Family
“Yaah!”
“Oops”
I avert the sword that swings down from an overhead position to the side. However, like scooping up from below, the other party carries on to swing the sword up.
I avoid it by moving back, but the other party carries on to close in on me.
“Earth Magic Rock Shot”
“Oo”
On top of that, the other party uses magic at me in between the sword fight. While I’m repelling the stones with my sword, the other party, who’d moved to my side, nimbly thrusts at me.
However, I avert that to the side of my body, avoid it, grab the sword holding hand, and throw them over my shoulder. The other party tumbles towards the ground without the time to even struggle. Over there, I thrust my sword towards their neck, and it’s over.
“Darn, I lost againn!”
“Haha, it’s too bad, Roy. But it’s great that you include magic in between the sword fight. It’s just that, you were slightly too focused on the magic, and an opening showed up”
“I got it! I’ll be careful from the next time onwards!”
He’s energetic right from the morning huh. Roy obediently accepts and fixes his flaws, and on top of that, he’s a fast learner; I’m thankful as his Shishou.
I don’t know whether it’s thanks to『 Bonded Ones 』, or he has the makings to begin with, but his movements are improving by the day. It’s becoming fun to teach. I wonder if Shishou is also teaching with such feelings?
As I’m handing a towel to Roy while thinking of such things, the house’s door opens, and ‘TATATA!’, somebody runs over and dive towards me. When I catch that child firmly, she raises her face and smiles at me.
“Ehehe~, Onii-chan, breakfast is ready!”
“Aah, thanks, Mei-chan”
When I pat the head of Mei-chan, the young girl who clung to me, as thanks, she rubs her head on my stomach. It’s like Ferris when she wants me to pamper her.
Although my engagement with Alexia and the others was announced yesterday, I returned home without anything special to do urgently, but as I thought, days like these are calming.
“Aah! That’s unfair, Mei! Hogging Aniki! It’s the middle of my training now!”
“Roy-kun, it’s already breakfast time, so Roy-kun’s time is over-mon!”
Both of them are glaring at each other, and they’re intimidating each other going, ‘Gururu!. Don’t fight because of something like that. Why do they fight when it comes to me even though they get along well normally. ……it’s somewhat a deja vu.
“Hey, both of you stop fighting and let’s go inside. I’m hungry as well”
When I say that, Mei-chan pulls my hand with a smile and Roy moves to the door before us, opens the door, and waits. ……er, I don’t think you have to go that far?
We go to the living room while Mei-chan tells me how she also helped in the cooking today, and Roy talks about how to become faster, and over there
“Ah, Lei-san, good morning!”
Priscilla, who smiles at us, had prepared the meal. We’d been taking turns to be in charge of it until now, but Priscilla says that she’ll do all of everybody’s chores since she’s just at home and doesn’t go to school either.
It seems she was doing it as well when she was at the orphanage, and she says that in comparison to then, the quantity is lesser as well so it’s a breeze, so we decided to have her do it. If the need arises, we can just help her.
“Kyu~ru~ru~”
Over there, Eclat, who flew over from the second floor, flies towards my seat and lies down there. On top of that, she fell asleep there. I wonder why she knows it’s my seat? I go to the seat and carry Eclat.
“Hey, Eclat. It’s mealtime. It’s about time to wake up”
“Kyun”
When I carry her up, she rubs her head on me. It looks like she’s slightly awake. Hence, I move Eclat to her personal table, (I just placed an unused small-sized table beside me). Priscilla places the meal on the table, and Eclat eats it dexterously.
Over there, Ferris and Aerith come down from the second floor. Both of them have changed into their uniform. I’d changed beforehand, before Roy’s training.
“Fua~, morning, Lei”
“Morning, Lei. Priscilla as well, thanks for the meal”
Everybody sat down, so we eat our breakfast after greeting each other. It looks like Alexia and Helen are spending the week in their parental home and will come over to this house from next week onwards.
I think it’s better for Alexia and Helen to commute from both the Royal Palace and parental mansion since it’s more spacious, but both of them say they don’t want to be away from me, so I accepted it as well. It seems Caro will also be at Alexia’s during that time and come over together afterwards.
I look around at everybody. Ferris and Aerith, who enjoy Priscilla’s dishes. Roy, who tries to put the vegetable that he dislikes into Mei-chan’s plate and gets into a fight with Mei-chan. Priscilla, who reprimands Roy for being picky. Eclat, who eats quietly and unconcernedly. You’ve got sauce on your cheek, you know.
I’d thought that this house is spacious alone when I first received it from the King, but the number of people is increasing by the day, and I never would’ve thought that the day that I feel that it’s cramp will come.
Alexia and Helen came at night, and even though it was lonely in the morning, Aerith came, Ferris came, and now, it became such a cheerful morning,
It’s different from my parental home, but they’re an irreplaceable family to me. As I’m looking and smiling at everybody in that manner
“What are you smiling at, Lei?”
Aerith asks me with a puzzled look. Immediately after, Ferris, who’s enjoying her meal; Roy and Mei, who were fighting; and even Eclat, look at me. Even if you guys look at me like that.
“Er, I just thought it became a cheerful home”
I say while scratching my head. I guess if Alexia, Helen, and Chrona, who’s at home, join in here, it’ll become even more cheerful and fun. I can’t wait for everybody to gather.
