Before a month, Yuan who was injured in the war with Roland Kingdom came back to the castle at last. He lost his muscles as expected, but he carried the same dignified presence that made me astonished.

"Oh, Yuan. You are safe above all. When I heard the state of your injuries, I thought you collapsed so I had the forest searched but you were not found. How were you able to return?"

"A goddess..."

"Goddess?"

"A goddess saved me. A beautiful goddess living in the forest."

Yuan proclaimed as if spellbound, and I became concerned whether he became crazy. Yuan is a straight-laced person so he practically never says anything untrue. And a goddess, he said? It's enough that only that idiot becomes weird.

"Then that is a relief. Dinner is ready. Father will also be joining us. Prepare yourself."

"Yes!"

I turned back to my own room after saying that, with a bowing Yuan behind me.

And when we were chatting about national politics during dinner like always, I noticed that Yuan barely touched his food.

"What's wrong, Yuan? You barely touched your food. It's your favorite steak."

"I've been eating meals mainly consisting vegetables for a while, so I became somewhat surprised."

I said so and Yuan reached the steak, but he did not eat everything in the end.

Father and Carl did not look like they are worried but this is strange. I visited Yuan's room with a liquor at hand.

However, Yuan was not there. When I asked his retainer where Yuan went, he said that Yuan went somewhere on a horse.

This late at night!?

After suffering injuries, Yuan's head really became strange. I held my forehead and returned to my own room.

Dodododo~

I heard the sound of a horse shaking the ground at midnight. But I'm sleepy. I

couldn't get up from the bed and just turned over and slept.

"Brother..."

There's a voice from the sky, huh~ just as I thought that, I felt my forehead get wet. I opened my eyes slightly, wondering what was that.

Isn't this my little brother Yuan who just left last night!?

"Yu-yuan! I thought you went back to the castle."

"I wanted to meet Aine-niisama. Ah, Niisama, it's the smell of Niisama..."

He said so and buried his face on my nape, sniffing my scent.

It was ticklish so I pushed aside Yuan's face by force and move my body to get up.

"Yuan, what happened?"

"Wasn't it Brother who said that I can come anytime? During dinner, I almost cried recalling Brother's handmade dishes. Any other dishes not made by Brother tastes like sand."

Don't speak ill of the castle's dishes that much!

As expected of the kingdom's people. Although I'm glad that my simple cooking is being praised.

"Yuan, I'm sleepy."

"Then let's sleep together. May I enter?"

"Eh? Sleep together? It's tight..."

"Well then."

Yuan invaded the futon without minding me. I thought his attitude improved a lot recently, but it seems unlikely for him to think of me as a big brother.

Besides, he's trying to sleep while hugging me. I'm not a body pillow, you know?!

"Ah, Brother. I can't live without Elder Brother anymore."

"Yuan, it's ticklish."

"Brother, brother."

What does Yuan think my nape is?

Isn't he sniffing my smell too much since a while ago!? Do I stink?

It's troublesome so I pretended not to notice and slept.

Like I said, I'm not a body pillo~~~~w!!

Well, whatever, I thought and proceeded to sleep. I dislike quarreling for each and everything!

Brother was breathing deeply in his sleep.

I told you it's tedious if I return to the castle! With that, I understood that he's leading a calm life, and that place is a filthy world painted with authority.

I moved Brother closer to my chest. To think even his sleeping face is lovely...

I couldn't bear it and kissed Brother all over his face. His soft skin is irresistible.

From the start, I'm a person who do not care about gender. I only slept with the women Leichel-niisama sometimes hire for me. I do not get easily erect so women have to do it compulsorily.

And yet, I'm already like this just by being with Aine-niisama. It seems like I've become odd somehow.

I placed a kiss on his lips in the end, embraced Aine-niisama tightly once again and closed my eyes.

1. The words I translated as brother/elder brother is aniue. Should I retain is like niisama, too? Hmm, hmmm~