Chapter 63: The Rabbit Of Revelry VI (1/2)

When I returned to the camp, Ea was waiting while tending to the bonfire. She looked immodest wearing only a dress shirt. Even though she had warning of our approach, her black panties were visible.

「Welcome back, Onii-chan. And Lanseal」

「I’m back, my sister」

「I’ve returned, my sister」

「Why is Lanseal also calling me sister?」

「Huh, but if I become Souya’s mistress, that’ll make you my sister」

「Huh? Is that so?」

「Huh? Is that right?」

I said, just as surprised as Ea.

「Let's start from now on. Onee-chan………doesn’t really fit, so call me Onee-sama. Come on」

「No way」

「That’s a shame. Well then, Souya, if there’s nothing else, is it alright if I turn in for the night?」

「Yeah, sorry for making you guide me to the castle on short notice」

「Don’t worry about it. Thank you for your hard work in the dungeon today」

Lanseal bowed and then went into her tent.

『Souya-san, welcome back』

「I’m back. That’s it for today. You get some rest too」

I ordered Makina, who had slid over, to rest.

『Activating the proximity detection sensors and shifting to standby mode. Thank you for your hard work. Good night』

The Makina Pod stopped, leaving her faint standby lights on.

I took my toothbrush from the washstand that stored potable water. While brushing my teeth, I went around the camp and checked for any abnormalities.

In the kitchen garden, a small golem had buried itself under the soil and was sleeping. The winged rabbits had huddled together at the edge of a tent and were sleeping. Of late, they had increased in number. Lars would carry them away, but the rabbits misunderstood and thought that it was playing with them and it would end up getting mobbed by them.

I’ll feel bad for the Demon King, but if their numbers increased any more, I’ll grill them on skewers.

After I had finished brushing my teeth and extinguished the fire, today's fatigue hit me all at once.

I’m at my limit, or rather, my battery is dead.

It felt like I would fall over if I was careless. When I was about to return to my tent, I became depressed because of the matter with Rana.

It’s awkward now. Just how should I face her?

「Onii-chan」

「Hmm?」

My sister took my hand. And pulled.

「Sleep in my tent tonight. Alright?」

「Oh, okay」

My mind felt muddled because of my fatigue. I couldn’t see Ea’s face clearly in the darkness of night. Pulled by her, I entered my sister’s tent. It smelled citrusy. A Shogaku stone lantern was emitting a faint glow.

A tent meant for four was being used by one person, so there was plenty of space, but……

「I thought it was odd that they were decreasing rather quickly of late……」

Piled high together with Ea’s personal belongings, was a large amount of instant food.

「Onii-chan’s things are my things」

「Oh, right」

I didn’t have the strength to come up with a retort, so I let it go half-heartedly.

I took off my equipment and placed them in a corner of the tent.

「Yukikaze. Standby mode. Thank you for your hard work」

『Good night』

I also removed Yukikaze’s mini-pod, and then folded my poncho haphazardly.

「Here, wear this. My things are Onii-chan’s things」

I got a change of clothes from my sister. A T-shirt and hot pants. They smelled like my sister. Because of the sleepiness and fatigue, my mind was in trouble in various ways.

「Oh, come on, stop stumbling about」

My sister pulled my clothes off and made me change.

「Onii-chan, you're no good without me, aren’t you?」

「You may be right」