"Do you think the notebook is okay?

I was asked to help Erin cook dinner in the kitchen.

What the hell is going on? I was obsessed with removing the dirt from the used frying pan and didn't listen.

"What is that?

"So I'm talking about Sophie!

Erin's tone gets stronger when she finds out she didn't listen at all.

Well, I don't think Erin is really angry, so I'll encourage her to continue.

"What's wrong with Sophie?

"It's good for Roslia and Neme, right?

Oh, is that so?

I finally agree with Erin.

Roslia, who was entrusted with housework, and Neme, who asked her to make sweets, began to see party members inadvertently relying on Sophie.

"Actually, I was wondering."

I knew you had a notebook?

Well...

"It's terrible, Roslia and Neme. Sophie is in a new position, and it's hard to refuse a favor. I can't believe I'm stuck there."

Erin reveals her anger as she shakes the twin tail.

Indeed, Erin is right, Roslia and Neme rely too much on Sophie.

There was a verse asking Sophie not to refuse a favor, something that no one else would normally ask.

"I want you to remember that you're a little reluctant."

"Really."

"Even so, I'm surprised. I can't believe Erin's angry about Sophie."

Really?

"I mean, you were against joining the party."

Erin is the last person who was against Sophie joining.

It seemed strange to me that she was as considerate of Sophie as I was.

"I'm not such a lowlife! I decided to go to the party once, so I decided to treat you as one of them."

"Erin....."

"And when the notebook just came in, I regret getting cold. So let's be gentle."

I didn't think Erin thought of that.

She too has become quite round with her. From the first time I met you, my chest became warmer than I could ever imagine.

"What do you think we should do? You think I should watch out for Roslia and Neme after all?

Erin stops stirring the pot and asks.

What do you think? Strongly speaking, they may reflect temporarily, but it feels like a solution on the spot.

I thought the essence of this problem was somewhere else.

"Shouldn't I tell Sophie?

"Why you?

"I don't feel bad about the Roslia and Neme I'm asking for, but I feel like Sophie has a problem with everything she takes on."

"I'm sure Sophie won't even pretend to say no... If I were you, I'd complain."

"I can imagine it....."

Well then, let's go say it.

That said, Erin went to get Sophie out of the pot.

I didn't feel the need to stop cooking and say it right away, but it's good to be able to act.

The two of them came over and put the washed frying pan in a drainage basket, re-lit it and stirred the pan.

What are you talking about?

Sophie, who doesn't understand the situation, leans her neck looking alternately at Erin and me.

Erin said to her like that.

"Do you have any idea?

"Did I... did I do something wrong?

"That's not true!

I didn't think it would be impossible to think like Sophie if I asked a question like that, but I'll leave it to Erin.

Listen to the conversation while making sure the potatoes in the pot are cooking.

"Isn't there something you want to say?

"Okay. Maybe you should help me cook dinner?

"That's it, that's it!

"Okay. I'm going to wash my hands right now."

"That's not true! You don't have to help me!

"... what do you mean?

Making conversations that are not subtly messed with each other.

"That's what Erin wants to say about Sophie's behavior."

"Why?

"I'll make sweets for Roslia's chores and for Neme."

"Was it bad?

Sophie stood up neatly. It's as if I don't know what's wrong.

"You can't say that, or you can say that you don't like it. Don't be shy."

Erin says with her arms tied.

However, Sophie responded with an unchanged expression.

"I don't hate you anyway....."

"Can you push housework?

"Yes, I don't have anything in particular to do, and it would be better if someone were to help me."

"... is that so?

It was an encounter with a way of thinking that Erin had never imagined. I was confused like I had encountered an unknown creature.

"It's okay, I don't have to."

"I'm not trying to push you."

"That's right...."

Subtle air flows. Although Erin called out in consideration of Sophie, his clumsiness combined with his worries didn't seem to convey much.

Sophie didn't read the back of the word at all, so he didn't seem to fully understand Erin's word-less remarks.

They are two people whose wavelengths of conversation do not fit perfectly.

So, is there anything else you're dissatisfied with? In the life of the Arrivals. "

Erin opens her mouth when she can't stand silent time.

Erin is worried about Sophie too. I wonder why this doesn't go well either...

"Nothing in particular"

"Nothing in particular. There's something, there's something!

"There are fewer orders given to me than to Lord Raffer."

"That's how it's supposed to be! Don't compare it to that!

"Is that a bad word for His Highness?

"Ah, no, that's not it... Yeah.... I just don't compare my life to that of a party when I was a princess knight..."

"Well then, that's fine. I appreciate you taking me back, but I can't overlook the insult to His Highness Reifa."

"Yeah, I'm sorry...."

With that said, Erin lowers her head slightly.

It seems that the wavelength of the conversation does not match perfectly. Erin should avoid inadvertent remarks, and Sophie should be a little more accommodating.

Well, this is a personality issue, and it doesn't seem like it could be fixed overnight, so I won't dare point it out.

"After all, you don't have anything? Disgruntled."

Erin was the first to open her mouth.

"If we'd lived together forever, there'd be one thing, right? Dissatisfied."

"Dissatisfied....."

"What do you say? If so, I'll take care of it."

"Nothing."

I stopped stirring the pan because of an unexpected remark.

"Who, who caused it? Roslia or Neme? I'll stop you!

"No."

"Then who is it?!

"Notebooks....."

It was just me.

Erin is pointing towards us. Ruby's sharp eyes punctured us.

"What did you do?

"No, I don't remember anything....."

"Perhaps you made a lewd request to say no to Sophie?

"I won't do that!

Completely unfounded suspicion. I even looked at Sophie in a hurry ─ ─.

"I'm finally convinced. I've always wondered what it would do to bring me to the party, but I was aiming for my body."

"Don't convince me it's weird!

"Notebooks are very generous. As a matter of fact, I hate it when you do that, but I can't help it if you give me orders. Because I will only obey."

"Don't follow me there!

I was stunned by Sophie's stance of accepting everything, and I learned to fear.

I really appreciate the Force being decent. If he was an old man, he'd make lewd demands without jokes.

And even if the Force jokes about asking for that, a serious Sophie would take it exactly as he says.

If the Force hadn't been decent, the "Arrivals" would have been in turmoil by now.

"I mean, I don't like it enough to die...."

It was going through, but it was a subtle shock. Deadly enough.

I'm not targeting Sophie specifically, and I don't want to have such a relationship, but I'm usually shocked when the opposite sex tells me that...

"Don't worry. Because I probably don't resist dying as much as everyone else. I just don't like it that much."

"I haven't been following you very much."

I don't like what I hate... It was me who didn't think I was.

"So, what the hell is wrong with me?

If you continue this conversation any longer, you will not have the HP of your mind, so you will revert to the conversation.

Sophie opened her mouth without hesitation, even though she had someone in front of her.

"Respectful words"

"Respect?"

"Yes, because it's the same age, but it's always a respectful word."

"Eh!? Same age!?"

I react to the shock Sophie has brought before the content of my dissatisfaction.

"'Cause you're 18, right?

"Yes, but... How do you know my age?

By order of His Highness Rapha, I was looking into the information in the notebook.

……

It was understandable, but I was not convinced by the mood.

I know there are a hundred things I need to know about my enemies, and I was trying to get Rapha's information from the decapitators, so I can't pursue it strongly.

"That means I'm the same age as you."

"Really?

"Because I'm the same age as Notebook."

Apparently, Erin's information has not been thoroughly investigated. This time, Sophie reacted as if she had known for the first time.

"The three of us here were the same age...."

Seems so. That's why you don't have to honor me with your notebooks. "

"If that's the case."

Let's not use honorific language on Sophie this time.

It was a respectful phrase because the first encounter was a princess' perception of use, but you don't have to feel comfortable if you're the same age.

Nevertheless, when I said such a thing before, she threatened me with disrespect for the princess, telling me that I didn't have to pay her respects.

Sophie may have come to this party and changed her mind. Not having to be respectful is also how to deepen her friendship.

"But I'm surprised. I can't believe Sophie told me not to salute you."

Really?

"Because I felt a little like I wanted to distance myself."

"I didn't say I wanted to get along, but I didn't say respectful words."

But Sophie said something unexpected about my expectations.

"It's just that even though I'm the same age, I don't need to use honorific words. Notebooks are the employer's position, so they are above me. Rather, perhaps I should use a respectful word."

……

It was something I didn't expect.

Sophie still looks like Sophie. I wonder if the habit that I have been under Rayfah for many years can't come out.

It seems that the idea of trying to inferior oneself and serve someone is quite unchanged.

"No, you don't have to be respectful."

It may still take Sophie some time to melt into The Reachers. It was an exchange that made me think so.