CHAPTER 23: YOU’RE ELYSIA?! P1
~23.1~
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Ranna Yoshida and Takeshi Miyamoto were sitting in Allison’s office, waiting. They were suddenly called up out of the blue. It was nighttime, so it was an unusual time for the principal to summon them. Ranko was fidgeting and Takeshi was tapping his foot, but they froze when Layla opened the door and came in with Zen and Yami.
“That’s all the reaction I need,” Layla said, her evil smile sending chills up all of their spines. “SOOOOO.” She gestured at the two empty seats. Allison’s office was arranged with four chairs, two on either side of a table, with her desk overlooking them. “Have a seat.” Layla took her place at the desk and her two children sat down across from their dates.
“M-mom?” Yami struggled to get it out. “What’s-”
She was cut off by Kye suddenly teleporting in. Wearing a wry smile, she leaned against the desk. “No use in playing stupid. She knows. I told her.”
Yami shot up. “You what?! How could you?!”
Kye shrugged. “If you had kept your pants on, I wouldn’t have said a thing.”
Yami stepped back and almost tripped over the chair. “Excuse me?” Layla stayed quiet, still giving them all an evil smile.
“You heard me, Yami.”
“You’re accusing me of what, exactly?” The platinum blonde very rarely fought with her siblings. Kye was a few years older than them and was always a role model to them.
“The bun in your oven, obviously,” Kye said matter-of-factly. “You can stop acting like you’re innocent. You can’t hide the second source of mana inside you...” she held a hand up and made a circle to look through. “I can see... wait...” she didn’t see anything extra. “What? There’s no second mana. You’re not pregnant? The hell? I swear I saw another one this morning!” She blinked a few times, confused.
“There’s no second mana because I’m not pregnant!” Yami shouted. “Aneue, how could you accuse me like that?” She looked at her mother. “Believe me, mom, I’m not like my dirty brother and dirty sister! I’m still pure!”
“Dirty?” Zen scoffed.
“Wait, sure, Zen pulled a fast one, but mine was planned!”
“Uh huh, what about right now? You’re pregnant!”
“Uh... yeah, look I’M MARRIED, OKAY! I didn’t do anything outside of marriage, and only with my spouses!”
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“Yeah, yeah, but I don’t wanna get accused of losing it when I haven’t!”
Kye sighed. “I’m sorry, Yami.” She walked over and hugged her little sister.
With a frustrated expression, Yami said, “I forgive you.”
With a smirk, Kye eyed Ranna. “But as for you.”
Ranna was startled into sitting up straight. “Y-yes?”
“Twins, by the way.”
“P-pardon?”
“Kye, are you seriously accusing us of-” Zen asked. His tone was very confrontational, but he was cut off by Kye.
“Accusing? No. There’s no question about it. I know you and Ranna are dating, and I know Yami and Takeshi are dating. I can very clearly see,” her eyes glowed white, “the additional mana sources inside Ranna, too. Mom can sense them, too. She’s pregnant. How do we know? I’m expecting twins myself, and I’ve already had one pregnancy a few years ago. We could sense their mana right away. Would you care to deny it, little brother? I’m sure neither of you want to say you don’t share the babies.”
“...”
Ranna and Takeshi were frozen stiff. Neither could muster up the courage to speak up with a royal barking down their necks. Yami reluctantly sat back down, a stubborn look on her face.
Zen sighed. “No point in hiding it. I love Ranna far more than I care about whatever consequences you have in mind. And what about you, sister? You had kids your second year. I’m in my second year. What’s the big deal?”
Kye shrugged. “Who said anything about consequences?”
“What?” He was taken aback. “You’re not serious.”
“Sure I am, right mom?” Kye had an evil smile on her, but she was being honest.
“That’s right, Zen honey,” Layla confirmed. “No consequences.”
“I don’t understand. What’s this sudden thing for if you’re not going to punish us?”
Layla chuckled and Kye said, “You’re about to have kids. It’s not all fun and games. You’ll be punished plenty when you’re trying to sleep at night after they’re born. We don’t need to hand out any punishments. As far as my situation goes... you’re not really trying to make them out to be the same, are you?”
“Are they not?”
Kye shook her head. “Boy, you are dense. Don’t you remember why I went to Atlas on my eighteenth birthday?”
“What of it?”
“...” Kye sighed. “My honeymoon? Meaning I was married! We were all of legal and chronological age, which both are required for marriage. Lest you forget, that means a married couple had kids after consummating on their honeymoon. Need I go on?”
“Hmph.”
Kye gave her brother a simple smile, then a nod to her mother. Layla stood up, walked around the desk, and leaned on the front side. “So, what are we going to do about this?” She eyed Yami first, who was hesitant to answer. She then eyed Ranna, who was too afraid of Layla to answer. With the two girls staying quiet, she eyed Zen.
“What do you want me to say, mother? There’s no use even trying to hide it now. You’ve gotten pretty much all of the truth out of me already. Ranna and I are together, and apparently I’ve gotten her pregnant. I hesitate to believe that. I can’t sense any extra mana inside her, but I do not deny my sister’s abilities are exceptional.”
That’s when Kye’s eyes lit up like stars. “SOOOOO, little brother, what you’re saying is you need more training?”
He froze, his eyes wide open.
“Very well! Big sister will train you better!”
Layla suppressed a laugh and eyed Yami. “What about you, Yami dear? Your brother has admitted it. Would you like to do the same?”
She looked away and quietly mumbled, “Fine. It’s true. I’m dating-”
“What’s that? I can’t hear you.”
Frustrated and with her eyes welling up slightly, she looked Layla in the eyes and yelled, “It’s true! I’m dating Takeshi! And we’ve done stuff!”
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Revision: 2024-8-15