you punishment now, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san. Please lay down face-up.”

“Uhm, I’m sorry. The joke went too far. I’m scared, so please forgive me.”

“No. I will not forgive you. Please lay down already.”

“…Y- Yes, as you command…”

I had no other choice. You reap what you sow. When I laid down like I was told to, Luna looked down at me and licked over her lips with the pink tip of her tongue and a “Fufu”.

“I will tease you plentiful, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san. First I will step on your cute face.”

As she had said, Luna slowly lowered the back of her foot towards my face, but… suddenly her expression returned to the usual soft one and she smiled prankish.

“—Just kidding. There is no way I would ever do something like that. How was it? Were you surprised? It was all a lie.”

“…I- Is that so.”

I made a big sigh of relief.

“Wow, I was really surprised. You were the perfect Queen. Flawless and without doubt. You could become a Queen any time. Ahaha.”

There I carelessly spilled my true thoughts, whereupon Luna raised her voice while moved to tears.

“Uh! You are so mean, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san! Queen this, Queen that, it is too much! I am angry now! I will really step on you! Please prepare yourself!”

…Ehm, it might be Luna’s idea of anger, but gently rubbing my cheeks like this didn’t hurt at all. And from this position, I could see the movement of Luna’s b.r.e.a.s.t.s well.

The two b.r.e.a.s.t.s with an overwhelming volume bounced up and down, which unconsciously made me follow these movements with my eyes. Then the door of the living room opened suddenly.

Instantly, my mother showed up and shouted bright red upon seeing us.

“L- Luna-chan…No, Queen Luna finally awakened her super s.a.d.i.s.tic side! Stop it! Don’t drag s.h.i.+n.o.bu on the path of abnormal!”

“T- Tomoe-san! I am not a Queen! To begin with, what do you mean by super s.a.d.i.s.tic side— wait, why are you all averting your eyes from me!?”

…Because no one could deny the fact that Luna had a s.a.d.i.s.tic side?

I retorted with that in my heart…

Afterwards everyone apologized to Luna, then I returned to my room, but

“U- Uhn~ s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama… You cannot…”

once again, Kaorun was sleeping in my bed.

As she was having a bad dream, she leaked weird sleeping talk while frowning.

“Please stop with… the S&M play already… It grosses me out…”

“Hey, why are you only having weird dreams about tentacles or S&M play?”

When I approached the bed and lightly slapped her cheek, Kaorun opened her eyes and curiously looked around the room, making a small sigh.

“…Just a dream. In my dream, you were whipped by Luna-sama and Machina while showing an ecstatic expression and claiming ‘I’m a dirty pig. More. This pig wants more’—”

“No one asked for a detailed summary of your dream.”

Cutting into Kaorun’s words, I wearily continued with “Anyway”.

“You sure do love my bed, huh. Were you sniffing my scent again? You d.a.m.n perverted maid with a scent fetish.”

“…I only like your scent, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama.”

W- Was she still half-asleep? She said quite the man-killer remark.

Actually, Kaorun’s head was strangely red. Her eyes were dizzy and her breathing seemed rough…Mh? Wait.

“Sorry, but let me see your forehead.”

When I softly touched Kaorun’s forehead, it was hotter than I expected. Without doubt, she had a cold. Reminded me, when she hugged me at noon, I thought she was a bit feverish. Her fever might have gotten worse while she played with the others. I should have noticed it at noon.

“…Why didn’t you say anything when you had a fever?”

“Because it is a girl’s day. You also sometimes have a boy’s day, right s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama? It is the same, so please do not worry about it.”

Speaking in riddles like that, she actually wanted to hide it forever? Kaorun returned to her usual inexpressiveness and quickly tried to straighten up her upper body.

But, I grabbed her by the shoulders and stopped her.

“If you’re sick, rest. Don’t overexert yourself.”

“…I am fine. I do not have a cold. I have to work in the house, since you let me stay here. I will go prepare dinner, so excus… Auh.”

Kaorun tried to escape, but increasing the strength on my grip on her shoulders, I made her lay down on the bed. Kaorun tried to resist, but it was too weak and while I held her down, I rebuked softly.

“Seeing you like this makes it hard for me too. Please, just rest.”

“However…”

“No buts, sleep. And give up. I’ll watch over you, so you won’t be able to get away from here.”

When I cracked a joke like that, Kaorun slowly relaxed her body, as she had given up, and tried to respond to my joke.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, please do not get excited… by seeing my sleeping face.”

“That’s an impossible request. I’ll take all the pictures I want.”

“Fufu. Well then, please make me look cute.”

“Leave it to me. You have a photogenic body, so no problem. You’re pretty after all.”

“…You are sly, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama.”

“Eh? How so?”

Averting her eyes from the perplexed me, Kaorun faintly blushed.

“Even though I know it is a joke… I am so happy… It is frustrating…”

Leaking unclear words with a small mumbling voice, she covered her mouth with the blanket.

…Could she be bashful?

The moment I realized that, I inadvertently showed a smile. Then I gently stroke her head to stay by her side until she fell asleep…

After that, I told everyone about Kaorun’s cold and decided to sleep on the sofa in the living room, surrendering my bed to Kaorun. And before going to bed, I absent-minded watched some TV together with my mother… whereupon she said isolated.

“…Somehow, you and Kaoru-chan are quite alike.”

“Me and her? How so?”

“How you are usually aloof, surprisingly shy and sweet and forgiving to the little sister. Also…how you lack self-confidence, I guess.”

Catching me off guard, my mother continued with “Let me ask you on this occasion” and a serious expression.

“You have no intention to take over your grandfather’s dojo, right?”

“…You noticed?”

“I’m your mother after all. I plan to understand that you have another goal, but I don’t know yet what you’re aiming for. Because you don’t talk about it to anyone.”

Staring into my eyes, my mother rebuked softly.

“You’re afraid of being rejected, since you lack self-confidence, right? Well, in the past you were often called a ‘failure’ or ‘weak’, so it might be inevitable, but isn’t it about time to tell Nazuna about the dojo?”

Temporarily stopping her words, my mother then said while still looking into my eyes.

“You and everyone else at the dojo believes that my husband forbid Nazuna to attend the dojo, but actually Nazuna herself said she wanted to quit.”

“…Really?”

“Everyone had high expectations of her, so it’s just an excuse that my husband stopped her. It seems she thought that she stole your place, that you were suffering from the comparison with her and the bullying. Actually Nazuna would have become the successor of the dojo at that rate…”

“In other words, Nazuna surrendered the dojo to me?”

“Indeed. She herself quit, so that you could take over the dojo. Because you didn’t properly talk about it with her, it turned out like this. Even if you’re scared from your lack of self-confidence, at times it’s important to convey your own feelings.”

Softly s.h.i.+fting her gaze, my mother told me gently.

“I could say the same to Kaoru-chan. I don’t know what happened, but she came here without telling Hijiri-chan anything, right? I believe it’s wrong to hide one’s own feeling from a precious person, when making an important decision.”

“…Even if it’s done for Hijiri’s sake?”

“Properly think about how you would feel in Hijiri-chan’s shoes.”

Softly resting her hand on my shoulder, my mother then left the room. I, left behind, looked up to the ceiling of the living room and ruminated my mother’s words.

“…Me in Hijiri’s shoes, huh.”

For example, if Luna, Machina, Elni, Nazuna, my mother or my dad left without a word, I would likely be unable to bear it. Even if the days after that were peaceful, the sadness would not be cured.

Still, I couldn’t deny the solution Kaorun came up with. If I were in Kaorun’s shoes, I might make the same decision as her.

That was why I couldn’t say anything back then.

But I got the feeling that I would come to know what to do, when I also confirmed Hijiri’s feelings, not just Kaorun’s.

With that hunch, I fell asleep at some point— The next morning. I went to check upon Kaorun. She leaked a mumbling,

“…Hijiri-chan.”

as she was thinking of her even in her sleep, and was damping her long eyelashes…

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