Hi, there its been a while (one or two months? I lost count.) once again! I’m now physically a year and a half I think? Its hard to tell If I should count my time in the egg with my time after hatching or not. I’ll count it since my mother says I’m a year and a half. I’ll also get feathers soon too! Bits of my down has started to fall off! Though its extremely itchy….

Plus a new development! My magic power has passed bucket level and is approaching bathtub level! With this my dreams of taking over the world shall be realized! Muwahahahaha! 

As if. 

That’s way too much trouble and I’m too lazy to be so ambitious. That and I probably would need the level of an ocean before even considering of trying to…

I heard there was a damn Dragon King on this continent ya know? Like hell I’m going up against that. I’m not one of those OP protagonists who are monsters with near limitless magic power and/or physical strength with crazy broken spells or moves. I mean at most I would be considered above average but probably not genius level ya know? I could be powerful through hard work and ingenuity but I believe that shall only cover a certain extent. I’m probably going to reach my limit at a certain point and I definitely will not go up against the Dragon King or Demon Lord ever, ok? In fact I plan to avoid those powerhouses.

Also, more news is that Nii-sama had turned 9 and nee-chan had turned 6. We had a big celebration for all our birthdays since they were surprisingly close in date. I wonder how that works out? Oh, well no use thinking about it, not like I could get a answer. 

We also had Nara nii-sama and his parents come over for the birthday celebration. I had already met Nara nii-sama’s father as he is one of the people who help manage the training rink. However, it was the first time meeting his mother who was Mir’shitaia and didn’t like to venture from their beach house. (We are on the outskirts of the Ar’shitaia houses so we’re closer to the Mir’shitaia homes than others.)

 His mother was exceedingly beautiful like all sirens are blessed to be. With dark green hair so dark its probably black in some lights. Green eyes that glittered like emeralds and green scales the same color adorned her neck and shimmered whenever the sun hit them just right. She had the same alabaster skin and cherub like face that Nara nii-sama had. 

My thoughts were…..

DAY-amn, at least I know where Nara nii-sama got his androgynous cuteness from. 

Ah, as for why I call Nara nii-sama with the nii-sama now is because he deserves it. He who could fell my cool nii-sama with a simple smile and who can calm our baka nee-chan with a few words is enough to be granted this title. Although his wonderful, super fluffy tail might’ve helped.

So fluffy……

Ah, I got off track!

Anyway it was a fun party, sadly after the party ended good and bad news was revealed. First off nee-chan was finally old enough to join father and nii-sama in their hunts, foraging, and training practices against magic beasts. Now immediate danger to my life has gone down by probably 50%. That was the good news. Bad news, is nii-sama is gonna be even more busy because his training will be increased by our baka father. 

Haah.

……..

Eh?

Now that I think about it…

P-perhaps I have become a brocon? 

Nah, right? 

………..

I probably am a brocon huh….

Then again if you had two siblings to chose from to admire would you choose the one who has nearly killed you countless times with their carelessness or the one who has saved you countless times from said careless sibling? 

Yeah, we all know which one we would choose. 

A thing that resulted from this is my mother having to bring me along to deal with her important business as a member of the community’s council. This is composed mostly of sirens as well. At first I had been curious on how they ran their government but ya know that saying curiosity killed the cat? 

Well….

My health took an extreme hit when my mother brought me along….

She really wasn’t kidding when she said I would be despised and they might even try to kill me. When I went there a lot of them had looks of disgust and hate on them. Some of them even directed small amounts of killing intent at me. While it wasn’t that bad and was tolerable at first. But as the meetings dragged on with it pressing down on me, who still has the body of a baby, well I couldn’t handle the stress. 

I fainted the minute the meetings were over and we had departed from there and were out of sight. My mother though angry couldn’t exactly go over and confront them. Not only were they important figures in the government, one of them was a siren who was stronger than even mother. If she confronted them she risked the prospect of being killed and our family kicked out of the community.  

I guess one of the rules that always applies to these types of worlds is power is everything huh?

Still, what harsh rules guys….

Anyway since then my mother asked Nara nii-sama to come over and babysit me. I didn’t mind this arrangement at all obviously. (Nii-sama also didn’t mind as he seemed much happier the next day when it was announced, hyuhyuhyu.) Not since I wouldn’t need to go to those dreadful meetings and…..

Mufufufufu…..

I get my daily dose of fluffiness!!!!!

Because after all….

FLUFFINESS IS JUSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!

*ahem* 

So that was what had happened….

Now I’m currently in Nara nii-sama’s lap and hugging his fluffy tail while he talks about what he and his father did this morning while petting my fuzz. Indeed we both can’t help ourselves huh……oh well not like we’re complaining though!

On the contrary we quite like this arrangement.

However, it was at this point right when mother was about to was about to leave that she casually mentioned how I had begun to shed my down and then she simply left like the wind. 

Ah…..

Nara nii-sama has become severely depressed…..

What should I do?

Then again what would my reaction be if Nara nii-sama lost his fluffy tail….?

……….N-no I don’t even want to think about it……..

Just thinking about it makes me so depressed that I can’t even move………

I CAN’T LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE NARA NII-SAMA HAS NO FLUFFY TAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!

……….

Calm down me, Nara nii-sama doesn’t shed all his fur off like you….

Ah, wait…..

If nii-sama was to come home and see him like this, then nii-sama’s mood shall turn bad.

If nii-sama’s mood turns bad then our household shall bear the consequences.

Nii-sama in a bad mood is just as terrifying as mother when she’s angry. 

……..

I must cheer him up quick to avoid the oncoming disaster! 

I cast my eyes about the living room hoping for some inspiration to hit me. 

Ah! There!

I slid off of Nara nii-sama’s lap and walked a bit wobbly over to the toy chest full of the old toys of my siblings and some of my new ones. There I had safely placed my most treasured toy away from those two baka’s and buried under old toys. It was a toy that mother got as an apology for me after father had decimated my Mr. Woogly Doogly. 

I jumped into the toy chest and began digging around to find it. 

Uuuuuuh, usually mother or nii-sama would help but they aren’t here. 

I never realized how hard it was with only wings but no hands. 

I feel like god or whoever just did this to me for shits and giggles here……

(Author-san: Basically, yes.) 

Aha! 

Found it!

Mr. Woogly Doogly Jr.! 

There onto of a frayed lion tortoise doll was a big caterpillar doll. 

However this wasn’t like the old Mr. Woogly Doogly who was made only from a nice soft green cloth. 

No, this is the upgraded version! 

The Mr. Woogly Doogly Jr.! 

It is made from a pelt of some animal with soft, poofy, and fluffy pelt! Its stuffed with a premium cotton-like plant that is cotton yet not! (Its very confusing) It’s died a dark purple with bright pink spots! It has beautiful shiny, marble like black eyes! With stubby little legs that you just can’t help but play with! It was two feet wide and three feet long. Thus it makes for a great smuggler when one goes to bed as well! 

It basically looks like a big, fluffy caterpillar!

Indeed its the new and improved doll that is Mr. Woogly Doogly Jr.!

………

Wait a second…..

I have no hands to grab it….

…….

GAAAAH!!!!!!

YOU MOTHERFRIGGER!!!!

I threw my wings up in frustration.

………..

….Calm down and breath me…..

Come on Nara nii-sama is watching us, we must accomplish this mission or suffer mortifying embarrassment! 

I can do it!

After psyching myself up I attempted to pick it up.

Slip…

Slip…..

Slip……

Agh, fuck it! 

I bit into the fur pelt and using my mouth and wings was able to free it from the confines of the accursed toy chest.

Finally!

I waddled over and shoved Mr. Woogly Doogly Jr. at the utterly confused Nara nii-sama who grabbed it. I smiled at him and he looked down at the doll in confusion still. I didn’t mind however and kept smiling. Then I could practically see the light bulb that went off above his head as he seemed to think of something. 

“C-could it be you’re trying to cheer me up?” 

You got it in one Nara nii-sama!

I smiled even more brightly for him and he smiled back a similarly bright smile as he hugged both me and Mr. Woogly Doogly Jr. to his chest. He seems to have cheered up properly huh? 

Whew, disaster avoided!

I wiped the imaginary sweat off my head.

“Lets get you something to eat! I bet your hungry, right, Atiya-chan?” 

Well now that you mention it, I am a bit famished. 

Nara nii-sama picked me up and headed towards our kitchen. After finding the fruit puree that my mother had left for me to eat, he sat down with me in his lap and Mr. Woogly Doogly Jr. around his neck. He preceded to feed me with a small wooden spoon as he sighed in a slightly dreamy manor like that of a young maiden in love or something.

What is he thinking of? 

“Both you and your brother are so kind you know.” Sigh.

Oh, is he sighing because of nii-sama? 

Fufufu, I wonder what happened.

“You know Atiya-chan your brother is one of the kindest people I have ever met. You definitely need to treasure him.” 

Naturally, if it wasn’t for nii-sama I would probably be six feet under now. 

“Just this morning he did the nicest thing ever.” 

Ah, he’s blushing while wriggling in happiness. His fox ears are drooping down while his tail wags. 

W-what is this cute thing!? 

Nii-sama, I can totally understand how you fell for this.  

Indeed, I can barely restrain myself from pouncing on him right now and hugging him to death because of the cuteness. 

“He said, we won’t be able to be together as often and not to be sad because he made me something! He gave me this pretty ornament to put into my hair and said that when I make a matching one for him only then will it make it a true promise to always be together. Aether-kun said that I can only give one to him since its only for the one I like the most! Oh, but don’t worry Atiya-chan, I will make you a pretty bracelet.” 

CHOKE.

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Cough, cough, splutter. 

I nearly spat out my fruit puree but I managed to keep it down. However, I could not stop from choking and coughing. And while Nara nii-sama was fretting over me, I was meanwhile trying to sort out the mess his words had thrown my thoughts in.

I-I can’t believe it….

….n-nii-sama you unexpectedly move fast…..

Were my inner thoughts. 

Indeed, what you have guessed is correct. 

Nii-sama has used the beastmans traditional sign of betrothal. The opposite parties creates their own handmade hair ornaments to weave into the hair of their betrothed. Its has a tuft of hair, a feather, a claw, scale, etc., that they take from their body and enchanted to keep their scent strong and its also put into the ornament. Its so they always carry a piece of their beloved with them while the scent serves to warn others away as they are taken. When they are married they create a unique tattoo that represents their other half’s soul. Its based on their respective magic signature which is as distinct as DNA, no one has the same magic signature. Its usually on the neck, face or chest for beastmen I believe. 

Its actually pretty similar to a sirens betrothal and marriage. The other takes a feather or scale from their beloved and affixes it onto their body. When they are ready for marriage they create a magic tattoo using the same methods though the placements are different. Its usually takes up the recipients whole front torso or whole back, starting from the bottom of the hips to the neck. Some do both front and back, though its only a few because it hurts like fucking hell I hear if you do both sides. 

Actually, marriage tattoo’s are a popular concept here no matter the race or culture. Its because if you do rings, bracelets of marriage, necklaces of marriage, or something else chances are half the time you will get robbed and they’re taken or in a fight they’re destroyed. There is also the possibility that you limbs get chopped off and its good-bye to your limb, ring and all. Hence, why the marriage tattoo’s are so popularized. Your beloved's own piece of magic or soul’s power, is engraved into your body for forever. Even if your limbs are chopped off they aren’t lost. Your marks can never be taken from you and your beloved is always one with you they say. Not even death will erase the marks.

I digress though. I seem to have gotten off track. 

Nara nii-sama has calmed down now that I have stopped choking however I am far from calm. 

I can’t believe nii-sama actually did it!

My brothers engaged at 9 years old!

Its a bit surreal….

However, despite my disbelief believe I can understand nii-sama’s reasoning. 

Un, his thought process surely went like this: 

I’m busier now and won’t be around to protect the cute Nara from annoying insects.

If the cute Nara has insects sticking to him it might turn bad for me if they try to steal him from me.

I must keep the insects from swarming Nara while I’m away.

I need to make sure they know he’s mine….

Lets officially make him mine then! 

No one will dare touch him now.

Is how he thought. 

Indeed, Nara nii-sama is too cute to be left alone. It will be terrible if annoying insects were to try and and steal the cute Nara nii-sama. 

No way!

His fluffy tail is mine!

I shall only give him away to nii-sama!

With the promise that I get to play with him! 

Though I seriously wonder how I missed this…

I glanced at the ornament that was visible as Nara nii-sama swept his hair back. Perhaps the hair covered it but damn nii-sama you must have seriously put time into that. How long were you working on it!? 

It was three strands made of shiny golden threads that was woven into a small braid on the right side of Nara nii-sama’s head and the ending was a beautiful dark blue, glass bead that shined. About half way up on the second strand was a cut off claw of nii-sama’s. Interspersed between all three of the strands was stones of different colors and metals carved into beaded shapes and engraved with swirling and looping designs. It was a beautifully made engagement ornament.

However…..

How long have you been planning this nii-sama? 

When did you even start making this? 

This stuff is so fine and detailed that it looks like some master craftsmen's greatest and last art piece…….

Wait, now that I think about it then wouldn’t mother have noticed this!? 

She didn’t even blink though she must have seen the engagement ornament and realized that nii-sama had given it to Nara nii-sama! (The two bakas are obviously not included.)

I guess she gave permission?

I wonder about Nara nii-sama’s parents as well.

Though I doubt his mother noticed since Nara nii-sama’s air-headness comes from her side but Nara nii-sama’s father is considerably sharp. He surely would’ve noticed something right? He didn’t even have a change of expression when I saw him this morning though! Or perhaps nii-sama gave it after Nara nii-sama’s father left? 

Oh well, I doubt he would mind either.

Anyone can see that the two absolutely adore each other.

Hmmm? Whats that? 

You’re wondering if them being both boys will cause problems? 

Well not really.

I can’t speak for the Beastmen or any other species but we live in a Siren community so no one really cares. Sirens are originally a nomadic and closed tribe. (The only reason they would settle down was usually if their partners were not Sirens and over time Sirens and their partners come together to form the communities.) They don’t socialize with other species much except to reproduce and increase the population. Other than that they spent most of their time traveling together as a tribe, clan, group, flock, pod, the names differ. Either way, Sirens often fell in love with each other and got married together and it was the norm for them. And Sirens are basically an all female species. 

You see my point?

Sirens don’t mind same-sex couples actually they fully accept it. Its a part of their culture and history in a way. Siren couples are known for their powerful duets and their harmonies. In fact, the most powerful Sirens to have ever lived were in fact a couple who did a duet that was said to make even dragons bow down in deference. Heck their’s even a festival in their honor where sirens who are married and in love, falling in love, or even the rare confession, sing duets together to show their love and test their compatibility through song.

So this is the place where they will have the least problems. 

I was really glad when I found this out though because I hate discrimination. Anytime I see any type of discrimination it always makes my blood boil and I usually end up either giving a verbal smack down or a real smack down. I was worried that given this medieval like era I was gonna come across some stupid law that say any homosexuals are committing a crime by being together. Then I wouldn’t have much BL situations…So that was one worry off my back. 

Ah, I got off track again!

So after I had calmed down, me and Nara nii-sama went back to playing and idle chit-chat. I had relaxed and completely threw the previous matter to the back of mind. I’ll think about it another time. 

It was about a few hours before we heard the door creaking open signaling mothers return. However they weren’t the only ones to return. Its seems Father and everyone has returned early!

Nii-sama and nee-chan walked through the door and had bright smiles on their faces. Well I can understand nii-sama since he apparently just proposed and is now engaged but what’s nee-chan so happy about? 

“Guess what! I took down 15 goblins today!”

Of course thats what that baka is excited about. 

…Wait a second….

Isn’t fifteen goblins a little much for a six year old!? 

Oi, Father what kind of hunts are you making these kids do!? 

Never mind….though I see nee-chan has become quit amazing…..

Oh, nii-sama is coming over here.

“Nii-sama.” 

Ah, everyone froze. 

Why did they freeze?

Wait, did I just speak out loud? I didn’t even realize!

Oh, what if its unnatural at this age and they think I’m a freak because of it!?

What if I’m shunned because of this!?

Don’t condemn a cute, fuzzy baby! 

Uwah!? 

Nii-sama had scooped me up into his arms and spun me around while laughing. 

W-well if it makes him so happy then thats good.

Maybe I should’ve spoken a little sooner then…. 

Though I didn’t really know at what age a baby starts speaking. Plus, I was always a naturally quiet person who didn’t speak much when I was relaxed. I remember how I once went three days without speaking in my previous life. 

Though I guess I broke that record here since it was months, huh? 

Ah.

He’s hugging me and gave me a kiss on the cheek. So embarrassing nii-sama! 

He showed me to Nara nii-sama.

“Hey, Atiya-chan go and say Nara-kuns name! Come on, I know you can do it!” 

O-oh, well ok….

But, I feel like mothers mood is getting darker over there….

I looked at Nara nii-sama and saw his big sparkling eyes and he began wagging his tail in anticipation.

Uwah! 

Don’t do that! If you look at me like that how can I refuse you!?

Ah, I don’t care anymore.

“Nara nii-sama.” 

“Ehehehehe, he called me nii-sama! I’m nii-sama!” He blushed and with his hands on both red cheeks as he wriggled in happiness again.

So cute…

You’re a dangerous kid Nara nii-sama…

“Hey, hey Atiya-chan call me nee-sama! Nee-sama!” Ruria nee-chan said this as she popped up, looking especially eager.

However…

I just can’t do it….

To call her nee-sama…

You will become nee-sama when you stop being an immediate danger to my life! Even if  you are cute as well when your excited like that there are still limits nee-chan! 

“Nee-chan.”

“No its nee-sama!”

“Nee-chan.”

“Nee-sama!”

“Nee-chan!” 

“Alright thats enough you two.” Father said this as he took me from nii-sama and nee-chan began pouting in displeasure. 

Sorry, nee-chan but I just can’t imagine you as sama material…

“Now, come and call Papa!” 

Eh!?

D-do I have to? Mothers aura is steadily becoming darker over there…

“…Papa.” 

Father had a big goofy grin on his face as I called. However, it seems like mother could take no more. 

“I see, huh. It seems like I’m not loved am I? Usually  a baby’s first word is mama but he instead called to his brother? Am I placed lower on a scale than Aether? Am I not giving him enough attention?…..” Mother began muttering this in a dark corner.

If her mood gets any darker I’m afraid she’ll start growing mushrooms…..

I started calling “mama, mama” in attempt to cheer her up, it took a bit but she finally cheered up and hugged me nearly to death too. After that they celebrated my first words and eventually Nara nii-sama had to head home as well. Mother ended up putting me to bed and I fell asleep super itchy, even itchier than all the other times. My last thought before going to sleep was…

I hope my feathers will be as pretty as mother’s…..

Oooh, if only I knew then what would happen. I would never have wished for that. I can only wish to smack my naive self of then.