“Alysia, this is big sis Ruby. She’s… um…”

“I’m his big sister!” Ruby pushed against me, her chest pressing against my arm as she glared at Alysia. “And who is this?”

“Alysia! I’m his sword.”

“Hmph… you weren’t able to protect him from my blade.”

“That was… he moved me out of the way!” Alysia shot back poutily.

In a time that felt like forever ago, it had been Ruby who had helped acclimate me to the Adventuring -0pGuild. She was over a head taller than me, and I had ended up knowing her as a big sister. Later on, she traveled with my group for a bit while battling bandits, but eventually decided we were too reckless and left our team. I had honestly been under the impression she didn’t like me all that much. Since I had merged, I was now a head taller than her, so my big sister was now smaller than me, but for some reason, she had her arm around me and was acting extremely protective.

We had fled back to the Adventuring Guild, the Guild Master using a smoke bomb to hide our escape from the other infected. We were now in his office. According to him, his office had many defensive spells placed on it, and it wouldn’t be easy for anyone to get in here, allowing us some time to speak in private. At that point, Alysia had returned to her human form, her arms crossed, glaring at Ruby, who had incidentally glared back.

I had always thought that Ruby was half-Osterian because of her size. Meanwhile, Alysia was half-Osterian, although she looked all Osterian because of her mother’s sacrifice. They were both well-endowed adventurers with out-going friendly demeanors. One would think that the two would get along fantastically. Incidentally, both of them had never shown an ounce of a problem with Lydia or any of my other slave girls, let alone Eliana or Raissa. Raissa and Ruby seemed to get along well. So, why were they glaring at each other? Women were truly confusing.

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“I thought that you were angry at me,” I admitted to Ruby, partially to prevent the two from fighting even more.

“A-angry…” She cocked her head. “Why do you think that?”

“Um… the Guild Master… he said you didn’t want to adventure with us anymore. He said you retired. I thought, after we had done all of those dangerous things, you had come to resent us.”

Ruby blinked and then turned to the Guild Master. He straightened up. Ruby suddenly pulled out her blades.

“What did you say, old man?”

“Ahh! R-R-Ruby! It’s not what it looks like! The situation…” He looked at me and threw out his hand, pointing. “He said he wanted to get you pregnant!”

“Ehhh?” I stumbled back. “That’s… I mean, I said it, but I didn’t mean it!”

I did vaguely recall saying that if she wanted to have children, I’d have them with her, but I was more flustered after she suddenly dumped me. Not me! My team! I wasn’t dumped by Ruby!

“You what?” Ruby glared at me.

“Y-you misunderstand!” I waved my hands desperately. “I just didn’t want you to leave the party!’

“You said you were conflicted, so I was just trying to help!” The Guild Master cried out.

Ruby glared at both of us. “What kind of cheap woman do you think I am? You think either of you can decide these kinds of things for me?”

My mouth flapped open and closed a few times. Meanwhile, the Guild Master looked on with wide eyes. I shot a look to Alysia, hoping for some support here.

She glanced away with a sniff. “Men are scum.”

Ruby and Alysia shared a nod of agreement. Why did they start getting along now of all times?