Chapter 185

Chapter 185 – The Island Where the Sea Dragon Sleeps (3)

“Thank you for your patience. We have arrived at the royal residence.”

The poised, elderly driver slowly opened the door of the limousine and bowed.

“T-thank you very much.”

“No need to thank me, sir. Please watch your step.”

He replied in fluent Japanese, his white beard swinging elegantly.

Hmm, dandyism.

“Aoi, we’re here, Aoi.”

“H-huh.”

When I leaned over the seat and shook Aoi’s legs, she woke up with a strange voice, probably because she had just woken up.

You’re really tired, aren’t you?

“Yawn… a-are we already there?”

Rubbing her eyelids sleepily, Aoi hurriedly began to rummage through her things to get ready.

“Okay Nana, come here.”

“Uuh”

When Rouge unbuckled the child seat in the middle of the seat next to Aoi and held out her hands to Nana, Nana turned to Rouge with both hands as if she had been waiting for her.

She was leaning forward, the little wings flapping happily on her back as she wanted to be picked up.

It was boring in the car. It took us a little less than three hours to get from Inteira to the royal capital.

Even though we were excited to see the unusual scenery of a foreign country, but we eventually got bored of it.

Nana may have been even more bored in the cramped child seat.

“Nii-chan, I’ll take care of the luggage, so please take Jaja.” Shouhei said, slinging his shoulder bag full of wallets and baby bottles over his shoulder.

“Okay, leave it to me. Jaja, we’re here.”

Taking my brother up on his offer, I leaned forward in the back seat and gently rocked Jaja, who was curled up in a ball, looking comfortably asleep.

If I lifted her suddenly, she would probably be startled and end up crying, so I felt sorry for her, but I had to wake her up.

“Nnngh…”

Oh, as expected, she still wanted to sleep.

“Nyaaah…”

“Okay, okay. You can go back to sleep. Here.”

I gently held Jaja, who shook her head didn’t want to wake up, and carefully left the car.

Come on, I’ll hold you. Go back to sleep.

“Nggghh…”

You spoiled brat.

As soon as Jaja buried her face in my neck, she immediately fell asleep.

Jaja’s and Nana’s body temperature is quite hot when they are asleep.

The temperature in Dailan is much higher than in our town, so I tried to keep them in light clothes, but it might have been better to dress them in something even cooler.

“It’s hot.”

Feeling Jaja’s body heat on my chest, I looked up at the sky.

The Sphere Continent is a unique land covered with a spherical wall that is unparalleled in the world.

There are holes of various sizes throughout the wall, letting in sunlight and other elements.

The heat peculiar to the southern hemisphere, combined with the humidity in the enclosed space, gives the continent a subtropical humidity and heat, even though it is not in the tropics.

“Ah, huh. Where’s my pouch?”

“Oh, come on, Aoi. Look, it fell right beside you. You can sleep a little longer once they show you to your room.”

“S-sorry.”

I tugged on Aoi’s arm as she staggered out of the car, rubbing her eyes.

She’s been having trouble waking up lately.

I wonder if there is some imperceptible fatigue building up.

I’m a little worried.

“We’ll take your larger luggage to your room, after you.”

“Ah, I’m sorry, Iris-san.”

I bowed to the head maid, Iris-san.

This elderly maid, smiling with a kind expression on her face, was very beautiful, even in her old age.

She must have been quite a beautiful girl in the past.

The driver got a nice wife.

“Ah, Iris-sama! I’ll carry it!”

When Kayone saw Iris-san about to open the trunk of the car, she rushed over to her.

“It’s fine, I’m retired but I can still move around. You should be carrying Atol-sama’s luggage.”

After handling Kayone, who was flustered, Iris opened the trunk of the car.

She took out our carry-on bags and travel bags one by one with one hand and quietly laid them out on the ground.

“Please don’t be unreasonable! Come on, Uta-chan, wake up! We have work to do!”

Kayone ran over to Utai, who was still asleep in her seat, and shook her body violently.

“Ah, bababab. I’m awake, Kayo-san, I’m awake. Don’t shake me like that.”

“Stop lying, you were sleeping like a baby.”

She had a habit of snoring and making faces that were unbecoming of a maiden.

“Uta-chan! Hurry up and get to work!”

“Okay, okay.”

Why is Kayone in such a hurry?

Well, even when I was at Atol’s mansion in Inteira, she seemed to be quite nervous in front of Iris-san.

“Hey, Atol. Is Kayone not that good with Iris-san?”

We started to walk after Atol, who was leading the way with an air of authority.

In the car, it seems like Kayone and Iris struggled with each other, but Kayone looks more troubled.

“Iris was my educator and nanny. She has been watching over me since I moved to Inteira after my mother died early.”

“Oh, so she acted as your mother.”

“Yeah, that’s why I can’t face her properly either. As for Kayone, she is like a boss, an aunt and maybe even a mother-in-law to her. So it must be very complicated.”

It’s also a very annoying relationship…

“Utai, Kayone! What kind of maidservant would leave Atol-sama alone!”

“I’m sorry, Iris-sama!”

“Uwaah, Prince! You could’ve waited!”

In response to Iris, Kayone and Utai rushed over.

“I don’t care. I’ve been telling you for a while, just let Iris do as she pleases.”

“But Iris-sama has already retired from active service. We are too young and inexperienced to trouble a retired person…”

As we walked along the clean road leading to the mansion from where we parked the car, Kayone’s face clouded over as she complained.

“And you know what? Aunt Iris is a bit annoying, isn’t she? We’re doing our best, too. Right, Kayo-san?”

“I think she should be a little angrier at Uta-chan.”

“Why?”

Of course, you idiot.

In the few days since you’ve been taking care of us at Atol’s mansion, not a single day has gone by that you haven’t screwed up.

You’ve broken dishes, you’ve broken furniture, you’ve forgotten to clean the house.

Perhaps because we were guests, the other maids didn’t outwardly scold Utai, but they all had scary looks on their faces with their mouths and temples twitching.

“… You’re my bride, and you’re a member of the Inteira family. I’m sure the maidservants from the outside can’t say anything. The only people who can chastise you are Iris and Kayone.”

“G-gah!”

Perhaps shocked by Atol’s words, Utai exaggeratedly dropped her shoulders and nodded.

Her petite body swayed in a way that was out of character for her.

“Well, what the hell? I can see that you’re doing your best in your own way.”

“R-really?”

I couldn’t stand it any longer and when I followed up with a few words, Utai looked up at me with tears in her eyes.

“Don’t spoil her too much, Kazamachi.”

“That’s right. When Uta-chan gets carried away, there’s no limit to what she can do.”

H-hang in there, Utai.

I’m starting to feel a kinship with you.

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“I’ve been waiting for you!”

“Guaaah!”

Suddenly, Atol was blown away.

The silhouette that had been walking pompously in front of me instantly disappeared from the edge of my field of vision in a crooked shape.

“How have you been? Oh, my sweet, sweet brother! It’s been a long, long time. Brother has missed you so much!”

“B-big brother!”

It was a thin, macho, handsome man who tackled Atul with a fierce charge.

However, his neat face was sloppy and he was sliding his cheek against Atol’s without paying any attention to us.

“What, what, what?”

“I was so surprised.”

“Me too.”

“Nana, don’t worry. It’s not scary.”

“Fueh.”

We, who were completely unable to keep up with the sudden turn of events, watched in black and white as Atol and the thin, macho handsome man made out with each other.

“You never send a single message! Your brothers were worried that you might be bullied in Japan! The second son selfishly insisted on going to Japan himself! Setol and Tetol are always reporting back to me, but you, you lovable, lovable bastard!”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, big brother! Please wait! Ouch, ouch!”

The blonde-haired, handsome, thin macho man was giving him a series of thick kisses on the cheeks.

It’s a terrible sight.

The communication, which could be described as either scolding or doting, was shocking.

“But it’s that kind of unreliable that you have! It’s just so cute and adorable! It’s good to have siblings who are ages apart from you! Father is still thriving, so having another sibling or two might not be such a bad thing! Even the eldest daughter said she wanted a sister! Even though they are half-siblings, it must be lonely to have thirteen siblings and only two women! Hey, Atol, don’t you think so too!”

“B-big brother… you’re crushing me.”

Atol, whose spine warped and creaked from the bearhug, reached out his hand in pain.

“Your highness Gatol, Please calm down! Your Highness, the First Prince Gatol!” Kayone called out.

“Oh! Kayone and Utai! How are you guys doing?”

“Uwah! He’s coming!”

In no time at all, the thin macho man released his embrace on Atol and lifted Kayone and Utai in his arms. It was an unbelievably fast move.

“You’re looking good! What’s with those breasts of yours, Utai? That’s ridiculous! It’s outrageous, but brilliant! Hahahahaha!”

Oh, wow. What brazen sexual harassment.

“Let go, Gatol-sama!”

“It hurts.”

“Don’t be reserved! As Atol’s wives, you are like sisters-in-law to me! You’re my sister-in-law, and there’s no need to hold back on family skinship!”

That’s not skinship, it’s just sexual harassment, isn’t it?

In a different country and position, it would be a big problem, you know?

“Nii-chan, what’s this?”

“I don’t know.”

How would I know, my brother?

We were left at the door, and no one had explained to us about this strange, excited, thin macho man.

I have a vague idea that he’s Atol’s brother from what he’s saying.

“Gatol-sama! That’s enough.”

A sudden loud voice echoed through the doorway.

I looked in the direction of the voice and saw a beautiful woman coming down from the top of a ridiculously large staircase.

She was wearing a bright red dress with a thin fabric that clearly showed the lines of her body. The contrast with her brown skin, which was the same as other women in this country, made her look very glamorous.

With her large bat wings and short bob of shiny black hair swaying down her back, her thin waist twisting elegantly, and her large, heaving breasts wrapped in an expensive-looking silk stole and some kind of colorful cloth, the beautiful woman puffed out her cheeks like a child and stared at the thin macho man she called Gatol.

‘Oh, Garsha! It’s Atol, Atol! Kayone and Utai are also here! It’s been a long time since you’ve seen them too!”

“I understand how you feel, Gatol-sama, but these children are scared! And it would be cruel to leave Garsha behind! Even Garsha! Garsha, too!”

With a clacking of her heels, the woman called Garsha hurried down the stairs, and went to…

“Oh! It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, Kayo-chan! Uta-chan! You’ve become so beautiful! You’re so cute, cute, cute! Hey, hey! I have a lot of dresses and clothes I want you to wear! My sister Gur designed a lot of dresses and outfits with your image in mind!　I’ve been talking to Mia-chan and Stella-chan a lot about how you guys are doing!”

She tackled them with great force.

“Gueeeh!”

“Gah, Garsha, sister-in-law!”

Kayone and Utai screamed as the beautiful woman gave them a fierce physical attack while being held by the thin macho.

It’s like lettuce and bacon sandwiched between two pieces of bread.

I wonder what kind of sandwich this is going to be.

“G-guh.”

“Oh, hey, are you okay, Atol?”

I reached out my hand to him, who was rubbing his back with his butt on the floor.

“Ah, thanks.”

I thought he was going to shake me off, but he unexpectedly took my hand and got up, brushing the dust off his clothes.

“And, what’s with this situation?”

He seemed to have calmed down, so I asked him to explain.

I just wish they’d stop leaving us behind, you know?

Surrounded by strangers in a strange country, and not understanding the situation at all, it’s more than a little disheartening, isn’t it?

“That’s my oldest brother and his wife.”

Once again, I look at Kayone and Utai, who were being pressed in some unknown way.

I wonder how the two of them feel when they are sandwiched between their disgusting muscles and a sister with an enviable body.

Ah, Utai. If you look closely, you can see the whites of her eyes.