With the thick, dreaded aura vanishes as Nil leaves the place, the twins and I breathed a sigh of relief since the battle didn’t happen at all. I can only envision us losing to him even with Ichirou here.

Also, I know damn well how tired everyone is because of what happened at the Dragon Capital Mujinn. Come to think of it too, Nil and Hydrangea doesn’t even look tired at all as for Ichirou, he looks perfectly fine but, I and the twins are somehow ragged.

Is what I thought about Casablanca and Hibiscus but as I turn around…

“Phew! That scared the pants out of me!”

“Casablanca, you don’t wear pants…”

“There you go again Hibiscus, why do you have to ruin everything?!”

“B-But…that was so lame…”

“Uhh… you’re hurting me...”

“I-I’m sorry…! B-but…you’re right…that really scared me…”

“Or is it just Miss Asagao is too brave?”

“I think that it is… Also, this cool big brother here arrived!”

They were chatting among themselves as they collapsed on the ground, leaning on each other. Truth to be told, I don’t even know if I am scared or not. It must be an automatic response since the enemy is Nil. My mind is eroded with such hate or rather I can only remember bad things about what happened to me because of him.

But what frustrates me the most is that… how he kept saying that he loves… Alstroe…

It…irritates me the most…

He loves her but he hurt her… Where’s the logic in there?

He said that he is doing this for me but I still don’t get it. I’m dense so I want him to be upright about it. But that won’t do anymore.

Because of the sorrow and grief invited to my heart with Master and Milin’s death. I can’t look at him eye to eye anymore without any intent of gouging them out.

“Asagao…”

“Eh…Ichirou-nii?!”

“You’re…knitting your brows again…”

“Am I?!”

“You aren’t still aware of your bad habits…”

I look at Ichirou with widened eyes and observe him for a moment.

He is…taller and manlier?!

But never mind that…

I wrap my arms around his waist which naturally the place I can only reach.

“A-Asagao?!”

“No…I’m just…glad that you’re alive…”

“I see. Thank you for worrying about me.”

“Yes. We didn’t have the chance to talk but now… I want to say welcome back and thank you for lending me your strength.”

“No problem. I was really surprised when I saw you fighting Asagao.”

“Your timing was really gre--! What…are you doing…?”

“Ahaha, I miss this head of yours.”

Ichirou places his hand on the top of my head casually and started stroking it while I am talking. I don’t hate it but it was plain rude since I am talking.

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“Such soft, glossy hair!~ By the way Asagao.”

“What…?”

“That man earlier…”

He removes his hand from my head and separates from my embrace. Ichirou looks at me directly in the eye and I raise my head to look back at him.

“…”

“…”

“Why is he barely wearing anything?”

“That’s what you want to ask?!”

“Well…it really did bother me!”

“I thought you’ve changed for good!”

“I’m sorry…”

“Umm…Miss Asagao… please don’t leave us out…”

“Miss Asagao…who is he?”

Casablanca and Hibiscus became impatient and broke their way through our conversation.  Both of them stare curiously at Ichirou. To be more precise, they are looking at Ichirou’s right arm which is an artificial arm.

Even I am curious about it!

“Ichirou-nii…these two are Casablanca and Hibiscus.”

“Such cute little elves.”

“Also, they are the daughter of the Elven Queen so both of them are princesses. No touching, okay?”

“A-Asagao…don’t make it sound like that! I am not that kind of person!”

He panics from my joke and reddens.

Ichirou, if you get embarrassed like that, it feels like you are just denying a fact, or rather, you still get easily flushed.

“And you two, this man here is Ichirou Nagasaki.”

“Ah! I’ve heard about him from Miss Priscilla!”

“Ah! Me too! Miss Priscilla said something to us about him!”

Ichirou and I tilted our head from the two’s words.

I wonder how Priscilla perceives him.

“What did she say about Ichirou-nii?”

“A hopeless pervert whose age preference are boundless!”

“Someone who will like anyone as long they have… small or flat chest…”

My face cramped from what I heard while Ichirou’s face is tearing up as his image was destroyed before he could even introduce himself.

“Wait…! There must be a mistake!”

“Miss Priscilla said that you often talk with Miss Asagao early mornings.”

“She also said that you fantasize abo--!”

“Okay!! Stop stop!”

Ichirou immediately places his hand on Hibiscus’ mouth to stop her from saying anything further. It seems that when Ichirou and I talks, she’s always there to listen unknowingly.

When I said back then that walls have ears… well… it really does…have…

I kind of feel sorry for him but at the same time because he is a righteous man and diligent but even if we turn the whole world upside down, he is still a man. A man still has their needs and I know well about it so I am not going to criticize him.

The one who he fantasizes is none of my business too.

I have to move the conversation since there are much more to talk about.

“Hey…since there are a lot of things I want to know, let’s move our feet as we talk. We don’t know where we are right now. We are also clueless about what’s going to happen so let’s be alert too.”

I said to them as Ichirou tries to convince the two that he is not what they think he is. They nodded and began walking with my lead.

“By the way, how old are you, Ichi-ichi?!”

“Ichi-ichi?!”

“It’s cute!~ Right, Hibiscus?”

“Casablanca…it sounds like fish…”

“Eh…!?”

These twins are so random… like Higan…

But at least their expressions are amusing. I can already imagine how teary Casablanca would be from frustrating her or how Hibiscus will react from being teased.

Wait… I don’t want to go to the path of sadism.

Because unlike Higan who has an everyday poker face, these two would surely show a reaction from everything, although, Higan is a bit naïve…well…she was able to develop some scary traits, these two might be too pure for this world.

However…!

As I gaze long enough at them… being the man inside… they are quite enticing!

I thought I’m already immune to it because I was with Alstroe and Higan but…!

Casablanca has such fair white skin that anyone would lick it over with their eyes. Her tantalizing emerald eyes, unlike Higan, is filled with passion and you could tell that under that maid dress, she is fluffy and soft yet fragile.

Hibiscus is like a reflection of my old self but…but… I have this bad feeling that her tongue is sharp though it seems she doesn’t know it herself. Her healthily tanned skin is, even though she is unaware, looks erotic. Her bright emerald eyes droops and look helpless that you’d want to tease her.

………

I feel like a pervert now…

“Geez…you twins…just ask me what it is…”

“Umm..err…how old are you…?”

“Me? I’m twenty-one.”

“Oh! You’re just one year older than Miss Asagao!”

As Casablanca said that, Ichirou’s eyes shot up right to me.

Come to think of it, I haven’t told anyone about my circumstances besides the people from the Astlan Castle, Higan, and Alstroe.

He and these two are completely clueless and unaware of what I am.

“Asagao…!?”

“Eh…Ichirou-nii…”

“Wait…! I really never heard of you saying your age… we just assumed that you are nine or ten years old at the very least!”

“Yeah… First of all, Ichirou-nii…sorry…”

I stop walking and face him and bow down towards him and apologize. I know that even if I hadn’t said anything, I still confused and tricked them with my appearance and for that matter, I was treated specially.

This time, I want everyone to know who is the real me.

I know though back then, that I cannot be this honest or straightforward. I am extremely shy and timid and I easily cry. Some of that may not have changed but at the very least, I know that I owe them an honest and direct answer.

“S-Sorry for what, Asagao?!”

“That I tricked you all into believing that…that…”

“Tricked…? I don’t feel like that is what you did.”

“Eh…?”

“Hmm…more like…aren’t you just merely protecting yourself?”

“No! Would you say that if I told you that this is not my true body? That I am previously a man! That I am actually twenty years old?! Ichirou-nii, tell me again that I didn’t trick everyone after hearing all of those!”

“Eh…? But if that’s the case, aren’t you better off with that body then? There’s nothing wrong with you…but…you…you’re twenty right?!”

His face reddens as he repeats my age and mutters it over and over. Ichirou immediately turns away from me and crouches down as he holds his head with his hand.

This is weird…too weird…is what I feel.

“Ichirou-nii…”

“Y-Yes?!”

“You’re not thinking that she is practically legal if her true age is twenty, right? I don’t want to assume that it is but…”

“Ah..!? N-no…!”

I try to approach Ichirou and together with Casablanca and Hibiscus, we walk behind him when suddenly…

CRACK…

“Eh..?!”

“Ah?!”

“Muh?!”

“Kyaaa?!”

Something starts cracking beneath us... and then…

WHOOSH!

“AH!”

“WHAT?!”

“”WAAAAHH!””

We suddenly see ourselves falling!

Why?!

Such forced event?!

Déjà vu?!