I wonder just when I actually started to accept her as my own sister. Probably around the time when we started going to Milis school together or possibly when we travelled to Sharia with Ruijerd-san and Ginger-san.
I couldn’t recall it now but I did know that I had already acknowledged her as my sister when we started our new lifestyle in Sharia.
“Norn-ane, just how are you feeling right now?”
“I… feel blessed.”
“Blessed? What kind of feeling is that?”
“It’s hard to explain but, how do I put it, I feel like nothing could go wrong… I understand that it’s not going to be nothing but good times from here on out, but I feel like from here on out, I don’t have to doubt the good things anymore, something like that I guess.”
By the time I finished talking, Aisha had already sat up and was staring at me.
And after a short pause, she said :
“That’s what you call being blessed?”
“Seems to me that sort of thing…”
“But I feel like that almost all the time?”
“Then, aren’t you always being blessed?”
As I said that, Aisha fell on the bed once again.
“Being blessed… I don’t think so. I’m kinda envious. I feel like I’ve lost to you for the first time.”
“I don’t really feel like I’ve won though…”
“Nah, I lost. I probably lost to you, Norn-ane.”
That was unexpected.
Never in my entire life, no matter what I did, was there a test where I won over Aisha.
And it wasn’t just Aisha.
Even in school I wasn’t someone special. I only had a 45% winning chance in a mock magic battle and averaged out at 80 marks in all of my tests. Of course, being the top student was only a trifling matter.
If I studied and had a contest with Aisha who didn’t study then I would definitely win once or twice but as the matches continued 10 or 20 times I would start to lose all of them. Aisha had a knack for knowing things, her growth was fast and she was good at gripping the essence.
That Aisha felt at loss…
Despite that I didn’t feel all that happy. It’s probably because I never really gave it my all because I never intended to compete with her. And it’s definitely not like I’m marrying so that I can have an upper hand on Aisha.
“Listen, Norn-ane.”
“What is it?”
“Can I come visit you once in a while after you get married?”
This was unexpected as well. It was probably because I had the impression that Aisha was keeping her distance from me for quite a while. She didn’t show this kind of attitude when caring for Nii-san’s kids but even while I was alone or had nothing to do she wouldn’t approach me that much.
“Yeah… of course.”
“When you have kids, let me hold them okay?”
“Okay.”
Kids…
I’ve heard various things from Sylphy-neesan. Though I think that it’s still too early for me, I’ve still resolved myself for when the time comes.
Well, I’ve resolved myself for whatever that comes before it anyway.
Aisha was taking care of Nii-san’s kids even now. Even Sylphy-ane thanks her a lot for helping out. Now that I think about it if I left the house then I would have to raise them alone. I’m worried about that.
I wonder if I’d be able to do the job…
Sylphy-neesan would probably say “You’ll be just fine, Norn-chan”, Roxy-neesan would probably be as uneasy as me and Eris-neesan would just say “Raise them however you want”.
I’m worried.
“If you would be so kind to teach me about child rearing, I’ll be glad.”
“Leave that to me!”
“Okay… fufufu.”
I laughed. Aisha’s smile made me somewhat happy and thus I laughed.
That day I chatted with Aisha till late night. Chats that didn’t hold any meaning or just idle complaints with no conclusion carried on endlessly.
And then, the next day, I took my belongings and moved to Ruijerd-san’s house.