Chapter 51: The Neighborhood Demon King V (1/2)

My heartbeat became louder. The beast stirred slightly.

「What, is this guy……」

Ea was trembling.

That was natural.

The Demon King was on a different dimension. Its alien, black and cold presence was the opposite of divinity. I had experienced this feeling when I came to this world.

A ridiculously enormous creature that wriggled in the darkness.

A tentacle that opened like a flower.

I thought it strange that I had forgotten about it till just now for some reason.

「Agathion!」

Responding to my voice, the magic sword flew out from my quiver.

「Nuu」

I had surprised goblin-san, but this isn’t the time for me to worry about that. I’ll apologize later.

「Break the bow!」

Agathion broke Ea’s bow. By chance, the arrow that had been released from its string stuck into Makina's head.

『NyaGYAaaaAAAaa!』

A noisy scream rang out, but I ignored it.

「O, Onii-chan, wha― Huh, those eyes?」

I forced Ea to her knees and made her lower her head.

「I sincerely apologize for my sister’s rudeness. Though they’re the actions of a child, for her to point an arrow at the vassal of the Demon King…… We’ll accept any form of punishment, but please allow me to be the one to bear responsibility. For example, an arm to begin with……」

I called back Agathion and extended my left arm.

The Demon King stayed silent for a while, and then whispered into the goblin’s ear.

「My Demon King says this,『Oh golden-eyed beast, in view of your good manners, we’ll also stay our anger. Something like a Hemu’s arm is useless even as a decoration』」

「From the bottom of my heart, I respect your sagely wisdom and magnanimity」

It’s different if I’m alone, but with my sister here, I can’t act violently. She’ll get embroiled. My last resort can never be used in places where there are people, all the more so if they are people that I want to protect.

Or rather, what do you mean golden-eyed beast? Who’s that? Me?

「Ea. You apologize too」

「Why! I was only worried about you, Onii-chan! I didn’t do anything wrong!」

Shaking free from my hands, Ea yelled.

Even though she is in front of the Demon King, my sister is dauntless, albeit ignorant. That’s dangerous. The opponent is out of our league. My sister, there are lots of unreasonable things in the world and there are also times when you have to apologize even if you did nothing wrong.

Besides, the other party is a reasonable, err, person?, so you should apologize. To begin with, we’re 10 to 0 at fault anyway.

「Please, I'm asking you, think of it as doing it for your Onii-chan」

「No!」

It can’t be helped.

It was light, or rather, the power was reduced by three levels half-way through, and by the end, with the force of about a gentle stroking, I slapped my sister.

「Ea, you pointed an arrow at a person because of your prejudice and a misunderstanding. These people are the benefactors who helped Makina. Is pointing arrows at the people we owe a debt of gratitude to the actions of a descendant of Heures?」

My sister had a stunned expression on her face.

However, it turned mushy.

「………I, I, di, did, didn’t」

Tears falling in large drops, Ea started to cry.

「Onii-chan hit meeeeeeeee!」

She wailed.

Huh? This is outside of my expectations. Back in the day, she would get angry and hit me back.

「PiyaaaaaaAAA!」

It was a somewhat amusing crying voice.

No, it's a massive blunder. Even though she looks like an adult woman, she’s crying and wailing like a baby.

「Makina! Help!」

『Hawawa, hawawa』

This piece of scrap is useless. I mean, it's all your fault! You’ll be sorry later.

「PinyaAAaaa! NyaPyaaAaaaAAaaa!」

Even though we were in front of the Demon King, my sister's crying voice didn’t stop and became even louder.

Goblin-san also had a stunned expression.

「Ah jeez, it’s completely Onii-chan’s fault, so cheer up」

When I searched around in my pocket, I found a candy that was meant for Rana in case of emergencies.

「Here, ahhh~」

「Nom………………」

When I put the strawberry-flavored candy in her mouth, Ea fell silent.

I patted her head, and she came and wrapped her arms around me like a koala. It was embarrassing because we were in front of others, but I placed her on my lap and rubbed her back to comfort her.

Hmm, I can feel the sense of immorality from doing baby play with an adult woman. To be accurate, it’s sister play, I suppose.

「Hey, sixth generation A.I., Makina-kun」

『Eek』

「Were you not able to predict that this could happen? I left Yukikaze behind because you’re here♪」

『S, so, sorry. Of late, the sensors on the pod have been out of sorts』

「Report it. Always」

『Eek. Souya-san, are you angry?』

「Haha, I'm not angry. After returning to the camp, shall we make some time for the two of us?」

『You're definitely angry! Noo~!』

「PinyaAaaa!」

Ea started to cry again.

「Oh, there there. You must be scared. Sorry, alright?」

I patted and rubbed her some more.

I conveyed『I’ll kill you later』to Makina with my eyes.

The characters『Hiiiii』were displayed on Makina’s screen.

「This sweet thing, I want more」

「Sorry, Ea. Because they’re for Rana」

「Hic」

Tears suddenly filled her eyes.

『Ea-sama! Makina will make even~~ more delicious food after this! So please be patient for a bit, alright?!』

「Really?」

『Really! Really!』

「Umm~ Is it alright now?」

Goblin-san, who had been a touch ignored, came up and asked in an apologetic tone.

「My King says this,『Shall we do this tomorrow instead?』」

『It's okay! For Ea-sama, Makina will cook the dish right away! Or rather, if Makina doesn’t wash away her disgrace, Makina's life is in danger!』

A little distance away, Makina quickly laid out the cooking utensils and a portable stove. She readied the fire. Perhaps they found it novel, but goblin-san and the Demon King were observing at the side.

『Souya-san, Makina’s functionalities have currently declined by 15% because Makina is on edge. Makina will send you the image just in case, so please advise me when it looks like Makina is about to make a mistake, alright?!』

The view of Makina's cooking was displayed on the LCD of the glasses.

My sister had completely become a spoiled child. She was clinging on while snuggling me and not letting go. Something like this was also nice every now and then.

Huh?

It's improper, but did she have such a lack of boobs?

Because she’ll likely get angry, I’m definitely keeping that to myself though.

『Well then, as thanks for helping Makina and to apologize for today's rudeness, we’ll prepare a meal in all sincerity and with all of our heart. First, Makina will pan-fry the ingredients』