Vol 2 Chapter 46 (2/2)

“……Well, she’s still a little kid, so it’s fine I guess”

I shi+fted my eyes to my left hand, or rather, my left arm

Crawling under it was a tiny intruder

Rather than grabbing ed it while sleeping just like that Seeing that, I let out a wry smile

If I’, the man in black called her Rin before

But, seeing how calm it is now, has the chaos within the district been perhaps settled?

Is Illya not here?

By the timesoftly opened

When I turnedin while carrying a tray

And then our eyes met

“So you’ve woken up, Alice”

“Onee-chan……”

Because ere in battle before, I couldn’t wastesentimental

But now, seeing that the danger is gone and I’ up insideshi+on-san’s face

On top of that, I’ weak because I had used up a lot of stamina

Anyhow, I’s

“～～Oneechan……!”

“Fufu, idiot Don’t act so spoiled now You’re going to wake her up with your weeping”

Seeing me unintentionally let out a loud voice, shi+on-san let out a wry smile

She then put the tray onto the rack besides my bed and pointed at it

“Is there anything you’d like to eat?”

There were fruits, a cup of water, a bread, and sos on the plate shi+on-san carried over It was but a light meal

“Nn…I got a bit hungry…… By the way, how long was I sleeping?”

“It has only been one night since then It wasn’t worryingly long”

“I see……”

‘Are you fine with rinnal?’ As if saying that, shi+on-san took a rinnal and showed it to me

I nodded in response

shi+on-san then sat down on the chair by my bedside and picked up a knife She proceeded to skillfully peel off the skin

shi+on-san is really good at handling cutlery, isn’t she

Even though she doesn’t cook at all…

“Uhm, where’s this?”

“We’re inside a ton After you collapsed, I carried you on hts if there were any place we could rest at Seeing us, I guess they were somehow moved and contacted the owner of the residence for us”

“I see…”

This is probably Clansesca’s(4) house

While talking, shi+on-san cut the rinnal one by one into smaller pieces

“If it’s about the situation outside, it has considerably cal watch, so it should be okay”

“What about the castle…?”

“Obviously okay The i the place in check A riot of that level

won’t affect them much”

I see There are iuards there

That kind-lookingto join up with the Orstian Army later on

He has most likely escaped from the district

“If it’s about Solt, he’s currently sleeping in another room Well, he ran out of stamina What can I say”

“Solt?”

Hearing shi+on-san calling the man in black’s name without any honorifics, I blinked my eyes in surprise

“Oh? You jelly, Alice?”

Once again, this sister ofI refuse to understand

“No way Really, no way”

I couldn’t say anything else at that moment

“Hnnn? Isn’t he your boyfriend? That girl told me so”

“Please don’t take what a little kid says seriously…”

Rather, I orried that perhaps some kind of love had blossomed between them while I wasn’t aware of it!

“Uht, onee-chan?……your chest for instance!”

“……Your habit of randoed, I see”

No no no That man is very unsocialWhat if it turns out that he had been looking at your chest the entire time!?(5)

I’m worried, very worried

Oblivious to all my worries, shi+on-san served the the sliced rinnal on the plate skillfully

She then grabbed the fork and wondered what she should do

“I’ll eat it Please feed me It’s common sense to feed a sick person”(6)

‘Aaaan’, I opened my mouth just like a baby bird

After all, you know, I couldn’t htly!

“You haven’t changed at all, really Are you like this in front of everyone too?”

In front of everyone?

While talking, she sent a mouthful piece of rinnal into my mouth

‘Nyam’, I stuffed my cheeks just like that

It was delicious

“Eh? There’s no way I can be childish in front of everyone, right?”

Even I know there’s a ti

“……Heeee? So you only act this spoiled in front me”

“Spoiled? Spoiled…”

No way, but, I see

Certainly I don’t act like this in front of Illya and Clansesca

Surely I don’t

“I see…so this is what motherly love feels like…”

“Yes yes You’re welcome”

“What an indifferent response…”

I pouted exaggeratedly

But whenever I see rinnal co, I opened my mouth wide and ate it

How can this be so delicious

Could it be, because I was being fed while doing the famous ‘Aaaan’?

……Hnn?

……Being fed? ‘Aaaaan’?

“Ah, how e!”

“You’re saying that now!?”

My sister got surprised by my sudden bashfulness

Anyhow, the feeding still continued for a while until I finished about half of the sliced rinnal

“You really don’t eatsince yesterday night, you can’t even finish a single rinnal”

Doesn’t that y efficient?

shi+on-san ate the re rinnal and the meal time ended~

………It was such a waste though!

I should have kept going for a bit longer!

“……By the here’s Clansesca?”

“Hn? Youlady of this household?”

“Yes”

“You strangely have a lot of connections, don’t you? Nor acquaintanced with a chibi elf or with the young lady of Wilton”

“I know right?”

I also thought it eird

“Well, it’s good in its oay If it’s the young lady, she’s gone to the frontline since early in the ”

I was taken aback by her words

“She’s gone to the frontline!?”

“Ssst, speak quietly――Even though they said frontline, it’s probably the co on the frontline”

“But……even in the unlikeliest scenario, if so were to happen to Clan, ould happen to this country…”

Even if ere to successfully repel Orstia for now, it would hold no …

It’s true that Sacrament is still here

However, one of Wil

No, to begin with, what is Orstia ai for?

――Just what, aaa, someone tell me already!

No, that’s not important for now!

I just don’t want anything to happen to Clansesca!

“――What about Illya?”

“It seeonthat they would gather so her to at least sleep for a bit though”

“I see…”

She ht, that kid

I’ll tell her to sleep later

“On the contrary, the elf chibi has been sleeping allllllll the time”

“I knew”

It’s so that is to be expected

But, I see Illya went out with Saira

Her first errand is done, so she’s now on her way to do the second one

Now that Clansesca has taken up her position, when is the battle going to start?

I need to discuss this with Illya if I want to know more about the situation

……Fuu, this is too much

My body is still tired

Maybe I still shouldn’t think too much

“I’ve becoain for a bit”

“Aa, got it”

shi+on-san cleaned up the plate and was ready to leave

――But, I pulled her sleeve before she did

“Nn? What’s wrong?”

“……………”

“Fufu, Alice, what aonna do with you”

shi+on-san sain

Seeing that shtened my chest

During last night’s incident, there was one thing that I truly regretted

Even the enemy, had his own circumstances

But, because hts, I ended up not being able to do anything

You can say that I’ excuses here

That’s why, I’ll say this

I want you to let me say it

“Oneechan――please stay with me!!”

This is baaad,with shame

I tried letting her sleeve go and hidonto my head with both of her hands so I couldn’t

She should have been able to see

Seeing her face head on, I could see her seely transparent, pretty eyes

That face slowly came closer――

“Ouch!”

bam

She bumps her forehead to mine

“Idiot――Say that earlier”

With our faces so close that our noses are touching, I looked up at shi+on-san with upturned eyes silently asking so

“Then………”

“――I’ll stay with you Because you’re my imouto aren’t you, Alice?”

“Onee-chan………!”

“I’ll also say this――I will become your sword I’ll cut open a path for you I will become a sword and show it to you, Alice”

“Yes…yes! Ehehe……Onee-chan also should have said that earlier――Ouch!”

She hit my forehead with hers once more

We separated after that

shi+on-san took the plate from the shelf and promptly left the room

“Idiot You should’ve just stayed silent at times like these”

Those words were the only things left behind

………

Ee, eee~~~~~~?

She ended it just like that!?

How cool!

“――Disciple, is shi+on-san your lover?”

”……Like I said～～～”

An angel appeared from the bedcover(7)