There are certain parts to people you shouldn't mess with.
For me, that happens to be the basement altar.
When everyone is fast asleep, that is the sacred place I secretly visit and offer my prayers.
Although the god I worship is already beside me, still, this is this, and that is that.
Such a thing is what I believe in.
The act of praying is relieving to a person, and it allows one to live their life to the fullest everyday.
I have already been doing it for so many years now.
It has become a vital part of my existence.
Suppose such a place becomes known, what would happen?
What would Sylphy think?
What would Roxy think?
I want to think that Lilia already sort of understands.
And Aisha at first has taken the trouble to pretend not to have known.
However, Norn would probably despise me more if she knew.
And then perhaps they'd demand I destroy the altar.
"Ah, Aisha. I uh, am only thinking of your well being after all. Treant is a dangerous monster you know, and even if you raise it, there is no telling if it still won't be dangerous."
"Don't worry, I no longer mind that Onii-chan is a pervert, but I wonder how Sylphy-ane and Roxy-ane would feel? Especially Roxy-ane, that for all these years you've been holding on to her underwear, how would she feel if she knew?"
Gununu.
This rascal.
Here I am just trying to look out for her well being, and then bam... she threatens me!
Ahhh. Shit, How should I handle this?
I'm doing the best I know how to do.
Then, in the moment that I was most troubled.
The door behind me suddenly opened.
"Umm, I thought I heard my name, were you trying to call for me?"
"EH!"
"EH!"
Me and Aisha both turned around in wonder at who was standing in the doorway.
There, standing there dressed in her robes, was the person I had just seen off only a little while ago, Roxy.
And she was wearing a blank face.
"W,Why is Roxy here…and not at the Academy?"
"Ah I had left something behind, and I came back to get it real fast. At this time, I don't have any class."
How Roxy-like of her, to forget something!
No, it's not like that.
"Say Roxy-ane, Did you know? Onii-chan has Roxy-ane's MFFFFFHFUFHHFFF……"
I panicked and held my hand over Aisha's mouth.
What should I do?
"……"
"…………"
Silence fills the room.
And on the windowsill, Baby Treant meanders about.
Roxy's eyes hone in on it.
...All right.
For now, I'll let Roxy voice some opposition to it.
Surely she can relate to the fear of keeping a Treant well enough.