Chapter 189

“Dah!”

“Wow! Jaja-chan! Long time no see!”

As soon as we returned to the Dailan royal family’s separate house and entered the room we were lent, Jaja flew in as soon as she saw Mikuma’s figure.

Jaja jumped into Mikuma’s ample bosom energetically and slapped it.

Wait, Jaja, that’s not a toy.

It’s not something that makes a sound when you tap it, it’s something more sublime.

I mean, you.

Why are you stark naked?

“Jaja? You’re still getting dressed, you know?”

Aoi rushed from the bed in the back, with her slippers flapping in tow.

She had a bath towel wrapped around her head, and her entire body was wet.

Ah, she was taking a bath.

“Hello, Aoi-chan.”

“Yes, hello, Yunno-chan.”

“Would you like some help?”

“Ah, please. Jaja was struggling and wouldn’t let me dress her.”

Aoi and Mikuma entered the back of the room, smiling and exchanging greetings.

I put Mikuma’s luggage on the dresser next to the door and opened the refrigerator.

Why do girls have so much luggage?

What’s in this stuff?

But I’m the one who said I’d hold it.

“Tea, tea, tea. Mikuma, tea is okay, right?”

“Ah, yeah. Thank you.”

I waited for a reply and took out two plastic bottles of tea.

It’s so hot in Dailan.

I’m thirsty.

I opened mine and took a sip.

It’s cold.

Delicious!

“Would you like some water?”

“Oh, no? Tea is fine?”

Really?

You and Aoi both have a tendency to be extra cautious.

“It’s been a while hasn’t it, Nana-chan?”

“Dah.”

While Aoi was changing Jaja’s clothes, Mikuma was taking care of Nana.

“Was Nana-chan in the bath too?”

“Au.”

Nana, who had already finished getting dressed, was dressed boldly in only a loose T-shirt and a diaper.

The air conditioning is set on low, so she sweats a lot when she wears clothes for going out.

If it’s too cool, she might catch a cold. It’s really hard to manage a baby’s health.

“The maids at the mansion helped me out with the bath. Both Jaja and Nana were very popular.”

“Wow, you guys are well-liked, aren’t you?”

She shook her hand in front of Jaja’s face as she was putting on her diaper.

Jaja is a positive person who enjoys everything, so when you do this, she gets absorbed and easily lets you put her diaper on.

“Dah! Kya-kya!”

See, just like that.

“A beauty aren’t you? Jaja-chan and Nana-chan are both beautiful.”

Now that you mention it, the maids in the Atol’s mansion also liked them a lot.

It seems that Jaja and Nana attract men and women of all ages.

What terrifying offspring.

“Huh? Where are Ru-neesama and Shouhei-san?”

“It seems that the guide to sea dragon island has already arrived, so they went to greet them. We’re going to leave Mikuma’s luggage first and wait for the little ones to wake up.”

They’re so impatient, aren’t they?

We are in a foreign country and don’t know what’s left and right, so please don’t rush us like that.

“I wonder if we’re going by boat.”

“Come to think of it, I didn’t hear anything about that.”

Mikuma’s words gave me pause.

I heard that the seas near the sphere continent are rough.

Shouhei has always been prone to motion sickness.

This would be Jaja and Nana’s first time in the ocean.

They haven’t even riden in our car yet.

Because we don’t have a child seat.

Hm, I’m getting a little worried.

“Nii-chan”

Knocking three times on the door, Shouhei called out from outside.

“Oh, what’s up?”

When I answered, he opened the door with a clunk and showed me only his face.

“The sea dragon onee-san wants you to change into your swimsuit before you leave.”

“Swimsuit?”

Why?

It is true that Dailan is a country facing the sea, but the royal capital here is inland.

As I recall, the nearest port town is the city of Inteira, where we were until yesterday.

It would take three hours by car.

Isn’t it too soon to be asking us to leave the mansion in our swimsuits?

“Well, she said you can get to the island from the basement of this house.”

What do you mean?

I involuntarily turned my head to face Mikuma.

Even Mikuma, who is the brains of our family, seemed to have no idea what that meant, and looked puzzled.

“Where did I put my bathing suit?”

Shouhei rummaged through his carry-on bag.

“It should be in my bag… oh, which reminds me, Mikuma, did you bring a swimsuit?”

We brought the one we used at the river.

Shouhei checked it out on the Internet and told us that Dailan has a beach,

I was hoping a little… that maybe Atol has a private beach and we would be invited.

“More or less, the hotel has a pool so my mother made me…”

With a red face, Mikuma pointed to her bag, which was left next to the door.

Yeah, of course, you’re never going to go there because of your character. Pools and such.

I mean, you can’t swim.

When I looked at Aoi, she was taking out her swimsuit from her own bag.

“Will Jaja and Nana be okay with the ocean water?”

“I think Jaja will be fine. Nana…”

She was scared of the river water.

Since she was so scared of fresh water, I think she would be even more reluctant to be in salt water.

“Then Shouhei and I are going to go change in the next room. Huh? Where’s Rouge?”

“She was discussing with the sea dragon onee-san regarding if there was any way to get there without going into the water.”

Ah, earth dragons… aren’t very good with water.

“I think she’ll give up and come back in a little while.”

I see.

I’ll give her some encouragement when she gets back.

“Jaja, it’s a bathing suit, so I’ll take your diaper off.”

“Aoi-chan, Nana-chan too?”

“Yes, it’s still clean, so please roll it up and put it in my bag.”

“Okay, no problem.”

“Shall I make the milk ahead of time?”

“I’ll boil water, okay?”

“T-thank you.”

… When looking at it this way, these two get along great.

It might be pretentious, but as long as they don’t talk about me, I think they have great chemistry.

A quiet literary girl and a shy girl.

Yeah, the best match.

“Nii-chan?”

“O-oh. What is it?”

Shouhei, holding a bathing suit in one hand, tugged at the hem of my shirt.

“You were spacing out. Are you okay?”

“I’m fine. Come on, let’s get changed quickly, shall we?

I left the room while pushing Shouhei on the back.

Just before closing the door, I looked at Mikuma’s face once more.

A pretty girl.

The girl who told me she liked me.

I closed the door and walked down the hallway.

I soon came to the next room, I saw Shouhei enter first, and I looked up at the sky through the corridor window alone.

The sky of the sphere continent can only be seen through the hole in the ceiling.

Hmmm.

Well, I’ve made up my mind.

Someday, I’ll definitely have to tell her, and it’s definitely not a good idea to keep Mikuma tied up forever.

But it doesn’t have to be right now.

When this trip is over and things calm down.

That’s when I’ll…

I’ll have to reject Mikuma Yunno.