As I hold back my desire to relax in the living room because I have to compress skills, I give Aira instructions.
“Aira, bring out the items and skills.”
“…Ah, yes. Very well.”
“…?”
It feels like her response was slower than usual. I turn to her, and see everyone is silently thinking about something.
What?
“Shouta, are you going to compress skills and sort out the items now?”
“Yes…”
“Then we are going to another room to have a fiancee meeting.”
“Eh? Okay…”
By fiancee meeting, they mean discussing their relationship with me… Did I do something?
I feel anxious as I watch them leave the room.
“…Well, there’s no point thinking about it. I should tackle the mountains in front of me.”
“Then let us begin this fiancee meeting.”
“The topic this time is pretty serious.”
“How many have we had?”
“Seven or eight, I believe. But I think the fact that we talk so much is proof that we get along.”
Fiancee meetings started the day they became fiancees, and were a venue to talk. It was mostly about maintaining their relationship with Shouta, and a place where it was easy to bring up topics.
Such topics included ‘how to make it so Shouta doesn’t easily get interested in other girls’ or ‘how to share Shouta at night’.
And this time, it was about Shouta’s little sister, who took action and came to him out of concern, showing up unexpectedly.
“First, let’s consolidate our opinions on Kasumi. I think she’s serious and responsible. Although she has a little too much dynamism.”
“The same goes for her brother. Shouta’s got the dynamism of a demon.”
“Yes. I feel like I lost the little sister position. But that was Kasumi’s to begin with, so I’m the one who took it…”
“Miss Kasumi is acting so spoiled most likely as a response to breaking the ice after ten years. I would also say that it is likely master spoiled you so much right off the bat because you unconsciously reminded him of Miss Kasumi.”
“Au…”
“But don’t worry, Ayane. You’re Shouta’s fiancee. That won’t change even if you lose the little sister position.”
“Maki…! Yes!”
“But it’s true that Shouta used to look at Ayane like she was a tiny animal or somethin’, but now he looks at her the same way he looks at us.”
As the three girls spoke fondly of Shouta, Aira cleared her throat.
“Ahem. We are getting off track, so let me confirm something. Miss Aki, what do you think of Miss Kasumi?”
“What do I… I guess I’d sum her up by saying she loves her older brother? It’s normal to come see him after discovering a family member is an S rank, but that doesn’t account for her being so clingy and following him to a dungeon. Normally.”
“Yes. I got a chance to know about her when I looked into master’s background, but she was not average there either. I guess we could say she is like her brother.”
“Yes.”
After that, they discussed Kasumi’s disposition, and shared their thoughts on her.
“I think the emotional distance for such a long time complicated things more than the physical distance.”
“Does she like Shouta as his little sister? Or as a woman?”
“We won’t know until we ask.”
“Her perception may have switched due to her emotions running wild. Incidentally, master’s tent is as it was when he used it, so it still smells like him. If we could tell what she is doing there…”
“Uwah… That’s a terrible way to make the distinction.”
“Isn’t that just going to make some dark history…?”
“Ah, is the meeting over?”
“I’m sorry, but not yet. How are things with you, Shouta?”
“Hn, I’m done with the skills. I’ll deal with the magic iron and distribute the skills after I roll the gacha.”
“Good job darling.”
Ayane jumps at me, and I pat her head.
Normally she would rub her cheek against mine, but she quickly moves away.
“Hn? What?”
“We are going to talk with Miss Kasumi!”
“Are you?”
“So Shouta, sorry, but can you leave our skills aside for later?”
“Yes, okay.”
I watch them leave, and Enki and the others who were watching anime on the TV come towards me.
‘Gogo.’
‘Pururu.’
“You’ll help me?”
‘Popo.’
“Thanks.”
Then let’s think about the skills first. I got eight hundred and eight from regular goblins. Two hundred twenty-two Sword Knowledge, a hundred and ninety-six Pursuer, two hundred eight Iron Wall, and a hundred and eighty-two Great Strength. I compressed them along with skills I already had.
Yes, I think with this much Swordsmanship I should be able to raise the level of Swordmaster.
Still, they went over to Kasumi in the middle of their fiancee meeting. What are they going to talk about…
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