Chapter 83: ☆It’s so cute~!
It was 9 PM.
The closed time for [Suzuya] was approaching.
I was grilling meat in the kitchen while Nimi shook a pot behind me.
Orders for food had decreased, and orders for drinks had increased.
I noticed a small figure entering the kitchen and smiled while greeting them.
"How’s business?"
"More drinks than food. I understand how you feel."
"Then... maybe it’s okay to take a short break?"
"I think Nimi should rest more than I should."
Nimi stopped cooking and smiled gently at Croana, but Croana shook her head with a wry smile and glanced at me.
Nimi must have heard about the baby conversation.
The first thing Croana said when she saw my face after returning to [Suzuya] was "You can’t be too rough, okay?"
At her words, I could only apologize with a troubled wry smile.
Nimi smiled gently at Croana’s worried voice and stirred the frying pan with one hand.
Croana went to Nimi, took a glass of water, and chatted happily.
Watching her stop cooking to chat, I was impressed.
I would have burned it.
The part-time helpers were busy pouring drinks and heading to the floor, so I left the kitchen too and went to the floor.
What was great about [Suzuya]’s tavern was that even when adventurers’ drinks were flowing and arguments would break out at this hour, they kept things in order.
There were even staff members helping the part-time helpers.
I crossed my arms and looked around the floor when Croana, with a strange expression, walked out of the kitchen.
I tilted my head curiously and asked,
"Croana, what’s wrong?"
"Hm? Hmm~... I feel some magic power that I know, but..."
The moment Croana spoke, the tavern door opened forcefully and the entire place fell silent.
Some adventurers had their hands on their weapons, but I stopped crossing my arms and let both hands hang loosely at my sides.
I heard small footsteps and a small figure entered.
When I saw the figure, I let out a tired sigh with a wry smile and glanced sideways at Croana’s surprised expression.
I gestured to the adventurers that everything was fine.
The person who entered looked at Croana, trembled as if excited, and shouted,
"It’s so cute~!!!"
"Leah onee-sama!?"
"I’m here too!"
"Fia onee-sama!? Why are you here!?"
From behind Leah, who was waving both arms excitedly in front of her chest, Fia peeked out and waved one hand elegantly.
Leah was excited — right now Croana was wearing a maid outfit.
When we first started helping at [Suzuya], she wore an apron, but after seeing Erika’s maid outfits, she wanted to try one.
Erika had asked Merinu to order a maid uniform, and it was a long-sleeved dress with the top and skirt made from the same black fabric.
The skirt flared out so it could move freely, and the white apron reached from the chest to the middle of the skirt. It was unmistakably a loli-big-breast maid.
Thanks to the tightly cinched waist, Croana’s melon-sized breasts were emphasized.
But both Leah and Fia looked beautiful too.
Leah wore a simple black dress that was easy to move in, while Fia wore a black dress with floral frills that seemed to match her elegant image.
Leah dashed over and jumped into Croana’s chest, burying her face in the large breasts and rubbing vigorously.
"Aaaaah, it’s so cute~!!!"
"H-hey! Leah onee-sama! Naa, there!"
"Calm down already... sorry, okay?"
Fia let her beautiful hair sway, approached Leah, and hugged Croana from behind to pull her away.
Then she looked at the adventurers with a troubled smile and spoke to them.
The adventurers seemed to know them from my response, so they waved and laughed.
When Leah and Fia looked up at me, they smiled happily.
"We’re here, Raide."
"Raide, long time no see~"
"It’s been a while for both of you. It’s nice we reunited so quickly."
"Um, actually..."
Fia let go of Leah’s waist and explained with a troubled smile.
Frail-san had a new boyfriend and started living together, so they had come out.
She had been persuaded many times that they didn’t need to go out, and she said she had talked to Frain-san. She always contacted them by letter and promised to come running if anything happened, so now that they were living together, they should take time for just the two of them.
She said Leah and Fia had talked about it many times.
"If Frail-san is fine, you still worry about your lover, you know."
"Yeah, I could smell how nervous you were."
"That... well, it makes sense."
Leah clung to Croana, who was a little taller than her, and laughed.
Croana had given up and hugged Leah back with both arms.
Her expression was far from unwilling, so Raide was happy that his two sisters had come.
Nimi, who had been in the kitchen, walked to the floor wiping her hands with a cloth.
When Leah saw Nimi, she snorted as if smelling her scent and let go of Croana.
Croana tilted her head and started introducing Nimi, but at that moment—
Leah suddenly looked like her usual energetic self was gone. She grabbed the hem of her simple black dress with both hands, lightly spread it, and bowed.
"It’s my first time meeting you, Croana’s older sister, Leah Criela. I became Raide’s lover. Please take care of me."
Raide was surprised by Leah’s action and looked at Croana with the same surprised expression.
Nimi didn’t panic at all. She smiled with overflowing maternal warmth, clasped both hands in front of her stomach, and bowed in reply.
"It’s my first time meeting you too, Nimi. I’m Raide’s lover. Let’s get along well with each other as lovers."
Leah showed her usual energetic smile at Nimi’s words.
The drastic change in atmosphere left Raide too surprised to do anything but watch.
Fia quietly approached and whispered with a wry smile,
"She can tell your lovers by scent... probably."
When I nodded, Fia went to Nimi and introduced herself.
Raide and Croana looked at each other and smiled. They went to where Nimi was talking with the two of them and joined the conversation.
Raide was walking through the academy with Croana, Fia, and Leah.
Croana had originally invited them, and Fia and Leah had tagged along.
By the way, Fia was being princess-carried by Raide the whole way, with both arms wrapped around his neck.
They had taken turns being carried on the way to the academy.
Fia, who had been carried last, smiled happily with her cheeks lightly flushed.
Of course the academy should have been dark, but there was a lamp floating in front of them.
It was as if it was guiding them to Croana’s room.
"It’s an amazing magic, no matter how many times I see it..."
"I’m glad you like it that much."
"Sis Fia, look, Croana is making a girl’s face... that’s bad..."
"It’s bad that it’s you, Leah. Calm down a little?"
At Leah’s words, Croana flushed embarrassedly and looked down.
Fia laughed at Leah and warned her.
The armbands Raide had given them were on Fia and Leah’s arms, so Raide smiled happily and laughed at the three girls’ interaction.
When they reached Croana’s room, Raide lowered Fia.
The lamp guided them to a guest room.
Unlike the room they had been shown earlier, this one had a large sofa that could seat four or five people and faced the window overlooking the academy grounds.
There was a table in front of the sofa, and Croana explained it was where she ate.
It was a seat I wouldn’t see in any high-end restaurant, Raide thought with a wry smile.
When Leah pulled him to the middle of the sofa, Leah straddled him face to face and clung to him.
Raide smiled and wrapped both arms around Leah’s back, hugging her back.
Fia, who was sitting on the left, laughed happily and said,
"You were looking forward to meeting Raide, Leah, weren’t you?"
"Is that so?"
"Uuuuuuu..."
Leah must have been embarrassed by Fia’s words, because she rubbed her head against Raide’s chest and kept doing it.
Her long hair swayed left and right with the movement.
Every time her hair moved, the scent of the sun was there, and on both sides were the scents of the two sisters.
While three different scents mixed and created an indescribably pleasant aroma, a silver tray arrived carrying drinks.
Raide had brown whiskey, and the three girls had red wine.
Leah was lifted and flipped over, held from behind, and they all toasted.
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