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Chapter 241 - I'd Be Jealous if Our Roles Were Reversed

Feeling a weight on my arm, I woke up to find Kaede-chan sleeping beside me with an adorable expression. This description alone might sound naughty, but in reality, we weren't on a bed, but on the sofa.

Yoshino-san was asleep, face-down on the table. Nanapon was lying sideways on the other sofa. And on the table, a huge number of empty cans, with a game screen displayed on the TV.

Yep, we passed out.

"But Arc and Lydia-chan have conveniently disappeared."

Those two, who hadn't been drinking, must have left us and gone home.

I carefully hugged Kaede-chan without waking her, then laid her down properly on the sofa. I went to the bathroom, prepared a bath, and returned to the living room.

"Let's see, nine o'clock, huh..."

Is that early, or is it late? I've become such a degenerate, I can't even tell anymore.

I went over to Nanapon and shook her.

"Nanaka-san, Nanaka-san, wake up."

"Mmm... huh? Eleanor-san, your bedhead is terrible."

Nanapon rubbed her eyes and sat up.

"So is yours. I've drawn a bath, so go get in."

The younger one goes first.

"Okay..."

Nanapon got up and headed straight for the bathroom.

"Sigh, I guess I don't need to worry about the slob-san..."

"Who are you calling a slob?"

Yoshino-san sat up. Since she had been face-down on the table, there were marks on her face.

"Oh? You were awake?"

"Nanapon's footsteps woke me up. So sleepy."

I'm sleepy too.

"Is it morning...?"

Kaede-chan also sat up, rubbing her eyes.

"Good morning. Nanapon's in the bath right now, so you can go next, Kaede-chan."

"Mmm, Yoshino-san, please go first."

Right, the guest should go first.

"You heard her. Yoshino-san, go ahead."

"No, I'm fine. Arc will be here soon anyway, so I'll just teleport home."

That makes sense. Arc can teleport to Yoshino-san's house too, and it would be better for her to take a bath in her own home.

We were cleaning up, gathering the empty cans and trash, when Arc arrived.

"Whoa... You guys just slept like that?"

"Looks like it. Did you go home?"

As far as I remember, he was here until around midnight.

"Yeah. I had to take Lydia home, and I couldn't just let her sleep over in a place like this."

"It was only women here. Oh-ho-ho."

"I want to call you a cross-dressing weirdo, but any insults I throw at you just bounce back to me, so I'll hold my tongue."

He said it anyway.

"Whatever. Arc, can you take Yoshino-san home?"

"Oh, right. Yeah, I'll take her."

Arc nodded.

"Well then, see you later. Say hi to Nanapon for me."

"Will do. Oh, the souvenirs, the souvenirs."

"Right. Let's see..."

Yoshino-san went to the table and started choosing. In the meantime, I went to the fridge, took out the Chiraga, and put it in a bag.

"I'll take this."

Yoshino-san chose the Momiji Manju.

"It's yours. Also, give this to Satsuki-san."

"Sure, but it's refrigerated?"

"Yes. Please give it to her right away. I'm sure she'll be delighted."

That woman will probably eat it without a second thought.

"Got it. Alright, Arc, I'm ready."

"Okay, okay."

Arc and Yoshino-san vanished. After seeing them off, I went to Kaede-chan and hugged her. Just then, I heard a rattling sound from the bathroom.

"She's the same as ever..."

Kaede-chan murmured, sounding exasperated.

"Which one?"

She means Nanapon, right?

"Both of you. Senpai, you're Eleanor-san, remember?"

Right... How boring.

I let go and resumed cleaning. Then, Arc returned, and Nanapon came out of the bath, after which Kaede-chan went in to take her turn.

"Nanaka-san, when are you going home?"

"You're going out this afternoon, right? I'll head home in a little bit then."

Hmm.

"Are you going to be an adventurer even after you graduate?"

"I think so, probably. I can't imagine getting a normal job and having things go well."

This one seems destined to follow the same path as me.

"Sexual harassment from your boss, bullying from your female colleagues... you're headed straight for depression."

She's a pipsqueak who's only brave at home, so she's bound to get harassed. And there's no way she'd be liked by other women.

"I think so too. Well, I have enough money to live comfortably without working, though."

"You should be grateful."

"Master."

Good girl. If it weren't for her peeping, her foul mouth, and her habit of trying to one-up everyone, Nanapon would be a cute kid. Though, that would be a completely different person, not Nanapon at all.

"Senpaaai, I'm out of the bath."

Kaede-chan came out of the bathroom, so I decided to take my turn. After I got out, Nanapon went home, and Kaede-chan and I sat on the sofa drinking coffee. Arc, of course, was playing a game.

"Arc, where's Lydia-chan?"

"Lydia's getting ready for the tea party."

Does a tea party require preparation?

"Are you going to be there too?"

"Of course. I don't mind Kaede, but the combination of you and Lydia scares me."

"Jealous?"

He has his cute side, doesn't he? But Lydia-chan is a no-go for me. She just looks like a child, and besides, she's scary.

"That's not it. You're both so out there that I'm scared you'll come up with some crazy idea if you team up."

Hmm, about Lydia-chan... I wonder what happened to that TS Potion I gave her? It's too scary to think about any further.

"Should I go as Okita-kun? Or as myself?"

"If possible, please go as the damn witch."

"Well, I'm the one meeting the King, so it doesn't really matter..."

He really is jealous, this guy. What a cute little thing.