Chapter 54: Vol7 Epilogue (2/2)

As he thought of that, the man surveyed the interior of the room.

To the man’s eyes, the room was dripping with exquisite furniture. At the very least, he would be able to recover the principal amount. And if selling the furniture was not enough to raise the required money—-

The man looked down to hide the emotion rising in his eyes.

“When you get down to it, a daughter of the Furt family shouldn’t be doing dirty work like that. She works with plebeians, who are doubtlessly of base character.”

“…Really?”

The man recalled the two faces he had seen in the bar as he answered. There was no telling how he had interpreted the inflection of that response, but the father continued explaining, as though to make an excuse for himself.

“Oh, I’m not saying all plebs are like that. I mean the adventuring sort.”

“Perhaps.”

“Don’t you think so? They were probably the ones who made my daughter turn on me. I need to find a chance to give her a good talking-to. Honestly, a daughter ought to be listening to her father. Actually daring to talk back to me, who does she think she is?”

The man glanced at the furious father, then rose from his chair.

“…Then, I have other places to go, so I’ll take my leave. Do remember to pay on time.”

***

“When’s onee-sama coming back?”

“She’ll be back real soon!”

There were two young girls in the room. They sat on the bed like it was a chair, and the two girls who sat side by side looked the same.

The pale faces were flushed slightly pink, calling to mind the image of angels. Given that they looked very similar to their elder sister, it was very easy to imagine how they would look once they grew up.

Both of them were dressed in the same way, in immaculate, pure white one-piece dresses, and a pair of pale, slender legs kicked beneath their skirts.

“Really?”

“Really!”

“Is that so?”

“Just so.”

“When onee-sama comes back, we’ll be moving house, right?”

“Of course!”

The two of them were very happy. They had not seriously thought about what moving house entailed, only that the big sister they loved the most would no longer leave them. That made them very happy.

Their big sister — Arche — often went out. They did not know what their big sister did, but they both knew that their big sister was doing something very important. Therefore, they decided not to be naughty, but they could not help wanting to play with their gentle sister.

Indeed. The two of them liked Arche more than anything else.

They liked their gentle, yet knowledgeable sister who treated them nicely.

“Why isn’t onee-sama back yet~?”

“Why isn’t she back yet~?”

“I’m looking forward to it, Kuuderika.”

“Mmm, very much, Uleirika.”

“I want onee-chan to read me a story~”

“I want onee-chan to sleep with me~”

“Kuuderika, you’re so cunning~”

“Uleirika, you’re cunning too~”

After that, the two of them looked at each other, and then smiled in the same happy way, before laughing in an adorable fashion, like the tinkling of silver bells.

“Then, Kuuderika can come sleep with onee-sama too.”

“Mm, Uleirika can sleep with onee-chan too.”

Then, the two of them laughed. They imagined the happy times that would soon be upon them—