Chapter 5 (1/2)

“Onee-sama. Are you done?

“Wa, Wait abit. Wait just abit more Mishuly! ”

Due to Mishuly’s urging from outside my room, I who has yet to finish my preparations panicked for a moment. Although it’s a bit rude to her who was waiting, it will take just a moment.

Giving a hurried gaze towards my servants, my intentions were read and they quietly nodded and hurried up.

“Eh— I finished mine already though”

Imagining my Mishuly pouting like a small bird over this, I felt a small sense of guilt well up in my chest. I know that time is limited and it’s a sin to make my beloved sister wait.

However, I can’t open the door yet.

Even speeding things up, it’ll still require a certain amount of time. Above all, to rush things further, especially since the thoroughness required in this preparation made it a taxing task for my servants, was unreasonable. Still, I wanted to perfectly prepare to greet Mishuly.

“……Is that true? ”

“Naturally!”

It will be difficult if the amount of expectation rises in proportion to the delay, but in this situation, I will absolutely live up to Mishuly’s expectations. Besides, it’s not only Mishuly who is waiting. Even I want to quickly meet Mishuly and share this enjoyment as sisters should.

“You know I won’t lie to Mishuly right? Pleasure grows in proportion to the time waited.

“Unn……Okay! I’ll wait! ”

Such a good child.

To the lively answer, I fantasized about an excited Mishuly with sparkling blue eyes, causing me to break out into a grin.

No matter the distance or obstacle, nothing can waver our sisterly bond! While basking in enjoyment of our bond, the other individual waiting outside of my room spoke.

“Stop it father. It’s different for Mishuly but if father continues to persist, the estate’s maids will say Father forcibly peeked at us changing and wholeheartedly act clinging in tears. Mishuly and I will hate you for this!

After being flatly refused with threatening words mixed in, there were signs of trembling on the other side of the door.

“O,Oi Christina. Yo, you’re joking right? You’d never seriously threaten papa —— it can’t be that you will really hate papa right…… Christina? Why are you silent, Christina!?”

Though it was more effective than I thought, of course I was just joking.

As evidence, the maids currently helping me dress all desperately tried to stifle their laughter. The duke family’s head of all people was being threatened and lead around by his nose by his own biological daughter is strange, isn’t it? Nevertheless, because the master of the house was just beyond that thin obstacle, everyone was put in dire straits trying to suppress their laughter.

Unable to recognize the joke, my father was unable to stop trembling at my long silence.

“Father, what’s wrong? You’re starting to yell…”[ED: It’s Mishuly here]

Far from stopping, his trembling only intensified. For the 5 year old Mishuly to worry about him, it was indeed unbearable.

As I let out a bitter smile towards father’s wavering voice, I suddenly thought, I’ve already gone this far. Ignoring father who was currently being comforted by Mishuly, I gave a mischievous wink at the maids that were left trembling holding in their laughter.

“…..BuFu”

“Ku, Fu, FuFu……!”

Two people surrendered and laughed out loud. The remaining person quickly turned away and held their mouth, sticking it out till the very end.

From the three people inside, two were already down. The remaining one person was half way there.

Umu, this is adequate. On top of that, the preparations were also finished.

“Father. Of course it was a joke so please settle down. Additionally, it’s fine to enter now.”

After the three maid’s laughter died down, I invited two to enter the room. The attentive servants of my prided residence separated from my side and stood along the wall.

“Finally—!”

I could hear the voices of my relieved father and the innocent Mishuly from the opening door.

“Welcome and please come in my dear father and Mishuly”