" Master Nova?　What do you mean?"

"What do I mean? I mean exactly what I said....... I want you to come up with an excuse for Lula with me."

　What the hell is Nono talking about?　If we don't do something soon, Lula will get out of the bath and come to my room.

"That's ......."

'What?"

"I don't know!　I don't know anymore, Master Nova!"

　Huh?　Why is Nono so angry and ...... no, she's sulking.

"f you don't hurry, Lula will come out of the bath. If you don't come up with a good excuse soon, it's not going well.

'Nono?　What are you pouting about?　If you don't think of an excuse soon, Lula will be here, okay?'

"I'm not sulking, and I don't care!　When Lula comes, I'll tell her honestly that Nova invited me!"

"No it's not true ! It was an accident!　"

"No, Nono?　Oh, calm down. I don't know why you're sulking so much, but if you do that, you might get Lula mad at you too, Nono?"

　I'm sorry,......, it's true that I lost my head and even though it was an accident I invited Nono to take a bath with me.　But even Nono agreed, so there's no need to be so angry about it now.

'......Master Nova told me in the bathtub, didn't you ? You said ...... that you would say it properly. You think ...... words are too few and you think they're being said now."

　Nono was whispering something to me, but I didn't hear a word of it.

　The reason is that at that moment, the door to my room opened without knocking, and Lula, who seemed to have finished her bath, suddenly came in.

"...... brother?　Why are you in bed with Nono?　And Nono's face seems red, what were you doing?"

　'No, no, I wasn't trying to do anything. I was just talking to her until Lula showed up."

　I'm not lying.

　I asked Nono to come with me to think of an excuse, but she didn't think of one at all, and for some reason she started sulking while we were talking.

"Nono, is that right?"

　Okay, Nono, just shake your head.

　All you have to do is shake your head, that's all you have to do, and then, mercilessly, Nono shakes her head and says

' Master Nova asked me to come up with an excuse with him. ...... me, keep me guessing."

　I could have heard that last part if I wanted to, but I was too shocked that Nono had revealed everything to her.

　No, I'm sure Nono said something like, "I'm going to be honest with her!　I'm 　But I didn't think she was really going to say it.

''..... Nono, why did you take a bath with my brother?'"

", Nono?　...... Oh, I'll get you some sweeties later, okay?"

Master Nova invited me to take a bath with him."

　Nono was saying that while ignoring my plan to hook her with food.

　No, that's true, but you know what!　No, it's not. I've said it many times, but my head was all jammed up at the time and those were the words that came out of my mouth on the spur of the moment.

"...... brother?"

'No, , .　I didn't force my way in with Nono, okay?　Nono had agreed to it, right?"

　I realized that excuses were no longer useful, so I said that, at least to keep Lula's impression of me from going down.

　It was probably too late, but it was better than not saying anything at all.

"Nono, is that right?"

'Yes, . I didn't mind, either. ......"

"............ Nono, come here for a minute."

"What?　Uh, yes."

　Lula took Nono and moved to the corner of the room. I don't have the slightes slightest idea that ...... she is going to do anything violent.

　Because there is no way my sweet little sister would do such a thing. The ...... atmosphere was so scary that even I, the strongest person in the world, was a little freaked out.

"Brother, please cover your ears for a minute."

'Oh, okay."

　Basically, what my cute little sister says is absolute. This is common knowledge.

　I did as I was told and covered my ears, and it seemed that Lula was speaking something in Nono's ear.

　To be honest, I could have listened to it if I wanted to, but the fact that she asked me to cover my ears means that she didn't want me to hear it.

I was curious as hell, but I didn't listen.

　I covered my ears like that, and it seemed that the private conversation was over, and Lula said to me,

 

"I forgive you for taking a bath with Nono, brother. In exchange, please sleep with me today."

Do you want to sleep with me?　...... No, that's not a good idea, huh?　Of course, it's not that I don't want to, you know?　I think it would be nice to sleep with my pretty little sister, but we're already fourteen, remember?"

　I'm grateful for the forgiveness.

　But sleeping together, no matter though we are brother and sister, isn't it bad?

'I mean, I'm not going to put that behind me anymore, brother, we're siblings, okay?　So, it's all right. It's totally normal."

"So, is it?"

　Lula says that without changing her expression too much except at first, so is it really normal?

"Yes, it's normal. So, it's okay, right?　Brother."

.."....Well, okay."

　It's a request from a cute little sister, so I don't mind.

　It's a sibling thing, and mistakes can't happen.

"Yay. I'm going to go have a cup of drink, okay, brother? I'll be right back."

　Lula said happily and left the room.

　And only me and Nono were left in the room.

I said, "...... Master Nova, is everything alright?"

No, what's with the way you're talking?"

"Nova and Lula are siblings who are not blood related, right?　You know that, don't you?"

　...... what?