episode_0113

I warned Ray’s older brother and sister in second place.

As if I were really in second place.

“Okay, here!”

This time, he shouted in a tone of voice that he wouldn’t have used if he were in second place.

I threw Ray’s older brother, who was being held by me, towards my older sister with all my might.

“Huh?!”

Ray’s older sister looked slightly dazed and then looked startled.

‘Oh, did I throw it too hard?’

I was worried later, but it was just groundless fear.

Ray’s older brother moved freely in the air without his older sister’s help.

“….”

After that, Ray’s older brother and sister confronted me while maintaining an appropriate distance.

“Now we can talk.”

“Shut up, monster.”

It was the beginning again.

That damn monster monster noise.

He’s a vampire, so he’s a monster by human standards. But it’s upsetting to keep hearing that.

“Riemann, that’s enough.”

Ray reacted before I could even step forward.

It seemed like he was even more upset than I was by the continued noise of the monster.

By the way, is the name Riemann? It felt familiar… I think it must be because of the Riemann hypothesis.

“It must be Lee Man-hyung. Ray, you used to hang out with dogs, but now you’re hanging out with monsters.”

“….”

Ray closed his eyes, frowning at Riemann’s answer.

He had a really tired expression on his face, and I thought I understood Ray’s feelings a little bit.

It’s hard when all the family members are abnormal.

Because my brother was a pervert who got excited in dangerous situations while wearing black latex that made it hard to tell if he was male or female.

I feel sorry for Ray’s brother and sister, but I can’t waste time here.

How many people are waiting for me at the hideout! And I have to buy Midas’ feed too!

“There’s no need for conversation.’

Again, speaking as if I was in second place, I took up my position to attack first.

“…!”

Then, taking my actions as a signal, Riemann moved first.

I blinked and saw it approaching right in front of my nose.

Kaang―!

As soon as Lehman’s attack was blocked, Sister Ray’s attack followed.

What a great connection.

But my sister’s attack wasn’t that threatening to me. That means that between the two, the main attacker was Lee Man.

“Riemann!”

Ray, who had suddenly approached Lehman, shouted loudly.

Even from Riemann’s perspective, it seemed difficult to block Ray’s consecutive attacks.

***

At that moment.

I split my body into several bats.

Then he appeared behind Riemann.

“Lee Man! Behind! ”

Despite Sister Ray’s urgent cries, I, who was in second place, was faster at cutting off Lehman’s neck.

Although he adjusted his strength appropriately, his goal was to completely knock out Riemann.

As soon as my hand touched him, Riemann fell to the ground.

“Ugh….”

I somehow managed to reach out to Ray, but that was all.

In an instant, Riemann was neutralized. Now all that remains is…

“….”

There was only one older sister, Ray.

“Ray, what’s your sister’s name?”

“Lena.”

Leman, Lena, Ray. Are the names of Ray’s siblings in this order?

“Hey, sis? Do we need to fight any longer?”

Although the picture wasn’t very good because she was in second place, Lena didn’t put down her weapon aimed at me and Ray.

It didn’t seem like Lena was really trying to kill me.

Meanwhile, a blush had taken hold on Lena’s cheeks.

I wondered if he liked second place. But that didn’t make sense.

From the perspective of the Kresnik family, they like their mortal enemy, number two?

It’s like saying that Jews like Hitler.

“We’ll take Ray.”

“Us? You’re the only one here who’s conscious right now.”

I was talking nonsense in this situation.

I had no choice but to show off some of my power. I glared at Lena clearly.

Then mosquitoes began to appear from all directions as if dark clouds were gathering.

Wheee!

The scary sound of mosquitoes coming from all directions.

Lena had no choice but to quickly support Riemann in that situation.

It was a bit pitiful to see Riemann lying there unconscious.

‘No. I just got my head cut off by Lehman. Who is looking at whom and feeling sorry for him?’

“Ray! Are you really not going to come with us?”

“…It’s still early.”

Not yet? Even I, who was next to him, felt anxious at the answer that seemed to leave room for possibility.

“….”

Lena didn’t say anything, but her eyes began to move busily.

Honestly, I don’t really intend to stop you from running away.

Lena quickly left the room, holding Lehman. I watched her with Ray.

“Really. I wonder what’s going on.”

“Me…Chris?”

“Huh?”

“Can’t you stop seeing that now?”

Oh, come to think of it, I was always in second place.

Since I was already in second place, instead of returning to my original form… I changed into the form I would have if I had become an adult.

The skeleton was once again turned around, and he was shorter than when he was in second place.

Her silver hair turned platinum blonde, and her red eyes turned back to blue-green.

Although he still had long hair, it was longer than the second place.

“How about this look?!”

It seems there was no need to ask.

Ray couldn’t take his eyes off me, as if it didn’t matter that his brother and sister had attacked us.

“Oh my. I’m telling you, I’m too honest.”

“Ahem…big.”

I quickly headed to the feed store with Ray, who was coughing.

After that, we purchased Midas’ feed as originally scheduled.

The shop owner treated me as if he was seeing me for the first time, perhaps because of my changed appearance.

***

“This and that. Oh, that one over there is one too!”

The food that I bought previously felt close to raw food. In addition to that, I also bought insect-based food and dry food.

Honestly, I thought Midas would eat anything, but since it was his first time, I thought it would be better to let him eat a variety of foods and then let him choose the one he likes the most.

“Ray, did you put them all in?’

“Yeah.”

As soon as I counted the number of feed sacks, Ray put them in my mimic wallet.

“Okay, then shall we go back now?”

“Yeah.”

“Sir! I’ll come again next time!”

The shop owner seemed puzzled by my calling him “Mister.”

Oh, is that because you look like an adult now?

Anyway, we quickly returned to the hideout building.

“Whew… It’s so damn hard to buy even one feed.”

This time, unlike before, there was no surprise attack by Ray’s brothers.

“Shall we go straight to the 3rd floor?”

“No, wait a minute.”

I caught Ray trying to press the third floor button.

Ray, who was caught by me in my adult form, looked cutely flustered, not knowing where to look.

“It’s a bit of a shame to go straight in, isn’t it?”

“Huh…?”

Ray and I headed to the rooftop instead of the third floor.

I’m sorry to Sylvia and the others, but… just wait a little longer.

The rooftop of the hideout building.

As I exited the elevator, opened the door, and stepped outside the building, a translucent blue magic field appeared.

It was the same station that was there when I first came to this world.

It was unavoidable to prevent outsiders from freely entering the building through the roof.

“The moon is really red today too.”

The moon overlooking Magusfall is a very deep red.

You could say it was ominous in some ways, but… at least for me and Ray, both vampires, it didn’t feel that way.

Just sitting in a suitable spot on the rooftop and looking at the sky together.

It felt like my mind and body were recovering.

In addition, since it was a rooftop, I could enjoy the night view of Grove Avenue while feeling the breeze blowing.

“The night view from Silver Side was nice too. This place isn’t too bad either.”

“Yeah, I guess so.”

Ray nodded at my sentiment.

If I think about it, it’s always been like this. Ray tried to accommodate me as much as possible.

***

“Ray.”

“Why? Chris.”

Now that I’ve unintentionally learned about Ray’s brothers, I thought I’d tell you something about myself, too.

“Do you know exactly how old I am?”

“Uh… one year old?”

Percussion!

I ended up hitting my forehead without realizing it.

The test results from Silver Side came out like that a while ago!

“No, I’m not one year old!”

“But the test results at that time….”

“Ray!”

I grabbed Ray’s shoulders with both hands.

Then he spoke while looking at each other’s faces.

“Don’t trust the test results! Trust me!”

Of course, as I said this, I felt like it wasn’t very convincing.

Ray listened to me and waited for me to continue.

With an expression that said, if my age isn’t one year, then how old am I?

“I’m… twenty-two years old.”

“Is that true?”

At least… in terms of mental age.

“Yeah, I’m telling you! Johnny always says he’s your older sister and all, just to confuse people!”

Well, Johnny himself probably really believes that.

“Then Chris, you are older than me?”

“Is that so?”

I responded to Ray’s words as if confirming it again.

Then Ray’s face brightened noticeably.

“I thought you were really one year old, Chris.”

I thought you were one year old, but have you been acting like that until now? No. Thinking about it, I don’t think you crossed the line.

It could be that he was subconsciously aware that he was too young.

“…!”

Ray chuckled and put his hand over mine, intertwining them.

It seemed so good that I was older than him.

Well, I guess it’s better to be older than someone a year older than you.

Ray’s hands were a little rough, but very warm.

“Ugh….”

But now Ray started fiddling with his clasped hands.

Aren’t you being too aggressive?

Looking at the expression on his face, which was so excited, I didn’t know what to say.

“Chris.”

“Huh?”

While I was thinking about this and that, Ray spoke to me first.

“I’m already your servant, but….”

I had a gut feeling. This… No way!

“But you’re a member of the family?”

***

I found myself unconsciously following Ray’s words because I was curious about what would come out of his mouth.

Ray didn’t answer right away.

Instead, he was held in my arms in his adult form. As I carefully stroked Ray’s head and back, he whispered in my ear.

“I want to be more than just a family… Is that okay?”

“…What?”

Peep.

Ray lifted his head as he said that.

How much agony must have gone into that short moment to make this awkward yet cute confession?

“Well…what do you think?”

I stroked Ray’s head again. I couldn’t bring myself to look down.

Ray must be embarrassed, but so was I, the one who received the confession. I was so embarrassed I was going crazy.

Deep down, I always thought that this day would come.

‘Still, this is too sudden!’

It was only a few seconds, but it felt so long to me.

After hastily coming to my senses, this time I faced Ray head-on without avoiding his gaze.

Ray’s face also turned very red.

I don’t even know how red my face became.

“Okay.”

He said, poking Ray’s cheek. ”

“So from today… it’s the 1st?”

Time, which seemed to have stopped, began to flow properly again.

Ray paused for a moment after hearing my answer, then sighed in relief.

“Really?”

“That’s right! Would I lie about something like this?”

At first, I was thinking of asking about Ray’s older brother and sister.

But now, I don’t have any such thoughts.

“Well… Let’s go home first! Everyone will be waiting!”

I quickly held Ray in my arms and headed to the third floor. I felt like I wouldn’t be able to hold out if I didn’t get out of this place right away.

But even in this situation, for some reason, I couldn’t help but smile.