Afternoon. I left my two sisters at home and went to school. I visited the staff room to talk to vice-principal Jinas regarding the exam for my sisters.
"If they studied at another school before, they should able to catch up with the curriculum, so let's schedule their entrance exams as soon as possible.
That's why, we arranged for them to take the exam in a week's time.
It's like a pop-quiz, but it's all right I think.
"I bet they are excellent students, since they are Rudeus-san's little sisters."
"One is excellent, but the other one is a normal child."
"Don't be modest, I bet they can even use voiceless incantation?"
"No way."
While chatting like this with Jinas, I suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, vice-principal, is Badigadi-sama at school today?"
"His majesty… I haven't seen him today."
"Is that so."
He is an elusive fellow.[10]
However, he causes a ruckus where ever he appears, so I can find him quickly.
"If you have some business with him, I can pass along the message if you want?"
"Nah, nothing specific, I just wanted to have a talk with him, just us alone."
"I understand, if I see him, I'll pass on that message."
I left vice-principal Jinas with those words.
I planned to go back after that, but since I had a bit of time, I decided to show up in Nanahoshi's place for a bit.
I knocked and went in, but surprisingly, she is not in the room. That hikikomori is not in the room.
Just to be sure, I take a look at the laboratory as well in vain, since entering the bedroom was forbidden, I just knock there to check.
"N... Ugh"
I heard a groaning sound, she seems to be in pain. I was hesitating to go in or not, then Nanahoshi opened the door with a pale face.
"Hey, are you okay?"
"...... I feel sick ...... ...... ...... My head hurts ...... A"
Wow, it stinks of alcohol.
Hangover?
Well, it's not surprising, she drank a lot.
Even to the extend of alcohol poisoning, I wouldn't be surprised.
"Sit down a bit, I'll fix you right up."
I said that and took her back to the laboratory and sat her down on a chair, grabbed her head, and chanted detoxification magic. After that, I eased the pain with healing magic.
"Phew..... I'm saved."
Nanahoshi thanked me while holding her temples.
Then she wears the mask on the desk and becomes the masked woman, "Silent Seven Star".
"What do you want today? If it's the reward, I haven't prepared it yet."
It's a cool response, but a bit of dere is mixed in. Is this the rumored kuudere?[11]
"The other day, when I went back home, my little sisters arrived from their trip. Since I have to make preparation for them to enroll in the school, I came today..."
"... little sisters? Do you mean the ones from our world? Did they make the trip[12] as well?"
"No way. They are the little sisters from this world."
"Is that so?"
Nanahoshi stared at my face.
"If they are your sisters from this world, they are probably pretty cute, right?"
"Is it possible that just now, you complimented my face?"
"I meant it as in our senses. I don't know how you looked in our world and in this one you look more like the western side of our world."
"Ohhhh, yeah."
I was praised, damn, she's a dangerous gal.
In my past world, I would definitely misunderstand this as 'maybe this girl loves me…'
But the me right now, am not a virgin nor am I single, I won't be shaken by a single praise.
"How old are they?"
"If I'm not wrong, they should be 10."
"I see... I have a little brother of the same age back home, if the time flow of that world is the same as this world, he is probably older than me by now."
After saying that Nanahoshi narrowed her eyes nostalgically.
I wonder if she is remembering Japan.
I don't have any fond memories of the word 'Little Brother'.
"I want pudding."
Nanahoshi said abruptly.
Well, the topic just jumped somewhere else.
Why pudding?
"Do you have some special memories from pudding?"
"The one I left in the refrigerator was eaten without permission, it was an expensive one..."
It seems all the little brothers are the same, but Nanahoshi seems to miss even this kind of memory as well.
She is facing slightly up, maybe she wants to cry. I will look the other way.
"Well, I will come again "
"E~e... the last time, I caused you trouble. Now I have a better impression of you."
"Fufufu, if you fall for me, you'll get burned..."
"What is that, are you trying to act cool?"
Nanahoshi laughed a little after saying that, it's that Generation Gap, well, I'll ask about the experiment next time after she is a bit more settled.