CH 85

Misunderstood Hermes

Translated by Mlzkzr

Edited by Mlzkzr

One afternoon, as I was relaxing in my easy chair in the garden of the mansion, which I had not been able to do for some time, I heard my sister’s footsteps.

“Hermes, what are you doing?”

Saying that, nee-san then stuck her head out from behind suddenly and peered into my hands from above.

I have a picture in my hand.

It’s a picture of a stocky, pretty dandy man.

“A man!? Such a thing is no good, Hermes――hah.”

She swallowed the words she was about to say, took a deep breath, and started mumbling something.

“No, no, let’s not jump to the wrong conclusion here. Orthia-chan also told me that Hermes-chan is a bit of a taciturn, but he seriously likes girls.”

I felt like I had been told something drastically rude.

When I was wondering if I myself should retort, my sister put her hand on her well-shaped chest and took a deep breath to calm herself down.

“Hermes, whose picture is that?”

“Ah, it’s been a long time since someone applied, but it’s the person who wants to meet with nee-san――”

“So~i!”

Nee-san snatched the picture from my hand and threw it away with a splendid form that I always fondly see.

Kiran!

Poor Dandy Macho, his picture became a star far away in the sky.

“I’m already good, Hermes!”

“I know, nee-san. I’m not going to let you fall into the hands of a man of that caliber.”

“Eh……”

The faltering nee-san, opened your eyes wide and stared at me.

“I know how nee-san feels.”

Dokin.

As soon as I said that, I heard nee-san’s chest bouncing with all its might.

This timing, I know that I definitely hit the mark.

“Y,you noticed?”

“If I think about everything up until now, yes, I did. Nee-san’s behavior is consistent, so as expected, I understand it.”

“Hermes……”

Nee-san’s eyes became moist.

“You have me take out my seriousness, display my power and make my name known to the world. Nee-san likes me the way I am now, right?”

“I,it’s not like that, that’s ――”

“That’s why I’ll choose earnestly. I’ll choose a man with a high position who has shown his power and has risen through it.”

“――Eh?”

Nee-san who was about to say something looked at me again with a dumbfounded look on her face.

……A’re?

From some time ago, somehow, is it different?

“……”

While I was puzzled, nee-san’s eyes became colder and colder.

“Uhmm, nee-san?”

“……”

Pokapoka.

Nee-san clenches her fist and smacks me on the head.

“Wait, hey, what are you doing, nee-san?”

“……”

Pokapokapoka.

“Stop it, nee-san. It doesn’t hurt but what are you doing. What’s bothering you?”

“I don’t know! Hmph!”

Nee-san turned away with a pout and walked away with a sulky look on her face.

Err…… What the heck happened?

☆

The next day, I brought out the easy chair in the garden again, and this time, as I was relaxing and looking at nothing, nee-san came over again and peered into me from above.

“Hermes.”

“What’s up nee-san. Today――”

I swallowed the continuation, “you’re in a good mood”.

I didn’t understand what happened yesterday, but I thought it would be better not to dig around it.

“Yes, this.”

Nee-san put a pile of pictures on my lap.

“What is this…… pictures of a girl?”

“They are potential new members of HHM48. I’ve got 200 people lined up to join.”

“Eh?”

“Choose the ones you like from these. Ah, not choosing anyone is a no-no. I got a royal decree from His Majesty yesterday. Everyone is treated as His Majesty’s recommendation.”

“Eeeeeeeeeeh!?”

What is this all of a sudden?

Or rather, His Majesty’s recommendation, you said…… It’s as forceful as when my sister became my daughter.

Why? Why all of a sudden?

“Uhmm…… nee-san?”

“What is it?”

“Somehow, are you mad?”

I asked because it kind of felt that way, but.

“No, I’m not”

“No……. you are. Because……”

I looked at the photos.

For some reason, all of them ―― literally all of them.

All of them resemble nee-san in some way.

“Choose well, Hermes.”

She was smiling, but there was a strange intensity on it.

I was so pressured by it that I somehow chose one of them who looked especially like nee-san.