CH 63

When I returned to the living room with a plate of apples on it, everyone was looking at me with a puzzled expression.

“What were you two doing? …Wait, apples?”

“Yeah. I prepared it with Gray-san.”

Fio looks into the plate that Ariamel and I had.

“Yeah, I thought we could all eat together.”

“Gray-san, is that…”

Ares is looking at me with a surprised face as if he noticed something.

“Today is a special day. It would be nice if we could all have dessert together.”

For some reason, Ares looked like he was about to cry when I said that, and Mia, seeing this, was worried about Ares and was talking to him in various ways.

Iska and Fio, on the other hand, look as if they don’t understand what’s going on. The little ones are simply happy to have dessert.

At that time, Lulueco approached me and silently raised both hands.

“…”

Hmm, if it were Nina and Stella, it would be a “hug”. If it were Ratz, it would be “give it to me quickly”….

Well, it usually means give it to me quickly.

“Wait right away…”

“I’ll help you.”

Oh, over there.

But the size of the plate makes it a little hard for Lulueco to carry it. So…

“Oh, thank you. So can Lulueco hold that one for me then?”

I hold the plate with one hand and let Lulueco hold the other.

“Be careful”

“Hmm…”

Lulueco said only one word and nodded. Seeing this, Nina and Stella also said they would help Ariamel.

“Oh, are you two going to help me?”

Ariamel said this with a gentle smile, and they…

“Nina and Stella are good at this.”

“Leave it to me”

They replied with a proud look on their faces. Well, it’s true, we’ve had them carry the plates we ate with to the kitchen a few times, but…

“Then I’ll ask you. Can you two hold that one?”

Ariamel does the same as me, with Nina and Stella holding the other side of the plate and the three of them carrying it.

Both Ariamel and I are in a posture where it’s difficult to move around, but… it’s as expected that Ariamel praises the two of them after they’ve finished carrying them.

When I suddenly looked next to me, Lulueco was staring at Nina and Stella who were being praised.

I crouch down and match Lulueco’s line of sight.

“Lulueco. Thank you for your help.”

It would be nice if I could say even one sensible line at a time like this, but unfortunately I don’t have such a crafty way of life. Come to think of it, that bastard Adoras was good at this sort of thing…

“…Hmm”

Even so, Lulueco smiled slightly and returned to Ares and Mia.

Yeah, she’s a good girl. She’s not afraid of me. (Important)

After finishing the apples and starting to clean up with Ariamel, everyone wanted to help, so I asked them to clear the table and wipe the dishes after washing them.

After cleaning up, we took turns taking a bath. First of all, I had Ariamel and the kids lend me clothes for Mia and the others.

Now all that’s left is a place to sleep. …… I thought about it, and there should be plenty of room for me, Ariamel, and the three little ones, Nina, Stella, and Ratz, in the same room.

“Well. Mia and Lulueco can use Ariamel’s room tonight. Ariamel will be in my room….”

“Eh, you don’t mean…..”

Mia reacted with a surprised face in the middle of my words.

“No, Mia! Now read the atmosphere!”

Ares attends to Mia for reasons he doesn’t quite understand.

“But… but…”

“Hmmm, I guess Mia got it wrong too.”

“… uh…”

(drowsy)

“Papa, Nina and Ratz are sleepy.”

Nina is rubbing her eyes sleepily, and Stella seems completely at ease with Ratz, who is hugging my legs and rowing the boat.

“Look, you two are going to catch a cold if you sleep here. Can’t you two hold out until we get to your rooms?”

Ariamel gently talks to the sleepy couple.

Iska and the children from Kodar are unable to keep up with the situation.

No way…I never thought I would be goofing off at this point in my life.